New clips out and what do we learn:1. Looks like JCY is demoted - no gold belt. 2. House arrest?3. Divorce4. She's…
oooh. thanks for the update. but please please put yr spoiler veil on. sometimes i want to know ahead of time but sometimes i dont. here in northeast us on viki we get new eps late at night as well as being behind yr viewing schedule, so right now i am only at ep14.
I'm behind as I have been a bit busy lately. I am on episode 7 now and want to check on anyone who has read this…
I would go with two themes -- the tragedy of obsessive love and the'absolute power corrupts absolutely'. Any historical Cdrama is definitely not going for realism, but they do love 'great' themes.
The County Princess demanded that Liu Chang , her long-time lover, not consummate his marriage to mu dan so she could have him. Liu Chang's obsession with mu dan is plain wild operatic madness . He never loved her while he had her but now that he divorced her he wants her? Nutcase obsessive possessive male weirdness. The County Princess' craziness comes from close contact with his, I think...or just because she is a wildly spoiled imperial brat prone to excessive romanticism.
ep14. close but yet so far. mu dan once gave consort shu some interesting advice abt pretending to be drunk or asleep to declare or elicit confession. So many drama romances only kick into gear after excessive drinking or viewing of the loved one napping. Things could be said...
poor jiangyang didnt even pretend and still no success! maybe things are changing under the surface.
That was pretty noble of jiangyang to forgive mu dan's 'brother' for meddling -- I guess life in extended families requires forbearance that I would find difficult to produce.
Kim Min Ju is young. She was the school presidents daughter in undercover highschool. Hope it goes well. Wish them both luck, even if the pairing doesnt work out.
out 0f 24 eps, the midpoint is 12...we should see something positive then? But that is the 16 ep kdrama formula.
However so far in cdrama I am seeing more of a division into thirds, where the first rapprochement is at the first third and the real intimacy starts at 2nd third...so that would be at 8 and 16...
Although cdrama is much more nervewracking, I think we can likewise in romance drama like this still predict a happy ending.
But my heart is really breaking right now. As intended, I suspect.
I just finished episode 6. when does it get better? All im seeing is the FL getting abused left and right. This…
Dont worry. This is so much better. soon she will b e protected as much as is possible in a world where a woman alone or outstanding is constantly threatened. I like the realism and the Cary Grant romance. wait for the sweetness.
Why do you find her irritating? Is it bcs of her real life character or in the drama?
A lot of criticism of female actors when the problem is how female roles are written in kdrama (passive, self-obstructing etc etc). My feeling is that the SK female actors do their best in an extremely difficult social situation, but the money and the older fans in SK are a bit stuck-in-the-mud.
This show makes fun of the reasons why women like kdrama -- a place to be silly, girlish, dress in pretty clothes and escape the harsher realities of dating. Even tho in RL most of us dont play girlish at all. If you cant laugh at yourself then this isnt for you?
I love this review. I dont read other people's until I get mine done, and if I had read yours I might not have written anything at all! I really like the long reviews other people write. In contrast I really try hard to write shortish reviews, but I just couldnt with this show. Respect for your skill at long form.
i see people talk about how the last 2 eps were written very well etcim on episode 10 and how the story of Ro-Sa…
Not about 'friendship'. Rosa and Sang-wol were in love, real hearts and flowers love. The preface to her book of poems love. I thought it was pretty daring but nice for pride month..
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The County Princess demanded that Liu Chang , her long-time lover, not consummate his marriage to mu dan so she could have him. Liu Chang's obsession with mu dan is plain wild operatic madness . He never loved her while he had her but now that he divorced her he wants her? Nutcase obsessive possessive male weirdness. The County Princess' craziness comes from close contact with his, I think...or just because she is a wildly spoiled imperial brat prone to excessive romanticism.
poor jiangyang didnt even pretend and still no success! maybe things are changing under the surface.
That was pretty noble of jiangyang to forgive mu dan's 'brother' for meddling -- I guess life in extended families requires forbearance that I would find difficult to produce.
However so far in cdrama I am seeing more of a division into thirds, where the first rapprochement is at the first third and the real intimacy starts at 2nd third...so that would be at 8 and 16...
Although cdrama is much more nervewracking, I think we can likewise in romance drama like this still predict a happy ending.
But my heart is really breaking right now. As intended, I suspect.
courage! Allons y mauvaise troupe!
This show makes fun of the reasons why women like kdrama -- a place to be silly, girlish, dress in pretty clothes and escape the harsher realities of dating. Even tho in RL most of us dont play girlish at all. If you cant laugh at yourself then this isnt for you?
The intro summary is a little confused -- it didnt help me to remeber who lian zhou was when the show started.