Sharlotka

Episode 17

Unless they invent a miraculous medicine that gets rid of all of his scars, I guess nobody will have any problems to tell the Ding twins apart anymore if the other one wakes up from his coma.

Zhan Zhao’s two young sidekicks freaking out as they walk during the night was quite funny.

Of course the missing pieces of the burnt papers that they needed just happened to hide themselves from view lol But it’s funny how they all speak about Zhan Zhao just wanting to use them for a promotion. I guess his attitude must be very rare if that is what they all expect lol

Bai Yutang, Bai Yutang… I love you man, but it’s really not a good idea to so stubbornly deny and pretend that you’re not poisoned. Not that I'm complaining that you're halucinating your brother (I suppose?) but still.

Episode 16

Did Ding Zhaohui seriously think that Jing Yiming isn’t suspicious of him, or was he just trying to play the hero and take Jing Yiming out himself? I know he was kind of introduced as not being the brain in the family but with everything he learnt about the guy, how are you expecting him not to be suspicious? And why on Earth would you drink anything the guy gives you if you don’t see him pour the same thing to his own cup?

I'm curious to see if the siblings get a reunion, or one of them ends up dead before it has a chance to happen.

It’s so interesting to watch Si Ming, especially when this role is so different to what the actor played in Pursuit of Jade. Kudos to the actor, really – he does very well with both.

I'm SO in agreement with everything you said. I think, first and foremost, for this drama but really any other, people should actually give it a try and judge for themselves. Obviously, not every drama is going to be for everyone - everyone has their own taste and one person is going to love something, another is going to hate it. And MDL rating is notoriously not reliable, so making any assumptions/decisions based on it alone is just plain stupid.

And I'm the same, if I don't like something, I will say I gave it a try, it didn't work and move on. I don't understand why some people seem completely unable to follow this kind of attitude when there are so many dramas out there, and rather than waste time on something they don't enjoy, they could do everyone - including themselves - a favour by finding something else that will fit their taste.

This, 100%. I'm so tired of people complaining about how ML doesn't punish the bad guys himself but wants to bring them to justice. That's his job, that's what his character is all about, that's why he is supposed to be better than those corrupted official that he is dealing with. Not to mention, it's emphasised time and time again in the drama itself, so are they even watching or just hating on everything for the sake of it?

No, I started when it came out but this week was a bit busy for me and between two airing dramas, I fell behind.

Cliff diving - good one!

Haha, good to know! I'm about to sleep but it means something for me to look forward to tomorrow <3

Well, I am trying to catch up with the episodes so a little binge is required lol

Episode 15

Oh my, Zhan Zhao fell from the cliff, oh no! What a tragedy! What's going to happen to him? After all, it only has 100% survival rate in C-dramas. At least some people are sensible enough to realise that no body = no certainty he's actually dead.

Zuo Ye spotted, yay! I'm not expecting him to have a big role here but I can't help hoping we may get to see him again if his character apparently is connected to Bai Yu Tang's past... I want to know what happened 15 years ago, too.

At least they answered my wondering about Zhan Zhao recognising Ding Yue Hua. It was nice to see.

I'm a little behind, only on episode 13 right now, but I wonder if Zhan Zhao isn't actually aware that he's interacting with Ding Yue Hua, and just acting as if he is oblivious... Her face is not even hidden all that well, and she's not trying to change her voice or anything. I just can't help finding it a bit of a stretch if he was to actually not recognise her at all just because of that little veil.

Not in that one, actually, at least not for the usual reasons (rival of ML, not getting the girl etc). If they do it well, it should actually be a pretty fun role because I've read the novel but I don't really want to go into details here for spoiler reasons and all :)

I would really love to see that, preferably in a regular-length drama. He got SML in a modern one that has finished filming not that long ago, so maybe, baby steps, there is some hope :)

I came to this drama just because of Zuo Ye, and I'm loving him here. I always love him, in any drama really, but Chen Xuanqing shows some of his best acting.

Also, I may be a bit biased obviously, but love your icon! :)

He's the only reason why this drama even landed on my list. I think my favourite role of his so far, outside of MJTY because I don't think anyone is going to beat Young Master Yue anytime soon, is in "Fated Hearts". And while not the best, I liked that "Back from the Brink" had him in a more comic relief role because it's so different than what he usually seems to do.

"Humans are blind" - well, you're clearly the best example of that. Noone here cares about your bs and somehow, you're still here, spamming the same thing over and over and over again as if that was going to achieve a different result than any time before.

Episode 8

With every episode, I'm loving Bai Yu Tang more and more. His smugness when he was asked if he just broke into the palace for the token made the answer very clear, although the actual reveal was surprising. The carving made me laugh so much. It was cute, though, I have to agree with that!

At first, I thought that Shao Ji Zu was just following orders, so it was interesting to see that he actually, 100% genuinely follows the guy with the full awareness of his plans. It's funny how they all still speak of Huo Linglong as his fiancee - just how do they imagine the marriage to work? Her being cuffed, chained and gagged to actually go through with it and not try to escape? Especially when she finds out the full truth about him.

Poor Zhan Zhao can't get a break from getting injured in all kinds of ways. But at least the trio has finally assembled, and I'm so excited for the next episodes.

Gu Lian is really something. She should hurry up and marry that guy she's engaged to, and be all sad and miserable for the rest of her life, getting her share of karma. The whole family is annoying, and one outdoes the other at that but I think she wins among them all.

It's always so amusing to me that the characters never recognise someone if they wear a veil, when it is the eyes that are usually the easiest way to recognise someone, or can't tell someone is a woman if they are pretending to be men even though their whole appearance is not masculine in the slightest. I'll choose to blame it on the ML being rather badly poisoned, and having other things on his mind at the time, but it's just always so funny to me.

Bai Yu Tang is very quickly becoming my favourite character in this one. He's so much fun, and Fang Yilun is so enjoyable to watch. I love how expressive this guy is. "You didn't ask?" just absolutely killed me lol

100% agreed. Personally, the lack of romance is actually making me more excited for this drama because it means it should focus more on friendship, etc.

I was waiting for Fang Yilun to show up, and so far I am not disappointed and loving his character, as well as the way he teases Zhan Zhao. A cat and a rat, that's quite funny, too. I am hoping they will have this friendly bantery-like relationship throughout the whole drama, it should be very enjoyable.

If you are not enjoying something, noone is chaining you down and forcing you to watch. Just put the drama in "Dropped" and move on, while the rest of us are going to enjoy the show.