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it is not a military drama and waste of time

After I dropped it a while ago , I wanted to give this drama another chance and I have just finished it. Unfortunately , my ideas on this drama have not changed even a little bit. Tbh,I think it is only overrated because of actor's name. Plus , most of the reviews and comments are misleading to me cuz I don't think main theme was not handled very well either as a person who has PTSD AND anxiety. I can count more than twenty dramas who have better script and acting than this one.

Overall story

I know it is a romance with a heavy theme like PTSD but neither their romance nor their PTSD worked for me. Romance part was cringe , draggy and fake. PTSD part was overdramatic and far from the reality. The thing that irritates me most was that every single piece of event or every single character serve main cp and their story. From the car in East to tunnel in city , from the kids who always praise ML and FL to unnecessary sfl. The story only was there to show that our FL and ML are good people and their love is great but it was so badly written and overemphasized that it didn't cross beyond being artifical. I am a person who can easily cry but I couldn't get into this feeling because of main cp's '' Look! We are good characters .'' yellings lmao.

Handling PTSD which is one of the main themes of the drama started bad , went good and ended horrible. I can understand the survival guilt ML has about his friend but their relationship was so off and they spent so little time together that I was like ''Why ? ''. Morever , ML ,who is just a volunteer, getting back to the warzone because of his feeling responsible about the things before or his love for humankind( that part was funny ) was not credible. Normal people who got those of trauma don't act like that. I met lots of people who had in similar situtions and believe me it is not that easy even for people who do dangerous things as their jobs aside from volunteers.

For the romance part , FL's being overdramatic and obsessive about a person who is kind and who only does his job was too much for me. Girl was so ready to fall in love with ML , she didn't hesitate even for a minute. For the ML, I didn't understand why he fell for FL. Their long and illogical spending time together and creating silly reasons to make them closer made me laugh tbh. Their love for each other was not touching even though both of them were depicted self sacrificing , brave and loyal.

Characters
ML was green flag himself but he was not good enough for military part.Carrying gun and running first as if he was a solider or sth seemed odd. He often forgot he was a volunteer and he was in every so called dramatic situation even if it wasn't related with him. Writers created stupid reasons to show him hero.Man even saved a doctor and carried her to show himself and his blood lol. He didn’t have enough interaction with other characters. I didn't believe that he had a close relationship with others. I didn't believe that his so called devotion to the people in warzone. His only aim was to be with FL or defuse a bomb. He usually acted stupid and repeatedly put himself in danger to defuse bomb many times without taking necessary precautions. Plus ,Benjamin's '' We needed volunteers like you.'' made me roll my eyes. I was like '' Are you serious , pal ? Is he really that important while there are thousands of engineers out there ?

FL was the most unbearable part for me. OMG they showed every little part of her including daily routines. She slept in camp , hotel anywhere else. She had breakfasts , she had dinners , she talked , talked and talked. She meddled in every single character’s problem as if she had nothing to do. She stupidly went to dangerous place and ML saved her.That was her only mission. In her remaining time , she just took photos. She was called brave but I didn’t see any brave thing except breaking the rules and puts herself in danger. I like nice , shy but brave FL's but she was useless except crying for ML and others and I had to skip her so called heroic and overdramatic parts after I watched twenty five eps. She was a reporter but I didn’t see any solid evidence that she did her job.Her being lynced in social media was the worst way to show her guilt btw. I felt nothing about it.

The Military Setting

It was short and dumb. Soldiers we’re only there to serve FL and ML’s relationship. Military missions were also dumb , fabricated , short and lacking of emotion. I used to watch Chinese propaganda but this one was so badly directed and acted, I couldn’t watch it without having a second hand embarrassment.There were full of mistakes and I thought that writer was joking with us. I hated the scene ml and fl gave food to the people in there btw. What kind of dramatization is it ? It was so fake and annoying.

Saxin's being soldier and getting into mission was dumb. How can a reporter join special forces and go to the dangerous place so easily ? He didn't need to be a soldier to show his loyalty to his nation or get revenge of his mom.Plus, I must say that he almost did nothing being grumpy , noisy and troublesome for Benjamin. He was useless as a character and he was also the worst candidant to show brotherhood , bromance or whatever writer tried to tell. Jiang Lin , Li Zan and Benjamin had higher potential about that. Ben's and Saxin's scenes only existed to catch BL tendency which was lame but they were so far away from bromance or sth and they were so arfical and forced that , I was like ''here we go again '' whenever they had scene together. They both didn't act like soldiers btw. They were irresponsible and had no military discipline. Like main cp , they went this or that that place how their so called bromance is good.

