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I've often been told Viki is more accurate, but I've noticed, at least for Love Like the Galaxy, that's not really the case. There were several times where WeTv translation made more sense.
In this scene, it doesn't make sense for LBY to say CSS is stuck in the past like him (she's traumatized by the past but focused on the present and the future). And he doesn't really know all her past suffering. It makes more sense he's talking about himself, focused on his revenge, thinking he'll never find love until he meets her.

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I also thought the translation of WeTv made more sense because even though CSS is still traumatized by the past she is focused on the present and the future unlike LBY. Moreover, the latter does not know how much she is traumatized even if he has an idea of ​​her suffering.

CSS was to marry her best friend, someone her own age with a gentle and conciliatory character, someone with whom she was very comfortable and had planned a calm and stable future life. But she lost that and suddenly LBY forces her to marry him (the marriage proposal with the support of the emperor was a pressure and left her no choice). He's a cold, bloody general who doesn't speak much and whom she doesn't know well. He is older, experienced, dominant and very powerful (being the emperor's adopted son whom the latter favors more than his biological sons).
Now she is dragged into a relationship and a marriage in which she has no control, she who is terrified of the lack of control. She doesn't understand LBY, doesn't really know why he wants to marry her (even though he said he finds her amazing, she doesn't trust him enough to be sure of that) and feels her life is slipping away from her. LBY seems to make all the decisions for her (forcing her to marry him, forcing her to go to her ex-fiancé's wedding, preventing her from eating her bread...). We see her fearing losing her identity by becoming his wife, fearing living according to his rules, fearing being only the mother of his children & his wife-object and fearing becoming a prisoner of her own life. She's mad at him for pushing her into this without asking her opinion and for forcing all of this on her. CSS is also frustrated that her life is slipping away from her and at the same time somewhat resigned, broken and fatalistic about her destiny.

She is a 15-year-old child, abused and mistreated all her life, having never really known a love who now passes from one jailer to another without knowing what the future holds for her. It is normal she does not react well.

At the beginning of episode 25 when LBY talks about CSS to the survivor of the Huo clan, he says:
Wetv: "The person like me who's trapped in the past should have been alone."
Viki: "She is trapped in the past. Like me."
Which translation is correct?
Because each translation is very different (and this is not the first time I notice huge differences between Viki and WeTV).

Quick translation question for those who understand Chinese.

French people here too x)
Viki generally translates the first episode aired the same day (but we have to wait until the night to get it) and the 2nd the next day. It's a little frustrating but apparently they don't have the episode in advance and therefore can't prepare the subtitles, unlike WeTV.

I saw people saying they added an extra episode (episode 28) at the last minute. But it will still be in part 1. We have no news for part 2 yet.

That's it. He was in a town with the whole Huo clan and the town was massacred, only he and his mother survived. They took a year to return and, in the meantime, having no news about his wife, the father had remarried with a cousin of his who lived with them. When she returned, since the cousin had the support of Princess Yuchang's grandmother and the mother had gone mad, she could not regain her place as a wife. LBY was raised by the Emperor and given all of his mother's clan titles as well as his own mansion (as he wanted nothing to do with his father).
That's the official version. There is a secret but you will find out later, unless you want to know now.

I loved these two episodes even if they seemed way too short to me.

I appreciate I wasn't mistaken in my interpretation of episode 24: CSS accepted out of obligation and, if she had really had a choice, she would have refused.

I'm also glad not to see her docilely resigned to her fate. But I was heartbroken to see CSS in this situation. I felt her overwhelmed, aparently resigned, suffocated by a dominant & powerful fiancé whom she doesn't know and saddened by the situation. Hats off to the actress for successfully conveying this through her look or the tone of her voice.

I'm glad the script is so smart and psychological with CSS. The scene where she makes LBY see her anger, frustration, resignation and outrage at the power imbalance between them and the choice he made to marry her was perfect. An argument too direct would not have been in accordance with their current relationship and the fact a part of her fears him. I really found this scene to be both subtle and fair. We clearly perceive two young people whose destinies will soon be linked but who remain strangers and are not yet synchronized. LBY speaks softly and tries to strike up a conversation with the girl he loves to understand her state of mind but he also has a long way to go to learn how to be in a relationship and respect his wife. As for CSS, she is faced with an imposed fiancé, older, more experienced, a cold and bloody soldier who has almost the status and power of a prince. She finds herself reduced to silence, moping while unable to hide her pain, anger and resentment.
I can't wait to see them talk a little more heart to heart. LBY needs to soften her heart and reassure her about their future so that she can finally relax and start planning for their future life. Because it broke my heart to hear this 15-year-old talk about bearing his kids, living by his rules and not being who she is anymore.

