You're My Destiny

I loved this so much! The first few episodes it was serious and I love the storyline. This gave me another chance to see one of my fav actors Ethan Ruan. He does comedy very well. The directors/writers had the right cast to showcase this drama series. Xin Ling Zhong, OMG, she was awesomely funny, I love her. It felt good to really laugh where your stomach hurts, this is a great comedy. It was also sad and like the American soap operas, there is always that snake to break up or harm a relationship. I took half of the points off the music because they played continuously. The chemistry was there in the Romance parts. Not like Legend of Fuyao, I'm being selfish right now... lol. Thanking the Director, and all of the cast including the guest cast! Thanking the team for makeup and costumes. No Martial arts that I love but the comedy was a plus.

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I can say that this has been one of my favourite dramas to watch and re-watch. The plot was very moving and I loved how they cut the story into two parts. The first part where Elaine is basically someone who gets walked all over with no career prospects or real personality. But in the second part Elaine grows up and knows what she wants in life and in her husband. I felt that it was so good to see her grow up during the length of the series. It's not something that I've seen in dramas often. Her growth was what made the series interesting to watch. I felt like that I have grown up with her as I was watching it.
The main characters had a lot of chemistry and I loved their scenes together. I felt that this series had really took the taiwanese drama scene up a notch.
This is really a must watch series!

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The Original Emotional Disaster Blueprint

📝 Review
(WARNING: Potential Spoilers, I’m Not Saving You from Any Emotional Damage)

This is the blueprint, and it behaves exactly like one.

Everything in this version is unfiltered. Emotional reactions are immediate, consequences are loud, and character decisions feel like they were made in the moment without much concern for long term emotional stability.

The ML here is the most extreme version across all adaptations. When the first love returns, there is no emotional moderation at all. His behavior shifts sharply and stays there until the narrative forces resolution. It’s not subtle, and it’s not trying to be. It creates a very direct cause and effect emotional chain that makes him harder to rationalize but very easy to read.

That same intensity bleeds into the abortion consent storyline as well. The FL’s reaction to the ML signing the form becomes one of the primary rupture points in their relationship, but the way it’s handled here feels especially heightened, almost designed to push emotional separation first and question ethical nuance second. The intention is clear: create a clean emotional break. But it also leaves a lingering frustration, because the situation itself feels like it could have been handled with more complexity rather than being used mainly as a narrative device to justify detachment.

Even as a mother, that whole setup hits differently now, not just as drama, but as a questionable emotional shortcut.

The FL in this version is also the most exaggerated version of the “sticky note girl” concept. Her early arc is defined by survival mode people pleasing and emotional overwhelm, but unlike later adaptations, there’s less smoothing of her emotional reactions. Everything feels more reactive, more immediate, and more visibly distressed.

What this version does differently, and arguably best, is embrace melodrama as a structure rather than a flaw. The misunderstandings, timing issues, and emotional collapses aren’t treated as things to streamline, they’re treated as the engine of the story.

That makes it messier, but also more memorable.

It’s not trying to be realistic or restrained. It’s trying to be emotionally absolute.

And it succeeds at that completely.

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It is typical romantic story, though the comparison to Cinderella is nice fairy element. At the beginning, the fates of Xin Yi and Cun Xi weren't very absorb, but then, when the story is more complicated and Xin Yi goes to Shanghai I've strated watching carefully. I admire Xin Yi's angelic patience to Mr. Ji nad his childish games.

The main character's thread isn't the only one. I love supporting chracters! All Chen family and grandma Wang Zhen Zhu should be noticed! What is more, I'm a fan of 'Father' Dylan eyes, though his style isn't good.

The last episode is incredible. I didn't know that the end will be so intricate.

