Intelligent and layered characterization of leads with survival feats in the midst of chaos and tragedy. Stories featuring war, politics and rebellion.

Political intrigue, power struggle, war and conspiracy surrounding the royalty and court officials as a backdrop of an angst-filled romance between two smart and complex leads with their own agenda and ambitions. The empress dowager featured in both the stories give off a similar villainous characterization as well. The female protagonist in TLOA and the male protagonist in SOKP play a similar political chess with hidden identities as their trump cards.

Both feature enthralling stories with politics, war and power struggle centered around smart, strong, equal female and male leads who can rival each other in terms of power, intelligence and strategy. Female leads are warriors. Male leads are warriors as well as royalties.

> Both are excellent adaptations of popular romance novels.
> Depiction of reunion with first love/crush of FLs.
> Female leads are kind, considerate, witty with high emotional intelligence.
> Qiao Jing Jing & Sang Zhi are both protective of their men & don't let go of anyone who bully them.
> Male leads are both from lower financial status/background than their FLs.
>Yutu & Duan Jiaxu are both academically intelligent, kind, considerate, loving, doting on FLs & both have a side of being shamelessly flirtatious & smooth in pursuing/being in relationship with with their love.

Parallel as slow burn & passionate romance dramas depicting youth struggles, contemplation, hurdles & setbacks of chasing and achieving dreams from the point of view of intelligent, independent & hard working, strong male & female leads as they influence, overwhelm, light up each other's worlds.

- Same leading actress
- Strong hardworking female leads
- Great male leads
- Fluffy, inspiring youth stories featuring friends, family & love

- Love stories of one of the leads harboring the intention to kill another for their interest but getting entangled with each other by fate that soften their hearts to eventually grow unconditional love for the other.
- Magical settings, formations & powers
-Female leads have another identity that's significant
-Angst

- Love story spanning over thousands of years
- Both male leads get involved with the female leads by coincidental or destined circumstances & harbor the intention to kill them in order for their interest but later fall in love after staying together.
- Both the female leads have another significant identity which is the same.
- Star-crossed lovers from opposing races.

- Game changer protagonists who become the chess player instead of being the chess pieces under the power hungry unjust rulers
- Portrayal of filial relationships, sisterhood & brotherhood
- Martial arts masters, sects & techniques
- Political strategies & tactics

- Female protagonists are strong, courageous, intelligent & the leader/heir to their own strongholds
- Male leads are cunning, strong & very affectionate & devoted to the female leads
- Spans over a love story that chronicles the lovers to go beyond everything & leave no stones unturned for the sake of their lovers
- Appearances of revered martial arts masters of the respective continent & their legends

Ruthless, cold, calculating & intelligent leads who are hell-bent on giving justice to people suffering injustice under imperial rule by investigating cases. Strong, independent female leads & strong, cunning male leads who match on standards of wits, talents, strategies & tactics. Both features investigation of cases in investigative offices in ancient settings, mystery, suspense & political intrigues.

Both dramas feature an inter-species forbidden romance between two individuals bearing internal scars & trauma who are sparked to be each other's lifelines after an encounter. Male lead is Allen Ren in both and has characters that are demons in both.