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Bad ruler and stupid court politics...stay away
I was really hoping Fight for Love wouldn’t disappoint me. I wanted this to be the last drama I watched before the year ended, but I had already started a few others that grabbed my attention more. With the holiday break, I’ve been spending extra time catching up on winter hobbies and binge-watching series I’ve been trying to finish before the new year.
Fight for Love became a “crochet and watch” kind of series for me. It had been a while since I last crocheted, so I found myself reintroducing the hobby while this drama played in the background. However, it wasn’t like this at the beginning. The opening episodes captivated me—the falling roses and Chu Yu waiting on the bridge as the Wei family returned from war really hooked me. I also loved how each brother and their wives had distinct personalities.
Knowing that the family was being set up intrigued me, and I thought the series would focus on love and unraveling that conspiracy. Instead, the latter half spent so much time on politics and war that I ended up skipping large portions. The main reason I kept watching was to see the side characters and how the main leads’ love story would turn out.
The only real highlight of this series was probably the cast. Ding Yu Xi always stood out to me—he consistently has great chemistry with his female leads. I can’t say the same for Victoria, though. I feel like she often plays the same cool, level-headed character in every series I’ve watched her in.
Other notable characters and cast members I enjoyed were Joe Chen and Liang Xue Feng (I didn’t expect him to be the emperor of the enemy state, and I was really rooting for his love story with Joe), Tuan Tuan and her relationship with Chu Lin Yang, and Lu Qi Ba with his quirkiness. I also liked seeing some of the Wei brothers played by actors I recognized from other dramas, such as Zhang Tian Yang and Wang Sen.
Fight for Love isn’t a series I’d recommend, mainly because of its heavy focus on war and kingdom politics. Even with the romance, the drama centered far more on uncovering betrayals and fighting for the kingdom, with only small glimmers of hope through the couples’ love stories. The final episodes, especially after the war, were a disappointment. I honestly don’t understand why the emperor had to interfere in the leads’ relationship at the very end. Was I being hopeful in expecting him to be more reasonable? Yes—I truly was.
Because of how frustrating and foolish the emperor’s decisions and rule felt to me, I can’t rate this series higher than a 6/10. Again I skipped A LOT! So I'm sure I missed a lot of details.
Fight for Love became a “crochet and watch” kind of series for me. It had been a while since I last crocheted, so I found myself reintroducing the hobby while this drama played in the background. However, it wasn’t like this at the beginning. The opening episodes captivated me—the falling roses and Chu Yu waiting on the bridge as the Wei family returned from war really hooked me. I also loved how each brother and their wives had distinct personalities.
Knowing that the family was being set up intrigued me, and I thought the series would focus on love and unraveling that conspiracy. Instead, the latter half spent so much time on politics and war that I ended up skipping large portions. The main reason I kept watching was to see the side characters and how the main leads’ love story would turn out.
The only real highlight of this series was probably the cast. Ding Yu Xi always stood out to me—he consistently has great chemistry with his female leads. I can’t say the same for Victoria, though. I feel like she often plays the same cool, level-headed character in every series I’ve watched her in.
Other notable characters and cast members I enjoyed were Joe Chen and Liang Xue Feng (I didn’t expect him to be the emperor of the enemy state, and I was really rooting for his love story with Joe), Tuan Tuan and her relationship with Chu Lin Yang, and Lu Qi Ba with his quirkiness. I also liked seeing some of the Wei brothers played by actors I recognized from other dramas, such as Zhang Tian Yang and Wang Sen.
Fight for Love isn’t a series I’d recommend, mainly because of its heavy focus on war and kingdom politics. Even with the romance, the drama centered far more on uncovering betrayals and fighting for the kingdom, with only small glimmers of hope through the couples’ love stories. The final episodes, especially after the war, were a disappointment. I honestly don’t understand why the emperor had to interfere in the leads’ relationship at the very end. Was I being hopeful in expecting him to be more reasonable? Yes—I truly was.
Because of how frustrating and foolish the emperor’s decisions and rule felt to me, I can’t rate this series higher than a 6/10. Again I skipped A LOT! So I'm sure I missed a lot of details.
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