i have every high hopes for this, hopefully it doesn't follow the same format of lxy's previous dramas where he spends the first half of the drama trying to kill the fl before falling madly in love with her. like pls we really need a good costume drama with solid writing
someone please let me know when their 2026 drama "love letters from the twenty fifth time zone" has been added to mdl. it's really good i wanna make sure i save it
i remember watching this, and even how it ended but i don't remember how i felt about it lol the characters, costumes, the set, the music (?) all looked really cool though and i liked the relationship between the cp (they had chemistry and that fl is gorgeous), and the two mls and fl don't remember much else, but i don't think it was a terrible watch.
i've only watched six eps and so far this fl has been burnt, stabbed, hung, beaten, tossed into a snake pit, imprisoned multiple times..i'm sure there's more but i can't even be bothered. 🙄 we get it, her life is cheap, etc but this is literally overkill. i suppose this will be the drama's main recurring theme. i've never seen a drama that started out with a desert arc that i ended up liking
i liked the ending, its nice when we see the protagonist live the happy ending she fought for despite all its issues, this was a good outing for all the main actors, i hope they get more offers after this ++ for the lovely ost
the performances were good, and again i think its mostly the director's credit. the costumes, makeup, and most of the production were also really nice the script itself was the weak link, it was mostly meh
i like li shu, i've found her to be a very pleasing fl since the first episode. she is quite well written, which is a pleasant surprise bc the story's main premise is too funky, bc wdym the emperor won't dethrone the cp unless he commits treason? *a thousand eyerolls*. he placed his own pride above his people's wellbeing, which makes him the main villain in the story, but ig none of the writers gaf on the flip side our dear ml just barely registers, they drowned him out with all the other big personality/complicated male characters. sometimes i even forget he's part of the drama
btw, the crown princess is the only one smart enough in the entire drama to go band for band with the fl, fortunately she's married to a foolish man so i wondered why an le wouldn't just run to their father when her dear gege was forcing her on cui, turns out she a bird frfr and its silly to drag out the remaining eps, they should be ending the drama on a crisp note its not that deep
that crown princess clearly hates her husband, yet she's proactively aiding his evil. what's your deal girl. i'm glad that whole cui business is finally over with, he was such a burden. like a literal rope around li shu's neck. the king will have to die for the cp to end up together happily
when she finally takes down the cp i hope he doesn't die, i hope he and his cprincess live on for decades and decades in utter misery. also what kind of idiot rushes to sacrifice his sharpest strategist? he's so jealous of her 🤭💀 i get so annoyed every time li shu's non husband jumps in front of her to 'protect' her from the cp. like 1. that's not she wants and its unhelpful 2. no one asked you 3. why are you so useless? but i do like that he's more impotent than evil bc that's even worse
so her father recognizes her brilliance but still dislikes her why? bc of her mother? but isn't she half you as well bruh? shouldn't he be brimming with pride? what an idiot. although he did make her the cp's strategy/dustbin/whipping boy as soon as he clocked her and that's kind of brilliant, the half wit cp being the backbone of the nation and all. anyway, what a sht father, no wonder why all his kids hate each other
this drama reminds me a lot of princess royal. elaborate costumes, sets, the lighting, loverboy ml, elder princess fl neck and ten toes deep in politics with all the dudes, and calmly clearing the path for favourite weaker little bro to inherit the throne, the servant's robes are almost identical. i like. oh and even the favourite little bro in that one plays the useless nonhusband in this one
i enjoy watching the fl and 2ml match wits, for a min i thought he was gonna have the upper hand. he would as well if he wasn't so obsessed with her, lol what a fool. i'm watching this drama and the shadow sovereign at the same time and its such a double treat! that one also has a for real intelligent fl who's absolutely dominating the story.
everything was just mild and boring. anyway, onto the next one!
the characters, costumes, the set, the music (?) all looked really cool though
and i liked the relationship between the cp (they had chemistry and that fl is gorgeous), and the two mls and fl
don't remember much else, but i don't think it was a terrible watch.
i've never seen a drama that started out with a desert arc that i ended up liking
despite all its issues, this was a good outing for all the main actors, i hope they get more offers after this
++ for the lovely ost
the costumes, makeup, and most of the production were also really nice
the script itself was the weak link, it was mostly meh
on the flip side our dear ml just barely registers, they drowned him out with all the other big personality/complicated male characters. sometimes i even forget he's part of the drama
btw, the crown princess is the only one smart enough in the entire drama to go band for band with the fl, fortunately she's married to a foolish man so
i wondered why an le wouldn't just run to their father when her dear gege was forcing her on cui, turns out she a bird frfr
and its silly to drag out the remaining eps, they should be ending the drama on a crisp note its not that deep
i'm glad that whole cui business is finally over with, he was such a burden. like a literal rope around li shu's neck.
the king will have to die for the cp to end up together happily
i get so annoyed every time li shu's non husband jumps in front of her to 'protect' her from the cp. like 1. that's not she wants and its unhelpful 2. no one asked you 3. why are you so useless? but i do like that he's more impotent than evil bc that's even worse
this drama reminds me a lot of princess royal. elaborate costumes, sets, the lighting, loverboy ml, elder princess fl neck and ten toes deep in politics with all the dudes, and calmly clearing the path for favourite weaker little bro to inherit the throne, the servant's robes are almost identical. i like. oh and even the favourite little bro in that one plays the useless nonhusband in this one
i'm watching this drama and the shadow sovereign at the same time and its such a double treat! that one also has a for real intelligent fl who's absolutely dominating the story.