Heroes | Open Thread

A treasure-hunt liberates an imprisoned guard, immures a man of the jianghu, and involves an inflexible constable.  

Notable Actors/Actresses

Qin Jun Jie: Men San Dao / Mu Qing

Liu Yu Ning: Zhuo Bu Fan

Pang Han Chen: Wang Jia Luo

Director

Lou Jian, Wei Li Zhou

Scriptwriter

Bai Yi Cong

Chinese Title

天行健

Genres: Historical Era, Romance / Slight Romance, Mystery, ~Wuxia

Network: Tencent Video, iQIYI

Year: 2024
Episodes: 36

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Cast

Qin Jun Jie: Mu Qing Men San Dao [Door Three Blade]	Huang Meng Ying: Wulan Shan (Princess)
Liu Yu Ning: Zhuo Bu Fan [Zhuo Extra-Ordinary]	Fu Jing: Huo Qin (← shiniang & shimei)
Pang Han Chen: Wang Jia Luo (Constable)	Chen Si Che: Lin An Jing
Chen Tian Ming: Lin Hao Han Lucky	Huang Hao Yue: Liu Lin
Hu Yun Hao: Shen Hai Chao (Wulan Shan's husband)

Romcom/Romance Checklist

[might not be applicable]

How much of the plot is angst/romance?

0 / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5

The ML: 

Cold–Lukewarm–Warm / Timid / Falls in Love First / Noble Idiot / CEO / General /

The FL: 

Bold / Cute / Cool & Independent / Falls in Love First / Better than ML / Noble Idiot / 

Describe the Relationship (the tropes):

Bickering Start / Childhood Connection / Cohabitation / Contract Marriage or Fake Couple / Enemies to Lovers / Hidden Identity / School to Adulthood / Love Triangle / Married Couple (Real) / Secretly in Love (F/ML) / Star-Crossed Lovers / 

Relationship Progress (officially together; first (official) kiss; breakup*):

Ep 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10 / 11 / 12 / 13 / 14 / 15 / 16 / 17 / 18 / 19 / 20 / 21 / 22 / 23 / 24 / 25 / 26 / 27 / 28 / 29 / 30 / 31 / 32 / 33 / 34 / 35 / 36 

# of CPs (including main CP):
0 / 1 / 2 / 3

Ending:

Happy / Sad / Open Happy / Open Sad / Bad

Screencaps

[Ep1]

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[Ep6]

Men San Dao finds Wang Di Bao (Constable) so funny: xD

"xiao xiao Di Bao"

"da da da Ren"

😆

[Ep7]

Opening Credits for 7&8:

The flowers:

Too tall!

2nd CP

3rd CP

4th CP

5th CP? xD

Bai Yi Cong (scriptwriter)

Men San Dao & Zhuo Bu Fan

Like meets like

Men San Dao & Wang Jia Luo

🤣🤣🤣

[Ep8]

Meng San Dao is not okay! xD

[Ep9]

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[Ep17]

[Ep18]

At critical moments, count on Laacky to hide!

[Ep19]

Sexy! 😂

Chemistry ~~ 🥰

"You know my morals. I have no morals."

[Ep20]

Dactylectomy ❤️😂

[Ep21]

MSD's It doesn't hurt. 

MSD's I'm not exasperated.

Liu Lin cracking a smile at MSD choosing his own insult, lol.

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[Ep36]

Remarks

[Drama Info] 

• Wrapped in May 11, 2022. (Two years!) 
• Director (Lou Jian)'s previous mystery drama was The Imperial Coroner.
• Liu Yu Ning likes his boy-squad dramas. It's also his second "Heroes" drama.  

[Glossary] 

[Ep19] Different ways to say "To get rid of sb once their purpose is served"

鳥盡弓藏 niǎo jìn gōng cáng – The birds are over, the bow is put away

兔死狗烹 tù sǐ gǒu pēng – To boil the hound once it caught the rabbit

過河拆橋 guò hé chāi qiáo – To destroy the bridge after crossing the river

[Ending] 

Recommendations

*Recs may be updated if drama is completed*

Genre List: Era Dramas

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