It's like this with 90% of novel-to-drama adaptations. They use the novels as inspiration to tell an entirely…
Yes! I loved Lu Wen! And you got that so right, the ML loved every version of her. And the 'he just went off to grab greasy street food!' I had forgotten about that! Ok, time for a reread. π
Yes! I'm missing Ernui's judgmental looks! And thieving ways! And the way he always grabs the FL's skirt and tries…
Yes! Someone else who has read the novel and loves Ernui as much as I do! They need to take that leash off of him and make him front and center in the story! They kind of skipped over the whole 'how does Ernui know the FL, did he come back in time too' storyline. Time to bite some butts and steal some pouches!π€£
It's like this with 90% of novel-to-drama adaptations. They use the novels as inspiration to tell an entirely…
But I will admit in the original story I got a bit bored with the whole pirate arc. I loved the fact that she regained her memories but forgot her immediate past, that was fun.
Book Ernui would look down on drama Ernui because it was just that arrogant lmaoo. Novel JS might eliminate drama…
Yes! I'm missing Ernui's judgmental looks! And thieving ways! And the way he always grabs the FL's skirt and tries to drag her home with him! Or should we say General Xiaotian!πΆπΆ And your analysis of FL and ML are spot on! π€£
I think the kowtowing to Cui Mingyue but it over the top. πWe know that the (as written) FL would never do…
Exactly! How disappointing of a change to a badass character the writers made. π I'll bet she and her evil mother don't die in the wonderful way they died in the novel too. Darn. Both deaths were just so poetic!π And WTF is up with making them the main villains anyhow? π¦ΉββοΈπ¦ΉββοΈ Oh well. It's still a good show, just not The Brocaded Tale of the Girl Si
It's like this with 90% of novel-to-drama adaptations. They use the novels as inspiration to tell an entirely…
After having had this happen half a dozen times you think I would have learned by now! π Maybe I'll switch to novels that have already been adapted and simply don't watch the adaption. That way no disappointment!
Episode 10. I know, I know, I said I was going to stop comparing the drama to the novel, but with 828 chapters (and 8 side stories) why the heck did they have an episode devoted to the kitchen staff pitching hissy fits cause they don't like the FL? π€£π€£π€£ Seriously, there is soooo much story to be told but that wasn't part of it. Nor should it have been. Can you say filler? π
The series has completely fucked up the novel. I can't believe what the screenwriter and the director were thinking…
Yes, I would have like to have seen the story from the novel brought to life. πIt is so good! And much lighter and less weird than this is. What's up with the scorpion crawling all over the bad dude? And some psychedelic boner drug? WTH? π But, I do love me some Zhang Wan Yi so I'm staying for him! π₯° And, if you go into this thinking it's an entirely different story and has nothing to do with the novel maybe it helps? I keep trying to do that.π€
The overbearing grandma is the most irritating character. The evil Marquis Chongxing should be her grandson. π€£π€£π€£…
Yes, grandma is terrible! π Believe it or not she is even more heinous in the novel! π²The evil Marquis is her spirit grandson lol! They are both evil beings that really need karmic retribution!π¦ΉββοΈπ¦ΉββοΈ
In the novel he had nothing to do with her death or rebirth, so no sacrificing himself happened. The drama deviates…
It wasn't like that in the novel but the drama may have that story line. I don't know yet π€They've changed so much that I can't predict what will happen. Part of me hopes he has memories too. (They are memories of the future that happened in the past! Timey-wimey!βπ€£)
One brother, Jiang Zhan, and one sister, Jiang Yi. The rest are cousins but they use the term sister/brother interchangeably!…
In their branch of the family the eldest is Jiang Yi, then Jiang Zhan is the middle child, and Jiang Si is the youngest. In the novel Jiang Zhan is called Second Brother cause he has an older male cousin. There are also younger male cousins too in the novel. That family is messed up with all the concubines and legitimate/illegitimate children!
Episode 9. I really hate the aunt but I wish they wouldn't have made her so cartoon-villainy! 'I would have gotten away with it if it weren't for you pesky kids!'π¦ΉββοΈ Suspicious! The evil grandma is being nice now. FL isn't going to fall for it at all!π Yes, part of me feels sorry for Jiang Qian but the fact that she was offering up her cousin on a plate for her murdering psycho husband is pretty inexcusable! And she knew about all the other girls and helped her husband with the whole kidnap/torture/rape/murder bit. Yeah, never mind. I don't feel sorry for her at all. π€ LOL. Evil aunt to her evil daughter: 'we mustn't lose hope because of an unfortunate and failed marriage.' WTF? Put this on the list for understatement of the year award!π More cartoon villainyπ¦ΉββοΈπ¦ΉββοΈ Wouldn't it be pretty boring to be at a banquet and have to watch someone make incense for an hour or so. In v-e-r-y-s-l-o-w-m-o-t-i-o-n! π€πThough it was fun to see the adoring faces of the ML and the Zhen!π Oh I love the 'marry me' in 2 different timeframes and 2 different hair styles! I'll admit, I'm a complete sucker for Zhang Wan Yi!π₯° I am so tired of all the FLs in these c-dramas I watch that forgive all the evil people. π₯±I like her character much more in the novel where she was out for revenge and got it! In some wonderfully appropriate ways!π
They kind of skipped over the whole 'how does Ernui know the FL, did he come back in time too' storyline.
Time to bite some butts and steal some pouches!π€£
Of course, there is one main villain behind everyone pulling the strings, but FL handles her too!
Oh, what could have been....
And your analysis of FL and ML are spot on! π€£
And WTF is up with making them the main villains anyhow? π¦ΉββοΈπ¦ΉββοΈ
Oh well. It's still a good show, just not The Brocaded Tale of the Girl Si
But, I do love me some Zhang Wan Yi so I'm staying for him! π₯°
And, if you go into this thinking it's an entirely different story and has nothing to do with the novel maybe it helps? I keep trying to do that.π€
In the novel Jiang Zhan is called Second Brother cause he has an older male cousin. There are also younger male cousins too in the novel. That family is messed up with all the concubines and legitimate/illegitimate children!
Suspicious! The evil grandma is being nice now. FL isn't going to fall for it at all!π
Yes, part of me feels sorry for Jiang Qian but the fact that she was offering up her cousin on a plate for her murdering psycho husband is pretty inexcusable! And she knew about all the other girls and helped her husband with the whole kidnap/torture/rape/murder bit. Yeah, never mind. I don't feel sorry for her at all. π€
LOL. Evil aunt to her evil daughter: 'we mustn't lose hope because of an unfortunate and failed marriage.' WTF? Put this on the list for understatement of the year award!π
More cartoon villainyπ¦ΉββοΈπ¦ΉββοΈ
Wouldn't it be pretty boring to be at a banquet and have to watch someone make incense for an hour or so. In v-e-r-y-s-l-o-w-m-o-t-i-o-n! π€πThough it was fun to see the adoring faces of the ML and the Zhen!π
Oh I love the 'marry me' in 2 different timeframes and 2 different hair styles! I'll admit, I'm a complete sucker for Zhang Wan Yi!π₯°
I am so tired of all the FLs in these c-dramas I watch that forgive all the evil people. π₯±I like her character much more in the novel where she was out for revenge and got it! In some wonderfully appropriate ways!π