The story was of course predictable and the wrting not perfect but it's never a problem when it's all released in the same day. It can then deliver exactly what it should : entertainment. Weekly release pushes you to dwell on the imperfections of the story and it ruins the experience. Many Kdrama should opt for a one time release, they would do better in numbers I think if people don't have the time to think about all the flaws in the writing.
The plot twist about the pond spirit not existing is nice summary of most historical kdramas : when it comes to the throne, fratricide is never not an option. I assume the studio hoped it could do well and add another season considering the ending and the unresolved story with the supreme spirit or whatever it is
lmaooo are we supposed to pretend like talking about getting married after a few days of dating is not something that would weird out/scare women away ?? she actually said yes HAHAHAHA I get that it's a mature romance so that topic could come up because they are adults but let's chill here for a second, this is ridiculous. I'd be less severe if they had a reeeeally passionate relationship but please, they look like robots together. Every moment that leads to a kiss is so awkward, so stiff, so not natural. I thought we would see a different version of the characters when in a RS compared to their composed version at work, but they are very boring.
If they were going to have the ML be a divorcee, might as well do it properly and give him a proper mariage instead of this farce of a mariage where his wife was away the entire time, and they divorced after one year. Being in a RS with a divorcee when your were never married is a real topic, here they just used the easy road for the sake of lazy writing by making it very short. He explains the story and you're like "that's it? thats the mariage he had?". The conversion about how ML got married and how they got divorced arrived way too late in the RS, it's the first thing FL should have inquired about or ML should have talked about himself, especially since the ex wife is in the same company as them. Mature romance but no mature character in sight. They didn't adress it so they could use it as an excuse for the mid show typical "break up" or whatever tension they tried to throw in the RS. It's BS writing.
The sad backstory of the ML serves as an excuse to have the FL pity him without it ever being used as a way to give more depth to the ML. You get married, you wife leaves, your dad leaves, your mom dies, your wife comes back and she serves you with divorce papers, all in one year. If anything the mid season "break up" should have come from BOTH of them. Ml with his trauma and shit, fear of abandonement and whatelse. But since they were so focus on having the FL be the lead scared of being with "a divorcee", they decided to never give a bit of depth to the ML. Fun fact : both can happen at the same time, shocking right ?
I'll pass on the dumb "exposing our RS that's probably not sanctionned since he's my boss just to kill a rumour about him" part
Anyway, kdrama writing will never cease to make me write complaints, that's the fun part of it I guess.
Is it the kind of drama where ML is a disrespectful prick to everyone but the FL ? And somehow it's suppose to be romantic when he's just an Ahole? Or is the description misleading ?
Still not revealed but my assumption was to put him in a distress state that would convince him to be more open to the idea of her treating him. It's one thing to say "I don't want help" it's another to say "I don't want help, even if it means I can't protect you'
She planned for her own abduction but she did not know about the element of surprise.She might or might not plan…
Yeah that one I understood, I also know she hired bandits for an abduction (her own then) so that's two, but when the other prince showed up I thought "wait, are the bandits his ? is he also here to abduct her?"
She planned for her own abduction but she did not know about the element of surprise.She might or might not plan…
Yeah it was clear that it was an abduction going on and I assumed it was the one she paid for, but when the other prince showed up I got confused as to who's plan was being executed because he did talk about running away and since he's a weird one, I thought maybe he decided kidnapping her would just do lol
She planned for her own abduction but she did not know about the element of surprise.She might or might not plan…
Ahhhhh so it was in fact her own abduction that was going on! Thanks, because I thought, 3 abduction plans in one day seems a lot ! I thought I saw her recognize the "bandits" she hired. But then I thought it would happen in a calmer environement because at the end, some of them died and I don't think she was aiming for that ?
Wait ? I thought she ordered her own abduction to scare her husband into deciding to do something about his legs, but it was the Prince ? Or was he just passing by and saved her ? If not, who did she want to abduct? I thought she was going to abduct her husband and force him to ler her treat him because it's not like he can escape lmao (you'd think we could escape a cliff scene for once and then reality hits: it's a cdrama, dream on)
Idk how many cdramas I've watched, I usually watch them to pass time and then move on without ever finishing them because they usually can't keep my attention. SEVENTY episodes of this and I still finished it! My first ever "finished" cdramas lol
The bald men were definetly the one thing that kept me from strarting it at first. And yet. A true must watch. The story was interesting enough to keep me watching even though the MLs didn't have any chemistry (which I assume was on purpose). I loved that until the end the writers didn't bend to have the FL be in love with the emperor just for the sake of the love story. Her heart only belonged to one man, the only one who could have die for her ultimately. Very sad ending for these 2 :( Harem stories really are entertaining !
Weekly release pushes you to dwell on the imperfections of the story and it ruins the experience.
Many Kdrama should opt for a one time release, they would do better in numbers I think if people don't have the time to think about all the flaws in the writing.
The plot twist about the pond spirit not existing is nice summary of most historical kdramas : when it comes to the throne, fratricide is never not an option.
I assume the studio hoped it could do well and add another season considering the ending and the unresolved story with the supreme spirit or whatever it is
I get that it's a mature romance so that topic could come up because they are adults but let's chill here for a second, this is ridiculous.
I'd be less severe if they had a reeeeally passionate relationship but please, they look like robots together. Every moment that leads to a kiss is so awkward, so stiff, so not natural.
I thought we would see a different version of the characters when in a RS compared to their composed version at work, but they are very boring.
If they were going to have the ML be a divorcee, might as well do it properly and give him a proper mariage instead of this farce of a mariage where his wife was away the entire time, and they divorced after one year. Being in a RS with a divorcee when your were never married is a real topic, here they just used the easy road for the sake of lazy writing by making it very short. He explains the story and you're like "that's it? thats the mariage he had?".
The conversion about how ML got married and how they got divorced arrived way too late in the RS, it's the first thing FL should have inquired about or ML should have talked about himself, especially since the ex wife is in the same company as them. Mature romance but no mature character in sight. They didn't adress it so they could use it as an excuse for the mid show typical "break up" or whatever tension they tried to throw in the RS. It's BS writing.
The sad backstory of the ML serves as an excuse to have the FL pity him without it ever being used as a way to give more depth to the ML. You get married, you wife leaves, your dad leaves, your mom dies, your wife comes back and she serves you with divorce papers, all in one year. If anything the mid season "break up" should have come from BOTH of them. Ml with his trauma and shit, fear of abandonement and whatelse. But since they were so focus on having the FL be the lead scared of being with "a divorcee", they decided to never give a bit of depth to the ML. Fun fact : both can happen at the same time, shocking right ?
I'll pass on the dumb "exposing our RS that's probably not sanctionned since he's my boss just to kill a rumour about him" part
Anyway, kdrama writing will never cease to make me write complaints, that's the fun part of it I guess.
(you'd think we could escape a cliff scene for once and then reality hits: it's a cdrama, dream on)
SEVENTY episodes of this and I still finished it! My first ever "finished" cdramas lol
The bald men were definetly the one thing that kept me from strarting it at first. And yet. A true must watch. The story was interesting enough to keep me watching even though the MLs didn't have any chemistry (which I assume was on purpose). I loved that until the end the writers didn't bend to have the FL be in love with the emperor just for the sake of the love story. Her heart only belonged to one man, the only one who could have die for her ultimately. Very sad ending for these 2 :(
Harem stories really are entertaining !