I would have rather thought episode 28 would air next Tuesday. After all, the trailers we get each week are for the following week. But this is already good news.

I understand your feeling.
However, let's not forget CSS had to sacrifize her reputation and future. Even if she didn't suffer HZJ's lost, CSS is an abuse kid who was almost starve to death and only have one happiness in her life : Lou Yao who is completly devoted to her and wanted the same future than her. She'll have to lost her only partner (it's maybe not romantic love but she really loves him), her chance to have the life she wants and to get away from a family who abuse her. She has every right to cry. It's her life who is at stake here. She's the one who has to pay for a tragedy in which she has no part.

Yeah, I think for this it's maybe better to have someone of his age, with who he'll get along and know (they have already work together).

I only read excerpts from the novel but I saw interviews with the cast explaining they had respected the main events of the story. And people who read the novel said it was pretty faithful with just small changes in personnality, context and so on.

The rise of the phoenixes is a mature and political drama while Love Like the Galaxy is a coming of age story, a romance and adventure drama.
The romance is very withdrawn in TROP (even if it exists) and it's quite dark and tragic even if there are some funny moments. And the last twenty episodes are completely botched (LLTG isn't finished yet but I'm sure the ending will be more satisfying and successful). It's definitely not the same feeling.
Edit: TROP is a drama to see for the quality of its production if you accept having a bitter taste and being dissatisfied at the end.

She only gets engaged because someone she loves is dying and wants to see her married first, even though that person was hoping for CSS to get engaged to LBY. She chooses YS only because he is the only volunteer (all others refuse either because they know she belongs to LBY or because YS is a filthy selfish manipulator who spreads bad rumors about her so that no one comes forward.

I think LBY was too reasonable and considered in the beginning of the drama. Then, the pain of missing his chance the first time, the fact CSS's reputation was damaged after the engagement broke down, the fact he knew she wanted to run away from her family and seeing CSS almost get disfigured by the princesses pushes him not to waste a second, not realizing he's making a decision for two.

LBY has, I think, acted both out of impulse, out of a desire for protection, and out of possessiveness. His love for her is genuine and CSS needed to hear what he thought. But the way he did it turned out not to be right. First of all, he hasn't spoken with CSS before. He literally puts her up against the wall without necessarily knowing what she thinks of him and if she agrees to marry him. Then, unaware of how much her parents would disapprove, he created a situation who nearly endangered her entire clan. He made the decision for CSS and for her family which is not correct and displeases those concerned. LBY realizes only at the end that CSS reluctantly agrees and his proposal turns into a nightmare. He hoped to protect and show his love to the girl he desires. Instead, his proposal caused CSS's humiliation and she agrees to marry him only to save her family while upsetting them. It's the worst case scenario for him.

I think and hope she will confront him about it later. LBY intimidates and frightens her on many levels (both as a bloody military man who is cold and not very talkative, and as an impressive man looking at her with love and attraction). What he has done, deciding for himself their future life, only solidifies her impression of him. And I can't wait to see how she handles this imposed husband and how he manages to win the heart of this wild cat.

You only mentioned historical dramas so I guess that's what you're looking for now.
I recommend The Long Ballad (the two leads of Love Like the Galaxy play ML and SFL), it's a very good drama of adventures, coming of age story, friendships and romances.
The Story of Yanxi is also a top notch production but it's a harem drama so it's quite toxic, sad and tragic (btw, it has been removed from Chinese platforms following new regulations) but the FL is incredible, smart, cunning, bold, strong.

Here are dramas with less good production (and writing) but there are elements that are very interesting and entertaining so if you want to try:
- The Imperial Doctress
- The Prince of Lang Ling
- Legend of the Dragon Pearl

He didn't kiss in TLB, we have a parrot kiss instead haha.
And yeah, it'll be his first drama with an actual kiss. And his first work with kisses and very romantic scenes (he had one kiss in a movie, that's all).

Yes, they tend to either round up (say 20 years instead of 17, for example) or round down (10 years instead of 15). It is sometimes complicated to know precisely if a proper date is not given.