battleaxe

romance is a genre just like any other genre. it is no lesser than other genres like revenge, thriller, etc and can be the most magical when handled correctly. clowning viewers for only caring about romance and love and kisses in dramas as opposed to other genres is really bad form friends. we all can't like the same things, and this drama was originally presented as a romance drama hence the expectations. grace

the slight romance tag was a recent change (done when the drama was almost over). before that romance was listed as a core genre. it's not so far out of left field that people were looking for romance in a drama that was originally tagged romance

I just finished ep 26 and I can't stop chortling bc the father is a really good villain ngl. I hate his mannerisms and I never wanna see him on the screen but he's very smart in a way that pleases me

my mouth seriously dropped open when I saw the episode count, ya'll this is a full length drama fr

I came back to this and skipped to the end and tbh I didn't really find her revenge all that satisfying. also the scummy husband is the mc here not her so. watch if you want but I wouldn't recommend

yayy I really like them both! I'll wait till its finished airing then i'll binge it

she's the only goddess in the entire world why are we watching her cater to these men 🥴🥴? i mean i get it but i suddenly don't like it, esp with the introduction of baron chen. i'm getting horrible kill me love me flashbacks

aw was it the FL that answered the 2fl's prayer and restored her youth?? that sounds like something she would do

the litmus test here is, especially in the boat ep I was referring to and even before that; he stood by and watched on as innocent people got slaughtered when he could have rescued them with just a flick of his hand ( as he eventually did in the end bc of the FL's insistence) and that is not something a good character no matter how traumatized or hurt would do.

i really like the weapon spirit. i like the concept of a weapon spirit, i like the characterization and the actor brings it to life very nicely. just 10s across the board

yes, so right now he's grey bc he can't be bothered...

I really like this kind of ml, just completely grey to the core but like in a way that makes sense. I was watching him just standby during that boat slaughter and like yea screw them tbh. I hope they won't turn him into a puppy once he falls in love

I really like it, i've watched seven episodes so far and I don't have even one complaint. to watch while it airs or binge after, you can try the first ep and see what u think

she's such a bad handmaiden it is hilarious! but she's such a cool craftswoman on the flip side

ah see it makes sense when you write it out, but none of that was even remotely implied in that episode🤷

I think the bone of contention there was that he thought she was only going in there to reason with the consort. he didn't know she was going to threaten her with her hairpin (he figured it out while she was inside) and he didn't know she had written a divorce letter so he thought she went rogue and put his family in danger

very true

i'm low-key so worried for her, she's so precious 🥺

exactly. hy only extended her life for a bit.
yeah but like remember even if she didn't go to the residence her father and his wife already guessed at the connection between her and the consort. she went and taunted him but it's implied her father was always gonna contact that duke eitherway once he had a chance to finish his thought so I don't really feel that scene had much bearing on his actions

the consort's death wasn't really hanyan's fault, she's a whole consort who was making a play for ultimate power c'mon someone was bound to get her. also we don't see enough fl's rage in cdrama-land, that must be why people interpreted the stabbing in ep 24 as anger or revenge towards the ml when that moment had absolutely nothing to do with him.