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First RJL drama that I got so annoyed.

I had doubts when I plan to start this show.
So, I watched 1st episode b4 deciding to continue.

From the first look:
- Both leads no chemistry
- First time RJL act as this quirky, cheerful guy (he looks natural in more happier role)
- FL acting is weird
- Nothing impressive from first look

So when I decided to continue the series, I gave up hoping for any spark of chemistry between both of them and focus on the story. The first 10+ episodes were painfully slow. And, I think within these episodes, the ML expressed his desire to settle down with the love of his life. I was like, wait, so you already fell for her? Want to get married? No indication of the romance, then they are suddenly together.

In the middle, it was okay, still nothing too spectacular.

Then, after Lingxu Pavilion massacre, everything started to fall apart.

Storyline, script, acting slowly go down the drain.

Few examples:
- Mei Ying. How many lives this guy have? I should call him immortal. It’s no joke, he could live through all his reincarnations back to back.
- Both ML and FL initially know this is their past generations feud. So they want to end it in best way possible. But when Lin Jing harrowingly went through the whole massacre, FL was in her own bubble, still the same FL of the past. Things has changed but she still bent on solving things on her own, ask him to spare her father, doubting her husband etc.
- The brief pregnancy scene. When this popped up, I just rolled my eyes in disbelief. It came as nothing, as show don’t implied they consummated but it also doesn’t serve any kind of purpose. Look at Nalan Yue’s face after he knew? No expressions. He was calm. This plot was unnecessary and didn’t serve anything.
- I’m expecting FL to understand Nalan Yue, but her character seemed disconnected from then till the end. And her flat acting didn’t help.
- Nalan Yue is bent on taking revenge. But in the end he let go of those people. I’m not sure it’s because of Hua, but yeah, many times I want Yue to just kill off Rong Jing Feng but he always thought of her first, meanwhile FL always thought of HER FATHER, rather than try to understand Nalan Yue.
- Characters from Dragon Howl. Really, I’m speechless. Rong Jingfeng betrayed Ling Sect, stole the Chihua Pills from Nalan family, established his own sect, and claimed the pills belonged to Dragon Howl City. These people, Ziyan, Bai Weizhi, Rong Su… Do they know what this guy did? Or they just closed one eye and supported him blindly? I’m just appalled that these characters are either too dense or too stupid to differentiate what is right from wrong.
- Mo Huan. She almost became a calefare in the middle because her backstory wasn’t really explained until towards the end. The production under utilise her making her redundant most of the time. The villain is jumping between Rong Jingfeng, Mo Huan and Mei Ying.
- REN JIA LUN HAD SUCH AMAZING CRYING SCENES but the FL failed to keep up the momentum. This show might fare better with if paired with better actress with at least palpable chemistry.
- When towards last episode, show showed Lin Jing, I was so pissed off. So the show is saying Nalan Yue is just a fake persona, and when he said he buried it for good, I’m just speechless! Nalan Yue was the star of the show. Goodness, how messy this was. No, don’t tell me because Hua in love with Lin Jing, not Nalan Yue. This is not split personality issue. The fact that he’s born a Nalan. That doesn’t change. So, to throw away this identity is just so idiotic.

I didn’t have so much complaints in the earlier part of the show. However as episodes went by, I’m just growing more frustrated.

The only good thing was Lin Jing/Nalan Yue.
Although his characters have flaws, but Jialun’s acting hard carried the whole show.
I persevered through because of him. Nothing else.

