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Are you crazy??? KSH actually outside any drama pursued a minor. Look at DO. He had a movie pairing with a minor and he disagreed with a kiss scene. Just being paired with a minor doesn't make one a pedo. Again, KSH did this in real life. Drama is not real. AND nobody knows if there's even a kiss in the drama and you're protesting like it's Trump being a stupid president.

I really wish that after making the leads suffer so much with all the misunderstandings, the scriptwriters gave them (and us) a break with a good ending. Like a reward after all of that. But no, they wouldn't even do that.

Cringing da way people don't even know that the bulk of the story happens during her highschool years, but will pounce on her for the few shots of the adult age filming

You're right that they are busy with life problems than romance, but there is romance. So they fix things in the past, go back to a new future but things still happened after they left, so they go back to the past, then back again to the new future that still has problems, so they go back again LOL

In the novel, yes. But they have things to fix in the past, so romance isn't the main agenda. But there's more romance in it than the time loop drama Reset.

That's coz you're still in the first jump. Each time jump only gives them 3 days in the past. Then they go back to a changed future. But there are still issues to fix so they try again, and find out they got into an accident that's why they jumped. So they successfully go themselves into an accident (with the same car smashing into them) again and jump back. This happens a couple of times since the new future still had issues and they still don't know if the car that smashes into them to cause the time jump is actually related to them.

The criminal is actually a chaotic good character. In the end, the law will prevail.
I'll only say that and not reveal too much from the novel haha spoilers can really spoil these types of drama.

There are still misunderstandings, but not as dramatic.

Flourished Peony was far from the novel, but they created a great script from it and retained the spirit of the characters.
L&C just picked up a well known wuxia-palace intrigue novel and messed every aspect up to create a SE drama.

just read the novel imagining them as these characters. you'd be more satsfied. https://webnovel.leonparenzo.com/story/my-empress-love-and-crown/
oh and it's HE in the novel

Yes, go and read it https://webnovel.leonparenzo.com/story/my-empress-love-and-crown/

a whole lot of older actors and actresses play teenager roles. they were chosen because they fit the roles. why don't you wait and see instead of just complaining without understanding? Age gap between actors who become CP in dramas does not mean they will be a CP in real life. It's all an act.

If you really hate the AG on this drama then get out of this drama page and go watch and discuss on other dramas that you like better.

Who's romanticizing weird shit? I studied in an all girls school where we acted both male and female roles. It's just a role. You're the ones reading too much into it.

Actually, the bulk of the story happens when the main leads are in high school. It's not an adult-coded role.

As long as there are no intimate scene, why not? They are actors and should be professional. Again, as long as they are respoectful of Ai Mi being a minor, it's acceptable. They are not pimping her to an older guy. Acting is acting.

It feels odd to not have Nam Ji Hyun in S2. She and Jang Nara were the Good Partners. The script was written in such a way that it was their characters' tandem that made them each other's Good Partner.
I'm sure Jang Nara can still pull it off (she has the acting skills and audience draw to carry the drama) and the writers can make another twist and still incorporate Good Partner. But after loving S1, I'm sure I will miss Nam Ji Hyun's character.
Well I also hope they can bring back her daughter. She was sooooo good.

I agree with this. AG is not a major thing - as long as the actors can pull of the age of the characters they're playing. But since Ai Mi is still a minor, they should restrain from giving her intimate scenes.

True. But maybe since historically these mystical beliefs have had such impacts, they are afraid of history repeating itself. I still see some articles about cults in East Asian countries (even that female South Korean president before was linked to believing in a shaman).
At least Aliens are still in the realm of science fiction until otherwise proven.

It's like Si Teng becoming an alien in the drama while in the novel, it was only a meteorite+water allowing Si Teng to cultivate into a demon faster than normal cultivation.
And since they couldn't do much changes with Parallel World, they just bombarded with disclaimers about how everything is fiction (HAHAHAHA)

Them being both swans is exactly how they were written in the novel with side characters staring at them distractedly like you (and me) hahahaha