Kate

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Well, I like to think I pointed out valid criticisms in my review. Either you read all and you are able to point out how my criticisms are not valid and I'm just a "little child who complain about this and that", or you are talking from your ass when you did not in fact read it all, yet you still put everyone in the same box¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Reviews are reviews, comments are comments. It's important to use proper words to describe what you mean, I don't read your mind, neither do other users on mdl. Unless you are clear, no one will know what you truly mean.

"Also if you are someone who doesn't like this and is going to reply with a mundane thing that should make me hate this drama then please don't waste your time." < I did not comment about the drama at all. I commented about how you generalize all people who dislike it as just haters ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Maybe you should re-read what you wrote first. I did not try to "make you hate this show" I just pointed out some people have valid reasons to complain.

Everything is subjective. Things you see as small issues might be game changers for others. Both valid. Yet, you are the ones putting people who disliked it into a box of haters as if their opinions are less valid than the ones who enjoyed the show. You loving the show has as much merit as an opinion of person who dislike it. Why? Coz it's all subjective based on personal taste anyway.

and I ended up binge watching the show in just two days. < oof. Damn. That's both impressive and scary 🤣

I agree completely! The last few episodes after Chu Ying were truly amazing and beautiful and made the drama complete. They could not just move on and make it less of a tragic and important moment of Shi Guang's life, when he depended on Chu Ying for so long, and he was such an integral part of his life. I think they dealt with the loss perfectly.

While the close interaction didn’t happen till the last episode you can feel their connection from their very first meeting. < this was one of the things I was most impressed with. The characters had amazing chemistry and we could see how they influence each other even tho they barely shared the screen together.

It's because I couldn't imagine being interested in a series about a game I know nothing about. < I relate to this so much. For you it was thanks to AvenueX, for me it were all the positive posts about the series on mdl feeds 🤣

"Also special mention to Fang Xu, I had initially pegged him as a stock standard character ready for revenge and superficial acclaim, but he surprised me with character complexity and dilemmas that lifted his character to a higher dimension." < this! Honestly, when the character was introduced, I was afraid we would get the "typical villain" and he would end up being jealous of Yu Liang's skill at the young age etc. I was truly amazingly happy his character turned out to be a complete opposite to what I expected.

I am so happy that the reviews are getting positive again < there are literally only 14 reviews below 8, and at least half of them are either dropped or "on-going" so one one truly pays attention to them. The point is, the reviews were never majority negative in the first place 🙃

Also, putting everyone into the category of "hate train", when some people had valid criticisms is a bit ridiculous. I'm not calling people crazy bias fans for liking the show, would appreciate if fans were as nice and not put everyone in the same box either. People have different tastes - your 10 might be someone's 1, and someone's 10 might be your 1. There is no hate train going. Just some people liking it, and some people disliking it ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

I think feelings are a lot more complex and irrational than that. But my criticism would be that the main couple was pretty unconvincing. < true. I feel like the spent too much time disappointing each other, screaming at each other and overall having rather negative interactions compared to the few good ones. And I completely agree with the siblings vibes they gave.

I hated the mom, but I was also quite impressed, so I ended up loving her 🤣

I agree that they aced the acting. Honestly speaking, I was surprised how well Bright did as Thyme. Still, my favorite cast member was Thyme's mother. DAMN, she was scary.

I also enjoyed how we had more F4 as friends scenes. Not gonna lie, I barely remember any other version that Korean, but that one mostly focused on rivalry between ML and SML, and we did not really get that much of these 4 being actually friends. So that was for sure a nice change in the Thai ver, :)

Great review! :)

Ren's fire alarm scene was shot so well! Visually stunning. I rewatched it 3 times when I was watching that episode. Production wise, I have to say, they did everything they could to make this drama visually appealing.

ps. realistically speaking, there is no such a thing as objective rating of any art form, since there are no general objective standards 🙂 Especially on mdl 🤣

Thyme's mother was so well cast! I honestly think it's the only adaptation where she truly felt scary and I believed she could do all these things and be such a force in Thyme's life to control him like that.

I think the sow did huge disservice to itself with last... 3-4 episodes? They kept making Thyme go back to his old self every time something bad happened, and it just made me not believe in his character development. I mean, f4 had t literally kidnap him and tell him how his actions while managing the company are wrong... If this still needs to be explained to him in episode 15... I don't believe he turned good 🙃

That said, it was nice to read your review. I might have not liked it as much, but I'm glad many people had such a blast watching.

Ren was the best version of Rui. I was never a huge fan of Ren's characters and never got second lead syndrome from him or the drama other version. < THIS! Ren was just so amazing. I was never a fan of the second lead in any other adaptation, but here by the end of the show I only cared about him 🤣

Great review :)

The character developments in this drama are amazing. We can see all the character mature and grow, but still have the same core characteristics about them.

Too many times the "character development" means completely changing who the character was at first... Luckily this was not the case here 😊

Cha Mi-Jo's character was glamorised to a point that all else gets sidelined. < exactly. There was not balance in how much they showed all the 3 female leads and how they deal with the situation.

"Her lukewarm love story" perfectly describes what happened on screen. I'm honestly so disappointed how much screen time that love line got, when it was the least interesting part of the series and plot.

Watching Mi-Jo make Chan-Young’s terminal illness about herself, with large parts of the drama dedicated to her feelings and how Chan-Young’s death is going to affect her felt paternalistic and annoying. < this. It honestly could have been done well, IF they did not pretend like the drama was more than Mi Jo's perspective. They kept acting as if it's about the 3 women, when it was always about Mi Jo and the rest were her side kicks...

I didn't even think about how they did not show the funeral, but you are right. They hinted the scene will happen in episode one, and then never delivered. Same with the car accident. That one I am happy never actually happened, coz I found it rather ridiculous. I was honestly thinking they might kill her in the car accident and try to push the "you never know how much time you have left" type of deal.

Truly a great review! :)

Sometimes dramas are all about the right timing 🤣
I remember I dropped When the Weather Is Fine and then picked it up a year later and loved it ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Also, I think the difference between us is, I had zero expectations. I knew nothing about the webtoon, I liked the cast, but not loved them. I just accepted whatever they gave. And I'd say that's a privilege I had as a viewer, coz I know having expectations might influence the experience a lot...

Glad to know you like my reviews 🥰

"I wanted to know a few things like his relationship with his parents" From my perspective, that was kind of the point - there was nothing to show because he did not really have a relationship with his parents. For me us knowing his childhood and teenage years was him watching movies alone, and then them showing how he just wants his parents to have dinner with him and go to a trip (really basic things kids want to do with their parents) in that dream, was all I needed to know. But yeah, I think it's just matter of preferences 🤣 It was enough for me, I get others would like to see more (many people mentioned it in their reviews btrw).