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overall a not bad production but can be better

I’ve mixed feelings after finishing this drama. there’s good and bad.

storyline:
the cases and the politics got too complicated till I’ve forgotten what happened in first episode. the only thing that got me going was when the main leads gonna have feelings for each other.
for the ending, why Lu Yi use that scroll after Yan Shifan was dealt with? emperor kept issuing edict. so annoying. from death sentence to life imprisonment within 10 mins. this is funny. knowing Jinxia was Xia generation why the villain didn’t try to imprison Lu Yi for protecting Xia family instead? the ending for him taking the blame was unnecessary.

acting:
I swear, as time passed, Yan Shifan’s acting grew on me. his expression looks calm but you can see the psychotic side he portrayed with ease. Han Dong has been on my radar ever since he’s in Burning Flames but here he’s just good.
Ren jialun looks good as Lu Yi but he’s not intimidating enough. he’s known to be ruthless and I expected his expressions to be more cold and daunting. but but his 8 year old and 13 year old Lu Yi was AMAZING!
Tan Songyun, my first drama from her and she’s so tiny here lol. I love her jovial character but she’s good at crying scenes too.

their chemistry was palpable not too much and too less. however, there were scenes where I don’t feel the intensity of their love. I don’t need any romantic skinship scenes (One and Only proved it to me) but theirs did work out well, so not much complains here.

there were bad edits in the drama but I laughed it off as I watched. well, I don’t blame them. if they could put more effort in being more detailed.

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at least I’m entertained.

firstly, I don’t watch modern cdramas. watched this because I’m currently going through Allen’s list of dramas and because I’ve watched Burning Flames and wasn’t a fan of the CP there, I wish to see how their chemistry fares.

main leads have good chemistry. however second main leads were amazing! love them and every of their scenes made me laughed out loud. at the end, her confession made me cry and touched.

storyline wise, it was ok until I reached around ep30ish when story started to drag, especially Xiao Ning’s parents and the embezzlement issue. it lingers in the background for too long that I lost interest in those scenes.

the scenes between Chuan and Xiao Ning after they got together, also felt too long and dragged. this series should either be a 24 or 30 episodes long.

about the mechanical heart. I mean I don’t get it. the main doctor is gone and the assistant have no materials to refer how to update the heart? then in the end, she established her own research team and they able to salvage all this mess? sorry, this sounds so fairytale like. I wouldn’t want Chuan to die because it defeats the purpose. at least, they should spend some of the scenes focusing how they able to save him or something.

acting wise. Xing fei, I don’t know what happened to her in Burning Flames but she’s very likeable here. her cheerful and bubbly character won me over.

Allen. I think after bingeing 3 shows from him, I’ve grown accustomed to his line delivery. his name here Chuan, can also panting or gasp for breath. lol, how irony. it’s funny that as much as I’m not satisfied with his delivery, I just like how he delivers his image of Gu Chuan.

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one of the best fusion of modern and ancient adaptation

went into this show without knowing anything about it. it was in the last episode i knew it was adapted from a webcomic and subsequently an anime.

and usually adaptations tends to be worse and not good but this show is one of those that do justice and right up amazing!

my favorite character: Feng Baobao.
damn, her weirdness is a vibe. haha. I just LOVE LOVE LOVE her.

my favorite CP: Wang Ye & Zhuge Qing
come on, who doesn’t? their onscreen chemistry was solid.

my favorite side character: Feng Shayan
I love badass female characters and even though she wasn’t the inheritor to her father’s power, she still prove to be badass.

other supporting characters were awesome too, include Lv Liang etc.

I have to admit some parts I have to FF because I just want to reach the climax part and they still keep talking. but other than that overall a very good and well done production.

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truly heartbreaking ending.

the drama made full use of 24 episodes without any fillers impressed me much.

from story, acting to its execution and breathtaking cinematography, this gonna be one of my top personal favourite drama that scores high in every level.

the slow burn, unspoken romance was heartfelt and emotional. my first drama from BL, 2nd from RJL, their chemistry was off the chart just by staring at each other, mesmerising!

Nanchen Royal Mansion, it’s army, as time passed, it felt that has become my home and the army, my family. how I felt and connected with the supporting characters and their warmth.

ending wrecked me hard. beautiful tragedy.

