SL is definitely a tragic character and generally helps heroes but he also violates personal boundaries. He blatantly…
OH My! Yes I watched it. Sadly I didn't like it like as much as the majority... I didn't like the FL, didn't like the couple... I haven't written a review so I don't remember the specifics but once thing is I loved the dangerous atmosphere the ML had at the start but then it almost completely disappeared and we scarcely saw him being "evil" during most of the show.
Nah my type of red flag is more like Prince Annan in Shadow Love... I see it's on the list of shows you're planning to watch so not gonna say anything...BUUUUUUUUUT one of the biggest disappointment for me was that we spent very little time with Prince Annan... He should have been the MVP of that show.
Also Tantai Jin in Till the End of the Moon or Dongfang Qing Cang in Love Between Fairy and Devil ... Basically outwardly bad and menacing but with a heart of Gold. Also I enjoy when both leads want to kill each other before they develop any form of romantic attachment. That makes everything spicier 🤪
In When Destiny Brings the Demon, the FL is this happy go lucky girl, that just wants to sleep and eat... That removes a lot of the sexual tension to me. Nothing better than seeing two menacing individuals trying to get at each other's throat before making out...
Sorry. Personal fictional kink speaking here 🙄.
SL is definitely a tragic character and generally helps heroes but he also violates personal boundaries. He blatantly…
I don't disagree with your comment you know... But I still can't dislike him... If I'm gonna be honest I liked him more than Ji Bo Zai... Probably because I have a weakness for fictional red flags but that's another story 😅
Situ ling wasn’t really 'hated' if you exactly use that term ( unlike other hated sml of this year chu zhao,chu…
Oh yeah true... I was SO GLAD when Run Yu got rid of the empress... I hated her SO MUCH she ruined the show for me. Most evil character I had seen in a while...
Also yeah... I cheered each time Situ Ling offed one of his brother... I wish they had groveled a bit before dying but you can't have everything 🤡
I'm glad I've decided to not watch it as it aired though. Knowing myself, I would have turned obsessed and would have spent most of my time in the comment section... which is problematic when you have to self-discipline as a self-employed person working from home...
I've learned my lesson the hard way this year, so now I WAIT until everything is released... If I get back to working in an office, that might change though :D
Glad we both loved this drama. One of the best this year so far 😎
EDIT: Btw I edited my rating... It's 9.5 now. Because they did my Situ Ling dirty so I need to remove half a point. 😆
SL is definitely a tragic character and generally helps heroes but he also violates personal boundaries. He blatantly…
I just finished it ^^ Sorry... I could never see him as fully evil even at the end... For me he just succumbed to the evil netherbeasts... His true self was never bad. I'm truly sad they killed him. I know he did some irredeemable things... But I never got annoyed let alone angry at him... I was just sad for him from start to finish. Honestly his father, brothers and Mu Qi Bai were WAY WAY worse in my opinion and their end wasn't as tragic.
It was P.E.R.F.E.C.T The only thing I didn't like was how it ended with Situ Ling. I think the show did him dirty but I'm not gonna hold it against the show...
Now I think I might need to watch other genres from other countries to get past the withdrawal symptoms... because I need to "digest" so to speak... If I start another Wuxia right now, I fear that no matter how good it is, I won't be able to properly enjoy it.
Also. I just want to say Dark Situ Ling was hot.🥵🥵🥵
Situ ling wasn’t really 'hated' if you exactly use that term ( unlike other hated sml of this year chu zhao,chu…
SO... Just finished it! I'm sorry. I could never hate Situ Ling. He was never truly evil.. Honestly, I'm very sad the drama didn't even give him a way out. He had a shitty father, and shitty brothers, an inferiority complex and the only person he ever loved just never saw him that way... Even when he turned to the dark side, he could never truly bring himself to hurt Ming Yi...
I wasn't even mildly irritated at any moment. I was just sad for him... His death broke my heart... I know there was no going back but how could I hate him? It reminds me of Ashes of Love where although I was PISSED as Run Yu as soon as he turned to the dark side... I could never hate him and I was sad at how lonely he felt by the end... But at least he was alive and rekindled his relationship with his younger brother... He was just a kind soul that was destroyed by external circumstances... In my head, in later years, Run Yu finally moved on from his first love...
Here I wasn't pissed even one second... I'm just sad for Situ Ling... Everybody got a happy ending ( though honestly Ji Bo Zai got a shitty father, I think he would have been better staying an orphan) but he didn't deserve to end in such a tragic way...
