Lee Evanie

I agree! Literally forced myself to watch the last episodes lmao

You're welcome! Same here, I kinda feel like rewatching LBFAD even though I literally finished it before like a month, but I already miss it lmao

Thank you and you're welcome! Glad my opinion was helpful :)

I agree, they focused so much on the "artsy" side that the plot got abandoned and became boring and stupid instead, I literally had to force myself to complete it lmao

Also love your profile picture/gif! Dongfang is my top drama/fictional character crush lol

Well I'm a huge fan of gore and violence in shows...etc but god damn this movie was empty as hell! Just people dying and killing each other left and right and that's it.

All the characters were not that interesting nor likeable so I barley cared when they died including the cops who are supposed to be the good guys in the story, they all were useless and dumb to death, and of course the female characters sucked (They love making the girls stupid and incompetent for some reason most of the time in shows and movies sadly). Plot was predictable as hell too, and honestly the main reason I watched it was Seo In Guk, it was my first time seeing him play a role of a violent, heartless, criminal, and he done a flawless job!

He was the only and most interesting character for me and the moment he died I lost the little bit of interest I had and just tried my best to not fall sleep while watching the rest of the movie. Why did they kill him so early?! That was quite the dumb move since his character actually had protentional and was a well written villain character, especially compared to the other hollow characters, his acting was just wasted on this movie. I was also expecting some sort of nice duo thing to happen between him and the Do Il dude, but well...

And of course there was a pointless sex scene too (Mostly a blowjob to be exact), you know to add more of a "mature vibe" to the movie lmao and just like anyone else said the blood looked so fake that it also ruined the violent/bloody moment. It was basically tap water with some red color added to it and that's it. Then there were some supernatural abilities and humans added to the mix because why??? Who knows!

Overall this movie made me have a similar blank and bored reaction to the one I had after watching the second part of The Witch which was all about the fights/blood with zero plot or well written characters, but it was still a little better than The Witch part 2 to be fair.

I see you're a person of culture as well lmao

I agree, especially with the blood part. It totally felt like colored tap water lmao no matter how gruesome the injuries were, the fake ass blood ruined the serious mood for me.

You're welcome! :)

Yeah it being a group interview is kinda scary, especially since someone might end up saying something that you were planning to say right before you, that can make you panic and not know what to say anymore.

Exactly! I agree with both your opinions.

Well this was an overall kinda decent drama. Not great at all, but watchable. My biggest issues with it are:
1- I couldn't stand the FL, I mean I get her point of view and struggles, but god damn! I just couldn't bring myself to like her at all. She was annoying as hell and to make it worse, the actress's way of acting pissed me off more. I don't think I ever seen her in another drama before so I guess she is a rookie? If that's the case then I would rather not to be too harsh on her acting skills, but anyway both her acting and the way they wrote the character herself were unlikable as fuck.

Also the whole thing between her and her mother made me dislike her even more, like seriously? I first expected her mother to be abusive or something for her to hate on her that much, but turns out it was the FL being your typical irritating edgy teen who likes to lash out her anger issues on others instead of trying to understand what's happening first, her mother not remembering her sister clearly shows something off is about the mother, so she should tried to talk to her calmly and help her.

the way she handled everything, especially the issue related to Mi Jun threatening her with the video of Ji Sung was painfully dumb. Like who cares about his reputation, if he is a pervert he doesn't deserve the help. She should have made sure the video was perverted in the first place, before rushing to hate on him as well.

To be fair only thing that I liked about the FL is that for the first time in history they actually casted an actress that's not attractive (Am not saying she the ugliest woman to ever exist or anything, no offense to the actress, but obviously she isn't a drop dead gorgeous, especially compared to many Korean actresses out there) to play the unattractive character role instead of doing the same shit they be doing before when they cast a literally hot actor/actress, give them some ugly nerdy outfits, a bland hairstyle, and a glasses and that's supposed to make them look truly ugly.

When they are so hot even if they wear a trash bag, they would still look way hotter than 90% of human population. Great example of this is Moon Ga Young being the unattractive girl in True Beauty, when she is one of the most pretty actresses I have seen so far, even by Korean crazy beauty standards lmao

2- Ironically every other character in the drama were also unlikable.
We got the Psychopath douchebag Ho In (God damn Bo Min is hot as hell though! And his acting was good enough), whom they try to make a bit redeemable and likeable in the last episode, but that didn't work for me.

The stupid sociopath Mi Jun, like why she exist? How come there is a girl who look exactly the same as Genie who was photoshoped by the FL and that girl actually live in same place and ends up going to same school as her?! Then it turns out that she is crazy and cruel.

That short haired bitch who just enjoyed creating troubles everywhere and being mean for no good reason, and ruined the relationship between Ha Nuel and FL.

