Kasia Krakowianka

you know, I am not for this kind of thing, but I can understand why the director chose to show this as well as snakes - we are to believe that these are deviants therefore the drama is upholding the righteous morays. Blah blah blah. I am loving it!

o my Lord! same here-still on the 3rd ep of Litchi Rd and rather disappointed with The First Night with Duke. I dropped Antidote and pretty boy in Destiny of Love for the same reason you hate it and after your comment about the ending credit song for Fallen Lady Returns - I am going to at least try that because I am a sucker for soundtracks.
Revenged Love (BL with funny moment of Bad Boys of Chinese "rich and famous") is actually not bad, but I am reading web novels of dramas that are in production or getting ready for distribution more than watching new mediocre things. Reading is more fun than same old same old drama watching. Oh and revisiting variety shows with my favorite actors (Truth and Hello Saturday are fun).
I just rewatched Love Between Fairy and Devil (2nd rewatch since originally aired-watched) and seeing Lady Chi Di here was a surprise because I honestly thought the FL was played by Huang Hao Yue from Dominion and Devotion (which she was absolutely brilliant in and I have her on my radar). Summer is here so in dog days there will be more oldies on IQIYI while I am on the beach or veranda.
When in the friends group people started posting about mid-year assessment I was kinda surprised. My Completed list has 49 titles marked as 2025 dramas and I watched also stuff from 2024 this year, so I guess maybe I am saturated to watch everything? My Dropped list has over 50 dramas from this year alone ha ha ha

🤣🤣🤣you are watching too? good to know -as of ep 4 I am kinda bored. If I drop I will track your comments

could this drama be better without the annoying female sidekick? what is her purpose other than get on my nerves?

the tags should include HIGHLY TRIGGERING FOR SCENESE DEPICTING CHILDHOOD TRAUMA (ABUSE/TORTURE)

eternally grateful for this. Thank you! I started reading chinese books this year as well so I am new to this just as you are. Black cat and golden retriever????🤣🤣🤣🤣 that is new to me as well. I will read I'llBtMLS-iL. I am highly recommending Deng Hua Xiao to you if you have not read it yet - awesome FL and no romance like sex and stuff.
What is NU? LInk?

i started watching and wooden SWL as the lead does not work for me. Is novel any better than Marquise Mansion?

I am so glad someone feels similar to my reactions. I just could not get into the novel. I am not even tempted to see the drama. I had a repulsive reaction to Prisoner of Beauty novel for all the crudeness (albeit realistic) sex stuff, but at least the drama did something with the script and characters! This I think is going to be the same stupid romance.

no pressure. I will check later then

Thank you!!! Are you working on any eng subs recently? Just curious as you have an incredible eye for fascinating dramas

yes. she is amazing, isn't she? acting directing producing and marketing at the top speed. AND what she creates is actually pretty good and different

it looks fun!

I saw it on Tencent app for a moment yesterday but today is not there. In the USA

thank you for this post. It takes a deep soul to see things from your perspective. I finished watching and had to engage in other things because this was such a disturbing story and such unpresumptuous ending. I thought similar things to what you wrote but your coherent explanation (particularly the birds!!! reference) cleared the path for me. I can sleep now. Namaste!❤️❤️❤️

I am wondering if this should be called a historical drama. If the setting was in modern times, we would say it was drama about crazy dude with money who does unspeakable things to children in the name of becoming a god and we get to see how some people try to get him to stop while others suffer while trying to get a bit of joy while pursuing justice. We would probably label the story with tags like "deviant character" "abuse of children and women" and "power struggle" and maybe "what happens when families deal with trauma" but probably not "romance". Can you imagine the same script adapted to 2025 USA? I can

oh I feel your pain. This was such downplayed, completely unglamorized series with very good script (even though the story was not the typical one) and played really well. All the aspects of the feudal ugliness checked including the f^^^ed up rules of life set by those in power or money. The theme of delusional sicko prince was very disturbing but hey there are people like that in this world (had my share of witnessing it while working with trauma victims) and let's look around this crazy world to realize we still have the same crappy rules and customs. And when you asked about happiness and social inequality... It is still a process and we as human race do not do that well in learning from our mistakes. I loved this drama, listened to the music and will go back to it because it was really well done with such an important message. Thanks for the post.

waiting for less heartache than Hongrang

i don't think i get it, what's the point of dragging that toxic relationship for 12 episodes? For once - could the 2ML be the good guy who gets the girl out of the clutches of a paranoid ML and the arc of "happy marriage" is actually between Fl and 2ML? To hell with the usual tropes. I want to see something different.

classic style or not-how much of suffering and angst can a poor woman take?

I am not sure if I like the voice actors dubbing but it seems to be "the thing" for big productions now.