i enjoyed how he was the weak damsel in distress most of the time and his character being different from the Dukeās
Scores on MDL are very biased towards idol romance dramas, I gave up on them a while ago. Gotta check stuff by yourself, or you may miss a real gem. As for opinions, here's it's pretty decent, you should see comments on reddit, that's where the most outlandish stuff is being spouted out. But then again, lots of actors' anti-fans there as well, hard to gauge if their hate is actually targeted at a drama's flaws or they just spout thoughtless nonsese cuz they hate some actor.
i enjoyed how he was the weak damsel in distress most of the time and his character being different from the Dukeās
I'm glad there are viewers out there who can pay attention. So much trash talking about this drama from people who couldn't even keep up with the plot, let alone understand these character intricacies...
i enjoyed how he was the weak damsel in distress most of the time and his character being different from the Dukeās
I think the ending was a bit a rushed due to total episode count cut, as well as some tweaks to tease S2. Though they did have time to show all side characters' epilogues. Hard to say now. I'm still quite satisfied overall, ML here is very understanding and patient with FL, he was just superglad she came around. And for someone who supposedly dumped him for good, she sure did a lot of contradictory things, like sending him all those apologetic gifts and doing nice things through other people, as well as being so miserable that other people started noticing.
Also, I've noticed FL has a hard time expressing her real feelings to her close people in words, she really did inherit that difficult character from her grandpa mentor, which overlapped with her habit of pushing people away out fear of losing them. Saying something genuinely nice and apologetic is hard for her, she'd rather joke it off or not say anything. So many people misunderstand her for being aloof and uncaring, even her close friend Wuren. Only ML understands her best, they even had a nice talk about it over the drinks early on. There was like one time total when she dumped a whole lot on poor ML when she was really sick, and that scared the f out of him, lol. Thankfully, it's all written on her face and gestures when she's in the intimate atmosphere. Though it's usually quiet ML who starts blabbing when they're together š¤£. People who weren't paying much attention say these characters were flat, but there's a lot of thought and nuance that went into them, they were fitting for this story and actors played them well.
i enjoyed how he was the weak damsel in distress most of the time and his character being different from the Dukeās
I kinda disagree, he was a physically weak non-fighter, but his strength was his smarts and bravery. If you count, he saved FL's life around 8 times throughout his life: -saved her during FL family's massacre; -fished her out of the pond; -saved her when she poisoned herself; -fished her out of the pond a 2nd time; -saved and escaped with her when she almost got killed by assassins and the silver mask; -shot a needle from the wrist arbalest when she was losing in another fight with the silver mask; -saved her by doing that big job on the calendar when she was dying from poison in her mansion; -saved her from execution for trying to kill the main villain without evidence.
He himself only needed saving like 2 times, guy wasn't trying to look for trouble and was very smart: -FL helped him from the pond when they were kids; -FL saved him from being hanged by that soldier who wanted revenge on her father.
So all in all, it was FL who was a damsel in distress most of the times, even with her fighting skills, because she was reckless and didn't value her life due to her survivor's guilt syndrome.
The right chancellor, brother to consort Shu. He was shown in the drama since the first case here and there, plotting…
The main villain will start actively trying to kill FL starting from episode 21.
The other villain appears in the last 7th case, that's around episode 31. He wanted to get rid of the main villain and his whole clan himself, but FL cleverly infiltrated his schemes and used them to her benefit to deal some good old poetic justice to the main villain. The other villain is even more powerful than the main villain though, so the leads are in peril in S2 (if it actually happens).
so i dropped it and don't think i will pick it back up. i want to know who is the villian though like who killed…
The right chancellor, brother to consort Shu. He was shown in the drama since the first case here and there, plotting with bad guys, but wasn't active until later episodes, when FL started circling closer to the truth. He's not the last villain though, that one seems like is left for announced season 2.
I hate unrequited love tropes and this one is no exception. The 2ML is obsessed with her. Heās trying to force…
You know what's especially dumb with these 2MLs? They never try to woo FLs the normal way. The guy had years, years! to try that, but like all dumb 2MLs he, of course, only appeared on the horizon when ML and FL met and immediately started obsessively thirdwheeling like a creepy loser.
Here comes the noble idiocy break up trope, this is one of the dumbest ones to boot. Losing interest here, good it's ending next week. Why PEB chose to take part in this tropey drama, she usually chooses well :(
Unfortunately the plot is becoming stale, soapy, tropey and predictable. I'd really have preferred if it focused more on various ghost stories, but looks like it was tacked on here mainly to show how lonely and miserable FL is, and that only ML is able to understand and live with it.
It's completely my personal view š Call me old-school when it comes to mysteries... Having grown up on Agatha…
This cdrama has one of the tightest plots, trust me, it doesn't waste your time with empty talk or useless characters. There are lots of overhyped historical detective cdramas that are way too draggy, unfocused, with too many Captain Obvious moments or are just plain boring, be it because of the plot or characters.
And again, comparing it to Agatha Christie is funny - those oldies were very procedural in their plot structure, to a point of being able to tell who's the bad guy straight away after reading some number of them, because of how samey they were all written. And they always had some long winded explainer at the end of the mystery to explain everything to the audience. Anything resembling those old stories' structure is overdone and boring nowadays. Nowadays they try to explore cases along with investigators, sharing thoughts with the audience through other characters on the go, instead of showing some smug main lead keeping their conclusions to themselves until the villain is caught.
Another romance genre lover unable to sit through even a couple of episodes to appreciate the intricacies of a good story, non-front loaded characters' exploration or unconventional male leads.
