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I like that the plot isn't dumb so far, that's the main positive.
Too many tropey, overrated af dramas lately, heavily relying on visuals and actors' baby faces, and turning into trainwrecks by the end. Hopefully good narrative will last here till the end, don't want to get disappointed like with POJ.
Main actors are also doing well, def another selling point here as well.

More like it's a drama that probably needs to be rewatched, I'm sure there are things the audience won't realize right away, like that one pair of slippers and the imaginary maid.

Good thing I don't have time to read these novels, keeping an open mind for dramas. And it's a decent enough drama so far, actors are selling it. Nothing too fresh plot wise though, except for FL's mental condition. Which is also a fan fiction as you'd say.

The drama is ok so far, another score bombing by delulu haters? This actress seems to be in crosshairs since the start of the year for nothing in particular other than simply existing.
I think MDL needs to block scores until drama finishes airing, most of the crazies’d get bored and leave by then. Same goes for day 1 reviews.

I think she looked better in Unveil Jadewind. But that drama had more expensive production in general.

There's an ongoing smear campaign going on against the actress. Lots of delulu bs every day, some of the crazies are already being sued. Some people speculate she's being targeted by the very agency she's been wanting to quit from, as it looks very coordinated.

Isn’t she always? Was there ever a drama with her being outshined by ML?

Ha, if only. She's a good actress, but some of the dramas she was in had very questionable plots and characters. Don't be a blind fan, rate dramas as a full package, like opera.

Anyway, so far it's hard to say how this drama's gonna go. Looks ok in the first few episodes, with some fresh things like the imaginary schizo people. But it's 40 episodes long, plenty of time fk this up with draggy plot.

Maybe because the synopsis doesn't sound like it's gonna be something fresh? I mean, these types of costume cdramas all have the same tropes - wronged leads, revenge, incessant scheming and plotting, underdogs ascending to power, swoonworthy set pieces for easily captivated by visuals, etc. You just likely seen a number of them and struggle to find a hook.
That's how it is for me, at least. I'm in it for the plot, not the visuals or tik tok reels. We'll see how it manages.

Ok then.

I've read he was faking it? Or got it cured?

Same. Very true.
There were some overhyped dramas with these actors that I just couldn't get into because of the plot or characters, like SOKP or LOTFG, for example. But I liked Bai Lu's recent Unveil Jadewind a lot because of the character she portrayed there, very cool. Not her typical one. And the plot was great too, even though not everyone's cup of tea since it was a grim historical detective drama, not the usual soap.

He simply returned to his own body in the present. While suppresed queen's soul regained control of her body. He also changed history while being in her body, as he learned by checking a history book, so the king's life changed as well.
What pissed me the most about that ending is that the king fell in love with the queen when the guy was controlling her body, when she became quirky af. The real queen's soul was asleep most of the time. So her returning back, even with saved memories from the guy, didn't mean she gonna be the same person the king loved. The guy was also content to be living in her body by the end, so him going back kinda sucked. And I think I'm not the only one here, judging by so many people not liking that ending.

With streaming services nowadays I don't think it's a big problem to have one with og actors's VA and the rest can be regional dubs, unless all of the actors can't speak one standard dialect (which likely most of them can).

I prefer original language with subs, any sort of dubs bother me. Though from what I've seen in recent cdramas, they're using actors' own voices.

It's normal if actors dub themselves in post production, some scenes are way too noisy for on set VA. However, I don't get why they'd dub actors' VA with some other actors' VA. They think actors' voices are not pretty enough? Wtf, that usually sounds so fake.

Anything but Mr. Queen ending, pls.

Grandpa is probably rip, though.

Could be, I've read some people are speculating it's a mistranslation and, like you say, some sort of PTSD. But who knows, scizophrenic character could be something fresh, though it'd certainly add more angst if they gonna go for realism with it.

Thanks for clarifying. I haven't seen others mentioning where the info is from. But what you're basically saying is that nobody actually knows what the plot's about since it seems like it's based on the og plot, but not a 1:1 adaptation.
If they goona add schizophrenia into the plot, I hope it's not just for some character flavor. There are serious things like that, that are often added and then conveniently forgotten, or magically cured later down the line. Gotta commit till the end, if you add this, no matter how bad it's gonna get.

I'm still gonna watch it, gotta check out dramas yourself to see if they're worth the time. I don't trust the hype and crazy raving though. Too many overhyped ones I didn't care much about in the end.