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Yes!! I love it because TQ might feel meh about SCC at the moment but when it comes to work, he does take it seriously, so he won't have been petty enough to not send her the information she needed. It is just hilarious how they kept on missing each other and the misunderstanding piles up. 😂

Ohhhh you are right! Went back to episode 2 and they mentioned her name during the divorce convo. Maybe SCC transformed into Fang Jin (aka an actual irl person) to help her sister and real!Fang Jin deal with the divorce from the violent man especially since there is a clip of SCC/Fang Jin stomping on a man.

I don't think it boost intelligence, based on Lin Yuan's explanation, the bracelet changes light refraction, so it is almost like an illusion/trick on the eyes. The bracelet can cover up pimples/injury to the face, but they still exist in reality (so in a way, the person would still have to put in the work to actually have better skin irl).

There is this preview clip showing 2 SCCs too so I wonder if in the future, the bracelet might get another upgrade in which she can even clone herself or create a whole another person that can exist when she is still herself.

The humor is just so good. Chef's kiss to the writers and the actors/actresses for bringing them to life.

Yup, this is a story of growth for both of our main characters but deep down, they both have sincere and kind hearts.

I love that both are flawed and we see them struggling with society/other people. We are not coming into characters who are already "perfect" because irl, people in their 20s-30s and even beyond are growing every day. We experience new encounters that make us question our own set values and what we had known before. It has been a while since I have seen an adult romcom with a heart for its characters.

Did anyone noticed that TQ uses his middle finger as the print for his door code. 😭😭😭 When SCC was trying out all his fingers to get in and it was his middle finger. This drama just has so many hilarious mini moments too.

This drama honestly has a lot of great cultural jokes/puns. I didn't catch them all either until I was reading analyze posts on Xiao Hong Shu and you got people going through every line to figure out the puns. 😂

Like even in the afterwork drinking scene when SCC told the BBQ boss that she isn't close like that with TQ. The boss said in reply that "And I am not close with him at all" (which then implies SCC is still at least closer to TQ than a straight up stranger). Those kind of throwaway lines are hilarious. 😂

TQ was lowkey attracted to that Tong Ren statue. 😭

Some more fun titbit to explain some of the jokes:

So the bronze statue in episode 6 is called Tong Ren (铜人) and it is associated with acupuncture and the practice of medicine in China. The painting of that baby is Nian Hua (年画) aka pictures used to celebrate Chinese New Years. People are speculating that Tong (Ren) + (Nian) Hua = Tong Hua so those are meant to reference Tong Hua, the scriptwriter of this drama. 😂

I think that is the beauty of this drama. The audience got filters on too when watching this drama and we as an audience must also realize the way this drama is set up + POVs we are seeing might lead us to feel strongly about something one way but it is also the drama /leading/ us to feel that way. It is honestly really fun LOL.

I have a theory on how TQ ended up falling in love with the alpaca but I am so curious about him falling for Fang Jin and why that persona popped up for SCC.

SM was more of an accident and when SCC was struggling with people's expectations of beauty for her. The alpaca... I have an idea on why she used that persona.

But Fang Jin? 🤔 She is meant to be the professor aka the intelligent one so I wondered if that persona was required for something going on with SCC's sister (since her sister is a divorce lawyer).

Then we have the man, Quan Sheng Tang, who TQ hates and I too have a theory on that.

Li Landi actually said in an interview she did on the 24th that SCC came to love TQ eventually because she realized that TQ was different than what she thought of him (that he isn't some scum who only cared about looks) and that TQ respects women a lot.

I don't even think we can label TQ as green flag/red flag because he is just a regular man who is extra nice to the person he likes.

He doesn't like SCC as he had prior negative (false) impressions of her (his bully) so he isn't going to go out of his way to be nice to her. He isn't making her miserable on purpose either, if anything, he tries not to interact with her.

I actually think in terms of C-drama land, TQ is one of the most normal MLs, I think people just think he is "red flag" or terrible because they are looking at him from SCC's POV aka with filters on. But if you are looking at him from an audience's POV (aka no filters on), he is just some guy who doesn't have the highest EQ and doesn't care for this woman who he thought used to bully him.

If this drama was from TQ's POV and we knew nothing of SCC's POV, we might even dislike SCC a lot for being a bully and seemingly interfering with TQ's interactions with his crush. We might have even cheered on TQ for saying those harsh words to SCC because he got back against his school bully.

Our FL (SCC as SM) actually later schooled some of the men on why they think just a make-up eyeshadow is enough to define beauty or just that would give women confidence when beauty comes in different forms. People/women can be beautiful for their courage, for their kindness, etc.

SCC also reflected with her bestie that being SM (a beautiful woman) is not that great as there will always be the thought that others only like her for her appearance/not actually her. And she also commented on understanding now why some people get addicted to plastic surgery as they don't want to lose the positive things they had gained due changes in apperances. There is also a convo with her bestie about how the face is not needed for survival, etc.

Beauty standard is kind of the central theme of the drama and it is definitely explored and reflected on as our characters encounter different things. Some spoilers below:

The 2D monkey king got me rolling lmaooooooo.

Freaking hilarious that with the bracelet being updated, SCC can now transform into objects and some of the objects (even 2D versions??) she transformed already have been so out of pocket. 😂😂😂

Yup, it is such a delicate relationship because if you upset the platform too much, they can easily bury your fav's upcoming dramas/not air them and there is nothing you can do about it then.

Yup! You can definitely tell the directing/writing put heart into this drama with them even making sure to highlight this detailed difference.

Yay! There is a Bilibili reviewer who just posted about Filter positively! https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1k8PhetEcr/?spm_id_from=333.337.search-card.all.click

I saw a post on XHS that mentioned something interesting about their school memories.

In SCC's flashbacks, she clearly remembers herself as having quite a bit of pimples (we tend to be critical of ourselves and remember our "flaws" more). But in TQ's flashbacks, the SCC in his memories didn't really have pimples (in others' eyes, they don't really see/remember our perceived "flaws" as much). It also aligns with how children/teenagers tend to be more concerned with their own selves and their own struggles, so they aren't really that focus on other people's "flaws" as much. I thought that was a neat little detail. 🤩

Yes, her sister is essentially trying to encourage her via tough love, but SCC didn't see it that way since at that moment in time, she was struggling with people talking about appearances. Her older sister loves her a lot for sure though.