Yet when he condemns to death an innocent youth prophecied for evil, she is horrified and rebels against him. Zhaoyao (Bai Lu) starts off as a young girl fed naive visions of helping her people “become good” by her mentor and first crush. Everyone becomes out of character and the plot is a mix of cringe+boring+? after that. Update: You should stop watching the moment Zhaoyao explodes because that is when the series also explodes as they go into original content. The romance plot reminds me of The Disguiser, with the male lead being in love with not just the female lead but her visions for the world. One of them is pushed into wickedness after being called so by the leader of the land, but the other believes in her even after the world has deemed her wicked. It reminds me of Wicked the musical with its polar-opposite female leads who share a room and who change each other for good. The currently-airing drama is still a funny, cute rom-com at heart, but it’s one of the few wuxia that treats its female leads’ ambitions no different than a male lead. The Legends招摇 might be the best wuxia-ish drama with a female lead out yet (I know, low bar), and the three leads might have my favorite drama lead dynamic since The Disguiser. Featuring two female leads with character flaws and character growth, The Legends has one of the best written female friendships of late.
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