Ep 10: If it were me, I would have immediately run away with 2ML.
Nah, I hate desperate 2ML. Like dude, you barely know her, she's married, and you're trying to be some noble white knight. Also, 2ML has zero characterization.
Although he's supposed to be playing someone in his late 20s, the ML looks precisely his age, 46. The most distracting part is he has the neck of a 60-year-old. It's pretty distracting. On a positive note, the drama is good at building emotional scenes.
I think it is a fair opinion! In a world where we get a lot of duds it was a good spring drama.
I think It's one of the better dramas this year. But the show suffers from the 40-episode limit and the shoehorned villain at the end. The next show I'm looking forward to is Liu Zhou Story.
Overall, this drama is good, though not great. 40 episodes were not enough. The ending felt rushed, with events unfolding abruptly and quickly to conclude the drama within the allotted episodes. The final villain was shoehorned without sufficient build-up or integration into the story. I think the chemistry between the main couple was ok. The pier explosion and YX's fight at the palace felt contrived and unearned. Overall, this drama is good, though not outstanding. It might have improved significantly if the writers had more episodes, perhaps 50, to flesh out the storyline, particularly the subplot involving the final villains (that lady and the prince).
Here's my unpopular opinion: the emotional development of the main couple was lacking. The narrative attempted to cram in all the dramatic tension towards the end but it often felt unearned. I would've enjoyed it more if:
1. HZ had been angry with YX for an episode or two for deceiving her initially, which would have forced YX to work to regain her trust. While he did assist her, his deception was significant, and her quick forgiveness was too lenient.
2. Shen Qi remained a legitimate contender for HZ's affection. I'm generally not a proponent of love triangles or overly obsessive secondary male leads, but SQ's involvement could have introduced more meaningful tension into HZ and YX's relationship.
3. YX should also have been required to earn the trust of the other women, considering he played a role in their partners' exile.
4. After overcoming these challenges, I think the angst introduced at the end would have felt more impactful.
It is not. They have different priorities/responsibilites. HZ is a food provider for her family, customers and…
"I am a parent and was in love several times in my life, remaining always the same person (obviously growing my knowledge and evolving through experiences, acquired with or without my love partners)."
Perhaps we're working with different interpretations of change. However, it seems clear you didn't stay the same. You acknowledge that your experiences have shaped and transformed you.
Love changes us, often in subtle ways. When a boy falls in love, he may adjust his habits to please the girl. He becomes willing to make sacrifices he wouldn't have considered before, growing more accommodating and protective.
To be clear, I'm not saying that you become an entirely different person when you fall in love. Of course, you're still you. But major life events, such as falling in love, having a child, moving to another country, etc... do change people. I guess we can agree to disagree on this.
The notion that significant life events don't change us suggests a lack of humanity—it's as if we were robots, programmed to always produce the same responses.
Here's my unpopular opinion: the emotional development of the main couple was lacking. The narrative attempted to cram in all the dramatic tension towards the end but it often felt unearned. I would've enjoyed it more if:
1. HZ had been angry with YX for an episode or two for deceiving her initially, which would have forced YX to work to regain her trust. While he did assist her, his deception was significant, and her quick forgiveness was too lenient.
2. Shen Qi remained a legitimate contender for HZ's affection. I'm generally not a proponent of love triangles or overly obsessive secondary male leads, but SQ's involvement could have introduced more meaningful tension into HZ and YX's relationship.
3. YX should also have been required to earn the trust of the other women, considering he played a role in their partners' exile.
4. After overcoming these challenges, I think the angst introduced at the end would have felt more impactful.
Perhaps we're working with different interpretations of change. However, it seems clear you didn't stay the same. You acknowledge that your experiences have shaped and transformed you.
Love changes us, often in subtle ways. When a boy falls in love, he may adjust his habits to please the girl. He becomes willing to make sacrifices he wouldn't have considered before, growing more accommodating and protective.
To be clear, I'm not saying that you become an entirely different person when you fall in love. Of course, you're still you. But major life events, such as falling in love, having a child, moving to another country, etc... do change people. I guess we can agree to disagree on this.
The notion that significant life events don't change us suggests a lack of humanity—it's as if we were robots, programmed to always produce the same responses.