Watched a video comparing Dylan's dialogue to the dubbing dialogue and (absolutely no shade towards Dylan) the dubber deserves massive credit. He did such a good job and added so much to the character!
This was extremely frustrating from start to finish. I was hoping it might get better after the leads got together, but it didn't. The only reason I finished this drama was to confirm that, since at least it isn't a long drama. The ending itself was just whole extra level of frustrating.
The leads make so many terrible choices that are either irrational or just dumb. The ML's terrible behaviour is not at all justified by the reasons he gives to explain it. And then the He Yuchen curveball in the end was just... why?? That's just some random guy?
In sum, IMO: unlikeable leads and very bad writing. Even the ML's visuals were not good enough to redeem it for me.
Can someone explain Dylan's comment from the fan meeting where he said that only in the end does DFQC say "我回来了" (Wǒ huíláile / I'm back) and that throughout the entire show he addressed himself as "Your Emperor" before that. Was he saying that DFQC never referred to himself as "我" (Wǒ) and instead used something like the Royal "We" to refer to himself until that last moment? Does that phrasing mean he no longer considers himself the Moon Supreme? Or is it more like saying it that way makes the phrase more intimate with Orchid (but doesn't mean he no longer sees himself as the Moon Supreme)?
People who did not enjoy a drama are just as entitled to leave a comment about their opinion in the comment section…
Yes, there is a difference. There's a difference between a comment that simply reflects a negative opinion vs. a comment that crosses the line to the point where it is toxic or harmful. Just because a comment reflects a negative view doesn't necessarily make it toxic or harmful by default. "I dropped this because I found the FL's voice too annoying." is a perfectly valid comment, even if you don't share the same opinion.
"Why spread negativity...?" Again, I agree with this sentiment at a certain level, but if reading any comment that isn't positive ruins your day, maybe start your own forum thread where you can gush exclusively with people who also loved the drama instead. The main comment section is not the place where you should expect to exclusively see positive comments.
Similarly, for statements that aren't universal or totally accurate... if someone posts "It's so annoying how actresses in cdramas these days all try to use high-pitched voices to look cute." you can add your own comment to point out that the first comment isn't accurate, or you can read the comment, shrug and move on. If inaccurate universalisms like that ruin your day, an open comment section might not be the best place to focus your time and attention.
Now, if the comment crosses the line into territory that is overtly rude or harmful (insulting other users / comments on body weight / racist comments / etc.) I totally agree that those comments are inappropriate and have no place here or anywhere else on MDL.
People who did not enjoy a drama are just as entitled to leave a comment about their opinion in the comment section…
I disagree. I've seen plenty of comments on MDL from viewers who didn't like a drama where they were able to articulate their opinion without being disrespectful.
Since recently there have a influx of idiots in this page who just wants to ruin other people enjoyment of the…
People who did not enjoy a drama are just as entitled to leave a comment about their opinion in the comment section as people who did enjoy the drama. In both cases, the only thing that matters is basic decency. Respect everyone's right to their own opinion, hide spoilers, and don't be rude. That's it.
People are entitled to have different opinions about what makes a strong female lead, what they find annoying in a drama, etc. Comments about negative opinions are not bad (and may even be helpful to someone who is trying to decide whether or not to watch the drama) as long as they don't devolve into insults or anything like that.
I liked this drama, but I don't see any problem with someone else adding a comment with a different opinion.
-Her people were peace-loving, neutral and lived on the edge of society before they were all brutally wiped out by the main villain, who was looking for her. -As a result of the villain's genocide, she is the last of her people. -Like her people, she is peace-loving / a pacifist. Most of the time she is young, fun-loving and innocent, but in serious moments she is capable of being very serious and determined. -She is the reincarnation of a powerful figure. Prophecy states that only this figure can save the world, but she vanished just before her people were wiped out. The main villain manipulates tragic figures into looking for her for a very long time. When she returns, she must undergo certain steps to unlock her true power (marrying Chang Heng / mastering the four elements) and then face her destiny: defeating the main villain. -She does not originally remember her past lives as the Goddess of Xishan. -She meets an ancient and powerful lion-turtle god.
Dongfang Qing Cang is Inuyasha.
-ML misunderstood as a monster. -Sealed away for a long time by a dying woman. -The woman who died after sealing him away is resurrected in a problematic way by a villain. -Accidentally unsealed by the young FL, who has a magical ability to purify evil and to make the ML obey certain commands. -Sometimes has white/silver hair, sometimes has black hair. -When he loses control (and his nails grow into pointed claws), a kiss from the FL restores his mental control and causes his claw-nails to retract. -The FL must choose between living in his world and returning to her world. -The ML's relationship with his brother is complicated, partly because of their father's choices and his unique ability to wield a powerful sword.
