Sooo much miscommunication. Poor things. Bloody scriptwriters have really written her as insufferably dimwitted. Paired with her anime expressions it just makes me want to close my eyes and look away. A waste of a good character. A drama that was initially good fun with chemistry, and some fun moments is rapidly becoming tedious. #cries
Feel bad for FL -- the writers have made her into a spineless twit. This whole parental situation leaves quite a bad taste and she comes out looking very poorly. ML, on the other hand, also written into a reactive blindspot. Sigh. Was hoping this drama would stay my temp candy space but no dice. Fingers crossed this scenario, which is aimed at laughs but is only uncomfortable is done soon.
on my hands and knees begging for legal sites to catch up with the subs it's actually torture at this point
Lol, yeah! Some of the MTL is hilarious while the others are like....wot? A surprisingly good drama, at least compared to the usual crap run of the mill contemporary romcoms c-dramaland churns out relentlessly. Acting is pretty ok, facial expressions are pretty funny, and the actors complement each other. I won't waste my braincells on story since it's mental candy floss anyway.
Update: I swear this the first time I've seen subs that would give MangoTV a run for its money. 😆😆😆
Wow, this drama is such a toxic dumpsite. Give me Perfect Marriage Revenge over this any day. Peace out peeps. Also, don't come at me please, I wish PMY would eat something or get healthier. Her frame is skeletal.
Why is it a replica of perfect marriage revenge. I literally loved PMR. I hope I can love this too. 2 eps were…
Perfect Marriage Revenge was an insanely crazy ride and I loved it! They packed so much story into 12 eps. That ASMR of the dress rip is going to live in my dreams! LOL I don't expect much from this one though :(. PMY tends to play the same role over and over with fading results. Ah well. Let's see.
Cool, complicated, nuanced and mature anthology on love. Not easy watching but interesting! I like what they tried to. Better yet, they were successful at it too. A very pleasant change from the truckloads of candy coated crap that's produced by dreamland. 2023, in particular, has been craptastic.
Where can we watch the trailer? Share with me too🩷
Ooh, thanks! Zhou Yu Tong (I love her!) and Tian Xi Wei...+ a Linmon production is a recipe for awesomeness! Complicated, conflicted characters who have human (i.e. poor, limited) decision making skills? Sign me up, please.
Firstly, whoah. I had an inkling how things would go but this was next level. Full marks to the scriptwriter for keeping the characters true to themselves and for showing us that this was always going to be a high risk game with no confirmed happy living after.
I ugly cried buckets.
But the drama and the script, the acting and the score all made it worth my while. No cheap HEA played for the crowds. No, victory came at a bitter bitter cost: the cost was almost everything.
Secondly, I can't believe I called it with my prediction re Princess YY and Duke LTT. Wow. That was a bit of precognition. Brilliant to see the the two proteges survived at incredible cost, and now more than ever will take up the mantle to lead.
RY is hands down the most epic lead. Ever. Heroic. Charismatic, Lethal. Strategic, Aggressive. Virtually invincible. What an epic badass!
NY was her equal in most ways. and I adored how he recognised the places where she was more capable than him. A lovely adult relationship with communication, and moments of humour and flirtation, and quiet intimacy.
Aaah, my musketeers from Liudao Hall -- you were the absolute best from start to end. A fantastic ensemble cast without a single weak link.
You broke my heart Journey to Love. I don't hate you for it because you told me you would. 😢💔
Does anyone know where I can find an English translation of the novel Derailment? I've read other novels by Priest -- the BL police series was insanely good and addictive.
Forgot about him. Didn't realize that he actually has a conscience and was conflicted even though he also didn't…
I have a slightly different take on this: you're right in that he is conflicted about the pointless waste of lives but he's also, in my view, struck by how much this will thin out his reserves/fighting forces. Where and how soon can he replenish them? Able and reasonably well trained bodies with a die mentality are hard to find, and loyal to their reason d'être? Virtually impossible.
