This is such a toxic drama but it somehow got me curious how much worse it could get so I stayed until the end. Please save yourself the trouble and skip it.
Started fun but I felt like the general and his wife didn't get as much screen time as the couple who had to deal with family drama. Also as they introduced more characters the plot became more boring/dragged..Some couples had a lot more screentime then necessary although they're supporting characters..it's funny how I can watch 50 episodes series and not get tired and yet I got bored fast with a shorter one.
This is such a frustrating series..how stupid can she be and how many times can you stab your loved one before you realise it?! She's incurable in her stupidity.
If not for the ML I wouldn't have forced myself to watch it until the end. Whoever wrote the script has no idea how to make a popular series because it had so much potential..the actors were actually doing a good job but the plot is like someone wrote a mediocre fanfiction. You can slap, kick, poison, cut an arm or something..whatever else was better than stabbing him again and again..
The main actor felt so familiar and then I realised..he's the guy from Back from the Brink. He basically hard-carries this series..hopefully he gets more series in the future..he's a really good actor.
THIS DRAMA IS SHIT.. I have bothered to sign up just to warn everyone about how much fuckery this drama has...…
This drama was definitely messy but your comment will attract quite a bit of negative energy towards yourself unfortunately.
I myself felt that it was a lost cause since the first episodes but I wanted to see it to end as I'm quite the masochist when it comes to bad dramas.
This series was mediocre at best, the plot full of loopholes covered by fluffy/cheesy moments (the murderer of the peony case, what happened to Mu Yuan, etc
The FL is of normal looks (some may find her cute I guess) and the 3 princes offer a good distraction for different tastes.
If you're into that..check it out, if not..don't be like myself and waste your time.
I forced myself to finish it. If you're not into cutesy/fluffy/cheesy dramas, don't start. As the episodes go on and on, it becomes more and more ridiculous.
And this is yet another case where visuals cannot carry a weak plot & bad acting. Not even that but the ML and FL felt bland to me which is weird as both Dilraba and Gongjun were ok to me before.
I was basically more invested in the story of the secondary characters like Linlang or Wen Shuo. Even Luo Mingxi was more interesting then the love of the main characters.
The fake Di Zhiyuan ark took too much screentime and I felt no emotion whatsoever for her or her suffering. I was basically rooting for her to be punished as she crossed the line while her superior attitude until the very end made her unlikeable.
It started interesting and then as the episodes went on it became too much that at episode 35 I was considering dropping it.
From my point of view this is yet another series that had potential but it all went down the drain.
Oh dear, yet another one of those idiotic time-travel stories…Synopsis as provided by Douban:The modern girl…
Thank you for the synopsis. I do agree that the series is not the best. I don't mind time travel dramas and sometimes the silliness can be endearing if I'm in a good mood but this one, ain't it. I would say to whoever wants to watch it.."Don't waste your time". There are other dramas out there...
Dude...where did he prove he doesn't care about her family life or her kids? You're projecting and it's really…
If you force yourself to stay in a relationship where you don't love your partner anymore, just for the sake of your family, you will end up resenting the person you used to love. Frustrated people feed their depression daily and we all know the consequences..Why poison your soul with dark thoughts?! It's better to be healthy mentally but renegated by society than a walking corpse who's stuck between cultural walls.
Sometimes you need to be courageous and break the walls of "shame". A healthy family relationship is that where you have their support even in old age. If tomorrow I break up with my husband and have no job or money, I can always go back to either one of my parents and start my life from zero as a single mother. They will always have my back and won't be ashamed by my failures. People will talk of course but a thick skin makes a healthy mind, there's no person that can talk s.it about myself worse than me (I'm my worst enemy).
I always found it fascinating how restricted women are in the Asian culture..the act of "serving" your husband & in-laws, the treatment of single 30+ women, the idea that the women have to stay home to raise children (give up their career), how divorced women or single mothers are seen..for a westerner a lot of times I find myself screaming at the screen and rooting for the women to be strong and fight to take their lives in their own hands..until your last breath live with no regrets as you tried your best.
And don't get me wrong, the western way is far from perfection but don't promote the idea of fighting for the family values where you have to loose yourself in the process, that's not healthy. And this is coming from a child who was in the middle of it while my parents kept it going for the sake of a "perfect family" picture.
Dude...where did he prove he doesn't care about her family life or her kids? You're projecting and it's really…
I'm from a country where almost every one of my friends and myself as well have suffered through our parents divorce. While it may seem harsh or selfish, sometimes its better for parents to divorce earlier on than stay in a toxic relationship.
