So, in the original script ML is typical villain who say forever then cheated and killed FL.. then our FL transmigrate…
I think it's best to view this as two different scripts (original and new) and 4 different characters. The ML in the original script and the ML in the new script are very different people. The FL in the original script and the FL in the new script are also very different. Because the FL in the new script has made different decisions and actions, it has changed a lot of the new ML's actions too.
At the beginning of the drama, the FL in the modern world criticizes the ridiculous plots in the script, such as the stabbing triangle, and how the FL in the script blindly and stupidly falls in love with the ML even though he's a bad guy. The FL in the modern world hated all of that. So, there was a voice telling her to write the script if she thinks she's that good, and suddenly she woke up as the FL in the script. That's why everything that's happening now is somewhat written by the new FL, because she is trying to change the ridiculous plots, and avoid all the deaths caused by the ML in the original script.
People are saying ML is misunderstood because the FL in this new script has read the old script and found out that the ML in the old script was a very bad person. And she's afraid the ML in the new script would be the same. And to make things worse, the ML in the new script wasn't very friendly to the FL at first, so it made the FL think that ML in this new script is also a bad person, but actually he is not. He just has many secrets. That's why he gets misunderstood by the FL, because the FL doesn't know about all that yet.
But as the story goes on, the new ML and new FL learn more about each other. It's just a bit harder for the new FL to see that the new ML isn't a bad person, because the new ML is keeping a lot of secrets, and he seldom tries to explain his actions. Sometimes, he just lets the misunderstanding happen. So it's not because the new FL is stupid, but because the new ML is making it hard for the FL to trust him.
All that being said, I think both the new ML and new FL are very interesting characters, and the story is very interesting too.
I’m honestly mad at both of them, all these misunderstandings are basically their fault. But at the same time,…
Seriously. I actually liked Yiting in the beginning. But she was actually getting on my nerves forcing herself on Shangguan He in the last couple episodes and now putting Nan Heng in a jam....
Especially how she got mad at Shangguan He for being mean, but she was the one who cornered him first. He tried to play it nice but she couldn't take no for an answer. If the roles were switched, it'd be just as uncomfortable to watch. Just because Yiting is a girl doing this to a guy doesn't make it okay...
I’m honestly mad at both of them, all these misunderstandings are basically their fault. But at the same time,…
But if he didn't do that, it would ruin Yiting's reputation and have his other identity exposed. I don't blame Yimeng at all, but I also feel bad for Nan Heng in this case because he didn't expect Yiting to drug him. I really couldn't think of a better solution, tbh. He didn't have much time to think either.
I’m honestly mad at both of them, all these misunderstandings are basically their fault. But at the same time,…
I'm not mad at either because I feel that they both were in difficult positions. Though I can't deny it IS both their fault. Hahah. But I'm also enjoying them going through this whole ride and eventually building solid trust between each other 🥹
Yimeng is not dumb like some people have been complaining about her. She just has limited knowledge. The viewers…
THIS!!! And I believe if they work together, they can change even more. Because now, with Yimeng's efforts alone, she has changed quite a lot. NH has fallen in love with her for real, she's kept her family alive, she minimized the damage of the fire disaster, and now she's also changed the truth behind Yiting and NH's affair.
Though, it did make me wonder how much of the original plot weren't what she thought it was. But it's also true NH killed her entire family, and that couldn't have been some misunderstanding....so I'm leaning towards the fact that present Yimeng has the ability to change the plot.
Some of you don’t really get the characters at all. Yimeng is not the villain here and Heng is not an innocent…
Exactly! SYM has been one of the most logical FL's ever. People just can't stand the FL not blindly falling in love with the ML. I love that the FL even criticized characters like that herself, but it's ironic that some viewers of this drama are actually hating the FL for the exact reason.
SYM has been changing the plot since she arrived. A lot of things have followed the original storyline, but the intentions have changed. For example, NH and SYT's situation. It's really fun to see how SYM changes the outcome for the better even if certain incidents still happen.
