Let me get this straight. They put the lead couple through absolute hell for the entire show, only to kill both…
LOL well said 👏🏼
At this point it really does feel less like “creative freedom” and more like “creative spite.” The plot was already wobbling, but that final choice was so aggressively pointless it almost feels intentional — like someone behind the scenes said, “If we’re going down, we’re taking the audience with us.”
Ren Jialun and Peng Xiaoran deserved better. The author and original source material deserved better. We ALL deserved better. 😭
BTS tea: turns out the actors were out here filming Love and Crown with three pages of script and a prayer. Entire episodes were being rewritten mid-shoot, with daily rewrites literally printed out of their bodyguards vans 😳LMAO. No wonder the plot crumbled into dust — the crew was basically building the plane while flying it. Actors deserve hazard pay for this.
It starts off terrible, briefly pretends it might improve, and then literally swan-dives into catastrophe. The script is unsalvageable — a total narrative collapse. It’s so bad it should come with a warning label. The poor actors put up a heroic fight, but nothing could save this. Honestly, a five-year-old with crayons could write tighter plot. Worst thing I’ve ever seen.
No, honestly, giving it 1 star is generous. The ending isn’t just sad — it’s hollow, abrupt, and ultimately pointless. Let’s please spare potential viewers the utter disappointment.
I'm so annoyed with Ling Cang Cang because she keeps running to her father, being nice to him, and still showing…
Her character is written so poorly at this point. The inconsistency is wild — she treats XH with nothing but disdain for over half the drama, yet forgives literally everyone else who lied to her or used her as a pawn within seconds. Such a waste, because the actress is phenomenal. Honestly, if anyone else played the FL I doubt I could have tolerated it this far. The writing is awful and the character is a mess, but PXR keeps reeling me back in with her performance and endearing personality — which just proves the script is the real weak link. So much wasted talent and potential!! It’s disappointing.
This is one of those dramas that works both because of its strengths and in spite of its flaws. The setup is heavy, morally gray, and sometimes uncomfortably dark — especially in the way the romance begins. I’m not a big fan of angsty enemies-to-lovers plotlines, and this one definitely leans toxic at the start. The early dynamic feels more like betrayal, fear, and trauma than anything resembling chemistry, and that almost made me stop watching. Even though it eventually becomes healthy, the level of violence and hostility at the beginning just isn’t something I find realistic or easy to move past.
That said, I love love LOVE a truly smart heroine, and the FL is exactly that. She refuses to be anything but intelligent, capable, and decisive — easily one of the strongest elements of the entire series IMO. She’s sharp, strategic, emotionally aware, and never a passive piece on anyone’s chessboard. This makes the story not only interesting in general, but makes the romance workable even when its foundation felt shaky.
Acting was great and the story DID recover well halfway thru. Overall, there are flaws but it’s a compelling drama, and despite the issues I have with the way the ML & romance begins, I’d still give it a solid 8/10.
Anyone with facts about agency contract termination? Read he didn’t get paid for his latest drama.
I think it’s a rumor/speculation and hasn’t been confirmed by actor’s management team or drama production team at all so not officially true … but industry insiders say Ren Jialun agreed to participate in Love and Crown without payment to end his relationship with H&R Century Pictures amicably. Once filming wrapped, his contract concluded, and he left the agency. As a result, many describe the drama as serving as Ren Jialun’s “severance payment” with his former agency.
Right? I doubt she’d turn on XH again, but wow… the compassion she had for her criminal master, father, and…
I thought she would be more beside herself and go out of her way to support and thank XH when she found out the truth, considering everything that happened. This… is just painfully underwhelming and sad. Not a single apology or even a HINT of regret from her side…what 🤯the actual hell 😒😤😑LCC is all about LCC - I can’t with her anymore.
At this point it really does feel less like “creative freedom” and more like “creative spite.” The plot was already wobbling, but that final choice was so aggressively pointless it almost feels intentional — like someone behind the scenes said, “If we’re going down, we’re taking the audience with us.”
Ren Jialun and Peng Xiaoran deserved better. The author and original source material deserved better. We ALL deserved better. 😭
I am not built for K-drama starvation cycles. Feed me daily or watch me wither. 😭
That said, I love love LOVE a truly smart heroine, and the FL is exactly that. She refuses to be anything but intelligent, capable, and decisive — easily one of the strongest elements of the entire series IMO. She’s sharp, strategic, emotionally aware, and never a passive piece on anyone’s chessboard. This makes the story not only interesting in general, but makes the romance workable even when its foundation felt shaky.
Acting was great and the story DID recover well halfway thru. Overall, there are flaws but it’s a compelling drama, and despite the issues I have with the way the ML & romance begins, I’d still give it a solid 8/10.