I must be losing my mind. I got up before dawn for episode 14 and then immediately watched it a second time.Spoilers…
that Lan jie and Jialin jie were partners was pretty clear from the start i think. i found very interesting and actual the media war and how they fought it, must be how it actually happens, i loved that they showed us both attack and defense. i found interesting some of the things Jialin and Qinlang said for the general story, about the meaning of life and about the way to get to your goal. what you think? and what you think Changyang is up to?
i liked this episode, the focus shifted on Han Lu and Hao Yu (i've wronged him, he's a cute cinnamor roll and a great baby sitter, he also cooks. he's not a rat, he's an hamster) and the many shadows of the entertainment world. what i found reallu interesting was the social media war with Jialin jie, fought with slanders and trends, brings to mind so many of the latest weibo fanwars. i have to admit, the couple is growing on me, i don't think they're going to have an happy ending but honestly i hope they get it. they threw some important lines here and there like life is a series of unexpected events you have to solve until the next one (don't ask me to quote verbatim, my memory sucks 😂) or the way to what you want is not a straight line (and probably you'll need to make a choice sooner or later to get what you really want) the post credit scene is pure honey
What I like about this drama the most is - it know exactly what it is and doesn't pretend to be something more.…
the series doesn't preted to be something it's not, you're right about it. it's so honestly low budget. i kind of miss the lightness of the first episodes tough. Tengo Mo is 33 btw, he probably graduated in his early 20s and quitted around 28?
Zelia is spilling some hot tea on the subject (which is well known sadly and pretty much the same all over the…
the problem is the tag doesn't work on this website so i can't. if you don't mind i'll dm you. (the original post should be on Weibo, by now there're probably several translations on X)
Zelia is spilling some hot tea on the subject (which is well known sadly and pretty much the same all over the…
when it comes to dark romance fiction though it's more like living by proxy a fantasy (even a violent one) in a controlled environment. the basic mistake people makes (not referring to you personally here) is missing this element. they see it as romaniticicising abuse in real life, when it's more like old Arlequin novels where the main characters gets kidnapped by the dangerous but charming stranger, also many of the things that happen in these kind of products are so exagerated that it's hard to think they're real. also (2😂) not every single form of entertainment should hold a moral value in my opinion (assuming that people know how to tell reality from fantasy but yet again is it a writer duty to teach the mass?)
as for the abuses in the entertainment world i think Zelia is showing it the way she does because, although it's part of the story she wants to tell, it's not the main focus as it was in Payback, it's more of a background (as you said it's their normal, it's so normalized in that world that it's just a thing to deal with).
also it didn't have much impact (as in payback) because, and it's sad, nobody cares about the second cp, people skip their parts
i wonder if your perception changed after last episode though
i found interesting some of the things Jialin and Qinlang said for the general story, about the meaning of life and about the way to get to your goal. what you think? and what you think Changyang is up to?
i liked this episode, the focus shifted on Han Lu and Hao Yu (i've wronged him, he's a cute cinnamor roll and a great baby sitter, he also cooks. he's not a rat, he's an hamster) and the many shadows of the entertainment world. what i found reallu interesting was the social media war with Jialin jie, fought with slanders and trends, brings to mind so many of the latest weibo fanwars.
i have to admit, the couple is growing on me, i don't think they're going to have an happy ending but honestly i hope they get it.
they threw some important lines here and there like life is a series of unexpected events you have to solve until the next one (don't ask me to quote verbatim, my memory sucks 😂) or the way to what you want is not a straight line (and probably you'll need to make a choice sooner or later to get what you really want)
the post credit scene is pure honey
as for the abuses in the entertainment world i think Zelia is showing it the way she does because, although it's part of the story she wants to tell, it's not the main focus as it was in Payback, it's more of a background (as you said it's their normal, it's so normalized in that world that it's just a thing to deal with).
also it didn't have much impact (as in payback) because, and it's sad, nobody cares about the second cp, people skip their parts
i wonder if your perception changed after last episode though