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He was still wrong for forcing himself on YQQ which I guess he did in novel too ? I cannot empathise with QM after he killed his foster mother . He became a monster. Anything he did or did not do could justify him. If only they did not show that then may be I could atleast see his perspective a bit

Agree 💯

For me it was still okay if it was romantic scenes of second couple but I can't even call it romantic. It is no less than an assault scenes for me. I feel disgusted watching that toxic scenes. So I don't get why so many scenes were added of them. One or two was enough to show their equation and how she was trying to escape from him. Instead the whole military arc needed more time.

Rewatching from the beginning bcs why not. First half is just too good.
XZ mourning in front of his own spirit tablet with CY is so funny. CY admitting that she had prepared the table in case he died. lol. She is so cute.

I did watch the remaining from leaked episodes itself (bcs I don’t have money to pay for express package and I would have seen in k**kh anyway )and it’s not that difficult to understand what is going on with bad subtitles at this point . And I had marked 35 seen a few hours ago and marked 40 only when I completed. So don’t worry my review would still be the same even if I had watched only 35 or 40 so I had written the review when I completed 35 episodes. If you read my points all are from 35 or earlier episodes so there are no spoilers too.

Ofcourse there are differences so I used the word similar and not the word same. And similarity in the story meaning the story between two people and not how drama showed it. If WY was the lead of the story and it was his journey to be showed then his story w.r.t to Consort Shu, that is what I meant. In both the couples, they loved each other deeply . Guy was an influential figure in the court. Girl was forced to become consort. The consort died. The guy remained unmarried and loyal to her till the end. I was talking about these similarities.
I know the WY married but it was namesake to save the honour of another's wife and there was no real relationship between them.

As for the questions you raised about WY and Consort Shu may be novel readers can help. I too wished they showed more of the falcon and ChangNing.

I like his youth drama flourish in time the most. Well now that has gone to second. First comes POJ hands down

Agree on that :)

I disagree. 35 episodes is enough to know if you like the drama or if not then the reason why they did not like, to give a review. Generalising every opinion as negative/antis/haters does not make sense to me. Everyone has the right to voice out their opinion. Expecting everyone to have the same opinion is not realistic.

Agree. Despite my criticism on many aspects of second half it is still one of the best in recent periodic dramas.

Story of Wei Yan and Consort Shu reminds me of the story of leads of One and Only. Their story is quite similar.

So on point. The very first episode she proved she is strong, resourceful adn smart. Why try so hard to glorify her so badly in later episodes I could not get.

Yeah that is another aspect of these dramas. In this drama her side kicks insulting him was outrageous! If the scene was reverse where FL is insulted by ML’s friends ML himself would be tagged red flag ! Fated hearts is in my watchlist.

Yeah I don’t get this wrong notion they have of what makes woman strong! Most of women centric C Dramas I could not continue because of it .I mean even at this day and age when woman have achieved a lot more equality and freedom still in fields that need physical prowess like army we cannot outdo men. They are the majority and that is how they are build by nature . Why can’t we accept it!! We can still be strong without trying outdo men !! I could also argue that this restricted view is insulting to women

It can’t even be called romantic for QM and YQQ . It’s forced intimacy so I don’t know why it was necessary to show so many scenes of theirs .

There is no time for them to plan for her downfall though . There is only enough time for their own downfall by the leads . All they can do is wait for that at this point :P

Same here. First half is one I would like to rewatch.a 100 times. Second half though was sort of a train wreck when we compare to the first half

not giving any f**ks is also sort of will be seen as arrogant. She is a sweetheart we know that but in the court behaving that would be seen as arrogant. Yes she was promoted for their own agenda but the way she behaved in the battlefield declaring I will not stand behind and you choose whom to kill to a Marquis seemed way too much for her stature within the army.
Narrative wise there was abrupt cuts a few times for which we have to blame the 40 epi limit and not the directors and editors. They tried their best

Agree 100%

People complaining about FLs does not always come from misogynistic tendencies but also because many times writers do not do justice to FL’s character .like I feel they did to this one .