Two Steps From Heaven

Going out on a limb to recommend the following series that I believe you will love cos it seems we have similar likes and dislikes:
Ever Night
Story of Yanxi Palace
The Crowned Clown

Let me first say your reviews are the perfect combo of snark and wit and each one has me chuckling and lol'ing. 😂😂

Secondly, I couldn't agree more that Zhou Dong Yu's face is utterly forgettable. Sadly, she's also one of many C actresses who are dangerously underweight. I watched five episodes of ALP and gladly called it a day.

"I knew I was going to hate this as soon as I heard Esther Yu's awful, whiney, cutesy voice as narrator. She's an entertainer, not an actress. I don't know what she trained as, maybe she is a pop idol and that's why she gets FL roles, but with that voice, that lack of acting ability, and her usual cutesy stupidity she brings to every single role, here's another drama for her to render completely unwatchable.

I've said this so many times, and I will continue to say it, innocence and stupidity are not the same thing. You can be a young woman who is naive and innocent, and still not need to be saved every few minutes, or constantly trip over yourself to make you more "relatable" by making you appear quirky. There is nothing endearing about behaving like a toddler, and anyone who finds that kind of Mary Sue behaviour endearing needs to grow up."


Thank you!! I stopped watching A Romance of a Little Forest for the same reason. That grating, silly, childish voice should not come out of a grown woman's mouth. I was able to watch LBFaD because of the well-told story and Dylan Wang's amazing interpretation of Dongfang Qingcing

"I don't like the actor that plays the main lead"

I agree. Jin Han is better suited to playing villains since he has that dark and dangerous looking face. It could also be because the hair and makeup stylists really dropped the ball. They could have made him look better by darkening his eyebrows, contouring his bone structure, and pulling up that atrocious wig by half an inch. He is a handsome guy, just not a good enough lead.
That said, you should watch him in The Princess Wieyoung....he played a vicious army general and pretty much stole each scene he was in.

I have finally found my people! 😂😂 I can't stand Dilraba and can barely watch anything with Yang Yang. Both are either heavily botoxed to an extent they can't move their facial muscles or they believe we should be grateful they graced us with their beauty.

"I was quite content with the characters that died, since I didn't like them anyway. I was rooting for the antagonist the whole time and hoping he would get everything he desired in life, after suffering so many disappointments."

This sentence is so funny! Do you know how boring the ML has to be that one roots for the antagonist? 🤣🤣

This series gives me life. Like, there's not one thing I'd change. Even the actors playing villains are so good at it we really hate them fr.

Wu Leo is a phenomenal actor who seems to be criminally underrated (in my opinion). I mean this guy plays each role to perfection.

Edit 4/12/22: I didn't know LW and I shared the same birthdate. Well, now it all makes sense. Boxing day Capricorns are early (and high) achievers...but we burn out quite easily. I hope Leo learns to pace himself and not allow setbacks to weigh him down.

Season 2? No way 😧Lol, hopefully they'll up the budget and change the scriptwriter cos season one was too messy

"I can only applaud the neck breaking effort and dedication that goes into presenting his incomparable jawline at the most optimal camera angle at all times"

The way I laughed when I read this line! 😂🤣

Try The Rebel Princess

Hear, hear, Justine! Not everyone wants realism, sometimes we just want pure, unadulterated fun which Yanxi delivers in spades.