Ha Neul who was actually my favorite character (Although I think her deciding to bully and beat up FL after believing that she talked shit about her was too much, she could at least talk to her and let her explain first before becoming the school's biggest bully). But she was the most realistic and relatable character in my personal opinion. She witnessed her mother get abandoned for not being pretty and young anymore so it makes sense she would be obsessed with her looks and wanting to look nice, also her fearing to get abandoned by her shitty ass boyfriend, and not wanting to get betrayed by her best friends.
Besides to me she was the prettiest girl in the drama, even more than Genie.

Then we got Ji Sung, the only good character, but he was boring and cliché, your typical prince charming/nice guy who was into the annoying FL for who knows why, if she had a proper personality, I would get it, but she didn't so...Anyway Hong Seok did decent acting-wise, and his fake accent was cute at least. He is such a pretty guy with an adorable smile and vibe <3

And they just rushed to solve all issues, make FL and Ji Sung kiss and shit, and give all characters the development they should have had in earlier episodes in last episode...

The plot was overly dramatic and dark with too much angst and mentally ill characters that it became parody at some point, and I think other dramas like True Beauty done this concept better.

Overall I liked the message they tried to portray with the drama, and I hope in future they manage to deliver this same message but in much better way, and much more well written characters.

Ikr! That moment when that Tang guy appeared I was like what the heck?! Who the hell is this dude and why they never mentioned him before? When did he inherit the Black Tortoise role. I was more focused on him than the fight for a while which ruined my watching experience a bit at that moment.

I mean yeah I get your point, but still killing Lian just to give them more reason to fight Xiao Yu, isn't really that much of a great excuse for killing Tang Lian all of a sudden and messing the plot a little for me personally. I mean Xiao Yu was trying to create chaos that could lead to many people dying and the ruin of Tianqi as a whole all just so he can become emperor, and it was clear that if he got the throne the whole kingdom would suffer with his dictator like mindset.

About Li Hanyi, yeah probably your theory is right and that makes me hate the romance even more lmao that part made her character feel stupid to me after she was so cool at start.

Thank you!

I know it's a very good drama because first two episodes were very good, also the main lead actor is one of my favorite Chinese actors, and he done great job in his pervious dramas.
I just was busy with some thing so I couldn't bing watch it and since I start Blood of Youth first, I decided to finish it before watching rest of Snow Sword Stride lol

I only watched 2 episodes of Snow Sword Stride so far, but plan to finish it in like the next four or five days since I finally have some time for it.

Oh, I see! I already finished Blood of Youth, and I loved it a lot so if you decide to watch stuff again make sure to properly check it out. It has such a a great friendships and bromance. It became one of my top Cdramas even.

It's his voice that's making me pissed off lmao

This drama was among the most enjoyable Wuxia Cdramas I ever watched and I loved almost every character including support ones. All cast, be it the young or older ones were very good looking and great at acting.

I really hope that they make more dramas with similar concept (Mostly focused on strong friendships, bromance, fights, awesome supernatural abilities) in future. That Wushuang sword box thing was quite the memorable ability, don't remember seeing something similar to it in all of the Wuxia/Xian xia dramas or even animes I watched till this day, and the young actor nailed his role. His character was really interesting.

I also appreciate that basically 99% of female characters (Both main and side ones) were truly likeable, strong physically, capable, had strong personalities, badass, smart, and were highly useful in the plot. It wasn't all about the men being cool and the girls being your typical whiny, dumb, constant damsels in distress with overly high pitched voices, everyone from both genders were equal and strong. Even the very young girls like the divine healer, I really loved her character and the actress did great. As well as many of the kid actors.

All of the outfits, hairstyles, make up, and accessories of both male and female cast looked very beautiful, Especially Jade deity (Who was elegant as hell), Wujie, seventh and second Princes, Xiao Se, Qianluo, and Tang Lian. The filming sets/places looked amazing with stunning decorations, scenery, architecture, and furniture, and CGI was overall pretty good!

For once the emperor wasn't a total piece of shit lol they be digging to make emperors in historical dramas assholes, but this one had an emperor who acted humane, and the second prince was also admirable in a way.

Not gonna lie, I did wish I could adopt Lei Wujie lol, he was such a pure sweetheart and my favorite character in the drama, every moment he appeared in made me laugh, quite the brilliant comic relief character, and the actor seemed to enjoy his role as well. I think dating a guy with such a personality would be perfect too since you won't worry about him doing bad things at all, Ruoyi is sure smart.

Only issues I found with the drama are:

1- The romance: Basically all romance subplots in the drama either felt cringe (To be exact the whole thing between fairy Rui and Tang Lian, along with fairy Luoxia and her disciple Mingxuan being into her, it was awkward to death), or forced, pointless, rushed, and uninteresting (Like Qianluo and Xiao Se, Lei Wujie and Ruoyi, Li Hanyi and that peach blossom sword dude). Do they really need to create 10000 couples and make everyone fall in love with someone?!

Like the plot between Wujie's sister and her lover...it totally felt like they created it just to add a bit of drama and the typical tragic love story concept that Chinese people seem to be obsessed with.

