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When the parody becomes what it's mocking
I came into this drama with somewhat high expectactions due to the high rating it was receiving in the review section, I've heard of stories like this where the FL ends up in another world and tries to seduce ML while making fun of the genre that it's supposed to be.
This was supposed to be a parody of romance genre with generic FL and MLs, overdrawn plots with plot armors as we see when Xiao-En makes fun of the bullying schemes and White Lotus FL, even making some great reference to Crash Landing Into You, Meteor Garden and other famous dramas.
The issue with this drama is that it became exactly what it was making fun of. The 'real life' plot was ridiculous and boring, Evil sister was interesting for a character but I kept thinking "Plot armor, how else is she getting away with this? Will she grow as a character" I even found myself wishing there was a side romance story with her. Very quickly it's easy to see who the actual master mind is which made me roll my eyes. I had hope for Blondie and honestly found him adorable but it was like the script writer or author forgot what they had established before....so that came crashing down too.
In the 'novel' world, I could understand why Ao-Ran was so unlikeable, he's supposed to be the overbearing CEO, that's how they act. I found it hilarious at first, fell in love with second ML QingFeng, I was more interested by his story then all the others, I also found myself wishing, since Xiao-En knows all about romance novel, she's an editor for one, she recognized that he was the 2nd ML and she should know about the "Second-Male Lead syndrome" that she'd choose him but no, it's like she starts becoming the same thing she had been mocking with us, each episode she slowly becomes more useless.
I had hope for the 'novel' world but that plot also came crashing down and became cliche with villains coming out of nowhere that made no sense.
The acting was great although I do feel that Vivian Sung and SnowBaby acting was weaker, I couldn't lose myself in it, instead I found myself thinking "Yup, she's trying to do this in her acting to lead to this" It just fell a bit flat for me but I also think that it had to do with the writing and not the actresses themselves.
My favorites were Qing Feng and QiuTian, they quickly became my two favorite characters. I also appreciated and loved the used of English words, when Ao-Ran was like "I am not a stalker" in English, I lost it and found myself laughing hard. Sadly by the end of episode 11, after seeing what was going to happen in episode 12, I had to throw my hands up and surrender.
Rewatch value? 0, this became exactly what it was making fun of, a romantic cliche trainwreck.
This was supposed to be a parody of romance genre with generic FL and MLs, overdrawn plots with plot armors as we see when Xiao-En makes fun of the bullying schemes and White Lotus FL, even making some great reference to Crash Landing Into You, Meteor Garden and other famous dramas.
The issue with this drama is that it became exactly what it was making fun of. The 'real life' plot was ridiculous and boring, Evil sister was interesting for a character but I kept thinking "Plot armor, how else is she getting away with this? Will she grow as a character" I even found myself wishing there was a side romance story with her. Very quickly it's easy to see who the actual master mind is which made me roll my eyes. I had hope for Blondie and honestly found him adorable but it was like the script writer or author forgot what they had established before....so that came crashing down too.
In the 'novel' world, I could understand why Ao-Ran was so unlikeable, he's supposed to be the overbearing CEO, that's how they act. I found it hilarious at first, fell in love with second ML QingFeng, I was more interested by his story then all the others, I also found myself wishing, since Xiao-En knows all about romance novel, she's an editor for one, she recognized that he was the 2nd ML and she should know about the "Second-Male Lead syndrome" that she'd choose him but no, it's like she starts becoming the same thing she had been mocking with us, each episode she slowly becomes more useless.
I had hope for the 'novel' world but that plot also came crashing down and became cliche with villains coming out of nowhere that made no sense.
The acting was great although I do feel that Vivian Sung and SnowBaby acting was weaker, I couldn't lose myself in it, instead I found myself thinking "Yup, she's trying to do this in her acting to lead to this" It just fell a bit flat for me but I also think that it had to do with the writing and not the actresses themselves.
My favorites were Qing Feng and QiuTian, they quickly became my two favorite characters. I also appreciated and loved the used of English words, when Ao-Ran was like "I am not a stalker" in English, I lost it and found myself laughing hard. Sadly by the end of episode 11, after seeing what was going to happen in episode 12, I had to throw my hands up and surrender.
Rewatch value? 0, this became exactly what it was making fun of, a romantic cliche trainwreck.
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