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It felt the same to me. He literally tried to slap the gay away AND was cool with his son living in misery along with murder. The dad truly didn't deserve any sort of peace. Sometimes bad people are just bad people, and I feel like there's an uptick in portrayed homophobic parents doing awful stuff and just getting away with it cause they're family.

Simple communication between the main couple and Pin, plus how Pin becomes utterly vindictive and the main couple pretty much cut her out, despite being so attentive earlier. Character nuking is when they give previously lovable characters negative traits or shifts in personality to stir up angst and continue drama. They do this to Saenkaew and Pin predominantly. Sasin was at least pretty linear in his character arc as we see his proclivity to being a bit of a hothead/selfish early on.

It was honestly pretty good up until halfway through. Unfortunately the abuse, lack of simple communication, and character nuking was a huge letdown on an otherwise decent drama.

Yeah, the redemption arc (can it even be called an arc??) felt out of place. He was so evil and did so many awful things to his son. HIs punishment being losing his son for a little while didn't feel sufficient.

Good drama, funny with feels, and endearing acting. The plot's a bit messy, but this is really meant to be a full steam ahead train of visual's, comedy, and angst. Plot holes can pretty easily be ignored. There is a lot of cultural/religious stuff in here that gets the shuffle. I can't attest to how accurate it is. If you think you wouldn't enjoy that, maybe skip this one.

Transmigration dramas are some of my favorites but so true, the endings always leave you feeling a little unfulfilled after enduring 3000 chapters of sorrow. Like how did she adjust to life back in the real world, did he also get into a car accident, etc. The reunion was at least better than Love Game in Eastern Fantasy but I crave something more, haha. Still love them to bits. Kdrama does do a better job but they have less censorship so it makes sense. I'll still be rattling the bars of my drama enclosure at the ends

The ending on transmigration dramas is always way too rushed. It's such a bummer after going through all that angst.

I'm suffering from the miscommunication on miscommunication happening as well. It's like watching two stones clash together repeatedly, lol.

It gets much better later on once we started really getting to know the characters.

If you have an issue with same sex relationships or even the implication of a temporary one "ruining" dramas, then sounds like the genre just isn't for you. Don't like, don't watch. There are plenty of other dramas out there.

I found the pacing slow as well. I finished and definitely don't regret watching, it is very good, but the pacing doesn't speed up if that helps your decision. Very nice plot and meaning heavy drama but it takes its time moving along.

Not on your list but have you watched Legend of Shen Li? Good characters, plot, and ending. The double is fantastic but stop before the very ending, they kind of spoil it with a weird unnecessary scene. Otherwise 10/10. Moonlight mystique is really good but definitely will make you cry closer to the end. I don't want to give spoilers but I shed a lot of tears. Good ending though. Til the end of the moon, I hear, is full of misunderstandings. My friend who watched it told me not to even bother unless you watch it for the pretty ML and like pain. Love of the Divine Tree was immensely good until, in my opinion, 3/4 of the way through. Then it just got chaotic. However, a lot of people really liked that one and it has a good ending. One drama I really enjoyed recently is The Demon Hunter's Romance but again, the ending is kind of weird. Very bittersweet. Otherwise, incredibly enjoyable.

Given how bad Korea is with cyberbullying and Squid Games being so popular, it would have been legitimately a huge deal for a trans person to put themselves in such a big spotlight. There are far too many people who, and even a few celebs, I can think of that passed away due to even the speculation they were gay. Korea is not kind to any sort of rumors, but especially the LGBTQ + community. Baby steps are necessary so people aren't put in danger.

It's actually quite a good drama! You just have to stop near the end if you don't want an out of the blue ending.

Looks like it is!

Important to remember that people have different tastes, and what's not your cup of tea is someone else's :)

If she was born with it, it would be a sign from heaven that she's blessed. Birthmarks are a very common theme, whether good or bad, in Chinese lore and stories. Especially ones so visible. That coupled with meridians, the huadian placement could imply culturally/superstitiously that heaven had blessed her for a higher calling or that she had a higher power of understanding in the universe - a sort of proclivity to ascension if that makes sense.

Again, I haven't actually seen the drama, this is just my assumption.

I'm not sure how it's related to this drama as I'm just perusing the comments before watching, but the huadian (the common spelling) is make-up that was popularized by a princess who was supposedly out for a walk in the gardens and a petal fell from a flower tree to stick on her forehead. After that, it was a sign of status and became more common for women to wear as an accessory. It's used in dramas a lot now on demons, certain eras of Empress's/princess's, and higher stationed women. Different symbols can mean different things, and women often added flowers, pearls, and other materials as well. I believe this is what you're referring to, sorry if I'm mistaken!

The book actually sounds amazing, wish it was finished :')

Finished and I'm still upset at the nuked ending, but also really loved this drama. All the good things about it, great characters, intricate world-building, and fantastic plot telling, is also the reason why I just can't get behind the ending. It's very obvious it was a bid for tears and not the well thought out ending the couple deserved. I absolutely adored Banxia though. Her character development was just so good and steady, even at the end.