A well-paced drama without a single plot-hole, written wonderfully. A 10/10 show.
may i just say this was the most wonderfully plotted and written drama of the year? i'm so serious, i expected little going into it because of the casting, but within the first two episodes itself i was hooked. within the first episode, i was hooked. by the time i watched the first six, i knew i was going to see through the rest. and it didn't fail me. the story was well-paced, they didn't leave space for a single plot hole. what would take dramas 40 episodes to sort through, this drama did swiftly every few episodes. arcs were completed with delicate concentration, and the general plot of the drama was proceeding every episode slowly too. every episode build up the layer for the final showdown, while working through the other small plots.
the plot-twists in this drama were so thrilling and so unbeliavably exciting.
now, the characters.
xiao wuyi was a very attractively interesting character from the get-go. i was intrigued by his character from the moment i saw him ruthlessly breaking through the crowd. everything this character did had a purpose. he didn't fail a single person in that entire kingdom purposefully. i think he's by far the most selfless male lead i've ever seen (to a certain extent). as he said in the first episode, he did everything ONLY for his kingdom. and even though opportunities arose every now and then for him to get greater power, he turned away from it. he only wanted to serve his country as the general he started off as. he was wonderful. i think his character was written so well. he loved xie jiayu so deeply, and that was something that pushed him too. i also saw hou minghao contributed a lot of ideas for this character to be well-versed. and it showed. and it was really good.
xie jiayu was a quirky, cute girl, naive and open at the beginning. i know a lot thought she was stupid and made stupid decisions at the start, but personally i felt that those were the beginning steps and trials for her character to be who she is later on. she is fierce and protective, and the moment she realized who she owed and who deserved her loyalty, her switch up was fire. she grew through the lessons and trials of her life, all starting from one death. the moment she loved - and even before she even liked xiao wuyi properly, she was protective in her own right. her passionate driven independent personality was so fresh, and her growth was wonderful to follow. her love was so inspiring. xie jiayu chose her own life, and lived her own life, and never gave up on herself or the ones she loved. aimi portrayed her beautifully.
my other favourite characters were qinglong, yan yue and yanxing. yuanji and runsheng. i loved witnessing their unmovable loyalty so much. li mao... took a while for me to be fine with actually, but he was fine by the end too. even though he was who he is, the eagle king was a very interesting antagonistic character. i liked him as well.
i cried a lot of times in some scenes, because there were so many small heartbreaking moments.
i would recommend everyone to watch this. despite the problematic casting, the romance in this drama was very age-appropriate. it was just cute. their relationship was mostly conveyed through their eyes and words.
xie jiayu and xiao wuyi - who says you're alone, may you share weal and woe.
i hope they walk meadows and flower fields, and they'll walk against anything life throws at them while holding hands, growing old together. because that's what they would deserve, more than anything!
the plot-twists in this drama were so thrilling and so unbeliavably exciting.
now, the characters.
xiao wuyi was a very attractively interesting character from the get-go. i was intrigued by his character from the moment i saw him ruthlessly breaking through the crowd. everything this character did had a purpose. he didn't fail a single person in that entire kingdom purposefully. i think he's by far the most selfless male lead i've ever seen (to a certain extent). as he said in the first episode, he did everything ONLY for his kingdom. and even though opportunities arose every now and then for him to get greater power, he turned away from it. he only wanted to serve his country as the general he started off as. he was wonderful. i think his character was written so well. he loved xie jiayu so deeply, and that was something that pushed him too. i also saw hou minghao contributed a lot of ideas for this character to be well-versed. and it showed. and it was really good.
xie jiayu was a quirky, cute girl, naive and open at the beginning. i know a lot thought she was stupid and made stupid decisions at the start, but personally i felt that those were the beginning steps and trials for her character to be who she is later on. she is fierce and protective, and the moment she realized who she owed and who deserved her loyalty, her switch up was fire. she grew through the lessons and trials of her life, all starting from one death. the moment she loved - and even before she even liked xiao wuyi properly, she was protective in her own right. her passionate driven independent personality was so fresh, and her growth was wonderful to follow. her love was so inspiring. xie jiayu chose her own life, and lived her own life, and never gave up on herself or the ones she loved. aimi portrayed her beautifully.
my other favourite characters were qinglong, yan yue and yanxing. yuanji and runsheng. i loved witnessing their unmovable loyalty so much. li mao... took a while for me to be fine with actually, but he was fine by the end too. even though he was who he is, the eagle king was a very interesting antagonistic character. i liked him as well.
i cried a lot of times in some scenes, because there were so many small heartbreaking moments.
i would recommend everyone to watch this. despite the problematic casting, the romance in this drama was very age-appropriate. it was just cute. their relationship was mostly conveyed through their eyes and words.
xie jiayu and xiao wuyi - who says you're alone, may you share weal and woe.
i hope they walk meadows and flower fields, and they'll walk against anything life throws at them while holding hands, growing old together. because that's what they would deserve, more than anything!
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