I wish I had read this message sooner. I was almost halfway through this. I regret wasting some time on this nonsense, but luckily, I didn't end up wasting anymore.
I finally finished it. It took me an eternity to get through the last 10 episodes. I just found them a bit boring. It wasn’t very interesting in those final episodes. This drama is rated really high, but I don’t see it. I don’t see that it’s worthy of that rating. This rating is on the same level as some of those greats out there, and I don’t think this comes close to those dramas. It was good overall, but it wasn’t spectacular.
The particular song they played during some scenes reminded me of the music used in Indian dramas or movies. It has that vibe. It doesn’t seem like typical historical Cdrama music.
I really can’t understand this. We see it all the time on TV shows. a short man who look" weak "taking…
That’s not what I’m saying. My issue isn’t about the FL being a woman. It’s about how the scene was written and executed. It’s not about gender, it’s about realism in the story. I’m fine with underdogs or characters who surprise us, but this scene and others made the FL look like a demigod, taking down a general who’s trained his whole life. That’s beyond the story stretching suspension of disbelief.
Later episodes make it even more extreme when she defeats the experienced Crown Prince, which just amplifies the problem. If the scene had shown her struggle, maybe even losing and needing the ML’s help, (because he is an elite general after all, training his whole life, unlike the FL) it would have been more believable. And whining about “misogyny” here is just a pathetic excuse to avoid admitting the story is completely over the top.
What rock have you been living under? Since when do Cdramas have anything to do with "realistic". This…
I watched it just fine. The weapon isn’t the issue. The writing is. And if your only response is to be condescending, maybe you’re not understanding the criticism. “Find something more to your level of understanding.” Yeah, that’s about the level of response I expected.
What rock have you been living under? Since when do Cdramas have anything to do with "realistic". This…
Haha, yeah, I get it’s a C-drama, but that doesn’t make it any less ridiculous. There’s ridiculous, and then there’s “FL defeating a lifelong-trained general with a butcher’s knife” ridiculous. Some things still need a shred of realism.
I'm on episode 27, and I just can’t believe the FL took out that powerful general with only a butcher's knife. A general who’s been training probably his whole life, and suddenly this petite woman, with no training, looks like some ancient mythological warrior, like a demigod. They've taken this way too far. It would have been better if she had tried to fight him, maybe put up a decent struggle, but was going to lose, and then the ML would step in to save her. That would have been realistic. Not this nonsense. I can accept some dramatization, but this? This goes way beyond ridiculous.
I’m only halfway through, and I still can’t figure out how she fights like that or has all these skills. She might be the daughter of some legendary fighter or general, but you’re not born knowing how to do that. It takes years of training, and she hasn’t had any of that. She’s just a butcher. That’s all she’s been doing her whole life. It just doesn’t make any sense. And what’s the deal with scraping a coin on her body over and over? How is that supposed to help her recover? None of it makes any sense.
I don’t really understand why she’s so angry with him in that scene. It’s around episode 17, when they’re talking about their future by the jetty. At first, they’re saying things like “I hope you find a good partner,” which already feels a bit emotional and tense, so it makes sense that it turns into an argument.
But then he opens up and explains his situation, that someone is trying to kill him, and that it’s basically a matter of either they die or he does. He’s not rejecting her, he’s being honest about the danger he’s in. When he asks her to give him a year, it actually sounds like he does want to be with her, but knows he can’t right now because he needs to deal with this first.
That’s why her reaction confuses me. To me, it feels like he’s expressing his feelings and asking her to wait, not pushing her away. I would’ve expected her to feel reassured or even hopeful, rather than angry. So I don’t quite get what she’s really upset about in that moment.
The particular song they played during some scenes reminded me of the music used in Indian dramas or movies. It has that vibe. It doesn’t seem like typical historical Cdrama music.
Later episodes make it even more extreme when she defeats the experienced Crown Prince, which just amplifies the problem. If the scene had shown her struggle, maybe even losing and needing the ML’s help, (because he is an elite general after all, training his whole life, unlike the FL) it would have been more believable. And whining about “misogyny” here is just a pathetic excuse to avoid admitting the story is completely over the top.
But then he opens up and explains his situation, that someone is trying to kill him, and that it’s basically a matter of either they die or he does. He’s not rejecting her, he’s being honest about the danger he’s in. When he asks her to give him a year, it actually sounds like he does want to be with her, but knows he can’t right now because he needs to deal with this first.
That’s why her reaction confuses me. To me, it feels like he’s expressing his feelings and asking her to wait, not pushing her away. I would’ve expected her to feel reassured or even hopeful, rather than angry. So I don’t quite get what she’s really upset about in that moment.