Definitely don't listen to the review that says this is xianxia at its best, because it's certainly not. BUT it's good fun. It's standard xianxia but I appreciated that the ML had some development he had to undergo. Most male leads in xianxias are already the most powerful and wise and they're cold blocks of ice. I like that the ML here was goofy and had to work a little bit to get stronger. FL was adorable, as expected of ZLS. She surprised me a bit with her voice later on though. She pulled off a mature phoenix queen quite well. I also appreciated that a lot of the elder immortals weren't terrible people like they so often are in xianxias. The ones here were mostly reasonable and kind. There were a couple of exceptions to this, but for the most part they actually seemed like wise ancient immortals. I also enjoyed the fact that the female antagonist wasn't driven by a delusional one sided love. Her descent had a bit more depth than the typical "I love him no one else can have him."
But honestly even with those positives it just wasn't that special. It reminded me of a million other xianxias I've seen before. But if you love the genre like I do it's worth a watch for sure. Beautiful costumes, beautiful people. An otherworldly mythical setting with an angsty love line. Even if I've seen it before, I'm a sucker for xianxia dramas and this hit those notes.
Finished it, enjoyed it! It had its faults but no more than all the typical xian xia nonsense that happens in…
I appreciated that about the Peacock character too. It's similar to the female villain in Ancient Love Poetry which is fitting considering the dramas are related.
There are people who don't have preferences between XiangLiu and Jing or just me? I like both, so whatever. She…
Same I love all of the male leads. The relationships are all different and each of them have positives and negatives. No one's perfect in this drama and I love it.
Yikes. That awful drama with the old grandpa romancing a much younger woman in a headache angst. The only award…
Oh god, not you again. The couple in your profile picture have a 19 year age gap but the leads in My Dearest have a 13 year one. And it's worse because Wang Hedi was only 21 when they filmed that whereas Ahn Eun Jin was a grown woman in her thirties. How come that isn't gross but the age gap in My Dearest is? Make it make sense.
I couldn't believe it. Such random guest spots but they were a pleasant surprise!
Agree to disagree. I preferred that they attempted to be creative with including the elements of incense burning and her noticing that throughout the drama versus dramas like Kunning where they just straight up say at the beginning "this is fake." Either way though i kind of just overlook both explanations in each drama. China's regulations have ruined a lot of good dramas, ive had to learn coping mechanisms lmao
This drama is gonna be goofy as hell. Cdramas filmed back then look soooo dated now. The fashion, the sound, the lighting. And with PMY being the FL we know it's dubbed and oh man if you think dubbing is bad now, please go watch a Cdrama from 2016. Oof.
I couldn't believe it. Such random guest spots but they were a pleasant surprise!
Yeah but I think it only ended that way because of censorship rules. They showed way too many random details throughout the drama and stuff that didn't have to do with the FL/she wouldn't know. It all being a dream doesn't really make sense, so I look at it the same as the modern scene in the first episode of Kunning Palace. Just a way to get past censorship in relation to time travel/rebirth.
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But honestly even with those positives it just wasn't that special. It reminded me of a million other xianxias I've seen before. But if you love the genre like I do it's worth a watch for sure. Beautiful costumes, beautiful people. An otherworldly mythical setting with an angsty love line. Even if I've seen it before, I'm a sucker for xianxia dramas and this hit those notes.