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Thank you for confirming AGAIN you're not only without a functioning brain but also beyond salvage 🤣

Thank you for confirming you're not only without a functioning brain but also beyond salvage 🤣

You came armed with a PhD thesis in keyboard fury — all to prove… what? That I don’t blindly worship at the altar of slow burns like you?

Let’s get something clear: My opinion isn’t a courtroom testimony. I’m not under oath. I don’t owe anyone full episodes of devotion just to say, “Nah, this ain’t it.”

If a drama fumbles four hours of my life and gives me recycled tropes, dumb plots, and characters with the emotional depth of a dead wood — I’m allowed to walk out and call it trash. That’s not “intellectual dishonesty.” That’s inteligent time management.

You mock me for dropping Lament of the River Immortal at episode 4 while rating The Glory a 10/10 after finishing it. Here’s the reality: when a show holds my attention, develops its characters well, and earns my emotional investment, I stick with it and judge it based on the full journey. That’s what The Glory did. When a show stumbles through its opening, squanders its setup, and bores me to the point of second-guessing my life choices, I don’t keep watching out of masochistic loyalty. That’s what Lament did. These aren’t contradictions. They’re cause-and-effect.

In a nutshell, The Glory didn’t challenge my patience — it commanded my attention. That’s the difference.

Some shows grip, others trip.
I don’t owe equal loyalty to both.

You throw out the “Pulitzer novel” analogy—something about how I wouldn’t judge a book by its first 10 pages. Cute, but wrong. In real life, people absolutely do judge books by their opening chapters. That’s why sample chapters exist. That’s why trailers exist. The beginning matters. If a story can't hook a viewer with four full episodes—that's not a "me" problem. That’s dumb storytelling.

You claim I “missed the payoff” of Lament by not sticking around longer. You’re essentially admitting the first few episodes are bad and asking viewers to endure them on faith. That’s not how good storytelling functions.

If a show needs dozen of hours just to justify its own existence, then it’s not misunderstood—it’s badly constructed. I don’t hand out participation trophies for “eventual development.” If your story can’t hook me within its own opening act, you’ve already failed the most basic test of narrative engagement.

I have no obligation to stick around just to make you feel better about liking it. “Slow burns” still require spark. A match that never lights isn’t a slow burn—it’s a burnout.

You throw around the phrase “you missed the point of storytelling,” but it sounds like you’ve mistaken mediocrity with genre tropes for actual depth. Good storytelling isn’t just about delayed gratification—it’s about earned payoff. That payoff has to be built on a strong, compelling foundation. And no, I don’t need to finish every xianxia to prove I understand the genre.

I’ve watched plenty of slow burns, from Nirvana in Fire to Love Between Fairy and Devil. The difference? They gave me something early—atmosphere, intrigue, characters worth caring about. Lament gave me bad setups, aimless pacing, and the plot logic of a wet sock.

Tropes aren’t shields—they’re tools. When they’re well used, they support the story. When they’re dumb, lazy and predictable, they sink it. I’ve watched enough xianxia to know the difference.

Accusing me of being “impatient” or needing “instant gratification” is just delusional. I’m not asking for action every five minutes. I expect the basics: compelling characters, coherent pacing, and engaging story that values my time. If you need me to push through dozen of bad episodes before the payoff starts, that’s not “maturity”—that’s sunk cost syndrome.

You argue that my ratings are based on vibes. They’re not. They’re based on engagement. If a show is so bad I can’t finish it, it gets rated accordingly. If it’s strong enough to carry me through to the end and land its final act, I rate it as a complete product. That’s not vibes—that’s earned judgment.

And your Nirvana in Fire example betrays your whole argument. The reason I didn’t drop it when Mei Changsu was coughing in a boat is because it had built intrigues, mood, stakes, and tension from the start. It showed competence. It earned my curiosity. It respected my attention. That’s the difference. Lament did none of that. If that show had bored me, I’d have dropped it too.

And let’s kill this whole “you must finish it to judge it” nonsense:

If you take one bite of a rotting apple and spit it out, no one says, “But did you eat the core? Maybe it gets better!”

What you see as inconsistency is really just critical thinking. I don’t hand out participation trophies to shows that waste my time. I don’t finish dramas out of obligation, and I don’t elevate ones that fail the basics. If I’m giving a drama a 1/10 after four episodes, it’s because it earned that rating the hard way—through wasted time and dumb plots.

You call my critique “whining”?

