Dropping. My real life sucks enough as it is. I can't stand watching 'he/she/they died' shows any longer. Why…
Have you seen New Life Begins? It's all things cozy and feels like a warm hug. It's a few years old, so maybe you've already seen it, but it's a great Cdrama and might assuage some of the SE pain from this. 😅
I recently had a convo with another user about SEs in Cdramas. She seemed to hint it's apparently the exposure to Disney and the optimistic American in me that thinks everything should come out all right. 😅 But I still don't think it's too much to ask for a costume drama, even if it's set in a pseudo-historical setting, to end happily. If you're doing a biopic or historical fiction based on a true story, by all means, end it "accurately" or "realistically." But what is the point of entertainment? There are different types of entertainment, to be sure, but when I watch stuff that's so removed from reality already, attempts at being "grounded" or "realistic" in them annoy me. Though teasing the ML's death from the beginning seems like the most responsible way to prepare the audience, at least (like NIV). I can respect that approach as I don't like things sprung on me. 😂
Why is that? Trying to see if I should add it to my watchlist.
Oh... so the leads don't end up together? Those endings are indeed a bummer. I wish it ended better because I love Zhao Lusi and I would like to watch another drama with her. 😔
Question! In Episode 4, why does the 3rd Brother not want to return to the palace and why did he leave it to begin with? Why are they trying so hard to get him back? I'm struggling to grasp what is happening. 😅
Even though this was the reddest ML flag in a long time, at least there's hope for Netflix. They've managed to…
True! I agree with you. I continue to be dissatisfied with Korean media's partnerships with Netflix; I know some love it, but that's exactly why I gave up on Western TV to watch Korean content, but there's becoming less and less of a difference and I'm so bummed. 😣 I typically like Korean Drama output minus artistic involvement from Netflix (or any other Western streaming platform (e.g. Disney, Hulu, Amazon, etc.)) better.
Best chemistry ever who needs skinship when holding hands at a bus stop gives you butterflies
I mean, it had skinship, too, but it was an agonizing scene because at that point he was dying and he knew it (and WE knew it), but she didn't. It was awful! 😭
There is no end of misery to ML He was miserable in all aspects But i felt FL mood swings & his liver failure…
Yes, I felt the same about all of this. 😅 The POOR MAN. I
You couldn't even think their intimacy was any kind of relational culmination cause the ML was literally on his last breath; that scene wasn't romantically satisfying at all. It felt cruel to me and so badly timed.
Hi Eleison! Great to see u here💖. TTJ did grow/improve in the show.. Tho My fav character was the Ancient demon…
You're amazing, haha, this is such a detailed response; all super helpful!! I feel much more informed now. Wow. 🥰
One last quick question for now; when TTJ 2.0 would "eat" other demons' energy to gain more power, that's making him become more evil, yes? Even though the demons are, as you say, mischievous and cause trouble, that's really no different than killing a human because that's not the way to deal with them (not a humane way of doing so, at least). And it's kind of poisoning him/strengthening him since he's killing to enhance his own power?
I wanted to scream every time he did that it was so awful. 😭
I recently had a convo with another user about SEs in Cdramas. She seemed to hint it's apparently the exposure to Disney and the optimistic American in me that thinks everything should come out all right. 😅 But I still don't think it's too much to ask for a costume drama, even if it's set in a pseudo-historical setting, to end happily. If you're doing a biopic or historical fiction based on a true story, by all means, end it "accurately" or "realistically." But what is the point of entertainment? There are different types of entertainment, to be sure, but when I watch stuff that's so removed from reality already, attempts at being "grounded" or "realistic" in them annoy me. Though teasing the ML's death from the beginning seems like the most responsible way to prepare the audience, at least (like NIV). I can respect that approach as I don't like things sprung on me. 😂
You couldn't even think their intimacy was any kind of relational culmination cause the ML was literally on his last breath; that scene wasn't romantically satisfying at all. It felt cruel to me and so badly timed.
I think the fantastical ending was that robot Nam Shin was saved and, through sheer willpower and love, became human and sentient.
Much of the mechanics of this make no sense if you think more deeply about it, but it's a fantasy, so I just went with it. 😅
One last quick question for now; when TTJ 2.0 would "eat" other demons' energy to gain more power, that's making him become more evil, yes? Even though the demons are, as you say, mischievous and cause trouble, that's really no different than killing a human because that's not the way to deal with them (not a humane way of doing so, at least). And it's kind of poisoning him/strengthening him since he's killing to enhance his own power?
I wanted to scream every time he did that it was so awful. 😭