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Oh, this is great so far (episode 3). I’m grateful to be watching with a group who can fill me in on which character is which when I know vaguely what’s going on, but on the screen they’re still ‘young guy in beige’, ‘mega-tall young guy’ and ‘seemingly-evil advisor 1 of n’ to me.

“Why does the group keep calling this dude ershu? … oh, right, he’s the main character’s 二叔.” I am slow on the uptake sometimes.

Nothing against Tang-style costumes, but it’s definitely easier to keep the characters apart once half of them are wearing Hu clothing and aren’t all wearing the same hat.

#TheLongBallad episodes 5 and 6 today! So far in the chat, @Forestofglory has complained about historically-inaccurate tea and @coreo has provided us with Luoyang Facts. It’s a good group and we are on our bullshit.

Just watched episodes 7 and 8 of #TheLongBallad and I’m still enjoying everything about it—currently that especially includes the interaction between Li Leyan and Hao Du. Watching her put on the act of a whiny, childish princess to prevent this tall scary man from [redacted] is very entertaining.

(Said tall scary man is also hot, scowly and lethally skilled in martial arts, and I am definitely watching this show for the historical education it provides.)