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Also on as a side note, Dark Situ Ling was HOT. 🤣
This may be possible in SK, but I think Disney is more likely to wait out KSH's scandal and release it should…
It is quite impressive indeed... But also extremely costly in terms of electric consumption. How much energy have been spent to produce a couple of seconds of viable videos?
Nah I'm thinking more about using that deep fake technology to replace the face of an actor when needed. Otherwise... I'm pretty much anti AI to be honest. People are always saying it's a tool. But a tool is something you use, not something that does things in your place.
Not gonna go on a full rant here... but aside from all the discussion about energy cost, loss of work or whatever... When you don't exercise, you put on weight, you get tired just by going up a couple of stairs, you age badly etc... not mentioning the fact that exercising releases dopamine and is important for maintaining one's mental health You physically feel that your body is deteriorating... But for the brain?
Sure people complain about struggling to focus... but at that point nobody has any idea about how much damage not exercising one's brain cells is gonna do on the long terms.
There's lots of studies that have shown that people who are multilingual tend to be less affected by Alzheimer diseases and that in general learning new things your whole life is the best way to prevent or at least heavily reduce the symptoms of Alzeimer. Yet if from a very young age you're already using AI to write your essays... Well. I already know where this is going. I've seen some students complaining that they're not using AI since they wrote their essays themselves and only used AI for the outline... But the outline is the most difficult part, it's the whole reasoning you're letting the machine do in your place.
What's the point of learning to draw, if AI does the drawing better than you? What's the point of learning a language if AI can translate for you? What's the point of thinking yourself if the machine does it for you etc? This is a recipe to create a world full of depressed people.
Sorry I went on a full rant... But the bottom line is... I'm all for it for some very specific tasks that would just be annoying and boring for humans to do... But if these machines are removing any form of fun or intellectual challenge from our work, I say no.
I want to have human work, made by humans for humans. I have absolutely no interest in anything AI made especially given how much of of an environmental disaster it is.
No No suffer with all of us....this drama is insane woke me from my Kdrama slump!
The experience is great for sure... BUT I'm self-employed and working from home... I ruined I don't know how many work days because of that so I'd rather be careful >_< Can't say I'm not tempted though 😖
I was planning to resist until all episodes are released... but the few glimpses I've seen are about to make me give in... The chemistry is I.N.S.A.N.E
This may be possible in SK, but I think Disney is more likely to wait out KSH's scandal and release it should…
Yeah but it's Hollywood. this might be American money but it remains a Korean production. I don't think the same rules apply.
This show is never going to be released then. Maybe in 10 years who knows. Unlike fan comments below, this is not something that I'm personally likely to forget and I doubt most people are either. It's just that this actor is done, there's no need to waste more time talking about him...
I still think AI would be the least costly solution. I watched the C drama Legend of the Female General last August and one particular frame was a bit weird with one actor. It is only because I checked that I learned that one important side character had been A.Ied due to a scandal. If it wasn't for that one frame, I would have literally missed it.
Bottom line, I think the technology has really advanced. I'm not in favor of using it to replace actors... But this is one exceptional situation were literally everybody's work is ruined because one single person and it is just unfair. I think that's one case where it would be ok to use it.
You know the drama's doomed when actors only getting cameo roles have more sass and spunk than the main actor whose role is literally the title of the drama.
Could have been great if Khemjira had been written better. For the life of me I just don't understand how could anybody write a character like that. He's BLAND. Period. Except, crying, cooking and waiting to be saved, he does NOTHING, he's got no agency and I'm fed up with him. He's got nothing compelling but the awkward acting doesn't help either. Not gonna go about a rant about giving more experience to actors before casting them as lead since throwing inexperienced actors onto a main role as soon as they start their careers seems to be the norm in the Thai BL industry...
But in this case, give these actors a GOOD role. Because if the character is written terribly, you can imagine how difficult it might be for a seasoned actor to make that character compelling let alone an inexperienced one.
One would expect the romance aspect would save the show... But there's literally no chemistry with his co-lead. The kisses between Khem and Paran are the worst I've seen in YEARS in a Thai BL.
I'm sure some people stuck with the show only for the second couple... And they certainly were better... But I personally scarcely ever care about second couples and this drama is no exception. The second pair do make the drama slightly better... but only slightly.
The pace is also terrible. Slow as fudge. I had to take several breaks watching this. I thought I would binge it... but sadly I wasn't able to due to the terrible pace.
