- The main lead are in the end the Emperor & Empress. I didn't see that coming tbh as they always show them as unambitious & wanted a peaceful life. So I don't know if it really fit in this story but as I was always kind of frustrated when main leads just drop all their responsibilities to live their best life when they were actually Emperor/Crown Prince & Empress/Crown Princess that I still enjoyed it here.
- Mr Zhen & Princess Fuqing happy ending. They made me panic with this jail scene. I just wish we actually saw their wedding but I don't want to be too greedy. :P
On another note:
- Like some people said, the blind trust of the former Emperor to his sister don't fit his character at all. And the fact, she was still "forgiven" (saying she died protecting the emperor & was granted a title of honor) when she literally killed a LOT of people just a minute ago like the sociopath she was is even more... frustrating. Same with the FL's Grandma & Uncle in a lesser extend. Even her Aunt was forgiven & had a "tragic" death like we should feel bad about her. Spoiler: No, I didn't. :P
- The Saintess plot was REALLY convenient. They just didn't give much background story behind it. And the whole "Let's become a spice merchant kingdom & we all be happy" was really lazy to stop a century-old conflict. Tbh, the whole Nanwu plot was really thin and they didn't give much love. Like Du'er dying like he was completely irrelevant as NO ONE said a word about him afterward. I don't know, they hired a handsome actor, he had a backstory with FL in her past life, they also made him all mysterious with his mask & secret underground organization. He was quite charismatic but overall he was so... unnecessary & underused. Kind of a bummer.
Overall, I still liked it but it wasn't a masterpiece. 8/10
When your partner have toxic family members, you don't want them to stick around. The mindset of "Family above all" is so mess up. Even more so when they are abuser or predator. Leave that Grandma & live your life, it would be the best ending.
I really hope she will stay this hateful woman to the end and make the lead leave her. I really hate when they flip a character & make all their previous behavior somehow forgiven & forgotten.
I'm a petty person. If you hurt me, I will hurt you back. I don't like when lead are just "too nice" with their abuser. And while IRL, you need to be tame about it sometime (because it's a double edge sword ngl), fiction are really great to have that serotonin rush when they have their karma back. :D
All the author's adaptated works all posses unique plots. Wdym she's assuming someone's identity to get revenge?!…
Yeah him being a widow with child is so odd that I still don't believe it ? Like, I expect anytime soon that they will reveal that she isn't his biological daughter & had a platonic relationship with his former wife. They always do that when ML is already with child & dead wife. :x
But I would like they didn't do that this time tbh, it's so unnecessary in my PoV.
When FL cured the blindness of the empress daughter ,emperor promised a wish he would do for her and FL said she…
Well, an Imperial Decree isn't something she could overtake with a simple "favor". He almost let his son die because he didn't want to betray his sister. Let alone for her Daughter-in-Law.
Well, another "great actor" that will burn in flame. They really like playing with fire. Like, "she was legal when they started dating" does sound like a convenient excuse to avoid legal pursuit. The fact even if it's right, as a public figure, it's still shady & could only hurt his image. What did he expect ? Of course everyone will trash him now regardless of the truth. :x
And I don't want to be that guy but the way that controversy was revealed make thing even more out of control. The girl unalive herself on his birthday. And it was the catalyst of this shitstorm. It just scream "I'm doing that because of HIM!". And just like that regardless of the truth, he will be guilty. I'm not saying he isn't - he is most likely - but even if he wasn't, it's over for him.
And all that could be avoided if he was just... a decent human being. Or a smart one at least. I can't believe he couldn't have dated a woman that wasn't "borderline minor". He is successful, rich, handsome & was loved by all beforehand. Anyway, Karma did bite him really hard. :O
Well, another "great actor" that will burn in flame. They really like playing with fire. Like, "she was legal when they started dating" does sound like a convenient excuse to avoid legal pursuit. The fact even if it's right, as a public figure, it's still shady & could only hurt his image. What did he expect ? Of course everyone will trash him now regardless of the truth. :x
And I don't want to be that guy but the way that controversy was revealed make thing even more out of control. The girl unalive herself on his birthday. And it was the catalyst of this shitstorm. It just scream "I'm doing that because of HIM!". And just like that regardless of the truth, he will be guilty. I'm not saying he isn't - he is most likely - but even if he wasn't, it's over for him.
