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Girl boss with balance
To be frank my favorite couple was Fan ChangNing and Yu Bao Er.
Those kids were so cute! and it was a blessing to see them persevere together thought out.
When ChangNing met up with BaoEr when he lost it I cried a little.
She brought peace back into the insanity he was going through.
The pink swear he’d make her a queen when he grows up 🤣😄😊
How he because ruler while mom was the background. Very interesting. 😌
What i found fault with:
They spent a lot of time in Chang Yu, home village. I understand they wanted us to bond with those living there but really?! And most of the time with Yan Song the scholar they kept poking fun at most of the series. (I get it, let’s stop beating the dead horse)
Very annoyed with the fact for the first 10 or so episodes Yan Zheng was injured, you could sense he was strong but we never got to see his true fighting form. Always injured in some capacity or another.
The plot armor provided to Chang Yu was insane. Compared to her lover, this 90 pound wet little women fought like a deity. I know her father was skilled but really?!
Ok they gave her a handicap.
She couldn’t read and she maybe had dyslexia. Then they kept mentioning how beautiful she was. enough already. 😩
Aside from the princess, How the hell in this age could she maintain such a “fair skin” complexion?
To China’s credit, they were the first where I found they wrote heroin very well. No girl bosses. They earn it and they despise “the message”. But! They came close this time. I’m glad they kept “the balance.”
Politics, was hard to grasp in the beginning. Like most folks watching the families dynamics involved, where their relationships stood…. took a while to process. Mostly because they were side stories until it mattered after episode 24.
What I liked.
Cinematography was excellent, the director did amazing work with each scene to bring depth and flesh out this vision what he wanted to express.
Felt the differences between the capital vs other places. Though everywhere was too “clean”.
The use of light and shadows, optics, usage of color palettes was well done.
Writing:
Expected from most c-dramas, and J-dramas respect and “reflection of culture” and superstitions. We don’t see this in kdramas anymore because they purposely make moves with an international audience in mind.
The cast writing and translation was excellent. Writing in general was excellent. They understood the assignment and tried thier best to translate it into a proper script. Some folks say pacing was a problem. Yea a little, like I stated earlier they could have shaved a couple of episodes from the beginning. Frankly the series for me started at episode 23
Couples:
Loved the last episode where Qi Min was falling for Qian Yu but was nauseous being around her.
This relationship was nuts. All he needed to do was let her go. She even told him I should’ve have saved you. My dude was an imposter all along.
Brother loved a “snake in the grass@ and mother knew.
Loved Qi shu and headmaster Yin Gongsun relationship. It’s only when they were in the heat of a war torn situation they were able to express themselves. And that Heimlich maneuver made them partners for life.
I’d give the series an 9.0.
Production - 10
Story - 9
Acting - 9
Visuals Fx - 10
OST - 9.5
Those kids were so cute! and it was a blessing to see them persevere together thought out.
When ChangNing met up with BaoEr when he lost it I cried a little.
She brought peace back into the insanity he was going through.
The pink swear he’d make her a queen when he grows up 🤣😄😊
How he because ruler while mom was the background. Very interesting. 😌
What i found fault with:
They spent a lot of time in Chang Yu, home village. I understand they wanted us to bond with those living there but really?! And most of the time with Yan Song the scholar they kept poking fun at most of the series. (I get it, let’s stop beating the dead horse)
Very annoyed with the fact for the first 10 or so episodes Yan Zheng was injured, you could sense he was strong but we never got to see his true fighting form. Always injured in some capacity or another.
The plot armor provided to Chang Yu was insane. Compared to her lover, this 90 pound wet little women fought like a deity. I know her father was skilled but really?!
Ok they gave her a handicap.
She couldn’t read and she maybe had dyslexia. Then they kept mentioning how beautiful she was. enough already. 😩
Aside from the princess, How the hell in this age could she maintain such a “fair skin” complexion?
To China’s credit, they were the first where I found they wrote heroin very well. No girl bosses. They earn it and they despise “the message”. But! They came close this time. I’m glad they kept “the balance.”
Politics, was hard to grasp in the beginning. Like most folks watching the families dynamics involved, where their relationships stood…. took a while to process. Mostly because they were side stories until it mattered after episode 24.
What I liked.
Cinematography was excellent, the director did amazing work with each scene to bring depth and flesh out this vision what he wanted to express.
Felt the differences between the capital vs other places. Though everywhere was too “clean”.
The use of light and shadows, optics, usage of color palettes was well done.
Writing:
Expected from most c-dramas, and J-dramas respect and “reflection of culture” and superstitions. We don’t see this in kdramas anymore because they purposely make moves with an international audience in mind.
The cast writing and translation was excellent. Writing in general was excellent. They understood the assignment and tried thier best to translate it into a proper script. Some folks say pacing was a problem. Yea a little, like I stated earlier they could have shaved a couple of episodes from the beginning. Frankly the series for me started at episode 23
Couples:
Loved the last episode where Qi Min was falling for Qian Yu but was nauseous being around her.
This relationship was nuts. All he needed to do was let her go. She even told him I should’ve have saved you. My dude was an imposter all along.
Brother loved a “snake in the grass@ and mother knew.
Loved Qi shu and headmaster Yin Gongsun relationship. It’s only when they were in the heat of a war torn situation they were able to express themselves. And that Heimlich maneuver made them partners for life.
I’d give the series an 9.0.
Production - 10
Story - 9
Acting - 9
Visuals Fx - 10
OST - 9.5
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