MadelineMaureen

In episode 24 she helps Shen Yuan and his friends escape from the Marquise by throwing firecrackers off a balcony into a group of his guards.

Okay so lets walk through this real quick.

The woman you love and have been looking for for years is most likely in front of you. Do you...

A. Confess your undying love for her

B. Tell her that you've been looking for her since you found out a stalker of yours harmed her

C. Threaten the only family member she loves, and brag about torturing and killing his friend in front of her?

If you guessed A or B you have a working brain and emotions...if you guessed C you might be Lu Jai Xue.

After the fire crackers went off I really wanted her to throw a middle finger up....so I did it for her.

No body grew up together. It is in-law of in-law Uncle x Niece.

oh, 100% will be playing matchmaker for both in the next episode or so. Someone that nosy and two people that pretty...yeah she about the meddle meddle.

First love and forever love were in reference to themes of the shows not the shows 'Frist Love' and 'Forever Love' 🤣🤣💀🤭
Currently still watching 'First Love' so can't really say how it is one way or another. It's got Wang Xing Xue in it so yay...but boy oh boy was he still in his teenage boy era.

Ten bucks on that neighbor lady trying to get Mei Lin married to a villager.

I have been summoned....
Okay so after looking through your lists I have a few recommendations.

For only fluff no stuff(aka drama) 'Love Me Love My Voice': Slow-burn sugary sweet first love. Great voice acting and singing...best watched with snacks on hand as the food shots are mouth watering. OST is amazing, so even if the show is too slow for you(it was for a lot of people) check out the music. Centers around a doctor/voice actor and a music student.

Fluffy with a pinch of stuff: 'Amidst a Snowstorm of Love': Slow-burn seductively sweet first love. Shot in Finland and China it's has a great cinematic vibe throughout.

One that's already on you plan to watch list...'Love Scenery': very little drama or miscommunication between the two leads. When there is a misunderstanding they work it out quickly. Female celebrity/singer and her not so secret, secret first fan who is famous in the gaming world.
'Love Scenery' is the Younger/more youthful version of 'You Are My Glory': Celebrity/actress FL asks her old high school crush to teach her a mobile game that she is the spokes person for. He is on leave from his job as an aerospace engineer while he questions his future path...they meet again as adults...lil spice.

'Hidden Love', 'When I Fly Towards You', and 'Exclusive Fairytale' you've most likely been recommended at least one of these before. Very little drama in them...first love/forever love high school to university students. All green flag MLs. I'm not saying much because honestly these are the most common recs for fluffy shows.

Wanting a little shot of sugar, but don't want to stay for a whole meal? 'Our Secret Diary' is a Japanese movie that is super cute and sweet.

I would recommend 'Lovely Runner' as it was in my top list of 2024 dramas, but it's a bit heavy and with timeslip being a plot point not really a complete turn your brain off kind of show.

Most of the above recommended shows have little to no major plot other than finding their "person" and furthering their career/dream goals. No one is trying to murder anyone. And if you don't like the side plots they are easily skipable if you so choose. Hope you find something you can palette cleanse with.
spoiler tag cause long

I don't just look at the pretty pictures and people and call it a day. I majored in Photography and Fine Arts in university so cinematography is the FIRST thing I will pick up on in a show or movie. How a show was "treated" in post etc.
To make a comment on the plot/writing of a show without even getting 4 episodes in is honestly just weird imo. Pacing can be mentioned, maybe questioning where the writing/plot is going but to assume with such authority that YOU know exactly how the show will go and promote that on a channel people use to get information on shows that they wouldn't have access to otherwise is just unprofessional. If she knows she hates romance shows, stop watching fucking romance shows. She will make a comments on things that haven't even happened and NEVER happen in a show to hundreds of thousands of viewers giving them a mistaken impression of someone's work.

She repeatedly makes comments belittling not only certain dramas and actors but the people who enjoy those dramas and actors as well. She can barely find a decent thing to say about some projects altogether. As someone who reviews as many things as she does sometimes it's better to say nothing and call it a day. "wasn't my cuppa tea, but I'm sure others will like it if they like x, y, and z similar thing" is not a hard thing to say.

Commenting on the production of a show is one thing, as she has a background in that and can give insight. But as someone who has made it her job to give opinions about things, she has starting making moves that seem nasty and mean spirited towards the people in the projects and those that consume them. That is not someone I want to support. Being called stupid for enjoying something is not what I had subscribed for, so I no longer do.

I follow many review and commentary channels and don't always agree with what they say, but they don't belittle the viewers or the production(unless extremely warranted because of misconduct). After the fifth or so video in a row that she torn into something she watched 5% of I realized she wasn't the channel for me.

She is more or less a hate rant channel than a reviewer.

Come back after next Friday's episode & check the comments to see if the ending is happy or sad or open.

Min Woo! What are you doing here?!
The scream I scrumpt. ☺️

I'm looking forward to seeing a shift in Yi Ning's eyes once she knows. Ren Min is such a great actress and she is pulling off the platonic love looks at Shen Yuan so well right now. Zhang Wan Yi did the shift in Shen Yuan's looks so well. That "oh shit" kind of panic then finally acceptance of his own feelings. I kind of want to rewatch their scenes together up until this point just to see the shift again.

Thank you for clearing that up for me. I'm interested to see how they do this in the drama with all the changes they seem to have already made.

Ep 22

thank you!

I'm having a hard time following this comment with the name abbreviations and lack of punctuation. I'm dyslexic, so this is struggle bus city for my brain to make out.

Once again AvenueX confirming why I no longer watch her reviews. The most downer of a reviewer when it comes to anything filmed well or with any kind of artistic take that differs from what she deems "great".
I like her content when it comes to understanding what is going on culturally within a show or music/instrument wise, but ever since she ripped into Hidden Love I have sided-eyed her taste in dramas. Then from the jump she just straight up says Kill Me Love Me isn't worth watching after episode 3 expect to rant...okay...naw.
Anything that is filmed beautifully she seems to have an instant dislike for. Am I the only one to notice this?
Spoiler tag cause it is a side conversation. so if you do reply to this please put it in a spoiler tag as well as to not bog down the timeline. I just wanted to get this off my chest and wanted opinions from those who know who i'm talking about without it being directly somewhere that person could see negative comments about themselves. As I don't want her to feel badly for having an opinion that I don't agree with.

So question for novel readers.
What is the inciting incident that makes Yi Ning marry into the Luo family? Is it because she had been in the household so long that she wouldn't have been able to marry anyone else?

Question for you. In the novel was the Duke's relationship with her mother consensual? Was he the one who kidnapped her or did he save her?

It was extremely common to marry first cousins at this time so, not weird at all...just not great from a modern lens.
It appears her aunt blames her mother for the death of her son(first young master). I'm not sure how the son died or even how old he was at the time of his death. But whomever Yi Ning's mother brought in as a doctor of some kind was used by the aunt/son and the son ended up dead.
Add on the fact that her husband was desperately infatuated with Yi Ning's mother...yeah double whamy.
If the son died around the time that Yi Ning was born it could be why she hasn't suspected the aunt until now.