Divine Aria

For about the past two years, Wu Lei has been my reason for why I even care about C-dramas. I went back and have watched pretty much all his films and dramas that he's worked on since 2018.

If it's such a drag then drop it. I don't understand how people can keep trying to force themselves to watch stuff that they don't find interesting and then whine and complain about it. I honestly drop dramas left and right. If it doesn't interest me, I just move on. This one, of course, I'm personally loving the heck out of so I'm here to stay. Slice of life romance done beautifully, IMO.

Wu Lei did better kissing in LLTG? Heck no. Not sure how anyone could say that. There were just a few kissing scenes in LLTG(maybe 3 or 4), and it was truly dry pecking there. He's actually a few notches better here in AASOL.

I feel the same exact way. I don't think you're wrong at all. Shao Shang was incredibly self-centered and unlikable to me. And the way she punished people for their errors or flaws but wanted to be accepted for hers made me roll my eyes. I mean, I get why she is that way, but I was waiting and waiting for her to get over herself, to want to change, and to grow up...but..meh, never really happened. Even at the end of the drama, I wasn't really convinced their relationship would work out in the future since she never really even acknowledged her issues. Guess she was just an innocent victim the entire time. I keep imagining that things would just go back to hell whenever another problem would arise. Like, if LBY hadn't shouldered all the blame for what happened, she prob would have continued pouting the rest of her life. But yeah, just my personal thoughts. Her character is not my cup of tea.

Maybe, but not necessarily. I've just been spotting comments here and there whining about how everything is about skinship and kissing in this drama or how they(the creators) must think that that's the only way to create a love story.

Awww...the two are too cute. Wu Lei is so expressive, animated, and funny in RL. I wonder if it's hard for him to restrain himself when he's filming characters like Lin Yiyang, lol.

The answer is yes. LeiLei went from people complaining why he doesn't do kissing scenes/romance to some now complaining that there's too much skinship and kissing in this drama. I find this completely amusing.

LLTG was okay. There were things I did enjoy about it, but I really didn't like the relationship of the leads or the love story at all. It left me feeling cold with how one-sided and punishing it was. Personally, I enjoy good relationships where the characters can be unselfishly supportive, understanding, and pick each other up when the going gets tough. I felt like LLTG did the opposite. Shao Shang seemed to be only good to LBY as long as things were good and going well. Whenever things got bad, there was too much finger pointing, self-victimizing, and punishing. I mean, honestly, if you were angry enough to cut off ties for 5 whole years, might as well have just moved on from each other permanently. It was difficult to feel any true sense of mutual love in the story. I'm glad Wu Lei was able to do back to back dramas after that where he was in healthy, positive, understanding relationships with his female leads(Nothing But You, and now AASOL). He needed that after LLTG, haha.

Incredibly touching. Thanks for sharing :)

Well, I've never played it before...and now I want to try! :)

The reason I don't see it as controlling is that I think LYY is a complete softie and would totally give in to YG if she would insist or refuse. I feel like, for him, it's not about the issue of control but about wanting the best for everyone else so he's always jumping the gun and taking the initiative to do things for others so that they don't have to worry. It's not just with YG(though he especially pampers her), but he does that with everyone else too. It's prob a part of his personality because I think it has something to do with his unresolved past issues. Still trying to figure out if he feels some deep, deep sense of sorrow and guilt for having walked away/abandoned the people in his past or something and now feels the need to take care of others. Of course, this kind of thing can lead to other issues. I think communication is important and he should prob communicate with others first to make sure it's not too much before just going and taking care of everything...but I think a huge part of it has to do with him needing to overcome his past demons.

Currently at the beginning of EP13, and while there have been so many good scenes of them together, that scene there in that video where he's playing with the lighter is my favorite so far. I watched it multiple times because the timing of the sweet music and how everything played out was just soooo romantic. Not gonna lie, I even got a bit teary-eyed and emotional because the moment was just too freakin' beautiful. And, yes, it makes me feel just how single I am too, even if I've always liked the single life.

I've been smiling and giggling nonstop since I first started this drama 5 days ago

I totally understand that he should prob talk to her beforehand...but his reasons for doing these things are mature and totally make sense(like sending her back because she needs to stay focused), so I can't even bring myself to be angry with him. In the end, I would have agreed with him on those decisions anyway. Also, only reason I'm okay with it is because I know LYY is such a softie. Like, I just know that if YG had insisted and objected, he would have totally given in and done whatever she wanted, lol. The things that he does comes off as more of gentlemanly gestures...someone who's so kind, he simply wants the best for others VS someone with the intention to control others. While I wouldn't be upset about it, I guess I would just ask for proper communication in the future. I'm guessing that part of his personality(wanting the best for others and always taking initiative without communicating first) has something to do with unresolved events from his past?

Thank you for that. I was wondering about this piece of music after that scene where LYY was playing with that lighter. Sooooo romantic. This piece of music and the opening song(Falling in Love) are my favorites, though I really do love a lot of the insert songs and BGM too.

I don't know much about Jinmai, but LeiLei is genuinely a realistic, humble, cautious, caring person. I've seen clips where he's telling his fans it's not safe to come out so late at night, reminding them to be careful about walking home alone, and just staying safe. Also, I've seen him point out in other dramas too about how certain relationships may be romantic but is not ideal in real life. He mentioned that while Shao Shang and LBY's relationship in LLTG may be romantic to viewers, he's not at all envious of them...and that he would call the police if he met LBY in RL, lol. It's great that they can still be so real about all of this, even as they're trying to promote and sell their works.

Ah, I guess I wasn't paying attention? I didn't recall people having conversations on the streets. I was just thinking about those who were interacting with the main characters, and I imagine they would choose to use English with foreigners since English is used the world over.

Apparently, 70% of Finns speak English as a second or third language? I guess it doesn't really bother me how they did it in the drama because it's not like every person on the street was speaking English. It's only those interacting with the main characters...and most of them are younger. I imagine most of the younger population would know English anyhow.

Pretty sure he's supposed to be head over heels from the get-go, especially after he noticed her bag of cue sticks too. Wu Lei is doing his job, and he's doing it marvelously. Many other actors would fail to create that instant spark, especially if they had to do it with basically just their eyes and a few facial muscles. Maybe you're just not into male leads who are totally into their female leads from the get-go.

Doesn't that person trash just about everything? And some of the things that she really likes, I don't like at all, so I guess her opinions and mine will just never click.