Does anyone know who wrote the screenplay? And is the uncensored scrip online anywhere so it can at least be read? I really enjoyed the drama a great deal, and hated the way it got chopped up by the censors. And the ending is the original cliffhanger! Is this the way the novel ends too?! I dont read Chinese, and the novel has only been partly translated, by half a dozen people. So I may never know unless someone can tell me. Also, does the director have a weibo account or email account? So, in order to get this posted-500 characters in all are required, apparently-I have to do a sorta review after all. So here goes.
The one gripe I have is the writer-both novel and screenplay-did not do their homework. Cut sleeve romances were not condemed historically in China. BUT, men were expected to marry and produce sons, what they did on the side, no one really cared, through most of China's history. Same sex activity among men was just seen as average normal male behavior. Other than that... it's really hard to tell much, the episodes were chopped up so badly and the whole storyline rushed, because of the censors. But what I could understand, I loved. This was never portrayed as a 'bromance', it was a romance from the beginning, and love was the main element, no wham bam thank you sir. The sexual tension was there, certainly, but it was more a slow sizzle than a raging bonfire. And all the better for it. I would have given the storyline a higher rating, but for the censorship. I thought the acting was very good and I loved the OST and would buy it if I could find out where to purchase it legally. The costuming was gorgeous. And yes, for anyone who cares, I'm queer.