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objectively it's a great drama.. subjectively i absolutely hate it..
I’ve never spent so much time analyzing a show just to end up feeling this pissed off. This drama is well written, the characters have so much depth, but the actual story is an injustice.
Xiang Liu is the only character who earned my full respect. He is a man of ultimate principles and intention. While other men were selling "happiness", an empty promise no one can actually control, he was the only real "green flag" in this show, even if that’s controversial. Cang Xuan also has my respect. He was the only sane one in the second half. He is a good king who had to swallow his own heart to get the throne, and his tragedy feels even heavier than the demon's. He won the world but lost his soul, and he’s the only one smart enough to actually see what the demon did for her. His restrain throughout the shows was impressive, too.
The Weakness and the Hypocrisy!! Oh how i Hate Tushan Jing, you truly pissed me off. He is a weak man and a coward who used his "brokenness" to guilt-trip Xiao Yao into loving him. His "15-year promise" was bullshit he couldn't control. Watching him smile like an idiot while better men bled for her was exhausting. Sorry to Tushan Jing defenders, sometimes a character just pisses you off from the first moment he opens his mouth.
A man who is harsh but unselfish is a much greener flag than a man who is "sweet" but manipulative....
But my biggest loss of respect was for the female lead. She is a hypocrite. She spent the whole show saying she would never wait for a man who might not come back (which is why she wouldn't dive into a relationship with the demon), but then she decides to have a "solo wedding" and wait forever for the dead fox? It was giving Trisha Paytas marrying a cardboard cutout Brad Pitt lol. She chose the safe path because she was too scared to be with a man of character (I might be hating too hard on her, I get her choices most of the time, but when she broke her own principles is where she lost me).
The "unspoken stuff" in this drama screams louder than the actual dialogue. I’m rating it high because a sloppy show wouldn't make me feel this much rage or analyze characters this deeply (my notes are long), but I stayed for the demon and the cousin, not the romance.
Xiang Liu is the only character who earned my full respect. He is a man of ultimate principles and intention. While other men were selling "happiness", an empty promise no one can actually control, he was the only real "green flag" in this show, even if that’s controversial. Cang Xuan also has my respect. He was the only sane one in the second half. He is a good king who had to swallow his own heart to get the throne, and his tragedy feels even heavier than the demon's. He won the world but lost his soul, and he’s the only one smart enough to actually see what the demon did for her. His restrain throughout the shows was impressive, too.
The Weakness and the Hypocrisy!! Oh how i Hate Tushan Jing, you truly pissed me off. He is a weak man and a coward who used his "brokenness" to guilt-trip Xiao Yao into loving him. His "15-year promise" was bullshit he couldn't control. Watching him smile like an idiot while better men bled for her was exhausting. Sorry to Tushan Jing defenders, sometimes a character just pisses you off from the first moment he opens his mouth.
A man who is harsh but unselfish is a much greener flag than a man who is "sweet" but manipulative....
But my biggest loss of respect was for the female lead. She is a hypocrite. She spent the whole show saying she would never wait for a man who might not come back (which is why she wouldn't dive into a relationship with the demon), but then she decides to have a "solo wedding" and wait forever for the dead fox? It was giving Trisha Paytas marrying a cardboard cutout Brad Pitt lol. She chose the safe path because she was too scared to be with a man of character (I might be hating too hard on her, I get her choices most of the time, but when she broke her own principles is where she lost me).
The "unspoken stuff" in this drama screams louder than the actual dialogue. I’m rating it high because a sloppy show wouldn't make me feel this much rage or analyze characters this deeply (my notes are long), but I stayed for the demon and the cousin, not the romance.
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