battleaxe

what about the uncle? he's the one that switched the girls and then tortured the real one her entire life, he's the real villain here where's all that smoke for him?

and those men??? they were imprisoning women in dungeons, experimenting on them, gang r*ping them, murdering them, torturing them, using them as sex slaves like c'mon!
how is zhou nian wange's first priority?

centering zhou nian as the main villain of the entire drama is such nonsense, the fl spends the bulk of her time on her too buuutt..

the screenwriter and director is the same person, and when you think about it she's kinda insane. idk whether to stan her or despise her, why? bc of how at odds the story and the directing are.
this drama is packed to the grills with the heaviest, saddest, most distressing, horrifying and darkest stories and themes, like its a trigger warning minefield. yet the directing is all ✨ aesthetic. like look everything is so bright and pretty 😌 and there's an endless parade of tall and beautiful men in floor length coats and incredibly looking women and flowers and paintings so 🤭 ignore all that trauma would ya? and that is something only a person that is at least slightly insane can accomplish

I like moran. and the way some of the scenes between her and wan ge are written?👉👈 don't mind if I do

its republican

this drama is like a trauma olympics. so far:
🥇fl takes the gold
🥈3ml takes silver
🥉2ml takes the bronze
ml takes 4th place.

may the best trauma win 🙏

ftw, the ml meets fl and comes fully into the drama in ep 11. before that the fl is in a 'love' triangle with 2ml and 3ml, I actually like it, it builds up anticipation. but so far I prefer her w the 2ml, not bc they have more chemistry but bc they have perfect understanding. 3ml doen't even have a chance. the ml is the best man for her obvs, but I don't understand how/where/when she fell for him

I hope he doesn't try to kill this one too

did she sleep with the 2ml?!! twice too? ok girl!!!! stanning her gives me so pleasure. it's really fun watching her play these men, although I think she has bigger fish to fry. after all she went through? destroying the girl that stole your work and playing those men is priority two bby

poor peixun! after ep 6 I went back and watched ep 3, no wonder the woman was so kind and caring and curious about him, while he was only cold and perfunctory, if only he knew 😞😞

credit to the costume dept for transforming all those spindly boys into broad shouldered men, but why they ain't give fl the same treatment? her beige outfits are not eating i'm afraid, but she's stunning though so it evens out ig
ost same as the deliberations of love ost

what kind of filter and lighting wizardry did they use on he hong shen?? she does not look like that in the full length dramas. love that for her though 💕

I did not do so before bc this apparent in the first ep, but I have now.

I do not watch modern dramas but the way this one had me sat?! I mean it took me a while to finish but I did! tang ying and xi ziquan I will always adore you!! I was utterly smitten with them the entire time! they were beautiful, romantic, mature and sexy and their conversations were so captivating. I liked the sister and her quest too, and most of the supporting characters.

this drama has more power to influence in its fingertips than a hundred of those silly propaganda dramas. I fwded past the work stuff a little but I really wasn't that bored, and I liked the running themes threaded through that aspect of their lives: slow down, take a deep breath, search for and find yourself, take it easy, don't let failures define you, lock in when you have to, be open and flexible, be and do good 🤎🤎.
such a good watch!

oooh dramas like these where the husband is the bad guy and also the ml? yea homegirl isn't getting her justice until the very last ep, no thanku

the fl annoyed me, especially towards the end when she kept insisting the girl that made her life hell for 10k years and murdered her multiple times was not the villain and fate was. like girl shut up omg. and she was disappointingly weak the whole time too. I didn't like the actress' performance either she just stands there, blinking. ml was alright but he was more support than mc.
i'll give it 5/10 bc there was a story somewhere there.

I like both actors and their chemistry, but i dropped after ep 15 bc I felt like i've seen all I need to and the story isn't that engaging. also if you've watched one of fan zhi xin's dramas, then you've watched them all. daisy li looked whiter than a wall in this, then they filtered her face on top of that, I was not a fan

Han Le Yao seems to be the new mini drama fl darling. she probably gained a lot more visibility after prisoner of beauty and the offers started pouring in. but looks like she has capable management too she's rarely short for work

the fl lived a painful life from the beginning of the drama to the end, but I could not sympathize with her even one bit bc I could not get with the actress' performance, ditto the 2ml. he was tragic but the actor just made it seem like he was whining all the time. the ml was okay, the story was pointless. I do not recommend, go watch something else

they won't make sima jiao win that easily bc he's one man going up against an entire system

I don't actually feel bad when tingyan gets hurt/beaten, like bby we love that you're a slacker, but there are consequences too lmao