This was so engaging! I loved the FML. She was perfect. Not once did I feel frustrated or irritated by her actions.…
You didn't feel frustrated in Episode 28, when she was clearly disgusted by the ML's scheme, including gambling on her willingness to save him; then she still went to help him, then he made his rivals kill themselves (including innocents)... and she still wanted to be with him?
Tbh, this is my all time favorite cdrama. It gives me a very serene and nice feeling, so much so I’ve watched…
Among the more recent ones, I think there is a chance you would enjoy "Flourished Peony"; I know I did, and I did like "Story of Ming Lan" a lot as well (definitely in my Top5 dramas, maybe would be Top 3 if not some mistakes later on).
Maybe "Are you the One?" as well, as you seem okay with a slower pace (and here, it's really slow, but still quite intriguing).
From classics you didn't mention - how about the "Empresses in the Palace"? You would need to get ready to have your blood boiling with all the Harem scheming. But it's just so well done on all levels.
Still intriguing, but nowhere as good as 1-5. Tempo really slowed down; the silly romance (?) clips are happening more and more frequently, and General Chang Yu Qing, as well as Royal Guard Shi Yuan, seem missing in action. Also, adding advisor Xu Jing, made the FL momentarily redundant.
However, Yizhou general Shi Dachun is just an amazing addition to the story, and overall I am still using FF much less compared to the other shows.
I hate with a passion the "let's dumb down female lead, so the ML can rescue her over and over again, just…
It's mostly Novel, and Parts 1 and 2 of the Microdrama (only covered around 20-25% of the Novel, which is a really long and amazing read, despite the worst title ever).
ep 29. when she was punished for saving mu qing yan
In the end, I am unable to enjoy the show (any show) with the manipulative, red-flag ML running circles around the supposedly smart FL, either because she has a blind spot for him out of love, or/and because she is not as smart as advertised. Their big conversation in episode 28 somewhat proved otherwise in both cases (as she had a clear understanding of his plan, with gambling on her playing a clear part), yet she still followed him (by teleportation?) and was somehow surprised by more of his schemes. So, just a moment later she proved to have a blind spot AND not be as smart as advertised. And then just plain dumb, by rescuing him when he collapsed, despite being clearly disgusted by what he did in his scheme.
What a mess.
Btw, I realised how similar the ML is to Yang Kang from the "Legend of Condor Heroes", who is one of the main antagonists in Jin Yong's book/Drama. I'm just not sure who is worse: Yang Kang's fiancée, sometimes too dumb to see his true persona and sometimes able to exonerate his evil schemes when seeing it, or Cai Zhao, who sees and understands pretty much everything, but still loves and protects him.
After the "Generation to Generation" fiasco, in my continuous search for strong FL-centric shows, I've decided to give it a try, and so far, it's been a really good decision.
1) Everything starts with the actress playing FL - I loved her in "Sword Snow Stride", while hating how underutilised she was there. Here, she is just amazing, as an underdog trying to stay alive on her way to the Revenge. She is also very convincing as a man and is not afraid to get dirty (literally). 2) It's a dirty, ugly drama so far, so different compared to Idol shows like "Pursuit of Jade" or Romance of Female Soldier", when typically even death looks beautiful. 3) Of course, not everything is perfect - the plot armour with door opened when the FL was taking a bath in Episode 1 was just dumb, and the writers can't decide if she knows Martial Arts (she exchanged a couple of blows with a highly skilled and knive-wielding Assassin in Ep 1, but later seems to forget it) 4) There are more veteran actors compared to dramas I've tried recently, which automatically makes quality go up and up. The Emperor is just amazing, and I remember the actor playing the Prime Minister from his big role in "Nirvana in Fire" as the main antagonist to Mei Chang Su in the 2nd part of that amazing show.
However, I can only laugh how over-powered is Beimo general playing 2ML - people are complaining about women as Mary Sue if she has some skills, and the guy here is a Marty Sue on steroids, but since he is good looking 2ML than everything is fine. LOL.
I don't look forward to the romance part (especially involving 2ML), but look very much forward to the rest of the show.
Despite dropping it, I have a question - during the introduction in Episode 1, screens showed FL being publicly whipped, maybe inside her Sect, maybe somewhere else. What episode was it?
Ugh.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wUwUxtMYd2o (hard subs)
Maybe "Are you the One?" as well, as you seem okay with a slower pace (and here, it's really slow, but still quite intriguing).
From classics you didn't mention - how about the "Empresses in the Palace"? You would need to get ready to have your blood boiling with all the Harem scheming. But it's just so well done on all levels.
Btw, here is the link - https://kisskh.at/779368-mo-li#comment-26363390
How could they kiss so much with limited romance? :)
I didn't know unicorns like that exist, will have to try it then ;).
Also, adding advisor Xu Jing, made the FL momentarily redundant.
However, Yizhou general Shi Dachun is just an amazing addition to the story, and overall I am still using FF much less compared to the other shows.
https://www.fanmtl.com/novel/i-became-the-cannon-fodder-who-died-early-and-i-angrily-married-the-villain.html
MicroDrama:
Part 1 - https://kisskh.at/797412-huan-qin-hou-wo-shun-bian-huan-le-jiang-shan-hen-he-li-ba
Part 2 - https://kisskh.at/800040-song-li-chuan-season-2
Their big conversation in episode 28 somewhat proved otherwise in both cases (as she had a clear understanding of his plan, with gambling on her playing a clear part), yet she still followed him (by teleportation?) and was somehow surprised by more of his schemes.
So, just a moment later she proved to have a blind spot AND not be as smart as advertised.
And then just plain dumb, by rescuing him when he collapsed, despite being clearly disgusted by what he did in his scheme.
What a mess.
Btw, I realised how similar the ML is to Yang Kang from the "Legend of Condor Heroes", who is one of the main antagonists in Jin Yong's book/Drama.
I'm just not sure who is worse: Yang Kang's fiancée, sometimes too dumb to see his true persona and sometimes able to exonerate his evil schemes when seeing it, or Cai Zhao, who sees and understands pretty much everything, but still loves and protects him.
1) Everything starts with the actress playing FL - I loved her in "Sword Snow Stride", while hating how underutilised she was there. Here, she is just amazing, as an underdog trying to stay alive on her way to the Revenge.
She is also very convincing as a man and is not afraid to get dirty (literally).
2) It's a dirty, ugly drama so far, so different compared to Idol shows like "Pursuit of Jade" or Romance of Female Soldier", when typically even death looks beautiful.
3) Of course, not everything is perfect - the plot armour with door opened when the FL was taking a bath in Episode 1 was just dumb, and the writers can't decide if she knows Martial Arts (she exchanged a couple of blows with a highly skilled and knive-wielding Assassin in Ep 1, but later seems to forget it)
4) There are more veteran actors compared to dramas I've tried recently, which automatically makes quality go up and up. The Emperor is just amazing, and I remember the actor playing the Prime Minister from his big role in "Nirvana in Fire" as the main antagonist to Mei Chang Su in the 2nd part of that amazing show.
However, I can only laugh how over-powered is Beimo general playing 2ML - people are complaining about women as Mary Sue if she has some skills, and the guy here is a Marty Sue on steroids, but since he is good looking 2ML than everything is fine. LOL.
I don't look forward to the romance part (especially involving 2ML), but look very much forward to the rest of the show.
What episode was it?