Yanxi Palace Master
Stayville
This review may contain spoilers
HUGE SPOILERS AHEAD! (A CHARACTER REVIEW)
THIS PARTICULAR STORY, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT IT IS ONE OF MY MOST FAV QING DYNASTY DRAMA OF ALL TIME!
IF THERE IS SOMEONE WHO LIKES LOVE TRIANGLES, THEN THIS IS IT. (HOWEVER, FL HAS SO MANY ADMIRER ONE CAN'T COUNT). THIS DRAMA MUST HAVE THE MOST NUMBER OF SECOND MALE LEAD SYNDROME NAMELY DAISAN, CUYEN, DORGON, AND MAYBE WUKEYA. THERE ARE OTHERS TOO LIKE NURHACI, BAINDARI, AND JIE SAI WHO ARE JUST BEHIND HER BEAUTY, LUSTFUL AND DON'T VALUE HER TRULY.
ACCORDING TO ME, THE VILLAIN WOULD BE HER BROTHER BUYANGGU WHO JUST WANTED TO USE HER TO ACCOMPLISH HIS OWN NEEDS. REALLY SPITEFUL!
FL: THERE WERE MANY UPS AND DOWNS IN HER LIFE EVEN THOUGH SHE WAS JURCHEN'S MOST BEAUTIFUL WOMAN. THE MAIN CAUSE OF IT WAS HER MODERN WAY OF FINDING LOVE. SHE ISN'T SOMEONE WHO WANTS TO DEPEND UPON MALES. SHE STRIVES HER BEST TO GET WHAT SHE WANTS. HER CHARACTER WAS GIVEN JUSTICE BY THE ACTRESS AND HER EMOTIONS WERE DEEP AND WELL EXECUTED.
ON THE CONTRARY, SOMETIMES I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND WHY SHE MADE PARTICULAR DECISIONS BUT ALL THE WAY SHE WAS GOOD.
ML: I DON'T EVEN HAVE WORDS TO SAY ANYTHING ABOUT OUR HERO HONG TAIJI. HE IS THE MOST ADMIRABLE ML FROM QING DYNASTY WHO HAS ONLY EYES FOR OUR FL HIS WHOLE LIFE. HE IS MATURE, UNDERSTANDING, SUBMISSIVE TO FL, LITTLE JEALOUS IN A CUTE WAY. EVEN THOUGH FL HAD SO MANY ADMIRERS, HE DIDN'T TORMENT HER BUT RATHER SUPPORTED HER ALONG THE WAY WHILE PROTECTING HER. DRAMA HAD SO MANY SMLs BUT ML'S AURA WAS SO STRONG IT DIDN'T DIMINISH HALF WAY.
SMLs:
1) DAISAN: IN MY PERSPECTIVE, HE WAS THE MOST DESERVING SML OF ALL DRAMAS. EVEN THOUGH YEARS PASSED BY, HIS LOVE FOR FL DIDN'T CHANGE AND HE DIDN'T ACT AGAINST FL'S CHOICES. GRADUALLY, HE EVEN LET HER GO TO ML.
2) CUYEN: HIS CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT WAS SO GOOD! AT FIRST, HE FORCEFULLY WANTED FL LIKE HIS FATHER NURHACI, BUT AS TIME PASSED, HE STARTED TO UNDERSTAND THE SITUATION IN A MORE MATURE WAY. HE WAS THE MOST FEARLESS PURSUER OF FL WHO DIDN'T EVEN THINK ABOUT HIS FUTURE ASPIRATION AND EVEN HAD MANY ARGUMENTS WITH HIS DAD REGARDING THE FL. HE WAS A HERO. THE LAST TIME WHEN HE MET HER IN JAIL WAS THE MOST EMOTIONAL MOMENT OF THE WHOLE DRAMA.
3) DORGON: HE IS THE REINCARNATION OF CUYEN. HE DID COME IN FRONT OF FL WITH THE SAME PASSION HE HAD IN HIS LAST LIFE. JUST THE SAME WAY, HE WAS NOT AFRAID TO GO AGAINST THE RULER FOR THE FL. IN BOTH OF HIS PAST AND PRESENT LIFE HE WAS KINDA CUTE BUT THIS ONE WAS BETTER THAN BEFORE.
4) WUKEYA: HE WAS A YOUNG MASTER OF WAERKA WHO SAVED FL'S LIFE WHEN SHE WAS KIDNAPPED BY BAINDARI. ALTHOUGH HE DID NOT EXPRESS HIS LOVE TO FL, EVERYONE CAN SEE HIS ADMIRATION FOR FL. I WOULD HAVE PREFERRED MORE OF THEIR INTERACTION 'CAUSE THEIR CHEMISTRY WAS GOOD. HE WAS THE MOST GENNTLEMANLY FIGURE AMONG OTHER SMLs.
