inuart

one thing i always appreciated abt cdramas is that they never hesitate to wipe out someone’s entire family and it always has a good weight to it too. im all for preventable tragedies and usually i really thrive on them but rxw dying here was imo a misstep. considerably soured my experience watching ngl i considered just dropping it then and there and honestly they never managed to get the story back on its feet after her death. girl and killing off chen momo was a step too fucking far i tell you that. truly this drama hit its peak during the lantern festival.
ruan xiwen was definitely their strongest character she was INCREDIBLE to watch and so unbelievably gorgeous. all the women were so lovingly written to the point im scared it might set my expectations too high for any dramas i watch in the future.
romance was top notch though. they dragged that shit out until the last second exactly the way i like it. in fact the dynamic was so up my alley i got scared. you know when ppl start complaining there’s no romance anymore they’re just scheming and plotting and hanyan just wants revenge :/ it’s about to get real good. i knew i was in for peak when i was halfway through and they have said a total of maybe 3 truthful words to each other. i have also had the opportunity to learn that my fav straight people dynamic is apparently chen duling and men in fur coats hell bent on killing themselves. and they have a clerith kinda situation going on too.
overall up until shili stop it was great no notes and after that it became a bit of a chore to finish ngl… though the latter part had some good stuff like WOMEN and POWER OF FRIENDSHIP and 周姨娘 running around w knife. and HORSES of course.
one does have to wonder though. am i cursed to never get chen duling making out preferably on the ground in some mud and it’s raining and they’re both bleeding and

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