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Let's be real tho.. He has spent most of his time yelling at her, punishing her, throwing and breaking things in a fit, etc.. That is not a slow burn romance.. that is abusive imo.. And it could have still been slow burn, and could have started those little romantic gestures at around ep 10-15.. But we got him asking Elise to be his GF.. and in fact asked her to move in with him and Ke Song.. Yep , that's romantic..The pacing is extremely tiresome, and the constant assault of all the baddies is unrealistic and way overdone imo. If you want a 'natural' story, that isn't it.

for the first time.. today, I don't have an urge to start and binge watch the episodes today.. starting at ep 24 or 25 I believe. I have grown to not respect and dislike so many characters. This drama went south imo.. too bad.. it had so much potential. It made the ML SO stupid and cruel. The writers made SO many bad guys it's a struggle to watch. It's tiresome to watch when the bad guys always win and their victims are constantly too stupid to catch on.

Agree, I was enjoying this drama quite a bit. But it's become a frustrating, annoying experience. At first I hoped Qianfan was on to Elise and let Nina go as some sort of plan. But no, he's just an idiot. A super arrogant, bad tempered, childish, spoiled, cruel idiot. I have grown to dislike him and I am so sad about that. And I really liked Ke Song, but she became a doormat, and stupid in her decisions. Like why wouldn't she tell Qianfan about her discovery of the porridge and the medication? She calls the Dr? This drama turned into degrees of evil for way too many characters. There are few characters to like. There are some, but they are constantly dupes and puppy eyed fools to the bad guys. What a waste of great actors, awesome set designs, and an interesting backdrop for a story.

ah, ok, thanks:)

Thanks,, I will skip:)

well, put together, it's like a short movie.. if you look on the bright side, haha.. altho, I know when it's broken in episodes, it def. changes the pacing and writing.

thanks:)

I am enjoying this.. in some places it surprises from the usual trope ( i.e. watching the FL sleeping in the car, however here she snores haha) I have fallen for Gigi de Luna.. What a beautiful woman, and her acting is fresh. I can't wait to see the whole thing, I am up to ep 5 right now.

That's on my queue and I don't know why I haven't started it yet.. I should before somehow it gets erased/blocked totally somehow.. But do you know if this is based on a BL story?

Is this a BL? You know, as much as it can be?

Well, it's called Moonshine... so... the prohibition of alcohol is the theme which they wind this story around. I doubt it's going away anytime soon. I do feel the chemistry between the MC, and feel like it wasn't there in the early episodes so much because the ML's character had a very strong vision of how life should be and he is finding himself doing things he normally wouldn't approve of because he grows to care about the FL. So he was closed off , uptight and a cultural snob imo. The FL's character has always had to be tougher than her birthright allowed and more secretive to save her and her brothers lives. It's a perfect story for breaking down all their preconceived attitudes and learned behaviors because they fall for each other.

I am really enjoying this drama.. and it's not confusing to me, I wonder why many find it confusing? One thing this drama is doing is not making everyone evil or good. Perhaps, that's confusing to some? These characters are all being forced to confront things in their lives and getting through them either to survive, to protect or get someone they care about, etc. Except for the truly manipulative ones in the hierarchy, of those I feel only the Chief State Councilor can be known to be bad. imo The Emperor and the Chief Royal Secretary are a mixture imo.. Having power they are both trying to achieve something they want, and protect it.. Is that a good thing or not, we don't know yet.

I am enjoying this drama. Every episode so far has some good humor, romance, character development, mystery and tension. I'm never bored because , so far, the story goes somewhere I didn't expect. I feel like in the end, the CP should become emperor, with the ML supporting and advising him.

Well, to me, it's yet to be proven if it's a hot mess, or something that will come together. To be fair, not knowing who is really on the evil side is a mainstay in good vs evil dramas.

It's about acting, haven't you ever seen any actors that aren't that attractive but that have great charisma and become attractive because of it? If these two act with great chemistry, the script and production is good, then that should be enough.

I haven't even watched it yet and I have to agree with you.. The only point to make dramas 16 eps or more is to tell the story , esp. the back story, that you didn't know or expect.

While I definitely don't think dramas/movies/ books etc have to be instructional, inspirational or have a moral to the story, this one actually did. I guess you didn't agree with the lesson. Also, K dramas have always told many different types of stories not just stories that inspire you. But those were probably the type of drama's you watched because you like them. Just likeI don't like too much angst, cheating, darkness, etc.. so I avoid those stories usually.

I really liked this. It was done so well.

I enjoy this show. I like the two main leads . It's not really because of Caesar Wu, who I find attractive but I am not huge fan. I like his acting in this one quite a bit. I haven't seen Zhang Hui Wen before and she's just ok to me. But , she not hard to take like I find many women chinese actors who are too cutesy and childlike for my taste. I like the story so far and I look forward to the upcoming eps.

love them and their story. I don't care about age gaps, in fact I like them.