greenblood_spock

Agree. What i meant was their past relationship.

Some are too quick rushing into judgment of YN past relationship with LJX.
All we see so far are fragments of flashbacks. It's obviously to me they were really close, probably in love. He was her first love. So embracing or lovers conversations, nothing wrong with that.
Wasn't that SY embrace too intimate to? And here we're waiting for the kiss. Isnt that too intimate to for an unmarried lady?
Why cant we wait to see if she and LJX did intimate like husband and wife or not before lush shaming her.
No one knows why she didnt tell SY before when he asked. Why too much negativity against her for unknown reason.

The main plot is either stalling or moving like a turtle. Took the whole ep for SY to pass an exam, not much else. The main biggest exam has not happened yet, then raising to power rival to LJX, relationship between YN and SY is till where it is. 15 eps left, doesn't seem to be enough to fit in all these. Instead, bunch of unnecessary developments else where. I hope ep 25 is just a filler and that the story lives up to what it means in the title "The rise of Ning"

Tbh, this drama performs well part of it because the current rival dramas are not really good, like the best among the not really good.
The leads' oozing chemistry was wasted due to the birth secret drags out too long. they are stuck in the sibling mode for an eternity, sigh. ZWY only can express his love through his eyes. RM, even tougher for her. She could only express more when drunk. Such a waste of potential.
And CS, wasted of his potential too. See how we hate him so much with very limited time he was on screen?
I have waited and waited for the real face off between SY and LJX once SY raises to power, along with YN real identity and love triangle between them.
But, 15 eps to go and the main plot is not moving but the subplot is expanding. The 3 leads together had about 10, 15 minutes on screen in ep 25, the rest of the ep was ... whatever. Feel sorry for the 3 leads.

Secondary couple have more screen time than they should. I don't care much about their love triangle. Three of them don't have much tension and zero chemistry. Nearly half of ep 25 was about them.
I would rather see the plot focuses more on the three main characters. The main birth secret drags out too long. The politics, power struggle between ML and SML has not even started.

SY probably already sensed there was something between YN and LJX at their first encounter. The way she was terrified and the way LJX looked at her like he wanted to eat her, LOL.
It didn't take long for SY figured out. But he was patient, didn't push her. Gave her time and space to open up to him.

When she ran to the fighting, I was like, Lady, what can you do?
Well, I was so wrong about her. Zero martial art skills, no problem, she observed the situation and used tricks up her sleeves to help her Third Brother. I laughed so hard when she squashed Cheng Lang's dirty sniper trick and when she startled LJX's men with the fire crackers that helped SY and his men to escape.
And he, kind of dummy giving her a will and letter like that. He should have known by now that their bond is unbreakable and that, like she said, how could she live happily if anything happened to him? She was right to be upset.

I have to praise the director for the scene at the end of ep 24 when YN told SY her deepest secret.
No dialogs, No showing facial expressions, sad, sorrow, crying, angry, just her back facing him and him lowering his head with his fists clenched - just simple but emitting deep impact on viewers.

I dont fault her for those times when the vilains tried to kill her.
The only time she was out of her character was end of ep21 when she went out by herself.
I think im done with these arguments .

The criticism seems to find faults on anything FL did, and ignores what she did for him. Yes, saving doesn't have to be physical saving but some fail to see that

I'm not sure some of us even watch the same drama.
The leads are the most in-sync so far. Each can guess and see through what the other is doing. So there is nothing really hidden between them except for their deepest secrets.
She got mad at him for withholding stuff from her? No, She figured out the testimony and knew he deceived her, pretending to like the painting. She even gave the painting to him after knowing he sneaking into her chamber to try to steal it. She was mad at him for not coming clean after all that they went through together.
He constantly saves her, when? The only time he saved her was ep 22, bad script there. He saved her on first episode too, but was not her fault.
Speaking of saving, it's not a one way street thus far. They both save each other.
Same old, same old, always the FL gets criticized on everything.

Mixed feeling. More than half way and the main entanglements have not even been un-entangled for just one. Instead, too much time spent on secondary characters, six Uncle and six Miss. They were ok first few eps, adding few comic moments. But now it becomes repetitive and takes time away from the main story.
On a good note, the Mom's doppelganger is gone. Hope she's gone for good. It' just me, something about that character that I just don't like.

How so?

The druken scenes were well shot, beautiful setting, perfect lighting. YN was quirky, funny, and adorable like a kitten when resting her face on SY's chest. And SY, the look that melts a thousand hearts.

The drama is also upgraded from S to S+ due to its popularity. It's a dark horse for sure with little promotion, only 1.9 mil reservations.
Congrats to RM, ZWY, CS, whole cast and crew, writer, director. Aside from our 3 main leads, who are slaying their roles, other characters, big or small are well crafted.
At the end of the day, the success is a team effort, not just a single individual. Still, only half way, let's hope for the best.

The adaptation so far is ok. I appreciate that they keep Yi Ning role front and center for now as the novel is all about her. At the very least, the title is about her. However, I expect it will become more about both SY and YN later. So fans of ML should just be patient.
They couldn't hep but had to add typical tropes like fake miscarriage and poison. But I hope they don't add amnesia trope which I hate with a passion.

Let's wait patiently. Once LSY becomes top scholar, the f*cking dad has to walk behind him.

Jin Xiu An Ning with young cast and small fan base is holding itself well against other dramas with veterans, big names, big fan base. I hope the drama keeps its momentum and does well till the end.

It was a gaze of a man to a woman. And that hug, too long, too intimate for a brother to a sister. And that gentle touches to wipe away tears on her cheeks.
I'm so uncomfortable. IMO, she's old enough to know and notice that.

Bruh, deja vu all over again. Some comments nicely suggested that RM was not charming enough to draw out the obsession of men or handling reverse harem. And that production, writers have to tone down, removing that aspect.
And here I thought scripts have to be in place then production team would find artists who are suitable for the roles. They could have casted an actress who was charming enough. Why would they cast RM and have to re-write, tone down the script for her? Why went through the trouble ?
It would have been a big change. With the story thus far, that they had to remove the love line between Lin Mao and Luo Yi Xiu. Then added bunch of creepy stuff he did to Yi Ning.
Better go ask the writers/director instead of speculating based on your bias.