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OK .. I dropped it. Dropped AOS. 🤦🏽‍♀️🫣🙈

I started losing interest around Ep 8 - 9 I think; then I woke up super-excited around just after Wook gets accepted and the new ladies have been introduced ..
So Yi (naughty / thief gal looking for Jung So Min) and the old Medicine Mage's grand daughter, and of course the peekaboo at ever mysterious Bu Yeon.

And then I I reached the end of my patience.

WHY?

Ok so a few things :

# Firstly, I am not a fan of Jung So Min. I watched 3 of her Dramas .. and in none of them was hooked to the show because of her, although I finished all 3 shows

~ Playful Kiss .. early days of Drama when I was still getting to learn the various "patterns" / "tropes" (I FFWD it SO much just to know what happens etc).
I went back to check and saw that I had rated it 8.5 🤣 I call it my 'KDrama Honeymoon Period' ratings 😝

~ Because This is My First Life ..
Again ML's superb acting talent, character portrayal was the pull and the new kind of story, NOT the FL.
Back in those days I could still walk past an FL who left me kinda disinterested and finish a show .. I FFWDed when the FL, JSM, got on my nerves to move on to what happens next). A 6 /10 for me

~ The Smile has Left her Eyes ..
This is the ONLY drama where she irked me the least .. and the STORY had me in a fierce enough grip; zero FFWD, slow chewing and relishing it; sucker as I am for bad boys, Seo In Guk's magnetic bad ass role washed over any 'weakness' that surfaced from JSM.
That was TRUE blue 9.5 /10 for me .. deducted the 0.5 because the ending was "Aw cummon scriptwriter .. who forced your hand!!"
Again ALL those points were for direction /acting of SIG and JSM's bro role and even the villainess, not so much for the meh JSM .. though I thought did her best in this show as a main lead.

# 2 AOS script got less and less convincing as the story progressed in the knitting of the JSM and the 'reverse harem' plot, that built up around her.

I mean CUMMON!! I have watched enough saeguks and period dramas to not buy that this "mere maid" had 3 outstanding men drawn to her like bugs to flames, in her 'ragged attire' with truly nothing about her which was magnetic (presence / aura / skills / looks .. a failure of acting IMO).

And getting away with interrupting and landing up in court .. none of the hierarchy exists in this setting? 🤷🏻‍♀️
Looked forced for the sake of story telling convenience.

Such a role was pulled off ONLY by Ning Que's adorkable maid-cum-sidekick "Sang Sang" in Ever Night (OMG that was one unforgettable role and bonding 🤩

#3 I had LOVED the original Naksu .. the actress 🥰 who opened the Drama. And deeply had wished she would be the one to pull the story forward. JSM appearance put a wet blanket because of my previous impression of her.

I still got sucked in by the power of the story and she was still bearable (showed spunk) until the script kept going south with the trio going after her for no convincing reason. So on the burning of old Naksu Body I knew there was NO coming back of her in the show.

# 4 SO I was tagging along for the story 😐. Jae Wook is good .. BUT I sensed NO chemistry .. I guess again that was a JSM effect for me 😅. and thus it kept irking me that he was SO into her🙄

# 5Just as I was losing interest I perked up .. 😳
I LOVED the mysterious Bu Yeon showing up .. and wondered if the Hong Sisters were going to throw a heart pounding 🫢 curveball .. a new knitting where Jae Wook and JSM will plateau at master - pupil, 💯 believable ..
Yul and Mu Deok will be the actual couple going forward (low-key, passive slow burn romance, because of old connect); that Jae Wook and Bu Yeon will be the true fit, since she found the ice stone, and Won the Prince will just withdraw keeping his distance because convincing me that a royalty would make some concrete advances to Mu Deok is 😏

NOPE.. the Hong Sibling's teasing got steeper and steeper and so steep that it collapsed for me!!
To the point of full ON annoyance .. I often find the Hong Sisters deeply annoying because they seem to not know where to STOP with the teasing and fooling around.
Instead of any tension being built .. makes me get up and walk away. That elastic band stings when let go off.

# 6 At that point I decided not to be led through a wild goose chase if Jae Wook is still going to be hooked up with this 'dull and boring FL' who has turned into a wimp!!
A wimp switch over was so quick in the show that too. On top of that the "wimp" that 3 HOT and HEAVY guys are chasing!!!
🙄🙄🙄
To make sure I was right in my assumption I went and googled the end couple .. YEAH .. 🤣🤣😅😅 .. and quit.

In general I am not a Hong Sister's show fan ..
My Master's Sun is the only show of their's I had a rollicking time with 🥳 I was so HILARIOUS .. never lost its comic timing and the great talents that raised it to one of the top rom-coms.😝

SIGH!!!😔

I am SO SO SO SORRY to have dissed a show you LIKED .. 🥹
But I really had to vent .. You know how it is when you get cheated .. midway in a promising show ..