5) NURHACI: HE HAD SOME INCONSISTENCY IN HIS ATTITUDE TOWARDS OUR FL BUT ALL THE WAY HE LIKED HER THE SAME WAY AT LEAST ACCORDING TO HIM! HE JUST WANTED HER TO HER HIS PRIMARY CONSORT BUT FL WASN'T WILLING TO SURRENDER SO OVER THE COURSE OF TIME HE LOST HIS TEMPER AND EVEN TRIED TO HARASS HER SOMETIMES BUT STILL LET HER DO WHAT SHE WANTED TO EVERY TIME. HE ALWAYS PUT HIS AMBITIONS IN FRONT WHILE FALSELY DELUSIONING AND WANTING FL.
SFLs:
1) GEDAI: SHE WAS FL'S HANDMAID FROM A RESPECTED CLAN BUT STILL WAS NOT ARROGANT AND FAVOURED HER MASTER (FL) WHOLEHEARTEDLY TILL THE END. SHE LIKED ML BUT WASN'T DRIVEN BY JEALOUSY AND NEVER THOUGHT OF HARMING HER! REALLY A PERSON OF ADMIRABLE CHARACTER.
HER BOND WITH FL WAS MOST PRECIOUS AMONG ANY OTHER FL-SFL FROM OTHER DRAMAS. THEY WERE SO DELIGHTFUL TO WATCH. I PRAYED EVERY DAY WHILE WATCHING THE DRAMA, THAT MS. SCREEN WRITER PLEASE DON'T LET THEIR PRECIOUS BOND GO DOWNHILL BECAUSE OF ANY REASON. AND SCREENWRITER MUST'VE HEARD MY PRAYERS! HAHA :)
2) ABAHAI: I KINDA FELT SOMEWHAT SAD FOR HER. NURHACI ONLY TOOK HER AS A SUBSTITUTE FOR THE FL AND NEVER REALLY LIKED HER. SHE LIKED DAISAN WHOLEHEARTEDLY (AT LEAST ACCORDING TO HER) BUT IT WASN'T RECIPROCATED BY HIM. HER END WAS SO BAD BUT SHE MAYBE DESERVED IT.
OVERALL, I LIKED THE DRAMA. IN BETWEEN SOMEWHERE, THE PLOT WAS STUCK BUT AFTERWARDS, IT AGAIN CAME ONTO THE TRACK. I LIKE FL AND ML'S CHEMISTRY ABOUT HOW SWEETLY HE WOULD INDULGE HER EVERY DEMAND! MAYBE I WON'T REWATCH IT BUT IT WAS SO GOOD THAT AFTER A FEW YEARS I'LL SEARCH FOR THEIR KISSING SCENES ON YOUTUBE ESPECIALLY THEIR FIRST ONE. IT WAS SO HILARIOUS! IT'S WORTH WATCHING IT ONCE!
IF THERE IS SOMEONE WHO LIKES LOVE TRIANGLES, THEN THIS IS IT. (HOWEVER, FL HAS SO MANY ADMIRER ONE CAN'T COUNT). THIS DRAMA MUST HAVE THE MOST NUMBER OF SECOND MALE LEAD SYNDROME NAMELY DAISAN, CUYEN, DORGON, AND MAYBE WUKEYA. THERE ARE OTHERS TOO LIKE NURHACI, BAINDARI, AND JIE SAI WHO ARE JUST BEHIND HER BEAUTY, LUSTFUL AND DON'T VALUE HER TRULY.
ACCORDING TO ME, THE VILLAIN WOULD BE HER BROTHER BUYANGGU WHO JUST WANTED TO USE HER TO ACCOMPLISH HIS OWN NEEDS. REALLY SPITEFUL!
FL: THERE WERE MANY UPS AND DOWNS IN HER LIFE EVEN THOUGH SHE WAS JURCHEN'S MOST BEAUTIFUL WOMAN. THE MAIN CAUSE OF IT WAS HER MODERN WAY OF FINDING LOVE. SHE ISN'T SOMEONE WHO WANTS TO DEPEND UPON MALES. SHE STRIVES HER BEST TO GET WHAT SHE WANTS. HER CHARACTER WAS GIVEN JUSTICE BY THE ACTRESS AND HER EMOTIONS WERE DEEP AND WELL EXECUTED.
ON THE CONTRARY, SOMETIMES I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND WHY SHE MADE PARTICULAR DECISIONS BUT ALL THE WAY SHE WAS GOOD.
ML: I DON'T EVEN HAVE WORDS TO SAY ANYTHING ABOUT OUR HERO HONG TAIJI. HE IS THE MOST ADMIRABLE ML FROM QING DYNASTY WHO HAS ONLY EYES FOR OUR FL HIS WHOLE LIFE. HE IS MATURE, UNDERSTANDING, SUBMISSIVE TO FL, LITTLE JEALOUS IN A CUTE WAY. EVEN THOUGH FL HAD SO MANY ADMIRERS, HE DIDN'T TORMENT HER BUT RATHER SUPPORTED HER ALONG THE WAY WHILE PROTECTING HER. DRAMA HAD SO MANY SMLs BUT ML'S AURA WAS SO STRONG IT DIDN'T DIMINISH HALF WAY.
