Can't believe I'm saying this and no I haven't gotten to sleep yet which is pretty ridiculous ridiculous and I had said that I was going to give it a high score even though technically I have not yet watched the entire thing though just the ending and about 1/3 of 27 but this will be my fifth costume drama after watching Lord knows how many dramas in general that will get a perfect score of 10. I will also write a review, though not like my usual reviews because again health is an issue, but I have to say that from the start of filming to now the end, this show really highlighted exactly what the director wanted us to see and every single character be they lead support guest and so forth really played their part. There wasn't one person that you just wish was not there and was completely unnecessary. I'm glad that we got the back stories of all characters of all especially of our leads basically. Honestly, I don't even know how many characters boo-boo played I lost track. I mean when this thing started filming, we all thought he played three characters now it turns out to be 4, 5, possibly 6. I'm not entirely sure which it is, but whatever it is I think he did a good job with each of them. I think they all did a great job with each of them and I really loved the BTS and the fun and excitement when they were shooting we got to see from the fans angle and how many takes it took for certain scenes. I don't think any scenes really were cut unless it was that massive inferno, which was scary as hell I'm glad nobody got hurt and only two huts burned down. But overall, I think everyone deserves a round of applause here like the entire cast. I know a lot of people love to use the word masterpiece, but that word has unfortunately lost a lot of its heft so when I write my review or whatever you wanna call it, there's going to be a much different title. It won't be long. It'll just be my thoughts, but yes, this show gets a perfect score from yours truly. Those who have known me the six years that I've been on MDL know that I'm very picky and not easy to please and I will be unbiased regardless if I follow someone or I don't follow someone but getting a 10 out of me; the show has to be amazing like really amazing. Now I'm going to sleep and I'm not going to be responding to any more messages until I wake up seriously this time I mean it. But you guys keep chatting keep watching, and I will catch up when I wake up later once I finish watching, I do not think my score will change or my rating whatever you wanna call it. I think this was the epitome of the perfect alignment of elements. 😊😘
I watched 29 and I'm not sure what you're talking about lol can you give an example? I wasn't really paying attention…
I hope it's daytime wherever you are so you didn't wake up anyone when you screamed lol. When they started to appear one by one I was going yes yes yes yes like a cheerleader.
Unboxing done!😍 Forget the past heartbreak and getting ready to welcome a new one. 3 moreepisodes to go so I can finally scroll down and read the comments😭😭😭
I watched this drama because of Ju Jingyi. At first, I didn’t have high expectations, because I’d seen many of her previous dramas and didn’t really like her acting that much. But the set photos and previews all said her acting was great this time, and the director even said, “You’ll see a Ju Jingyi you’ve never seen before,” so I decided to give it a try.
However, I fell in love with the character Lu Wuyi starting from the very first episode. What shocked me the most were Episodes 23 and 24. Oh my god! Her acting was absolutely explosive. The immersion was so strong too—the sense of fragility was off the charts. I felt like I was hurting and exhausted right along with her.
And her eyes! They were so expressive! This is what people mean by “the light in the eyes is gone.” Seriously, at the very beginning, she went in with hope—her eyes were bright and full of hope. But as she grew weaker and faced failure after failure, her gaze shifted from determination to the despair of someone who has lost the will to live.
Every time she traveled back in time, it caused tremendous harm to her body. She became physically numb, yet you could still see her resolve and obsession in her eyes. Her acting was seriously so good.
To save her beloved sister, Ji Ling, and everyone else, she endured so much pain. If it were me, I would have given up long ago. But Lu Wuyi, this brave and pitiful little fox, never gave up. How noble she was 😭
Her eyes held unwillingness, heartache, courage, resolve, despair, and defiance against fate— but never self-pity.
She never saw herself as a victim. She didn’t wallow in misery just because she failed again and again. Instead, she grew stronger through struggle. Her bravery was the kind that kept fighting upward. Beyond her sincere love for the person she cared about, as a puppet, she also showed disdain for this world. She had this fierce spirit of “I will rise” and “I refuse to accept my fate.”
Her birth and her feelings were all created for her. Even when she was doubted—by her sister, by her loved one—she never felt sorry for herself.
Given her life from the moment she was born, she should have been deeply insecure. But when doubted, she didn’t use weakness to seek comfort, nor did she use her suffering to show off or gain sympathy. Instead, she understood the reasons why people doubted her, and swallowed her own sadness alone.
