TheMoonEmpress

They applied the same plot device for the deaths at the end of ep 23. Those two characters were introduced on the screen for the first time and were killed literally 5 mins later. Even the justification for their death came as an exposition minutes before they died. It's weird, to say the least 🙈

💯agreed. I also believe that storytelling is way of connecting characters and their experiences with the audience. They can aid escapism while still being relatable, and most importantly, believable. For it to be convincing and believable, there needs to be a certain logic to hook the audience. The dramas start to suffer when they play fast and loose with the logic to further their narrative. This is what is happening with POB, imo. Sometimes even low budget dramas with some lacuna end up connecting with the audience because of the adherence to logic and smooth flow of the plot. The adaptation screenwriter of this drama has also worked on Romance of Tiger and Rose and I think her work was more believable and convincing in that drama. Even though that drama also has a sluggish middle, the desire to tell a good story and working hard to hook the audience is visible in that drama. Hence it was a hit even though it had less resources. Quantitatively speaking POB is also a hit in terms of popularity. But in terms of quality, it could've been better.

It was soo comical instead of dangerous

Let's hope today's episodes deliver because the plot has started to derail quite a bit since the last 7-8 episodes.
Even the fact that she got him the gift left a weird taste in my mouth. Like she was guilty tripped into it , felt pressured into giving him a gift exactly the way he described it even though it was difficult. Like giving in to a spoiled child. 🥲
After I'd given up on the laughable politics and faulty logic of the drama, I thought at least the romance would sustain me. 🥲

The uncle got killed in the most sudden and comical way possible. Lol I thought it was a dream sequence for a moment, especially with that funny bgm they had on while committing literal murder OMG. But the next scene confirms his death and I was like 😵‍💫

He did the same thing with the gift too. Like we wasted so much time unnecessarily on that gift point, it did nothing for the plot and was just a repetition of the same characteristics of the ML. Where is the ruthless, intense and charismatic WS that was promised to us? 😭

Yes she is very talented. She also sang a duet in TSP with the ML Zheng Ye Cheng that's beautiful. I wish she gets a role in which she is able to display her singing and horseriding talents.

Here's to hoping it comes true 🤞🏽🤞🏽🤞🏽 and I agree with one of your earlier comments, it will have to be horizontally done 😂😂 owing to their height difference.🤣

Very nicely written 👌🏽

I was just thinking, you finally got the kiss you were asking for hehe. Is it just me or did she kiss the side of his lips and not on his lips proper?

Yes it is cute

You're right, it was meant to be shown as a passion induced murder. But we were told just 2 mins ago that this consort and emperor are creating trouble for him and then, boom, they're dead. They should have at least added a scene in the last couple of episodes, his struggles with political intrigues of the consort and his frustration because of it, which ultimately induced this rage.

In the earlier episodes he did feel suitable to play the ruthless lord of Wei. But the way the storyteller is going, I don't know anymore, man I don't know what this drama is doing anymore. 🙈😅

At least a few scenes worth of buildup would've been good. Like how they built up the return of SEH. Even if not that many scenes but at least a couple more sprinkled throughout here and there which at least leads to their deaths being a satisfying conclusion. Now the effect was just jarring and foolish with so many logical loopholes.

Yes true. The mask of acting was visible, it looked like she was 'acting' and not actually drunk. I have struggled with this FL's acting since the beginning of this drama. Sometimes she is blank and wooden, her expressions don't communicate what is meant to be communicated in the story. She has the propensity to keep her mouth open a lot also which is distracting. I feel sad because I'd heard so much about her acting and it just didn't work for me. Her breathy dialogue delivery and weird cute acting quickly became a turn off. I do enjoy some of her moments with the ML though so at least there's that.

It's written and directed in such a choppy way that a character is introduced just to kiell her in the next 2 mins. How are we supposed to care or how is it even supposed to have have any kind of impact on us. That guy who killed them (I literally forgot his name, he was completely absent for such a large chunk of the story), even he appears out of nowhere after being missing from the story for such a long time and they give only a few dialogues worth of exposition that they're creating trouble for him , before he kills them. I mean , it's mind boggling ly bad 🙈

True, it feels like I'm watching something completely different now

True. It seems choppy, like the director and script are scrapping together things separately. Like he first focused on character establishment, then abandoned that for establishing romance and now there will be angst. Like everything should be done hand in hand, simultaneously. It's like he's fishing with 3 rods, and only fishes with one rod at a time, gives up the other two 😅

Isn't this her one and only scene? Did she appear before as well? I don't remember seeing the emperor and consort before this. They appeared only to die in the next few minutes lol

True, maybe it flows better in the novel. I don't like that this story is making me do mental gymnastics to justify a plothole and fill the blank spaces with own reasoning and interpretation. It should be coming from the story and direction.