Perfect tale of love, relationships, family and politics

I am not an expert by any means of cdramas, hence my username. Though I can say I have watched quite a number of dramas this year and this is the first that made me so invested in it.

I also tend to watch modern dramas more and really like “My little Happiness”, “Go go squid” and “You are my glory”.

Period pieces fascinate me, as costumes are really nice! I like seeing how people lived in ancient times, some martial arts scenes and palaces.

Not generalizing but I usually find the actors a bit stiff , dialogues sometimes dragging and romance scenes pretty tame. The catalyst for the shift was who rules the world, where the cinematography was excellent, even if its more on the fantasy side I liked how it played out.Intense love attracts me to watch and the martial arts was amazing that it git me hooked.

Then my recommended list showed LLTG. I liked the poster and the actors both looked attractive. So I watched episode 1 and it wasn’t conventional. The cinematography was off the charts (coloring was so alive) and the actors were not stiff at all!

It was slowburn in the first part for romance which normally would make me skip scenes, but the storytelling on the side characters was superb! Want to know more and then I got hit with the soundtrack. It wasn’t just a song playing in the background but it felt like it was building up the scenes. Perfect for comedy scenes and moreso the emotions bubble up when you hear it most specially when it was about the main leads romance.

My love for this drama is unlike any other. It’s a perfect blend of family, politics and romance with sprinkles of comedy/culture. The author and script writers are amazing as each role contributes to the whole , it brings the viewer along on the journey. You feel/emphatize with the characters, the emotions are brought out as you feel sad, happy, resentful, giggly - all emotions. You actually will think they’re real.

It also isn’t purely fictional as you would find it realistic and relatable even with the time period setting. You will root for the Leads and hate the villains with so much passion. You will relate to what they are going through and imagine being in their shoes.

And what more, is you can totally rewatch episodes for so many times and not get tired of it. You will hate weekends and look forward to tuesdays when new episodes are available. You will find yourself looking for folks who watched this and try to engage about your opinions.

It also gets you in a state of trying to understand the characters actions and get into debates on what they did.

Comparing this to all that I have watched, it’s not on the same level at all. Might be the greatest of all time. Everything pales in comparison.

Upcoming dramas have it tough to give
this a run for it’s money. It’s a complete, balanced story and excellent translation to the small screen. Kudos to the director for having this vision and bringing this to life!

Hope they make this into a movie. Would love to watch that!

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