eldiomedes

I wouldn't say toxic. Anything nice can be turned toxic but having a drink with buddies in Korea is very much cultural.

It is not overrated. Sure, no everyone's cup of tea but it is a prime example of a complete drama. Very few Cdramas are like that. It's not the just the story but the performance from each and everyone, pacing, transitions, environment, background score and OST, people acting like human beings etc.

You won't, both are very similarly paced. This one is even more slow burn.

Reset is great but it's not really a pure romance show. Which I implied anyway.

One of the better solid no nonsense romance Cdramas. 2/2 for Zhao Jin Mai in this category. This and Amidst a Snowstorm of Love. Great OST, production quality.

A lot of people are hating on the second male lead. To me, he was a nice dude but a doofus. FL explained it better, but I am paraphrasing.."With all the high EQ IQ you did absolutely fuck all with your feelings. Now I am happy so, cya."

My only complaints about the show..1) Vehicle process photography, China is still stuck with the 1960s rear projection. What is that about ? 2) Shuangyuan Photovoltaic sign in front of their offices. That CGI sign is a travesty. Someone designed it in Canva and animated that with a toaster. Would it cost millions to build a sign out of plastic and paint it metal ?

Seriously, a propaganda (in a good way) show about Chinese tech, these minor flaws were an eyesore.

I am glad someone else sees it. Even in the latest cool drama Shine on Me, everything is modern, great camerawork and yet process photography of car background is ass.

Opinion about the drama aside, you are changing your tone. At first you said, 'my queen' term was putting someone on a pedestal, while clearly in the specific scene, it was a term of endearment where the FL declares her as his equal. Now why in the name of all the gods and dogs are you bringing up the historical kings and queens ? How is that relevant. Oh my head hurts..

There is, sort of. But the female lead has the eyes only for the ML.

You didn't even watch the scene bro. Where's the pedestal here ? or do you think it literally meant royalty here ?

Even if your assumption based on the term 'my queen' is true, which it isn't as you don't even know the context as you haven't seen it, how does it corelate to chemistry ?

If you don't like a drama, it's fine. As I have said, not everyone likes everything but better not add crazy arguments lol

Why would the term "my queen" send you running ? bruh. "the winner becomes the king. But I won today, so I am the king. You're the queen", Yin Guo tells Yiyang in front everyone after winning the 9-ball tourney. As both a tease and a term of endearment, dedicating her win to him. It's a cute scene with overflowing chemistry. "facepalm".

But hey you like what you like so, that's fine.

It's a weird drama where things just..happen ? Like a linear video game, where you are dropped at a random location for a skirmish and when you're done, you never see that location again.

But the focal point is the romance and that's kinda sweet so I finished it. The leads are smart. Plenty of sweetness, little sorrow, some angst, some longing..the whole nine yards. Don't expect the politics, abracadabra and the worldbuilding to make any sense.

People would think of him as extremely lucky. Time and tide wait for none, unless of course luck is on your side.

If you take out LYS, then it would be a snoozefest. And Xi Guang's love has to unconditional like Sang Yan's was or her having obstacles like her job or some other stuff, in order for them to end up together.

The show itself revolves around dumb misunderstandings so they made sure every primary character has some role to play in them lol. Tbh when the dust settles, the BFF does admit that she didn't see it coming. As for the yiyang part, that was a generic advice, not a serious suggestion or anything.

The writers were high anyway.

no, but there's an epilogue. What could the season 2 possibly be about lol

Both of them were stubborn as a mule. But personally I think it was amusing to see the FL turn the sourpuss ML into a puppy with her antics.

I agree with the 2ml issue. In the source material, the dude is a background character. So trying to reinvent him, the screenwriter fumbled.

Rather, half arsed adaptation. Read the original novel, that's much more fun.

It's mostly an adaptation issue from the source material. Ning is more accurate compared to Wei. If they had adapted Wei more accurately, like much more psychotic, Ning's actions would have made much more sense.

In the novel, he is jealous of his own kids because they take a lot of Ning'er's attention away from him lol. So petty. But it also explores their married life in depth.

Showing reincarnation after death or self inflicted death is absolutely a no go in China unless it is shown like that in the drama. Ignore the modern day bits, just couple of seconds added to bypass the censor laws.

Sort of reverse harem well done but romance takes back seat in this show anyway, until the very end.