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I've been waiting for the great dreamer for what feels like an eternity that i am the great dreamer atp 🙄

I'm not sure why people r already making the early spring comparison with this show...irreplaceable seems much more in line with blossom through the cloud, flight to you or master of my own (except the ml seems like a supportive mentor figure than in master of my own)...i feel like the early spring comparisons might hurt this show by setting false expectations since this feels much more about the female lead's personal career growth than romance alone...

Yess this is what im hoping too, that they meet each other in the middle. Because both have valid perspectives. I think jinqi ultimately needs to realize not everything needs power and manipulation to be dealt with, and lanxiang should realize when power can be the right choice...

Loved how lanxiang gave jinqi the sit down "privilege" talk he'd been needing to hear his whole life. To someone like jinqi, merely "loving" a woman enough to have the emperor announce his marriage is enough. He can't even begin to understand that love alone doesn't sustain relationships, but freedom, choice, respect and dignity are equally important too. To him, the probability that someone who comes from lanxiang's background could possibly be offended by such an upgrade in status and wealth as marrying him is unfathomable. But to someone like lanxiang who has had and seen it all and lost it once over, someone who has seen both sides of the boat, she's seen first hand that for the poor, freedom, respect and dignity are conditional and therefore, even more valuable than their next meal.

Ironically, this trait of lanxiang that's now giving him trouble is exactly what drew him to her in the first place, like when she similarly told him about the "poor man's sandals" back when she was still his maid.

Jinqi's reply to her tho this time was also a great counter argument. I like that he challenged her to do differently showing that he's obviously still resistant to change and not even remotely understood the error in his method. But now that lanxiang does take up the challenge and does differently, it gives him a real life lesson on how to use power fairly. Because after all actions are the best teachers, not words alone.

Is this really airing this year?

Thats honestly plenty emough if they to use it well imo

Ya tbh jinqi better win me over asap too coz im totally with lanxiang here...was really disturbing to see lanxiang and her family's helplessness. Jinqi totally trapped her with the emperor's word, tho at least she can use that to her advantage as well. In many ways, she's essentially a captive in the Lin family home. I do wish from a personal viewer's standpoint that they had allowed this union to happen more naturally and for lanxiang to have developed some level of feeling for jinqi as well by this point

On the other hand, the forced marriage trope right in the middle of an otherwise spectacular first half feels sort of out of place and like an unpleasant turn of events ngl

Thanks ive been here all along 😂😂😂

I've been anticipating this show since the beginning of the year and have high hopes for this one. Currently Against The Current has been the standout cdrama of the year so far for me. The frames from A Prophet and all the promo material look really interesting too. Hopefully the writing, direction and performances match up!

Big mistake catching this while it's airing but oh well ill suffer through the next week for the second half 😭

Thanku!

What r his next projects?? R there anymore than whats listed here? I'm really curious about what he chooses after ATC...

Oh makes sense thanks!

Someone mentioned it's a birthmark so we can identify her well. But tbh i didnt notice the birthmark until we saw her as a young mom so i was wondering if she had some illness too!

Wait did i miss something or is furong from the shen family (the fl's birth family?) Was she her little sister that poisoned herself in ep1? Or is there a third family other than the shen fam and lu fam who were also harmed coz of the old emperor??

Yaayyy cha woo min in a lead role finally 🥹

Ohhh thank god!! Someone needs to pin this coz i never saw this be debunked, even saw a thread about it that i cant find anymore...

R we only getting until ep 31 for the first part? If so, that's basically only 3 more days of episodes, no way they r *not* going to end on some gigantic cliffhanger, and then what? We wait for god knows how long for the 2nd part? The mdl timer is confusing as hell...

If u r into romcoms thats the bulk of it: dive into you, take charge of my heart, make me tingle, love in disguise, oh my guard, summer vacation, also a meloromance (?)- between steps, also a kdrama thriller called perfect lie, and ahn hyo seop has another kdrama called final table, a jdrama romcom with ji chang wook called merry berry love, also lee joongi's comeback in a jdrama called kidnap game

Will this have a happy ending if anyone knows?