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How did Dao get dragged in here, she didn't try to hang onto Naran after finding out the truth

That "happy" ending wasn't earned at all

Tbh I thought Mile was much better than Apo in the last episode and it surprised me a lot.

I mean I don't like it 😅 but I like that the writers went there

I like that Dhevi became a villain in the end. She's a member of the most powerful elite class in Thailand, she would be humiliated if her husband left her, especially if it got out that he left her for a man. For people in that social class, their social standing is everything, much more important than love. She doesn't care if Krailert is miserable and doesn't love her as long as they can maintain the facade. She's her father's daughter. People are saying it doesn't make sense but no it's completely in line with the themes of the entire drama.

I think the cold cruel ML was out of date and cliched on purpose because it was supposed to be a bad script.

I don't have good knowledge of music, I just recognized some of the non-chinese music they used. but if you search on YouTube people have put together playlist naming all of the background music

I was surprised by how deep the drama became while still being so funny and entertaining, like the 2ML constantly blaming NH for all his troubles and using that to justify all of his actions while still thinking of himself as good definitely felt like a commentary on not only the production company's problems during Journey to Love but also on what it means to be a truly good person and a real leader, protecting the people you care for, accepting responsibility etc,

It's a combo of the up votes and downvotes, if a lot people are downvoting the good reviews then they will be ranked lower even if they have more upvotes

This is such a fantastic analysis, I hadn't noticed how much SYM had in common with the Night Walkers etc. but it makes total sense.

> But I don't need to drag SYM to enjoy Nan Heng, and his angst.

THIS!

I didn't know any of the actors and I'd watched maybe five period idol dramas when I started this, also I don't speak Mandarin or know anything about Chinese internet meme culture so I probably missed 2/3 of the jokes.

But I still laughed out loud every episode over things like the music cues including the Sex and the City theme and music from Sergio Leone westerns, the Night Walkers writing fanfic for their boss, "It's fish abuse! Fish abuse!" and so much more. It's like they threw everything at the wall without worrying whether it was too dumb, in fact too dumb is probably what they were going for.

Liu Yuning is legit fantastic in this, he has to be villainous, commanding, nonplussed, confused, lovesick, noble, etc and he's good at all of it. He's also funny as hell. After learning more about his personal story and watching his livestreams I rewatched episode 1 and caught so many more jokes about Nan Feng that are directly taken from LYN's career.

I liked the FL but I think that the negative reactions some people have to her are because of structural problems with the script. All of the times Song Yi Meng dies or Nan Heng tries to kill her take place in the early episodes and are mostly played for laughs while SYM's attempts to kill or hurt NH happen after we've gotten to understand him better and go on for a long time.

I think if SYM's deaths had been presented as legit terrifying and we had gotten to her teaming up with NH sooner it would've been less frustrating for people. But of course misogyny is in play here too so maybe I'm wrong.

But overall even with some problems this is easily one of the best dramas I've watched this year. The sharp writing was a joy.

I know this is entirely the point but it's awful that the two people who died are low on the socioeconomic ladder. No money, no influence. Just NPCs in the eyes of the elites, bugs to crush and throw away. I wonder if any of the affluent characters will die in the end or if the message will be Sucks to be Poor!

I added ADWAD to my list of Dramas With Controversial Female Leads: https://kisskh.at/list/1GNArej4

Just added A Dream Within a Dream to the list and it may be one of the most controversial leads in any drama, at least based on the MDL and Reddit comments

I interpreted his jealousy as he's not as secure when he's actually in a relationship and feeling more vulnerable. Also his fierce persona seems to be when he's dressed as a woman and he's been dressing more as a man since getting together with Haruka.

It depends on how you define a love triangle. Two men are fighting to marry her and she has mixed feelings about both of them. At first she's trying as hard as she can to get married to Chu Gui Hong until she falls in love with Li and then CGH fights to get her back from Nan Heng after they're engaged. So there's a pining 2ML and lot of back and forth.

If it helps the drama is a parody and a lot of it isn't meant to be taken very seriously

I'm only up to episode 20 but it's still going strong

Yes, it's in the very first scene

So I'm only six episodes in and my opinion may change but right now I think the FL being self-centered, shallow, a little greedy, and probably not all that bright is part of the joke. She's the opposite of the stereotypical self-sacrificing female lead whose motives are always pure. I find her really funny and I don't dislike her at all despite all her flaws.