Shout out to the OST for haunting me non-stop since I finished this drama. The songs and their emotional intensity have been on a loop in my head for four days.
Very well done but absolutely brutal. I'm not sure I would've been able to finish it if I hadn't been spoiled on some of the key plot points in advance. But I'm glad I finally managed to watch it.
I enjoyed this drama and never felt like it got draggy or went downhill. I think a big part of that was binge watching it, not reading many comments and managing my expectations. It's also the first time where I felt like I was interested in all of the content covered in the original 16 episodes while still feeling like I wanted to see more. If there is a season 2, I will almost certainly watch.
I for real love this genreWho rules the world, Alchemy of Souls and Love like Jade should be added~
It's definitely a fun trope.
I have no doubt those dramas fit the criteria for this list, but I haven't seen them yet and I typically only include dramas that I've watched in my lists.
Who Rules the World is high on my PTW list though, so it will likely be added in the near future ^^
There were parts of this drama that I absolutely loved. Li Hai Chao is undoubtedly one of the greatest father characters in drama history. But parts of this drama were extremely draggy and disappointing. Especially the last episode. I can't believe that's how it all ended with **** ****. Easily the most loathsome character of all time. Her awfulness surpasses even Hai Chao's goodness. I'm coming away from this one feeling like the writers had something with the potential to be incredible, but they squandered it.
Just to make sure we on the same page Everyone knows that Porsche was jacking both him and Kinn off at the same…
I can't believe I went back to double check and I feel like I should be creating a throw away account for this type of NSFW comment, but oh well.
When Kinn takes off Porsche's trousers, both of Porsche's hands are at Kinn's neck. Kinn moves his right hand back to Porsche's neck quickly, but his left hand stays down and busy. So in the beginning, the only hand that's down is Kinn's left hand and he's clearly working on Porsche.
Porsche then moves both of his hands down, and Kinn's face gives us a good sense of what Porsche is doing with those hands. Kinn's left hand is still down and (for at least a few more seconds) still clearly active. But then Porsche seems to take control (Porsche's right arm is clearly moving, Kinn's face is clearly responding, and Kinn's left arm seems to have stilled). Kinn's right hand moves from Porsche's neck to Porsche's hair at this point. So Porsche has two hands down and Kinn has one hand down. Both are active at first, but it seems like only Porsche's hands are active after a few moments.
When Porsche raises his right hand to lick his fingers, he moves his left hand to Kinn's chest first and then to Kinn's neck. And his left hand stays at Kinn's neck for the rest of their encounter. Kinn's right hand is still in Porsche's hair at this point, while Kinn's left hand is still down. So only Porsche's right hand and Kinn's left hand are down after this point.
Kinn's left hand seems to move to Porsche's ass at some point (as that's where we see it a few moments after Porsche's finish, before Kinn moves his left hand up to Porsche's waist). While Kinn's right hand is still in Porsche's hair at the point when Porsche appears to use his right hand (based on shoulder movement matched up with sound) to finish himself off (or to finish himself and Kinn off simultaneously, assuming he can manage that with just one hand, as Porsche's left hand is still at Kinn's neck at this point).
That's a very long winded way of saying: I think Kinn started Porsche off, Porsche finished Kinn off and Porsche finished himself off. But I'm not sure whether Porsche was handling both of them at the same time.
Edited to account for the possibility that Porsche could handle both of them simultaneously with one hand. Seems like a bit of a diss to their dick sizes, but I'm no expert on what one man-sized hand can manage to do with two not-tiny dicks.
I wasn't sure about this one in the first half of the drama and I found the last episode a bit boring (after binge watching episodes 1-7 last week not realizing this hadn't finished airing), but most of the second half was actually quite enjoyable. A good option for anyone looking for something light, fluffy, quick and bingeable.
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The leads make so many terrible choices that are either irrational or just dumb. The ML's terrible behaviour is not at all justified by the reasons he gives to explain it. And then the He Yuchen curveball in the end was just... why?? That's just some random guy?
In sum, IMO: unlikeable leads and very bad writing. Even the ML's visuals were not good enough to redeem it for me.
"Why spread negativity...?" Again, I agree with this sentiment at a certain level, but if reading any comment that isn't positive ruins your day, maybe start your own forum thread where you can gush exclusively with people who also loved the drama instead. The main comment section is not the place where you should expect to exclusively see positive comments.
