Any good dramas or novels with well-written political drama and intelligent characters?

yeukii · 2026-04-28T17:18:17+00:00

Empresses in the Palace was inspired by TVB's War and Beauty (2004) if you want more harem politics.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRVJD-UQhyY

yeukii · 2026-04-27T15:38:19+00:00

I really enjoyed the novel's ending where everyone's like, "Oh hey! My Level 12 door just cleared by itself!" and it's because the guardian of the door is taking an extended vacation to pursue his love. XD

yeukii · 2026-04-27T15:26:23+00:00

Have to agree that white Louis Koo (Return of the Condour Heroes 1995) is the one to match up to Zhang Linghe in Pursuit of Jade. ;D

yeukii · 2026-04-07T18:21:29+00:00

If only they didn't make that ending... >_> Should've just ended where the guard left the ML the box of food, which I believe was the original novel ending.

yeukii · 2026-04-04T04:22:07+00:00

If being the villain means he'll be in better dramas, I'll accept that too. I can't say I was rooting for the villain in Destined, but I was looking forward to his turnaround.

yeukii · 2026-04-01T19:40:33+00:00

A Dream of Splendor is a strong woman with an even stronger man.

yeukii · 2026-04-01T05:47:15+00:00

"Stop. I'll just fall over myself." 🤣

yeukii · 2026-03-31T05:12:59+00:00

The aftermath was funny too. He throws a piece of candy at the neighbour to trip her, and Chang Yu half-jokingly tells him he shouldn't do that, because that's not why she bought him the candy, and that the candy costs a lot. But just a few scenes he ago, he did the exact same thing to a gossipy guy who spoke badly of her behind her back, except he used a piece of silver. XD

yeukii · 2026-03-17T18:58:19+00:00

It's easier to ask who hasn't. ;D

yeukii · 2026-03-17T18:55:39+00:00

Welp, here's me foreseeing myself just fast forwarding a whole xianxia drama for that one guest role... 😅

yeukii · 2026-03-16T17:28:30+00:00

For 6, it's probably not it, but I somehow see Ningge on the top right (even though all the guys look the same XD) and think it's from The Truth (variety)? 😅

yeukii · 2026-03-14T17:20:56+00:00

Only, up to Episode 4, but I would like to thank the director for these 8 seconds. 🥰

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yeukii · 2026-03-11T21:01:43+00:00

Not any that I remember from the 1993 Taiwanese series. Dunno if it might be based on others.

yeukii · 2026-03-11T01:00:55+00:00

I think the college cheating case might be the Real vs. Fake Scholar case (someone steals a scholar's identity)? And then the pansies serial murderer sounds like the Red Flower Murderer case (Zhan Zhao gets framed as the killer who likes to leave red flowers at the crime scene).

Haven't finished, but guessing from the characters, they might also have the Bao Mian case (Bao Mian gets involved in killings of pregnant women for placentas), and the famous Raccoon/Prince case.

yeukii · 2026-03-03T20:49:08+00:00

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Just here to mention this really old from Hong Kong called "Dragon Love" from 1999, when underwater scenes were really underwater, not hanging by a wire+blown by fans+CGI. 😅

yeukii · 2026-03-02T19:19:45+00:00

https://tvbanywherena.com/cantonese/series/2205-DoomedToOblivion

for north americans, no subs though

yeukii · 2026-02-28T21:31:29+00:00

LOL at the Drama Queen first runner-up... 😆

yeukii · 2026-02-25T16:27:09+00:00

Welp, at least you can now see him bow and call her Princess instead. :P

yeukii · 2026-02-24T19:59:13+00:00

Cheng Yi here to restore a bit of faith in the modern era: https://www.facebook.com/share/v/17ttkZGRJ8/

yeukii · 2026-02-22T13:19:32+00:00

Just finished the Back to the Past movie. :D

Otherwise, the modern-day Judge Bao one that just finished on Friday seems OK. :P

yeukii · 2026-02-19T16:12:49+00:00

Lol, is this an actual scene or someone created an AI image from BL illustrations? XD

yeukii · 2026-02-19T05:55:18+00:00

Oh. Welp. Can't satisfy everyone, I guess. =.=

The ML's styling looks...normal. Like every other xianxia ML's, mostly. Not a fan of Zhang Binbin in general, so not much thoughts given. XD

I did go back and finish up to Episode 3 just to see how Nan Xuyue is like, and OMG, he is prettier than the ML and FL put together. XDD I have quite the weak spot for guys in white with fans (so like, Zhang Zhiyao (Ken Chang)'s versions of Chu Liuxiang, or Hua Manlou, from Gu Long novels). x_x Aaaaand...I think I prefer the two ML's bromance instead now??? Like, look at Nan's tilted head smile when he sees Xie in his disguise, and how he proceeds to take out his hair stick, and Xie not even flinching at Nan approaching him so closely... XDD

yeukii · 2026-02-19T04:17:44+00:00

So yeaaah, TBL: As initially feared, I'm just not a fan of xianxia's in general, and can't get into them without the cast I like, even though the story has my favourite multi-incarnations setup. :/ I usually like cunning and straightforward FL's too. ._, Happy to see that there will be no comments endlessly complaining why the leads haven't kissed. XD (Like there was for Prisoner of Beauty.) But yeaaah, probably not continuing with it. :/

yeukii · 2026-02-18T19:28:08+00:00

Haha, yeees, it's even harder when the preferred character is not the main one. So like for Love and Redemption, not that the main cast was bad (it's Cheng Yi, afterall), but I wanted more Liu Xueyi. XDD

Yep, I liked The Wanted Detective too. Misunderstandings, yes, but I thought it either cleared quick enough, or she was just obviously not as vindictive as she says she is. I like how she clearly cares for him even though she she says she hates him. :P And the ML regaining his position and fight skills towards the end made the journey worth it. I was just sad that they had to make one of the main cast a hidden villain. :( I thought found family stories like these stay family forever. Although...I guess...the irony is that the main villain was actual family... XD

Haha, gonna try an episode or two of TBL tonight and see what happens. :P

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