I just finished episode 16 and have some questions that are sure to be somewhat answered in the future, but if…
1. Is the Crown Prince Zhang San's(Male Lead) son? 2. I'm assuming Luo Zi Zhuo is playing both young Zhang San and the current crown prince, which is why I've been assuming that it's his actual son and not the child of another prince or the former emperor. 3. If the Crown Prince is ML's son, who is the mother? Where is she? 4. If the Crown Prince is NOT the ML's son, is he the Dowager Empress's child with the former Emperor?
I'm asking because Zhang San was so young when he entered the novel, and I really really don't want to have see this modern day kid be groomed by someone to have an heir. Because those diary entries are starting to get increasingly more and more fucked up. And as the same actor(at least as far as I can tell) is playing both the younger version of the ML and the ML's crown prince some of the back and forth is harder to follow because the other characters aren't really aging around him. AKA unless it's at the very end of an episode I can't tell what time period it is if the young actor is on screen. I watched the first few episodes when I was a little sleepy, so I might have had a long blink during important dialogue explaining all this. Please help a girl out so I can rest a bit easier knowing/preparing myself.
I just finished episode 16 and have some questions that are sure to be somewhat answered in the future, but if anyone knows the answer now that would be extremely helpful. In spoiler comment below.
This Li dude is pissing me off. Like shut up and actually listen. He's so far up on his high horse that he didn't even acknowledge that the Emperor currently holds no real power and that everything he does to benefit the people is then turned into someone else's good deed. It's so annoying.
Okay, you want change my guy? The person who is the letter head is asking for more help to gain actual power that two seconds ago you were willing to give to a stranger, but no, you'd rather bitch at him about things he's already stated he had no control over. Established that Emperor currently holds no power, yells at Emperor for abusing his power.....🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃🤦🏻♀️ I'm just getting bored with the long drawn out speech that is going in circles and needed to decompress
Why do I feel like ML it's physically okay in real life? I can't tell if im just making shit up in my head based on how he was acting/what he was saying after she was hurt in the fire or what. I can tell that he likes her already, but the level of loneliness seemed deeper than just that of another person stuck in a novel. A weird head Canon that I came up with was, what if ML is actually hospitalized with an illness that is being treated & he just watches a lot of dramas. It's the way Ryan is portrayed him that makes me think there is even more to his character's background prior to getting sucked into the story. He's not giving CEO energy during his"off script" time with FL. I'm probably way off base but I want to put my theory out here before diving deeper into the comments & potentially getting real spoilers for the book/novel readers.
im just now half way through ep 8 & im yelling at the screen. "Tell her she's in danger, and not to meet up with your SIL!" I just can't. He finds out his psycho SIL has been sniffing around his PREGNANT girlfriend for weeks & doesn't even WARN HER? im losing it tbh.
it's taking me a really long time to finish each episode now. im just not vibing with the writing flow of the show. the side things taking up most of the episode. the misunderstandings that could be fixed in less than 5minutes. I just feel like we should be further along than we are somehow.
Almost a year later & im still mad at the screenwriter-director for messing up this story & the characters so badly. The actors saved it for the most part, but what a waste of their talent tbh.
I did not see having Toxic(off brand version), and We Wish You a Merry Christmas(piano/music box version) being on the same OST. there were some other songs I vaguely recognized as other more popular songs just with weird lyrics. Every so often I would be like, no...that can't be...da fuc? 🧐🙃
I think I'll be figuring things out a bit faster than intended only because I can recognize the actors in the show, and know which characters will become important later on based solely on who is playing them. I think maybe next time production needs to look outside of the very shallow pool of actors this producer pulls from if they are going to do a mystery show. I hope they can surprise me later on.
Omg same lol. I picked it back up yesterday and it is so good I don’t know why I stopped. It’s hilarious so…
the annoying side kicks on both sides and evil women around ML....that was why I paused...finished ep 13 almost finished 14 & and trying to not throw my phone across the room. (im streaming it to my TV from my phone)
I finally remembered why I had this one on hold for so long. The best friend is so annoying and unnecessary that I not only want to watch at 3x but just straight skip all her scenes. I dont like the sound of whining. & every time she speaks it's with a whiny tone. & her love interest, I can't even remember if he's connected to the ML or not, but why...why are you here? His mother is a villain and the crazy woman who inserts herself everywhere. I just...I thought i would finish this one up before the start of all the new February releases but that's not gonna happen.
How do you manage the MDL calendar? It's a hassle for me.
Same! I can always tell when I binged watched the last few episodes of a show because there are no notes on them until days, sometimes weeks later...sometimes never... I've gone through I think 5 journals in the last 2 years. A5 hardback leuchtturm 1917 dotted journals. I use a zinc printer(hp sprocket) to print out posters of the shows or movies. I do a 4 photo collage so it only takes up a 5x8 square space. It's a very colorful journal because not only do I write with different colored ink depending on the show, I have the title, "about"(literally a smaller banner that says about), and "Episodes"/"Movie" banners drawn with various different pens and markers. Have my 14 categories that I give a 1-5 stars to and the "tag" section next to it. The colors are generally themed to the shows color pallet or poster. I have a shorthand when marking episodes and a key/legend at the front of the journal defining the short hand. And any time a named character dies and I take notes on it it's in a dark red pen so if I ever feel like rewatching something I can immediately tell if I'm actually in the right head space to watch it again. Cause some dramas 10 out of 10, but on rewatch you're going to want to skip a few of the episodes this time.
