Yes her circumstances are indeed sad. I agree. But irregardless of her poor circumstances, she's very dense. How…
I ain't defending her, he l l nah. But you gotta understand it's a period drama and it was pretty normal for emperor's to have multiple concubines and some of them were even advised through the empress. It was very rare for Emperor's and Empresses to marry out of love and there would even be a power stretch between them. So for Rashta, she at first had already accepted the fact that the Empresses position was never to waver and wanted to be friends with her. Also her conduct is weird because she is actually pretty young and not experienced in formal settings at all. But oh boy, Sovieshu is bad. If only he had just let her be and been happy with what he had, both Rashta and Navier would've lived happier.
However, the issue is EVEN after she is taught how to conduct herself properly, read and so on, she still stays the way she was. She thinks she can get away with everyone like Sovieshu. She starts to truly rot from Duke Ergi's phase.
Currently we are watching it from Navier's pov so she's a Villain. If we watched it from Rashta's Navier would be the mean one. Cause from Rashta's perspective she tried to befriend her but Navier refused, her maids insulted her cause of her background, and Navier treated her as a slave. But overall, when you'll weigh the story from a neutral perspective you'll see Rashta slowly gets worse as she goes and her scale of crimes weigh heavier. (Saying it from a Webtoon readers perspective)
I kinda feel bad for Trashta , yes she had her circumstances, yes if an innocent, deprived, and tortured girl got such treatment they are easily more inclined to take it. I blame sovieshu more. BUT that doesn't justify her actions (What she's gonna do eventually).
Only on ep 2, but this kind of show really needs to have a good costume department. The opening scene of the show…
YES! Like the fitting was bugging me so bad. The fabrics also look cheap. Only Lee jongsuk seemed to pull off the outfits a little, other than that everyone looked like they were wearing costumes. If they couldn't bring all the details in, they should've toned it down but still made it look expensive and qualityful.
There will definitely be a season 2. Following typical historical cdrama culture, one of the main leads need to d i e or both gotta have kids running around to mark the end of their story. This ended in Wei Rao looking thirsty for another revenge. The director wants another season to happen (so do we ngl).
This is traumatizing final Boss. Like the main leads had only a few moments of peace and I say peace NOT even happiness. That's just how bad it was. 9/10, won't watch it again. It's enough to watch it once.
well I'd say I was wrong. It's still engaging. But just like poj half of the drama is one story the other half another. I really really wish they had played more with Jundai's character. It's like the drama has changed genres. However I'd still be able to distinguish it from other historical dramas. It is good but they could've done way more, executed the backstory way more with what it had. Still like it though cause Tian Xiwei and Yan An Be killing it. I want Yan an with his hair down tho yk. Anyways, so the revenge of bitaos done now time to take it for our girl's sister.
I don't think she forgave her mother, you can tell she's keeping her at arms length and is basically tolerating…
yes That's what I felt. Because Achou feels like someone who had high pride, I don't think she'd simply stick to her mother just to use her even with the suffering she experienced. I do think there is a want for maternal love in the way she acts or reacts but at the she pushes it away.
It was going so so well. but they HAD to dump all that built up in one episode. All the mysterys, plots revealed ina few minutes. Idk how Achou accepted her mother so easily? All the misunderstanding, suffering she went through, it wouldve been more on character for her to be less attached to the fame and name of her mother. They should've kept Jundai alive, made her more mad and do crazy stuff rather than take that madness away from her at the end. They should've gradually unfolded the mystery of her birth. Like what is the plot gonna survive on now? Achou's detachment issues and a draggy new Villain? idk. I'm gonna wait till the end to see where it goes. It better not be Pursuit of Jade again where half of it was one story and the other another.
Despite the Actresses age issue, this is actually a really good drama. The ost is a banger, Xiao Yuyi is a green flag, the story is interesting, the fl is capable and actually has character growth throughout the drama, Rewatching it made it soo much better for some reason and there wasn't anything inappropriate either. The acting in this drama is straight up solid. Hou Minghao was phenomenal and I was surprised AI mi could keep up with his acting.
The fl is very weird. Like she always acts inconsistently if that makes sense. For the ml I think he has a problem with being rational all the time. He goes against his nature to be rational. Btw is this set in 2020? I feel like it gives an old drama, sad lighting, tragedy vibe and the lack of sound just makes it feel like I'm looking at real life events unfold. Don't know how I feel about it just yet, but let's see.
I liked it. Actually alot. The ending felt a bit abrupt to me. But everyone was so mature. All the relationships of the main leads were mature and comforting. I liked the workplace drama too. It felt real and some of it was really calculating. Like I wasn't able to guess it or it wasn't absolutely ridiculous either. Everyone grew mentally and professionally here. Wo Xihuan.
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However, the issue is EVEN after she is taught how to conduct herself properly, read and so on, she still stays the way she was. She thinks she can get away with everyone like Sovieshu. She starts to truly rot from Duke Ergi's phase.