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(∩l.l)⊃━☆ﾟ.*

[boo ୨ৎ @zzirangegirl]

I AM CRYING not jiugao having trauma over the slap lanxiang gave jinqi😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 this is peak comedy I swear

#againstthecurrent

[boo ୨ৎ @zzirangegirl]

thinking about how lanxiang worked so hard to get her freedom only to end up back in a cage because of the imperial decree forcing her to marry him
#againstthecurrent

[Oolong Dispatch @oolongdispatch]

🗞️#AgainstTheCurrent starring #TanSongyun and #LiuXueyi has reached 31,513 heat on Tencent, surpassing Pursuit of Jade’s previous 2026 high of 31,248.

The tropes themselves aren’t exactly new... but cnetz think it’s the execution that’s making this one stand out. The FL is smart without feeling like she has a cheat sheet, side characters have their own motives rather than existing just to help or hurt her, and the romance is unusually restrained... the leads don’t even properly speak until episode 7. Add some gorgeous practical sets and a story willing to take its time with the little details, and that’s probably where a lot of the appeal is coming from.

[Kay 🪻 @tvdramaks]

A decent house for FIVE taels?? Lanxiang clocked ts IMMEDIATELY 😂 “this should be worth at least 30… if it’s so good, why don’t U take it?” EXACTLY SIS. My girl’s survival instincts don’t take days off. #AgainstTheCurrent

[𓂋 @archivefortae]

BTS with le sserafim

[Only 💚👸 @Sweety_gotpm]

คลิปแบบนี้หาได้จากเหล่าหลิว 5555

#จางจิ้งอี๋ #ZhangJingyi

[《jili》 @jili_backup]

pretty and gentle 🩵

#ZhangJingyi #张婧仪

[Kay 🪻 @tvdramaks]

Lanxiang didn’t interrupt, argue or expose her hand. Sis let Cuique TALKKKK..... brag, laugh, confess, dig the grave DEEPER… then calmly went “ur wrong. I saved them.” That’s not arguing w/ ur enemy, that’s letting them self-destruct. #AgainstTheCurrent

[Kazuha @xingzishanzhu]

#TheEarlySpring director Jiang Jizheng talked about his approach to the drama’s female target audience and why #JingBoran and #SunQian fit Luan Nian & Shang Zhitao naturally

Since the majority of the audience is women, he said they deliberately approached the characters from a female perspective. For intimate scenes, he would ask the women on set, including Sun Qian, whether certain touches, movements or kisses felt natural or too greasy, because men and women can perceive physical intimacy very differently.

For him, intimacy isn’t about simply adding kisses. “If you deliberately kiss just for the sake of having a kiss, the characters’ emotional state can get lost.”

“When a man and a woman look into each other’s eyes, I think what the audience really wants to see is the emotional push and pull happening inside them before that moment, before they actually take that step.”

He believes the audience wants to feel the emotional push and pull before the kiss, the hesitation, distance, tension and anticipation. So he first establishes their physical distance: sometimes they move closer, sometimes one steps back while the other moves closer, then he adds their eye contact and reactions. Lighting, atmosphere, editing and even moments of silence help deepen what the characters are feeling without spelling everything out. If handled poorly, intimacy can easily feel “greasy” and uncomfortable to watch, particularly to female viewers. His goal is to let the audience feel what’s happening between them rather than simply watch them kiss.

The first time he met Jing Boran bcs it's their first collaboration. From the way Jing spoke to him and the way Jing looked at him, he could really feel that Jingbao was a mature person and also had what our Luan Nian character has inside him. He’d describe it as restraint and has this kind of mature man charm.

As for Sun Qian, actually, she is from Harbin, so naturally have a certain vitality. And this vitality is very important to the character Shang Zhitao, and it’s also a very fitting and key quality. And she can also be very cutesy, but at the same time and has a lot of ideals.

So, after Jiang saw the two of them, he actually didn’t need to deliberately impose strict requirements on how they should be. The things they naturally give off, or even the feeling that comes through when you put them in front of the camera, are actually very, very fitting for these two characters. His job was simply to use atmosphere, distance and dramatic tension to bring it out.

And apparently Sun Qian is also the one keeping the set alive. She didn’t just tease Jing Boran, she teased the director too, and always caught him off guard.

[E | 🇵🇸 @usernotnaming]

the women of dancing with the tide 🔥

[zeah @rukashiho]

it’s torture after torture. poor nanyi, can’t catch a break 😭

#LuYuxiao #卢昱晓 #DancingWithTheTide

[matt bernstein @mattxiv]

donating to “aid in the region” is incredibly unspecific and may very well be to zionist causes, given robert kraft’s history. macklemore told us which six orgs he’s donating to. will robert kraft do the same?

[r⁷ 🦈 is seeing sunidhi chauhan ✨✨ @bluishsmeraldo]

she is NOT making the point she thinks she is making. nudity isnt inherently sexual. these covers present nudity as a raw way to admire the bodies that make the sport possible. that is not how sydney sweeney used nudity in that ad.

[✨ @kitten_flakes]

Erkekler bir anda yok olsa Zara Larsson yine boyle dans ederdi ama Sydney Sweeney o fotolari cekmezdi. Aradaki fark.

[☁️✧˖° @i3jky]

luke is so cute 🥹

[𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐲🌸 mourning TES @Purpie0rchids]

Lol netflix malaysia is my new fav acc

[𝙛𝙡𝙤𝙤 ★ @czhouye]

their chemistry is so buzzy and the epic story begins!

#TheLeadingStars • #ChengLei #ShenYujie

[𝙛𝙡𝙤𝙤 ★ @czhouye]

260916 | 许你星河千里 Wrap-up Special Video 📽️

“Venturing into uninhabited areas, enduring the trials of wind and sand. The best companionship is weathering storms together. All moments will be etched in the memory of the stars.

#TheLeadingStars • #ChengLei #ShenYujie

[seeyarina✨ @afangirlatheart]

Their own little goodbye hand gesture that’s just for them 😭 Luan Nian and Shang Zhitao, how are we supposed to let you go??? We already miss you two so much 🥹🥲 #TheEarlySpring
#SunQian #JingBoran

[CdramaBloom🌸 @CdramaBloom]

Youku released the concept poster for modern romance drama #MidsummerClarity which is the sequel to #TheEarlySpring created by the same crew behind the global hit.