She is the only character in the show with no original cause, yet she bore all the consequences! I honestly cried so hard. I don’t even have the words to describe how sorry I feel for her, or how shocked I am by her acting.
Really! JJY has improved a lot. I’m really proud of her! 😭😭
OK, so I have officially found out that boo-boo can kiss very well. It didn't look like JJY was leading him and he could hold his own so definitely proud and it's his first kissing on screen so congratulations to him for that. I hope in future dramas there will be more of that I know in Burning Night there has to be since that's Republican era. I hope if there is an intimate scene that it goes a lot further than what we saw here. 💋
I watched 29 and I'm not sure what you're talking about lol can you give an example? I wasn't really paying attention…
That scene was fantastic. I loved it. It was like the hero and his comrades coming in to help absolutely love that scene. I could probably rewind that scene a zillion times and when I wake up and I watch 27 through 29 I probably will lol I started watching 27 a little bit by. I seriously need to sleep cause it's 6 AM and all this chatting is like making me not sleep lol.
I think the one thing that GJM is allergic to more than an HE is an intimate scene without going off into the distance and blurred lights and what not. They could've really gone in for something more intimate at least have the JL take his shirt off so we could see his back unless he was too skinny or deepen the kiss or something. That man needs to learn happiness a bit, not just gloom and despair and what not. 😆😆😆
Yeah the bar was set so high lol. Unique plot, unpredictable plot twists, no love triangles, no annoying characters, an actual villain, peak romance, LIKE? 😭 Don't know how many years it'll take for something like this to come out again.
OK, well I will definitely have to wait until I get some sleep before watching episodes 27-28 and even though I saw 29 re-watching it fully with the battle raging but I still love the ending and I really don’t care about the DB score and I think I may give this one a rating that is very rare for me.
My poor heart 😭❤️
Both couples 🦊🫶🏻
I loved it throughout.
Beautiful drama. Beautiful talented cast.
10/10 🏆
At first, I didn’t have high expectations, because I’d seen many of her previous dramas and didn’t really like her acting that much. But the set photos and previews all said her acting was great this time, and the director even said, “You’ll see a Ju Jingyi you’ve never seen before,” so I decided to give it a try.
However, I fell in love with the character Lu Wuyi starting from the very first episode.
What shocked me the most were Episodes 23 and 24.
Oh my god! Her acting was absolutely explosive.
The immersion was so strong too—the sense of fragility was off the charts. I felt like I was hurting and exhausted right along with her.
And her eyes! They were so expressive!
This is what people mean by “the light in the eyes is gone.”
Seriously, at the very beginning, she went in with hope—her eyes were bright and full of hope.
But as she grew weaker and faced failure after failure, her gaze shifted from determination to the despair of someone who has lost the will to live.
Every time she traveled back in time, it caused tremendous harm to her body. She became physically numb,
yet you could still see her resolve and obsession in her eyes.
Her acting was seriously so good.
To save her beloved sister, Ji Ling, and everyone else,
she endured so much pain. If it were me, I would have given up long ago.
But Lu Wuyi, this brave and pitiful little fox, never gave up. How noble she was 😭
Her eyes held unwillingness, heartache, courage, resolve, despair, and defiance against fate—
but never self-pity.
She never saw herself as a victim. She didn’t wallow in misery just because she failed again and again.
Instead, she grew stronger through struggle.
Her bravery was the kind that kept fighting upward.
Beyond her sincere love for the person she cared about,
as a puppet, she also showed disdain for this world.
She had this fierce spirit of “I will rise” and “I refuse to accept my fate.”
Her birth and her feelings were all created for her.
Even when she was doubted—by her sister, by her loved one—she never felt sorry for herself.
Given her life from the moment she was born, she should have been deeply insecure.
But when doubted, she didn’t use weakness to seek comfort,
nor did she use her suffering to show off or gain sympathy.
Instead, she understood the reasons why people doubted her, and swallowed her own sadness alone.
She is the only character in the show with no original cause,
yet she bore all the consequences!
I honestly cried so hard.
I don’t even have the words to describe how sorry I feel for her, or how shocked I am by her acting.
Really! JJY has improved a lot. I’m really proud of her! 😭😭
plot twist: GJM giving us HE ✅