"I'm going to stay away from her for her own good" - yes, like you, I hate this trope. Imagine when he dies, the…
Yeah I got you! I've watched so many historical/fantasy Chinese dramas I've lost count haha. I know how those endings can be. Sometimes we don't even get happy ones lol.
I'm not sure if it's the directors or that's how the book was written but some of those deaths near the end were so stupid and weren't filmed well at all. I feel the only death that was done well was the maid's. Every other one was a facepalm moment.
Hard to put into words so I don't know if you get what I mean. Like I'm emotional. I cry when characters die especially after I've invested a whole series into them. So yeah used to massacres but this one had me laughing lol.
Guess that portion of the cast got an early mark lol.
When I first started watching it, I was pleasantly surprised cos it was better than I expected. Then the middle was an absolute let down cos it just dragged on. It was the same noble idiocy twenty times over. How many times can they do the "I'm going to stay away from her for her own good" trope in one drama? Answer: MANY.
Then the last ten or so episodes gave me some hope again cos they were pretty good. And the last few episodes -- wow what an absolute massacre. But it was like they couldn't tie the knot properly and wrap it up nicely. Like why would you choose for the villain die that way??? If it was supposed to be a teaching moment (e.g. to let go of your hatred) or something, it really wasn't. It was so anti-climatic.
I think by the end of the drama, it wouldn't have been right for FZW and NY to end up together after all the loss that happened between them. His people caused the death of her people and her people caused the death of his people. I was actually hoping by the end that she would disappear with GNY and live out her life somewhere else separate from NY. I definitely would have preferred that over her killing herself. It did injustice to the strength and intelligence of her character.
I'm not sure if it's the directors or that's how the book was written but some of those deaths near the end were so stupid and weren't filmed well at all. I feel the only death that was done well was the maid's. Every other one was a facepalm moment.
Hard to put into words so I don't know if you get what I mean. Like I'm emotional. I cry when characters die especially after I've invested a whole series into them. So yeah used to massacres but this one had me laughing lol.
Guess that portion of the cast got an early mark lol.
Then the last ten or so episodes gave me some hope again cos they were pretty good. And the last few episodes -- wow what an absolute massacre. But it was like they couldn't tie the knot properly and wrap it up nicely. Like why would you choose for the villain die that way??? If it was supposed to be a teaching moment (e.g. to let go of your hatred) or something, it really wasn't. It was so anti-climatic.