launev

I wasn’t disappointed in Shen Yue, the actress, I was disappointed in the character as written by the writers and directed by the director and styled by the stylist. learn the difference

i dont know - I haven’t watched her in too many things - Just Pandora:Beneath the Paradise

its a little unclear on the sequence of when she met each of them and how - but I wouldn’t call it two-timing at all.

yes, she finds out she is pregnant from husband on the night she was going to leave with ML - so she decides to marry the husband

Only made it to ep 21 and had to drop it because the FL was soooo fricking annoying. She is that spoiled, little princess who never really grows up. She kinda lost me at the beginning with the whole hypnotizing the ML without his consent - just,not ok in any way - and I just could never really like her after that. Waited for some character growth and she had it for a moment and then as soon as they get back together - back to being the spoiled, self-absorbed child again. Not mention, just how utterly dumb she was - like, box of rocks dumb. She was another one of those female leads that you just dont get why everyone is fawning al over her.
Came here for Alan Feng - but just couldn’t hang on any more.

Holy hell, what was that hot mess of a short drama. I feel like i lost a few brain cells after watching it.
Only worth binging for ML and his abs - the rest is just a disjointed mess.

Just finished this and dont have much to add from what has already been commented on. Just a HUGE disappointment. I enjoy most of the actors - it really was just a crap script at the end of the day.
LOVE, love, love that KKY finally got a lead role and he did well with what he had
FL was just weird - a poorly written FL character that starts out good and then just devolves into this stupid woman. Not sure what is going on with the actresses face - but it was weird that she has no movement in it, which gives her very little to no emotional expression (I dont know the reason and am NOT going to speculate the why - just commenting that it was noticeable and weird)

Just finished this up and if you like this genre - give it a watch
Jo Jung Suk gives a great performance as the King - he really does carry this drama and his performance is enough to watch it
FL is just ok - got kind of bored with the blind, revenge part of it - she is supposed to be smart and part of the noble class and then doesnt get that there might be more to it than she knows and she spends NO time trying to find out exactly what happened.
Another Asian actress that doesnt know how to kiss - while the leads do have some ok chemistry (mostly carried by the ML) - it gets ruined whenever they go in for the kiss because she is practically non-participatory - I mean, come on - at least embrace him and act like you are in to it to some degree - you are supposed to be in-love with this person- that last scene is just pathetic and it just ruins the reunion.

Just finished this up and if you like this genre - give it a watch
Jo Jung Suk gives a great performance as the King - he really does carry this drama and his performance is enough to watch it
FL is just ok - got kind of bored with the blind, revenge part of it - she is supposed to be smart and part of the noble class and then doesnt get that there might be more to it than she knows and she spends NO time trying to find out exactly what happened.
Another Asian actress that doesnt know how to kiss - while they leads do have some ok chemistry (mostly carried by the ML) - it gets ruined whenever they go in for the kiss because she is practically non-participatory - I mean, come on - at least embrace him and act like you are ending it to some degree - you are supposed to be in-love it’s this person- that last scene is just pathetic and it just ruins the reunion.

Just finished this and my god, what a horrible script - it is very clear that whoever wrote this doesn’t not think very well of women. Almost all of them were pretty horrible in some way.
The FL character was so toxic - especially in the first half.
I get that they were trying to go for badass - but she just came off as mean-spirited, petty and arrogant. Never apologizes, makes the ML chase her around apologize all the time (which he does and it was annoying - especially when he was not at fault at all)
Childhood sweetheart/neighbor girl was just annoying - whined, pouted and threw tantrums all over the place
BFF.colleague of FL was super-judgmental, had serious trust issues (which weren’t really explained)
Her mom was a bit cray-cray and the usual Asian mom who is obsessed with marrying off her daughter and try to match her someone she doesnt like.
Just, all around bad story - save your time and go watch something else.

