She finds herself reawakening back when she was 18. Reincarnation per se is not a favoured topic by the powers…
Ah XW - what can I say? For me, he's the best bit of this drama and am really enjoying ZLH's portrayal of a dark, slightly demented (when it snows), damaged character. He's an anti-hero but JXN is not a nu xia/heroine either. He really is her best match.
Can someone explain me story in short? I'm still trying to figure out if she is reborn or went back or ahead of…
She finds herself reawakening back when she was 18. Reincarnation per se is not a favoured topic by the powers that be in China, hence they had to have an interlude where the author of the story wants to rewrite a different ending for her character and perhaps dreams about it when she falls asleep.
In the original timeline/life, JXN was portrayed as typical ambitious vixen-like character who went thru life playing with the affections of the men around her and using them to get what she thought would be the pinnacle of life: being the Empress. In doing so she directly/indirectly hurts them, destroys their families, etc etc, generally bringing chaos and destruction in her quest for power. She also pays the ultimate price for her ruthless ambition.
In her second life, with memories of how she died, she wants to make up for these mistakes, stay away from the court and pursuit of power, and survive. The men that were in her life previously are still around her and that includes Yan Lin, her childhood sweetheart, with whom she now draws clear boundaries of sibling affection. Then there is Zhang Zhe, the only one she was in love with previously, and at this stage in the drama, she still cherishes hopes of being together with him. As for Shen Jie, her husband and Emperor in the previous life, she doesn’t snatch him from her sister this time round, so he’s not one of her lovers.
This brings us to Xie Wei, with whom she did not have a close relationship previously, seeing him mainly as the sinister leader of the rebellion that led to her demise. Thus she never knew that he had feelings for her, as they never had the chance to explore that possibility. However in this life, she finds herself embarking on that journey with him and they go from enemies to lovers, changing their fates completely.
Only 18 more eps for us to see the rise and fall of JXN-ZZ relationship and the deepening of JXN-XW relationship plus the takedown of all the nasty villains. Is that really enough? I find myself wishing for a second part like LYF.
I'd mixed up release date and only accidentally found out it's been released when I casually checked so I'm only…
Different shades of love certainly. With YL more platonic, sibling affection. ZZ first love/crush. SJ is no longer an option as she does not snatch him from her sister this time round. So the endgame is XW.
tbh too many shows this year had supposedly strategic leads on paper but in reality they were pretty stupid and…
Too right. Some dramas which were so hyped turned out to be so disappointing. Had to temper my expectations going into SOKP, but so far, surprise surprise it's delivering. A delicious and delectable year-end pressie.
Am happy that BL has gotten a pretty worthy script in which her character can think and execute things logically amidst the chaos of her second life, and generally hold her own and face off against a very domineering mastermind ML. Especially when compared to some of her other dramas released this year.........
The comms between XW and JXN are still pretty dismal, despite each demanding transparency and trust. One can still omit to tell the other hey, stay away from the prison cos I'm engineering a complicated prison break especially when it should have occured to him she would go say goodbye to YL.
Oh well, serves him right if she gets to spend more time with ZZ then............
Halfway through and the plot and characters haven't gone kablooie or skidded off the rails - if the drama can stay like that till the end, this will be a very good second half of 2023 for cdramaland and SOKP can join the likes of LYF etc
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In the original timeline/life, JXN was portrayed as typical ambitious vixen-like character who went thru life playing with the affections of the men around her and using them to get what she thought would be the pinnacle of life: being the Empress. In doing so she directly/indirectly hurts them, destroys their families, etc etc, generally bringing chaos and destruction in her quest for power. She also pays the ultimate price for her ruthless ambition.
In her second life, with memories of how she died, she wants to make up for these mistakes, stay away from the court and pursuit of power, and survive. The men that were in her life previously are still around her and that includes Yan Lin, her childhood sweetheart, with whom she now draws clear boundaries of sibling affection. Then there is Zhang Zhe, the only one she was in love with previously, and at this stage in the drama, she still cherishes hopes of being together with him. As for Shen Jie, her husband and Emperor in the previous life, she doesn’t snatch him from her sister this time round, so he’s not one of her lovers.
This brings us to Xie Wei, with whom she did not have a close relationship previously, seeing him mainly as the sinister leader of the rebellion that led to her demise. Thus she never knew that he had feelings for her, as they never had the chance to explore that possibility. However in this life, she finds herself embarking on that journey with him and they go from enemies to lovers, changing their fates completely.
Oh well, serves him right if she gets to spend more time with ZZ then............