I was waiting for Season 2 to finish before starting that one.... and I just need to vent somewhere.
MY GOD I HATE THIS WHOLE VILLAGE. I hope Daigo all send them to hell by the end of these series.
EDIT: Final ratings 6.5. I won't be watching the second season.
Was it a good series? Yes. Does it deserve more? Certainly Was I entertained? Err... in a way Yes.
Did I like it? NOPE.
Anyway bottom line, it's an excellent series... But it's not for everyone. In terms of enjoyment... I'd rate it 1 for a variety of reasons I won't bother detailing here since they're mostly personal and are not linked to the quality of the show overall... But to make it short: It left me with LOTS of emotions, none of them positive, so I won't be tuning in for the second season.
I'm giving 6.5 because I can't decently give it less even if I really feel like giving less... I hesitated giving it an average 7... But I'm so disgusted, I just can't even bring myself to give a 7 so I'm settling for 6.5.
I think it's very good at what it does and deserves the hype it got... It just not my type of show...
Give it a try but if you're the "sensible type"... I say stay away.
what don't you like about this series ? should i watch it or is it not worth it ? i don't think the trailer is…
I think we're really polluting this thread with this conversation... If you're watching Golden Blood, you know who I'm talking about ^^. Just post back when you've finished Kidnap... I don't regret dropping it but maybe you'll make me change my mind.
I really don’t understand the hate towards Runyu. Out of all the characters in Ashes of Love, he was one of…
So I know this conversation is two months old and I'm sure my perspective will change by the time I reach the end of this series... But right now at episode 15... Run Yu:
1. Doesn't genuinely love Jin Mi. He's pursuing her only because she was promised to him and she's somebody he won't have to share with Xu Feng. When Xu Feng told him they both couldn't love her because they were siblings, he wasn't even fazed. He genuinely didn't care whereas Xu Feng was heartbroken.
I'm sure over the course of 60 episodes, people are bound to forget the details of the things happened at the beginning ( and yes I spoiled myself because this show is THAT good) and are prone to forget that at the start Run Yu had no feelings except friendship towards Jin Mi.
2. He was extremely manipulative into getting her to marry him using her cluelessness to his advantage. Xu Feng never tried to get her to do what he wanted, at least where I am, it seems that he recognizes she's naive on some things but fails to see that she's just as ignorant in matters of love... whereas Run Yu saw from the get-go that she's basically clueless about everything and used it to his advantage.
Anyway, I don't know about the details about what happened after... But when you manipulate a naive girl for your own desires... this will lead to consequences. I might forgive that initial manipulation at some point... But based on where I am right now... Well, let's just say that if people hated his character, it probably started here and rightfully so.
You can be good all you want after but if your "good" is to make victims forget and/or forgive the initial lie, you're sorely mistaken.
There was this K drama called "Healer"... The FL was raised by an adoptive father since very young. It's later revealed that her father died because his best friend betrayed him because he was in love with his friend's girlfriend. The betrayer than got with his friend's girlfriend... and later added another lie on top to get rid of his wife's daughter. He wanted to erase any trace of his former friend in his wife's eyes.
Years passed and the truth eventually came out. He'd been married to this woman for over 20/30 years (don't remember the exact number)... She never forgot her first love, nor her daughter and he never got the love he wanted. BUT he was the best husband she could have asked for, affectionate, faithful, dedidacted... you name it.
But when she learned that she basically had gotten married to the man who caused her lover's death and on top of that that she lost her baby daughter because of him, he lost absolutely everything included any form of gratitude or debt she ever felt for him. You see him at the end of the series, still with political status and aura, but without any friends left. He is alone... with his demons, haunted by the ghosts of the people he wronged to get here (because obviously, once you've crossed that line, you keep on crossing others).
Run Yu's story reminds me of this.
It doesn't matter what he's going to do from now on. Maybe I'll grow some empathy as an external party to his tragic love story. But the start was wrong. He knows it's wrong but he still decides to go down that path. Once you go down that road, you can only right that initial wrong by wronging others again and again.
Well just my 2 cents. I don't hate him yet, BUT I certainly have no affection for him as of now.
60 episodes... Very frightening. I've watched 3 C dramas in a row people were raving about which turned out to be dissapointing + another that I dropped so I really hope this one is the one that is going to break the curse.
