NickB

This is the kind of series that didn't need that stupid "secret identity" trope. In fact, most series don't and that's why that damn trop annoys me as much as the "amnesia" trope. And they have both of them. For some reason, Cdramas love the combination of if a person has a secret Identity, they most also have amnesia too.

Anyway, what makes the trope stupid here is that in the beginning, the FL makes a bet with the ML that if he doesn't want to marry her in 6 months, then they can call it off. But the whole time, it's like she forgot she made that bet as the Princess who's facial mask hasn't been removed. The two have not spent any time together as Prince and Princess. ML has only been falling in love with her over several months as her alternate identity of being a teahouse owner... which is also a secret identity within a secret identity.

And that would be all well in good, IF she wasn't standoffish when the ML wasn't to move the relationship deeper. Not even anything series either. Hand holding, a hug, a tender kiss... She turns away.

So, as the viewer, I don't know what her motivation is. Does she want to be with him or not? Is she looking for a way to go back home and that's why she doesn't want to get closer? What's the point of making the bet in the beginning then? And as princess, will she ever seek him out and remove her mask so that he can see the woman he's already falling in love with is her.

See, that would be a certain strategy IF I thought that it WAS her strategy, but it's not. See doesn't know what she wants out of this relationship as this point.

Interesting how she forgets out to fight when she should. I guess this gives the ML the chance to swoop in and save her. Only on ep. 3, so far, it's interesting. I just side eye the selective martial art usage. So far, she's passed out 2 times and needed to be rescued by a man. Either she's a badass who can fight and save herself, or she's a damsel in distressed waiting for her hero.

One of the worst emperors ever. 😂

Their chemistry works

A Lucid Dream was cool. Yeah, I agree with everything you said.

This is when I get to the point when I ask, "are the characters 12?" Because this is some immature nonsense. The writers have decided to add in crazy scenarios like phone hacking to keep these two not having an adult conversation.

They had mature interactions prior to ep. 12

You're right about ep. 14. I'm on it now and she just discovered who he is. But to hold on to that lie, he decides to let his secretary do a Live stream misrepresenting the company as the CEO. Now that was just beyond stupid. You're the damn CEO, you'll risk losing investor and consumer confidence in your company because you're afraid some chick you like and are lying to when you don't have to, finds out that you're the CEO?

This sort of hijinks, I don't like or need.

They were doing everything right, being unique and then decided to fall on overused cliches. 😠

TBH, I am a little disappointed since they added two unnecessary tropes to create hijinks that are just silly IMO. It turned from sophisticated fun into a folly of cliches

1. Him lying about being the CEO. This is just silly because eventually she's going to find out and be mad that he lied about something that didn't really need to be lied about. Not only that, it requires her being stupid enough not to check the company's website. And it also requires none of the other employees who know the truth to correct her.

They should have just gone with her finding out the morning he was going to work and offered her a ride. That could have had its own humorous scenarios. Doing it this way allows her to make a fool of herself and makes him a bit cowardly.

2. Because he lied about being the CEO, now the FL thinks his sister is his ex. And now we have to watch them not say what needs to be said in order to clear up this misunderstanding.

Now, I just have to see how long they're going to drag out this silliness in this 24 short ep. series.

You know, if the emperor wasn't such a horndog, his harem wouldn't be as chaotic. He sleeps with damn near any woman who flatters him and bats her eyes, then is bombarded by treachery from his wives. he's blinded by because it's hidden behind a pretty face and a smile.

This is the kind of series where you don't just shut off your brain if you want to enjoy it even a little. You have to remove your brain and set it aside somewhere safe to protect it completely from this nonsense, then proceed.

10 episodes too long.

This had me laughing ep. 1. Okay, I'm on board for the full ride.

This movie had three things I hate.
1. Annoying kids
2. Stupid time loops
3. Pretentiousness

I hate movies with time loops because most don't do them right where they can feel new and exciting each time like Edge of Tomorrow or Happy Death Day to me. This movie did it the way I hate. I was bored.

Yeah, this one isn't for me. I don't like unruly children and that's the main purpose of the child in this movie so that the mother can complete her programming of finding him.

While programming human emotions, she should have programmed human intelligence because my God, woman! How hard is it to keep up with one damn child! I thought Lori and Maggie were bad.

For me, this was boring and pretenscious, tries too hard to be profound. And I believed the low reviews are a result of the bait and switch where viewers thought they were getting a disaster film instead of a simulation. They could have still gone with the AI angle and keep it a disaster film of where does humanity go from here? But they didn't do that.

I'm taking off a whole point off my final review for the scene I had been waiting for being filmed in the dark. I felt robbed.

And the person who can't fight needs to shut up about how someone who can defends themselves. Another point deducted. I hate those morally superior characters.

Also, I'd be checking that rabbit the little girl loves so much. I bet there's a bomb in it. Also, ML's wife is the worst. She is just mean when she doesn't even need to be. I don't even see how they were attracted to each other by how she treats him and her daughter. That's why the little girl is closer to her dad.

and I don't trust that English speaking teacher one bit. she's highly suspect.

And both parents were stupid to continue to send their daughter to school during bomb threats and personal threats made like that's a safe place. She was already naive enough to take ice cream from a stranger that could have been poisoned and dad allowed her to continue to eat it.

Yeah, I'm going to watch it to see where it's going but my expectations are low. I'm on ep. 5 and it's like the writers are purposely avoiding the MC having an adult conversation to keep the "misunderstanding" going. I hate that. This results in having the ML act stupid and outrageous just to keep the "suspense" going.

I just finished watching Story of Yanxi Palace and that was a 10/10 for me

Yep, I've seen that one and it is good. The ending to Reborn from Ashes was lazy for the most part. But they did it to explain the supernatural element in the series. I just finished watching Love and Strife. That was good.

First ep in and I see this series has one of those stupid FL that just accuses ppl without any real investigation. And of course the ML has to be stupidly devoted to tolerate all of the nonsense, betrayal and accusations long enough for the relationship to blossom from enemies to lovers.

I guess. It's just disappointing because the short C dramas lately have been moving in the right directions. This feels like a regression of FL intelligence.