NickB

😂, I know, right.

The Rebirth was good. Reborn from Ashes was entertaining, but weakened at the end. That's another one that should have had 24 ep.

Another good one is In the Name of Loyalty. That one features a smart FL who didn't just act without thinking.

Oh yeah, the FL leads in those series weren't playing around. I would add The Palace Gambit to that list as well.

This one isn't bad, I like the jealous stalker trope, but I prefer it when they either get what they want and it backfires or they get very close to it. Just being an annoyance for too long gets tiring. They had the SFL only attack her and fail. She should have blackmailed him more to be with her. If you're going to go that route.

It really didn't need to be 30 eps. It's just dragging the plot out. I dislike when they keep a villain alive just for that villain to continue to cause problems. And their excuse for not killing them off is always stupid. Like in this one she felt it would be "too easy". But aren't you supposed to be ruthlessly looking for revenge? Even if you didn't want to kill him then, she could have kept him prisoner and tortured him to death slowly. Why allow him to return to his life to cause more harm?

So, yeah she sure is taking her sweet apple pie cooking on the window ledge time.

It did deflate a little and that's because the villains haven't been dealt with, nor have their schemes caused enough problems to justify their continued existence. The male villain should have been killed off sooner when she first had the chance. The female villain as well, unless she could escalate her plots without them always failing. That would have added a bit more tension and made her a bigger threat. Furthermore, there hasn't been a reveal of another villain that is bigger or badder yet by 23. So, at least for me, that's why it feels like it's slowed down.

I bet she wished she had just killed that guy when she had the chance when the ML brought him to her unconscious. But noooo, she had to find evidence and this and that and by refusing to get rid of a problem the easy way, more ppl suffered including her. This is what I meant when I said in an earlier post, some ppl want too much revenge.

I would have reminded them of the arrows that guy was shooting off as to why he protected the princess. So far, this is fun. I don't really blame the ML though. He's been keeping his priorities focused on surviving and getting the hell up out of that world. She has the luxury of not suffering the way he has.

He's been stabbed to death about 7 times, beaten to death once, imprisoned, exiled, poisoned, tortured, threatened every day practically. You're damn right he wants to leave and doesn't care about the other men in the world because for him, it's not his world anyway and once he's free, he'll be safe.

She on the other hand is trying to be a hero. I'd lean more towards MLs approach. Remove all the other men until the only one left standing is her guard. See what happens next.

I would have cut ol girl up if she had stepped to me with all of that attitude.

I would have been like "b**** don't you have a husband? WTF are you back here bothering us? What woman goes from being a servant to noblewoman back to servant willingly? Awww, that married life to your dream husband ain't what you wanted it to be, is it?"

I wouldn't care what the rules were, that baby cradle should have been in the same room with the Empress. Take care of your own child

Then kidnap them, lock them up somewhere no one will find them and then torture them. If you really want to hurt them, kill their family first so they can watch knowing their legacy is over. Burn their homes down and let them know so that they know everything the loved and schemed so hard for is now ashes. Heck, before you burn the house down, if it's empty, you can search for documents if you want.

That's if you really want to serve that dish ice cold.

They let ppl mess with their heads too much for my taste. I would have said "First off, I only joined the family to save you from certain death. You're welcome. Secondly, I've been saving the members of this family ever since, not you. So, You have a lot of nerve to treat me this way and talk about honor and respect. I never married your son so, i don't have that obligation to him. I only used that title to save you, not to be bound by it forever."

On ep. 15 and loving it so far. But her revenge is blinding her to other possibilities. Like her head maid said, just because her sister had his pendent, doesn't make him the villain. She's not even taking into account his personality. Prince YI is closer to someone who would have assaulted her sister. and He's powerful enough for her to keep it a secret too. And how does she not know that maybe her sister had his charm because she had a crush on him and that's why she kept it. Or that he gave it to her in case of emergency for her to use it when she needed it.

She came to one conclusion and has stuck with it. Not even thinking about how her pursuit will her the Empress who protects her. This is the main flaw I see in her logic. Other than that, she's one tough and smart cookie.

Some ppl want too much revenge. 😂 In the grand scheme of things, does it really matter if your family's name is cleared?

Just kill the bastards and enjoy knowing they no longer get to live either. Ppl be out here doing the most.

Spying in the dark risking exposure, looking for documents, and secret gold hidden in secret rooms. Marrying ppl just to get in their house, kneeling outside the palace for three days just to show the emperor the evidence, getting caned 30 times because you banged the drum looking for justice.

Forget all of that. Sneak into their homes, strangle them, make it look like a suicide if you want. Fake a suicide note that is a confession or force them to write it themselves, then kill them.
Bam, ya done getting your revenge. 😂

She isn't as annoying in this one as she was in that last series. And I think her character is actually smarter too. I enjoy the jealous woman antics of the SFL and her grudge deserves vengeance. So, I'm enjoying it.

I do want to see how it ends.

I can see where you're coming from. Me personally, I would never be in a relationship with someone who killed my fam. But in this fictional situation, I'm supposed to be convinced of their growing relationship since they are the main leads and the premise says they are work together to get her justice. And they are drenching it in his affection for her from that whole childhood past the way Cdramas love. 😂

So, I take that and think. Will she forgive him since he was following orders from the king based off information he was given?

Considering how easy she believed he set her up to be sold off based off some house servant's word, will she have leniency for him?

I think it was a mistake for the writers to have him be the one who killed her family and is now seeking the truth. They should have had it just him arresting her family and someone else could have killed them, which sparks his own investigation into who.

That almost sounds familiar. Yeah, a lot of writers rely on cheap and lazy tropes because they either don't want to be or are incapable of being more creative.

He might want to leave that sword in her chest. I hate when they make smart and strong FL weak and stupid.

Ugh, yes. And she has this facial expression when she's being cocky that makes her even more annoying. Yes, she is beautiful. I'm just not on her side entirely because as you know, like in the last drama Marry Him in Her Place, the ML is giving and giving and not getting anything in return, not even a bit of trust. Like what will he need to do to prove to her that he's on her side? End up with both of them falling off a cliff after he takes a poisoned arrow for her and is unconscious as he hangs on by a thread, only to vaguely hear her make her confessions and promises she won't keep about how she will love him and not use him if only he can survive? Will he have to do that?

Yeah, me too. I kept waiting for the story to fulfill the premise. The only thing she was good at was healing ppl, but when she continued to leave her medicine unattended and it was tampered with and she ended up nearly dying only for the ML to save her every time... I was so disappointed with it.

The Palace Gambit was much better.

It was bad. 😂

On ep. 7. I knew from Ep. 1 that one maid was going to die because she was too gullible to survive in that palace. Poor girl, she didn't deserve that. But I am really looking forward to the payback.

And Ming Yu is hella annoying and stay overstepping.

May I also suggest In the Name of Loyalty. It has a rational, cunning and kickass FL out for revenge. Great villain who was entertaining. Nice schemes.