That reckless idiot Fu Zhi is seriously getting on my nerves. She's got the IQ of a crayon, she goes around like a bull in china shop without a second thought for the consequences, all the time thinking the world of herself and pretending to be cute. She treats Zhi Shu with contempt for no reason, and now she's hellbent on forcing her way into the royal dungeon in defiance of the emperor's order, which will of course result in more havoc wrecked by her for those she's supposed to care about. At this point I'm thinking her character is just rage bait for the viewer, the only thing she contributes to the drama is annoyance. Given cdramas penchant for adding some tragic charisma to the plot by killing a supposedly charming character, I hope she's the chosen one for this purpose. Here is hoping.
The rest of the drama I am enjoying, both leads are doing great jobs, the storyline is interesting enough and the pace is adequate.
She looked a mixture of hurt and stoic and turned around to leave, didn't you see that? At this point she's not…
We watched two different dramas, then. At no point did I see her giving a FF about the fact that it was the woman his brother wanted to marry, but about HIM being about to marry her.
Susu really doesn't give a f about him😭or maybe she's just confident that he would never actually marry another…
She looked a mixture of hurt and stoic and turned around to leave, didn't you see that? At this point she's not even trying to hide her feelings for him.
A lot of people on MDL are not used to Chinese drama romances about really terrible people having really shitty…
Who said it wasn't? Yes, it is a toxic relationship on both sides, that's precisely what this series is about.
She was never his ex, he was just led to believe she was dead. They never broke up, they lived together as a couple until she shot herself and fell off the train in front of him; even then he never stopped looking for her.
He knows she still loves him. He knows that'll be a loveless marriage of convenience, which is precisely why he refuses to acknowledge it and will do everything to stop her marrying his brother.
Would you in his place all of a sudden accept the new sister-in-law status?
Finally at 27th episode susu came to realisation that at every separation she was the one escaping first and qing…
At this point she's run out of excuses not to let herself be with him, but at least she seems to have realised to what point her 'protective' actions backfired on him. Same thing goes for him, but he seems to be more prepared to admit his shortcomings and make amends.
Well, I'm now on ep 27 and I think I've now watched enough of this series to say I'm thoroughly enjoying this drama. The direction and editing may not be top notch, but the acting is great, the atmosphere is very well achieved, the background music comes in at precisely the right moment to great effect, the aesthetics are superb. Sure, there are plot holes, but they aren't serious enough to break the storyline and they are mainly down to mediocre editing. The characters have also become much more neatly outlined.
What I'm enjoying most is actually the sheer excess, how over the top everything and everybody is, the far too damaging trauma that somehow doesn't lose hope, the screaming-for-redemption toxicity that both ZLH and WCR portray so well. I'm just sitting back, eating sunflower seeds, having a glass of wine and letting all of it wash over me.
At this point I'm giving it 8.5 only because of the let down the direction and editing are, otherwise it'd be a 9.
ok him suddenly wanting his sister when he found out its not his sister...did he want her all along? this is freaking…
People with a healthy mind who are brought up together do not feel sexual attraction towards each other; this is nature's own mechanism, put in our brains to avoid the genetic degeneration of the species. In psychology it is called the Westermack effect. This is what makes the 'non biological siblings' excuse invalid, because it is unnatural to feel sexually attracted to someone with whom they were brought up as siblings regardless of whether they are biologically related or not. It still is psychological incest if they are not blood related.
It never ceases to amaze me that the Chinese censorship is so incredibly strict about even minor details but systematically allows the incest trope (yes, it's so frequent you can call it a trope) as long as there is the obligatory 'not blood related' twist in the plot. How on earth do they fail to realise that the idea of children who grew up together as siblings and then go on to have sex together is utterly revolting? What is the purpose of this very frequently repeated tastelessness, are they trying to promote incest in the XXI century? Are the censors/writers/producers just a bunch of perverts? I think these are relevant questions, particularly if we bear in mind this trope is entirely unnecessary every single time and adds exactly nothing to any storyline.
I also find just as astonishing some comments on this forum giving the same excuse, ie. that it's ok because they are not biological siblings. The very sentence 'they were brought up together as siblings' should be a clear enough explanation as to why it is aberrant, but apparently some people see nothing wrong with it. Live and learn.
I couldn't stand the little girl, I found her utterly repellent. She added precisely nothing to the drama, I hope she's gone for good.
Looking forward to the leads being of course alive after falling off the cliff and getting closer to each other until they get rescued, which is what I expect to happen.
You also need to put a spoiler tag on your post, there are plenty of people who haven't watched it yet.
The rest of the drama I am enjoying, both leads are doing great jobs, the storyline is interesting enough and the pace is adequate.
She was never his ex, he was just led to believe she was dead. They never broke up, they lived together as a couple until she shot herself and fell off the train in front of him; even then he never stopped looking for her.
He knows she still loves him. He knows that'll be a loveless marriage of convenience, which is precisely why he refuses to acknowledge it and will do everything to stop her marrying his brother.
Would you in his place all of a sudden accept the new sister-in-law status?
What I'm enjoying most is actually the sheer excess, how over the top everything and everybody is, the far too damaging trauma that somehow doesn't lose hope, the screaming-for-redemption toxicity that both ZLH and WCR portray so well. I'm just sitting back, eating sunflower seeds, having a glass of wine and letting all of it wash over me.
At this point I'm giving it 8.5 only because of the let down the direction and editing are, otherwise it'd be a 9.
It never ceases to amaze me that the Chinese censorship is so incredibly strict about even minor details but systematically allows the incest trope (yes, it's so frequent you can call it a trope) as long as there is the obligatory 'not blood related' twist in the plot. How on earth do they fail to realise that the idea of children who grew up together as siblings and then go on to have sex together is utterly revolting? What is the purpose of this very frequently repeated tastelessness, are they trying to promote incest in the XXI century? Are the censors/writers/producers just a bunch of perverts? I think these are relevant questions, particularly if we bear in mind this trope is entirely unnecessary every single time and adds exactly nothing to any storyline.
I also find just as astonishing some comments on this forum giving the same excuse, ie. that it's ok because they are not biological siblings. The very sentence 'they were brought up together as siblings' should be a clear enough explanation as to why it is aberrant, but apparently some people see nothing wrong with it. Live and learn.
Looking forward to the leads being of course alive after falling off the cliff and getting closer to each other until they get rescued, which is what I expect to happen.