Let’s talk about your 700-word tantrum defending a show I dropped weeks ago. If that’s your standard for “objective critique,” congrats — you’ve mastered the art of delusional attachment to mediocrity.

And your whole “slow burn” sermon? Please. Slow burn doesn’t mean aimless drift. It means purposefully paced, not “throw nonsense at the screen and pray for patience.” Don’t confuse "deep lore" with "lazy writing hidden behind sparkly robes and divine titles."

Bottom line?

What you’ve done is confuse discernment with hypocrisy, and preference with some imaginary obligation to finish every piece of media like it’s a homework assignment.

You can camp through entire episodes of celestial soap opera hoping for a divine payoff. I’ll be watching something that respects my time from the start.

That’s not impatience.
That’s discernment.

And that is exactly why I don’t waste time entertaining fanatics like you, who don’t even realise their idiocy is infinite and proudly self-replenishing. You're not discussing — you're ranting on and on without a functioning brain to even understand basic thing that people are entitle to their opinion.

Arguing with fanatic like you is like debating gravity with a brick. Pointless, exhausting, and deeply embarrassing for the brick.

So here’s your choice:

Walk yourself out with what little dignity you’ve got left or keep ranting, and confirm that you’re not just missing a functioning brain, but you’re truly beyond salvage.

Mic dropped.

I dropped the drama over half a month ago, and honestly, I’ve already flushed most of the details from memory (mental health first, y’know?). 😅 That said, what I do remember is the script and storyline in the first four episodes — which is exactly what made me walk away.

The plot was painfully silly, overly repetitive, and seemed to be going in circles without building real foundation, tension or emotional weight. It felt like it was relying on recycled tropes. At some point, it became less about entertainment and more about endurance.

To be clear, my opinion has nothing to do with the actors — they’re fine. This is strictly about the writing and how it was executed. I don’t expect every show to be groundbreaking, but at the very least, I expect it not to waste my time.

Life’s short, and my watchlist’s long. Hope that clears it up, fam. Peace ✌️

Ah, the classic "you’re not allowed to judge until you’ve watched the whole thing" sermon. How original. Let me guess — next you’ll say I need to sit through a five-hour root canal before deciding if it hurts.

First off, your sighing concern is noted — truly, the emotional labor you put into defending mediocrity is admirable. But let’s be clear: liking 白鹿 doesn't make you a walking drama tribunal. You say you’re not defending everything about her, but your comment is basically a softcore fan manifesto wrapped in faux objectivity. Cute.

Now onto your real issue — the fact that someone dared to form an opinion before enduring the entire series. Shocking, I know. Here’s a wild idea: some of us have standards. If a drama is already a mess by episode 4 — with chaotic pacing, wooden acting, and scenes that feel like they were written by a sleep-deprived AI — why on earth should we waste more time “waiting for it to get better”? That’s not patience; that’s masochism.

You preach “don’t judge a book by its cover,” but here’s the catch: I didn’t judge the cover. I read four chapters. And if the first four chapters are trash, odds are the rest of the book belongs in the recycling bin. No amount of fan loyalty or plot gymnastics justifies dragging viewers through hours of narrative slop hoping for a miracle.

And please — save the “education is needed” line. If you think blindly watching all episodes before forming any critique is a sign of intelligence, I suggest you get a refund on whatever enlightenment you bought. Critical thinking involves knowing when to walk away, not clinging to the hope that bad writing will magically fix itself at episode 12 or more.

So no, I’m not “unreasonable” for sharing my opinion. You love it? Great. Others don’t — and that’s allowed. Not everyone’s standards are as low as your tolerance for mediocrity.

Now go enjoy your drama — in peace, ideally without lecturing others for using their time, brains, and judgment wisely.

I won't waste more time argue with fanatics who think criticism is a crime.

LMAO. So let me get this straight — you skimmed exactly nothing I wrote, then confidently waddled in to deliver a psychic diagnosis on my "personal hate"? 😂 Impressive. Did you graduate magna cum stupid from the University of Delusion & Idiocy, with a double major in Clown Studies and Advanced Comprehension Failure?

Let me repeat this slowly for the back row: I said I dropped it at episode 4, not 1. That’s four painful, soul-numbing hours I’ll never get back. And you're upset because I didn’t keep torturing myself through the whole series to earn the right to say it sucked? What kind of warped logic is that? Am I supposed to swim through sewage just to confirm it stinks?

