Soocrafty

Hehehe…. He might be dead by then. Kidding aside, 2025 has been a great year for us in cdramaland. This drama is killing it.

Ep 10 - wow, loving the care that they put into the make up. Chai Jing’s make up looked amazingly real.
Also, the costume director has done a lot of popular dramas. In this drama, the clasp on her collar is exquisite. The way it detaches. Yeah…I’m into the visual details.

Haha… I was wondering the same! Plus he’s supposed to be poor and mom sews fish nets (no blacksmiths in th family), so how can he get his hands on that weapon? TEMU?

‘I have never been a gentlemen’ - hahaha…honestly, I think it would have been cooler if he were more expressive in that scene. The hands could’ve ‘acted’ more. 🤭

Ok, so I rewatched ep 40, around 36 min and ep 1 @50% speed. It’s not clear. We see him drawing the arrow. We see an arrow shoot through her. In the distance, it appears he lowering his arms. The she turns around. He is still holding the arrow. So I don't know now.

I think it was the last ep. Talk between Fl and the old woman in N…. country - sorry forgot name or between the ML & FL. But yes - he realized it was her he killed, rushed over and conjured up a spell that brought her back but sacrificed his life. In the rebirth, he lost all memory of his past life.

Officially later but interests much earlier. He makes his intentions very clear early on - flirts with her.

Lol… it takes a few trials but he redeems himeself

It’s been a while and I still LOVE this drama. Just finished Si Jin and it did not capture me the same way this Blossom did. Blossom is great because it’s a love story with family and court politics supporting it. And the love just grows deeper as it progresses. The weakness towards the end for me was the ML started to be a little too dependent on her. He’s a strong and intelligent general.

Sorry it didn’t click for you. Have you seen Filter? Or The Best Thing? Or Les Belles?

If you haven’t already - what are you waiting for? I thoroughly enjoyed and still love it. It’s the directing, the cinematography, the costuming, the chemistry, the coolness. When this was airing, everyone was in LOVE with the ML’s gray hair. 🤣🤣🤣

It’s not typical storytelling where we know everything as the audience. Instead the director takes us on a journey along with the main lead (mfl) and we learn as they learn. Def high rewatch value. It pushed two not that well know actors to stardom.

Lots of love went into this drama and I would say it doesn’t have lazy writing for the most part. Remember, though, that it doesn’t have a big budget so do not expect scenes requiring lots of $ (like war scenes).

Yeah - this drama doesn’t dump all the info at once to the audience. We’re kept in the dark like the mls and learn as we go. That’s why I enjoyed it so much. So creative how plot unveils.

Thấy s so wonderful to hear. You can tell everyone’s dedication to making it the best with the budget they had. The put the $ where it had the most return.

Go to the discussion topics. There’s a post where the producer (woman) talked about the ppl behind the making of the drama. The costume group have won awards for detailed, historically accurate, and exquisite costumes.

They were so elegant and beautiful weren’t they?

Thank you.

This drama is great for good laughs and relaxing. Light and easy watch. Not gonna win any awards or accolades but that’s ok. Our main leads are funny.

This drama knows how to grab your attention. Wow… the pacing a great.

The concubine’s two face character reminds me of the old film “Raise the Red Lantern”. Looking forward to the next ep.

In that the Big Dipper constellation embroidered on the back of his coronation outfit? interesting.

Episode 40 ending - so in the previous life, did accidentally kill her and then committed suicide after realizing t which brought the rebirth?