You know what I appreciated most about this drama? Besides everything lol. It’s that the 2 main couples are not shy about holding hands, hugging, and kissing their partners. I like that both the men & the women initiate the intimacy. Sometimes in Xianxia genre, they don’t show that much affection & often the men are the ones who initiate and the women act shy. I love how comfortable they are at expressing their love & just acting like married couples. The chemistry between the casts - partners, siblings, and friendships- all feel so organic and natural. That’s why it hurt so badly when ish hits the fan.
https://imgur.com/a/3IGX0OJ These posters published by Chen Xingxu studio are so beautiful. They make me imagine what a visual feast this drama would be if the director had better artistic taste and lightening (He has done a good job in some other departaments, unfortunately cinematography is definitely not his strong point).
Also kudos to Chen Xingxu studio for releasing posters that involve fellew actress. I haven't seen any other C-ent actors' studio done that before. He's an independent artist so he has a say in everything I guess xD.
The ML's acting was phenomenal, very natural and realistic. He was completely into the role. The FL's acting was at times forced and overdone, which stood out against the ML's natural flow. I actually don't think I'd notice those mild weakness in FL's acting had she not been paired against him in this role.
Also, people keep talking about the ML being abusive. She was basically his captive in the beginning. Based on all the comments, I seriously expected him to have hit her or tossed her around a bunch. He forcefully held her by the throat while he was all up in her face...two or three times... Not at all saying that's okay, but we've seen way worse in other dramas and no one ever said a thing so what's the deal here?
It's not like it continued with that behavior or it was his nature. Once he stopped viewing her as a tool being used to achieve his goals and started seeing her as a person nothing even close to abusive ever happened again.
All his anger and aggression towards her was in large part due to his sister (who he finally was about to reconnect with after 17 years) having died while saving FL's life - hence, his resentment and grief clearly wasn't being handled well), AND he viewed her strictly as a tool/weapon to be used to achieve goals which had now become even more crucial since his sister was gone now too. AND that tool kept acting up. He chose to use force and fear to get the tool to act right (and honestly, there were times I wanted to smack the shit out of the FL several times myself...maybe that's why I thought his roughness was mild?! LOL!). Also everytime he looked at her he was reminded of his sister and what had happened.
I'll say it again. Once he stopped seeing her as a tool/weapon and started seeing her for who she was (including seeing past her face) it was clear he was never the type to truly harm a woman (although I wished he'd choked the shit out of the aunt towards the end).
People also keep getting stuck on her looking exactly like his sister. How do y'all watch body swapping or cross-dressing dramas? He didn't fall in love with her face. He fell in love with the person. I'm struggling to understand why that's been so difficult for people to grasp.
Now, let's talk about how seriously hot that ML's character was and how well the actor pulled that shit off. My GOD! Pure sex appeal throughout. He KILLED those scenes and owned that tall, dark, RICH and handsome demeanor. I remember him from Hello, The Sharpshooter and although I thought he was hot there too it was nothing compared to this. It's like he studied Jimin's (BTS) sex appeal before playing the role. My GOD he pulled it off well! He was the best part of this entire drama - hands down.
Lastly, what the hell is up with the outrageous stupidity from the female characters? The FL was imbecilic, pathetic and dense to the extreme in the beginning. I almost couldn't bear to push through it. That was next-level frustrating. Then the best fried kept showing her own stupidity. Then the best friend's mom took the cake! It was totally a dumb, dumber and dumbest scenario! Luckily that didn't last throughout so I was able to enjoy most of the drama. Oh! The SFL was AWESOME! She's the only female character that was never stupid. I loved her style and her looks and she just kept getting cooler and cooler.
All in all, I really enjoyed the drama. It's definitely NOT a masterpiece and not at all perfect but it was fun and completely addictive to watch (the short-length episodes helped), which is obviously what I wanted and why I chose to watch it in the first place. So it accomplished what it was meant to. I'll definitely watch this again.
RiP to all not liking the romance but i am build differently 😏😂
Imo, it gives the story the much needed personal stakes and as such Rembrary cannot just cruising through it all until he returns to his world as though he just had some (admittedly very stressful) vacations. It creates conflict for the character on a very personal level, be it causing him pause to return bc he wants to be with her, or with his holy oath/chastity that comes in conflict with his desire to love her. Or rather not trying to love her and failing, heh.
So the romance, and close bond with FL in general, really adds dimension to his (rather one-note, too goody-shoes... if funny) character, since all the things that were very clear-cut for him before are suddenly not that anymore. He suddenly has something and someone to lose in this oh so strange world (for him), be it whether through leaving her behind when/should he eventually goes back or due to evil machinations of his demonic enemy threatening her safety.
