90% of episode screen time is a fox story, but everyone discussing miserable Chong Zhao )I wish CHS get better…
Agreed, the writers are responsible for failing to utilize the character, which isn't the actor's fault. He's doing a great job! His interruptions are obnoxious because they happen ONCE EVERY EPISODE and the repetition drives everyone nuts, since the story could use that time to build something more interesting.
I've been watching on Viki so I'm only up to episode 12, but I will say that so far my favorite part of this drama…
I think this approach to women's relationships extends even further too. When Mudan can't convince her husband of the need for their divorce, she turns to the princess and tries to reason with her. Of course, the relationship is still adversarial and I'm sure we'll see more of the princess's violent schemes, but it's rare to see a FL and the evil/jealous other woman sit down and speak directly like adults. By the end, they'd reached a consensus too, even as they still disagreed over the method to achieve their shared goal. In that episode, Mudan made more progress with the princess than she did with her obstinate and irrational husband.
I've been watching on Viki so I'm only up to episode 12, but I will say that so far my favorite part of this drama is the women's relationships. In the most recent episodes I've watched, a male villain was intent on harming the women and it was legitimately scary, so I expected the ML to intervene and was confused when he didn't, but then the women persevered by making connections to other women and it was 100% more fulfilling to watch. Those relationships feel deeper and more meaningful, while the FL seems more genuinely self-reliant. I love it!
does anybody know c drama where it is the woman who supports the guy in his endeavors the opposite what it is…
Yes, there are examples of men needing/asking for women's support in Chinese dramas. In Bloody Romance, there's an all-female assassin's guild wherein the men play a support/servant role. The ML pleads the FL to choose him. In The Legends, the ML begs the FL to take him on as her disciple. Lost You Forever also features a relationship that begins with one of the ML's total dependency on the FL. In A Dream of Splendor, the FL is a businesswoman who financially supports her scholar boyfriend and has been doing so for years, although they're not the CP.
However, if you're asking for a 1:1 ratio where the roles are reversed exactly as they're portrayed here, in a historical romance, then no, I don't think I've seen one.
No, totally. Someone asked me at 5pm if I had eaten anything today and I realized I hadn't -- too immersed in MJTY for such mundane details! I love theorizing, I love other peoples theories, every single thing feels like a clue, it's too fun!
I'm really enjoying this and I can't wait for more episodes to air, but the story is being oddly inconsistent about exactly where our sympathies are supposed to go.
I like this drama best when it's a story of two complex and very different girls navigating wartime chaos together, so I don't completely understand why the narrative keeps painting one of the girls as "less than" the other -- less capable, less realistic, less resilient, etc., without any complicating factors or moments of growth. I like Fengyao. Sometimes, it also feels as if she exists so we can see how much better Moxi is in comparison. She's not evil or bad, just Not As Good, like off-brand band aids.
Then, there's this arc. The section is pushing us to sympathize with Chen Wende over Moxi, which is fine, but it's meant that a lot of the solid characterization and relationship development we've seen is being undone. I love to see Moxi depicted as a flawed or morally grey character and I wish the story would stand more firmly with her when she errs or misjudges. Instead, it's half-abandoned her point of view in lieu of siding with Chen Wende.
However, if you're asking for a 1:1 ratio where the roles are reversed exactly as they're portrayed here, in a historical romance, then no, I don't think I've seen one.
I like this drama best when it's a story of two complex and very different girls navigating wartime chaos together, so I don't completely understand why the narrative keeps painting one of the girls as "less than" the other -- less capable, less realistic, less resilient, etc., without any complicating factors or moments of growth. I like Fengyao. Sometimes, it also feels as if she exists so we can see how much better Moxi is in comparison. She's not evil or bad, just Not As Good, like off-brand band aids.
Then, there's this arc. The section is pushing us to sympathize with Chen Wende over Moxi, which is fine, but it's meant that a lot of the solid characterization and relationship development we've seen is being undone. I love to see Moxi depicted as a flawed or morally grey character and I wish the story would stand more firmly with her when she errs or misjudges. Instead, it's half-abandoned her point of view in lieu of siding with Chen Wende.