And yeah, leads don't have equal status, but somehow nobody complains when it's a male lead who is of higher status. Double standards? Their past experiences and workplaces left a mark on their personalities, making both of them calculating and reserved - can't survive palace intrigues without acting smart. There are eyes and ears everywhere in the palace - this drama even had a scandal involving the leads, where they were framed for alleged improper behavior while investigating and were almost forced to get married. FL is hellbent on revenge and has no time for romance, but their slow burn relationship progresses very naturally, without forced bs you often see in romance dramas. The qualities that she lacks, ML here complements perfectly. Her self-harm issue stemming from survivor's guilt, he understands well and helps resolve. He's not a fighter, but saves FL a lot here. And nowhere in this drama ML or SML are treated as inferior to the ladies, it's all respectful and historically correct. But of course, if you dropped this drama after the first few episodes, you're not gonna understand anything about them, giving this very superficial review.
And especially funny is comparison to The Wanted Detective, where ML truly was relegated to a sidekick role because he was on his deathbed for most of the drama after being gravely poisoned - annoying FL and ML's colleagues were doing most of the investigative leg work in that drama. Not to mention other problems it had plot wise... And don't get me started about the over the top The Double with it's blood pressure raising caricature villains. It wasn't a detective drama, it was pure mysoginistic hate wrapped in revenge plot.
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As for opinions, here's it's pretty decent, you should see comments on reddit, that's where the most outlandish stuff is being spouted out. But then again, lots of actors' anti-fans there as well, hard to gauge if their hate is actually targeted at a drama's flaws or they just spout thoughtless nonsese cuz they hate some actor.
I'm still quite satisfied overall, ML here is very understanding and patient with FL, he was just superglad she came around. And for someone who supposedly dumped him for good, she sure did a lot of contradictory things, like sending him all those apologetic gifts and doing nice things through other people, as well as being so miserable that other people started noticing.
Also, I've noticed FL has a hard time expressing her real feelings to her close people in words, she really did inherit that difficult character from her grandpa mentor, which overlapped with her habit of pushing people away out fear of losing them. Saying something genuinely nice and apologetic is hard for her, she'd rather joke it off or not say anything. So many people misunderstand her for being aloof and uncaring, even her close friend Wuren. Only ML understands her best, they even had a nice talk about it over the drinks early on. There was like one time total when she dumped a whole lot on poor ML when she was really sick, and that scared the f out of him, lol.
Thankfully, it's all written on her face and gestures when she's in the intimate atmosphere. Though it's usually quiet ML who starts blabbing when they're together š¤£.
People who weren't paying much attention say these characters were flat, but there's a lot of thought and nuance that went into them, they were fitting for this story and actors played them well.
-saved her during FL family's massacre;
-fished her out of the pond;
-saved her when she poisoned herself;
-fished her out of the pond a 2nd time;
-saved and escaped with her when she almost got killed by assassins and the silver mask;
-shot a needle from the wrist arbalest when she was losing in another fight with the silver mask;
-saved her by doing that big job on the calendar when she was dying from poison in her mansion;
-saved her from execution for trying to kill the main villain without evidence.
He himself only needed saving like 2 times, guy wasn't trying to look for trouble and was very smart:
-FL helped him from the pond when they were kids;
-FL saved him from being hanged by that soldier who wanted revenge on her father.
So all in all, it was FL who was a damsel in distress most of the times, even with her fighting skills, because she was reckless and didn't value her life due to her survivor's guilt syndrome.
And they did officially announce it:
https://news.mydramalist.com/article/legend-of-zang-hai-unveil-jadewind-among-chinese-dramas-confirmed-for-season-2
Here's S2 page:
https://kisskh.at/810702-unveil-jadewind-season-2
The other villain appears in the last 7th case, that's around episode 31. He wanted to get rid of the main villain and his whole clan himself, but FL cleverly infiltrated his schemes and used them to her benefit to deal some good old poetic justice to the main villain.
The other villain is even more powerful than the main villain though, so the leads are in peril in S2 (if it actually happens).
And again, comparing it to Agatha Christie is funny - those oldies were very procedural in their plot structure, to a point of being able to tell who's the bad guy straight away after reading some number of them, because of how samey they were all written. And they always had some long winded explainer at the end of the mystery to explain everything to the audience. Anything resembling those old stories' structure is overdone and boring nowadays. Nowadays they try to explore cases along with investigators, sharing thoughts with the audience through other characters on the go, instead of showing some smug main lead keeping their conclusions to themselves until the villain is caught.
And yeah, leads don't have equal status, but somehow nobody complains when it's a male lead who is of higher status. Double standards?
Their past experiences and workplaces left a mark on their personalities, making both of them calculating and reserved - can't survive palace intrigues without acting smart. There are eyes and ears everywhere in the palace - this drama even had a scandal involving the leads, where they were framed for alleged improper behavior while investigating and were almost forced to get married.
FL is hellbent on revenge and has no time for romance, but their slow burn relationship progresses very naturally, without forced bs you often see in romance dramas.
The qualities that she lacks, ML here complements perfectly. Her self-harm issue stemming from survivor's guilt, he understands well and helps resolve. He's not a fighter, but saves FL a lot here. And nowhere in this drama ML or SML are treated as inferior to the ladies, it's all respectful and historically correct.
But of course, if you dropped this drama after the first few episodes, you're not gonna understand anything about them, giving this very superficial review.
And especially funny is comparison to The Wanted Detective, where ML truly was relegated to a sidekick role because he was on his deathbed for most of the drama after being gravely poisoned - annoying FL and ML's colleagues were doing most of the investigative leg work in that drama. Not to mention other problems it had plot wise...
And don't get me started about the over the top The Double with it's blood pressure raising caricature villains. It wasn't a detective drama, it was pure mysoginistic hate wrapped in revenge plot.