JustALittleAddicted

the concept was decent and execution was actually done fairly well. Unfortunately, I just couldn’t get with FL. If she was out on her own, I would be shouting “girl power!” BUT her personality next to ML looking like a sad and/or overly joyful puppy next to her just didn’t gel. Crazy antagonist shockingly said it best, “do you feel a sense of accomplishment keeping him on a leash?” ML was all sorts of green flag. Even the acts out of jealousy they showed were not anywhere near other drama land jelly tropes. She always seemed a bit detached while ML was overly loving, considerate and apologetic.

I am so confused. Why were they making it seem like he broke up with her and “tortured” her after the breakup. She literally said she’s done with him, walked away from him and ignored his calls. 🤦🏻‍♀️ I have not seen a single redeeming moment for FL. I can’t with these cdramas where they show ML crazy for FL BUT FL brings nothing special to the relationship and doesn’t balance the “give” in a relationship. You can’t just take 😩

hold up…so FL keeps saying that ML is arrogant and wants ppl to do things his way, yet they have consistently showed him caring for her (protecting her from bully), silently supporting her (having her tutor him so he could give her money for lunch w/o it being awkward) and even trying to change things to fit in with her (little things like being able to eat spicy food). YET she is the one who suddenly dropped going to Germany and not wanting to get married on the same day. She also states that he wouldn’t like to her YET when he tries to tell her the guy friend is no good (and doesn’t straight up say that the guy friend said he was using friendship to get close to her)…I get she has relationship trauma from her parents, but homegirl needs to be open about it with her bf (and friend) of over 4 years.

I hope Deng Wei gets more ML roles. I really hung in there for him. FL was great when she was kickass but for most of the drama we got the tame disciple version of her. That was so mid. The side characters were okay. The middle eps were sooo draggy and full of misunderstandings.

Deng Wei’s cold balanced with his warmth was so great. His looks were wow. I have been waiting for him to get ML role. I hope I don’t have to wait long before the next big role.

please. I’m turning this comment into a meme 😂 🤣 my life. idk why I keep adding dramas instead of just watching the ones already on PTW

I mean, at one point it just felt like forever- it kind of dragged from ep 13ish to that point with misunderstandings all over the place 😬 also, just be prepared around ep 29 😫😓

ep 23/24 - although she doesn’t become her old badass self, just remembers everything and gains a bit of confidence

the first ep is what people perceived to have happened (ppl being the other leaders and their followers and then what the story became for the general population). It shows how FL took the blame and made everyone think she was the baddie but then we unravel throughout the series what actually happened and learn how FL put a silencing curse on the two main ppl (ML and one of her other disciples) who could have told the truth of what actually happened.

marked spoiler so it doesn’t take up too much precious screen space

I don’t think we should excuse ignorance anymore in the day of technology and instant information at our fingertips. Yes, you are right we should not be angry and instead kindly approach the situation as an opportunity to learn. I am sure ppl have realized the implied Korean-Japanese antagonism, especially if you are an avid drama watcher, but never bothered to look into it. I am American and I was never taught about it and looked it up thanks to dramas. We should all know about atrocities caused by so many countries’ government. One does not need to be obsessed with history or world news to be an informed individual so we can hopefully move to a more peaceful world where the trampled on minorities or ones with less power have no voice and have their pains whitewashed away or just completely buried under a rug. Let’s understand other people and not just scroll endless socials like our governments hope we keep our head buried so we don’t see the mess around us.

Yup. Anytime I dislike a character it is in no way directed at the actor (or else I would call them out by name). Ppl on MDL sometimes get offended that their faves are being dragged, but it’s really not that. It’s just a weak script with a dragging plot with few legitimate conflicts outside of a company’s struggle, no proper arcs with structured rising and falling actions, and a climax that was poorly executed. The all is lost moment felt contrived and then a messy resolution. Forget the poor character development with characters that ended up being hard to even like by the end.

I’m glad I could talk out my annoyance with someone on the same boat. I know some ppl like this drama and it’s good to know I’m not being picky or crazy. lol

I hope it was her bday and she was sitting there all on her own. 😑 She deserves nothing.

yeah. I’m totally okay with no romance but when they try to work it in, especially when they made this story so dependent on it but left me feeling bad for the red flag dude because he was crazy over her (a little much and a little forceful) and she was ready to skip on him whenever things got a little difficult and weren’t going her way. Gawd. The more I think about it, the more I’m annoyed this was 40 whole eps long! 😂

which bday celebration? 😂 did I ffwd that?

she went to dentist for the wisdom tooth that she had the fever for couple of eps before. I think they needed her to let the swelling go down to do the surgery, but it was so rando. I just stopped caring. Also, SFL suddenly falls for SML just because he was actually the one that saved her and not Gao Yi. Just so much nonsensical development. 2x + ffwd wasn’t enough for me. If it’s not going to be romance loaded, that’s fine, but make things move along and have more arcs beyond the company business and legit character development. 🤦🏻‍♀️

American accents are pretty standard and understandable by any American, of course until you get to the deep root accents but then they make sure they cast accordingly. Asian languages are a whole different ballgame. Accent and intonation make the language. I am Asian and I speak the same language as my hubby but he sometimes has a hard time making out what I’m saying because my accent is different. There are also a few words here and there that are very region based - think slang words from different cities/regions - and I forget to adjust when I’m speaking fast. So they want to get the looks and acting from one actor and vocal precision from a different actor.

Also, it’s not so much that the directors don’t like an actor’s voice, but that dubbing for dialect is such a common place in China that has over 300 languages and dialects spoken that if a director feels the actor is not delivering the dialogue properly in Mandarin (the official language), they just have a professional voiceover actor do it. So ppl like my hubby who speak the official language of the country aren’t left confused 😒😂

BTW. Hubby works in the film industry. He said it happens in EVERY SINGLE movie and TV show in the US. It’s called ADR - Additional Dialogue Replacement. He literally just said to note, “how do you think everything sounds super clear, accurate and perfect in American movies?” He said there are shots that are the “perfect” take but a plane flew over. Other such technical reasons could be because an actor was not wired correctly. It could also be a scene that the director wants to do a cut away and add in dialogue from a different actor to clarify something. ADR is also required when an actor mumbles or stumbles through his line. American Actors aren’t perfect and there’s a push to wrap scenes and move the project along. You don’t know what you have until you are in the cutting room floor.

I feel like I wasted my time because by the end I liked no one in this drama.

The ONLY reason she even “forgave” him or searched for him is because he once again caved into doing things her way. He bought and gifted her the company. Placed company in a really nice business area. Bought her fancy car back and fixed up her precious shoes…All this before he ran away into hiding for x amount of time.

THEY DON’T!! IMO they don’t. They run into each other’s arms at the very end. Still no discussion of what happened. And guess what? (See next spoiler)