Interesting idea, bad execution

I wanted with all my heart to enjoy this drama, but the plot, the characters and acting of some actors was so bad that I had to drop it, even though I usually finish things just for the peace of my mind. The story has constant plot holes or rather I would say there is no plot, just things suddenly happening. It might be because during the post-production so much material had to be cut. Nevertheless, the efect is no storyline whatsoever. But still, I would survive that. What I can't stand however is the lack of consequence when it comes to the characters. They all seem to be bi-polar, especially ML, acting cold, bringing the FL down, doing some really horrible things (I won't spoil it, if you decide to watch the Wolf, you'll definitely know what I meant) to suddenly become kind and sweet without any logical reason. FL is strong only when she needs to impress males. Otherwise she has no character apart from being in love and constantly sick. Don't get me wrong, both Darren Wang and Li Quin are good actors and it's easy to see that though the drama. They're doing what they can to bring another dimension to their characters, but unfortunately it's not enough to rescue the awful lack of character development. Xiao Zhan's character stands out, although to me, it's so appreciated and praised mostly because compared to other characters it is more dimensional and secretive. Still, there's no development when it comes to his character, the same as for the male leads his actions and motives are hard to understand. I won't talk about other characters too much. Up until 20th episode on which I gave up, their acting was mediocre, as well as the personalities with some borderline annoying. I don't know if it's the dubbing, the actors or some of the characters, but their parts gave me a literal headache because of how idiotic and whiny they were. Also. I know this is a fantasy drama, even though it poses as a historic one, but the politics and scheming and court affairs are just so unrealistic that I found myself laughing at some of the events. Plus weird, SF-looking outfits of the ML made me spit my tea, they looked so ridiculous. The CGI was a disappointment too, something that is not too important to me, but I was expecting more because of the trailer.
There are two things I want to praise; the score and the scenery. Some of the shooting spots were beautiful, it was a joy to watch the scenes just because of them. The score wasn't perfect in touching my feelings, but overall the music fit the scenes and did it's job.
So overall, would I recommend this drama? No. But it's light, not extremely boring and definitely let's the brain rest. So I guess it can be enjoyable, as long as you don't expect a show that at least tries to portray real human beings instead of Mary Sues and Wolverines.

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