Dramaqueen

this looks interesting 👀

I just can't with the perfect make up after being on the run for so long then being kidnapped , fighting her way out and almost drowning in a lake . it's just ridiculous.

no one does product placements as blatantly and unapologetically as kdramas i can't🤣🤣🤣🤣

solid start 🔥

Hello , yep I have seen Who rules the world but was a bit disappointed that it was more about ML than FL . the story wasn't very balanced to me when they were supposed to share equal weight in the story. (also I read the novel and the focus was different).
But yeah FL was pretty strong in that one 👍
Legend of Fei and legend of shen Li both have an FL who can fight. I didn't like the former as I found the acting pretty lacking. But enjoyed legend of Shen Li.

watched all of them and loved them too. i'm more interested in upcoming drama to watch out for since I think I might have watched it all 🤣

I heard about the ending of a journey to love so ngl it made me a bit reluctant at least for now. maybe once I am in a different mindset. will look up melody of golden age. I haven't heard of it.
thank youuu

are there any potential historicals with similarily strong FL that might drop soon? 👀

I loved the show overall. a true story of equals. lead characters were incredibly well written.
First I fell in love with the FL, hated the ML for a good amount of episodes but the show was great in giving the redemption arc enough time for it to feel earned. so ML ended up back in my good graces by the end. and showed why he deserved a great female character like FL. and I was fully onboard willing to accept nothing but a HE for our couple.
what was especially great was that both ML and FL kept their wits till the end. which is a feat in itself in cdramaland.
there was some issues though for me:
- weak second characters love stories: I could care less about the romantic lines of the emperor and emperess or the good friends of the leads. I mostly skipped all their romantic scenes. and could only stomach their scenes when it had to do with the leads. but I did like the empress on an individual basis and the physician.
- weak unoriginal villains: first the typical jealous exes especially stereotypical crazy women like binglan, her mother and consort xian and the comical villain that is Prince Sui. so the last episodes were a mixed bag for me as it dealt a lot with the villains.

Overall a 9/10. my favorite show and favorite leads of 2024. but yeah 1 point less due mainly to weak ending.

I was also thinking that it's not worth it to read comments anymore. as it adds no enjoyment to the experience I'm having with the show.
next to some deeply misogynistic shit I have read sometime in the last few days, most of what I read today
are novel spoilers or drama comparaisons (without spoiler tags) and those comments have multiplied.
I never left a comment section before (and I survived LYF) but I just see no value in reading the same rants every episode. I mean I could also do rants about ML every episode on my side and there is a lot to say but I don't care to.
others are free to post what they like but it's just too repetitive for me atp.
So yeah peace out :)

FL taking on those men was so HOT 🔥
she really hates being cornered!

how tf are we supposed to get our fix with only one episode at time. These last episodes were excellent: smart, dramatic and funny at the same time. I NEED MORE!

Actor playing ML is so f good. He outshone everyone in LYF and here he is excellent as well. I am enjoying these episodes the most seeing him suffering as he should (previews looking promising too lmao). The actor is GREAT at potraying sadness all while having a smile on.
I loved how he is achieving so many things with few actions. these 2 episodes showed how much of a mastermind he is and why he was a worthy opponent if Lu Wen for so long.

the character is so complex it would have become a caricature with a lesser actress.
and hopefully we'll get more of these types of FLs now. I think outside of the mydramaliat bubble, this kinda character will resonate with more people looking for full fletched FLs

Those people need help lmao

I agree. people are always harder on FLs. it's that way in real life too.

THIS! he manipulated her and took advantage of her vulnerable self. if she forgave him that easily it would have been a strong case of Stockholm Syndrome. Glad the writers are validating her feelings of betrayal and giving her space to go back to her old self.
I don't understand the demand for a "balanced" suffering. first of all humans are not all the same and people react differently so it's ridiculous to expect both ML and FL to mourn their relationship the same or have the same feelings for each other. And second it's ML that's at fault here, so FL's reaction is incredibly legitimate. I'm glad they didn't make her love sick it would have been so out of character and ridiculous after everything ML made her go through.

if they want to off someone's head unnecessarily like all cdramas endings they can kill off ziyu or his wife I couldn't care less.

if uncle dies I will riot

lmao it is very refreshing. I felt so much joy with those moments with her uncle . it's so nice seeing an FL not having her life shattered because of a breakup with a man. she has ambitions of her own , and a more urgent matter to attend to.
idk but I also after reading some of "hateful" the comments , am falling of more in love with FL lol.
ML hasn't bought enough creds in my books for me to like him yet. I will say i am enjoying his suffering