Luv Peony

That’s the vibe I get from her character

that drama production was so bad...such a waste of the star actors.

she was 13 and he was 17-18. when they met again, she was 17 and he was finishing college. fast forward, she's 21 and he's 25. it started as an innocent crush/admiration to a high school fantasy crush to adulthood where they explore the possibility of a real relationship. this drama is about the childhood crush that is more than just a crush for the FL; that turn into something deeper.

i read the novel (breaks down DJX's emotional conflict w/ his family tragedy and why SZ is very protective of him) and saw the drama...a pretty good adaption of the novel.

we all have a childhood crush on older relative's friends. it's a normal childhood fantasy...
a lot of moms in china wanted this to be ban b/c they think it's bad influence on girls who wants a relationship with older men.

the turning point for DJX and SZ is when they met again when she is in college. he treated her like family/sister b/c he was treated like family by SZ's brother. DJX is forever indebted to SZ's family for helping out during the toughest time (passing of his mother). In turn, DJX treats SZ like a little sister. SZ is super protective of DJX, giving DJX a sense of being loved, that he then started to like her more than a sister figure.

Go Ahead---they grew up like siblings but not blood related. It's a beautiful story of what makes a family work.

Story of MingLan: a modern lawyer in her 20s dies in an accident on a work trip and when she wakes up, she is the child that is MingLan. It's a weird combo of the modern girl demise, wakes up and is living in the past. she has no other choice than to live out her life as ming lan. She retains memories of her past life while living/growing up as MingLan. Time period is around the Song Dynasty.

i just finished reading the story of MingLan...it navigates female's society standing/status in a very conservative time where it favors men more. the drama adaption is pretty good and also follows closely to the novel with some minor changes.

Love like the Galaxy followed the novel pretty closely. It cut out some parts but didn't effect the overall quality of the novel.

Yeah, Xia Lanhua is more like the damsel in distress vs. strong FL

all adaptions so far...changes the FL's vibe/fierceness, gives villains' more screen time, villain's fluff story that no one care for, villain's end is medicore vs the deeds they committed. even with modern dramas, adaptions are still lacking.

The novel version of Legend of An Le's Di ZiYuan is the strongest and pretty bad ass character I had read about so far. Her will to revenge and seek justice in the novel made her character admirable. It's a pity the drama made her meek and love sick...and they kill the theme of the novel as well.

SUUUUUUUUUUPER SLOW BURN.

the children do not even look like the parents...that's poor casting.

i hope they do this as a post drama epilogue...like those 5 minute story.

it's soooooo not the same!!! :(

yeah, their side story is excluded but even so, it doesn't effect the bigger of the plot. i still can't believe they ax LHS!!!

Cheng Lisu is such a tiny teeny minor character! he appear a lil bit in the beginning and at the end of the novel. LSH is more of a funny sidekick.

maybe to keep it as mysterious as possible? either way, it's torture!

epilogue from the novel:
which I hope it included in the drama...but mostly not.

Xiao Jue and He Yan have a daughter name Xiao Yao (sounds like the word carefree). Xiao Jue is more of a loving parent vs He Yan. Xiao Jue is more of the caretaker for their daughter, thus a very doting father. Since He Yan was brought up as a boy, she is sort of lost at how to be a mother/female role to her daughter. He Yan likes to tease/rough play with Xiao Yao, which Xiao Jue frowns at at times. It's sort of funny how the novel described their interactions.

Xiao Jue is very considerate towards He Yan since he knows of her previous life as He Yan that she didn't get a proper/carefree childhood and upbringing for a girl. So whatever Xiao Yao gets (e.g. a lantern, a brocade, snacks, sweets etc), Xiao Jue always make sure He Yan gets one too. This is Xiao Jue's way of making up for the lost childhood that He Yan was robbed of. He Yan is aware of it and tells Xiao Jue it's ok and that she's not bothered by it. Even so, Xiao Jue still continues to always provide the same type of snacks or gifts that a girl would get/come across growing up.

in the novel, the he family was exposed and everyone knows what the he family did. that is more important to her than being acknowledge as the second chance he yan.

i'm sad they gonna exclude the bff. Lin Xuang He (i think that's the bff's name)