The issue isn’t just ‘bad thoughts’ , it’s the fact that he did abuse her in a previous life, and that trauma doesn’t get wiped away just because he’s being nice now. The story frames his redemption arc as if her love is a reward for his basic decency, which is a tired and honestly harmful trope. It sends the message that abusers can ‘earn’ forgiveness and romantic love just by changing after the damage is done.
Also, this ‘she fell for her saviour’ setup is so overused. If it were a woman who saved her instead of him, would she be expected to fall in love too? It’s less about genuine feelings and more about the story forcing romance where trauma recovery should be the focus.
Personally, I don’t think it is entirely out of nowhere. It's gonna be a long post, but I like trying to read…
Even if he’s nice now, does that mean she has to love him? There are plenty of other ways to deal with this situation. I honestly don’t get why people act like he’s the only man in the world 😭 and that she’s somehow obligated to love him just because he “changed.” It’s such a weird way to justify an abusive relationship.
She’s in love with his ass just because he’s nice? It’s not like he’s the only man in the world. Why the hell does she have to fall for him when there are plenty of other, better men out there? Just as I predicted, this is exactly how the sadomasochism genre works. He abused her in her previous life and harmed the people close to her (and of course, nobody including the so-called heroine cares about them). She was still in love with him even after everything she went through. Now that she’s been given a second chance, she wants to take revenge and “fix” him. But the moment he starts acting nice, she falls for him all over again. Sigh.
FYI, sadomasochism is actually a popular genre in Chinese novels, often paired with tropes like the “wife-chasing crematorium” and the “black-bellied male lead.” I think they’re trying to copy Western dark romance or even BDSM.
This seems like a basic sadomasochistic drama where the female lead develops Stockholm syndrome and starts enjoying being tortured. But that comes at the risk of endangering people around her and even her own family. Who cares about them tho? People only think about themselves. The writer would probably justify everything by calling it a “misunderstanding” or by turning the endangered people into villains so they supposedly “deserve” it. Of course, the story would end with a happy-ever-after between her and her abusive male lead.
Okay so I looked at the cast list and they synopsis says Lin Yu Hao is the CEO transported into the game. LYH…
It’s hilarious seeing China find loopholes to release BLs lol. This one won’t get banned from Chinese platforms, they barely even showed his modern version and the actress can’t act well enough to make it convincing that a man is in a woman’s body. There were subtle implications that he’s gay, especially when he made the comment about “you don’t even know the gender” when the other dude talked about his crush.
OMG I was just about to press start and wanted to check the comments - I had a FEELING that was the case based…
I haven’t seen EP 2 yet but there are plenty of female CEOs in China (more than so called progressive western countries) , women don’t have problems with doing business there in modern times
So many things are left unexplained,how did the villain even fall in love with her, and how on earth did the general end up getting assaulted when we know she could fight back?
When He Yan was training to be a general, she memorised scholarly articles but didn’t get any alcohol training?…
In the novel, her alcohol tolerance was high in her original body but after she died and was reborn in a new one, her tolerance decreased since the new body had never consumed alcohol.
I want to watch this drama, but the author is quite problematic. She’s colorist and shows strong disdain for dark-skinned people in all of her books. The way she portrays them is disgusting, along with her depiction of small ethnic groups in China, who are already marginalized. She portrays them as barbaric. I don’t want to support someone like her.
Also, this ‘she fell for her saviour’ setup is so overused. If it were a woman who saved her instead of him, would she be expected to fall in love too? It’s less about genuine feelings and more about the story forcing romance where trauma recovery should be the focus.