Omega17

A bit too much exposition imo. I rather there be more showing than telling. I’d rather find out what happened through the natural progression of the story than the suspect sitting down and telling me what happened.

Yes it does. If you’re first born to a concubine, you’re not going to be made crown prince if the emperor has a son to the empress, even if younger. Children of the empress would be of the first house and have a higher status over children from other women, no matter their age. This has held true across eastern and western cultures.

You can definitely tell a lot was cut. The editing is very abrupt at times. I also wonder if Inspector Gu had a lot of his scenes cut because I thought we would see a relationship between him and Wu Ren.

There should still be chemistry even if it’s not a romance. You can have chemistry in an adventure. It’s just two actors being on the same page and their characters gelling.

I think it’s how the characters are written in scrip. One of these characters needs to be the emotional fire. Right now we have a hard nosed detective with a hard shell vs a scientific thinker who is machine like. I think it’s difficult, though not impossible, to create that fire between these archetypes.

And then easily replaced her with another daughter.

The whole issue with the Xiao family (the dad) and potential wedding was a step in the right direction. That bit of agnst made the overall story much better imo.

Great point. I have said that I enjoy the cases but they need to do a better job balancing life outside the cases. So far, the ML has played an almost supporting role. He’s a competent character. They just need to raise his status in the story a bit.

You make a good point. I have no doubt he would have went head first into the marriage. I think it’s a mixture. We don’t know the real reason why he hasn’t told her what he knows. That’s a part of the mystery. But there are no indicators, so far, that he is doing it out of malice. He is clearly trying to protect her.

I will say the comedy kinda threw me off a bit because it was so silly. I like both the leads so I stuck with it. It took me about eight episodes and now I’m invested.

That would be worth being angry about if I was Xiao overhearing her saying she was using him.

I’m watching How Dare You as well and it works because one leans more comedic and the other has a more serious tone. This show isn’t a romance at all but it’s obvious the lead characters like each. I’m not sure if it will go deeper than that.

He had me fooled at first because he favors the FL. But he’s just like all the other terrible emperors in Cdramas. He covers for the bad people in the palace with the excuse of putting the nation first. And after this episode I see him as corrupt as the others. That poor girl.

So the musician would have been alive had the emperor not chosen her as a one night stand. Basically ruined her life.

Another case solved but another terrible outcome for the victims. I was hoping that some of the kidnapped maids would get a happy ending. But none ended up living in the end. Feel as empty as I felt after watching The Lovely Bones. The good guys won at the end but doesn’t feel like a victory. I do feel we could use some romance outside of the cases to counterbalance the tone. Overall loving the cases.

He’s a goody two shoe and by the book. Hope it doesn’t come back to burn them later.

The last two episodes have been the best so far. Glad to see the romance finally blossom.

The crimes in this drama are sick. I hate what happened to the princess but the plight of the palace maids makes me even angrier. This show definitely highlights the historical fact that women had tough lives in the past.

Honestly, both dramas are so different in tone that I’m watching both. And I’m watching a weekly Korean drama as well. Life is good.

So far so good. A lot more comedy than I’m used to but it’s working for me. After watching ep 6 I am a bit confused. Are they saying that they are story characters as well? She was talking about the other character being a real person.