General thought
Boring and overdramatic romance , useless side characters , draggy and too much slow motion scenes , badly handled trauma , overfocused main cp , irrational and stupid military scenes.

Music

It was also overused . I skipped every slow and musical part. I didn't even remember any of them.

Side characters
Jiang Lin was only there to serve ML/FL relationship. He must have stayed longer. His death was supposed to be traumatic for ML but they didn’t even show how he died except a flashback. Poor guy was unlucky to have such a stupid volunteer/friend lmao.

Benjamin started nice but later was only used to praise ML or FL or their relationship. He was mercenary at first and he suddenly and easily joined special forces. Both actor and character were only used to promote fangirly and imaginary BL fancy. He was the most incompetent soldier I have ever seen. He just said cool words , walked around , acted flirty and playful. He liked Dr. Pei but their dialouges were not enough to prove they have sth. Both actor and actress were nice and had a good chemistry but I didn't understand why the writer gave them a story if s/he had no intention to improve them. Ben didn't deserve a woman like Dr.Pei btw. Man didn't save the woman he likes when she was in danger. He was ready to wait Dr.Pei at the bar every night but he wasn't worried abour her situation. He was my fav at the beginning but I didn't feel bad about his death in the end.


Dr.Pei was barely seen on the screen but she was the most consistant and watchable character for me. She was brave enough to keep working in a warzone permanently as a doctor. She was a smart and confident woman and didn't fall for Ben's flirty things at first.She was nice to everyone and it wasn't fake. I wish we could have seen her instead of FL's daily routine. Her letting her guard down to Ben but losing him in the end was sad but I am glad that she is alive.

Note : Not showing Ben and Pei together but hinting that they spend time together and doing it more than once was disrespectful to the people who watch the drama for them.

Another note : Saxin and Ben are bros. It is not a BL. It is not even hinted.

Rewatch Value

I was waiting for this o because of military setting and the story but it was very disappointing to me. I don’t think I will watch it again. If you really want to watch it , you should take off your brain to let it have a rest for a while. I am giving 2 For Dr. Pei character and the rest of the plot is waste of time. For the PTSD problem , you can check My Dear Guardian. They handled it better than this drama.

Edit : Saying that TWOT is a military drama is shameful to other ones cuz it has no business with the military overall. I can’t understand how people praise it or rate it 9 and 10 since it has lots of defos. It doesn’t even deserve 5.

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A “ ML dying but not dying” issue.

From the start to the end , we watched ML dying and coming back. He was demon but I don’t think he really was. I can understand they tried to show that Ml is a green flag but it was really boring to watch. ML /FL enemies to lovers trope failed. Their interactions with each other during their “lovers” period was meh. O didn’t get any tension between them. Bai Lu is a great actress but trying to shine Bai Shuo every time was draggy. ML/ FL love story was simple and ordinary. There was nothing new.

SML and SFL was nice. I am more interested in their complex relationship than main cp. Apart from their childhood connection , their “ evil’s vessel and the bow that kills evil” love story was great to watch. Their first enemies to lovers story was also nice. Seeing that how CZ and Fu Ling changing sides step by step made me keep watching this show. Their love era was short. I would love to watch them more.

Kudos to the actress and the actor who played two opposite characters. I could feel the difference between CZ/Mo Li , Fu Ling/ Ba Xi. Especially CZ facing Mo Li made me feel like I am watching LBFD’s last episode.

The thing I dislike most was killing almost every character except FL. I know it is a xianxia drama but it was unbearable to watch. The ost was awesome btw. I added most of songs to my playlists.

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-Story

To be honest, I had no hope about story at the beginning. I was ready to watch an stupid and lazy girl and arrogant , successful boy's love but the plot surprised me. Unlike my thoughts , each character had good sides and flaws and all of them were presented well. I clearly saw that they grew up and learned from their mistakes when I watched the last episode. Even though I had headaches while I was wathching FL , I really enjoyed her progress most about love , family and other issues. There was a message given to audience behind the story and it was also well written except two Chinese drama cliches.

-Cast
-Their looks were suitable for ''young'' ages. They really looked high school students.
-The chemistry between leads was great but I think they didn't have time they deserved. I hate that Chinese writers gives more time to FL-SML scenes than the leads.
-Although they are newbies, actors and actresses acted well. Big applaud to Ding Yu Xi and freezer Chen Xun.

-Music
Nothing special. It was good.

-Rewatch value

Watchable for He Xin Liang.

-Overall

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Story

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Acting

They all were superb.

Music

I have already added to my fav list.

Rewatch Value

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