I don’t understand, was there any inappropriate scenes between the ML and FL?
It is the contrary. Some people expect it to have "goood romance". You know what I mean. In their ethics, this romance should be played by two mature/ adult actors. Their complain about FL age gap is rooted in this expectation. The drama itself did the right things in handling the romantic parts, and the leads played their roles perfectly.
My head hurts watching this. They talked about various mechanisms and puzzle, but what I see is just like magic and fantasy. Are we going to stay exploring the underworld until the last episode? That would be so boring. Our characters are just wandering passively and at the mercy of unknown creature/enemy. What is the purpose of the story? Do they not eat or sleep? How many hours have they been there?
The shot is ambiguous. We are not sure if it is just Xihe's wishful thinking or a reality. More evidence to conclude that he is died than he is still alive.
I am on episode 8...This seems really slow and uninteresting to me. All these hot guys and nothing makes me smile…
The drama may be entertaining for some people, but it has many structural problems that make me lose interest.
The story never explains why or how Gu ends up in Shen's body (because of some random moon?). Because of that, the FL's identity feels blurry, and so does her characterization. To me, the ML falls in love with someone whose psychology is never clearly established, which makes the romance hard to believe.
Once the FL becomes the center of every conflict, the kingdom's politics start to feel weak as well, especially since the ML doesn't have a bigger goal beyond finding out who poisoned him. The conflict resolutions aren't much better either, because almost everything depends on the FL being able to solve every problem. In the end, the whole story just loses its weight.
Every conflict feels like a separate episode rather than part of a larger story. The resolutions often come across as deus ex machina—suddenly, there's a magical herb, or some convenient solution appears. The story never gives you the feeling that it's building toward something bigger.
Yes and no. It has beautiful actors to play the characters, beautiful wardrobe and settings, and so on, but suffers from lazy writing and poor editing. If you can close your eyes from this issue, you may enjoy this show.
I don't think meng ziyi should be critized on her facial expressions... It's just that her character is supposed…
I think this is a problem of directing. People don't express emotions solely through their faces, even when they're trying to hide or suppress them. Just like the FL's finger movements subtly show when she thinks, her body language could've done a lot more to show what she was feeling instead of relying so much on facial expressions.
It seems the director didn't think in that direction, as if he didn't realize that SXH is somewhat abnormal.
Why can't Shen Xi He / Gu Qing Zhi recognise or know more about the 9th prince (her ex-husbands close brother)?…
Better you don't ask "why" or "how" about the elements of the story. No answer for that, and insisting on getting one would only make your head hurt.
This show has several fundamental problems: limited background information, too much focus on ML and FL, and insufficient attention to the world and broader context.
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The story never explains why or how Gu ends up in Shen's body (because of some random moon?). Because of that, the FL's identity feels blurry, and so does her characterization. To me, the ML falls in love with someone whose psychology is never clearly established, which makes the romance hard to believe.
Once the FL becomes the center of every conflict, the kingdom's politics start to feel weak as well, especially since the ML doesn't have a bigger goal beyond finding out who poisoned him. The conflict resolutions aren't much better either, because almost everything depends on the FL being able to solve every problem. In the end, the whole story just loses its weight.
Every conflict feels like a separate episode rather than part of a larger story. The resolutions often come across as deus ex machina—suddenly, there's a magical herb, or some convenient solution appears. The story never gives you the feeling that it's building toward something bigger.
It seems the director didn't think in that direction, as if he didn't realize that SXH is somewhat abnormal.
This show has several fundamental problems: limited background information, too much focus on ML and FL, and insufficient attention to the world and broader context.