At is’ core this is a gentle love story filled with some soap opera-political to keep things going and entertaining enough without stealing the scene from the main couple. The narrative takes us carefully from hatred to complexity, jealousy to love and understanding with the wonderful and complex inner world of the characters, as well as slow but entertaining court politics and family dynamics that seem believable enough for the time in which the drama takes place.
The melonocolic, calm tone that overlies the story, slowly but surely builds up to the larger and more complex moments of the story, is beautiful and not at all too overwhelming so that other happier moments and humor can shine within the story and not make things too dreary or too slow.
The drama manages to figure out when to dile up the dramtics, when to give the supporting characters their chance to shine, introduce new characters and plots without leaving taking from the fact that the slow inner politics and family drama and love story, as well as the slow resolution of all the characters and moments, are at the center of the story.
The pace of the story is somewhat slow but steady, just like in the main love story, but it works for the tale that is being told. The drama has a tendency to get a bit too soapy and simplicity with politics, which gets a bit too repetitive as the story goes along.
But the dramatic, not too serious and soapy court politics also made it a lot of fun and very entertaining, and often addictive watch – especially in the second half, where the plotting isn’t as strong. The drama always gives the characters permission to drive the narrative forward with their mishaps and actions, which is good.
Each character has their own burden to carry, their inner devil and complex story, and everyone seems to have something to do with the story. The characters’ reason for why they’re doing what they’re doing works logically enough for the inner logic of the story that was being told.
The heart of the story always remains the quiet, tender and domestic, homely atmosphere that accompanied the love story and makes the drama very charming, even though it makes can feel a bit long-winded at times. But the characters’ slow-burning love and longing for each other was absolutely my cup of tea when it comes to romance.
The sets, costumes, and cinematography were also very lush and gorgeous and the few fight scenes we did get were fun and exciting to watch, even though they never took up too much of the story despite how much war there was within the narrative. This is often a harsh and unpredictable world, and the drama doesn’t really scrape off it, without making it seem completely brutal or just to have bloodshed just to surprise or shock the audience.
The development of the plot and the slightly too easy to defeat ‘villains’ within the story became a bit too uneven in parts and the politics and some of the side plots were a bit too cliché, repetitive and not the clever which make the narrative drop a little towards the end, even if it’s entertaining, but the quiet desire, sincerity, heartfelt talks between the main couple was the main lifeline of the drama and the beating heart of it all and the chemistry between the actors was so fantastic that it made this a very fun watching experience and very bingeable.
The melonocolic, calm tone that overlies the story, slowly but surely builds up to the larger and more complex moments of the story, is beautiful and not at all too overwhelming so that other happier moments and humor can shine within the story and not make things too dreary or too slow.
The drama manages to figure out when to dile up the dramtics, when to give the supporting characters their chance to shine, introduce new characters and plots without leaving taking from the fact that the slow inner politics and family drama and love story, as well as the slow resolution of all the characters and moments, are at the center of the story.
The pace of the story is somewhat slow but steady, just like in the main love story, but it works for the tale that is being told. The drama has a tendency to get a bit too soapy and simplicity with politics, which gets a bit too repetitive as the story goes along.
But the dramatic, not too serious and soapy court politics also made it a lot of fun and very entertaining, and often addictive watch – especially in the second half, where the plotting isn’t as strong. The drama always gives the characters permission to drive the narrative forward with their mishaps and actions, which is good.
Each character has their own burden to carry, their inner devil and complex story, and everyone seems to have something to do with the story. The characters’ reason for why they’re doing what they’re doing works logically enough for the inner logic of the story that was being told.
The heart of the story always remains the quiet, tender and domestic, homely atmosphere that accompanied the love story and makes the drama very charming, even though it makes can feel a bit long-winded at times. But the characters’ slow-burning love and longing for each other was absolutely my cup of tea when it comes to romance.
The sets, costumes, and cinematography were also very lush and gorgeous and the few fight scenes we did get were fun and exciting to watch, even though they never took up too much of the story despite how much war there was within the narrative. This is often a harsh and unpredictable world, and the drama doesn’t really scrape off it, without making it seem completely brutal or just to have bloodshed just to surprise or shock the audience.
The development of the plot and the slightly too easy to defeat ‘villains’ within the story became a bit too uneven in parts and the politics and some of the side plots were a bit too cliché, repetitive and not the clever which make the narrative drop a little towards the end, even if it’s entertaining, but the quiet desire, sincerity, heartfelt talks between the main couple was the main lifeline of the drama and the beating heart of it all and the chemistry between the actors was so fantastic that it made this a very fun watching experience and very bingeable.
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