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It Was Hit or Miss
For me unfortunately it was a miss — It started out strong, both the ML and FL had strong personalities, while FL stood out to me more because of her dominating, bold and wise personality. However, the charm of the first five episodes quickly dissipate because of the reoccurring amnesia trope. I believe the past life shouldn't have been so brief, there were quite a lot of filler arcs, or arcs that could have ended in just an episode or two but were dragged, instead of that the past life should have lasted longer.
Basically I was Mu Qingge-baited into watching this because it was her who impressed me in the first half but she only returns briefly. The story had strong foundations but was executed badly. It just felt like they kept going in circles without making too much progress, and then returning back to square one.
The side couples were probably the sweetest part of the drama for me. Towards the end only the love story of the "villains" (Wei Jiu & Tu Jiuyuan) kept me going as the amnesia arc striked again. The side characters were cute I'd say.
However, the Immortal Sects seemed to be the most useless element of the drama. They served no purpose other than igniting more fire into the chaos. One would assume the leaders of these sects to be wise and strong but they were as gullible as kids being told children's stories. Only used their heads when they were to head the wrong direction. How did they not even have strength in numbers? It seems like they were set up only to be sacrificed—like ants being trampled—whenever needed by the writer.
Some of the actors did impress me — Julia who plays Mu Qingge/Xue Ranran, her depictions of both characters were easily distinguishable having opposing personalities. And another would be Chen Xinhai, I've only watched two of his dramas before, and the characters weren't as impactful as a sweet guy turned into villain. [these remarks are subjective]
An alternative version could have explored more into their past and how their relationship bloomed, instead 3 years just passed by within minutes. I was actually expecting it to be quite entertaining as Su Yishui tries to defeat Mu Qingge in order to get out but falls in love slowly, but it just flew by and didn't have much impact.
I'm disappointed for the loss of a badass queen we could have got as Mu Qingge (she still was even if briefly). Maybe I'm just another Su Yu obsessed with her *sigh
Oh I'd like to add — Tia Ray's Ost for this drama is so good. Her voice is magic!
Basically I was Mu Qingge-baited into watching this because it was her who impressed me in the first half but she only returns briefly. The story had strong foundations but was executed badly. It just felt like they kept going in circles without making too much progress, and then returning back to square one.
The side couples were probably the sweetest part of the drama for me. Towards the end only the love story of the "villains" (Wei Jiu & Tu Jiuyuan) kept me going as the amnesia arc striked again. The side characters were cute I'd say.
However, the Immortal Sects seemed to be the most useless element of the drama. They served no purpose other than igniting more fire into the chaos. One would assume the leaders of these sects to be wise and strong but they were as gullible as kids being told children's stories. Only used their heads when they were to head the wrong direction. How did they not even have strength in numbers? It seems like they were set up only to be sacrificed—like ants being trampled—whenever needed by the writer.
Some of the actors did impress me — Julia who plays Mu Qingge/Xue Ranran, her depictions of both characters were easily distinguishable having opposing personalities. And another would be Chen Xinhai, I've only watched two of his dramas before, and the characters weren't as impactful as a sweet guy turned into villain. [these remarks are subjective]
An alternative version could have explored more into their past and how their relationship bloomed, instead 3 years just passed by within minutes. I was actually expecting it to be quite entertaining as Su Yishui tries to defeat Mu Qingge in order to get out but falls in love slowly, but it just flew by and didn't have much impact.
I'm disappointed for the loss of a badass queen we could have got as Mu Qingge (she still was even if briefly). Maybe I'm just another Su Yu obsessed with her *sigh
Oh I'd like to add — Tia Ray's Ost for this drama is so good. Her voice is magic!
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