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Same!! Perfect romcom for me. Silly, light hearted, smart dialogue. Loved it.

I watched 'Call it Love' right after (which is sad, slow, and poignant). But imagine if I left a review for that melodrama: "This show isn't funny. 4 stars."

People are so weird.

For anyone willing to share! Here are my questions:
1. Is this show entertaining?
2. And how is the script/dialogue?


I do not mind baddie/toxic/problematic main characters in *fictional* stories, especially at the beginning of a story. The worse the character is, the more satisfying the character development at the end (and fun the story is to read or watch as they experience character growth).

I am here to be entertained, not necessarily educated, and definitely not to be preached to.

Although, if I'm also educated, great. But I'm really here, watching a TV show, for entertainment.

What I do not enjoy: perfect characters from the get-go who are victims in their own story, banal dialogue, lazy / convenient plot devices, filler scenes and characters to lengthen / prolong conflict unnecessarily (conflict is only necessary if it contributes to character growth, in my opinion).

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I was thinking the same thing. This show was so fun! The fact that people are focused on logic when the entire premise is totally absurd...? What? It's so good (for what it is, it's fantastic).

He is OUTSTANDING at yearning.

This was EXCELLENT from start to finish.

This is a super helpful comment, more helpful than any of the reviews I read thus far. THANK YOU!

Oh man. Osteosarcoma has a 60-70% survival rate at 5 years, but relapsed patients only have a 5-30% survival rate (at 5 years). This is such a brutal diagnosis. :-(

Him being a bad guy is precisely why I'm looking forward to this one!

I can't help but wish for a second drama with these two (where that red string does it's magic...) <3

Well said

Episodes 1-5 are pretty unbearable. It starts getting good at episode 6...

They're SO CUTE!!!

He's an incredible actor! I wish he'd get better scripts (like this one).

omg YES! Exactly this.

I know some of y'all are saying this isn't a romance, or there's not much romance on screen so far, but I'm going to have to disagree (from my perspective and, honestly, my preference for romantic stories). There's so much love in the latest episodes:
1. Lin Jin Qi smiling with pride as he watches and listens to his wife at the court proceedings. And instead of making a fuss about Scholar Han's appearance, the way he gently reached for and held her hand for reassurance. How she walked with him for a while after, still holding his hand.
2. Lin Jin Qi tying the red ribbon with gold writing to the tree, his wish being that they love each other and grow old together, and then his reluctantly hopeful face when Xu Lan Xiang says, "I hope your wishes come true."
3. Lin Jin Qi trying to celebrate Xu Lan Xiang's birthday by taking her to the family retreat, away from everyone else, so they can possibly connect on some level. She pours herself 3 glasses of wine one after the other and the ML's micro-expressions as his hope for connection turns into patient acceptance. He moves to the seat next to hers and pours the wine for her, as though to say, "No pressure. Today is your birthday. Celebrate it however you want."
4. Xu Lan Xiang stopping the carriage, leaning out the window, and calling after Lin Jin Qi, telling him to be safe. The woman hasn't let go of the past, rightly so, but her action was absent premeditation. She called out because she felt the need to say something, to remind him there were people (her) who cared about his well-being and safety.
5. Xu Lan Xiang had 1000 reasons to send someone else out to rescue Lin Jin Qi, but she went herself. Yes, Lin Jin Qi's life means stability for the whole Lin family, but that would be all the more reason to send out others to save him; servants from the household who are physically stronger, who know how to fight. But she needed to find him, she needed to see him as soon as possible and ensure his safety. The woman is fighting her own feelings at this point, holding the past like a shield against the onslaught of her heart. I love this "trope," when the character doesn't yet recognize their own feelings and therefore their actions run counter to reason.
6. Lin Jin Qi using his last bit of strength to teach Xu Lan Xiang how to use the gun to protect herself and, when he collapses from exhaustion, she knows his intentions are only good and pure.

Two things can be true at the same time. Xu Lan Xiang can be stubbornly resistant to falling in love with the person who FORCED her to marry him, but still fall for him nevertheless. The years of patient pining and care are high key romance. Lin Jin Qi's character growth and recognition of the ways he failed her are also high key romance. The quiet moments of understanding, or seeking to understand, or trying to change for the better are HIGH KEY romance.

They're not on the same page yet. Both characters are deeply flawed and still have a lot of growing to do. But I'm enjoying the incremental, methodical steps they're taking toward each other so, so much. I wouldn't have it any other way. <3

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