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y'all are all so parasocial its insane (both the ones defending him, and the ones hating on him to the extreme). is it too hard to remain unbiased over a case about a dead person? this isn't a career-shattering controversy, it involves a dead person who he allegedly had a relationship with when she was a minor(i am not gonna speak on who did what wrong cause i am not following this case anymore)

you should read the manhwa. i found him quite autistic-coded there. he basically has the same freaking routine, wears the same t-shirt, eats the same thing, doesn't understand social cues, and romantic feelings. Also he gets literally mad at the ml for disrupting his routine, it was to the point he has a breakdown. i related to him a lot too(i am level 1 autistic)!!

he's the most autistic-coded ml I've seen after the mc from Semantic Error😭 he's so adorable, I wanted more eps of their dating arc :(

This is literally the first Ding Yuxi series that I've finished. I think we all knew that Hai Xia was gonna die, but the problem is they killed off such an important character, and gave us a BS reason for it??? If they wanted to stick to the novel, then they should've never revived him. Hai Lou killing Hai Xia was so OOC, the bailejing arc made no sense to me, and Hai Qi getting revived all of a sudden is so ridiculous....This drama's plot was quite ridiculous to begin with, but they butchered the one thing that made the viewers stick with the drama - Lou-Xia's bond.

Hai Xia is dead in the novel, so even if they give us a season 2, it'd probably be ZHL fighting alongside ZQL and WX

ZHX, you were too perfect so the writers had to do this to you. They really killed off two of the mcs(then revived one, and gave us zero explanatio), and showed us the chief and her victim being happy (i genuinely didn't gaf about both of them, and i don't even think anyone shipped them. their romance part was so forced and unnecessary, when they could've used that time to give more meaning to ZHX's demise). I knew Hai Xia's end would be tragic, but they barely even showed Hai Yan crying over him??? I genuinely feel like they cut off their scenes in Ep 33

I have no idea how to rate this drama. I knew it'd end this way, but I am still in denial.

both of them are😭😭 I am glad they're both getting more recognition this year

the reason a lot of people like goblin and dismiss the age gap is def cause of misogyny, but at the same time, its fantasy, which makes it easier to ship the leads (i still found it weird tho) and this drama was potrayed as this coming-of-age romance between a student and a teacher. You won't see a teen girl getting groomed by a goblin, but you do see teachers preying on their students all the time, and this drama normalises it(i am not saying that the age-gap in goblin is okay (like the fl literally calls the ml ahjusshi and somehow, its supposed to be romantic, but this drama causes a lot more harm than goblin at justifying pedophilia).

All of SIG's dramas since Doom at your service have been so bland, and boring, and he keeps getting typecasted as the “cold, perfect green flag” which just doesn't suit him tbh, but I still keep watching them for him. I can already tell this is gonna be a frustrating watch cause of the sml and fl's past. I do like the chemistry between the leads. The ost is so good too. The direction for Ep 1 felt so awkward at times. I hope ep 2 would be better

this is kinda giving flower of evil!!!

no, thats not what he said? i am pretty sure he said something else but MYG misinterpreted it as his 3 lieutenant's dying for him, and he made ZHX his 3rd lieutenant, which means he is either going to kill ZHX or thinks that ZHX will sacrifice himself for MYG's cause

tbh the romance part of this was the only reason i watched it. PBY always has the best chemistry with her mls, and KSC matched her acting level here. Despite Woogy's character not being so fleshed out, he was able to potray his feelings perfectly!! I wanna see them together again in a rom-com or maybe a romance heavy thriller with a better scriptT-T

I started this thinking it was going to be a light-hearted drama. Why am I crying? The writer decided to give all the pain to our leads. They were so happy in the start of ep 13 😭😭

i got controlling red flag soulmate but i think thats my red flag😭🙏

“moments that just won't happen in real life” isn't that the purpose of fiction? tho i remember loving this show cause of how relatable it was. the way it potrayed depression, generational trauma, grief, living in a small town, and trying to fit in a big city was all so realistic to me(tho i wasn't a fan of Mr. Gu's backstory)

i feel like rewatching it, but i just know ep 15 and 16 is gonna pmo so bad 😭

ikr then they complain about always having y/n coded one-dimensional fls? like wtf do y'all wantttt😭😭

atp i am pretty sure they're gonna kill off Hai Xia (I need to stop loving characters who're doomed by the narrative it hurts everytime). The Bailejing arc is kinda boring to me, but I am loving them in the ethnic wear(also ZHX in that suit??? he looks extra pretty after turning evil). I like that we're seeing more of Hai Qi too (she's so funny i need more of her with that chief girl) !!

I'd say 11/10, esp in the first half. there's a ton of angst tho