And these final notes... hah...Asian Lassie xD

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Fated To Love You really has a great story about unexpected love, and family. I felt that the plot was good, and the message even better. This drama really made a stand for the importance of life, no matter how small, so small that's the life isn't even born yet. The cast did a great job. I loved every cast member, and thought that each and every played an important role in this drama, but my favorite had to be Anson ;). The music was cute, but when reading the subs for the lyrics, the song really made me think, "What the heck is this?" The lyrics were just plain weird. I would probably not watch this drama again. It's not that it is bad, and I did highly enjoy it, it's just that I think it was way too long. The drama could have been done in 16 episodes. The scenes were played out too long, and the drama between the characters was never ending. It seemed like there was never a moment of peace between the characters, and there was always misunderstanding. I understand how there really isn't a drama without drama, and usually the same sort of drama too, the ex girlfriend, the miscommunication, the "I'm not good enough for you, so I'm leaving you", and so on, but usually dramas don't implement every single one of those conflicts, but Fated To Love You did, and it was overused and overly drawn out to the point that kept looking at the time, waiting for the episode to be over. With that being said, overall I gave this drama a 7. It would have gotten a better rating based on the story and cast alone, but with the drama having too much drama, and being too long, I really couldn't give Fated To Love You a better overall score, even though I really wanted to. This is a great drama to watch if you have a few days of free time. I think it is definitely worth watching, it's just going to take some patience to get through.

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the premise of the show is rape

Even the reviews that skew more negative don't seem to realize that the whole entire premise hinges on rape and I'm irritated about it. The summary that Netflix gave back when I tried to watch it was basically just a one night stands that leads to an accidental pregnancy between two people of very different social statuses. Which I mean... that's not inaccurate, but it's leaving a lot out. As the MDL summary says, it's two couples on a cruise ship, the woman from couple A is feeling unwell and accidentally finds herself in couple B's room as she tries to sleep. The man from couple B gets really drunk and comes to his room. They both think the other person is their partner bc they're in the dark and he's whispering so she can't really hear his voice. He then starts pushing for sex, which she's not interested in -- which means he should stop! -- but after some pleading she eventually gives in. Gross.

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perfecta para los amantes del género de matrimonio arreglado!!

soy fan de las tramas que contienen "enemies to lovers" y "matrimonio arreglado" y considero que esta serie es perfecta si te gusta o te interesan ese tipo de temas, conozco también la versión coreana "fated to love you" pero creo que esta versión es mucho mejor, el protagonista masculino es más cruel y malo con la protagonista femenina durante varios capitulos (en realidad durante la mitad de la serie😭💔) pero siento que eso la vuelve más realista y humana, además que la protagonista también evoluciona y crece mucho como personaje y no me parece que vuelva a ser la chica indefensa y tímida sino que hay un punto de la historia donde retoma su poder y hace ver al protagonista masculino sus errores del pasado, simplemente me gusta mucho más esta versión porque la veo más realista y cruda emocionalmente y eso la hace ser una de las mejores historias que nos ha dado taiwan.
Es divertida, los actores tienen carisma, tiene momentos de comedia justo donde deben de estar esos momentos de comedia y momentos de drama justo donde los debe de tener, todos deberían darle al menos una oportunidad alguna vez!!

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The reason because I watch this drama is because of the remake of the Korean version. We could really see the difference between the two dramas. Set by the year 2008, graphical effects isn’t that great compared to the Korean version. What I like though in this drama is that it has that comedic feels (*more likely slapstick comedy) that only Taiwanese drama could really portray. The love also of family is much greater seen in this drama. I like that I’ve seen this after the Korean version although mas tsada jud unta na first nako ni nakita. So far I have good memories while watching this so I’m quite grateful that I’ve seen this.

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Как это у меня часто бывает, неожиданно посмотрела тайваньскую дораму. Думала не осилю 24 серии по 1,2 часа. Но сериал оказался не просто смотрибельным, а очень и очень хорошим. Есть конечно, законы жанра, штампы и правила съемок, но актеры играют безукоризнено. За что им большой респект.
Дорамка начинается как комедийная,и правда было смешно. Очень многое делали актеры второго планы: мамы, бабушки, сестры и мужья сестер, помощники и адвокаты.
К 8 серии началась романтическо-дущещепательная линия. 12 серия просто вынесла мне мозг... Да, такой вот сюжет. но это слишком больно и страшно
Между главными героями не просто искрило, а жгло и пепелило. Не сразу, постепенно, особенно когда девочка нашла в себе силы измениться. А по началу она была дура дурой, хотя тоже по сюжету.
В общем и целом отличная мелодрама, никто не раздражал, все вызывали искренние чувства, даже Анна, которую можно понять, но тяжело простить.

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