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You think? Hahahah..'cuz I think so, too. Drama-Sun is #1 for a lot of us here.

While I'm waiting for upcomingMonday, I also tried a few new dramas this week, but found myself skipping through episodes, and none was able to hold my attention for long. Sigh...in the end, I resorted to either re-watching well-loved scenes of TLB or reading and typing away on MDL. Strangely, no panic in sight but rather well-contented with our GeSun to hold the light for us.

@kaju this is what happens when you sit in front of the computer all day multitasking. =) But that aside, I already knew about Li Shi Min and the Tang dynasty. The drama just makes me read up some more as I watch it. I tend to do this when I watch historical series.

I laughed at this scene. The little princess acted well. She was like " really? tsk...really?!"

At this point, I'd take anything with them paired up.

I enjoyed Mujin pranking AS for writing something like "my little strategist is cute". The manhwa creator did a funny spin on having AS drafted the message with his ugly as hell calligraphic penmanship.

I'm glad that the director makes AS literate and highly intelligent in TLB; which is why I don't mind the liberal deviation in the storyline between the manhwa and the drama. Both media are very entertaining.

@biao Your map works great because it delineates the Turks and the Han (Tang dynasty) better than today's google map. Locations of the above mentioned cities remain unchanged, with the exception of YouZhou renaming to Beijing. The true location of historical YouZhou was actually about 40 miles west of modern day Beijing.

AS was informed in chapter 26 by Mr. Qin, but he didn't see her with his own eyes as a girl until chapter 34.

So in term of timeline, CG's family was killed on July 2, 626. This incident went down in history as Xuanwu Gate. She then went to from Chang'An to YouZhou (Beijing in modern day), about 700 miles.

Then she and Ah Dou traveled ~250 miles west to Shuozhou. She spent July/August here as General Li.

After the fall of ShuoZhou, Ah Sun took her back to his Eagle camp that is close to YunZhou (about 100 miles northeast). She spent August/September here. This was indicated because she spent Mid-Autumn Festival (August 15th on a lunar calendar) here; the day AS gave her the moonstone. On the Gregorian calendar, Mid-Autumn Festival normally falls on anywhere between first week of Sept to first week of Oct, and it changes every year.

After she and AS had the big fight, she got injured and was saved by her martial arts master and the doctor, and they all traveled about ~450 miles south to Luoyang.

Here's another map link for reference:
https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Chang'an,+Xi'an,+Shaanxi,+China/Beijing,+China/Shuozhou,+Shanxi,+China/Yunzhou+District,+Datong,+Shanxi,+China/Luoyang,+Henan,+China/@37.3427088,103.6811621,5z/data=!4m33!4m32!1m5!1m1!1s0x36630cc316952783:0xaced93be10f892c6!2m2!1d108.906994!2d34.158997!1m5!1m1!1s0x35f05296e7142cb9:0xb9625620af0fa98a!2m2!1d116.4073963!2d39.9041999!1m5!1m1!1s0x35e286bc3322fc6d:0x845e6768a056b4a8!2m2!1d112.432825!2d39.331595!1m5!1m1!1s0x35e332f00648b3f9:0x536fab216bbdfbed!2m2!1d113.61244!2d40.040294!1m5!1m1!1s0x36786f68f2d04437:0x61f85ae8c6c72215!2m2!1d112.453926!2d34.620202!3e0!4e1

Excellent MV's on TLB! I particularly enjoy the solo piece on Ah Sun, but all your TLB MV's are great! Born Ready was the perfect selection to showcase Sun's BadAssNess. I saved it to my library -- which is rare.

According to history, he died at 26 as a commoner. He had a failed coup d'etat against his father and wasn't highly regarded in history. That's why his character in TLB is presented with some negative tone to us viewers.

I just submitted a request for them to pick up the show.

You all can, too!

Here's the link:

https://help.netflix.com/en/titlerequest

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Add-on: Campaign for Netflix to pick up TLB

May I suggest fellow TLB fans visit the link above to make an official request to Netflix. Then "heart/like" the master thread so that we have an idea on submission count. Repost Netflix
link/request every 2 days over next week or so that it stays afresh for those who missed it amidst the quick scrolling feed.

I only have eyes for Ah Sun and Li Jing. I do like Mujin in the manhwa though.

@676Ryn You can try the kdrama titled "W". It has webtoon integrated into the story and very different from the typical kdrama. It was the first of its kind when I first watched it in term of marrying webtoon with reality.

Ah Sun's eagle tribe is most likely part of the Eastern Turkic Khaganate and they lived north of China, inner Mongolia. For Ah Sun's tribe specifically and in TLB story, Khan and Ashile tribe probably spanned around up to 200 north/northeast of Shuozhou. For geographic point of reference, you can look up Shuozhou, China on google map. A little north/northeast of Shuozhou is land where the Eastern Turks roamed circa 620's.

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Shuozhou,+Shanxi,+China/@39.3358892,103.5262023,5z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x35e286bc3322fc6d:0x845e6768a056b4a8!8m2!3d39.331595!4d112.432825

Other interesting point to share is that CG traveled northeast from Chang'an (Xian, China) to Shuozhou, and that's about 500 miles.

Hahahah, good one! May the 4th be with you, too 'cuz the Force is strong with this young one.

Hahahaa, I laughed out loud too when Mujin teased his buddy’s “creepy” smile.

In total agreement! I'm glad to see that you appreciate the manhwa inserts as I do, too. I love that the director/production team pays homage to the manhwa creation. There were some posts that viewers criticized the drama for being cheapened with manhwa, but I beg to differ. The director also shot some live scenes with a manhwa feel, like close up on face, eyes, objects, scenery, to have a closer connection with its manhwa root of TLB.

I also love the sisterhood theme here. None of those toxic back-stabbing-boyfriend-stealing fake sister.

Yes, the sound effect team did a great job here. It's not just the music, but all background sound used that heightened the experience of watching TLB.

I noticed right away the first time I watched some scenes like when Ah Sun was about to pull the arrow out of CG by the river, and discovered he's a she. The sound effect goes from a heavy drum of suspense follows by a quick succession of piano notes and ends with soft violin - all on less than one minute to show concern, surprise, then realization.

Another scene that came to mind was when Muji and Ah Sun were discussing about approving girls to learn riding and shooting. Ah Sun softly gazed at the piece of blue cloth that CG used to bind his wound. We hear soft piano notes again, a reminder of CG and her femininity. At this point, we know Ah Sun is smitten because why else would he keep a dirty, bloody cloth tucked away at his rest area? (Oh yes, we all can clap and grin here! Poor Ah Sun..)

Strangely enough, I also remember the "swooshing" sound when AS activates the crossbow when he was chasing after A Sher in ep. 25. I was like, wow, the sound effect team didn't leave anything out for sure.

All I can say is that it's a POWER TEAM for everyone involved in this project. The producer(s) got the best of the best to come together - behind and in front of the camera.

... Or to re-live all the awesome scenes and moments that you enjoyed during the first time watching. I got plenty of those!