What's your style of journaling? I have it in spoiler tag because the none relevant to the show comments have gotten really long and I feel guilty taking up so much space.
How do you manage the MDL calendar? It's a hassle for me.
I also keep a written journal of all the shows and movies I watch, a part of that is when I started watching. So the app 100% comes in handy when I havent plotted out the show page yet for my journal.
How do you manage the MDL calendar? It's a hassle for me.
Click on the blue "Plan to watch" or "Completed" whatever it says at the time of you changing the date. there are 3 sections under the photo of the drama, "General", "Advanced", & "History". Click "Advanced". You have the option to select priority, total times watched, rewatch value, and the day you started & day you finished the drama. Unlike with book app/browsers there isnt a way to add the multiple dates you've rewatched. but you can at that in the notes section that no one but you can read. (looks like a post-it note on the app version)
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2. I'm assuming Luo Zi Zhuo is playing both young Zhang San and the current crown prince, which is why I've been assuming that it's his actual son and not the child of another prince or the former emperor.
3. If the Crown Prince is ML's son, who is the mother? Where is she?
4. If the Crown Prince is NOT the ML's son, is he the Dowager Empress's child with the former Emperor?
I'm asking because Zhang San was so young when he entered the novel, and I really really don't want to have see this modern day kid be groomed by someone to have an heir. Because those diary entries are starting to get increasingly more and more fucked up. And as the same actor(at least as far as I can tell) is playing both the younger version of the ML and the ML's crown prince some of the back and forth is harder to follow because the other characters aren't really aging around him. AKA unless it's at the very end of an episode I can't tell what time period it is if the young actor is on screen. I watched the first few episodes when I was a little sleepy, so I might have had a long blink during important dialogue explaining all this. Please help a girl out so I can rest a bit easier knowing/preparing myself.
Okay, you want change my guy? The person who is the letter head is asking for more help to gain actual power that two seconds ago you were willing to give to a stranger, but no, you'd rather bitch at him about things he's already stated he had no control over. Established that Emperor currently holds no power, yells at Emperor for abusing his power.....🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃🤦🏻♀️ I'm just getting bored with the long drawn out speech that is going in circles and needed to decompress
I can tell that he likes her already, but the level of loneliness seemed deeper than just that of another person stuck in a novel.
A weird head Canon that I came up with was, what if ML is actually hospitalized with an illness that is being treated & he just watches a lot of dramas. It's the way Ryan is portrayed him that makes me think there is even more to his character's background prior to getting sucked into the story. He's not giving CEO energy during his"off script" time with FL.
I'm probably way off base but I want to put my theory out here before diving deeper into the comments & potentially getting real spoilers for the book/novel readers.
Everyone at that company is MAJORLY overstepping.
I think maybe next time production needs to look outside of the very shallow pool of actors this producer pulls from if they are going to do a mystery show. I hope they can surprise me later on.
His mother is a villain and the crazy woman who inserts herself everywhere.
I just...I thought i would finish this one up before the start of all the new February releases but that's not gonna happen.
I can always tell when I binged watched the last few episodes of a show because there are no notes on them until days, sometimes weeks later...sometimes never... I've gone through I think 5 journals in the last 2 years. A5 hardback leuchtturm 1917 dotted journals. I use a zinc printer(hp sprocket) to print out posters of the shows or movies. I do a 4 photo collage so it only takes up a 5x8 square space.
It's a very colorful journal because not only do I write with different colored ink depending on the show, I have the title, "about"(literally a smaller banner that says about), and "Episodes"/"Movie" banners drawn with various different pens and markers. Have my 14 categories that I give a 1-5 stars to and the "tag" section next to it.
The colors are generally themed to the shows color pallet or poster. I have a shorthand when marking episodes and a key/legend at the front of the journal defining the short hand. And any time a named character dies and I take notes on it it's in a dark red pen so if I ever feel like rewatching something I can immediately tell if I'm actually in the right head space to watch it again. Cause some dramas 10 out of 10, but on rewatch you're going to want to skip a few of the episodes this time.
What's your style of journaling? I have it in spoiler tag because the none relevant to the show comments have gotten really long and I feel guilty taking up so much space.
there are 3 sections under the photo of the drama, "General", "Advanced", & "History". Click "Advanced". You have the option to select priority, total times watched, rewatch value, and the day you started & day you finished the drama. Unlike with book app/browsers there isnt a way to add the multiple dates you've rewatched. but you can at that in the notes section that no one but you can read. (looks like a post-it note on the app version)