SMLs:
1) DAISAN: IN MY PERSPECTIVE, HE WAS THE MOST DESERVING SML OF ALL DRAMAS. EVEN THOUGH YEARS PASSED BY, HIS LOVE FOR FL DIDN'T CHANGE AND HE DIDN'T ACT AGAINST FL'S CHOICES. GRADUALLY, HE EVEN LET HER GO TO ML.
2) CUYEN: HIS CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT WAS SO GOOD! AT FIRST, HE FORCEFULLY WANTED FL LIKE HIS FATHER NURHACI, BUT AS TIME PASSED, HE STARTED TO UNDERSTAND THE SITUATION IN A MORE MATURE WAY. HE WAS THE MOST FEARLESS PURSUER OF FL WHO DIDN'T EVEN THINK ABOUT HIS FUTURE ASPIRATION AND EVEN HAD MANY ARGUMENTS WITH HIS DAD REGARDING THE FL. HE WAS A HERO. THE LAST TIME WHEN HE MET HER IN JAIL WAS THE MOST EMOTIONAL MOMENT OF THE WHOLE DRAMA.
3) DORGON: HE IS THE REINCARNATION OF CUYEN. HE DID COME IN FRONT OF FL WITH THE SAME PASSION HE HAD IN HIS LAST LIFE. JUST THE SAME WAY, HE WAS NOT AFRAID TO GO AGAINST THE RULER FOR THE FL. IN BOTH OF HIS PAST AND PRESENT LIFE HE WAS KINDA CUTE BUT THIS ONE WAS BETTER THAN BEFORE.
4) WUKEYA: HE WAS A YOUNG MASTER OF WAERKA WHO SAVED FL'S LIFE WHEN SHE WAS KIDNAPPED BY BAINDARI. ALTHOUGH HE DID NOT EXPRESS HIS LOVE TO FL, EVERYONE CAN SEE HIS ADMIRATION FOR FL. I WOULD HAVE PREFERRED MORE OF THEIR INTERACTION 'CAUSE THEIR CHEMISTRY WAS GOOD. HE WAS THE MOST GENNTLEMANLY FIGURE AMONG OTHER SMLs.
5) NURHACI: HE HAD SOME INCONSISTENCY IN HIS ATTITUDE TOWARDS OUR FL BUT ALL THE WAY HE LIKED HER THE SAME WAY AT LEAST ACCORDING TO HIM! HE JUST WANTED HER TO HER HIS PRIMARY CONSORT BUT FL WASN'T WILLING TO SURRENDER SO OVER THE COURSE OF TIME HE LOST HIS TEMPER AND EVEN TRIED TO HARASS HER SOMETIMES BUT STILL LET HER DO WHAT SHE WANTED TO EVERY TIME. HE ALWAYS PUT HIS AMBITIONS IN FRONT WHILE FALSELY DELUSIONING AND WANTING FL.
SFLs:
1) GEDAI: SHE WAS FL'S HANDMAID FROM A RESPECTED CLAN BUT STILL WAS NOT ARROGANT AND FAVOURED HER MASTER (FL) WHOLEHEARTEDLY TILL THE END. SHE LIKED ML BUT WASN'T DRIVEN BY JEALOUSY AND NEVER THOUGHT OF HARMING HER! REALLY A PERSON OF ADMIRABLE CHARACTER.
HER BOND WITH FL WAS MOST PRECIOUS AMONG ANY OTHER FL-SFL FROM OTHER DRAMAS. THEY WERE SO DELIGHTFUL TO WATCH. I PRAYED EVERY DAY WHILE WATCHING THE DRAMA, THAT MS. SCREEN WRITER PLEASE DON'T LET THEIR PRECIOUS BOND GO DOWNHILL BECAUSE OF ANY REASON. AND SCREENWRITER MUST'VE HEARD MY PRAYERS! HAHA :)
2) ABAHAI: I KINDA FELT SOMEWHAT SAD FOR HER. NURHACI ONLY TOOK HER AS A SUBSTITUTE FOR THE FL AND NEVER REALLY LIKED HER. SHE LIKED DAISAN WHOLEHEARTEDLY (AT LEAST ACCORDING TO HER) BUT IT WASN'T RECIPROCATED BY HIM. HER END WAS SO BAD BUT SHE MAYBE DESERVED IT.
OVERALL, I LIKED THE DRAMA. IN BETWEEN SOMEWHERE, THE PLOT WAS STUCK BUT AFTERWARDS, IT AGAIN CAME ONTO THE TRACK. I LIKE FL AND ML'S CHEMISTRY ABOUT HOW SWEETLY HE WOULD INDULGE HER EVERY DEMAND! MAYBE I WON'T REWATCH IT BUT IT WAS SO GOOD THAT AFTER A FEW YEARS I'LL SEARCH FOR THEIR KISSING SCENES ON YOUTUBE ESPECIALLY THEIR FIRST ONE. IT WAS SO HILARIOUS! IT'S WORTH WATCHING IT ONCE!
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