K-Drama 
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I have some strong feelings about this one.
As this is an older drama I'm not going to go much into detail as there are many good recaps already, I will just drop my thoughts and feelings here and oh boy did I have some feelings while watching...
Lost princess in reverse harem and she's not like the other girls trope.
Everyone needs therapy.
A mother killing herself right in front of her son because she misses her husband/his father too much, after just stabbing her brother-in-law to death to avenge the said husband at said husbands funeral. Then, five minutes later, the nice grandmother dies on them. And then the Aunt has to leave both children to go and fight a war, she of course dies. Finally, Grandfather separates the two trauma bonded siblings (I think they were siblings, not sure) by sending the girl away. This is comical levels of childhood trauma.
So much bad CGI. Even the arrows sometimes are not real, tf. There are constant continuity errors in editing as well.
Plot is disjointed and I could only start somewhat enjoy watching it after ep 35 when it was finally clear that Xiaoyao woudn't stay with Jing. Once I finished all episodes, the story actually is interesting and there are many avenues to explore for next season, but it didn't change the fact that the writing felt one dimensional.
Acting , however, is very good, they do a good job with a mid script. The kid actors were really good at portraying characters that were not written to be children. Sets are nice, some seen in other dramas, but the CGI really kills the mood and vibe so hard. Costumes, wigs and what real sets there are are nice, but overall the drama feels low budget and not in a good way.
I have never disliked a romantic pairing more than I do Xiaoyao and Jing's relationship. One thing is if there's no chemistry between the actors, but whatever the hell this is is worse. I pretty much like every other character in this drama, except for these two. She's a flake and he's a doormat, a perfect match. I understand the psychology behind both characters but put together they infuriated me to the point that I couldn't watch any of their interactions (not the fault of acting).
Not going to watch season 2, I've suffered enough.
Lost princess in reverse harem and she's not like the other girls trope.
Everyone needs therapy.
A mother killing herself right in front of her son because she misses her husband/his father too much, after just stabbing her brother-in-law to death to avenge the said husband at said husbands funeral. Then, five minutes later, the nice grandmother dies on them. And then the Aunt has to leave both children to go and fight a war, she of course dies. Finally, Grandfather separates the two trauma bonded siblings (I think they were siblings, not sure) by sending the girl away. This is comical levels of childhood trauma.
So much bad CGI. Even the arrows sometimes are not real, tf. There are constant continuity errors in editing as well.
Plot is disjointed and I could only start somewhat enjoy watching it after ep 35 when it was finally clear that Xiaoyao woudn't stay with Jing. Once I finished all episodes, the story actually is interesting and there are many avenues to explore for next season, but it didn't change the fact that the writing felt one dimensional.
Acting , however, is very good, they do a good job with a mid script. The kid actors were really good at portraying characters that were not written to be children. Sets are nice, some seen in other dramas, but the CGI really kills the mood and vibe so hard. Costumes, wigs and what real sets there are are nice, but overall the drama feels low budget and not in a good way.
I have never disliked a romantic pairing more than I do Xiaoyao and Jing's relationship. One thing is if there's no chemistry between the actors, but whatever the hell this is is worse. I pretty much like every other character in this drama, except for these two. She's a flake and he's a doormat, a perfect match. I understand the psychology behind both characters but put together they infuriated me to the point that I couldn't watch any of their interactions (not the fault of acting).
Not going to watch season 2, I've suffered enough.
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