I think the story is really engaging from the start, hooked in spite of the CGIs which are a bit too glaring in places ( mostly because the environnement lights is not reflected on the characters which ends up making them stand out from the environment).
The only thing I find utterly ridiculous (I'm currently at episode 4) is the fact that everybody thinks in the Heavenly realm that Jin Mi is a man in spite of: 1. That face 2. No effort to hide her chest ( Ok it's not a big chest but it's still very visible she's not flat)
But whatever. No matter how ridiculous this is... I can't help but love it. Gender Bender is my jam so whenever there's some, even if it just doesn't make any sense, I'm just licking it up.
EDIT: AH OKAY. The hairpin is a magical hairpin that disguises her as a man ^^ Well it does make sense now.
what don't you like about this series ? should i watch it or is it not worth it ? i don't think the trailer is…
I really enjoyed the quirky beginning but now it's been your typical sappy romance for 3 episodes in a row... I'm hoping Naklan is gonna bring some of the edgy vibe next week.... Haven't dropped it yet... I still have some hope we'll go back to the weird atmosphere of the first two episodes.
what don't you like about this series ? should i watch it or is it not worth it ? i don't think the trailer is…
Ah well... You're near the end I guess... With 3 episodes left... gotta finish it I guess. I'm on the verge of dropping My Golden Blood... but still hanging on because I've literally dropped every single Thai dramas I've started since last december... All of them except for one were from GMMTV.
I wish they made more Thai BLs like "Not Me" but it was definitely an exception...
i agree about the nail thing but the peeing is just stupid to me. i have 3 brothers and its a very normal thing.…
Yeah. I've got 2 brothers. Doesn't change anything about what I wrote. But we can agree to disagree.. Don't care as long as it's not toilets I'm going to. Also glad I'm a woman and don't have to go to male toilets. Though I did have one very awful experience in the past where my colleagues manage to break them or whatever... Don't remember the cause. But they had to do some heavy work to repair the whole thing. Took over a month during which we had to share. 😣 Lasted 1 week... Then decided to go relieve myself elsewhere even if it I had to use my whole break to do it. Fortunately used to work on an airport so finding clean toilets used for passengers wasn't an issue.
This page is REALLY not active at all... How long am I gonna get notifications about replies to this post... I'm really glad I dropped this show given how inactive this page has been... Very telling.
Cdrama romance usually is super slow burn, if you like something a bit quicker paced, try kdrama instead. They…
... I've seen C dramas that didn't feel as slow. It's all in the execution... Also been watching Asian dramas for quite a while, if you checked my profile...
Well that was a nice watch... I ended up binging the "last" 12 episodes in the end. Pretty casual watch... I was never on the edge of my seat, but I did have a good time. The plot twist was predictable from the first episode though... Whenever a character is a tad bit too nice, it always ends up this way.
I don't really understand the need for a second season though... But will probably watch it when they make it.
Overall I'd rate it between 7.5 and 8 ( I still have 30 minutes left so that'll depend on how I feel later when finishing this). The only thing preventing me from giving more is the lack of suspens and the "disappointing plot twist" of the last 4 episodes. Even though It was predictable , I was hoping they'd come up with a little something to surprise me but nope. EVERYTHING was predictable. In fact, I'd say the last case was the least interesting of the whole show.
Still enjoyed it though.
[ The MDL warning on top of the comment section is 🤣🤣🤣. It was about time they put one. I say, - as I've been blocking people a lot given how many people take things personal, get worked up on their own, and start insulting you whenever you type something they don't like... - it would also be nice, if we could block more than 100 people... Just saying...]
what don't you like about this series ? should i watch it or is it not worth it ? i don't think the trailer is…
My God it's been a while... I don't even remember. I'd say the show is just mediocre and Leng's acting is terrible. It's not his fault, he's inexperienced and the writing is terrible... But next to Ohm who is far more experienced, the difference in acting performance is just jarring. I say give it a try... If I remember well, I struggled from the 2nd episode but still hang on up to episode 6.
she married after that and they had so many problems and dramas with eachother . they seperated in baf situation.…
I followed their divorce a bit...
