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This might’ve legitimately been for kids

This drama had every trope that I hated and only one thing that carried it: the silliness and awkwardness of the ML

But even that grew old quick because sir…you are 36

Horrible and controlling SML who treats the FL like a child without autonomy? ✅

Nosy SML who keeps butting his head into everyone’s business and acting like he’s owed access into their personal lives, thoughts etc?✅

Self righteous SML who thinks he knows everything✅

Clingy SML who believes that having a crush on a virtual stranger means owning them✅

ML who repeatedly pushes the FL away every time things go bad like she’s not a full person in their relationship but a pet he can choose to care for or discard on a whim ✅

Everybody acting like the FL is a newborn baby in need of protection (even from her own emotions) and not a 30 yr old goddamn woman✅

A 30 yr old woman and a 36 yr old man freaking out every time they so much as touch (the first few times is tolerable but yall are dating?? What did you think happens in relationships?)✅

Slapstick “comedy”✅

Saint FL who’s more like an idea of “perfection” than a person(I don’t feel like explaining this one rn but iykyk)✅

THAT trope (you know the one)✅

I was done with the story by ep.11ish but I didn’t hate it. It was very stupid most times and a lot of the jokes just weren’t funny and seemed like they were written for 12 yr olds but it was ok.

From ep.2-11ish, things were fun and flowed quickly (minus the sml) so it didn’t feel dragging or exhausting but after that, I kept fighting the urge to turn the tv off.

I liked the pairing. I liked that she stood up for herself every time he pulled that savior crap on her and it’s no surprise that I loved how obsessed he was with her.

The side characters were surprisingly not the worst. I usually hate this kind of setup cause I find it obnoxious and pandering but I didn’t mind them too much. They were over the top at times but I understood their place in the story and ji hwan’s life as well as his place in theirs. For them, he’s their savior. For him, they’re his lifeline-they give him purpose.

It was a fun and silly drama and if they would’ve kept that vibe and shortened the story a bit, it might’ve actually been perfect.

If you’re gonna have a story where everyone acts like Disney channel rejects, why do you think Tony Soprano would fit in?

Believe it or not, at one point (when the highs were really high), I contemplated giving this a 9 or 8.5.

But the lows were in hell so it’s a 7.5/10

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THIS SHOW IS ART. this is an incredibly beautiful story filled with moments of pain but the love between the two leads fully shines through. Despite not actually showing the romantic connection between the 2 leads, I felt it in every scene they had together. Lan Zhan's love for Wei Ying was beautiful and painful. I've been searching for a show that can touch the brilliance of the untamed and the way it made feel after completion-i truly recommend you go and experience this work of art for yourself. I will forewarn that I cried at least 7 times while watching this show and that doesn't include all the tears shed while watching edits of the show

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I love the show but I feel it's a little lacking towards the end. For starters, the show could've ended a lot sooner than it did. At least 15 episodes toward the end were unnecessary not mention it slightly ruined the story due to all the unnecessary fillers. The ending wasn't the best it is a relatively happy one for which I'm glad but the episode itself was done poorly. There's a lot of confusion as to what actually happened. The episode feels both rushed and filled with unnecessary storylines. It focused entirely too much on side characters that frankly I couldn't care less about anymore. Like Cangling- I didn't need to know how his life was 5 years later or the sideburns dude. I feel they could have used that time to properly conclude the mains' story. Moreover, I think the show relied too much on flashbacks as a form of storytelling. There were a lot of random and useless flashbacks, there were flashbacks of flashbacks that we've seen at least 5 times during the show-even the final episode was ruined by a flashback in my opinion. LC's leaving seclusion scene was completely stolen by the flashback of him going into seclusion which was something we had already assumed had happened so it was entirely unnecessary. Regardless, I enjoyed the show and the actors. The love between the 2 mains, especially of Lin Chenlan for LZ was incredible not to mention both of them are extremely beautiful. I truly recommend watching the show as although the ending is a bit lackluster, the brilliance and beauty of the story and characters makes up for it.

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