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She did know villains, it was literally said in first or second episode, when she first met them -both the prince and kings concubine/wife. And for me it didn't make sense that she didn't warn the king about who the traitors were, especially in the last episodes when their relationship was close and likely he would have believed her.

For me it was definitely visible that she's much older than him. It didn't bother me that much, but it was very noticeable.

I think the hype was caused mostly because this title is available on Netflix, so even people who don't usually watch dramas could see it.

Also - there were torches, she could just took one and hit him with it, set him on fire, get one of those pots she used pieces of to get free and hit him with it too - literally anything other then throwing herself to certain death, that was so ridiculous in my opinion.

In my opinion, there is nothing wrong with using a historical figure, as long as it's clear from the get-go that the story is fictional. A similar tactic was used in "Scartet Heart-Ryeo," except that it was done exactly in reverse—a good and wise king was initially falsely portrayed as a tyrant, to be transformed by FL into the person we actually know from history. Licentia poetica allows that kind of approach.

The drama as a whole was okay, although (unfavorable) comparisons to "Mr. Queen" were inevitable.

But I was really irritated by the lack of any information regarding the king's transition to the future. We can guess that he somehow used a page from that book, but when did he actually come to the future? From the way he spoke and the fact that he still didn't know even basic words/items like butter, we can deduce that he had transferred very recently (probably within this month when FL returned to her time), but how did he manage to adapt so quickly? 500 years is a long time; everything in the present should be overwhelming for him. Besides, where did he get the money? The suit, the new hairstyle, the fact that he somehow had to know how to use the internet, because how else would he have located his beloved's place of work?
There are a lot of unanswered questions here, and his explanation that it's a "secret" was quite annoying in my opinion, as if the creators of the drama were too lazy or disrespectful towards the audience that they didn't even bother to show it properly.

Oh, so it was just that chocolatier was shy, introvertic or something like that? So I actually didn't miss anything important about him :D
Thank you very much for your explanation :)

Seriously? Ok, then I'm completely lost about both guys xD

Yes, I saw the ending when he took over therapeutic group and it was suggested there that he's gay, but from that speech in confectionery I thought he was struggling with something that was mentioned before, but I didn't notice it.

What even was Ando's disorder? I was watching this drama kind of in the background and I was really confused with this scene when Ando is telling his coworkers that he feels like he's similar to Hana

I skipped two last episodes, just watched the very ending - didn't feel like watching this story yet again, especially knowing how it will end. But overall this drama was pretty good, but in my opinion it could be a few episodes shorter.

Wow, that was incredibly boring.

I kind of expected that Chinese version of vampires might not be great, but was still hoping that at least the romance would be epic – after all, Asians know how to write romances like no other. But no, the romance was also very poor (it's hard to even call it a romance honestly, since yes – he was in love, but she was more like a loyal dog).

The costumes were beautiful, and I also liked the aesthetic, with its predominance of white, black, and red.
And the setting in historical times was interesting – from a European perspective, I'd never seen what those times were like in China before.

But all of that is definitely not enough to make the drama worth watching.

Great idea, very well-developed characters, and interesting thoughts.

But in my opinion, the story's plot fizzled out around episode 10. After that, it was just forced extensions, including the memory loss, which was poorly handled, partly because the story of their new meeting was almost identical to the original one.

However, I liked that the ending lasted the entire episode. I like it when the creators give a solid ending and comprehensively show what happened to the characters after the main event is over.

Not confirmed per se, but everything indicates that it is a case here.

It's more like no ending - I mean, it's not an unhappy one, but it's so open, pretty much nothing from main plot was explained.

Wow, so second season is imminent? That's so rare for c- or k-dramas.

But considering we've got almost non explanations for main mysteries that's a must.

And that is awesome, because this show was great - effects, humor, and Dylan Wang :D
I usually more enjoy stories with strong romantic plot (and here it would also be not a bad addition ;) ), but the whole thing was just so funny and entertaining.

He said "the words" in the airport, so was she thrown back again? And the scene with first snow at the beginning of the final episode was her yet another, final journey, when she didn't get close to him at all, so he could live? But if so, why he was there, 11 years later, with the umbrella?

I suspect she didn't go back to her original universe since her work life changed quite a lot from what we have seen earlier. And, well... looked like he was indeed alive (with this umbrella).
But to be honest it was never said that he died originally - it was called "and accident" and even Gao Ge didn't know if he was truly dead (which was weird).

So I really don't know what to think about this last episode 😅

Wow, I cried quite a lot. And I thought it was going to be some light romance 😅

But I got confused with episode 24, felt like there was some plot gap between episodes 23 and 24.

I don't see it on Viki and I just finished watching drama there.

A very enjoyable drama.
The only thing missing was showing when Bai Jiu Si fell in love with Siling – we know everything about the beginnings of her love, but he went from a centuries-long fighting to proposing a love trial and accepting enormous punishment from heaven, and the viewer doesn't really know why he did it, because at that point it didn't seem like he loved her at all.