Zhystel

am i the only one who prefers sajo hyun lmao i love the "enemies pretending to be lovers who secretly tries to kill each other" kind of vibe they give me. ak hee is fun and so head over heels for gyera which is something we really want to see but i really enjoy the tension between sajo hyun and gyera

obviously the production is kinda cheap and the editing and sequence of scenes seem off sometimes bc the pacing is too fast and unnatural but idk im still really enjoying this one 😭 it was bothering at first but now i dont rlly care anymore it's entertaining me the way i want it to be and kinda took away my kdrama slump. the endings of each episode never failed to take my breath away. you know how it's technically kinda not giving but at the same time IT'S GIVING SO MUCHHHHH it's keeping you on your toes in a way u cant understand how when there are noticeable flaws

right?? i thought it was just me being used to the usual sageuk pacing bc the others like this very fast pacing 😭

not satisfied with fl's acting too. some of her scenes just made me scratch my head 😭 like the way she fell into jihoon's arms in the ending lmao hopefully it will improve in the next eps tho

is it just me it felt like some of the dialogues were kinda unnatural (idk how to explain it the scriptwriting just wasnt satisfying for me) and the transitions between the scenes were a bit off. tho i am intrigued and will continue to watch it bc this seems to have a pretty interesting story

what were their ages after the time skip (when zhi went to college and met jiaxu in yihe)?? i was a bit shocked when jiaxu said to the old man (when he got hospitalized) that zhi was still a minor. i thought she was already 19 as said by viewers, or was the subtitle not accurate???

is this similar to six flying dragons? i've been trying to find a drama that is similar to it

does the relationship of the couple get better in part 2? i haven't really found myself connecting to them in part 1 (which i just finished) because niaoniao doesn't seem happy when she's with buyi. i kinda miss it when she was with yao, she was much more smiley and comfortable

when did i say that i've seen people say kng is a bad actor? i said mediocre, and i've actually seen a few ppl making it seem like kng is not all that

and i'm even more mad that ppl are saying kim nam gil is a mediocre actor because of this when in fact it's all the writing's fault. ARE WE REALLY TALKING ABOUT THE SAME KIM NAM GIL

i'm so mad that they have written kim nam gil's character so badly. he could show so much more yet they gave him a boring flat character who's only there to protect miho.

"I started watching this cause of KNG is Jin´s fav actor so I wanted to see his acting and I was not impressed." wow. that's a very offensive comment considering kim nam gil is actually a really amazing actor with multiple awards including daesang. it's illogical for u to say that based on just one drama, and that drama happened to have his character very badly written. if you really want to see how great of an actor he is, then watch his other dramas like the fiery priest or queen seondeok. kim nam gil is one of the most versatile actors i know and island is like the worst one you could've watched from his dramas (atleast from those i have watched already) because the writing didn't do his character and acting justice.

they confirmed in the bluray that it was indeed the afterlife and yisan really died that time, but well everything can be interpreted in different ways as much as you'd like

i don't understand how is it unnecessary? it's the most important part of their history. their son had to die (actually their daughter as well but they didn't include it in the drama and a few miscarriages here and there), deokim had to die early, and yisan also had to die years after

is it just me? lee tae's voice seems like a voiceover at times

oh you wouldn't survive any romcom then HAHAHHHAHAH

wait the red sleeve is too comedic for you?? it made me depressed and drained though...

the romance is angsty so you won't get much sweet moments and it's more of a push and pull between them. i'd say this is more of a political drama than a romance one, but there is tension between the leads and there are feelings involved.

it is heavily focused on politics, hard for a kid to understand. it is also angsty, serious and intense.

*insert the red sleeve flashbacks*