Soocrafty

Ending of ep 3 -
Are we trying to draw an analogy to the peony plant’s strength, emerging strong after enduring harsh conditions (cold winters)? Feels so abrupt.

Ok, I just checked out 3 eps of flourishing peony. It feels like it’s going to be angsty. If I were to rank my taste:
peony>blossoming>moonlight/dafeng.
Well maybe moonlight is slight better than dafeng. I dunno, the princess in dafeng is dragging the drama down.

Ep 1-2 - I caved in and started this drama today.

Wow - miles Wei is doing such a fine job as LC, her husband.

I also love the beautiful peony themed dishes served at the banquet. So many exquisite details for the eye’s feast.

A note on peonies from a peony lover (me):

- firstly, I can totally relate to the scene where she rushed out to save her peony plants from the rain! I have many à times gone out in the middle of the night in the rain to care for my peonies. The flowers are gorgeous but get destroyed by too much rain. The water weights down the flowers and too much rain will cause cause them to go bad too soon.

- peonies do not like to be moved during blooming season. There’s no way to have saved them after such a traumatic move. Not only will the flowers not recover but the branches would have withered and no more blooms until the next year.

I too loved Blossom. I’ve checked out Dafeng, Moonlight, life is a choice, and this one. I’d say I’ve found this one most interesting overall. It’s the one that I look forward to following most. I may check out Peony though since the director directed some of my favorite dramas.

Here are a few:

Hot
Smart
Devoted to Fl- even as he wonders whether she’s that girl from his past
Devoted to the main male lead (at least at this point) - even though he likes the Fl
Interesting mysterious character - does not get caught up in the pretentious good vs evil stage

Haven’t started yet but this cast has a lot of familiar faces that I like! The director is quite young and has directed pretty good dramas including some tear jerkers . I remember bawling while watching Go Ahead.

E21-wow… I don’t know what to expect next!

So, when she went back, can someone explain her choices and convo with the ai? I couldn’t read the Chinese on th screen hat she made selections of at the beach.

Excellently put.
Is a focused storyline with
‘ no overly dramatic melodrama for the sake of drama’

I’ve moved onto the big production dramas currently airing and they are full of the nonsensical behaviors and actions for the sake of being “cool”, over dramatic, etc. This drama is one of the few special ones with no agendas nor motivations other than telling a good story.

Yes, the details in costuming was exquisite and they did not go unnoticed! And all the characters are not simply cookie cutter 1 dimensional tools.

This has good plot execution and balance of intensity, angst, humor, love, curiosity. Please don’t expect a lot of skinship and passionate kissing. It’s more the “mood” chemistry. There’s also a lot of clues the dialogue and subtle details that would be missed if you don’t pay attention and then you’d get bored. Also, a good bit of palace and family politics and plotting. Its best to watch it without expectations and and spoilers. That way you can enjoy it most.

She has quite an extensive liste of dramas and movies under her belt.

Yea, we all just was to rip her heart out but then at the end, I kinda pitied her a bit.

Oh yea, it’s so obvious. She’s the coookie cutter typical enraged self righteous hypocritical “good” person

Teleport - he teleported her earlier back to the city in time for her to witness her father’s death. These details are choices of the director or whoever is in charge of the screen. I just like things to be kinda credible (even in a xian xia idol drama)

Yeah - I felt it was also unrealistic that she threw 10 years of her relationship with CZ out b/c she finds out his true identity. 10 years is a long time in human span. Either 1) you weren’t that close 2) you’re immature, petty, selfish even.

I get that it was a big deal for her but she’s also conveyed as a loving & lively person. She didn’t disown her dad for rejecting her notions and then revealing the truth that he did believe. She was willing to hear him out when he explained the people’s demand on him but not willing to hear CZ out because he was forbidden to expose his identity.

It’s just these little details are irksome for me. I generally try to accept them as part of the dramaworld logic until enough build up to no longer allow me to suspend reality.

I c. I appreciate your rationale.

Ep 5 - Ok, am I the only one who’s confused? She resists and threatens him that she’s not going with him but then she just willingly walks away with him while CZ is laying injured unable to stop him? Makes no sense. At least show some resistance. And why doesn’t he just use teleportation like before instead of just strolling away by foot?

I’m love a decent story. It doesn’t even have to have a big budget but am just a bit disappointed with how some character actions/reactions don’t seem to fit the situation. A bit overly dramatic.

Hope I won’t get attacked by fans for pointing this out as I am not a diehard fan or anti-fan of any actors.

Below is an excerpt from the producer that summarizes this drama well ( https://kisskh.at/article/blossom-s-producer-shares-behind-the-scenes-insights-from-the-chinese-drama )

"The core focus of Blossom is on the female lead's independence and self-reliance, along with a mutually supportive and healing relationship between her and the male lead. All other elements, such as court politics, and the male protagonist's quest to seek revenge serve the main storyline without deviating from it."

This explains why it’s not your typical drama.

No typical revenge plot
No ML leading focused plot

Oh and his tragic family dynamics make me want to pour some warmth and love

Because he’s a smooth talker -always manages to twist facts and make the girls fall for him over and over again. We (the audience) see his dark heart but he hides it well around her and she’s very naive and gullible. I think the future her is realizing that the major events in her past must take their course regardless of how much she tries to change the trajectory. However, we also see glimpses of hope.