This is a typical example of great ideas with poor execution and bad casting choice. I have not a lot to complain about regarding the whole cast... except for Namping... OOPS, he's the MAIN CHARACTER.
Will be between 6 and 7 depending on how frustrated I am with the last episode... and only because all the Thai lore was fresh and intriguing especially in a BL setting... Sad for what it could have been.
And I so wanted to like that one...
PS: Learn to tone down your filters Domundi. Sometimes your actors' faces look like they'e AI generated given how smooth their skins appear.
EDIT: Well the kisses got better in the last episode but Keng clearly did the heavy work. He really was into his NC scene... Too bad his partner wasn't. Either closing his eye or smiling awkwardly... I get it, such scenes are awkward... But I'm not supposed to feel how awkward you feel, I'm supposed to feel you DESIRING your co-star. JESUS. You've got one of the most gorgeous stud almost completely naked in front of you and I couldn't feel even an ounce of desire from Khem. Which made the whole scene really awkward.
And they have another drama already planned together... 😒 Well hopefully Namping gets better... Hopefully...
have u tried "spirit finger"? it's my current obsession rn and it's really gooood! idk abt ur preference…
Nah I haven't. So far every single 2025 K drama people recommended to me turned out to be dissapointments... I think there's a curse, so now I'm planning to watch the few 2025 K dramas I'm interested in... in 2026. Including this one, if people are enthusiastic about it.
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Nah my type of red flag is more like Prince Annan in Shadow Love... I see it's on the list of shows you're planning to watch so not gonna say anything...BUUUUUUUUUT one of the biggest disappointment for me was that we spent very little time with Prince Annan... He should have been the MVP of that show.
Also Tantai Jin in Till the End of the Moon or Dongfang Qing Cang in Love Between Fairy and Devil ... Basically outwardly bad and menacing but with a heart of Gold. Also I enjoy when both leads want to kill each other before they develop any form of romantic attachment. That makes everything spicier 🤪
In When Destiny Brings the Demon, the FL is this happy go lucky girl, that just wants to sleep and eat... That removes a lot of the sexual tension to me. Nothing better than seeing two menacing individuals trying to get at each other's throat before making out...
Sorry. Personal fictional kink speaking here 🙄.
Also yeah... I cheered each time Situ Ling offed one of his brother... I wish they had groveled a bit before dying but you can't have everything 🤡
I'm glad I've decided to not watch it as it aired though. Knowing myself, I would have turned obsessed and would have spent most of my time in the comment section... which is problematic when you have to self-discipline as a self-employed person working from home...
I've learned my lesson the hard way this year, so now I WAIT until everything is released... If I get back to working in an office, that might change though :D
Glad we both loved this drama. One of the best this year so far 😎
EDIT: Btw I edited my rating... It's 9.5 now. Because they did my Situ Ling dirty so I need to remove half a point. 😆
For the moment, I've managed to resist :D
It was P.E.R.F.E.C.T
The only thing I didn't like was how it ended with Situ Ling. I think the show did him dirty but I'm not gonna hold it against the show...
Now I think I might need to watch other genres from other countries to get past the withdrawal symptoms... because I need to "digest" so to speak... If I start another Wuxia right now, I fear that no matter how good it is, I won't be able to properly enjoy it.
Also.
I just want to say Dark Situ Ling was hot.🥵🥵🥵
I wasn't even mildly irritated at any moment. I was just sad for him... His death broke my heart... I know there was no going back but how could I hate him? It reminds me of Ashes of Love where although I was PISSED as Run Yu as soon as he turned to the dark side... I could never hate him and I was sad at how lonely he felt by the end... But at least he was alive and rekindled his relationship with his younger brother... He was just a kind soul that was destroyed by external circumstances... In my head, in later years, Run Yu finally moved on from his first love...
Here I wasn't pissed even one second... I'm just sad for Situ Ling... Everybody got a happy ending ( though honestly Ji Bo Zai got a shitty father, I think he would have been better staying an orphan) but he didn't deserve to end in such a tragic way...
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Also on as a side note, Dark Situ Ling was HOT. 🤣
Here: https://kodansha.us/series/10-dance/
The art is great as well.
Note: The manga is still being published... It's a pretty slow release.
Nah I'm thinking more about using that deep fake technology to replace the face of an actor when needed. Otherwise... I'm pretty much anti AI to be honest. People are always saying it's a tool. But a tool is something you use, not something that does things in your place.
