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Isn’t it too much for a character who isn’t accustomed to schemes and how things actually work to suddenly make a plan with a perfect win rate? She’s doing well, but her opponents are also skilled; they’ve been scheming for years. Xiao Xun saw through her poison plot. Deng Yi betrayed her, she thought he only cared about money and his mother’s safety, but he wasn’t the type to leave his fate in someone else’s hands, so he let Xiao Xun go to keep another option open. Xie Yan Fang had stayed behind the scenes for years, so she expected him to continue that way until he found the perfect chance to counter. Instead, he used her plan against Xiao Xun to counter. She is still learning to be ruthless, to think ahead, and to account for every possible variable. This actually makes her character more human.

Are the changes between the novel and the drama too obvious, or did they only tweak a few things?

In Episode 4, Lee Un-jeong only played defense, redirecting vehicles toward Kim Pal-ho and refraining from taking the initiative to attack. But in Episode 7, he went on the offensive.

Google say's it's inspired by unpublished Stan Lee concept titled The B-Team.

Because it's not.

I'm loving Cha Eun Woo and Park Eun Bin's chemistry more than I expected.

EP1 -> Peak entertainment .

Just finished my 4th rewatch and I'm still loving every minute of it.

I’ve heard Douban has better ratings, that they favor strong plots and well written dramas, but it’s not a user friendly website for international audiences. So I usually just Google the Douban score for a drama. However, I mostly decide what to watch based on a director’s or the actors previous works and their performance. I don’t take ratings too seriously.

It's to show that the character has suffered internal injuries, which are far too common in costume dramas.

MDL for cdramas is primarily focused on idol dramas, so it’s unrealistic to expect the idol drama audience to engage with non idol drama to the same extent.

He does listen, but he doesn't grasp how serious her aversion to marriage is because she never communicates the depth of her trauma. While she has the right to not express her trauma, withholding this crucial information means he can't understand her perspective. It's not wrong for him to believe in their love, to believe there love could heal her... but her silence creates a fundamental imbalance. She doesn't express that his efforts feel like a burden, so he can't know. So to me, it felt like she didn't put the effort needed for their relationship to survive. Of course, later she tries and puts in the effort, and the ML, despite not knowing her story or understanding the depth of her trauma, still tries to understand her perspective.

My experience is different, I skipped most of Fated Hearts and Legend of the Female General, and fully dropped Novoland: The Castle in the Sky. Shockingly, none of them managed to capture even a fraction of the emotional rollercoaster I got from LITC.

I feel like most C-dramas focus more on expression of emotions than on having tightly constructed stories. So once you connect with these kinds of dramas, you’ll enjoy them a lot.

fan edit.

I think the male lead’s identity reveal should have been handled differently.

"During a battle, Xie Wu is fighting the enemy general but is barely holding on. Xie Wu is sent flying and Changyu intervenes from his hitting a rock. In the heat of the moment, she shouts, "Where is the Marquis of Wu’an? Shouldn’t he be here fighting the enemy general? So many people are dying, why hasn’t he come?"

Frustrated and desperate, Xie Wu blurts out that Changyu drugged Marquis.

Which confuses Changyu, because she drugged her husband and not Marquis...

Changyu is stunned. Flashbacks flood her mind, the first time he introduced himself as Yan Zheng, their quiet moments in Lin’an, his reluctance to stay with her in Lin'an town, and last night's conversation about whether she likes him becoming a Marquis. While she’s frozen in shock, the enemy general launches an attack, realizing who she is.

Seeing the attack, Xie Wu pushes away Changyu. He fights desperately, but his injuries worsen and couldn't hold on any longer.

It hits Changyu then, that this chaos is because of her. because she drugged Marquis.

She steels her heart, steps forward, to defeat the enemy general herself."

- The reason I think this would have made the war scene more dramatic and intense is that Changyu initially joined the war merely to survive until it ended, and maybe kill few soldiers to prove her participation. But after learning the truth. the absence of Marquis is an issue she unknowingly caused, so she takes responsibility for it. Also, if Yan Zhang hadn’t been drugged, he could have fought against the other general. I just thought this version would have made things more interesting to watch.

I'm enjoying this drama, but I feel like the power levels in it are kind of inconsistent and change depending on what the writer wants to happen next, rather than what the character is capable of.

I understand the reason behind the conflict, but it felt too rushed. I know Song Mo was consumed by hatred, but since FL lived through the war, she should have had an idea of how small variables can lead to disaster. So I expected her to be more cautious. I love the drama, but I wasn’t convinced by some parts of it. Maybe I’ll feel differently after a rewatch.

Wei Yan killed the previous king. No matter what kind of king he was, killing a king is unacceptable. To protect royal honor and set things right, he has to die. Also, to the world, they may have revealed Wei Yan as the true traitor to preserve royal honor and bloom another rebellion, so he has to die.

I’m on Episode 29, and the whole conflict erupting so easily in the house after Miao An Su and Song Han’s marriage doesn’t feel right. Why are the FL’s maid and Mr. Chen adding more fuel to the fire? Is this part of some hidden plan, or is Mr. Chen just being dumb?

Also, Dou Zhao knows that in the alternate timeline, Song Mo killed both his father and brother. Given that, why isn’t she being more cautious around Song Han? From her perspective, Song Mo wouldn’t have killed his own brother without reason, so why isn’t she at least making an effort to monitor his movements? Leaving him unchecked when he’s essentially a walking time bomb seems reckless. I might be wrong but It’s like they’re willingly welcoming all the mess onto their heads… and then suffering from it.