Mine divorced when I was 14 while I was taking my highschool exams. It was a mess, I was upset with my mother for her bad timing..I didn't want to stay with her but had no choice as my dad didn't manage to buy his home until a few days before my exams. I only slept at her place. I was staying between dust and furniture just to be with my dad. I couldn't stay with him a lot until he bought the apartment as he was staying at a friend's house and he didn't want me to bother them too much (could visit him only once every few days.. I got a great score at my exams and got into my choice highschool but it was emotionally draining. Had to mature fast and was a sensible kid.
It took me 10+ years to forgive my mother..not for the divorce, but her selfishness for not waiting until I was done with my exams. Also for the horrible words she said about my dad every time I would go to her place (that he turns me against her, that he's uneducated and I will become a worthless human like him, etc).
People can be cruel and my parents stayed together for more than 10 years pretending to be a "happy family". After things cooled down I chose to stay with my dad and both my parents fought to have me with them. I wish they would've divorced earlier. I had a nice life after things calmed. Had to move between homes but at least the people around me didn't pretend anymore, I saw their true characters. I saw their raw feelings. Both my parents loved and love me but they were incompatible.
I have a family of my own now but if one day I will stop loving my husband, I won't pretend..better to separate than be bitter.
Please save yourself the trouble and skip it.
If not for the ML I wouldn't have forced myself to watch it until the end. Whoever wrote the script has no idea how to make a popular series because it had so much potential..the actors were actually doing a good job but the plot is like someone wrote a mediocre fanfiction. You can slap, kick, poison, cut an arm or something..whatever else was better than stabbing him again and again..
I myself felt that it was a lost cause since the first episodes but I wanted to see it to end as I'm quite the masochist when it comes to bad dramas.
This series was mediocre at best, the plot full of loopholes covered by fluffy/cheesy moments (the murderer of the peony case, what happened to Mu Yuan, etc
The FL is of normal looks (some may find her cute I guess) and the 3 princes offer a good distraction for different tastes.
If you're into that..check it out, if not..don't be like myself and waste your time.
I was basically more invested in the story of the secondary characters like Linlang or Wen Shuo. Even Luo Mingxi was more interesting then the love of the main characters.
The fake Di Zhiyuan ark took too much screentime and I felt no emotion whatsoever for her or her suffering. I was basically rooting for her to be punished as she crossed the line while her superior attitude until the very end made her unlikeable.
It started interesting and then as the episodes went on it became too much that at episode 35 I was considering dropping it.
From my point of view this is yet another series that had potential but it all went down the drain.
Sometimes you need to be courageous and break the walls of "shame". A healthy family relationship is that where you have their support even in old age. If tomorrow I break up with my husband and have no job or money, I can always go back to either one of my parents and start my life from zero as a single mother. They will always have my back and won't be ashamed by my failures. People will talk of course but a thick skin makes a healthy mind, there's no person that can talk s.it about myself worse than me (I'm my worst enemy).
I always found it fascinating how restricted women are in the Asian culture..the act of "serving" your husband & in-laws, the treatment of single 30+ women, the idea that the women have to stay home to raise children (give up their career), how divorced women or single mothers are seen..for a westerner a lot of times I find myself screaming at the screen and rooting for the women to be strong and fight to take their lives in their own hands..until your last breath live with no regrets as you tried your best.
And don't get me wrong, the western way is far from perfection but don't promote the idea of fighting for the family values where you have to loose yourself in the process, that's not healthy. And this is coming from a child who was in the middle of it while my parents kept it going for the sake of a "perfect family" picture.
Mine divorced when I was 14 while I was taking my highschool exams. It was a mess, I was upset with my mother for her bad timing..I didn't want to stay with her but had no choice as my dad didn't manage to buy his home until a few days before my exams. I only slept at her place. I was staying between dust and furniture just to be with my dad. I couldn't stay with him a lot until he bought the apartment as he was staying at a friend's house and he didn't want me to bother them too much (could visit him only once every few days.. I got a great score at my exams and got into my choice highschool but it was emotionally draining. Had to mature fast and was a sensible kid.
It took me 10+ years to forgive my mother..not for the divorce, but her selfishness for not waiting until I was done with my exams. Also for the horrible words she said about my dad every time I would go to her place (that he turns me against her, that he's uneducated and I will become a worthless human like him, etc).
People can be cruel and my parents stayed together for more than 10 years pretending to be a "happy family". After things cooled down I chose to stay with my dad and both my parents fought to have me with them. I wish they would've divorced earlier. I had a nice life after things calmed. Had to move between homes but at least the people around me didn't pretend anymore, I saw their true characters. I saw their raw feelings. Both my parents loved and love me but they were incompatible.
I have a family of my own now but if one day I will stop loving my husband, I won't pretend..better to separate than be bitter.