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Had the potential to be an epic but ultimately disappointing
36 episodes at approximately 35 minutes each but could’ve easily been condensed into 24 episodes of 30 minutes and you would’ve still not missed anything because they laboured on the same point for way too long.
Episode one and I’m already annoyed. ML‘s dad gets killed through betrayal and he’s punished severely and asked to reclaim lost land by the stupid Emperor. Why? he didn’t do anything wrong and it clearly won’t be appreciated by anybody. FL blinded by father and brother, even though she achieved great military credit Substituting for her sick brother..
Episode four good to see the villains are actually punished correctly rather than let off for heinous crimes. The army training camp bloke who went looking for trouble and then tried to frame FL got rightly executed. Should’ve shown it though to give us an emotional release.
Episode seven I’m getting really annoyed having to pretend that she is a boy when it’s clearly a woman. It’s stupid. What is the obsession in letting villains go to plot more despicable acts when you have them in your hands. Getting frustratingly bad this show.
Episode eight. So the villains who they let go before, plot an assassination attempt and because they don’t have ABSOLUTE CONCRETE Evidence against them, they are let go. Total nonsense. Usual rubbish from C dramas. I’m starting to fast forward.
IT’S REALLY RUBBISH and getting more and more ridiculous. I’m so disappointed. There was a moment here in episode nine when I thought we’re making progress but it just went back to usual nonsense when the story could’ve moved forward. It’s just rubbish.
Episode 12 our heroes are just walking into trap after trap after trap after trap after trap. I’m tired.
Episode 13, it makes no sense that the female lead has to hide her origins from the ML. Unnecessary nonsense when they could be collaborating in uniting against the villains. It’s really poor storytelling. I don’t understand why they let the Que city spy leave just cause he had a sickly little brother. He would’ve killed everybody without mercy but his martial art skills were as good as our FL so he couldn’t. Its this kind of nonsense that shows how weak and pathetic C dramas are because if you’re getting this steady stream of propaganda that, if you’re morally bankrupt, it really doesn’t matter because the state will insist on forgiving and you don’t have to take any accountability. Sheesh!
Episode 16 my frustration is slightly waning because of the playful, lighthearted stuff at uncle and Aunty‘s reunion banquet. It’s nice stuff and brings a smile to my face.
17 to 34. Not bad.
The end of the drama really annoys me because we got the stupid Emperor who has been saved countless times by the FL and ML but insist on listening to nonsense from other people. I’m not gonna go through all the problematic elements but ultimately this emperor is going to be remembered as the most stupid idiotic emperor of his generation and it makes me wonder why they blindly follow a ruler who’s so incompetent like this.
I always struggle with these shows because there are so many mistakes that they make, which are not deliberate, but just clear flaws in the ideology they are trying to present.
As a sidenote, I really didn’t buy the chemistry between our leads. They are both very good looking people with strong acting ability, but I just didn’t believe in their romance. To be honest, none of the romantic pairings were particularly captivating. Anyway, finished happily enough but it’s easily forgettable. What a shame.
Episode one and I’m already annoyed. ML‘s dad gets killed through betrayal and he’s punished severely and asked to reclaim lost land by the stupid Emperor. Why? he didn’t do anything wrong and it clearly won’t be appreciated by anybody. FL blinded by father and brother, even though she achieved great military credit Substituting for her sick brother..
Episode four good to see the villains are actually punished correctly rather than let off for heinous crimes. The army training camp bloke who went looking for trouble and then tried to frame FL got rightly executed. Should’ve shown it though to give us an emotional release.
Episode seven I’m getting really annoyed having to pretend that she is a boy when it’s clearly a woman. It’s stupid. What is the obsession in letting villains go to plot more despicable acts when you have them in your hands. Getting frustratingly bad this show.
Episode eight. So the villains who they let go before, plot an assassination attempt and because they don’t have ABSOLUTE CONCRETE Evidence against them, they are let go. Total nonsense. Usual rubbish from C dramas. I’m starting to fast forward.
IT’S REALLY RUBBISH and getting more and more ridiculous. I’m so disappointed. There was a moment here in episode nine when I thought we’re making progress but it just went back to usual nonsense when the story could’ve moved forward. It’s just rubbish.
Episode 12 our heroes are just walking into trap after trap after trap after trap after trap. I’m tired.
Episode 13, it makes no sense that the female lead has to hide her origins from the ML. Unnecessary nonsense when they could be collaborating in uniting against the villains. It’s really poor storytelling. I don’t understand why they let the Que city spy leave just cause he had a sickly little brother. He would’ve killed everybody without mercy but his martial art skills were as good as our FL so he couldn’t. Its this kind of nonsense that shows how weak and pathetic C dramas are because if you’re getting this steady stream of propaganda that, if you’re morally bankrupt, it really doesn’t matter because the state will insist on forgiving and you don’t have to take any accountability. Sheesh!
Episode 16 my frustration is slightly waning because of the playful, lighthearted stuff at uncle and Aunty‘s reunion banquet. It’s nice stuff and brings a smile to my face.
17 to 34. Not bad.
The end of the drama really annoys me because we got the stupid Emperor who has been saved countless times by the FL and ML but insist on listening to nonsense from other people. I’m not gonna go through all the problematic elements but ultimately this emperor is going to be remembered as the most stupid idiotic emperor of his generation and it makes me wonder why they blindly follow a ruler who’s so incompetent like this.
I always struggle with these shows because there are so many mistakes that they make, which are not deliberate, but just clear flaws in the ideology they are trying to present.
As a sidenote, I really didn’t buy the chemistry between our leads. They are both very good looking people with strong acting ability, but I just didn’t believe in their romance. To be honest, none of the romantic pairings were particularly captivating. Anyway, finished happily enough but it’s easily forgettable. What a shame.
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