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so messy but quite interesting storyline

there’s so many things I wish to say about this show. mostly aren’t good ones.

good points:
- interesting storyline
- Liu Yuning song

heard that it’s based on donghua. the assemble is good and interesting.

bad points:
- cringey
there are some parts are so cringe, e.g. the father & son scenes, some scenes supposed to be serious but it’s just cringe.
- Wu Geng
yes, the main character himself. he’s one of the main reason why I’m just frustrated. his character buildup is lacking and he doesn’t seem to have his own power? after losing his colorless realm, it seems he’s relying on others to give him power. that’s why the end when he’s the mortal god of war, it’s just a disappointing moment.
- RJL’s line delivery
honestly, this is my first drama from him. and his line delivery is really poor. be it angry or frustrated, his tone is the same. and it’s his own voice (have watched F&E, now I know how he sounds like)
- Bai Cai
honestly, she’s redundant. period. had enough with her A gou.
- RJL hairstyle
why why why?
- underutilising Hei Long
dude is such a hottie, and his presence giving me Voldemort-ish. why he only appear at the start and the end? such a waste!

characters that stood out:
- Shi Xing
- Xinyue Kui
- Zha Zha and his father (their scenes were just lol)

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anticipated this drama so much…but it just not up to expectations.

After finishing this drama, I’m truly not a fan of this screenwriter. TDHR might be popular among many but not me. I just don’t like how the writer wrote it. She unable to make me sit throughout the different plots, which is the same for FCY. I fast forward many scenes due to dull dialogues and weak buildups.

I’m a fan of Guo Hu’s works but I realised his work reflects better with good scriptwriters. this was reflected wonderfully in One and Only & MLC.

The CGI was superb, set up and casts were wonderful. what could be wrong?

It was when Xin Mei delivered super long speech at Chongling Valley, I knew it. At that time, I swear that was the longest boring dialogue I’ve ever heard in a drama. to add, the short screen time of ML at the start bothered me. and with more and more characters introduced, story became more on the surface and unable to go deep. the story involves immortals, humans and war demon. yet the end goal was about immortals insecurities towards human inventions? pfft…

I’ve been following some of RJL works and I’m not surprised because his works are more of my type of dramas I’ll watch. I just feel Lu Qianqiao character is very deep, potentially can be expanded further. he’s such an interesting character to study. he’s a war demon, lived for 200 years. and he’s the only war demon left? I just wish writer wrote about remaining war demons rather than perished all of them.

romance part, I never bothered if it’s RJL’s dramas. used to it. however, he needs to stop giving me the same expressions he’s been showing since One and Only days. also, I felt Wang Herun overact a little like a little girl when she’s in love lol. like gurllll, act your age. unless you tell me she never had a crush which is not, since her first crush was Bai Zongying.

shoutout to Bai Zongying & Chu Ying. they are my favourite characters throughout the show.

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2025 the year of original script

I’ve been putting off my review until now. from what I see from all those who watched the show and primarily has issues with the FL, I could say this show is really not for everyone.

if one not used to cdramas use of tropes, or this is first time into cdrama, the understanding and relatedness to the scenes showed in this drama might be much lower.

this year is really the year of original script, showcase talent of scriptwriters. being other one that enjoyed was filter, ADWAD is definitely up there.

during the course of the drama, I had no issue with the FL, whilst I thought reducing few episodes does make it better, but FL stays rational is understandable. guess those who were frustrated wanted her to see NH for who he is and then fall in love, and then what? the turning point of their relationship is when SYM finally believes in him. and they working together to change their fates. and that’s the end of their relationship, there’s no growth anymore. HEA. imagine them being together in the middle, their chemistry and story will suffer.

why NH keeps suffering when many forgot his manager requested 900 scenes of just him. the real scriptwriter fulfilled that wish. the emperor perhaps represent those people with high position job that doesn’t treat their people like humans and when they did something worth praising, they just switch their tune.

I felt this story is trying to show such people and such does exist irl, relatable in that sense.

it ended with a bang, the last few episodes were the best I’ve seen since MLC.

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