And all that could be avoided if he was just... a decent human being. Or a smart one at least. I can't believe he couldn't have dated a woman that wasn't "borderline minor". He is successful, rich, handsome & was loved by all beforehand. Anyway, Karma did bite him really hard. :O
I can't hate on this drama even with the romanticizing of stalking because the premise had potential and the acting…
They didn't ? Sure, he stalk her. But nothing in this say it's fine to do that. Quite the opposite for that matter.
- ML's Best Friend said to FL she could report him if she wanted to. It clearly show that his behavior wasn't "normal" even in this circumstance. - She didn't "love" him because she was stalked by him. Nor did he get Brownie points by doing so. - The other "stalkerish side-story" with the man beating his ex was clearly show in the wrong light.
At some point, the morale police should just stop & just watch properly the drama before being upset with everything. And if it's a sensitive topic for you - It could be understandable as everyone have their stories & sensibilities - it just indicate a "you-problem". Not a flaw in the drama itself.
Sooo... I genuinely liked it. Loved the mystery. Loved the ML's Best Friend plot twist. I saw a lot of comment saying it isn't a romance but I strongly disagree. All the story & ML's behavior root from his feeling toward FL. We got a love confession at the peak of the story. Just based on that, it automatically qualified as a romance.
BUT it isn't like the mainstream Romance K-Drama. All the codes - and probably what most peoples like about them - is missing in this one. So I can understand... the disappointment ? They just wanted to narrate a Love Story in a completely different tone and they succeed in that - at being vastly different.
Apart from that, the OST was perfect. But I also did find some "flashback" annoying as they are quite a few minutes long. As the story is already slow paced, it even made the whole thing more sluggish.
Overall, it's a solid 8.5 for me. Mostly based on his originality & the plot. The storytelling could have been better but the overall quality of the production was really great.
Oh god, poor Bua. And Baabin being a savage. Final episode next week. Who will be end game with whom ? Personally, I still have a soft spot for ChianFou. Baabin is "too nice" (well, if not this episode). :P I think the BuaBaabin's ship have sinked but either way, Bua need therapy. He have so much issue with "being loved" that it wouldn't work with someone who isn't 100% focus on him.
Also, I hate feet. I REALLY disliked that scene. xD (I know, it's probably a me problem...)
And the piss thing ? Just, why ? >_< (... But this one was waaay too much, right ? :P)
Did I miss something with Fou4Mod and Faifa?? Everything that happened with that kinda confused me
Well, they got together after he "break up" with Chian. But he soon realized that he didn't like her. So he sabotaged his relationship to force her to break up with him.
She commented on a kissing couple's pic that she would never want her partner to do that - probably the posting online thing - and Fou4Mod just did that on purpose. The meltdown afterward is a bit more obscure. Guilt ? Depress ? Hormone ? :P
I'm still not getting what the ML's deal is, is he autistic or not, like why does the writer not make that more…
He isn't a "realistic" character. They took a personality trait (Colder than a steel bar with STRONG principle & ego) and exaggerated it greatly for entertainment purposes. So no, he isn't on the spectrum. We often see those "Aloof", "Out-of-Human reach", "Defying Common Sense" or "Emotionless Character". They can have many shape & form.
Characters on the spectrum in Media are clearly marketed as such (Like in "Extraordinary Attorney Woo") and are - like any character that have a "strong" personality identity - exaggerated. You wouldn't have any doubt saying: "Oh, he is a sociopath/autistic or have OCD/DID" even before they said anything. I don't say he is any of those, I was just throwing random strong personality traits just to be clear.
- The main lead are in the end the Emperor & Empress. I didn't see that coming tbh as they always show them as unambitious & wanted a peaceful life. So I don't know if it really fit in this story but as I was always kind of frustrated when main leads just drop all their responsibilities to live their best life when they were actually Emperor/Crown Prince & Empress/Crown Princess that I still enjoyed it here.
