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amazing world, outfits, interesting characters, but unfortunately falls apart
A very captivating and beautiful world that had a lot of potential. I think it could have been an unforgettable show if it weren't for the fact that the writing was not very good. i really loved the idea of the characters, the demon lord with a tragic past, a human that breaks the rules and climbs up the ladder ( although to be fair was kind of just given to her as the chosen one), and the redemption of A Xi in the cold palace. I also thought the the actor who played Cheng Zhao did an amazing job and I hope he gets some good roles in the future.
Because of those things, I gave a better review then I would have, because the writing really gets bad especially when they get to the fox clan. Every character except Bai Shuo just starts dying and it just starts to get boring because you're just watching people die over and over and everything just exists for the main characters pretty much.
The story about Mu Jiu's parents was sad, but acceptable as a sort of ancient Roman tragedy.. but it should have ended there. His parents deaths was already a tragedy, and then insane efforts were put in to save him and keep him alive for 1,000 years and his aunts husband even sacrifices himself, and then he just commits suicide out of survivors guilt. Even though he had a marriage and whole life ahead of him while his aunt on the other hand was left alone by her sister, husband, and friends and had spend 1,000 years keeping him alive and now she doesn't have him either. It played it off as a beautiful sacrifice (as a prelude to the next many to come), but in reality it was just frustrating and tiring. You've already gone though a whirlwind and have been built up so long expecting this dude to survive. When he said he was going to become responsible after learning the truth I though for a minute he was going to learn magic and become the clan leader but ofcourse not.
Then the rest of the characters just start dropping like dominoes. It's too hard to get into the show after that point because it's like they think you only care about the main characters even after building you up with especially A Xi and Cheng Zhao. I even kind of liked them better than the main leads, which kind of became overkill with sappy scenes and corny piano music.
Because of those things, I gave a better review then I would have, because the writing really gets bad especially when they get to the fox clan. Every character except Bai Shuo just starts dying and it just starts to get boring because you're just watching people die over and over and everything just exists for the main characters pretty much.
The story about Mu Jiu's parents was sad, but acceptable as a sort of ancient Roman tragedy.. but it should have ended there. His parents deaths was already a tragedy, and then insane efforts were put in to save him and keep him alive for 1,000 years and his aunts husband even sacrifices himself, and then he just commits suicide out of survivors guilt. Even though he had a marriage and whole life ahead of him while his aunt on the other hand was left alone by her sister, husband, and friends and had spend 1,000 years keeping him alive and now she doesn't have him either. It played it off as a beautiful sacrifice (as a prelude to the next many to come), but in reality it was just frustrating and tiring. You've already gone though a whirlwind and have been built up so long expecting this dude to survive. When he said he was going to become responsible after learning the truth I though for a minute he was going to learn magic and become the clan leader but ofcourse not.
Then the rest of the characters just start dropping like dominoes. It's too hard to get into the show after that point because it's like they think you only care about the main characters even after building you up with especially A Xi and Cheng Zhao. I even kind of liked them better than the main leads, which kind of became overkill with sappy scenes and corny piano music.
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