UnaSpenser

no. that is not a fact. please cite scientific studies which has concluded this.

It's men who kill women when they are rejected. Hell, they lose their minds if you just laugh at them. Men who going around committing mass murders. Men who lead genocides.

Women endure a lot without going around murdering people. So, who's more emotionally stable?

Please, get out of here with your misogyny.

And you know that the predictable will happen: he'll "die" and she'll suddenly "realize" that she shouldn't have suspected him and wasted their time together. Blah, blah, blah. The writing is very amateurish. Though the actors are doing what they can with it. Oh well.

I was just coming here to say this.

Its not as though she'd only known him for a little while. They grew up together! And, somehow she believes that he hid, since childhood, that he's a psycopathic killer? Even if you want to say that she was traumatized and not thinking straight, it's been 3 years, and there are all the things you pointed out. They have absolutely nothing to support the theory that he killed all those people.

Him standing there, in shock, unable to speak, doesn't exactly support the idea that he was killer either.

So, the story loses all of its impact because its so patently absurd that you can't escape the attempt to force you feel something. I mean fiction is always contrived, but its supposed to be written well enough that you forget that.

I'm also not feeling any magnetism between them. They seem like friends, but not lovers. And, yeah, them both agreeing to use their own wedding as bait for criminals doesn't exactly suggest sentimental ties between them. More like comrades, doing their comradely thing. It made the whole notion of the wedding seem fake.

I hope the FL character matures a bit. (The actress is good. it's the character.) Her rapid fire blasting of people without having all the information is going to get tiring. (For instance, she knows the ML well enough to marry him, but doesn't trust that he wasn't "wasting his time" gambling? That she doesn't even bother to hear him out doesn't bode well for a healthy relationship.

Also, the misogynist framing of "women are difficult to handle" is just boring. Move into the 21st century, writers. We're over this crap.

Finished this. Now, I want to read the novel.

This didn't feel like a romance. It felt like the story of a remarkable woman's life. She is more remarkable than any of the men around her. Her life is filled with tragedy and disappointment. Yet, she maintains her integrity and autonomy and does what she can to have a fulfilling life based on her own choices.

I was so glad that they didn't do some cringey romance thing, in the end, and have pine so much for him that she would a) forgive him for doing the unforgivable; and b) give up her freedom for a man. As she rides off for a well-earned vacation, she seems happy with herself. What a refreshing take.

EP 26: doesn't the crown prince have ample excuse to just kill his brother, when meeting with him, because his brother kidnapped his son? Why would anyone just sit there and take this?

Also, I really don't like his mother. There is something sketchy about her.

Ep 25: I've been really appreciating the male lead's character. He's quirky in good ways. But with this, "I plan to hide it from her forever" business, he lost me. I hope this doesn't last long. He's ruining his relationship with her.

Just stumbled on this. I'm not quite half way through. Really enjoying it, even with its flaws.

Seems very underrated.

you're right, I did use the term "PDA". I think it feels like its a little public, because they're always being "caught" by the people around them. And everyone around them knows. I mean there is a scene, where they ask the entire police/guard group that is there to turn around and to act like they didn't see anything.

That suggests that, while it's not exactly commonplace, it's also not seen as so scandalous. Otherwise, tongues would be wagging regardless of orders, I would think.

Anyway, it feel confusing.

Mostly, if we see kissing, its with couples who are publicly acknowledged to be couples.

Again, I don't mind. I noticed and wondered.

ON ep 28 and I really don't trust Zhang. Feels like they brought a snake home.

not that I don't like it, but the MC do a lot of PDA for the times, no? They aren't engaged or anything and he's from the royal family. I have no idea if other dramas have exaggerated the taboo on any kind of contact between people prior to being engaged or whether this drama is taking liberty.

Being Western, my sensibility is probably skewed, but, it has always seemed unrealistic to me that people wouldn't "date" or have those kinds of romantic relations. Seeing it here, though, in such stark contrast to how its presented in other dramas has me wondering about the reality of historical Chinese culture.

If you look in the discussion section, there a good list of the royal family tree.

nobody ever learns to knock before barging into someone's room?

Why is the dialogue so rapid fire? I'm only in ep 3. Does this get better?

Ep 22, they're out in the street in the middle of festival and think its safe to take off their masks? c'mon!

That's like saying, "I don't support brown eyes."

I don't mean to nitpick, though. I really enjoyed this drama and find it be one of the best CDrama productions I've seen. But, that makes moments like this one stand out even more.

Ok. But run out behind them. She could have fled the scene, even if not on horseback.

Agreed. This was a huge disappointment and it was just tedious getting to the end. I feel badly for the actors. They didn't have much to work with in this stale trope-tastic production.