I see some people saying the plot is "predictable because it's xianxia". Some dropped because of it. Some are…
meanwhile I'm liking it because I do not feel it is the most predictable xianxia. ofcourse you can't expect to escape the main big tropes that are common in xianxia but still I find the setup of an almost demigod being ousted, conspired against and being hunted fresh.Then you have him partnering with the female lead who is not shown as the silly, can't do anything for herself and neither is the guy shown as this cold aloof guy incapable of love who sacrifices his loved ones because heaven or moral comes first and all that.
The way I had no expectations from this one but I'm actually enjoying it quite a bit. It's simply just fun and also not the most predictable xianxia but not too complicated or exaggeratingly dramatic either.Though it gives you low budget idol costume drama feels in terms of aesthetic but overall it's an enjoyable watch so far.
oh and I know drama watching is subjective at times, which is proved so well by these comments of people saying they are finding it boring meanwhile I feel this has so many light hearted, comedic as well as sweet moments so far. Like it is so ridiculous at times but it just works.
So I watched this just because and surprisingly enjoyed it. It definitely has a lot of frustrating points but I'm in kind of a lump and trying to check out dramas and this one stuck. probably one reason would be I do like wuxia and also I might be somewhat biased towards He Yu. Things I didn't enjoy would be the length, definitely felt like a whole lot of things could have been cut down, too many separations between ling'er and xiaoyao when their cp was probably one of the charming things about the drama for me. second would be having yueru hung up on xiao yao till the end with her one sided feelings for him like why. oh and the ending god I HATE this type of ending. same as what we had with A Journey To Love. I need C-Drama writers to free us of open endings or people in a grassland all happy ending to symbolize I don't know what.
on the positive front, aesthetic wise it did give you the typical wuxia drama feels, in comparison to the other two sword and fairy dramas that also aired this year. The CGI was I feel done well, nothing overboard and not shabby either. on character front, I honestly cared for no one other than the leads so if plot didn't intent it that way then oh well. As far as acting, I have not seen any of fl's work before but I think she was not given a lot to work with here, so for her part she was fine nothing to shout about. As for He Yu, for him too I think there were not many different aspects to his character, it was pretty one dimensional but I did enjoy his performance in this, Like further showing he has got potential if the right story, role and director comes along.
I'm so seated for this one.The trailer got me intrigued and it shares the screenwriter and director with ITSAY? I'm sold! Also acting chops coming through as well.
bro I thought this show had 12 episodes but then it went to 13 and ai thought okay 13 might be the finale but I'm now realising it's 16 lol not complaining though. It's been a pretty chill sweet watch.
girl, these past 2-3 episode hyo sim has frustrated me. like sorry but while I can understand the whole oh she's fillial and she loves her father and all but reasonably her actions are stupid and her putting tae ho at a distance and even towards the end of the latest episode when tae ho came to her, she still tryna leave him like this forced miscommunication is annoying and I feel like tae ho loves her more than she loves him. All that relationship development and a healthy one at that down the drain.
Princess Ning a selfish, spoiled and annoying character and takes up way too much screentime for my liking. Like why do I gotta sit through her being a whiny immature brat.
This turned out to be so good I'm surprised. Especially for a xianxia which haven't been giving for quite some time now. But this gets positive points on all fronts. Story was not all boring, costumes and hairstyle beautiful, actors who played the leads, loved them together and I think their acting suited as well. Even CGI was not tacky. Sets were pretty too.
Given the ending, considering it's not Chu Yue's dream, then it should be the male and female leads still alive.…
I'm like it's just weird to me that why Chu Yue of all people for that ending scene, dream or not it just did not fit for me. Even Yang Ying would've made more sense to me considering her relationship with all the others. and while yeah I can make scenarios of how they escaped and all, I want something definite from the story for closure. There were lot of "How?" left unanswered in last 4-5 episodes.
Messy last episode aside, the whole drama was the best costume drama of the year for me, it was just so complete. See I'm the person who absolutely hates seeing my fave characters being killed off, especially for the sake of sad endings. I'm a wholehearted supporter of happy endings I don't care about being realistic or whatever but here I was prepared to see people from my beloved goofy squad dying, especially with being given a hint through OST and trailers and other foreboding dialogues during the course of the drama. But I did not expect Yu ShiSan to be part of that too like when it got to there, it felt like too much. Then out of nowhere have LTG going to kill Beipan's king in middle of the night and Yuanzhou and Ruyi "losing" their lives in order to clean his mess coz let's be honest no matter how else presented, that is exactly what led to it aside from them being at war. After that why was Chu Yue of all people there for that ending and we get a plot hole of Yuanzhou and Ruyi surviving but no explanation and we don't see them. I feel like this drama needed just 2 more episodes so not all was crammed into the last two episodes but I know the limit is 40 episodes now so they can't help it which sucks. overall I have several grievances with the final two episodes but there was a lot that I liked in them too. Brilliant drama and I definitely will be rewatching nad here's to hoping they got some special episodes lined up for us.
oh and I know drama watching is subjective at times, which is proved so well by these comments of people saying they are finding it boring meanwhile I feel this has so many light hearted, comedic as well as sweet moments so far. Like it is so ridiculous at times but it just works.
on the positive front, aesthetic wise it did give you the typical wuxia drama feels, in comparison to the other two sword and fairy dramas that also aired this year. The CGI was I feel done well, nothing overboard and not shabby either. on character front, I honestly cared for no one other than the leads so if plot didn't intent it that way then oh well. As far as acting, I have not seen any of fl's work before but I think she was not given a lot to work with here, so for her part she was fine nothing to shout about. As for He Yu, for him too I think there were not many different aspects to his character, it was pretty one dimensional but I did enjoy his performance in this, Like further showing he has got potential if the right story, role and director comes along.