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Thank you bestieee 🫶✨💅

Thank you for reading, and agreed, loved seeing Esther in a role like this.

hahaha omg you did some excavation here😅😅😅 hey girlie 🥰

I appreciate the clarification and your willingness to own the wording.

As for your comparison, I don't think the two things are quite equivalent. Saying “people are entitled to express a respectful negative opinion” isn't imposing a standard on what they should think; it's simply leaving room for opinions that differ from our own.

Your reaction to finding someone's comment odd is entirely valid, but asking them to delete it because of that reaction is precisely where my objection came in.

Anyway, I think we've sufficiently established that we disagree. Have a good day 💜

You didn't state it verbatim, no. 😂 But you did make the leap that a “big fan” wouldn't publicly criticize or drop one of their dramas. That's the implication I was responding to. If that's your personal standard for fandom, fine — just don't present it as an objective one.

And regardless, it still doesn't give you the right to ask someone to delete a comment simply because you disagree with it. If it's offensive or disrespectful, that's different, but otherwise negative opinions have their place too. I literally started this drama yesterday and I'm loving it so far, but seeing people act like they have ownership over other people's opinions is a big ick, ngl. This kind of comment policing can also discourage people from feeling comfortable voicing their thoughts.

Oh, I comprehended you just fine. I simply disagree with your very narrow definition of what constitutes a “big fan.” 😂 Being a fan doesn't mean you're required to like every drama an actor makes.

And telling someone to “acquire comprehension” because they disagree with you is quite ironic, considering you seem to have mistaken your personal interpretation for an objective rule.

There seems to be a little comment policing going on here. 😅 I mean, asking someone to delete their comment simply because you didn’t like what they said seems a little excessive. This is kisskh, not the Ministry of Drama Preservation. 😂 As long as we’re respectful toward each other, I think negative opinions and criticism have their place too. We can all disagree and still let people have their say.

What, really?? Dang, I picked the worst time to start 😭

Started this yesterday and finished all available eps in one sitting. Finally got out of my drama slump💅, but dang it, have to wait for the new episodes now 😭😭

YESSS, exactly!! I think that’s one of the things that makes the ML’s journey hit so much harder than you’d expect from a drama that spends half its runtime behaving like a fever dream.

His cultivation never felt like it was just about becoming stronger. There was always this very human longing underneath it - the desire for an ordinary, peaceful life with the person he loved. And I really like your interpretation of yearning itself becoming part of his cultivation, because the drama never sits you down and announces “THIS IS THE THEME” but somehow you can feel it anyway.

And I LOVE the question you brought up about whether cultivation has to mean accumulating enough power to move mountains and fill seas, or whether something as intangible as longing can also shape and sustain someone’s path. That’s such a good reading of the drama. 😭

Which is honestly why I ended up finding this drama much deeper than its ridiculousness initially suggests. It really said “hehe clownery” while quietly having an existential crisis in the background. 😂

BAHAHAHA I actually agree with so much of this 😂😭 I was literally telling a friend that the comment section had me questioning my sanity because SO many people were saying “this is real life, the ML isn't a red flag, you just need to accept that relationships are messy” and I was like NOOOO GUYS. THAT IS NOT THE LESSON WE SHOULD BE TAKING FROM THIS. 😭😭😂

I actually gave this drama a pretty high score because I enjoyed it (mainly because it's fiction and my brain was chilling in another room while I was watching), but I came away with a lot of the same concerns you mentioned. 😂 I made it through some of the more frustrating parts largely thanks to JBR's face card, I’m not even going to lie 💀😂

Exactly!! This is pretty much how I see it. 😭 “He simply didn’t know how to love her” can explain WHY Luke behaved the way he did, but it shouldn’t become an excuse for why Flora was supposed to keep enduring it. That phrase honestly sounds like the opening line to “just stay in this shitty relationship because deep down he loves you” 😭

And I really don’t understand people acting like Flora just randomly decided to leave a perfectly good man. Girl was repeatedly met with rudeness, mixed signals, anger and a complete lack of emotional reassurance. Of course she started doubting him and eventually chose herself. Was she perfect? Absolutely not. She became more complicated and frustrating and made her own mistakes as the story went on, but let’s not rewrite history and pretend Luke never gave her reasons to react the way she did lmao.

Also, I LOVE Luke, but being handsome, caring underneath it all and bad at expressing emotions is not a free pass for treating your girlfriend badly. 😭 At some point, “he cares, he just doesn’t know how to show it” stops being romantic and starts sounding like something you tell yourself to survive a bad relationship.

And honestly, the family background makes the “he simply didn’t know how to love” argument even less convincing to me. Yes, his father is harsh and clearly shaped him, but his mother loves him (his father too), accepts his personality, and he’s a successful, respected adult who functions perfectly well in every other area of his life. He is not some helpless little boy who has never experienced affection or learned basic human decency 😭

So yeah, I can understand Luke, sympathize with him, forgive him and STILL think Flora was completely justified in leaving. Those things can coexist. And honestly, if she had stayed and continued accepting that treatment just because “he loves her in his own way,” THAT would have been the part I couldn't get behind.

Thank you for reading and for the always warm comments 🤗

I feel the same on all accounts.

I really appreciate this perspective, and I've genuinely enjoyed your comments and your outlook throughout this drama too. ❤️ I actually agree with a lot of what you've said.

Relationships do take work, people are imperfect, and expecting a permanently flawless “green flag” partner straight out of a rom-com is definitely not realistic. Real relationships can absolutely be messy, complicated and require growth from both people.

My morale is that I think this drama also shows the other end of the spectrum. Nobody is perfect, but that doesn't mean we should stay in situations that consistently make us feel emotionally unsafe, disrespected or unhappy. Sometimes loving someone and making a relationship work are not the same thing, and knowing your worth also means recognising when walking away might be the healthier choice.

And I definitely don't put all the responsibility on Luke either. Flora made plenty of choices that contributed to this dynamic, and as the story went on, it became increasingly obvious how much this relationship had affected her. Some of her decisions and the way she handled situations became genuinely aggravating to watch at times 😂, but I think that's also part of the point: staying in an unhealthy dynamic for years can change the way you react, communicate and make decisions. She has her own accountability in all of this too.

What happened between Luke and Flora felt realistic to me in many ways. The happy ending, however—the man fundamentally changing after years of unhealthy behaviour and becoming the perfect partner who cherishes her—is where the drama enters fantasy territory for me. 😂 The chances of someone enduring years of this kind of dynamic and then getting that exact happy ending are, unfortunately, probably astronomically low.

I think that's the only thing I would be careful about romanticising. Growth and redemption are beautiful in fiction, but in real life we shouldn't spend years enduring emotional hurt while waiting for someone to finally become the partner we hope they could be. At the end of the day, we're also responsible for our own happiness, and yes—we all deserve a love that feels safe, respectful and mutual. ❤️

💯 ! We made it tho!! Even if I feel like I've personally been in a relationship while watching this 🤣🤣🤣

yup, I would've been a total mess otherwise 😭😆

So happy I decided to wait and binge the last 6 episodes. What a ride!! A whole rollercoaster 🎢!! 🥰

Haha I was, ep 18 pissed me off and I decided to focus on other dramas cause 1 ep a day is very bad for my mental stabilty 🤣🤣🤣🤣

Girl, I chekced out from this comment section and the drama on Sunday cause it was messing with me 😭 I'll just watch the rest of the eps once all are out and call it a day because this was exhausting 😞