Finished this up a couple of days ago and it was just ok for me. Certainly though Leo Wu did a great job with the intense stares - but I just couldn't get with the FL character. She was just too young for me and I definitely felt a maturity gap between the two of them - which makes sense given their life experiences when they meet. But the character growth for her just takes waaayyy too long and the relationship just sits in a weird place - like, they have been dating for over two years an she is still very furtive and shy with him as if they just met and its just weird.
I am also realizing as I reading the novel - that so much of this is because the damn censors, writers and directors - took what is essentially a pretty erotic novel and ran with it through the super-conservative censor filter and its just doesn't come out the same way. Everything about the novel is much more gritty - from being in NYC, to the ML being much scruffier, to a FL who isn't so timid.
But hey, this is just my take and not everything is for everyone.

Just finished this and can I jsut say - what cray-cray person wrote this?
Could have been a fun rom-com - but jsut a horrible script - right from the get-go.
Let’s start with the opening set - a FL who ‘falls’ for her boss at first site (can we PLEASE stop with trope). Secretly and creepily takes photos of him (even has a stalker wall). Gets roped into helping him woo her best friend (which she does, knowing her friend doesnt like him and it’s all a set up for her to spend time with him). He eventually breaks up with said friend and then she proceeds to try to get his attention. She finally decides she is going to ‘confess’ and does so in THE most awkward way. -shows up at WORK no less, in a fancy dress, confesses, he rejects, she sexually assaults him.
Now -for some reason the writers decided to then spend 20+ episodes making us try and believe he is the bad guy and she is the victim and she was in-love with him (as opposed to just having a crush and being a bit obsesses (refer back to the stalker wall) - so its all on him. Yeah, no.
He then realizes he does actually like her and spend myriads of time apologizing and telling her how much he likes her and she is just petty and mean - seriously, this went on FOREVER and he should have just walked away - but, no - its a rom-com, so lets drag it out.
The whole thing is just awful and tries to romanticize having a crush, being obsessed with someone, stalker behavior and toxic behavior. If this was a male character doing this, we would all be even more outraged. Why they think having a female character do this is ok is beyond me.
Then we get to the last 5 episodes or so - where we start filming her movie and then we move into Dingding and Director Lu time - sooooo much screen time given to Dingding which I so could have done without. But by this time - we have kind of runout the clock on the main leads and we need filler. But Dingding is such an annoying, childish, whiney character - I just didn’t even want to spend any time here - which was hard because Director Lu is HOT!
Did appreciate that there was no awful parents (both sets were quite enjoyable) and no annoying friends giving terrible advice
Lastly - lets talk to whoever the stylist was on this show - cause they got go. The absolutely horrible cut-off jean shorts everyone, the combat boots on the girls (listen - they were both way too skinny to be pulling off these looks). The awful hair for almost everyone (her bun and director Lu’s man bun - which made NO SENSE as his hair was not long enoug, so it served NO purpose) - just all really bad. And the typical - let’s dress the FL in super-frumpy clothes all the time.
Basically - unless you are REALLY craving some Miles time and Lu Zhi Xing - just move right along.

excellent, thank you!

thanks!

yeah, she’s ok - but she is definitely that 21yr old, naive girl who hasn’t really grown up yet. I am only half-way through now and she hasn’t progressed that much so far

anyone know where to read the novel? its not linked in the description above.

if I remember, its around ep6 maybe (might be later) - and, no, he isn’t mean to him

The very definition of maturity is “the state of being a fully developed or adult” and there are many stages of maturity - while she may be physically mature - she is certainly not emotionally mature and she is kind of in the middle on mental maturity (Mostly because of her billiards training does she has some good mental maturity)- I would argue, that this where most people are not at this age. Yes, we can handle things maturely in instances - but that does not make one mature. And, yes, you can absolutely disagree with me - dont need to get pissy about it. I have defined what I think it is and therefore, why I think this character is immature. if you cant define what maturity/immaturity is - you might want to figure that out.

I am close-minded because my definition of maturity has to do with having life experience (of which this character has very little)- how do you define maturity? I also find it odd that you seem to think being immature is a negative or a bad thing.

no, I dont. But again - how mature were you at 21 or most people - not very. this is not a character that has had a lot lot life experience - which is where maturity comes from - so, yes, she is immature.