I will💯try out Parallel World. As a mouth cleanser🤪

This is the beauty of Kdrama though
- that a show with a 9.1 on MDL can make you quit 🥱.. and a show with a 6.0 can make you gush ❤️
- that an actor / actress can dissolve you in the knees and put stars in your eyes in admiration 😍 of their talent when they do just the opposite for someone else. 😃

Bai Lu stole my heart. As did Zhang Zi Yi. Bae Suzy. Kim Tae Ri etal
Usually MLs steal my heart 😜
(never with JUST looks though .. they have to come in a stellar, super-talented package .. and the list is not too small).

Rise of the Phoenixes has Nini

With a banked show I don't feel at the mercy of the schedule.
It's like the cookie jar you can reach into any time at your convenience and pick as many as you like or skip... The comfort of knowing you control your time and no. Of eps to watch etc.

🤣🤣🤣
I can imagine that.
Some of the dramas would kill me if I had to wait it out for the weekly peacemeal

Done.
Put in PTW list.
Thanks

👍🏽😁

I won't read this now.
Am watching the show 😁

🤣😂
Now I am really curious to spot him.
Will do a Google image / video search of ZLH in LBFAD

😆🫣🙈

🙂

Have put it on the shelf to continue in a different frame of mind.

Once the spell of SOKP / TTEOTM / LLTG / Rise of the Phoenixes etc has reduced and allows me to move on.

Have found Alchemy of Souls in the meantime... And it's sucked me in.

😉

😆 you should correct it.
No way otherwise someone can get a sense of your taste in drama 😅

Am hooked to AOS - started last night.

I didn't realize ZLH is in LBFAD 😅

Hmmm.

But that FL.. SHEESH I can't get past her!!!
So this show will stay unwatched by me.

You are right - when I first started watching KDRAMA.. Everything was so new.. Each and every trope / pattern became familiar and predictable and lost it's charm and even became irritating because we kept seeking variations and newness as our list of watched dramas grew.

I started KDrama in May 2020 (peak Covid)..
And Cdrama I am a newbie (started only this year August).
Therefore I understand what you mean.

Some of the ratings I gave to shows I would also revise 🤣😂

However some have stayed shining bright.. Even after I am a veteran Drama watcher now.

AOS started this weekend.

Am HOOKED.
This time around.

Looking to a great ride.

Now that I have been trained on the "genre" by CDrama 🤣😂

Does this genre have a name in Hangul? In English they just call it by the generic "fantasy" which doesnt really capture the spirit of Wuxia or Xanxia.

TTEOTM I loved end to end.
I don't know how the original was - I've put it on my wishlist to find and read one day because many brought up the original novel and it made me curious.

Where can I read the original.

TTEOTM for me was tops. Already Rewatched. And will watch again someday

I haven't read any of the original novels - I didn't even know or hear of the Wuxia / Xanxia genre (decades ago when CTHD was released and won some Oscar's I recall coming across the word Wuxia, and that's about it).

You are pretty well versed in this I guess.

Anyway I did not enjoy the last several episodes of LLTG either as much as I did the rest of it - especially turn off was the last episode and worst was the last scene - what a descent into pulp and cheapness - BUT the momentum the LLTG engine had built pushed me past it easily and I could adjust my lens / blink away the grit 😂😂

Am looking forward to a rewatch in spite of its loss of shine - just because the rest of it was so classy.

Wow.

Thank you so much for the detailed write in.

- I was heartbroken when Chen Fei Yu wasn't in Season 2.
Dylan Wang just didn't work for me. For me Ning Que and he had melded into each other (what acting at just 18 y.o.)
And I got so maaad at Dylan Wang being cast (and he so didn't carry the naughty spunky slippery feel that CFY brought to the show) that I used to pass over any drama with him in it 🙈😝🤪

Well that was until I saw he was in a Bai Lu drama : Only for you.

And then I changed my mind - Dylan Wang pulled that role off to the T.
Like that role was written for him.

I was curious to see what shows you enjoyed the most.

Your list is short so was easy to run through😁

I saw Flourish In Time rated very high..
I am so on a ZLH (Zhang Ling He) trip after discovering him in SOKP

Can you share what you enjoyed most about it.

I'm thinking of taking a peek at it.

Thanks

thank you for sharing.

🙂

Have put it on the shelf to continue in a different frame of mind.

Once the spell of SOKP / TTEOTM / LLTG / Rise of the Phoenixes etc has reduced and allows me to move on.

Have found Alchemy of Souls in the meantime... And it's sucked me in.

😉

Thank you.