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Yes there is a 2ML who is FL's childhood fiancee, but due to the fact that the FL transmigrates, he actually loves the version of her before the transmigration and not our FL. The FL considers him her friend in the beginning, but he quickly turns into the enemy.

Actually the FL hurting the ML has a deeper background - he tried to kill her in the beginning, and she believes that he will kill her family in the end (because she read the script of the story and it said so). This is why she tried to push him away. Once he made sure that she and her family will be safe from him no matter what, she accepted him. I personally thought it made a lot of sense, and wasn't unnecesarily hurtful to him, and I usually hate this trope in dramas.

No love triangle really (FL never has feelings for 2ML), leads have feelings for each other by ep 10-12 but get together in ep 32. But there are many romantic scenes before that, I myself wouldn't call it slow burn but some have.

Guys, do you have any idea how and where to get merch for ADWAD (if there is any) or at least some high quality posters. I'm not usually a collector, but I loved the show so much I want to get something 😭

Yes, I love it too! Very well done.

I felt like she was gonna go all the way, when NH said that she shouldn't lose virginity in such a way she said she has no other choice, not that it's all supposed to be fake. Besides, she didn't call for anyone to find her and see that scene. So I have no reason to believe it was fake unfortunately...

ADWAD main producer also was a producer on this one ~

I also really have to point out how FL just embraced the transmigration. We could have spent 4 eps on her trying to get back to present, and then get a sobby ending where she has to choose whether to stay in the script or go back to reality. But instead they went for "what if the real world is a script too" and her straight up telling the scriptwriter that she wants to stay in the story cause she feels happy. So we got 2 happy endings, one in the story and one in the "reality"! Loved it, no unnecesary drama! Best possible way for this trope.

Beautifully said. Also it delivers a message about not judging others before you get to know them, and how mindless hate and prejudice brings nothing but despair... and all that on top of being a comment on current drama landscape. I have no idea how they managed to put all those messages so tactfully in this drama.

I wouldn't count on it, cause of the leaked iqiyi management meeting or sth from a few months ago, where they stated that giving dramas sad endings leads to more audience engagement 😭

100% agree with this theory. I only wonder whether NF actually had the mole, but under his other eye. I looked at other poster when he came out to his fans in ep 1 and there was a hint of the mole under his right eye. Not left like NH. But other than that everything fits!

The ML has a cute bickering relationship with his brothers-in-arms, who appear from ep 6-7ish. Pretty similar to squad from AJTL if you watched it.

My main fault with the show is the second pair of leads. I couldn't look the same at YT after the creepy assault scene. She never apologized, but demanded apologies from NH and SGH instead...

I actually love how the character development for YM was slow. It allowed to focus the first part of the show solely on NH's loneliness, trauma, and him slowly falling in love and showing trust to people around him. And then when his journey as a character was nearly finished, we could focus on YM's development. And it was very believable, she faced her traumas, thought hard about her worries, and then when she was completely comfortable with her decision, she went for it.

That's the thing I appreciate cdramas for - with 40 eps, it has the time to show the characters grow, fall in love, face any obstacles. If the ending was rushed, then maybe I would agree that the pacing should have been quicker at some parts, but the ending was perfectly paced for a cdrama! It was neither fast paced or sluggish just to fill 40 eps.

Also we got so much romance in the first part of the show, that I wouldn't say I missed it a lot in the middle part. I mean it wasn't the case of the Story of the Kunning Palace, when the FL was longer in love with 2ML that 1ML. We were well fed.

For anyone who is looking for transmigration to ancient times with hilarious comedy and ACTUAL happy ending, I recommend A Dream Within a Dream (cdrama). It actually healed my Mr Queen trauma after so many years.

Whoa I didn't get that but it makes a lot of sense 🤣 why don't they just film it as it's summer, rain can be as tragic as snow 😭

This really is a multifaceted drama. I can't think of another one that has so many lessons and meanings in it. And all of that not even mentioning how it is basically a revenge for what happened during AJOL airing. Chef's kiss.

The comedy level stays pretty consistent until episode 23ish, then it gets a bit more serious, but there are still a lot of funny moments until the very end 😊

This is a story about having to get to know people before judging them. About taking initiative in your own life. About dwelling in hate and never seeing the actual truth. But also about love, trust and friendship. So to answer your question - there is a lot of romance, comedy, action, and it's very well balanced.

So happy that they didn't spend time on what happened to the "real" SYM and NF. I didn't know them and don't care. I only care about NH and SQY. Wish they did the same in Mr Queen. Sigh.

They all die basically, but at the end there is a very confusing scene of lead's children (which they could not have if they died). So there are two camps, one claiming all died, and the children are just imagination, the second that they maybe survived.