I was going to write a review and thought better of it as reviewers like PeachBlossomGoddess and HealerHanzi have done a fab job of it . So here are my 10 reasons why Sword Snow Stride is one of my fave dramas of 2021.
10. Best Arm Candy. Period. Cat with pure white fur coat had no function other than to appear on the arm of Yu You Wei [Princess Jiang Ni’s companion]. Cat also takes “Best Bosom Buddy” title. I hope they paid the animal handlers handsomely!
9. Best Mineral Water. Wang Chong Luo and Hong Xi Xiang taking a piss in mountains…guess where it goes…
8. Best Lashes. The envy of every woman — thick eye lashes that beckons — and my oh my, the director had to plaster it on Pu-Sa, the mythical tiger.
7. Best Skincare Model yet. Ok, Jiang Ni [Teresa Li] the princess didn’t seem to endear herself to viewers in the discussion thread, but her skin, her skin! That radiance, when she beamed at XFN, puts SKII models to shame. Someone, please, sign her up already.
6. Best Sword Scene. It’s the Matrix, but in Chinese.
5. Best Groom. Lao Huang — “Old Yeller” — gone too soon.
4: Best Dirty Old Man: Li Chun Gang. Drama has the god of sword picking his nose, and his toes. Dude does not care. Neither do viewers mind, I guess.
3. Best Line: 我还是一个孩子. Finn Han [Zhao Xuan Su] — same precocious kid in Joy of Life — uttering that same line in JoL. Those of us who grew up watching wuxia dramas, the kid in us never left — we still love the genre.
2. Best Dad: Hu Jun, the tragic antihero in Ever Night, who did evil for the love of country and family, drops the nefarious role and plays Xu Xiao, the ultimate political schemer and pussy-whipped dad all at the same time. Salute.
1. Best Procrastinator. Zhang Ruo Yun. He started really late into the sword-learning game. But dude is late for other appointments as well! Like, when can we have season 2 of SSS? Don’t forget we are still waiting for JoL 2.