Similarly, for statements that aren't universal or totally accurate... if someone posts "It's so annoying how actresses in cdramas these days all try to use high-pitched voices to look cute." you can add your own comment to point out that the first comment isn't accurate, or you can read the comment, shrug and move on. If inaccurate universalisms like that ruin your day, an open comment section might not be the best place to focus your time and attention.
Now, if the comment crosses the line into territory that is overtly rude or harmful (insulting other users / comments on body weight / racist comments / etc.) I totally agree that those comments are inappropriate and have no place here or anywhere else on MDL.
People are entitled to have different opinions about what makes a strong female lead, what they find annoying in a drama, etc. Comments about negative opinions are not bad (and may even be helpful to someone who is trying to decide whether or not to watch the drama) as long as they don't devolve into insults or anything like that.
I liked this drama, but I don't see any problem with someone else adding a comment with a different opinion.
Xiao Lan Hua is the Avatar.
-Her people were peace-loving, neutral and lived on the edge of society before they were all brutally wiped out by the main villain, who was looking for her.
-As a result of the villain's genocide, she is the last of her people.
-Like her people, she is peace-loving / a pacifist. Most of the time she is young, fun-loving and innocent, but in serious moments she is capable of being very serious and determined.
-She is the reincarnation of a powerful figure. Prophecy states that only this figure can save the world, but she vanished just before her people were wiped out. The main villain manipulates tragic figures into looking for her for a very long time. When she returns, she must undergo certain steps to unlock her true power (marrying Chang Heng / mastering the four elements) and then face her destiny: defeating the main villain.
-She does not originally remember her past lives as the Goddess of Xishan.
-She meets an ancient and powerful lion-turtle god.
Dongfang Qing Cang is Inuyasha.
-ML misunderstood as a monster.
-Sealed away for a long time by a dying woman.
-The woman who died after sealing him away is resurrected in a problematic way by a villain.
-Accidentally unsealed by the young FL, who has a magical ability to purify evil and to make the ML obey certain commands.
-Sometimes has white/silver hair, sometimes has black hair.
-When he loses control (and his nails grow into pointed claws), a kiss from the FL restores his mental control and causes his claw-nails to retract.
-The FL must choose between living in his world and returning to her world.
-The ML's relationship with his brother is complicated, partly because of their father's choices and his unique ability to wield a powerful sword.
I have no doubt those dramas fit the criteria for this list, but I haven't seen them yet and I typically only include dramas that I've watched in my lists.
Who Rules the World is high on my PTW list though, so it will likely be added in the near future ^^
When Kinn takes off Porsche's trousers, both of Porsche's hands are at Kinn's neck. Kinn moves his right hand back to Porsche's neck quickly, but his left hand stays down and busy. So in the beginning, the only hand that's down is Kinn's left hand and he's clearly working on Porsche.
Porsche then moves both of his hands down, and Kinn's face gives us a good sense of what Porsche is doing with those hands. Kinn's left hand is still down and (for at least a few more seconds) still clearly active. But then Porsche seems to take control (Porsche's right arm is clearly moving, Kinn's face is clearly responding, and Kinn's left arm seems to have stilled). Kinn's right hand moves from Porsche's neck to Porsche's hair at this point. So Porsche has two hands down and Kinn has one hand down. Both are active at first, but it seems like only Porsche's hands are active after a few moments.
When Porsche raises his right hand to lick his fingers, he moves his left hand to Kinn's chest first and then to Kinn's neck. And his left hand stays at Kinn's neck for the rest of their encounter. Kinn's right hand is still in Porsche's hair at this point, while Kinn's left hand is still down. So only Porsche's right hand and Kinn's left hand are down after this point.
Kinn's left hand seems to move to Porsche's ass at some point (as that's where we see it a few moments after Porsche's finish, before Kinn moves his left hand up to Porsche's waist). While Kinn's right hand is still in Porsche's hair at the point when Porsche appears to use his right hand (based on shoulder movement matched up with sound) to finish himself off (or to finish himself and Kinn off simultaneously, assuming he can manage that with just one hand, as Porsche's left hand is still at Kinn's neck at this point).
That's a very long winded way of saying: I think Kinn started Porsche off, Porsche finished Kinn off and Porsche finished himself off. But I'm not sure whether Porsche was handling both of them at the same time.
Edited to account for the possibility that Porsche could handle both of them simultaneously with one hand. Seems like a bit of a diss to their dick sizes, but I'm no expert on what one man-sized hand can manage to do with two not-tiny dicks.