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Episodes 32-34 were full of drama and emotions but they were good. As usual the acting didn't disappoint. The scriptwriting did!

Too many people who haven't watched it seem to be hating it. The rating for episodes that haven't even aired yet is kind of a give-away...
Hopefully the rating will creep up a bit after all the people who have genuinely watched the drama give an overall rating. Provided the inept script-writer doesn't make a complete mess of the final episode.

Yeah, I'll probably see you around. Wherever there's a costume drama (without transmigration or time travel) I will be checking in for at least a few episodes.
What are you planning to watch next?
I'll probably check out Lost You Forever after this, although I find the fact that they will split it in 2 parts (with unknown airing date for the 2nd part) a bit off-putting. Imagine someone falls off a cliff and then you have to wait for 6 months...
Otherwise, the ones I'm most waiting for are Yong An Dream and A Journey to Love.

Yes, it is quite clear that this drama is very very badly produced. I don't need convincing on this point. The fact that they had 3 or 4 directors working on this (and probably didn't allow them to re-shoot key scenes) and some trivial side-character with no added value for the story managed to muscle her way onto centre-stage in every single one of the early episodes speaks for itself.
And don't even get me started on the script-clown. I stand by my earlier suggestion that this person should be sent to Anle's water prison.

I don't think that you can draw any conclusions from the comparison with US-produced shows. The cost of labour isn't the same and probably neither are the wages of the cast.
Also, GoT was really reliant on a lot of CGI and was filmed on different locations (Ireland, Croatia, etc.) around the world.

Oh, quit the day-dreaming! You know that this is exactly what's going to happen. He'll jump off and before he even lands the ending credits start to roll. This is C-drama 101 😂😂😂

LOL Somehow my baths will never be the same after this... 🛀🏽

I love that quote!
Hope you're enjoying Durian's Affair. It's definitely not for me... It has the trope that I dislike the most: time-travel. You obviously haven't seen any of my many rants regarding the time-travel/transmigration trope.🤣 🤣 🤣

The FL is just putting on an act. You can see her switch between the act and her real self in the later episodes and after ep. 24 the act completely disappears.

Yes, I've seen it. It was ok because it had Jeremy in it. I didn't like the overall story or the FL so much, but the music was wonderful. I love those two songs by Li Qi!
I'm currently catching up on some of his older dramas and watching Fairyland Lovers. JT only has a small role in this for a few episodes, but he literally steals the show from everyone else. He is so charming and funny in this one!!

Thanks for the 💐
I just say what I think... some people like it, some don't.

We've come so far, how could we give up now?

Do we ever get to hear something about the authors' opinions? In most cases they don't seem to get any say in what is done with their original material and then have to suffer in silence. There are plenty of novels that had me scream in frustration at the filmed version,

I feel exactly the same. The CGI and the main leads' acting were superb, but the plot felt so repetitive and not engaging at all. They made it quite impossible to sympathise with the FL so in the end I couldn't care less if there got together or not.

On some pages every second comment is about the dreamy eyes/smile/face/whatever of some pretty boy. The rest are praises of the (non-existent) stellar acting and the rating is totally inflated despite the plot holes, annoying side-characters and cliched script.
At least for LoA people are actually discussing the plot.

People have down-rated episodes that haven't even aired yet. I really don't understand this huge amount of hatred towards this drama. If you don't like it, just don't watch it.

Half of it was spent on hot water and bathing accessories for the Fake 😂

They butchered TTEOTM in the sense that they cut away so many scenes that there no longer was any character development, especially for the FL.

Considering how dumb and ignorant she was, she really didn't need any help in getting herself killed. From what we've seen of her in the drama I'm quite amazed that she managed to survive this long at the Northern border.

That's quite possible. Both ML and SML are cold types, so any romance would be slow to develop. If instead of swoony cliched romance we get a lot of fight scenes and some clever scheming I will be very happy.