Aramintai

Do you have any recommendations? I can't find anything of quality that I haven't watched yet. Maybe will rewatch something old.

Also, I guess I'm way more tolerant to domestic slow paced scenes, my guys just wanted to skip all the "dead fish" romance & domestic scenes. They also pointed out something that made me ponder - this drama looks like it was written by several different people, with how pacing and plot quality fluctuates. FL's trauma and schemes by one person (main plot), boring ass romance by another, side stuff by a third. Was there actually a group of writers here?

I've been rewatching it with my family and knowing the plot there are so many dead end characters' arcs here with worst possible endings - the stupid assassin boy, marquis's sons, ML's merchant friend+Cangbei princess, SFL...So many painfully obvious opportunities to make something great with these characters, but nah.

Btw, did they just sweep those divorce papers under a rug? They were never mentioned again. Could have shown more groveling from ML's part too.

They’re gonna start filming new drama in July with her. I’ve heard it’s a modern drama.

This looks like a tip of the iceberg. But it's good that somebody's doing something about it.

Some whiners keep bashing her acting skills, but what's really going on is overexposure. She's been working non-stop indeed.
Last year she even got a proper vacation after filming this drama in who knows how many years, because her health started deteriorating. Her agency was working her to the bone. Her contract expires soon and she's quitting them, and has her own agency prepped already. Though I don't really think it's gonna considerably slow down the rate at which her dramas come out, she's a known workaholic and in very high demand. Though maybe she'll finally have a more active role in choosing scripts. Some dramas she's been in had very questionable ones, probably would have flopped hard if it wasn't for her.

It's a pretty good drama, very good production, but a bit overhyped. Personally, I found it quite draggy at times and jokes were a hit and miss. My favorite character here is that quirky guy who always stands with his back to the camera, his scenes were simply hilarious. FL was also enjoyable to watch, though her character is a silly ditz, the actress did very well, she's rightfully on the rise of fame now.

It does.

Tbf, anything above 6 there can already be considered a good drama.

It's all fair. I've a number of such dramas on my list as well. Some were enjoyable and highly rewatchable, but didn't get much public praise. Some I just couldn't see what the hype was about, to a point of considering dropping.

You're really harsh, I like it, lol. Everybody's got their own tastes.

It's has triple meaning.
Mo Li (Hua) - is "jasmine" (flower).
Mo Li - ML's surname, FL's name.
Mo Li - can also mean "inseparable", "never to part". I've seen a post here earlier also explaining something about this phrase like "giving you the first jasmine branch" or smth. Same meaning. They even had a scene in the final episode with this.

Lol, it's lower than Unveil: Jadewind. Brutal. Though I agree because of overall quality. Douban is like Chinese IMDB, but even more harsh at times.

In any case, romance here was advertised, so people have a right to complain if it didn't meet their expectations. Personally, as I've said above, it had several other problems, not just lack of kissing scenes, so this aspect of the drama made me one of those who lowered the score.

You can't really compare it with U:J. Scorebombing there really was unfair, because romance wasn't in the genre tag, but people still came in droves expecting it because of the leads. If anything, it overdelivered with romance there, it was a nice bonus.

I understand you want to defend this drama cuz you really like it. But I already have my own opinion, even wrote a review. Seeing other people's comments and reviews I'm not the only one who found romance presentation here lacking. There are several things that are off with it in general, but it'd be too long to write about it again.

About the flower. FL's PTSD trauma is not easily curable, it can relapse if she's not taken care of properly. ML here is her "oasis of sanity". When he was gone for so long, she started to lose interest in reality, she missed him so much. So she started to go distant and hyperfocused on that flower. Good thing she realized that she needed to be around ML to feel better. For a perfect ending they should have added a kid or two here. Giving birth is documented to reduce PTSD recurrence significantly in a percentage of women. Having them could also help focus her attention on them, she was becoming languid with nothing of interest to do.

It wasn't rushed. On the contrary, last couple of episodes were a bit draggy. And score lowering happened because lots of people finally finished watching it. Most common complaints can already be seen.

Is that so wrong? This drama has "romance" in the genre. Nevermind steamy, what we got here in the end were some baity appetizers followed by a dead fish out of the freezer, so to speak. For once, I agree with the score going down a bit here, this aspect of the drama was underwhelming.