Big_Red_1011

Yes, ML forgetting her name is one of the things we are supposed to accept without thinking too much about it, unfortunately. I just let it slide but, of course, it’s not explained even though he knows her name from medical form (I think he even called her by her name) and then later her name is know. during the conversation with the ex & his girlfriend 🙄

Government censorship doesn’t allow these plots to be real because some unstable people would harm themselves (for example, hoping they would be reincarnated, etc.). Creators of this drama actually pushed the envelope quite a bit by making sure we realize it WAS real and not a dream (lots of clues but they couldn’t say it outright due to censorship). There was analysis in previous comments but, basically, the modern world is our heroes’ 4th lifetime together 🥰 On Weibo they also posted a short video with photos & subtitles including modern-world photos (leads look different - like in promo photos) where they seat down in a cafe and interact/chat (basically, reconnect). So it’s a 100% happy ending to me personally :)

P.S. The Princess Royal is the only drama I’ve watched where reincarnation/time-travel/2nd life wasn’t shown to be a dream. Well… they convinced censors it was a dream but not us 😁

Just ignore MDL synopsis — it’s mostly wrong. The story starts local & relatively light but then there’re military expeditions and eventually empire-wide events for our heroes to deal with. I love it for the logical writing and being relatively free of annoying tropes that plague so many dramas. People behave relationally/logically and even when you think they are being not smart, often they are just scheming to fool bad people (not falling into obvious traps like in other dramas).

Thank you for the nice write up. Haven’t watched Shadow Love yet but this makes me more excited for it.

Personally, on vibes alone, I viewed When Destiny Beings the Demon as being similar to Love Between Fairy and Devil (it was mentioned in the comments by others too).

And then Love in the Clouds most reminds me of historical drama Are You the One. Without going into spoilers, both dramas have very strong leads are who capable on their own but it’s clear they were made for each other (AYTO doesn’t give the leads a common backstory like LITC but it shows that only ML is right for FL and vice versa).

Hmm… I didn’t think about that. We shall see. But the dad made his mom harm herself so that’s why I view him as bad.

I was thinking about when they were taking to the other couple (ex & his gf) but you are totally right — he even knows the name from medical documents!

I feel like both of them are going to be evil. And I hope none of them gets a good ending.

I didn’t write the drama :) You bring up perfectly valid points. I can also add the fact that ML heard her name but he conveniently forgot it 🤷‍♂️

Very true! ML is a huge upgrade over the ex!

If she didn’t bring up the shower, FL would have been a mom for real 🤣🤣🤣

I really, really hope that the truth about FL not being really married to 2ML and ML not being in love with 2FL will come out relatively quickly so that by episode 8-9 our heroes can reconcile and focus on taking over the company.

We don’t know about the family of her in-laws (perhaps they didn’t want to help or perhaps their son stole all of their money too). With regards to the loan, it was for less than USD $1400 and probably at high interest rates.

FL asked ML to give half of the money upfront so that’s how she had enough to get back.

Yes, someone needs to fix it.

Sigh, you are right… it’s one of those things we just have to suspend our disbelief and accept what happened. She loves her family so the writers want us to think she forgot about everything when she heard the terrible news.

Haha… Have you watched When Destiny Brings the Demon? ML there wants to kill everyone, lol 😆 He keeps FL around only because she’s literally the only person who doesn’t want him dead (FL traveled from the modern world so she views this as a vacation and opportunity to chill).

SL succumbing to evil once again demonstrates him being different from JBZ who managed to NOT succumb to them. In a perfect world, I’d love a happy ending where SL + Lady Fox are a pair but I think the writers wanted to show that — just like in a real world — good people can be tempted by bad things and aren’t always strong enough to withstand the temptation.

Filipino dramas too; I actually loved one of them despite FL not telling ML about pregnancy & then denying the baby was his. It made for such a sweet scene when he finally finds out the cute little girl is his 🥰🥰🥰

SL is definitely a tragic character and generally helps heroes but he also violates personal boundaries. He blatantly took FL’s hairpin (which meant she couldn’t protect herself and was almost tortured to death). Then he put a spell on her and force-fed her his heart-blood medicine. So it was a gradual slide into being more & more obsessed/morally gray until he became fully evil in the end.

SL is definitely a character with a tragic backstory but you are correct in your view of him. He’s presented as being the opposite of JBZ. SL does good deeds explicitly and emotionally blackmails MY asking for her love. Whereas JBZ does good things for MY without expecting anything in return (some things are done covertly without her knowing). But SL wouldn’t have had a chance even without JBZ :)