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A Love Story that forgot to show the Love
I honestly didn’t find this to be a love story so much as a character study of Lu Feng’s deteriorating mental health. I felt absolutely no romance from any of the couples because we never actually got the journey of them falling in love—they were already sooooo in love and I was just left thinking, “why?”
The first thing that gave me serious ick was the main CP’s first time in ep 2 😣 Yichen was clearly scared and needed comfort, but Lu Feng took the whole thing in jest and forced himself on him (while crazy romantic music played, ugh). Even afterwards, when Yichen was shown to be distraught, Lu Feng made it all about himself, and since then I genuinely couldn’t understand why Yichen even remotely likes him.
So the show felt more like a case study of someone mentally unwell who harmed not only himself but everyone around him. The bipolar reveal also wasn’t handled well because it almost makes it seem like all bipolar people are like this, which isnt true :( I do appreciate that they at least acknowledged that something is wrong with him and that it needs attention.
The one time I felt emotional was in the last episode, when Lu Feng listens to the iPod and is reminded of who he used to be. That whole idea of coming home to yourself was actually kinda moving.
Other than that, the characters lacked depth and their reasoning was never really explored, which made it hard to connect with them. The actors did well with what they were given, but nothing much to write home about.
I’m all for red flags, but the forced scenes throughout the show and the way they were framed honestly just made me kinda queasy.
The first thing that gave me serious ick was the main CP’s first time in ep 2 😣 Yichen was clearly scared and needed comfort, but Lu Feng took the whole thing in jest and forced himself on him (while crazy romantic music played, ugh). Even afterwards, when Yichen was shown to be distraught, Lu Feng made it all about himself, and since then I genuinely couldn’t understand why Yichen even remotely likes him.
So the show felt more like a case study of someone mentally unwell who harmed not only himself but everyone around him. The bipolar reveal also wasn’t handled well because it almost makes it seem like all bipolar people are like this, which isnt true :( I do appreciate that they at least acknowledged that something is wrong with him and that it needs attention.
The one time I felt emotional was in the last episode, when Lu Feng listens to the iPod and is reminded of who he used to be. That whole idea of coming home to yourself was actually kinda moving.
Other than that, the characters lacked depth and their reasoning was never really explored, which made it hard to connect with them. The actors did well with what they were given, but nothing much to write home about.
I’m all for red flags, but the forced scenes throughout the show and the way they were framed honestly just made me kinda queasy.
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