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That would have made more sense than what they are trying to portray. Why are they trying to act like she’s only a few years older than him? The writers and directors should have leaned into the mature woman/younger man story.

After seeing that preview it made me think that Wei Yun and Chu Yu were being really ignorant and immature. They know how their relationship would look to the outside world. At least do the divorce first or come clean to the emperor. Her marrying a dead Wei Jun was just a dumb move from the start with very little forethought about the future. Even today if you were to marry your brother’s widow you would get a side eye. They are putting both their families at risk and that’s selfish.

I do agree. I love The Double, one of my favorite Cdramas. The FL, Wu Jinyan was probably 33 or 34 when they filmed it and the ML, Wang Xingue was 22. They had a bigger age gap but didn’t look as out of place as these two. I think the story would be fine if VS was playing an older warrior who fell in love with a younger man but she is supposed to be only three years older in the story. It is very hard suspend belief when she looks older and he looks younger. I’m still rooting for the relationship but I’d be lying if I said it wasn’t distracting.

You don’t need that type of scene. We don’t know how long all of them have been together or even the type of background the women have. The Wei males similar to the ML were likely attracted to women who have some martial ability. It doesn’t take a great leap of logic to believe that. And if they have been married for 2 to 5 years it is not hard to believe that they trained with their husbands. Do you really need that spelled out? These women aren’t going on military campaigns but these ladies are good enough to beat common soldiers who are likely part time farmers.

Some thoughts. I am currently up to ep 19 at the time of this post. I am still entertained by this series but I feel this show missed out on being epic. I personally found the first three episodes to be amazing. All the cringe moments in the first episodes came from the FL. I will get back to that in a moment. But with the introduction of the Wei clan and background of the kingdom, I was ready for some epic storytelling. Unfortunately with the death of the Wei males and matriarch, the scope of the story narrowed. We were basically left with the FL’s revenge plot and the ML dealing with his grief. Thankfully the ML’s story still held my interest in large part due to the actor. Which brings me to the FL’s part of the story. I’m not sure if it’s her acting ability or the way she has interpreted the character but something is off. She’s playing the character like a woman who was raised around men and has been treated like one of the boys her whole life. She doesn’t know how to display love and emotion from a romantic pov. That would make sense based on the character’s backstory of living mostly with her father and brother on military campaigns. The problem and counter is that she is not an inexperienced teen girl when it comes to love. We see that she has had a relationship with Gu. So the emotionless fish out of water when it comes to romance doesn’t make sense. That leaves us to conclude that the actress can’t act and doesn’t know how to show emotions with her face. And it’s even worse because the ML is doing a very good job showing his emotions. I don’t know the answer because this is my first time seeing Victoria Song act in anything. I can only wait and see how it plays out but as the focus becomes more on her and the ML this could be a problem. While I still enjoy the story, although the editing has been awful these last two episodes (save for another rant), her acting or how her character is being handled has been off putting.

It did seem convenient in that it kept the princess from going to the emperor. So he does still come off as suspicious. Hope he doesn’t end up being a bad guy using the princess.

Why would that bother you? It would not be unusual for a warrior clan to have women who also fight. I actually like that the Wei family is a family of warriors.

I really enjoyed today’s episodes. It was fast paced and although the editing was a bit choppy, I enjoyed all the action. And we are finally getting to what a lot of people were waiting for ❤️. Glad to see they will not drag the romance out.

That’s a bit much. Saying she looks older than the ML is not the same as saying she looks old and haggard. VS looks beautiful. It’s just the way she’s playing the role is a bit off. That could be the writing or her interpretation of the character. I’m still interested in the overall intrigue of the story. I think they will still have to sell people on the romance. The previews give me hope.

The teaser for ep 21 is hilarious. I knew mom would suggest Wei Yun marry the sister, Chu Jin.

Yeah, Chun clearly sees what’s going on. She’s likely to arrange a marriage for him on the side to prevent the scandal. To the outside world it will look like he’s hooking up with his brother’s widow.

The ML is really carrying the show for me right now. That’s opposite of most shows I watch. I usually can’t stand the MLs and the FLs keep me interested. This actor is really expressive with his face and has the most interesting story so far. The FL is beautiful but I do agree she looks about 10 years older than ML. Either way I’m still invested in their budding relationships. It’s the relationships of the side characters that’s really slowing the story down. They are spending too much time with pitiful women and their poor choice of men. Just stick with the Wei household and the vengeance plot.

The ML is doing a great job. The FL is still fine with me but I feel we have lost what her motivation is so her journey is floundering a bit. I think the side romances are hurting the story a bit. I’m normally fine with side characters being fleshed out but their romances are boring and I really don’t care what happens to them. They really need to stick with ML and FL for most of the story. I feel that’s when the story is at its best.

I have seen ratings for the last episode. People are giving ones to an episode that hasn’t aired anywhere yet. Do people hate the actors? Clearly trolls trying to lower the review score.

He isn’t weak. He is one of the best fighters but is played as youthful since he’s the youngest son. The character matures throughout the series due to events. Have you never heard of a character arc?

I agree. I believe this show is way overrated. I love the FL though. Can’t wait to see her in more things. A beautiful cast but overall average to good. Give it a 7/10. Worth watching at least once.

I hate when they try to say it’s a dream so I’m you going with the past experience really happened. I don’t like that they made everyone forget except ML/FL. To me that undermines all the character develop. I’m also upset that it took forever for them to get together. The show was almost over before we got to finding out he wasn’t the ancestor and they got married. The ending was unfair and sad to Lin Yan. Basically wasted his life after Shen went back to the future. I’m glad they reunited in the present but I needed more. Overall good show thanks to the actors. Writing was up and down.

Oh, ML stans will come for you.

Netflix is on episode 22 with no air date for future episodes so I’m guessing it will differ depending on what platform you use.

And what are her priorities beyond healing herself? I’m lost.