MadelineMaureen

Doesn't hurt that one of the actresses is the same as well.

Dear editors of show,
Please for the love of all that is holy do not do Yang Yang dirty and please edit out any mishaps with potential(definitely spotted them in photos already) shoulder pads. Last one(drama) I saw of his there were a few scenes where I was like....."noooooooo, they wrong for that." There is nothing wrong with not being naturally Dorito shaped(ex: Bai Jing Ting). But for the love of all that is good, stylists, directors, editors....save the performances by not making helpmates obvious in the final edit.

For context...My vision is so crap that I naturally notice how people move/overall body shape more than details of a face. I'm more likely to recognize someone when they are walking than if they are standing still. So there are certain aspects of acting performances that I can't help but notice....when someone is wearing lifts, shoulder pads ets it changes the movement of the actor. The poor actress from Youthful Glory(the half sister of the FL) had me in stiches because the shoulder pads kept slipping and I couldn't take her character seriously because of it.

It depends on which platform/format you are watching it. Sometimes audio files are set up for a multi speaker system, so you need to make sure that it's set to your set up. Not all platforms have different audio settings or enhancers. I've noticed that Tencent and Viki sometimes have this issue. I'm currently rewatching on prime and it sounds fine on both my cellphone and my TV.

Mi Ji's ex is gay. He as bullied by the guy he liked into confessing to Mi Ji. Ho Su isn't an asshole and didn't want to out the ex to anyone so he kept what he knew to himself. I believe he was going to tell Mi Ji at some point, but she isolated herself shortly after this.
The ex was honest with her, whether it's because he didn't want to lie or because he was influenced by Ho Su, we don't know. But Mi Ji, like Ho Su, knows how to keep other's secrets. Well, not so much company secrets, but....

Mi Rae was born sick. She was told from a young age to not do certain things, that she CANT do certain things. She could see the financial burden on her family because she was always in the hospital. So she became hyperfocused on getting scholarships so that her family wouldn't need to pay for university. She wanted to become a civil servant so that the pay was stable. Anxiety and depression are bound to happen under such circumstances. She was isolated a lot growing up...othered....this was one of the factors to her closing herself off to others, even her twin.

I tripped over my own foot once at work onto a thinly carpeted concretefloor. fell forward onto my cellphone(the edge) that was in my front pocket...ended up with a nasty bruise that covered my entire hip. im all of 5ft tall....so 3 stroies....yeah, they'd still be limping or massaging bruises out at minimum.

or younger brother. but I definitely feel he is connected to the senior in some way.

wouldn't be shocked to find out she was the one who started the dating rumor. that way both sisters would be off the table for him. as it was clear that he had feelings for Mi Ji & Ji Yun would have seen that if she was looking at him all the time.

The sisters' gaslighting worked a bit too well on HoSu. He feels like he's crazy or a horrible person. Either way Mi Ji needs to apologize to him when he finds out.

I like how good people are drawn to both Mi Rae & Mi Ji. Yes, they have their struggles, but they are both so hard working in different ways. Props to the writers & Park Bo Young/Lee Jae In for making each sister unique but similar. I like that they get to see each other's struggles & that they are slow to understand each other but eventually bit by bit seeing the world through their sister's eyes they are opening themselves back up.
Still struggling in epiosde 5 but progress is being made on both fronts.

crying like a Lil bitch ever episode. too relatable to be unmoved by their stories.

I hope that Lusi is able to participate in promotions & fan events for this one once they start releasing/promoting in full. I know that her co-stars for this one will look out for her so I hope she does as much as she can without over taxing herself.

The cast alone will have me checking in to see if I vibe with the show. As it's pretty much everyone from the same few agencies again. I think the cross over for The Double and Perfect Match reached like the 40s so this one will probably be in the 20-30 actor cross over range.

The genre isn't my go to so I have to really enjoy the cinematography and all aspects to stay invested. I couldn't vibe with the styling of Moonlight Mystique & I couldn't do the inevitable sad ending of Love in Pavilion. I'm hoping for a Love of the Divine Tree pleasant surprise. Hoping for a more definitive ending than we got for The Demon Hunter's Romance.

I just need some grounding that makes me believe the world they inhabit is real...do you know what I mean?

Nah, Sister Shoulder Pads should have died in the invasion and just let it end. Her husband is too kind and in 2 business weeks she'll be back to her old ways.

There are a lot of scenes were they are in rooms that are actually more outside than inside. And depending on season can be quite cold. In older homes they stay quite cold. So anytime they are at his family's home I let it pass as they are up in the mountains. But anytime they are at her apartment or their home I side-eye a bit.

I about lost my mind. I woke up from a nap to check to see what episode count was left and saw 10 days. I thought that I was still asleep for a second. Like how you can't really read in a dream that kind of thing.

yes, they went around the censorship rules in an interesting way. There are a lot of parallels & callbacks to One & Only.
There is only one plot point toward the end that made me side eye production but other than that one storyline toward the end great show.

by the by, the monk plays Bi Zhi in The Prisoner of Beauty. Loyal & loving to his wife, innocent horse groom with the streght of a god. If you havent started it already highly recommend to all.

I all of a sudden felt like rewatching this one. There are no kisses or happily ever after, but oh boy are the performances from everyone top tier.
This show captured longing in a way that is difficult to find in shows lately. The writing, directing, and choices by the actors make you feel how connected they are. The way their eyes track each other around a room. The way they hold themselves back & can express that the character wants nothing more than to be closer to the other.
It's not just the ML & FL who experience the unrequited love that epics are written about. There are so many versions of love, interest, respect, obsession, throughout the drama.
Still highly recommend this show, but it needs to quickly be followed by Forever & Ever.
I'm not being dramatic when I say almost everyone dies. And these are not peaceful deaths...only 1 was truely a natural death. I'm only to episode 19 in my rewatch & we have a named character body count of at least 7.
Watch this show when you need to cry. If you want to pretend they get a happy ending in this one stop the show about midway through episode 19. After that, shit, once again, hits the fan.

How the hell does that girl still have her stupid whip. That would have been the first thing to get yeeted if she was entering my family. For someone with no power of her own she sure does make a lot of noise.