She wasn't easily cancelled. She cancelled herself. Her husband wanted to divorce. She didn't... and hinted that he had cheated on her, not remembering her birthday and whatnot. Which was discovered to be untrue through some exposed Kakao messages. And then she kept on posting about her version of the situation and their relationship on her social media while her ex stayed silent. At first people were on her side... but as she was caught lying more than once... and kept on posting about this whole debacle for weeks on end in spite of people urging her to stop... In fact, even when people had moved on from the topic... She kept on posting about it. How it affected her health etc. Pictures of her putting on a lot of weight etc. So people switched.
Honestly, she could have ridden that wave and come back to the industry if she hadn't tried to destroy her ex-husband in the process. He stayed silent during this whole debacle and this at the end, made him win the media battle. He later said that he didn't say anything because he didn't want to paint his ex-wife into a bad light since they did love each other at one point...
Whether that was genuine or not, nobody can tell... But I've got to say Ku Hye Son was so bent on getting people on her side... for something that was basically a private matter that she ultimately destroyed herself.
Personally not particularly fond of both actors... But one has managed to make a come back... and the other didn't.
Conclusion: Unless your ex-husband has committed something illegal in your country (pedophilia, theft, not paying taxes, gambling etc.), don't explain publicly the reason why you divorce, it's only going to make you look bad.
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MY GOD I HATE THIS WHOLE VILLAGE.
I hope Daigo all send them to hell by the end of these series.
EDIT: Final ratings 6.5. I won't be watching the second season.
Was it a good series? Yes.
Does it deserve more? Certainly
Was I entertained? Err... in a way Yes.
Did I like it? NOPE.
Anyway bottom line, it's an excellent series... But it's not for everyone. In terms of enjoyment... I'd rate it 1 for a variety of reasons I won't bother detailing here since they're mostly personal and are not linked to the quality of the show overall...
But to make it short: It left me with LOTS of emotions, none of them positive, so I won't be tuning in for the second season.
I'm giving 6.5 because I can't decently give it less even if I really feel like giving less... I hesitated giving it an average 7... But I'm so disgusted, I just can't even bring myself to give a 7 so I'm settling for 6.5.
I think it's very good at what it does and deserves the hype it got... It just not my type of show...
Give it a try but if you're the "sensible type"... I say stay away.
Just post back when you've finished Kidnap... I don't regret dropping it but maybe you'll make me change my mind.
But right now at episode 15... Run Yu:
1. Doesn't genuinely love Jin Mi. He's pursuing her only because she was promised to him and she's somebody he won't have to share with Xu Feng. When Xu Feng told him they both couldn't love her because they were siblings, he wasn't even fazed. He genuinely didn't care whereas Xu Feng was heartbroken.
I'm sure over the course of 60 episodes, people are bound to forget the details of the things happened at the beginning ( and yes I spoiled myself because this show is THAT good) and are prone to forget that at the start Run Yu had no feelings except friendship towards Jin Mi.
2. He was extremely manipulative into getting her to marry him using her cluelessness to his advantage. Xu Feng never tried to get her to do what he wanted, at least where I am, it seems that he recognizes she's naive on some things but fails to see that she's just as ignorant in matters of love... whereas Run Yu saw from the get-go that she's basically clueless about everything and used it to his advantage.
Anyway, I don't know about the details about what happened after... But when you manipulate a naive girl for your own desires... this will lead to consequences. I might forgive that initial manipulation at some point... But based on where I am right now... Well, let's just say that if people hated his character, it probably started here and rightfully so.
You can be good all you want after but if your "good" is to make victims forget and/or forgive the initial lie, you're sorely mistaken.
There was this K drama called "Healer"... The FL was raised by an adoptive father since very young. It's later revealed that her father died because his best friend betrayed him because he was in love with his friend's girlfriend. The betrayer than got with his friend's girlfriend... and later added another lie on top to get rid of his wife's daughter. He wanted to erase any trace of his former friend in his wife's eyes.
Years passed and the truth eventually came out. He'd been married to this woman for over 20/30 years (don't remember the exact number)... She never forgot her first love, nor her daughter and he never got the love he wanted. BUT he was the best husband she could have asked for, affectionate, faithful, dedidacted... you name it.
But when she learned that she basically had gotten married to the man who caused her lover's death and on top of that that she lost her baby daughter because of him, he lost absolutely everything included any form of gratitude or debt she ever felt for him. You see him at the end of the series, still with political status and aura, but without any friends left. He is alone... with his demons, haunted by the ghosts of the people he wronged to get here (because obviously, once you've crossed that line, you keep on crossing others).
