Sooo I've been hesitant to watch this cuz I felt I wouldn't like the main story about the enigma lying and pretending…
I hear you... I'm curious to see how they'll explain it away and/or spin it for redemption once SSY becomes privy to all that he has done to get him. For me the bigger issue is their relationship feels more insta love than not. I'd be more likely to care far less about how manipulative HY is in scheming to make SSY his man if the build-up for their coupling had more substance. I made a comment earlier about how it felt like I blinked my eyes and opened them a second later to see them playing house like an old married couple. Ultimately I'm just not understanding what SSY sees in HY besides a pretty face. Like he isn't even reaping any boyfriend benefits in the physical sense!
I too find the 2nd couple more endearing and as annoying as I found their lack of screen-time in the beginning I now think the snail pace progression worked more in their favor than not as the little glimpses of moments we got of their characters and shared history established a basis for those characters and their relationship to each other. The main couple is missing that very basic foundation and thus I'm struggling to connect with or care about them.
I always start thinking of how I'm going to rate the show when it's nearing the end and I thought well this has…
Yes! The last episode of a series is likely to leave the more lasting impression too! It's the one last shot to right a ship or steer it towards an iceberg! This opting for the latter.
It's kinda funny how this series now has Cutie Pie looking better by default if only because as good or bad as that series may actually have been it at least never proposed to be anything other than cute fluff - unlike this series which wildly oversold itself as being something more on a grandeur scale. That alone is enough to magnify one's disappointment.
It feels like the build-up to their getting together was completely glossed over, unlike the much slower yet notable progression we're seeing play out for the 2nd couple.
Was the start of their relationship more fleshed out in the novel?
I guess I just can't help but feel like I blinked and opened my eyes to them playing house like an old married couple when so little time has actually passed.
Exactly. if you want to give all the screen time to the main couple then why you include two more side couples…
Too true. They had PLENTY of minutes to work with and ample opportunity story-wise to properly establish every pairing and character so devoting every minute to the lead pair down to the very last millisecond was a choice! And it goes beyond the pairings too because they didn't give a damn about Ava either! Why even put these people on the poster?
You'd think they lacked creativity or something. Then again, the royal crescents were kinda giving Hogwarts so... 😭
Totally agree. I have no idea why they even had Calvin & Jay in the series, they didn't seem to have a point…
Yep, both side pairings were disrespected but Calvin & Jay were an absolute afterthought. Ramil & Paytai at least had some development, however minimal, before being tossed aside. Calvin & Jay didn't even get a proper kiss 🤣
it was sooooo bad. the first 3 eps were not bad and then it was all down hill.
Yep, everything was far more interesting before they reached the castle. The dynamic between Khanin x Charan was especially better. I liked that they were at odds (a dynamic Zee + NuNew play well) when they first met and how Khanin softened up a bit on their route to the castle. Then they got there and it felt like we were seeing totally different characters who were on the brink of being in love. How long was that train ride to Emmaly to have expedited such feelings? Lol
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I too find the 2nd couple more endearing and as annoying as I found their lack of screen-time in the beginning I now think the snail pace progression worked more in their favor than not as the little glimpses of moments we got of their characters and shared history established a basis for those characters and their relationship to each other. The main couple is missing that very basic foundation and thus I'm struggling to connect with or care about them.
It's kinda funny how this series now has Cutie Pie looking better by default if only because as good or bad as that series may actually have been it at least never proposed to be anything other than cute fluff - unlike this series which wildly oversold itself as being something more on a grandeur scale. That alone is enough to magnify one's disappointment.
It feels like the build-up to their getting together was completely glossed over, unlike the much slower yet notable progression we're seeing play out for the 2nd couple.
Was the start of their relationship more fleshed out in the novel?
I guess I just can't help but feel like I blinked and opened my eyes to them playing house like an old married couple when so little time has actually passed.
Clips of discovery/break-up have both of them in the same outfits as the fight scene so it's for sure the same day.
Trust, I so wanted to like it! Would literally watch each episode 2-3x in an effort to change my own mind about it! I tried, girl! 😭
You'd think they lacked creativity or something. Then again, the royal crescents were kinda giving Hogwarts so... 😭