I’m loving the pacing of this drama. I’m so used to cdramas being unnecessarily draggy with a lot of filler scenes that this is like a breath of fresh air. Just hoping all the action and side-plots doesn’t cause this to break down half-way through the series .
Even in cross dressing, Dilraba as Chang Ge looks so good. I find it funny that she’s getting criticized for…
For once, I’m happy there’s a drama where the female lead actually makes an effort to look and act like a man. Reba doesn’t just look the part, but she’s really acting it too. I wish they let her go fully bare bones on the makeup but I don’t think netizens would be happy about that.
RIGHT!!! The subtle acting he did in that scene, the furrowed eyebrows; the slow turn to make way, and when he lets go of the umbrella and lets the rain in. Perfection! It also contains my favorite quote in the drama too so that's a plus one.
So far I'm loving this drama, but I agree with earlier comments on how Ashile Sun started liking her way too fast. Khan even called him the God of War and he's supposed to be someone intelligent and doubtful/untrusting of others, I highly doubt someone like him would be so quick to throw away judgement and start crushing on Shisi based on the fact that she's a girl. One thing I do like is that the female lead isn't invincible, even though she comes off like a prodigy. She gets significantly injured multiple times and we see how her naivety and emotions can cause her to lose her cool (e.g. A'Dou being held captive almost made her open the gate). As of right now, I think Changge has had the most character development on screen and the whole Shouzhou arc gave her more depth. I actually like that she doesn't fall for Sun right away and I hope the writers don't mess it up by making her develop feelings too fast. Ok, the last thing of my rant before I shut up. I don't have my hopes up for it, but I really, really, want them to delve deeper into the whole a woman can do the same thing a man can do. They've touched on it several times, but its always been super brief and the way it comes off for me is that Changge is just an exception. I know this is supposed to be historical and it might not fit in that context but heck, this is a drama, and its fictional, so why not infuse it with some modern ideas?
Question about Cheng Ling in the last few episodes.
It was unclear to me why CL wasn’t mad at WKS for killing his family/clan and even helped him pull off his plan to trick ZJ into thinking he died. Do they explain that in the book? That part really confused me...
I honestly kept asking myself during some scenes ‘how did they let this get through!?’ I’d like to think…
Agreed!! I kept thinking that too, especially the outright innuendo’s , how did they get it approved I wonder. I loved The Untamed but that was definitely more tame romance-wise than WOH (pun intended).
For a censored drama, the writers/actors/staff did an excellent job portraying the love between the two leads. As the audience, you can tell how much they love and care for each other through their eyes and actions alone, not to mention the hidden metaphors in WKS poems and speech. Really hope other ‘censored’ adaptations take note and deliver in the same way.
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It also contains my favorite quote in the drama too so that's a plus one.
One thing I do like is that the female lead isn't invincible, even though she comes off like a prodigy. She gets significantly injured multiple times and we see how her naivety and emotions can cause her to lose her cool (e.g. A'Dou being held captive almost made her open the gate). As of right now, I think Changge has had the most character development on screen and the whole Shouzhou arc gave her more depth. I actually like that she doesn't fall for Sun right away and I hope the writers don't mess it up by making her develop feelings too fast.
Ok, the last thing of my rant before I shut up. I don't have my hopes up for it, but I really, really, want them to delve deeper into the whole a woman can do the same thing a man can do. They've touched on it several times, but its always been super brief and the way it comes off for me is that Changge is just an exception. I know this is supposed to be historical and it might not fit in that context but heck, this is a drama, and its fictional, so why not infuse it with some modern ideas?