- Mr Zhen & Princess Fuqing happy ending. They made me panic with this jail scene. I just wish we actually saw their wedding but I don't want to be too greedy. :P
On another note:
- Like some people said, the blind trust of the former Emperor to his sister don't fit his character at all. And the fact, she was still "forgiven" (saying she died protecting the emperor & was granted a title of honor) when she literally killed a LOT of people just a minute ago like the sociopath she was is even more... frustrating. Same with the FL's Grandma & Uncle in a lesser extend. Even her Aunt was forgiven & had a "tragic" death like we should feel bad about her. Spoiler: No, I didn't. :P
- The Saintess plot was REALLY convenient. They just didn't give much background story behind it. And the whole "Let's become a spice merchant kingdom & we all be happy" was really lazy to stop a century-old conflict. Tbh, the whole Nanwu plot was really thin and they didn't give much love. Like Du'er dying like he was completely irrelevant as NO ONE said a word about him afterward. I don't know, they hired a handsome actor, he had a backstory with FL in her past life, they also made him all mysterious with his mask & secret underground organization. He was quite charismatic but overall he was so... unnecessary & underused. Kind of a bummer.
Overall, I still liked it but it wasn't a masterpiece. 8/10
I really hope she will stay this hateful woman to the end and make the lead leave her. I really hate when they flip a character & make all their previous behavior somehow forgiven & forgotten.
I'm a petty person. If you hurt me, I will hurt you back. I don't like when lead are just "too nice" with their abuser. And while IRL, you need to be tame about it sometime (because it's a double edge sword ngl), fiction are really great to have that serotonin rush when they have their karma back. :D
But I would like they didn't do that this time tbh, it's so unnecessary in my PoV.
And I don't want to be that guy but the way that controversy was revealed make thing even more out of control. The girl unalive herself on his birthday. And it was the catalyst of this shitstorm. It just scream "I'm doing that because of HIM!". And just like that regardless of the truth, he will be guilty. I'm not saying he isn't - he is most likely - but even if he wasn't, it's over for him.
And all that could be avoided if he was just... a decent human being. Or a smart one at least. I can't believe he couldn't have dated a woman that wasn't "borderline minor". He is successful, rich, handsome & was loved by all beforehand. Anyway, Karma did bite him really hard. :O
And I don't want to be that guy but the way that controversy was revealed make thing even more out of control. The girl unalive herself on his birthday. And it was the catalyst of this shitstorm. It just scream "I'm doing that because of HIM!". And just like that regardless of the truth, he will be guilty. I'm not saying he isn't - he is most likely - but even if he wasn't, it's over for him.
And all that could be avoided if he was just... a decent human being. Or a smart one at least. I can't believe he couldn't have dated a woman that wasn't "borderline minor". He is successful, rich, handsome & was loved by all beforehand. Anyway, Karma did bite him really hard. :O
- ML's Best Friend said to FL she could report him if she wanted to. It clearly show that his behavior wasn't "normal" even in this circumstance.
- She didn't "love" him because she was stalked by him. Nor did he get Brownie points by doing so.
- The other "stalkerish side-story" with the man beating his ex was clearly show in the wrong light.
At some point, the morale police should just stop & just watch properly the drama before being upset with everything. And if it's a sensitive topic for you - It could be understandable as everyone have their stories & sensibilities - it just indicate a "you-problem". Not a flaw in the drama itself.
BUT it isn't like the mainstream Romance K-Drama. All the codes - and probably what most peoples like about them - is missing in this one. So I can understand... the disappointment ? They just wanted to narrate a Love Story in a completely different tone and they succeed in that - at being vastly different.
Apart from that, the OST was perfect. But I also did find some "flashback" annoying as they are quite a few minutes long. As the story is already slow paced, it even made the whole thing more sluggish.
Overall, it's a solid 8.5 for me. Mostly based on his originality & the plot. The storytelling could have been better but the overall quality of the production was really great.
Also, I hate feet. I REALLY disliked that scene. xD (I know, it's probably a me problem...)
And the piss thing ? Just, why ? >_< (... But this one was waaay too much, right ? :P)
She commented on a kissing couple's pic that she would never want her partner to do that - probably the posting online thing - and Fou4Mod just did that on purpose. The meltdown afterward is a bit more obscure. Guilt ? Depress ? Hormone ? :P
Characters on the spectrum in Media are clearly marketed as such (Like in "Extraordinary Attorney Woo") and are - like any character that have a "strong" personality identity - exaggerated. You wouldn't have any doubt saying: "Oh, he is a sociopath/autistic or have OCD/DID" even before they said anything. I don't say he is any of those, I was just throwing random strong personality traits just to be clear.