I really hated how SYM's stepmom kept blaming her for everything. Then again, SYM has been doing the same to NH. In the original plot, the whole family did die because of her. And the original SYM wasn't like this either. So it's actually understandable.
And judging by ep23 preview, I'm guessing SYM guessed Li Shi Liu's real identity that's why she wanted to test if it's true!! AHHHHH and the kiss in ep21 with the belugas was just soooo cute!!!!
I saw this scene differently. The mother killed her son because she knew her son wasn't someone who would kill,…
Perhaps it's due to cultural differences or maybe just a difference in individual perspective. I get where you're coming from, but to me, if things happened the way you mentioned, it'd just be a cookie-cutter scene to portray a mother and son's "touching last moment". And that wouldn't have the same impact as the final cut that we saw, and wouldn't carry the same meaning in their relationship.
The son already knew about the baby before he even got closer and tried to kill them. There was no time for the mother to make the son hesitate further because the son would do anything to make sure he could survive and leave with his mother. Dropping the knife meant he'd break his promise too. Time was running out and chances of the son dropping the knife was low. The mother wasn't gonna risk her son killing the young girl or baby, hence the decision, or more like reflex action.
I feel that the writer's intention was to portray how much the mother and son loved each other, and how they were really good people. In the previous season, the son had abandoned the mother once and regretted it. That planted a seed of doubt about whether the son really loved his mother or he would do the same again to survive.
The mother would do anything to protect her son, but stabbing him to protect the girl and baby showed that she would never let him become a cold-blooded killer just to survive, even if he was her son. Because she knew it was the wrong thing to do—her son killing the girl or baby, and her letting her son do that. The mother stopped her son before he did something wrong—something both she and her son would regret. That action, to me, shows that she's a good and responsible mother with integrity.
I saw this scene differently. The mother killed her son because she knew her son wasn't someone who would kill,…
Exactly. The whole thing's just so sad but also beautifully done. It just showed how the mother and son were both really good people.
To be honest when the son asked to switch teams with the mother, I was skeptical about him. That's why I felt that there may be a slight chance he'd cave and let his mother sacrifice herself. But then it showed how he really loved his mother and couldn't let her do that, and how much his mother loved him too and not letting him live with that kind of guilt. Even though people might think "how could the mother kill her own son?", I think she didn't fail as a mother and made sure her son remained a good person till the end.
seriously, why did they make the mother kill her son, i don't feel sad about that scene at all, I have a question,…
I saw this scene differently. The mother killed her son because she knew her son wasn't someone who would kill, and she didn't want to see her son turn into some cold-blooded monster who'd kill a mother with her newborn. This is why it hurt the mother even more because she knew her son was a sweet and kind person, but was forced to kill. And in the end, when her son tried to kill, she stopped him before he could.
As much as it pains me, I love the twist because I thought the mother was gonna die for sure, asking the son to kill her. But the way it turned out made things a thousand times more devastating.
True. I guess it really just depends on how you define it personally. But usually these labels are more focused on the main couple.
One of my own example would be Prisoner of Beauty which aired lately. It's considered a HE, but it was a half BE to me. I didn't finish the series entirely happy, if I'm being honest.
Oh, actually quite a few of the c-dramas have been BEs or OEs these last 2-3 years, especially costume c-dramas. Or maybe I just happened to be watching them. Lol. Open endings aren't that bad actually coz to me that means it's not completely a sad one.
For the c-dramas with BE that I can remember now, there's: Such A Good Love, Dominion & Devotion, Snowfall, The Story of Pearl Girl, A Journey to Love. For a recent k-drama, there's Dear Hongrang.
These are only the ones I have watched. There are also quite a few that I chose not to start watching because I knew it was BE, but I can't remember which ones now. I just know there were quite a number from the past recent years.
Oh, thank you for telling me! I really hope they stick to that with the drama. I really can't take anymore BEs these days. It's too mentally exhausting.
