#but lhl activated none of those pet peeves

[potahun]

we dont give enough credit to LHL for making their characters bring evidence, including a fucking bee, for evaluation by the apothecary. they don't just know things about every other thing under the sun. they hear rumors about some famous jianghu artefacts but they actually bring medicine to the pharmacist for an expert opinion and have professionals check on the recipes

we also see li lianhua fuck around with his identity as a doctor and rely more on martial arts logic than traditional medical knowledge/experience to suggest solutions, and characters around him who HAVE a professional title in the subject are not shown to be more stupid than him. from the top of my head, I recall e.g. that whole convo he had with guan hemeng on first meeting where guan he meng ended up questioning his ethics as a doctor because his solution was basically relying on the patient's inner force. and the time he almost blew his and fang duobing's cover at the jin mantang manor. it's fine to have su xiaoyong defend li lianhua's reputation as a doctor out of friendship. it could easily become annoying if suddenly, li lianhua was shown to be a better doctor than guan hemeng

it's those subtle things that make characters feel less op i think. the show struck a careful balance between making li lianhua feel like a (burnt out) genius who knows a lot, on the one hand, and not making him too annoyingly op/perfect on the other hand