littleberry09

Yeah I get why so many rate it 10/10. I just rate it a bit lower now (but still decent) because I don't prefer the early part of the drama as much. IMO the drama really kicks in around Ep 7 when she has her heartbreak. I rewatch from there because I also like the track when she's in Uni better.

Criticising it doesn't mean it can't be rated highly. I rated it a 9 because the whole drama is quite good barring the last episode. It can be rated highly whilst still spotting the problems.

It depends. I really liked it and rated it 9. It's almost perfect which is why the ending was so disappointing. But the rest of the drama is really good and quite comforting.

Fr. This was way better than My Demon IMO, the fantasy and Love story was a lot better.

ML's narcissism was okay when it was portrayed as a parody at first, but to me it's like he stayed like that. Even in more serious moments I didn't like him. I also agree about FL's ending. So disappointing that she basically stayed in the secretary job for HIM, when she wanted to quit for so long. It felt very regressive to me. Another drama, Business Proposal is a lot like this but I love that drama much more. The ML doesn't stay in that narcissistic comedic character, and FL was more independent even when she was younger than the FL here.

The audacity to also briefly congratulate yourself for not causing "drama" on MOGA's page whilst you strongly defend underage teenagers acting with grown adults is just so bizzare here lol 🙈. Your priority should be the other way round. Anyone is allowed to go anywhere on a PUBLIC forum BTW.

It's bearable when minors 14-18 are in romantic relationships with others their own age. A 17 year old girl should act with a 17 year old boy, neither with adults 10 years older than them. There are other roles she could have been in (those high school Cdramas for example) yet she has been pushed into dramas with more mature roles since she was 16. You seem to think there isn't much difference between a 17 year old and an 18 year old - then how far do you want to take it? You could go even younger if you wanted with 16, 15, etc. Some teenagers being mentally more able than an 18 year old doesn't count. The law is there to protect people including minors. You also bring in an 18 year old doing "illegal/immoral stuff" but you miss the point entirely.... At that stage they are to take *responsibility* if they do anything wrong. An under 18 year old doesn't because the law treats them like a minor.

I had already watched Perfect Match (thanks for the reminder bc I hadn't updated my lists for ages) and I don't think HYTT's role when she was so young was fully okay either. This seems to be a bad habit from the industry to push minors (esp girls) into more mature roles with far older actors when there are other roles suitable for them. Even western industries avoids this now when it was once very common a few decades ago.

Even if he was, why is it a problem? Watch the drama if you like it, don't if that thing is not for you.

A lot of dramas have toned down ML's compared to the novel, so not surprising. If they followed how a lot of these ML's are in the novel it probably wouldn't have rated as highly.

That saying I do love when ZLH plays toxic or red flagged. His role in Story of Kunning Palace was stellar.

If you the plot twist you mean was her being Kim Mi-jeong, then no she wasn't. She only pretended to be Kim Mi-jeong to protect Boudior.

Shin Hye Sun definitely carried this drama and she is the best part, because the story was pretty mid and had plot holes. I definitely loved that it still left you with the question at the end though - Who is Sarah Kim? All we see are these fake personas

Solid 8/10 drama. It's not comparable to The Glory, but it was still decent. There were enough twists and turns to keep me invested despite the slow start. Jeon Do Yeon and Kim Go Eun were also amazing. Glad it was only 12 episodes too.

I was always impressed that Tan Songyun was around 30 in real life playing a 16 year old in the first half of the drama! She was so convincing, I would never have thought she was actually double that age and considerably older than Song Weilong

Same! WIFTY is more rewatchable for me, and it stays a 10. This one went from a 10 to being 8.5 for me.

Funny because my original rating when I first watched it was 10/10. But now I think it's more of a 8.5. I don't rewatch the first half/atleast not the first few episodes as much.

Because MDL only goes off popular ratings, and this was a popular drama. That doesn't mean the rating is realistic - as you said anyone can dislike it as preferences are entirely subjective. I rated it 3.5 personally.

They are probably his birth and courtesy names. As far as the original story goes he only has one role

Yeah I knew it would be an identity swap somewhere. The synopsis saying both ladies look alike is telling for a Cdrama

Marquis is a noble title, like Earl or Duke, etc. They don't necessarily mean a man has to be a fighter. He was only the comnander/general of an army which is why he was on the battlefield, but we don't always see General's have many fight scenes. Changyu stands out because they wanted to also make it about female empowerment. I don't think fight scenes necessarily mean more screen presence. She had more fight scenes whilst he had more political intrigue scenes.

I thought Qi Min's character was actually highly unique and felt new, and other directional choices with ZLH added certain charm to it too (ie. His unique head piece)

Fr I came looking for his other stuff thinking he must surely have main dramas where he is the ML. But I'm very surprised he hasn't! Like wdym someone who played Qi Min like THAT isn't already a main ML? We will have to wait ages for more standard dramas of this level from him now 😕. I see he's only just got casted in more from this role which is well deserved though