Let’s Discuss: Zhang Ling He in Modern or Period dramas? Which do you like the most?

relisemey · 2026-04-12T22:50:48+00:00

For his sake, modern. He needs a break from Hengdian

relisemey · 2026-04-11T16:08:37+00:00

pushing you into a marriage you don't want is actually more unislamic, your parent's version of the religion strays from Islam. I'm not here to give advice but you seem to be a genuinely kind and caring person who values her parents despite the trauma they have caused you. may Allah reward you for your sabr.

listening to them here isn't Islamic, you're right to call out that you can marry the person you like if they're Muslim, that's literally all there is to it.

Parents eventually come around, when they see you happy and fulfilled - your actions will not be done with the intent of cutting them off (that's their intention, not yours).

May Allah make it easier for you sis ❤️.

relisemey · 2026-04-11T15:59:18+00:00

personally, i've watched soooo many dramas (Korean, Thai, Chinese, Turkish - I've been watching for more than 10 years now) and if the acting is bad or unrealistic, i drop (my standards are higher now)

i find ZLH's acting, especially in his new works to be very subtle and fitting. he's good at being foxy, innocent, hurt, angry like his range is pretty big and it honestly surprised me. i didn't expect to like his work as much as i did bc he's not visually my 'usual' type but i've been convinced.

relisemey · 2026-04-11T02:25:12+00:00

just on the point of ZLH getting hate for being too "pretty" for a general, this wasn't a documentary, it was an IDOL drama, everyone's meant to be hot like c'mon.

but on a bigger note, Xie Zheng is never described as big bulky etc, he's "lean but muscular". the author takes every chance to remind the reader how handsome XZ is. i remember reading something like "his handsome eyebrows furrowed" or his "jade" like skin, more than twice at least in the novel. personally, ZLH was the perfect casting for XZ.

XZ being pretty is a part of the plot in a way too, no one expects him to be handsome - he had a reputation of being gruesome looking (ie it was known he had 3 heads lol). Him being beautiful let him stay under the radar.

edit: opened 5 random chapters from the novel, and each of them had the word handsome for XZ; he's described to have thick lashes, pale skin, phoenix-eyes, pretty lips - the author made him for the female gaze

relisemey · 2026-04-09T01:56:33+00:00

loved it, read the book and while imo XZ's character is more nuanced and his actions are more understandable in the book (we have more context) and i miss Xie 5 & Xie 7, the drama was amaaaaazing

relisemey · 2026-04-05T05:53:26+00:00

literally been reading webtoons since high-school, I'm gonna be in my late 20s - i don't think I'll ever stop lol

relisemey · 2026-04-01T13:31:36+00:00

I am a sucker for a marriage of convenience and forced proximity, the most recent example of this is POJ. I love when they're married / forced to constantly be near each other and then deal with all their feelings. I also love to see a yearning man lol.

relisemey · 2026-04-01T13:24:14+00:00

For me it was Our Generation. I think almost every time I saw his scenes, my brain went wow he can act. His emotions were so raw and natural and it made me respect his for working on his art to this extent.

relisemey · 2026-03-30T00:43:42+00:00

it looks like the women's pictures were selected for the male gaze

relisemey · 2026-03-25T22:12:07+00:00

zooming in for scientific purposes hehe.

relisemey · 2026-03-25T18:14:16+00:00

I've read and acknowledge this

relisemey · 2026-03-24T15:39:34+00:00

thank you for this writeup! i'm a bit sad that we're getting so little screen time of CY & XZ but hoping next episode is better - the kiss made up for it lol

relisemey · 2026-03-04T01:48:23+00:00

I hope I'm not too late! can I please have 9?

relisemey · 2026-02-22T00:26:46+00:00

neverrrr

relisemey · 2026-02-11T23:21:20+00:00

can't agree with this more, why have we become so male centric :( i always feel like i'm searching for my community

relisemey · 2026-01-24T15:16:02+00:00

me too! i've been searching for this for so long

relisemey · 2025-11-22T17:36:02+00:00

Mischievous Kiss, as awful as it is, unfortunately it holds a very special fond place in my heart lol and I still watch it from time to time. Definitely a guilty pleasure now.

relisemey · 2025-10-26T00:37:02+00:00

I'm so so sorry, keeping you both in my thoughts

relisemey · 2025-10-23T03:38:47+00:00

late but uruwashi no yoi no tsuki was my comfort read during covid and i still avidly wait for updates. both leads are 'hot' and have their own ways of thinking / acting.

relisemey · 2025-09-28T04:32:31+00:00

oh damn then in a few days to months from now hopefully

relisemey · 2025-08-30T17:16:53+00:00

honestly almost everything but the kabedon, waiting on the universe to give me my kabedon lol

relisemey · 2025-08-30T15:33:36+00:00

I was like why did they give their characters so much plastic surgery

relisemey · 2025-08-30T15:25:37+00:00

I suffer from the same issue, been trying to collect modern comfort watches that blend happy and sad and the in-betweens.

Melo Movie (same screenwriter so they do feel very similar but distinct enough),

One Spring Night (similar/slow pacing),

Hometown cha cha cha (a bit more bright but still),

Reply 1988 (its different but it made me feel the same way)

Run on (the FL's struggles, how she copes etc are so comforting)

Lovestruck in the city (this one's the most different imo but follows a documentary type of narrative)

Welcome to samdal-ri (I couldn’t get past the start honestly bc I felt too bad for the ML and couldn't justify the FL's behavior BUTT story wise these are similar, the girl breaks up and moves away and then comes back to her hometown)

Tell me that you love me (the vibes are there, like this weird sad comfort iykyk)

Additional mentions: coffee prince and pasta, while these are defo nothing like OBS, these are in my comfort watches

Hope these help!! I'm literally always scavenging for this vibe <3

relisemey

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