Still visually beautiful but takes a freaking nosedive in quality
I was so eager to finish this story. But it bored me to tears that I skipped nonstop. What the heck?!
1. The good:
- The visuals.
- The effortful and mindful Tang elements.
2. The heck:
- FL turned into a Mary Sue. She had Mary Sue's tendencies, but she turned full-on Mary Sue this season with plot armours as thick as the makeup of this whole cast combined! FL can do no wrong. She is smarter, braver, savvier than anyone. [SPOILERS] She needs no saving. Actually, she can save anyone just as she can expand her businesses endlessly and successfully. She's boring.
- ML is kind of a companion but somewhat a simp for the FL also. I have little to no memories of him.
- I don't get the "will they won't they" here. The romantic tension dies down as the season progresses.
3. The bad:
- Wasted potentials on the ex-husband.
- The county princess and her father turned into caricatures of lazily written villains.
- The female empowerment message turned into performative wokeness and propaganda.
- Uninteresting side characters and storylines.
- Flimsy tensions. No real stakes.
- Writing quality drops to hell.
Conclusion: Pretty much a waste of expectations, time and potentials. At least it concluded.
1. The good:
- The visuals.
- The effortful and mindful Tang elements.
2. The heck:
- FL turned into a Mary Sue. She had Mary Sue's tendencies, but she turned full-on Mary Sue this season with plot armours as thick as the makeup of this whole cast combined! FL can do no wrong. She is smarter, braver, savvier than anyone. [SPOILERS] She needs no saving. Actually, she can save anyone just as she can expand her businesses endlessly and successfully. She's boring.
- ML is kind of a companion but somewhat a simp for the FL also. I have little to no memories of him.
- I don't get the "will they won't they" here. The romantic tension dies down as the season progresses.
3. The bad:
- Wasted potentials on the ex-husband.
- The county princess and her father turned into caricatures of lazily written villains.
- The female empowerment message turned into performative wokeness and propaganda.
- Uninteresting side characters and storylines.
- Flimsy tensions. No real stakes.
- Writing quality drops to hell.
Conclusion: Pretty much a waste of expectations, time and potentials. At least it concluded.
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