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Same question as the title. By carry a drama I mean that the actor can keep people hooked because of their acting, screen presence, and ability to lead the story. Not just rely on looks!

So which internationally popular actor do you think hasn’t shown they can do that yet? 👀🍿

For me, it's literally Zhou Yi Ran, Song Wei Long and Ao Rui Peng.

Edit: I watched Zhou Yi Ran in Generation to Generation and Ashes to Crown after loving him in Twelve Letters. Both those dramas made me think it was the story and Wang Ying Luo and not ZYR alone.

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I’ve been thinking about actors who rarely miss even if the drama itself isn’t perfect, their performance keeps you locked in.

For me, Cheng Lei fits this perfectly. From A Familiar Stranger to My Journey to You to How Dare You, he brings such controlled intensity and micro-expressions. He never feels like he’s coasting.

And Wu Jinyan! Yes, she’s known for Story of Yanxi Palace, but watch her in Kill Me Love Me! She has this grounded, resilient energy that makes you believe every setback and victory! Bad scripts or good, my girl delivers.

Could be veterans or newer face. Which actors consistently deliver good performances in your opinion?

Not sure if this is a hot take, but I need to get it off my chest.

Cdramas are full of love triangles where two or more amazing men are chasing the heroine. One is sunshine, one is angst, and one is a questionable life choice with white hair. All are handsome and good to her in some ways. We debate for days which choice was better because every choice works.

Now, we barely get two or more women chasing one man sort of love triangle. But if we do then a man has two women interested in him and the writers immediately decide one of them must abandon all dignity. Not because she's a bad match or they are incompatible. No, she must spend the next 30 episodes proving that therapy should exist in the immortal realm.

The man can reject her seventeen times, marry someone else, have children, ascend to godhood, and file a celestial restraining order. She will still be standing there like: so you're saying there's a chance?

I am saying the worst kind of women are written as second love interest for capable men. It's horrible!

Can anyone think of a recent drama, or even an older one, where the second female lead was actually written as a decent option?

Happy Mother's Day everyone!

As the post title says, can we talk about best mothers?

Tell me who are the best Cdrama moms you have ever watched? Biological moms count but so do the other women who stepped up.

Grandmothers who raised everyone. Aunts who supported their nephews and nieces. Older sisters who became parents before they were ready.

Teachers, mentors, random innkeepers who gave good advice and a bowl of soup.

Any woman in a drama who felt like a mom even for one scene.

My choice is Fuca Rongyin from The Story of Yanxi Palace. She wasn’t a mother to Wei Yingluo but she protected her like one even if it meant pushing her away from her to make sure she lives. Who else can you think of?

Pursuit of Jade has many examples of great moms in my opinion

Last I asked to name the best cdrama ever made and Nirvana in Fire took the crown for greatest cdrama ever.

What about the other end?

I don’t mean the most disappointing or the one that wasted a good cast.

I am asking about the drama you 🫵 think is the worst drama ever produced.

I’ll go first! The Untamed.

Before the torches come out please hear me out. Taste is personal and I respect yours.

I am not calling the drama worst for no reason. The production quality was terrible, too many characters to remember but ok the colors were helpful, the sets looked cheap and like a joke, the plot was so messy that it didn’t make any sense, and the romance was swapped with bromance.

I struggled to understand and finish it. A drama shouldn’t need homework to make sense. That’s why I say that the untamed is the worst drama ever produced.

Now forget my example and drop yours. What’s the worst cdrama ever made?

Don't give me names for the best drama you recently watched or the most visually appealing. Tell me about that ONE drama you would defend as the GREATEST cdrama ever produced.

I'll go first The Story of Yanxi Palace!

I have been waiting too long for another Chen Zheyuan drama since Fated Heart. I don't see any posts about it here..is it coming anytime soon or not coming soon? Gimmeee crumbs please

I love how Cdramas build to a confession and romantic scenes that western media just doesn't do. I feel that distance and boundaries make romantic scenes so beautiful to watch. It’s kind of like watching two real people finally saying the thing they’ve been holding locked insides of them.

Costume dramas also do romance so much better than western period dramas. Zero nudity but one hundred percent butterflies in stomach and giddy feelings. Don’t Cdramas do romance better than any other dramas? or is it just us cdrama fans who think this way?

Dramas in the video are 1) Hidden Love 2) Everyone Loves Me 3) Blossoms in Adversity 4) Till the End of Moon.