On a lighter note, the phrase “Shin Seori” when spokeni Tamil with a Tamil accent would mean little itch(something that can be irritating depending on context)🤣🤭🤭… sorry if this offends but it was too funny in the context of that character being someone who asks questions of people around her and wants everyone to take responsibility for their own actions
This is the third drama this season with similar genre if not plot line…. Lots of parallels to be drawn between this, PoJ and PC. Elements like fantasy, PoV, and amount of action/drama are slightly different. Who comes up with the genre for every season? Is there like a central think tank or underground mafia scene? The best dramas for a season are always from the same genre. Or is it the fans that want the same genre until the plot line possibilities are exhausted? Mind you, there is fan fiction also on top of this. I feel like I fall into a rabbit hole of genre every season……
Felt more like a Disney adaptation of a Korean story than an original Korean story….. if I wanted an American story I would go for Hollywood…. Overall, I felt like I watched some dubbed version of a weak American PG13 Hallmark movie…. Someone else had posted in this section that the villains don’t have proper motive…. I agree. The villains were hollow. I like romance, don’t get me wrong. I always have. I liked the romance. If there was going to be politics, it should have been more logical. Arbitrarily placed rules that pop up without sequencing or logic.
Loophole: If I An was a reagent, wouldn’t that mean he was also part of the so called cabinet? Wouldn’t he be head of the so called royal council/family? But he was supposedly the most sought after person in the kingdom. There is no sense to this. If the Grand Prince is the opposition to the royal council, then he should have close ties with the cabinet members even without the PM. At least, he should have had money. But he is dependent on the cabinet to approve his expenses. He is either the most powerful person or just a puppet. Can’t be both at the same time.
I could find many others if I gave enough time. This was clearly a romance genre meant for 13 year old girls produced by mentally teenage Americans. Sorry to have wasted 12 hours of my time on this. It banked too much on nostalgia.
Scene: IU in the same hospital room as Son Hyejin. Byeon Wooseok running in a similar fashion to Hyun Bin. Many of the actors were also part of the CLOY cast. It felt nostalgic, but did nothing to enhance the current story.
What happened to Huiju’s talented board members? They play no role in the plot. They could have been very useful. What exactly was the royal FIL wanting to achieve by killing a reagent? Democracy? His own sovereignty? Not clear. Why exactly did the king have to abolish monarchy? It already looked like a watered down monarchy with the king as a decoration rather than tool. So what purpose did that serve? Wouldn’t it have been better to punish all the wrongdoers?
Clearly, the political side of this drama is ********. I liked the romance, but it was not enough to cover for the very American plot. Someone dm me when the Kdrama scene becomes better. I’ll try not to watch any more till this ridiculous Americanisation persists🥲🥹😢😢😢
The ost was on point till now, but I had a laugh when I misheard something as “you are my Fevicol”…. It was a romantic scene and I couldn’t control my laughter 😂 😂😂😂😂
I think these haters are chasing something that is inside their minds…. They have been jaded by their own life and more, so they chase the feeling of their first k drama watch. Nothing can reproduce that feeling but something just as profound and new in your own life. It feels that they blame the actors and producers for their own feelings😅
I hated the Qi Min character. It dumbfounds me that people actually 'shipped this sick psychopathic, sadistic…
I can’t say if it’s a chicken-egg story between fans shipping Qi Min and him being portrayed as the good guy if he wasn’t subjected to fire/drowning in the last episode. At first I thought he was going to be the good guy when I wasn’t reading the subtitles….. he is the best example of a complex villain who has redeemable qualities….. I liked the character and acting. But wouldn’t go as far as shipping him, maybe others feel differently.
My opinion: ZLH has better acting skills than TXW, evidenced in his facial expressions. He seems to be the character.…
Well TXW had more screen time and you would find more faults in number just for that…… I think that’s to be expected. Very few people can become the character they portray
I guess the shared universe means same cities of Nanwu and Yihe….. I don’t find much else that relates…. It’s not like there’s much interconnection in stories…. Even TFF and HL have very little in common….
Finished and feel empty. I don’t like that the confrontation with the grandfather was too polite. I would have liked more fireworks. How is it that the aunt uncle pair get away with everything they did (including the psychological manipulation of both brothers and the parents)? From the description I thought some of it would happen after college. The whole thing was about teenage angst…. Wanted more mature plot. Not that I don’t like it. It just felt like a spinoff version of when a river runs through it.
In the novel there was a malicious character who was the catalyst for the split between tengda and sima…. Then the last part was where mr Pei comes back anonymously and punishes this character who is supposedly going to usurp the company…. The end was like everyone worshipping mr Pei for his farsightedness even if he is not there…. In the series he just hugs mr Ma and everyone is friendly….. I like that better
Okay, just finished ep26….. Was expecting the novel ending..,.. liked this one way better…. Not my usual genre but enjoyed it completely…… Feels like I would have done things similar to Mr Pei…. But have no clue how businesses work… they may be showing how businesses don’t work…. The fire sky company is more realistically portrayed…
Loophole: If I An was a reagent, wouldn’t that mean he was also part of the so called cabinet? Wouldn’t he be head of the so called royal council/family? But he was supposedly the most sought after person in the kingdom. There is no sense to this.
If the Grand Prince is the opposition to the royal council, then he should have close ties with the cabinet members even without the PM. At least, he should have had money. But he is dependent on the cabinet to approve his expenses. He is either the most powerful person or just a puppet. Can’t be both at the same time.
I could find many others if I gave enough time. This was clearly a romance genre meant for 13 year old girls produced by mentally teenage Americans. Sorry to have wasted 12 hours of my time on this. It banked too much on nostalgia.
Scene: IU in the same hospital room as Son Hyejin. Byeon Wooseok running in a similar fashion to Hyun Bin. Many of the actors were also part of the CLOY cast. It felt nostalgic, but did nothing to enhance the current story.
What happened to Huiju’s talented board members? They play no role in the plot. They could have been very useful. What exactly was the royal FIL wanting to achieve by killing a reagent? Democracy? His own sovereignty? Not clear. Why exactly did the king have to abolish monarchy? It already looked like a watered down monarchy with the king as a decoration rather than tool. So what purpose did that serve? Wouldn’t it have been better to punish all the wrongdoers?
Clearly, the political side of this drama is ********. I liked the romance, but it was not enough to cover for the very American plot. Someone dm me when the Kdrama scene becomes better. I’ll try not to watch any more till this ridiculous Americanisation persists🥲🥹😢😢😢
From the description I thought some of it would happen after college. The whole thing was about teenage angst…. Wanted more mature plot. Not that I don’t like it. It just felt like a spinoff version of when a river runs through it.