A lot of people on MDL are not used to Chinese drama romances about really terrible people having really shitty…
There is no double standard. They're different dramas? In PoJ the point is that he has to learn, give the female lead her space, room to grow and have the maturity to understand how she has to become her own person. His character is brutal and suspicious in the beginning but he learns to trust and changes so that the woman he loves can also be happy.
None of that is happening in this drama. Its upsetting people that he's a doormat in this drama, that he keeps going back for Susu's shitty treatment of him. They're so upset that Susu's being a royal b-word and tanking the ratings because they hate it. As you've said it yourself. You can like both, but the ratings don't reflect it because well... you can take guess the reasons why.
A lot of people on MDL are not used to Chinese drama romances about really terrible people having really shitty…
What I know is, his behavior towards her is unacceptable, just as she is a horrible person towards him. The fact is, most people on MDL in the comment section of this drama REALLY hate Susu because of reasons you can read for yourself. Whether she is his ex or not, his invasion of her personal space, his constant touching of her body, following her to places constantly... though he is lovesick, if I were Susu, it would make me cruel towards him too, especially because he is SO dependent on her to validate him when they both know that Susu is a trainwreck headed into a giant fire.
If I were Susu, I'd be sad about it cause he's handsome and lovesick, but Qing Yi doesn't know how to take a hint.
A lot of people on MDL are not used to Chinese drama romances about really terrible people having really shitty…
I don’t understand how groping your sister in law, even if she is your ex, then forcing a kiss on her during your own engagement party, getting handsy with her body in front of servants, killing people (who are bad but he has no idea) for this femme fatale is not Class S level toxic behavior.
If you are beginning to like Wang Churan and like comedy or light-hearted rom-coms may I suggest trying "Love…
Omg no. How Dare You?! May not be a letter to Dostoyevsky but it was 100% more meaningful and nuanced than whatever burning rubber tire was fuelling this raging fire. Overdo is pure entertainment. Even the PTSD and trauma is reduced to over amplified feels. There was no nuance, only drama and that’s why Overdo was so enjoyable.
A lot of people on MDL are not used to Chinese drama romances about really terrible people having really shitty and toxic romances. Especially not Zhang Linghe who is peak husband material in PoJ.
Man whaaaat the fff is going on LOL everyone is such a hot mess in this story I dont understand how they have such a lovely warm filter and fuzzy blur on some INSANE ass scenes like making it look soft and fuzzy it doesn't make the characters any less insane!!
Yep and there's ppl arguing on who's the red flag and green flag, it's meant to be toxic and these characters…
Yeah forreals. I cringed so hard when Qing Yi forced a kiss on his "sister in law" in the bathroom like in that instant, I knew. I knew it would be a full blown makjang style dumpster fire romance.
i don't know about you but it's refreshing to see a red flag FL once in a while. Cdrama really doesnt have many…
I know quite a few really dumb AF red flag girls that I can easily list off the top of my head. They're red flag because they dumb AF and they're dumb AF because they never confront their red flags.
A lot of women are just shitty people or behave shittily and sometimes we see shitty selves in these red flag girls. The main demographic watching asian dramas are women so like, yeah, it's a lot more common to hate dumb red flag girls cause we probably are them and see ourselves in their stupid behavior.
I actually don't understand the hate for this drama. I mean... the main couple don't have a good relationship folks. It's not that kind of romance lol I also find both of them to be frustrating. Their romance is very push and pull and not in the good way. It's very intentional. As a matter of fact, I foresee with my third eye that these guys are either going to get a. a tragedy. One person dies or better yet, Hamlet style they ALL die or b. an ambiguously open ending where we're not sure if a main character is dead not. Maybe they sacrificed themselves or maybe they're just shadow lurking in the background.
I'm on episode 6 so far and I'm confused... is it just me or does the show pick up flavor further along the way because right now it's a really under seasoned salad of nothingness. Like, I don't know if there is supposed to be chemistry between the two leads or if I'm psychologically resisting the chemistry because I know how young Ai Mi is. The politicking is also really... just really flat so far. Nothing is happening, people are very hot and bothered about 30,000 people dying but no one is doing anything about it, nothing is changing. The only thing that surprised me is that *one character* biting the dust so early on in the series.
I'm going to stick it out for a few more episodes and see where it goes.
Oh man. Everything about the Shuang and Jin’an pairing is so milquetoast. If this romance had a colour it would be beige. Are they even trying to make their pairing compelling? Even my brother’s half-ass congee has more strength than this watery slop.
This drama is waaaaay better than a lot others I’ve seen
That's probably because its the same director as Pursuit of Jade. He even uses several camera and production techniques in PoJ that he used in this show.
Alright. Made it to episode 37 and now I’m like… what are we doing here. How have they sandwiched PTSD and healing from trauma between half ass politicking and mediocre war games… is BEYOND me. Did they have too much money to blow through??? Were they so excited about MoLi that they had to milk that cow a little harder? We will never know.
What a tragedy to happen to such an excellent drama.
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None of that is happening in this drama. Its upsetting people that he's a doormat in this drama, that he keeps going back for Susu's shitty treatment of him. They're so upset that Susu's being a royal b-word and tanking the ratings because they hate it. As you've said it yourself. You can like both, but the ratings don't reflect it because well... you can take guess the reasons why.
The fact is, most people on MDL in the comment section of this drama REALLY hate Susu because of reasons you can read for yourself.
Whether she is his ex or not, his invasion of her personal space, his constant touching of her body, following her to places constantly... though he is lovesick, if I were Susu, it would make me cruel towards him too, especially because he is SO dependent on her to validate him when they both know that Susu is a trainwreck headed into a giant fire.
If I were Susu, I'd be sad about it cause he's handsome and lovesick, but Qing Yi doesn't know how to take a hint.
A lot of women are just shitty people or behave shittily and sometimes we see shitty selves in these red flag girls. The main demographic watching asian dramas are women so like, yeah, it's a lot more common to hate dumb red flag girls cause we probably are them and see ourselves in their stupid behavior.
I also find both of them to be frustrating. Their romance is very push and pull and not in the good way. It's very intentional. As a matter of fact, I foresee with my third eye that these guys are either going to get
a. a tragedy. One person dies or better yet, Hamlet style they ALL die
or
b. an ambiguously open ending where we're not sure if a main character is dead not. Maybe they sacrificed themselves or maybe they're just shadow lurking in the background.
Gird your loins and brace yourselvesssss
I'm going to stick it out for a few more episodes and see where it goes.
What a tragedy to happen to such an excellent drama.