And we're back to a slightly slower pace again. Not sure how I feel about this bit of direction. LTG and Princess Chue are murderously adorable. Who knew? Although LTG is a massively manipulative shit. And she isn't short in the brains and political stratagems department either. But the relative equality of the competition between them and interaction sans hostility was nice to see. Didn't think these two feral cats could be cute but they were!
Duke of Chue -- limited screen time aside -- shines with his political smarts.
The actor playing the Emperor of Wu did a stellar job in making him into a loathsome, narcissistic cockroach. The sudden mood shifts, lightning fast expression and tonal changes were cleverly done. Easy to see how someone like that would be an unreliable ruler but very good at self-preservation. NYZ's interaction with the emperor in the pagoda was one of the pivotal scenes of the drama. Complete, unequivocal and clearly stated break between emperor and loyal subject. Terrific piece of acting there. The way he smiled at the emperor was like a knife at the throat.
YY continues to impress with her equanimity. Time spent with the shifu is clearly paying off. Although, I think the moment of her identity reveal is going to happen soon. The emperor of Wu is unreliable at best and malicious at worst. His priority is himself. And he's willing to sacrifice anything and everything to reclaim his coveted throne. It'll be interesting to see to what extent his sense of preservation can keep his ego in check.
Almost at the last third now. So, all the action should be picking up now. Plus, our musketeers haven't experienced any serious losses yet. I can see that hurt coming down the line.
So far, best historical c-drama of the year. Splendidly done all round. Pity it won't get the applause and praise and visibility it deserves because of stupidly pointless fandom, stardom shenanigans.
Not sure why the plot is moving at breakneck speed in this ep. We need forward momentum but this feels a little abrupt. I forgive them though because LTG had a come to Jesus moment, RX is the baddest bad ass of them all.
So I’m all caught up with episodes and while waiting for new episodes to air I figured I’d come and ramble…
Nice post! I have to admit that I'm hoping LTG, resident cuckoo man, has a majestic character arc and goes on a hero's emotional journey like YY. I think the two of them could be quite brilliant together. She in some ways is walking the physical version of his hero's journey (lauded commander with a terrific sense of strategy) but emotionally she is eons more mature than him. I think once NYZ and RX beat some sense into him and/or he has his moment of growth we'll see a lot of backsliding from him. Having said that, the scriptwriter has done a damn good job of making his a sympathetic nutter. You see his growth, or his attempts to grow and then like all works in progress, he backslides. But that doesn't make you revile him -- or me at any rate. It makes me want to beat some sense into him because like RX and NYZ, I can see that goldmine of potential in him. Except they are a lot less kind to him than they were to YY's histrionics from early on in the show. I have faith that the writer will make it worth our while. I think the two of them as rulers or as the second most powerful people in their respective kingdoms would be a great take. And I imagine that the mystery surrounding his birth will become front and centre at some point. The old lecher of An is going to die. The two princes are lost causes. So who does that leave? LTG. Unless the writer decides to throw us a curve ball and have LTG married to the Duke of Cu's daughter (the current fiancé) -- but that would very much be a political alliance. And I don't see much growing happening there. The power is clearly skewed in his favour between them. All of her's comes from her father. YY, on the other hand, is rapidly gaining polish, smarts and political acumen. Her moment with NYZ about safeguarding the delegation above all was a quiet moment of regality. In one swoop, she overshadowed her brothers and her sister-in-law, the empress, with only LL and NYZ witnessing it. A marriage - even if it starts as a political one -- between the two of them, where both are equal, opens up many more avenues. In fact, I would be surprised if his interaction with YY doesn't increase once he's with the delegation and the usual jockeying for place takes place. I'm going to enjoy watching him being taken down a notch. I think YL and YY are adorable. But the read like besties to me with some subliminal vibes. I don't think he's cut out to be Fuma. Hurrah for a couple that acts like the experienced and mature adults that they are and talk things through. Again, full marks to the scriptwriter. It's this deeper understanding that pettiness and jealousies and insecurities aside their actions, their demeanour and their conversations can shape or break the success of the delegation. So, responsibilities comes first above all. And I love how they each recognise and value this in the other. Really terrific.
