All the men… and I mean ALL the men — the ML hero, the psycho obsessive, the villain bro, the scholar, the…
I feel old seeing the evil uncle/Prime Minister - who is actually a well known actor of his own class and considered one of the most charismatic of his generation- play an uncle role now! Growing up he was the popular charming ML of his own shows..with fan edits and all loll
What I love about this show is girlhood. I hate when they make women tearing each other down for funsies. FCY…
The girl code is one of the strongest points about this drama. The magistrate's daughter/Song Yan fiancee really surprised me in the end there. She has way more backbone & more true to her word than the men in her life.
Yes, the director and screenwriter aren't stupid. They wanted to make an impact. They made us fall in love with…
Granny Kang was something. Many of us hated her for being such a willfully ignorant gossip who was full of negativity; yet she was human in that she loved as vividly as she hated. She spread a lot of hate; but her ability to put that down out of love for her grandson made her such an interesting character. She was an insecure aging woman forced to raise young grandsons on her own after having to bury her own children. In a way you gotta wonder if she chose hurtful gossip as a weird means of protecting herself. Yet when it came to it, she went out with honor. It was sad FCY never got to see the redeeming side to her; and alas she was placed on the same deathbed as those who befell their reputation.
i have a feeling that prime minister's son isn't actually his biological son, hence the way he treats him. that…
Haven't read the novel either. What is a VERY telling sign to this theory is the Chancellor's wife exclaiming in joy "the Weis bloodline will continue after all!" or something along those lines, when she out Xie Zheng is alive.
Xie Zheng is such a green flag in every way yet retains his aura that he can get real messy if you catch him on his bad side. ZLH's acting in this is balanced, aiming for nuanced but not expressionless. While Qi Min seems intriguing, the fear Qian Qian has when she speaks of him, sounds like someone who is traumatized and fled abuse.
I was never crazy about ZLH and always thought while he had the looks and screen presence I was waiting for him to give us more. Well mans finally did it. He has been an absolute bliss to watch and I eat any doubts I ever had about him. As for Tan Xi Wei she is just perfection
I wouldn't want to look at the sad side. Let me explain. Have you seen people who outlive what their doctors say…
Lowkey I was hoping he'd give HanYan a baby at least if the writers decided to write him off, yer know! But this ending ended as poetically as it possibly could, any other way would've been off track.
I am going to miss this show. This starts off excellent, got messy at some parts but remained intriguing til the very end. This was the only show in recent years I finished every episode without forwarding. From production, pacing, characterization and acting, this was on par as far as consistency goes. Looked forward to a new episode every day, easily binged 30 episodes.
As for romance, it's not fluffy but appropriate given the whole theme. Every look or touch they gave each other always felt so much more. The saying "still waters run deep" describes their chemistry. Personally I am a fan
I've seen different interpretations about the ending, but having FYX stand on the side of the deceased is very much intended in the show's nuanced way imo, that he "joined" the other side perhaps very shortly after the new year.
7 eps in...this is so good and the pacing of the story/plot is one of the best I've seen. Never a dull moment and the mood of calm underhanded tension fits the storyline.
As for romance, it's not fluffy but appropriate given the whole theme. Every look or touch they gave each other always felt so much more. The saying "still waters run deep" describes their chemistry. Personally I am a fan