Plus i very much enjoy their intimate talks and the way he consoles her/ the way he speaks about (her) mental health struggles. Idk it is just so comforting.
Is Kim Min Gue really singing or is this all lip sync?
he is! he's got an angelic voice ^^ before he became an actor he used be an idol trainee actually. here's a clip of him on i can see your voice: https://youtu.be/BwkC_3E1wBw
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These posters published by Chen Xingxu studio are so beautiful. They make me imagine what a visual feast this drama would be if the director had better artistic taste and lightening (He has done a good job in some other departaments, unfortunately cinematography is definitely not his strong point).
Also kudos to Chen Xingxu studio for releasing posters that involve fellew actress. I haven't seen any other C-ent actors' studio done that before. He's an independent artist so he has a say in everything I guess xD.
like it feels like such upgrade after all boring one we saw recently
Also, people keep talking about the ML being abusive. She was basically his captive in the beginning. Based on all the comments, I seriously expected him to have hit her or tossed her around a bunch. He forcefully held her by the throat while he was all up in her face...two or three times... Not at all saying that's okay, but we've seen way worse in other dramas and no one ever said a thing so what's the deal here?
It's not like it continued with that behavior or it was his nature. Once he stopped viewing her as a tool being used to achieve his goals and started seeing her as a person nothing even close to abusive ever happened again.
All his anger and aggression towards her was in large part due to his sister (who he finally was about to reconnect with after 17 years) having died while saving FL's life - hence, his resentment and grief clearly wasn't being handled well), AND he viewed her strictly as a tool/weapon to be used to achieve goals which had now become even more crucial since his sister was gone now too. AND that tool kept acting up. He chose to use force and fear to get the tool to act right (and honestly, there were times I wanted to smack the shit out of the FL several times myself...maybe that's why I thought his roughness was mild?! LOL!). Also everytime he looked at her he was reminded of his sister and what had happened.
I'll say it again. Once he stopped seeing her as a tool/weapon and started seeing her for who she was (including seeing past her face) it was clear he was never the type to truly harm a woman (although I wished he'd choked the shit out of the aunt towards the end).
People also keep getting stuck on her looking exactly like his sister. How do y'all watch body swapping or cross-dressing dramas? He didn't fall in love with her face. He fell in love with the person. I'm struggling to understand why that's been so difficult for people to grasp.
Now, let's talk about how seriously hot that ML's character was and how well the actor pulled that shit off. My GOD! Pure sex appeal throughout. He KILLED those scenes and owned that tall, dark, RICH and handsome demeanor. I remember him from Hello, The Sharpshooter and although I thought he was hot there too it was nothing compared to this. It's like he studied Jimin's (BTS) sex appeal before playing the role. My GOD he pulled it off well! He was the best part of this entire drama - hands down.
Lastly, what the hell is up with the outrageous stupidity from the female characters? The FL was imbecilic, pathetic and dense to the extreme in the beginning. I almost couldn't bear to push through it. That was next-level frustrating. Then the best fried kept showing her own stupidity. Then the best friend's mom took the cake! It was totally a dumb, dumber and dumbest scenario! Luckily that didn't last throughout so I was able to enjoy most of the drama. Oh! The SFL was AWESOME! She's the only female character that was never stupid. I loved her style and her looks and she just kept getting cooler and cooler.
All in all, I really enjoyed the drama. It's definitely NOT a masterpiece and not at all perfect but it was fun and completely addictive to watch (the short-length episodes helped), which is obviously what I wanted and why I chose to watch it in the first place. So it accomplished what it was meant to. I'll definitely watch this again.
Imo, it gives the story the much needed personal stakes and as such Rembrary cannot just cruising through it all until he returns to his world as though he just had some (admittedly very stressful) vacations. It creates conflict for the character on a very personal level, be it causing him pause to return bc he wants to be with her, or with his holy oath/chastity that comes in conflict with his desire to love her. Or rather not trying to love her and failing, heh.
So the romance, and close bond with FL in general, really adds dimension to his (rather one-note, too goody-shoes... if funny) character, since all the things that were very clear-cut for him before are suddenly not that anymore. He suddenly has something and someone to lose in this oh so strange world (for him), be it whether through leaving her behind when/should he eventually goes back or due to evil machinations of his demonic enemy threatening her safety.
Plus i very much enjoy their intimate talks and the way he consoles her/ the way he speaks about (her) mental health struggles. Idk it is just so comforting.
The Qi people also have a unique way of defining age. Who knows what age he really is now. 😅