Qianluo's sudden obsession with Xiao Se and her chasing him around everywhere and being clingy and aggressive got a bit irritating at some point and it felt as if he only liked her back because he had to by force, besides no one else showed interest in him (Since Ruoyi decided to stick with Wujie in the end), and she basically wouldn't leave him alone. I liked Qianluo overall as a character and fighter, but as romance/lover character she pissed me off a little for some reason.

In a way it would make more sense for Xiao Se to marry Ruoyi than Qianluo honestly (She his childhood friend, she is very smart, mature, and knows well about the court and army matters, so she would be more of a suitable choice for him since they will be able to communicate and understand each other better).

I get they decided to make Ruoyi x Wujie, Qianluo x Xiao Se, Tang Lian x Fairy Rui, Hanyi x Zhao Yuzhan a thing because they wanted opposites to attract (Qianluo isn't that smart and is more on the short tempered, childish, and reckless side unlike Xiao Se who is very meticulous, secretive, and cold.
Tang lian is very reserved, quite, and polite unlike Fairy Rui who is kinda...slutty?
Hanyi is tough, hard headed, and bold, the blossoms dude is chill, romantic, and gentle.
Meanwhile Wujie is very innocent, more on the simple and transparent side unlike Ruoyi who is very mature and wise), and such love trope does work nicely at times, but in this plot's case I didn't like it.

Luckily the romance plots barley had screen time and they weren't the main focus. But it would be better if they just got rid of all these dumb romance bullshit (I'm not against romance, I do dig romance plots when they are well written, help the plot, and the actors got chemistry, which weren't the case here sadly).

2- Many character had such stupid deaths...for example Hanyi's husband, why did he have to die? They hyped his ass so much and he was supposed to be this awfully strong dude but he died in the blink of an eye as soon as he walked down of his mountain. Same with Tang Lian, did he really need to die? Why? How did his death help the plot?

It was clear they killed him along with Li Hanyi's husband just to add some tearful moments and get the watchers all emotional, but it didn't work at all for me cause their deaths just felt meaningless even though I really loved Tang Lian. I'm pretty sure he could stay alive and nothing much about the plot would change.

Many of the deities/older martial artists were supposed to be super powerful and badass by how they described them all (They can destroy thousand of cities, split rivers in half with their palm...etc) but when they show up and start fighting they aren't even as 30% as powerful and cool as you would expect them to be and they easily get injured or die lmao even the younger generation martial artists (Mostly Xiao Se, Wushuang, Wujie, Tang Lian, and Qianluo) were more flashy and awesome than them.

3- There was also the story about Wuxin's mother, was I supposed to sympathy with her and feel bad for her?! Like the woman literally cheated on her first husband, abandoned her first son, fled with another man who happens to be her first husband's enemy, married and fucked him and gave birth to his kid and was planning to stay with him, then all of a sudden when they tell her that her first son is very ill she finally realizes that maybe he still needs her so she goes back to the palace, abandoning her second son in the process...everything about her screamed a selfish bitch, yet they made her seem like this tragic woman who didn't have a choice.

I get she might not loved her husband, she might got married to him by force thanks to her family making her do it for profit blah blah but all that isn't an excuse for all the mess she made. Thanks to her her older son became mentally troubled, filled with hatred, got all cruel, depressed, crazy, and suicidal in the end.

She could try to shower him with love more and make him understand how much she supposedly cared for him, but she decided to act cold and distant towards him instead which made him despise her even more. While her younger son suffered since his birth without his parents by his side, and had to go through lots of danger and misery.

Yeah the emperor might've not been her love, but from what they said he did love her a lot, treated her well, and even after the grand betrayal she done to him, he didn't slice her throat and allowed her to live peacefully in the palace, enjoying the wealth, which showed how much forgiving he was to her, but she didn't deserve it honestly.
Besides the major reason lone sword deity decided to go to Tianqi and create chaos, injuring so many people, and got manipulated by Xiao Yu as well was all due to his love for her and to get her out of the palace. Why are all men so obsessed with her anyway?! I don't find her that marvelous personality-wise, nor drop dead gorgeous (No offense to the actress).

Basically her character was nothing but trouble for everyone around her. Yes, she stayed locked in Tianqi for Xiao Yu's sake, but isn't that her duty as his mother anyways, especially since she abandoned him once and was the reason he got mocked everywhere in the palace? Like seriously She pissed me off greatly, even more than her elder son lmao

4- All OSTS were boring and non memorable, didn't bother downloading any of them, wished they made better songs.

I still gave the drama a 10/10 rating although many things bothered me, but the things I liked about it were much more and I bing watched it in like four days so yeah lol

I get you and I was mostly talking about second season, the reason many watchers still bothered to watch the second season is because of him and his character. If it wasn't for him I myself wouldn't give the second season a chance cause first season was already shitty to me.

I'm currently watching the Cdrama called The Blood of Youth and so far it's very enjoyable (It's Wuxia historical drama) along with another non historical Cdrama called you're My Glory.
I actually enjoyed True Beauty cause I liked the three main characters, and loved the bromance. I kinda shipped the two male leads lmao it may be cringe indeed but still fun to me.