I know right. So unfortunate. But it's Lee Jun Ho, so I'll be watching regardless. On a totally unrelated note ... You officially have the longest "Currently Watching" list of anyone that I've come across on here. LOL.
Are you a MDL staff doing survey? I answered the same question in another drama's comment section LOL..
No I'm not a MDL staffer. No I'm not doing any surveys. I posted my question on other pages so I could get a broad set of answers from different people. Would that be okay with you? LOL.
For me, when i watched it as it aired, it had a slow start too and episode 6 with the backstory of the leads and…
I am exactly like you. I need to be in a certain mood to enjoy a drama and I just wasn't able to get into that mood with FNOS. But today, I tried it again and I'm slowly getting into it at episode 5. So I'm picking this back up again.
I can't help but think that this article is going to have the unintended effect of reigniting the "cultural appropriation" accusations that were so rampant when AOS first aired, when there were a very vocal group of people who accused AOS of cultural appropriation and plagiarism from Chinese Xianxia dramas like The Untamed and Ever Night. I know that is not your intention but I worry that might happen.
On a totally unrelated note ... You officially have the longest "Currently Watching" list of anyone that I've come across on here. LOL.