1 
At the beginning of the drama, the FL in the modern world criticizes the ridiculous plots in the script, such as the stabbing triangle, and how the FL in the script blindly and stupidly falls in love with the ML even though he's a bad guy. The FL in the modern world hated all of that. So, there was a voice telling her to write the script if she thinks she's that good, and suddenly she woke up as the FL in the script. That's why everything that's happening now is somewhat written by the new FL, because she is trying to change the ridiculous plots, and avoid all the deaths caused by the ML in the original script.
People are saying ML is misunderstood because the FL in this new script has read the old script and found out that the ML in the old script was a very bad person. And she's afraid the ML in the new script would be the same. And to make things worse, the ML in the new script wasn't very friendly to the FL at first, so it made the FL think that ML in this new script is also a bad person, but actually he is not. He just has many secrets. That's why he gets misunderstood by the FL, because the FL doesn't know about all that yet.
But as the story goes on, the new ML and new FL learn more about each other. It's just a bit harder for the new FL to see that the new ML isn't a bad person, because the new ML is keeping a lot of secrets, and he seldom tries to explain his actions. Sometimes, he just lets the misunderstanding happen. So it's not because the new FL is stupid, but because the new ML is making it hard for the FL to trust him.
All that being said, I think both the new ML and new FL are very interesting characters, and the story is very interesting too.
Especially how she got mad at Shangguan He for being mean, but she was the one who cornered him first. He tried to play it nice but she couldn't take no for an answer. If the roles were switched, it'd be just as uncomfortable to watch. Just because Yiting is a girl doing this to a guy doesn't make it okay...
Though, it did make me wonder how much of the original plot weren't what she thought it was. But it's also true NH killed her entire family, and that couldn't have been some misunderstanding....so I'm leaning towards the fact that present Yimeng has the ability to change the plot.
I really hated how SYM's stepmom kept blaming her for everything. Then again, SYM has been doing the same to NH. In the original plot, the whole family did die because of her. And the original SYM wasn't like this either. So it's actually understandable.
And judging by ep23 preview, I'm guessing SYM guessed Li Shi Liu's real identity that's why she wanted to test if it's true!! AHHHHH and the kiss in ep21 with the belugas was just soooo cute!!!!
The son already knew about the baby before he even got closer and tried to kill them. There was no time for the mother to make the son hesitate further because the son would do anything to make sure he could survive and leave with his mother. Dropping the knife meant he'd break his promise too. Time was running out and chances of the son dropping the knife was low. The mother wasn't gonna risk her son killing the young girl or baby, hence the decision, or more like reflex action.
I feel that the writer's intention was to portray how much the mother and son loved each other, and how they were really good people. In the previous season, the son had abandoned the mother once and regretted it. That planted a seed of doubt about whether the son really loved his mother or he would do the same again to survive.
The mother would do anything to protect her son, but stabbing him to protect the girl and baby showed that she would never let him become a cold-blooded killer just to survive, even if he was her son. Because she knew it was the wrong thing to do—her son killing the girl or baby, and her letting her son do that. The mother stopped her son before he did something wrong—something both she and her son would regret. That action, to me, shows that she's a good and responsible mother with integrity.
To be honest when the son asked to switch teams with the mother, I was skeptical about him. That's why I felt that there may be a slight chance he'd cave and let his mother sacrifice herself. But then it showed how he really loved his mother and couldn't let her do that, and how much his mother loved him too and not letting him live with that kind of guilt. Even though people might think "how could the mother kill her own son?", I think she didn't fail as a mother and made sure her son remained a good person till the end.
As much as it pains me, I love the twist because I thought the mother was gonna die for sure, asking the son to kill her. But the way it turned out made things a thousand times more devastating.
One of my own example would be Prisoner of Beauty which aired lately. It's considered a HE, but it was a half BE to me. I didn't finish the series entirely happy, if I'm being honest.
HE- Happy Ending
OE - Open Ending
For the c-dramas with BE that I can remember now, there's: Such A Good Love, Dominion & Devotion, Snowfall, The Story of Pearl Girl, A Journey to Love. For a recent k-drama, there's Dear Hongrang.
These are only the ones I have watched. There are also quite a few that I chose not to start watching because I knew it was BE, but I can't remember which ones now. I just know there were quite a number from the past recent years.