The decision to have Yi Fan run away again completely destroys her character progression. After her ordeal, she chose to return, to reclaim her lost love, and to take control of her life after 8 YEARS. San Yang has consistently shown that he’s protective and dependable, proving himself to be someone she can rely on. When her past caught up with her, was the moment where the heroine, with the support of her love and friends, should have confronted her trauma and evolved as a character. But instead, these writers decided to have her *run away again.* Her character has regressed, and now we’re back at square one.
At this point, she’s no longer a complex, flawed character we can sympathize with. She’s just a coward, and it’s incredibly frustrating. When you destroy a character like that, the audience stopped rooting for her, and instead, they’re annoyed by her constant cowardice and poor choices. Why? Who thought this was a good idea? It’s such a frustrating, pointless writing decision.
Her leaving him again is just ridiculous. While I understand her trauma, they actually made me hate Yi Fan a bit here. Like WTF!? What's the point of this bullshit? Also, Sang Yan is one of the most unrealistic ML ever portrayed in a romance. This level of patience is simply laughable. I actually hate this drama now for this bullshit.
What a wonderful love story. In some dramas, you feel like one partner is so much more in love and the entire thing feels one-sided and frustrating. Here you could tell that these two are madly in love with each other. The FL is so proactive here. I wouldn't be surprised if she gets down on one knee and proposes at the end. She's madly in love with her doctor. lmao
The great thing about the original story is there were a lot of villains. But the FL just mowed them down, one…
Maybe she will slowly progress. While I don't like a doormat FL, I don't like a Mary Sue either. It's ok if she doesn't have all the answers right away. That's what character progression is for.
It's like this with 90% of novel-to-drama adaptations. They use the novels as inspiration to tell an entirely…
I also loved Lu Wen attitude. She didn't remember her married life with CXZ. So, she didn't remember her feelings for him. But she would not let him "flirting" with local women by the river. At this point, it was all about her pride. Lol
It's like this with 90% of novel-to-drama adaptations. They use the novels as inspiration to tell an entirely…
The pirate arc was pretty disappointing—definitely my least favorite section of the novel. I wished we spent more time with Lu Wen. What I really enjoyed, though, were the three phases of Miangtan and how CXZ was completely loved all three, while Zi Yu was threatened by Lu Wen. Later on, MT got paranoid that CXZ would ditch her once he learned she was Lu Wen, but by then, he was way too hooked. Their “fight” was pure drama at its finest. And in the end, he just went off to grab her some greasy street food. lol
It's just another drama adaptation destroying the source material so they can appeal to the lowest common denominator.
But I assume that she eventually knows of his sacrifice, right? I'm curious now how they will fall in love again. This is so much more interesting than the generic crap from the drama.
It's like this with 90% of novel-to-drama adaptations. They use the novels as inspiration to tell an entirely…
They destroyed everything by making up their own inferior story. They turned the FL into this one-dimensional revenge-seeking ice queen. But her character was so much more interesting in the novel. Yeah, that scene was supposed to be controversial. It's interesting storytelling. Later on, instead of owning up and saying sorry, CXZ gaslit MT by pinning the blame on her.
He was too full of himself to admit he was wrong—I couldn’t stand him for that. But that’s just how stubborn he was. Even after MT ditched him because she wasn’t about to be a concubine, he cockily acted like it was just a little break and he’d swoop back to snag her after the war. But they were both love sick.
This is a much better story than the generic revenge crap the drama wrote.
At this point, she’s no longer a complex, flawed character we can sympathize with. She’s just a coward, and it’s incredibly frustrating. When you destroy a character like that, the audience stopped rooting for her, and instead, they’re annoyed by her constant cowardice and poor choices. Why? Who thought this was a good idea? It’s such a frustrating, pointless writing decision.
He was too full of himself to admit he was wrong—I couldn’t stand him for that. But that’s just how stubborn he was. Even after MT ditched him because she wasn’t about to be a concubine, he cockily acted like it was just a little break and he’d swoop back to snag her after the war. But they were both love sick.
This is a much better story than the generic revenge crap the drama wrote.