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Well-written microdrama about love in aviation industry
I read about this microdrama on MDL and reddit and got curious especially when I just started watching Hou Cheng Yue's dramas. I can't find this drama on Youtube but luckily found it on Dailymotion. As an aviation geek, I love this drama!What I liked:
1. FL characterisation - I love that FL is an air traffic controller instead of a flight attendant. She's great at her job. She's smart and beautiful inside and out. Hou Cheng Yue played this role beautifully.
2. Romance - I enjoy watching their relationship grow from married strangers to marriage partners and lovers. I was giddy watching ML wooing FL. They are affectionate - the hugs, handholding and kisses.
3. ML characterisation - ML is handsome, smart and caring. I love how he took his role as husband seriously. I also like that he was firm with boundaries set against his admirer and love rival. I must say this is my favourite character played by Wang Yi Ran.
4, Supporting characters - I like FL's close ATC colleague, co-pilots that usually work with ML, ML's friends, mothers of both FL & ML (even though their screentime was short).
5. Ending - The drama ends with a declaration of ML & FL's love for each other at workplace. I find it refreshing and sweet.
What I disliked:
1. Antagonist - Main antagonist is a flight attendant that went to same school as FL & ML. Gosh, she was delusional. Even though ML has explicitly told her that he was not interested in her, she was still persistant. She was envious of FL not just in love but at personal level.
Favourite scene
When ML asked FL about her past loves in attempt to know about her school crush
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Still Tickling the Heart and Sending Butterflies Fluttering
This drama features one of my favorite CPs! The chemistry between Wang Yiran and Hou Chengyue is truly commendable. The storyline beautifully portrays a relationship that grows from classmates to colleagues, then to a married couple, and finally to true lovers. What seems like a one-sided love at first gradually unfolds into a heartfelt two-sided romance.I love how the ML is always there for his wife, and how the FL never stops believing in herself, in him, and in their relationship. This vertical drama is absolutely beautiful, and I’ll definitely keep rewatching it!
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Worthy of Returns
I have returned to this version several times and have never been let down. Although the version I watch is from DailyMotion, and therefore lacking original music, I believe, the quality is still high and the strength of the story, acting and editing still guide you along mostly effortless (a couple of out sequence moments are annoying but inherently common in vertical dramas).The two leads mesh well, letting the subtlety of their growing attachment and humbling affection lead you along gently. The 2FL is well portrayed in that you believe that she believes she is always right and isn't as one-dimensional as many other female foes. You still love to dislike her, though. The mothers in this adaptation, though rarely on-screen, are delightful and add a warmth to the relationship. The setting and the production don't distract from the story and are organized well.
(DailyMotion): There are a couple of mistakes or tangles in the translation but as long as you ignore them, the subtitles are clear and mostly on point (timing and meaning). I dislike the way that they have flipped the names (Name Surname) for western audiences, though I understand it, as it is rather jarring when you are listening and recognize the names (Surname Names) and then see them in the text. It is a minor annoyance that can be overlooked.
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In the meantime, one can find this drama in YouTube under the caption: “An air traffic controller and a civil aviation captain, the story of marriage first and love later”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9BZ6xPFQD2s
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