I went into this thinking it was going to be awful, but since I like time travel I'd watch and episode or 2 just to see what it was like. Ended up binging the whole show tonight. It wasn't perfect, but it was pretty good. The story was more than time travel and dealt with a serious topic.
For those who are disappointed because it's not BL, there's a funny line at the end that kind of leaned into that aspect. Made me laugh.
The only facts I understood clearly are that a young woman, ‘the imperial consort,’ was murdered and that…
I hadn't heard of this drama but when I saw Wanyan Luo Rong I decided to give it a go. Your comment will help so much when I become predictably confused, so thank you!
Can someone explain to me why Gong Yang Mao Cai hates Xu Mu Chen so much. Also, aren't they cousins? In an early episode is seemed that their mothers were sisters, but their being cousins is never mentioned. Am I reading too much into the reference to the mothers being sisters or were the translations not correct?
I came here to apologize. I'm sorry I was misinformed because the killer has the same name, and also the article…
It's not surprising that people were confused at first. I saw this actor's picture linked with the story, too. You'd think journalists would be more careful with a story this serious. Glad you've realized this actor is innocent.
I'm watching now (on ep 6) and I was thinking the exact same thing.
I only watched the first six episodes and the last two, so missed that explanation (I read recaps for the episodes I missed), but in the scenes where BJT is fighting the guy that stick looked lethal to me. And when he stabbed the guy with the knife it looked random, not like he was aiming at the heart. I also think it's weird that their was so much emphasis on how much force a person is those situations should use, as if lawyers debating around a table who are not in the situation can have the same mental frame of mind as someone who is being attacked. They did that with Jiang Ting, too, as if she should stab her ex once and hope for the best. It seems that the only way the accused can be exonerated is if they died, thus proving they were in danger.
Didn't they also say that if the incident happened today the law wouldn't have convicted him, because the justifiable defense laws had changed?
Zhou Lin's father blamed Mei Zheng for seducing his son. That seemed to be his reasoning for why he didn't blame BJT. Doesn't make sense to me, but neither does him blaming her for his son harrassing her, but that's not an uncommon reaction from a man and family of a man who harrasses a woman.
I skipped those episodes in the middle and just read the recaps because I got tired of the rain and the awful music. It made the show so melodramatic that, for me, it took away from the seriousness of the situations. A good show should be able to show all this even if the sun were shining occasionally.
I just started watching the first episode and it says her sister died on the eve of the wedding.
In the first episode very near the beginning it says the sister died on the eve of the wedding and it was apparently an arranged marriaged between the families so not even a love match. So I don't know why some comments are saying she's getting together with her sister's husband.
I'm watching now (on ep 6) and I was thinking the exact same thing.
I agree, but I do think he should not have been convicted of killing the guy in the library. That guy could have killed BJT with that stick with a good hit to the head. I never understood the reasoning for him going to jail and I think that whole experience should be taken into account. I wish they had told what his sentencing would be for his later crimes.
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For those who are disappointed because it's not BL, there's a funny line at the end that kind of leaned into that aspect. Made me laugh.
https://www.viki.com/movies/37172c-the-throne
https://tubitv.com/movies/581021/the-throne
Didn't they also say that if the incident happened today the law wouldn't have convicted him, because the justifiable defense laws had changed?
Zhou Lin's father blamed Mei Zheng for seducing his son. That seemed to be his reasoning for why he didn't blame BJT. Doesn't make sense to me, but neither does him blaming her for his son harrassing her, but that's not an uncommon reaction from a man and family of a man who harrasses a woman.
I skipped those episodes in the middle and just read the recaps because I got tired of the rain and the awful music. It made the show so melodramatic that, for me, it took away from the seriousness of the situations. A good show should be able to show all this even if the sun were shining occasionally.