Run Yu's story reminds me of this.
It doesn't matter what he's going to do from now on. Maybe I'll grow some empathy as an external party to his tragic love story. But the start was wrong. He knows it's wrong but he still decides to go down that path. Once you go down that road, you can only right that initial wrong by wronging others again and again.
Well just my 2 cents.
I don't hate him yet, BUT I certainly have no affection for him as of now.
How I wish I could binge it though...
EDIT: Ok just finished episode 15... It is starting to get angsty... Taking a break.... BUT MY GOD, THIS.IS.GOOD.
Very frightening. I've watched 3 C dramas in a row people were raving about which turned out to be dissapointing + another that I dropped so I really hope this one is the one that is going to break the curse.
I think the story is really engaging from the start, hooked in spite of the CGIs which are a bit too glaring in places ( mostly because the environnement lights is not reflected on the characters which ends up making them stand out from the environment).
The only thing I find utterly ridiculous (I'm currently at episode 4) is the fact that everybody thinks in the Heavenly realm that Jin Mi is a man in spite of:
1. That face
2. No effort to hide her chest ( Ok it's not a big chest but it's still very visible she's not flat)
But whatever. No matter how ridiculous this is... I can't help but love it. Gender Bender is my jam so whenever there's some, even if it just doesn't make any sense, I'm just licking it up.
EDIT: AH OKAY. The hairpin is a magical hairpin that disguises her as a man ^^ Well it does make sense now.
Nope sir...
That started a little bit after the rise of anime fansubs... around 2002/2003 😎
I'm on the verge of dropping My Golden Blood... but still hanging on because I've literally dropped every single Thai dramas I've started since last december... All of them except for one were from GMMTV.
I wish they made more Thai BLs like "Not Me" but it was definitely an exception...
This page is REALLY not active at all... How long am I gonna get notifications about replies to this post... I'm really glad I dropped this show given how inactive this page has been... Very telling.
I don't really understand the need for a second season though... But will probably watch it when they make it.
Overall I'd rate it between 7.5 and 8 ( I still have 30 minutes left so that'll depend on how I feel later when finishing this). The only thing preventing me from giving more is the lack of suspens and the "disappointing plot twist" of the last 4 episodes.
Even though It was predictable , I was hoping they'd come up with a little something to surprise me but nope. EVERYTHING was predictable. In fact, I'd say the last case was the least interesting of the whole show.
Still enjoyed it though.
[ The MDL warning on top of the comment section is 🤣🤣🤣. It was about time they put one. I say, - as I've been blocking people a lot given how many people take things personal, get worked up on their own, and start insulting you whenever you type something they don't like... - it would also be nice, if we could block more than 100 people... Just saying...]
I say give it a try... If I remember well, I struggled from the 2nd episode but still hang on up to episode 6.
She wasn't easily cancelled. She cancelled herself. Her husband wanted to divorce. She didn't... and hinted that he had cheated on her, not remembering her birthday and whatnot. Which was discovered to be untrue through some exposed Kakao messages. And then she kept on posting about her version of the situation and their relationship on her social media while her ex stayed silent. At first people were on her side... but as she was caught lying more than once... and kept on posting about this whole debacle for weeks on end in spite of people urging her to stop...
In fact, even when people had moved on from the topic... She kept on posting about it. How it affected her health etc. Pictures of her putting on a lot of weight etc.
So people switched.
Honestly, she could have ridden that wave and come back to the industry if she hadn't tried to destroy her ex-husband in the process. He stayed silent during this whole debacle and this at the end, made him win the media battle. He later said that he didn't say anything because he didn't want to paint his ex-wife into a bad light since they did love each other at one point...
Whether that was genuine or not, nobody can tell... But I've got to say Ku Hye Son was so bent on getting people on her side... for something that was basically a private matter that she ultimately destroyed herself.
Personally not particularly fond of both actors... But one has managed to make a come back... and the other didn't.
Conclusion:
Unless your ex-husband has committed something illegal in your country (pedophilia, theft, not paying taxes, gambling etc.), don't explain publicly the reason why you divorce, it's only going to make you look bad.