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She kissed SML first. He was her crush

Sorry but Kdrama casting has gotten really disappointing lately. Except for this drama, most of the upcoming castings I’ve seen are dogshit. Many of the leads give off more of a sibling energy, which makes me wonder if they even do chemistry tests anymore.

They really need more male actors who look youthful and have strong screen presence. At the end of the day, content is still king but for light romcoms, good looking leads definitely make the experience better
I’ve even considered switching to Cdramas but the episode count is what’s holding me back. Their casting is chef’s kiss. They clearly understand their target audience for idol dramas.

Right now, this is the only Kdrama keeping me invested.

I’ve been skipping the SML scenes with Huiju from the beginning. Their relationship gives off the same vibe as second male leads in Dynamic Kiss or My Demon, they’ve known the girl for years but only try to confess once the male lead shows up. I’m honestly so over this type of character. It feels really repetitive now. I’d rather watch the annoying Queen Mother.

Irang is actively trying to sabotage Ian in every way she can. She slapped him in front of everyone for no reason, just to assert dominance and then acted all pouty when people got concerned about his scratch. Maybe it’s because everyone could clearly see she was in the wrong.

If it had been an older queen mother instead of her, she would come off like Ian’s evil stepmother type and the fact that she has been with his brother makes it even more uncomfortable. No offense but shipping them feels really weird.

Thanks to the haters, the comment section finally feels lively again after so long for a Kdrama. It almost feels like a Cdrama comment section

Why do Kdramas do this? I was waiting for the second couple to get together but it was so underwhelming. Couldn’t they have done it in a more interesting way?

In the novel, Qimin was drugged by his nanny, so he was ultimately the one who was raped.This is how Bao’er was conceived.
This wasn’t shown explicitly in the final cut but in one scene Qianqian tells the nanny something like‘You were the one who sent me to his bed.’

Qimin wanting to keep only one person alive will end up costing him

I feel she’s repulsed by him psychologically rather than physically, because she doesn’t show any visible disgust when they’re being intimate. It makes sense bcz she hates Qimin because he wants to hurt their son, which is why she tries to escape. But Qimin keeps her captive, taking away her freedom.

From the leaks, I saw that they made a small change to her reaction compared to the novel in their ending

But aren’t leaks part of Cdrama promotion? I’m following a Cdrama like this for the first time and I was overwhelmed by all the leaks and storyline spoilers. I even saw the soup scene of the second couple before the episode aired. I thought they were doing it intentionally?

If y'll got clickbaited, that’s your problem. Did the main leads have any scenes here according to the novel?
The main leads literally had 11 episodes alone and then six more episodes where other characters were introduced but they still had plenty of scenes. And yet all you care about is skinship. Y' ll are heading straight to the same horny jail as Qimin, whom you criticize so much

These episodes are all about Changyu’s growth and the romance of the second couple you’re crying about had only one scene. Changyu went to save her. How is that not her glorification? It sounds like you just want Changyu to be a dutiful wife, serving intimacy to the Marquis

Are you a bot? You keep copy pasting the same thing again and again. The second couple had only one scene at the beginning.
Don’t you want to see the main characters growth at all? Do you hate seeing Changyu’s growth that much? So male centric

I wonder if their dynamic would’ve been better if they had a daughter instead

The princess and Gongsun are starting to bore me. I thought they’d have a more engaging dynamic once she left the academy

Yes, I know. I mean that even after killing him, she’s still getting restricted in one place. It’s not like she only hated being held captive by Qimin. She wouldn’t like any kind of restriction since she values her freedom so much.

Is this ending about her true?

I’ve heard that after killing Qimin, Qianqian’s ending in the novel is that she becomes Empress Dowager but isn’t that the opposite of what she always wanted? When she ran away, Qimin had kept her in a mansion like other noble ladies. He didn’t lock her in a room. She ran away because she wanted freedom. I think this is where her being a transmigrator matters, because any maid in her position might have been happy but for her it felt suffocating. Even if the show hasn’t clearly stated it yet, they’ve given enough hints that she’s from the future.

Her whole character is built around freedom. If she becomes Empress Dowager, wouldn’t that mean she’s trapped in one place forever? Is that really what she wanted? Not to mention, she would have to live alone for the rest of her life without a partner.

The palace is already cold and boring. We’ve even seen the princess royal, who was raised in that era with strict noble values, run away multiple times.

Her ideal ending would be returning to modern times but I doubt the show would go that far for a secondary character.

These two second leads really bother me lol

I have a question for the novel readers

It doesn’t have that trope

I think he was possessive in the novel. But in the drama, to make him more of a green flag, they’re showing him letting her be free. Otherwise, they couldn’t justify Qimin being evil if both of them were holding their wives captive😅