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Watch at your own risk for trauma and tears
Acting:I think these are some of the best characters all of them have played. 田嘉瑞's range in this drama? Switching between the bright and innocent JL and the cold Dragon Deity? The devastation and sadness of LWY and JL as they take turns dying for each other and never being able to be happy together? THE SCENE WHEN WWY WAS PLANNING ON CUTTING OFF HER TAIL AND THEN WSG STOPPED HER. THE MUSIC THE FLASHBACKS THE TEARS. CHILLS. And WSG's absolutely falling for WWY and the conflict of not being able to stop loving her even after knowing what she did. This was an absolutely MASTERPIECE of emotions. I cried so many times, clutched my pearls, cheering, rooting for these two couples. An absolute emotional roller coaster, and I think my level of immersion has everything to do with their stunning portrayals of their characters.
Story:
I think this was the weakest part of the show, but by no means bad. I think there were some parts I was bored, or I was less invested, likely because of pacing problems. I was confused very often but just enjoyed the ride.
I think one thing VOS did really excellently is you can totally see the complex relationships between all the characters. How WWY x WSG romance is a beautiful quiet and subtle love while LWY x JL is absolutely tragic but sweet. The friendships, sisterhood, brotherhood.
MAY I SAY WE WERE ROBBED OF HAPPY ENDING EPISODES. LIKE BRUH IK YOU HAVE SPACE FOR SOME EXTRA EPISODES. Something I absolutely adored about this drama was seeing WWY and WSG growing old and living life together in the middle, because we NEVER see that in cdramas, you never get a sufficiently long ending. I can't believe it just ended with WWY having absolutely no memory of their love spanning 50 years and everything she and WSG went through. And JL and LWY not getting their long awaited HOE? And LJ not finding JL? I need more.
Music:
SO FIRE IVE BEEN LISTENING ON REPEAT.
I've always loved how you can associate specific songs with specific couples in cdramas. Whenever 雾時光 plays during WWY x WSG moments UGH. ALSO WE ARE ABSOLUTELY ROBBED OF THE DUO VERSION OF 不苦 LIKE WDYM WE GET IT FINALLY AT THE END. ACTUAL CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY.
Overall definitely recommend. The first few episodes are the slowest but keep going, it just keeps getting better.
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My obsession for a month
Acting:My favorite role of 田曦薇 and 張凌赫! I was absolutely addicted to their romance and so cheering XZ on getting the girl. BOTH OF THEIR JEALOUSY AND ANGER AT EACH OTHER WHEN SEPARATING. WHEN HE PROPOSES TO HER AND GETS REJECTED AND THE DEVASTATION ON HIS FACE. The sparring scene when they finally make up (me crying tears of joy). THE BATTLEFIELD SCENE OF HER GETTING PICKED UP. Cinematic masterpieces and absolutely amazing angles and filming.
The side romance of GSY and QS was so sweet and long awaited. The tragedy of YQQ and QM. They all ate it up.
But it does really bothers me how people are really into QM because he's hot. The whole point of his story is the tragedy of obsession with power and control over others. He never truly loved her, he thought he did, and only at the very end does he realize.
Music:
Amazing. On repeat. Give me more. 張碧晨 is such a goddess and her vocals do this drama so much justice.
Story:
I think this was ultimately why I can't rate this drama above a 8.5 even though the acting and music are phenomenal. I think the plot is very strong and well paced for the first half of the show. Once FCY joins the military, everything happens too quickly and without enough depth to really continue driving the story forward as compellingly. I had problems with how she just got away with breaking so many military laws? How she's allowed to command soldiers or lead people with no military knowledge? I love how strong her character is but some things just felt unbelievable.
I also wished we got more fleshed out battles. I didn't ever feel like we were really seeing a large scale war. I think I've been spoiled by Who Rules the World, Legend of the Female General, Fated Hearts, Wonderland of Love with the epic battle scenes.
I think part of the problem is that 33% of the drama was well covered in 20 episodes and they squished the last 66% in the final 20 episodes because of the episode limit. I would've been perfectly fine with the drama being split into 2 seasons to fully do the story justice.
Overall totally recommend! Definitely worth a watch.
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