Not gonna go on a full rant here... but aside from all the discussion about energy cost, loss of work or whatever... When you don't exercise, you put on weight, you get tired just by going up a couple of stairs, you age badly etc... not mentioning the fact that exercising releases dopamine and is important for maintaining one's mental health You physically feel that your body is deteriorating... But for the brain?
Sure people complain about struggling to focus... but at that point nobody has any idea about how much damage not exercising one's brain cells is gonna do on the long terms.
There's lots of studies that have shown that people who are multilingual tend to be less affected by Alzheimer diseases and that in general learning new things your whole life is the best way to prevent or at least heavily reduce the symptoms of Alzeimer. Yet if from a very young age you're already using AI to write your essays... Well. I already know where this is going. I've seen some students complaining that they're not using AI since they wrote their essays themselves and only used AI for the outline... But the outline is the most difficult part, it's the whole reasoning you're letting the machine do in your place.
What's the point of learning to draw, if AI does the drawing better than you? What's the point of learning a language if AI can translate for you? What's the point of thinking yourself if the machine does it for you etc?
This is a recipe to create a world full of depressed people.
Sorry I went on a full rant... But the bottom line is... I'm all for it for some very specific tasks that would just be annoying and boring for humans to do... But if these machines are removing any form of fun or intellectual challenge from our work, I say no.
I want to have human work, made by humans for humans. I have absolutely no interest in anything AI made especially given how much of of an environmental disaster it is.
Can't say I'm not tempted though 😖
OR HOPEFULLY the urge will have died down during the night... I REALLY don't want to torture myself weeks after weeks. I'd rather binge. 😫😫😫
This show is never going to be released then. Maybe in 10 years who knows. Unlike fan comments below, this is not something that I'm personally likely to forget and I doubt most people are either. It's just that this actor is done, there's no need to waste more time talking about him...
I still think AI would be the least costly solution. I watched the C drama Legend of the Female General last August and one particular frame was a bit weird with one actor. It is only because I checked that I learned that one important side character had been A.Ied due to a scandal. If it wasn't for that one frame, I would have literally missed it.
Bottom line, I think the technology has really advanced. I'm not in favor of using it to replace actors... But this is one exceptional situation were literally everybody's work is ruined because one single person and it is just unfair. I think that's one case where it would be ok to use it.
You know the drama's doomed when actors only getting cameo roles have more sass and spunk than the main actor whose role is literally the title of the drama.
Could have been great if Khemjira had been written better. For the life of me I just don't understand how could anybody write a character like that. He's BLAND. Period. Except, crying, cooking and waiting to be saved, he does NOTHING, he's got no agency and I'm fed up with him. He's got nothing compelling but the awkward acting doesn't help either. Not gonna go about a rant about giving more experience to actors before casting them as lead since throwing inexperienced actors onto a main role as soon as they start their careers seems to be the norm in the Thai BL industry...
But in this case, give these actors a GOOD role. Because if the character is written terribly, you can imagine how difficult it might be for a seasoned actor to make that character compelling let alone an inexperienced one.
One would expect the romance aspect would save the show... But there's literally no chemistry with his co-lead. The kisses between Khem and Paran are the worst I've seen in YEARS in a Thai BL.
I'm sure some people stuck with the show only for the second couple... And they certainly were better... But I personally scarcely ever care about second couples and this drama is no exception. The second pair do make the drama slightly better... but only slightly.
The pace is also terrible. Slow as fudge. I had to take several breaks watching this. I thought I would binge it... but sadly I wasn't able to due to the terrible pace.
This is a typical example of great ideas with poor execution and bad casting choice. I have not a lot to complain about regarding the whole cast... except for Namping...
OOPS, he's the MAIN CHARACTER.
Will be between 6 and 7 depending on how frustrated I am with the last episode... and only because all the Thai lore was fresh and intriguing especially in a BL setting... Sad for what it could have been.
And I so wanted to like that one...
PS: Learn to tone down your filters Domundi. Sometimes your actors' faces look like they'e AI generated given how smooth their skins appear.
EDIT: Well the kisses got better in the last episode but Keng clearly did the heavy work. He really was into his NC scene... Too bad his partner wasn't. Either closing his eye or smiling awkwardly... I get it, such scenes are awkward... But I'm not supposed to feel how awkward you feel, I'm supposed to feel you DESIRING your co-star. JESUS. You've got one of the most gorgeous stud almost completely naked in front of you and I couldn't feel even an ounce of desire from Khem. Which made the whole scene really awkward.
And they have another drama already planned together... 😒
Well hopefully Namping gets better... Hopefully...