On what planet does it make sense that someone has to watch five or more episodes, or even the whole series, just to be “allowed” to comment on it?
That’s like saying you can’t call a rotten egg “rotten” until you’ve choked down the whole dozen. If the pacing is dead, the acting’s flatter than a broken screen, and the plot’s dumber than a brick sandwich, I don’t need a full tour to know it’s trash. It’s called discernment — look it up. Or maybe that’s too advanced a concept for you.

Let’s break it down real simple: If I go to a restaurant, take four bites, and it tastes like spoiled disappointment soaked in expired soy sauce, do I need to lick the plate clean before I’m “allowed” to call it garbage? Hell no. I drop the fork and walk out. Same logic applies to dramas. It is not rocket science.

MDL is a review platform, not a brainwashed fan cult. People are allowed to share their thoughts — yes, even the brutally honest ones. If all you want is blind praise and sugar-coated delusion, may I suggest starting your own propaganda platform? North Korea might even sponsor you — they’re really into that “no criticism allowed” lifestyle.

Next time, try reading with a functioning brain, not just your bruised ego. It might save you the embarrassment of looking like a clown fumbling through a debate with a pie in your face.

Anyway, I don’t argue with people who mistake fanboy rage for intelligence. You’ve already lost the plot — just like the drama I dropped.

It’s hard to know the full decision-making process behind the scenes — whether it’s the writers, producers, or even input from the actors. At the end of the day, a drama is a team effort, and the goal should be to satisfy the audience as much as possible. If they continue to be involved in poorly written productions, they’ll inevitably lose the audience’s trust and interest.

Now you're proudly siding with word-twisters 🤣

The user has admitted twice to deliberately twisting my words in an attempt to mislead others into thinking I accused everyone of labeling critics as haters — something I have never done. What does a mere typo have to do with the clear fact that the user openly admitted twice to twisting my words to fit her narrative? So, are you now supporting those who deliberately twisted others' words to mislead people?

You have never admitted that you made a typo when you misquoted and twisted my words. On the contrary, you clearly admitted twice that you twisted my words — when I never said that everyone accused critics of being haters.

Our exchange would have remained cordial if you hadn’t first twisted my words and painted me as someone trying to accuse everyone of calling critics haters — something I never said.

So tell me — who’s really not being smart here?

Now you're trying to paint yourself as the righteous one while threatening me?

Please. You're the one who admitted twice to twisting my words in the first place.

The producer holds overall accountability for the production. But that does not erase the writer’s responsibility for their scripts.

If a writer turns in a weak or sloppy script, that’s still on them, regardless of who approved it. Yes, Yu Zheng wears both hats here — producer and screenwriter — so in this case, he doubly owns the result.

But in general, while producers can and do shape projects (by choosing writers, setting budgets, enforcing changes), the writer is still responsible for the quality of their scripts. The producer approves the scripts — they do not write it line by line.

Both share responsibility, each in their domain. In the end, bad writing is bad writing, no matter who signed off on it.

You're twisting and misquoting, again! 😅

Omg! You cannot even quote properly. You need to improve your English writing. Bad writing is not just frustrating but also misleading 🤣

Wow! you’ve admitted twice to twisting my words. Impressive.

If basic human decency isn’t on your radar yet, maybe now’s the time for you to learn: twisting words to attack someone isn’t discussion, it’s just petty and pathetic.

You just admitted you’re twisting my words — thank you for proving my point.

MDL is supposed to be a place for constructive discussion, not for people like you who delibrately twist others’ comments to fit your own narrative.

And no — your opinion clearly referenced my comment about certain fans, so let’s not pretend otherwise.

Perhaps take your own advice and learn to actually understand what someone is saying — without misrepresenting it.

You’re twisting my words yet again. I said "certain fans," not "most of the comments" — learn to read properly. If you’re going to keep misrepresenting what I said, that’s on you, not me. I won’t waste more time explaining something that was already clear.

If you had actually read my comment properly, you’d have seen this: ‘On MDL, the moment someone points out bad writing or flaws, CERTAIN FANS immediately shout “hater!”’ I said ‘CERTAIN FANS’ — not everyone. If you’re bent on twisting my words, that’s on you — don’t pin it on me.

Yup, i aldready dropped at ep 4. Waiting for better dramas now.

I’d have to disagree. That wasn’t the intention of my comment at all. However, it’s undeniable that there are people who are quick to label others as 'haters' whenever someone critiques a drama that happens to feature their idols. That behavior does exist, and it’s not helpful but at the same time, we should also be able to distinguish between fair criticism and outright toxic attacks. That was the point I was trying to make.