Noctis

Well.. I seem to have come out of Blossoms of Power with very different thoughts than most people.. Because I honestly found quite a few things disappointing.. How did they butcher such a beautiful, fascinating drama with two outstanding leads in those last 4 eps, from the moment the ML died [ yeah right ] till the end.. I was literally sitting there like, What?? Whaat?? Why?? Why would you do this?? All this just to give that Prick Prince Xin the character development, redemption and the kind of death he absolutely did not deserve??

Before I get into the part that frustrated the hell out of me.. I should first say how good He Yu and Meng Zi Yi were in their respective roles.. Both characters were cunning and honestly smarter than pretty much everyone else combined.. They dealt with most of their problems effortlessly.. Both were ridiculously overpowered, well except that the ML was poisoned in his childhood and doesn't have much time left..

He, was obsessed with her.. Well, in the best possible way?? Is there any husband who has done as much for his wife as Xiao Hua Yong did?? The man was completely shamelessly devoted to her.. The chemistry between the two leads carries a lot of this show especially once they finally team up.. MZY, for the first half or so had this stiff expression because she was supposed to come across as cold and elusive.. And somehow viewers mistook that for poor acting?? This woman literally had to kill herself just to find justice for her family, who were massacred and her own husband was the one who led the massacre?? Now she gets a second chance as someone else, this time too she has a family to protect and she obviously can't fail again.. What exactly do you expect from a character like that??

I don't want to talk too much about the court politics, the other princes and all that stuff.. I think all the arcs were pretty well scripted except for the rebellion plot.. And no, I am not talking about Prick Prince Xin's rebellion, I am talking about the one before that, the one led by Prince Ding.. That one had too many flaws.. Like way too many flaws..

Now, Prick Prince Xin.. Sorry, I know I am using that word way too much but I am just too annoyed with him and my wound is too fresh to think otherwise.. Anyway, dude was way too obsessed with her and no, definitely not in a good way.. If he actually loved her, he would have left her alone and stopped annoying both her and us halfway through the drama.. But nah, he just had to keep going till the very end.. He leads an actual rebellion.. Like an actual full blown treacherous rebellion.. And then when he loses and has absolutely no way out, he kills himself and tells her he was secretly playing the villain for her own good.. And she falls for it.. Like What?? Two episodes earlier, his brother died but instead of mourning him, he was in his sister in law's room trying to force her to accept him?? And everything else he goes on to do after that?? Not for one second did he look like a guy who was sacrificing himself.. Even if he didn't want the throne, he wanted her.. And that whole " I did this for you " excuse was just BS..

I hate it when writers do that.. Like, ' Yeah, I might be a villain but atleast I get to die in the lap of the person I am obsessed with, the one I tortured her whole life and I get to see her cry for me.. ' Why?? What's the need for that?? Seriously..

And also, what was the need to kill the ML off with 4 eps left if you were just going to bring him back in the last ep?? If they had just committed to killing him off, that would have actually been a much bolder ending.. She gets the throne, the absolute power she wanted but it costs her the one relationship that made her human again.. Sad but sensible.. Instead, they tried to have it both ways.. Bringing him back just undoes the sacrifice and cheapens all that emotion..

And, in my opinion a bonus episode should be an epilogue.. Something that shows what happens after The End, whether it's happy or sad ending.. We shouldn't have to watch a separate, optional episode after the drama has already concluded just to finally get answers to more of the why's and what's.. If that information was necessary for the ending, it should have been in the final episode.. I mean it was just 12 minutes.. They could have easily included it in the finale..

Overall, Blossoms of Power is a good watch for the majority of its runtime.. But those last few episodes kind of take away the glory the drama had built until then.. And that's honestly a shame..