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Good Premise Bad Execution

I enjoyed the premise of the show. I love opposite aesthetic opposite personality couples and I like fantasy and all of that. To me this just fell flat.

What I liked:
Costumes. The costumes for every character made sense but didnt feel too cliche and they didnt look super cheap.
Visuals. The visuals were quite beautiful. They were well done and felt very dreamesque.
Music. Music wasnt that special, but I liked it.
Side characters. The side characters were for the most part well written and while the most time wasnt spent on them, they werent boring or forgettable.

What I didnt like:
Plot. The plot was decent at first, but after about episode 20 where they go to the human realm it falls off. Shit about destiny and tribulations and an irritating amnesia arc with the female lead that leads her to hate the male lead. BORING YAWNING SLOPPY.
Worldbuilding. In theory the world sounded cool, but literally nothing was built up. Destiny books were never explained, the conflict between the Moon Tribe and Fairies was never explained all that well. A lot of stuff was never properly introduced and just felt like it was shoved in there to seem cool or for plot devices.
Main characters. I wanted to love them so bad, but the female lead is sooo whiny and annoying for most of the show. I love me a good badass female lead, and she was not one. The male lead was badass and an interesting character at first, but once he got his emotion tree fixed he became just as annoying as the female lead.
Ending. The ending was so rushed. Male lead gets mega killed and then mysteriously pops back up despite being "dead for good" come the fuck on. Dumb as hell.

TLDR: if you like cliches with a million plotholes, this is your shit. if not, i wouldnt bother.

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Loved Everything but the Ending

EXTREMEEE SPOILERS BUT I NEED TO SAY IT.

I almost have nothing bad to say about this drama. Acting was amazing, the plot was great, the couple had amazing chemistry and buildup, the CGI was not half bad. But the only thing that irritated me was the ENDING. Hei Fengxi having like 10 years left to live after saving Bai Fengxi was sooo stupid. So much build up and amazingness just to find out bro is gonna die soon. Maybe im just a sucker for a fairytale ending, but I personally cannot stand it.

TLDR: If you hate bittersweet endings, only watch till episode 38 and pretend thats the ending.

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Beautiful Drama and I Cannot Find Anything Close

I am about to glaze the hell out of this drama, but for good reason. Like any piece of media I have minor nitpicks but other than that this drama is probably the best cdrama ive watched thus far. The chemistry is amazing, the plot is great, and the sexual assault is treated realistically but respectfully and there is no victim blaming from the male lead. The male lead is genuinely perfect like damn can I have a man like Sang Yan. The very few things I dislike about this drama are minor, such as the lack of development of the ML's rivals for the FL'S attention, as well as a kinda boring side couple, but other than that I loved this drama and I want more like it.

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