It’s an old series but I want to give my two cents after reading through a few comments. This is beating a dead horse but:
Regarding the age issue, I suggest people open their mind and try to process the following: 1. It’s a fantasy genre. (You can’t apply all reality expectations to this. I suggest watching a lot more of these types of genre to grasp an understanding what fantasy means.) 2. ML is an immortal – please take a few hours or more to process what this is and not take this at face value (aka age related). I’m not supporting Pedophile in any shape or form. This show doesn’t even have that element. While FL is not a woman, she is not a kid. I’m not trying to change your view but I do want to say this: the world is not just black and white or a simple straight line. I suggest open up your mind, you might discover something more beautiful.
For those who don’t understand why ML is acting like a teenage boy after he falls in love when he has 900+ years of experience. Have you ever been in love before? Was your rationality intact when falling in love? Do you only watch the series at face value and never bother to understand the plot and why it was such? Although ML is over 900 years old, he has never once experienced love. He was a military man, surrounding himself with male compadres and killings at the battlefield. The only female he had ever seen interacting with was his sister. Even that was not frequent either. His immortality was a blessing and a punishment at the same time; he was not allowed to forget the deaths of loved ones. When such is a case, if you were him, would you go around meeting people so you would be in pain every time they die, leaving you again and again by yourself? No. You would rather not mingle with anyone to avoid that pain. The only people he mingled with for 900+ years were his servants because he needed them (e.g. fake identities, etc.) Involving in romantic love would be the last thing on his mind. However, he did go around to find Goblin’s bride in hope to end this suffering. That doesn’t mean he would go and date all the females to find her. He has the power of touch to see the future, remember?
I do agree that the FL was too quick to accept being the Goblin’s bride, but if you look deep into the storyline, you would see that the FL wanted to have a sense of belonging and protection. She felt that from the ML. Her mom died when she was very young. No one needed her. Living with a not-loving aunt family surely didn’t help either. She was simply having a school crush on a handsome man. Her attitude was rather shallow at the beginning. She was using him to get away from her difficult life situation because she knew he was rich, powerful and needed her, and there were no consequences of being a Goblin’s Bride. She could help him remove the blade to make him “pretty” and get a return on investment at the same time. It was not a bad deal. He was her easy solution.
Don’t you have a period in your life where you wish prince charming on a white horse was real? Her “I love you and I want to be your bride” was not sincere until much later when such crush slowly became love (hence, the reason why she could not grab the sword the first time was because their feelings were not yet considered as sincere love.) She was basically playing with fire. All that said, I was rather annoyed with some of her over-the-top actions which some people called childish.
I want to like this drama, but I'm not latching on to the storyline or the three female interests. *sigh* It would…
This genre isn't for everyone. I'd say if by the 3rd episode, you can't get into it then this drama isn't for you. This is me being generous. I was hooked at the beginning, the intro drawing and music. You can tell the difference in quality drama vs other type of dramas by just the opening. From what you said, I can deduce that you're not understanding what the storyline is about. This isn't a romantic genre (it's there but it's not the main theme), if you focus on it, you will only get disappointed. And the plotline isn't mainly about Wang Xian Zhi or the assassination. I won't go into it because there's no point. If you're not interested, then you're not interested. There are people who said this drama is too slow but this is how a political intrigue drama is supposed to be. It's supposed to make you guess and ponder. Every scene, every dialogue, and every expression have hidden meanings. If you can't see it, I suggest a different type of genre.
Regarding the age issue, I suggest people open their mind and try to process the following:
1. It’s a fantasy genre. (You can’t apply all reality expectations to this. I suggest watching a lot more of these types of genre to grasp an understanding what fantasy means.)
2. ML is an immortal – please take a few hours or more to process what this is and not take this at face value (aka age related). I’m not supporting Pedophile in any shape or form. This show doesn’t even have that element. While FL is not a woman, she is not a kid. I’m not trying to change your view but I do want to say this: the world is not just black and white or a simple straight line. I suggest open up your mind, you might discover something more beautiful.
For those who don’t understand why ML is acting like a teenage boy after he falls in love when he has 900+ years of experience. Have you ever been in love before? Was your rationality intact when falling in love? Do you only watch the series at face value and never bother to understand the plot and why it was such? Although ML is over 900 years old, he has never once experienced love. He was a military man, surrounding himself with male compadres and killings at the battlefield. The only female he had ever seen interacting with was his sister. Even that was not frequent either. His immortality was a blessing and a punishment at the same time; he was not allowed to forget the deaths of loved ones. When such is a case, if you were him, would you go around meeting people so you would be in pain every time they die, leaving you again and again by yourself? No. You would rather not mingle with anyone to avoid that pain. The only people he mingled with for 900+ years were his servants because he needed them (e.g. fake identities, etc.) Involving in romantic love would be the last thing on his mind. However, he did go around to find Goblin’s bride in hope to end this suffering. That doesn’t mean he would go and date all the females to find her. He has the power of touch to see the future, remember?
I do agree that the FL was too quick to accept being the Goblin’s bride, but if you look deep into the storyline, you would see that the FL wanted to have a sense of belonging and protection. She felt that from the ML. Her mom died when she was very young. No one needed her. Living with a not-loving aunt family surely didn’t help either. She was simply having a school crush on a handsome man. Her attitude was rather shallow at the beginning. She was using him to get away from her difficult life situation because she knew he was rich, powerful and needed her, and there were no consequences of being a Goblin’s Bride. She could help him remove the blade to make him “pretty” and get a return on investment at the same time. It was not a bad deal. He was her easy solution.
Don’t you have a period in your life where you wish prince charming on a white horse was real? Her “I love you and I want to be your bride” was not sincere until much later when such crush slowly became love (hence, the reason why she could not grab the sword the first time was because their feelings were not yet considered as sincere love.) She was basically playing with fire. All that said, I was rather annoyed with some of her over-the-top actions which some people called childish.