Saffy88

Just finished reading the novel, and have to say ZWY is really ideal for this sort of role. Hope they can wrap up this first part in Lingquan soon as there's tons of entertaining stuff ahead.

What a tangled web we weave when first we practice to deceive - ep 3 was hilarious.

The people around Huaiyang Wang are really pulling out all the stops making up stories about him and his “inadequacies” 🤣

Loving the shades of Xie Wei when ZLH shoots death glares at YY 😂

Also not feeling the chemistry between them. It's strange cos I would have thought they would be a super pairing, but something not quite clicking yet.

11.30 pm tonight? What a strange time to air.

Standing ovation for Yang Zi's performance in these last few eps. She really makes us feel XY's deep and poignant heartbreak.

That and YZ at her wedding and the morning after - amazing performance.

And now XY's hair goes white - this couple is really symmetrical.

And CX forgets that he didn't protect her either when she needed it the most. Plus all those times he injured her, broke her legs etc...........in the end, arguably XY has suffered more through her relationship with him than with TSJ or XL.

Cang Xuan, ah, Cang Xuan, what have you done? And all in the name of love? So utterly, utterly cruel.

Umm why do you even take the MDL ratings to heart? Actually a lot of movies, esp arthouse type movies get relatively low ratings on MDL.

I loved LR cos I thought the chemistry was great and it always left me with a goofy smile watching them. Does this mean that it is on the same level as Parasite or Zhang Yimou, Wong Kar Wai films? It's apples and oranges - they all bring different things into my life and I enjoy them all.

Put the ratings into context. If you think the ratings here are not objective, then look elsewhere for example at time.com: Lovely Runner's Finale Makes It the Year's Best K-Drama https://time.com/6983798/lovely-runner-ending-explained/

Sooooo worth it! It's every romcom fan's dream ending. Romcoms produced post- LR should take the LR finale as the gold standard. 💯💯💯

In a way it's CX's fault. He has put XY in harm's way by making it so clear that she is his favourite.

Yes, as much as he claims to love XY, he will also not hesitate to do the most hurtful things to her. Grandad is right, he needs to curb his control freak tendencies.

Very spoilt

This queen wants too much, Did she seriously think that CX would really fall in love with her when he's such a political animal?

I always feel that given the chance FL would rather marry CX 😆

Agree, the actor is not quite up to portraying a character like TSJ. In the book, TSJ is a bit more nuanced and not so one-dimensional.

He's really losing his grip on reality...........

This be true. I can understand the author's intentions - she wanted to create a character that would act as a stark counterpoint to the other men in XY's life who have other worldly ambitions or loyalties. Given XY's PTSD and abandonment issues, it's completely understandable that she will gravitate to someone like TSJ whose heart is only big enough to contain her and not the world.

It's wrong to say that TSJ has no personality. In fact, the author wanted to portray a man that would not repay violence with violence and take an eye for an eye. This can also be seen as a strength. But this characterisation is really hard to pull off, and I do wonder if another actor would be able to tread this fine line a little better. When I watched Yan Lin in SOKP, it did occur to me that here was the type of noble strength that should shine out from TSJ. And I also have been wondering how someone like Luo Yun Xi would play this. I think we also do not get to see TSJ showing how effective he is in the world of business and as a clan leader. We only get to see him seemingly paralysed in the face of family ties and affections. But if he is really the chosen one with nine tails etc, then they ought to try to convince us more of his qualities, and he is shortchanged in this.