littleberry09

Just WOW. I watched this a year late, and I whole heartedly regret it. This drama is officially now one of my faves. Every episode is 10/10 and hit to my core. It's so layered and deeply meaningful, it will definitely live in my mind and heart for a long time to come ❤️

So just because he wasn't busy according to your knowledge, you don't think she was busy either? She had a huge hyped drama release last year and also another drama this year.

And anyway, 'busy schedule' is the reason all actors give for break up lol. It doesn't mean it's the real reason, which we will never know

I highly doubt either of them would have kept a break up secret for like 2 years. It's much more plausible they broke up early this year/6 or 7 months ago and waited for Perfect Crown to pass and to ensure they definitely were breaking up (ie. Weren't just going through a phase). 2-3 years ago BEFORE she did WLGYT is a long time to have broken up and not been caught. Even a year ago before WLGYT released is a long time. They would have both moved on during that time.

Well the kissing and intimacy was partly why. In addition I felt he was good and believable in how he loved her all the way through. But this is entirely subjective and depends on what you think results in good chemistry.

The age gap also wasn't horrible. They were both adults, and he was in his mid 20's at the time. On screen they were only playing a 10 year age gap which they pulled off really well.

I also had a little difficulty with how it was one-sided at first even when she knew he loved her, but ultimately it did seem she loved him back especially when it goes to the present timeline.

There can be a female lead and male lead even without romance 😬

Yeh I agree that if he wanted to love her maturely he should have stopped calling her Jiejie 😭. But maybe East Asian culture sees this differently, Jiejie could be used for any lady older than him, not specifically sister. Similarly in Korean they use Noona even if not biological older sister

From a normal standpoint his character definitely had attachment issues. He didn't want to go away from her even for University, hated seeing her with male co-workers eventhough they were her peers whilst he wasn't, and seemed like he refused to form a life outside of her in general.

The ML might have had obsessive romantic love, he loves her to an extreme because she was the first person to be nice to him ever. If this becomes yearning then sure. I agree that Daniel did it so convincingly and as if you could believe he loved her like his life depended on it

I thought he had great chemistry with Michelle Chen in Sniper Butterfly despite 19 year age difference. He totally killed it in that role and as the ML so perfectly. He can kiss and act intimately very well, even when he was in his early 20's at the time.

I thought so at first too, but then it doesn't explain why the ML is still perfectly fine with no weaknesses that we see. Someone else said the imperfections could be that they don't have immortality, they could still die. Which I think makes sense.

This makes sense - It could be that their imperfection was not having immortality, and not Pal Ho's arm or both the ladies having a disability. Similarly the FL was also physically weak but unlike the others, could not die.
I wish they addressed this in this part 1 though. It just made it a bit harder to put together because you needed the explanation in the moment of the story

Yes his character's both have the same Xie name in PoJ and Story of Kunning Palace. His character in Kunning Palace is so different though, proof he is a good actor IMO

Same, it altered my brain chemistry fr 🙈

Sorry I should have clarified in my comment - Xie Wei is his ML character from Story of Kunning Palace

Gave slight Xie Wei vibes there for a minute 😂

This is how it is in the original story from the novel. Both the leads are meant to be red flagged, and they portray that this is why she doesn't end up with the nicer, good guy 2ML. Eventhough she wants to be with him, she can't help herself by deceiving him. So she ends up with the ML eventhough he's a scary and toxic bastard

8.5/10 - Surprisingly really enjoyed most of this drama apart from the last 10 episodes which concentrated much more on the politics, battles and certain other characters dying or going unhinged. I wished the whole whole drama was actually about "A Splendid Match" between the FL and ML.

It could have also been much better with clarifying the timeline at times, and not rauhing the last 2 episodes in particular. Felt like they needed 5 more episodes.

Saw a comment saying this drama should have been called "Ye Xian and all his friends" - Which I feel is apt. It did feel like a lot of characters revolved back to him. Not that I'm complaining entirely, Winwin also did a fantastic job 👏

I also need to find time to watch Eastern Palace. And so many other new dramas this year, can't get on top of all of them.

Thanks for the award too 😁

You're welcome :)
For what it's worth I haven't read the novel, but from what others have said FL is more assertive and braver in the drama. They also say the ML is also more 'alpha' dominant in the novel, whereas he isn't like that in the drama at all (he seems like a softie and always lets FL get her way, etc)

I really liked/enjoyed this drama until around Ep 30, if it carried on like that till the end I would have loved it. It's really only when the drama gets to the 30's which is where it gets more frustrating.
So I reckon if you didn't like the first 10 eps or the FL, then you might not like the rest of the drama either tbf.

I wouldn't say it's bad, just very abrupt. They definitely ran out of time so couldn't fit in everything they needed to. If you expect a drama where you find out what happens to every single secondary character, then this isn't it. You will only get a closure for the ML and FL.

1. Wedding in Ep 28...but carry on watching till the first part of Ep 29 for the best part 🔥
2. The last episode is very rushed, they definitely didn't have time so were rushing to fit everything in. They focus so much on battle and the villain in Ep 39 & 40 that the drama just aprubtly ends by the end of Ep 40.
3. She does not get pregnant in the drama. She is required to be very active so they must have written the pregnancy out, as it wouldn't have worked for the plot they were rushing through at the end.
4. We don't see any of the side characters who remain alive in the last episode. In this regard the ending was disappointing because we don't see what happens to anyone besides the ML, FL, 2ML and main villain. In general out of the last 5 episodes or so they stop showing a lot of the side characters (like FL's sister for example)