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Tbh, from what you and others wrote about his character in the novel, i 'd prefer if they ve shown him a bit darker in the drama. But ok we already have enough frustration to deal with, i dont want to attract more negative karma for us as an audience! (esp the s*x scene which someone-or you, i cant remember-described here in the comments-where he is really mean-i d like to see this part even in the dream arc)

I havent read the novel but considering the hype of this drama for so many years, i think they ll give an open -kind of- ending in the drama.
Maybe a reincarnation, or a memory loss, or a fresh start after some hundreds of years. I dont know just my intuition

ooooohhhhh thanks for the info! Still, its quite interesting that many of us thought the same without reading the novel LOL

Really? Did he say that? I didnt notice! OMG i only thought about it!

And to add, at some point i think he said: i always tried to imitate kindness but no god ever saw me. For a person with such traumatised childhood rejection and abuse, he turned to be quite deсent, considering that he never harmed (at least up to the ep im watching) anyone who didnt deserve it. He also offered alliance to SJ's brother and later on to the Prince Lin. I wouldnt be that kind if i had no emotions. Actually im not that kind even now lol

Is it only me who thought that the soup ML served to the generals when he got the throne, was not a simple soup? No no i didnt think it was poisoned, it got worse into my mind
hahahahahah

Guys, a simple suggestion:
dont skip the dream arc. Tooooo much sugar for the CP, which otherwise we wouldnt be able to enjoy in that lighthearted tone during the main arc. Plus, Bai Lu's outfits are sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo good in this dream arc that i almost forgot the "cake" make up, the wig-glue and the bad sync in dubbing!

Oh god though i havent read the novel, i suspected all your points especially the part "things are gonna be crazy so enjoy this arc" hahahahah
I also liked very much this dream arc and i prefer it than to watch a plain narration of the things happened back then.

To be honest, besides the lack of empathy which he lacks clearly, considering the abuse he has been through since childhood, well, i would have been formed in a MUCH worse personality lol! Up to now, he hasnt been unfair to whom he kills or punishes.

Oh ok! i thought you were shipping them as lovers

Ikr? I watched the whole last episode (i had it fast forward and i already saw the mess) but i didnt expect such madness! The writers were clearly high on meds/alcohol or possesed by some spirit who ruins dramas. The main leads indeed were 100% out of character with the lame excuse that they lost their superpowers and they couldnt handle it. REALLY? They could have spent tha last episode telling ML''s story before she comes to the company, how did she end up there, if he did anything to get her there, there were 23 whole years to cover with very nice solid elements but instead they prefered to destroy their characters.
By the way, the thing that also hit me hard was during the night that ML as a child brings FL to her parents. He was tired, walking all day to find her home, wet to the bone, and instead her parents inviting him in or at least DRIVE THE CHILD TO THE ORPHANAGE, they just...thanked him a lot and BYEBYE! What was that? What pervert wrote the last 2 ep!

Sadly people often romantisizing the whole human nature and life facts, not only mental disorders. Lack of empathy? Pink glasses? Maybe all of the above

I was also very confused with the last part you mentioned. I think they just cut off scenes and messed up with editing. Or maybe she didnt leave him but just went away for a bit, cause he s got the dog, so we can assume that they were officially together after the "beating the bad guy" thing on the street, but then she left again. It was a huge mistake and a story hole in an overall good storytelling

I dont think he was even bi.
But there's a jdrama very good if you havent already watched, which i highly suggest: https://mydramalist.com/691747-karafurable

When you suffer from a mental disorder, especially PTSD and in in the FL's case, because of an incident that happened only a few months before, you cant appreciate, you cant be anything but rude, stupid, a total idiot. Mental disorders boost up our bad personality traits, and lower our good ones. Sadly this is the reality. We can see her good side in many moments here and there in the drama, but i guess they wanted to focus more on her "bad" side

When you suffer from a mental disorder, especially PTSD and in in the FL's case, because of an incident that happened only a few months before, you cant appreciate, you cant be anything but rude, stupid, a total idiot. Mental disorders boost up our bad personality traits, and lower our good ones. Sadly this is the reality. We can see her good side in many moments here and there in the drama, but i guess they wanted to focus more on her "bad" side

I found real gems here, from Korea-China-Japan, that are shockingly underrated. I think it has to do with audience's age or culture i dont know. Maybe most people like to watch beautified filtered stories with no sense of reality

My exact thoughts about IONTBO. I just fast forwarded it so to catch some good moments cause the production quality and budget was epic. But i couldnt relate either feel for any of the characters.

Its ok thats love. Goes deeper than this one, better production quality. Watch it. Its a true gem

krama writers put to much effort to persuade people that human nature is beautified with filters.