K-Drama 
Update: I swear this the first time I've seen subs that would give MangoTV a run for its money. 😆😆😆
Also, don't come at me please, I wish PMY would eat something or get healthier. Her frame is skeletal.
I ugly cried buckets.
But the drama and the script, the acting and the score all made it worth my while. No cheap HEA played for the crowds. No, victory came at a bitter bitter cost: the cost was almost everything.
Secondly, I can't believe I called it with my prediction re Princess YY and Duke LTT. Wow. That was a bit of precognition. Brilliant to see the the two proteges survived at incredible cost, and now more than ever will take up the mantle to lead.
RY is hands down the most epic lead. Ever. Heroic. Charismatic, Lethal. Strategic, Aggressive. Virtually invincible. What an epic badass!
NY was her equal in most ways. and I adored how he recognised the places where she was more capable than him. A lovely adult relationship with communication, and moments of humour and flirtation, and quiet intimacy.
Aaah, my musketeers from Liudao Hall -- you were the absolute best from start to end. A fantastic ensemble cast without a single weak link.
You broke my heart Journey to Love. I don't hate you for it because you told me you would. 😢💔
LTG and Princess Chue are murderously adorable. Who knew? Although LTG is a massively manipulative shit. And she isn't short in the brains and political stratagems department either. But the relative equality of the competition between them and interaction sans hostility was nice to see. Didn't think these two feral cats could be cute but they were!
Duke of Chue -- limited screen time aside -- shines with his political smarts.
The actor playing the Emperor of Wu did a stellar job in making him into a loathsome, narcissistic cockroach. The sudden mood shifts, lightning fast expression and tonal changes were cleverly done. Easy to see how someone like that would be an unreliable ruler but very good at self-preservation.
NYZ's interaction with the emperor in the pagoda was one of the pivotal scenes of the drama. Complete, unequivocal and clearly stated break between emperor and loyal subject. Terrific piece of acting there. The way he smiled at the emperor was like a knife at the throat.
YY continues to impress with her equanimity. Time spent with the shifu is clearly paying off. Although, I think the moment of her identity reveal is going to happen soon. The emperor of Wu is unreliable at best and malicious at worst. His priority is himself. And he's willing to sacrifice anything and everything to reclaim his coveted throne. It'll be interesting to see to what extent his sense of preservation can keep his ego in check.
Almost at the last third now. So, all the action should be picking up now. Plus, our musketeers haven't experienced any serious losses yet. I can see that hurt coming down the line.
So far, best historical c-drama of the year. Splendidly done all round. Pity it won't get the applause and praise and visibility it deserves because of stupidly pointless fandom, stardom shenanigans.
I'm enjoying it massively.
I think the two of them as rulers or as the second most powerful people in their respective kingdoms would be a great take. And I imagine that the mystery surrounding his birth will become front and centre at some point. The old lecher of An is going to die. The two princes are lost causes. So who does that leave? LTG. Unless the writer decides to throw us a curve ball and have LTG married to the Duke of Cu's daughter (the current fiancé) -- but that would very much be a political alliance. And I don't see much growing happening there. The power is clearly skewed in his favour between them. All of her's comes from her father.
YY, on the other hand, is rapidly gaining polish, smarts and political acumen. Her moment with NYZ about safeguarding the delegation above all was a quiet moment of regality. In one swoop, she overshadowed her brothers and her sister-in-law, the empress, with only LL and NYZ witnessing it. A marriage - even if it starts as a political one -- between the two of them, where both are equal, opens up many more avenues. In fact, I would be surprised if his interaction with YY doesn't increase once he's with the delegation and the usual jockeying for place takes place. I'm going to enjoy watching him being taken down a notch.
I think YL and YY are adorable. But the read like besties to me with some subliminal vibes. I don't think he's cut out to be Fuma.
Hurrah for a couple that acts like the experienced and mature adults that they are and talk things through. Again, full marks to the scriptwriter. It's this deeper understanding that pettiness and jealousies and insecurities aside their actions, their demeanour and their conversations can shape or break the success of the delegation. So, responsibilities comes first above all. And I love how they each recognise and value this in the other. Really terrific.