WingedBean

It's been almost 2 months since I started this, and I cannot seem to convince myself to watch past the 6th episode. I'm not sure what drama I was watching at the time that pushed me to look into more mystery C-dramas. Or was it revenge stories? Honestly, I forget.

What I know is I wanted a story that had a brilliant female lead and that paid a lot of attention to the mystery/revenge element, without letting it get overtaken by the romance. But now, not even quarter-way through, and I can tell this is not what I was looking for or promised. It's a lot more romantic than I thought

As for our main characters...,

The female lead feels wooden to me. They decided to make her smart and resolute in her ultimate goal, but forgot to give her a personality. Or facial expressions. It makes her uninteresting. Like watching paint dry. I know I should be rooting for her, but she's done nothing to make me want to walk with her and see her see her mission through.

The male lead of the other hand, is not quite convincing as this martial arts expert, military fellow. He's giving me pretty boy vibes. Lots of 'pretty boys' play military generals and martial arts experts in C-dramas. It's a known fact. But they have some aura about them to make it believable. He has no such thing. I see him as a pretty pampered prince.

Also, as per ep 6, he's already halfway in love with her, and I don't understand why. Because she's smart? Y'all met two seconds ago?!?! Like.. huh? I could understand if he was intrigued by her and that curiosity slowly developed into love (think Duke Su in 'The Double'). But this insta-love nonsense... Yeah, it does not work for me.