I didn't like this from the beginning and it should've been a sign for me to drop it but I was stubborn and finally proved myself right in that yes, this is not for me. from the beginning on I felt something was lacking, IMO the leads don't really have chemistry, Irene Song's acting gets really annoying at some point. I know she has a baby face but I feel like she tries to hard to act younger than she is, thus we're getting a lead acting like she is 12. the styling also doesn't help portraying her the right age. if that wasn't enough, sadly the character she's playing is just too unlikable. I don't even mind characters with flaws, in fact I love them, but Xi Chi didn't really developed anywhere. She only ever came to the conclusion that she was wrong and selfish when she had others explain it to her or when she saw others also struggling. however, what her parents did was really f'ed up, I don't get why they couldn't just be honest with their kids. get a divorce and see your children when it's suitable, don't rob them off getting to know the truth, spending time with their mother and getting to know their half-sister. Xu Fang was more likable but I was really missing some charm with him. I found him just very bland and boring. his final conflict with the target-panic just seemed to come out of nowhere (tho maybe I missed sth because most of the time I was so bored, I was playing on my phone.) the side couples weren't much more interesting either, tho at least the best friends were cute. mostly I missed some plot. the first half was concentrated on Xi Chi's conflict with her parents but after she found out the truth, the story didn't know where to go and suddenly she fell in love with Xu Fang even though she was in love with the SL the whole time. Her reasons for falling for Xu Fang should be very understandable but to me it felt like she was in such a need of feeling loved because she was so vulnerable that she just generally turned to him. I wonder if she would've fallen for him if she didn't had any problems at that time because there really were no signs at all if she even considered Xu Fang to be attractive. it seemed that the SL was just in a disadvantage because he was involved with her conflict with the pet shop, while she also was just finding out about her parents.
the trope I actually hate the most is the "male lead that had a traumatic childhood experience so now he won't ever fall in love and is as cold as ice but we have here our perfect female lead who will act as free therapy and will heal our male lead's heart".
also likely to be included with the "she is gonna go against all his wishes and meets his parents behind his back to solve his family issues" plot.
I just came to accept that apparently every romantic drama, movie or written work gonna have a break up at some point. I really can only think of one drama in which the couple never separated. So at this point I'm just expecting conflicts towards the end. However, I really wish they would try harder and actually make the conflict worth of my attention, because sometimes it's just so dumb that it completely numbs my excitement. I even came to accept the noble idiocy trope, but I really can't handle unnecessary, very much easily avoided misunderstandings or miscommunication. Ugh.
I rarely have SLS because I'm generally on TeamFemaleLead. So when the drama pushes the male lead on me then I'm probably gonna love him, too. I can only think of 3 second leads who really stole my heart and deserved the girl so much more.
I don't mind childhood connections. I mean I do find them really unnecessary sometimes, especially when they really don't add to the plot and are revealed pretty late, but they don't ruin the drama for me.
Has someone an example for a fast burn drama, because I can't think of any? Mostly when they get together pretty quickly, it's because the drama focuses on the relationship part instead of the falling in love part.
this was surprisingly really really good. definitely not perfect in a few major aspects, but overall very exciting and enjoyable. the ending was very well concluded and I believe they actually tied up every plotline very nicely. Even though the eps are very long I never felt bored and it wasn't actually draggy, which I did expect it to be. Also, the acting was top-notch. It was so good I actually cried a few times.
I'm at ep 15 and somehow I feel so sorry for Sia Ha and Chunchai's friendship. They give us so many flashbacks and show us that they were a team from the get go and sadly it really didn't feel like that so far. There is more to come so I'm hopeful.
I really really really didn't like Eleanor in Blowing in the Wind, the whole drama was sadly just not good but oh wow I'm really being charmed by her here. She's amazing.
NuanNuan has just broken up and Hanchen still thinks it's a good idea to ask her for her feelings for him. give this girl a break. she needs time to move on. i also really dislike how he smiles over her despair being to his advantage. I dunno man, if he really liked her he would've accepted her feelings as they were and not try to get between her and her boyfriend. same goes for Jia Yi.
I'm crying laughing because when Jia Yi confessed to Han Che, this girl dead ass quoted Nothing Hill. "I'm just a girl standing in front of a boy asking him to love her." I just cannot with her. Who's idea was that? My stomach hurts.
I dunno how they re gonna remove her when she's the lead.... was it Love of a Thousand Years where they edited another woman's face on one the girls and it looked completely spooky??
I know the romance is tagged but it's not included in the genres, I hope there won't be any because tho I really don't mind their 16 year gap, Irene Song just generally looks like a kid. she could honestly play his daughter with her face. The contrast would be just too strong I think
from the beginning on I felt something was lacking, IMO the leads don't really have chemistry, Irene Song's acting gets really annoying at some point. I know she has a baby face but I feel like she tries to hard to act younger than she is, thus we're getting a lead acting like she is 12. the styling also doesn't help portraying her the right age. if that wasn't enough, sadly the character she's playing is just too unlikable. I don't even mind characters with flaws, in fact I love them, but Xi Chi didn't really developed anywhere. She only ever came to the conclusion that she was wrong and selfish when she had others explain it to her or when she saw others also struggling. however, what her parents did was really f'ed up, I don't get why they couldn't just be honest with their kids. get a divorce and see your children when it's suitable, don't rob them off getting to know the truth, spending time with their mother and getting to know their half-sister.
Xu Fang was more likable but I was really missing some charm with him. I found him just very bland and boring. his final conflict with the target-panic just seemed to come out of nowhere (tho maybe I missed sth because most of the time I was so bored, I was playing on my phone.)
the side couples weren't much more interesting either, tho at least the best friends were cute.
mostly I missed some plot. the first half was concentrated on Xi Chi's conflict with her parents but after she found out the truth, the story didn't know where to go and suddenly she fell in love with Xu Fang even though she was in love with the SL the whole time. Her reasons for falling for Xu Fang should be very understandable but to me it felt like she was in such a need of feeling loved because she was so vulnerable that she just generally turned to him. I wonder if she would've fallen for him if she didn't had any problems at that time because there really were no signs at all if she even considered Xu Fang to be attractive. it seemed that the SL was just in a disadvantage because he was involved with her conflict with the pet shop, while she also was just finding out about her parents.
also likely to be included with the "she is gonna go against all his wishes and meets his parents behind his back to solve his family issues" plot.
I even came to accept the noble idiocy trope, but I really can't handle unnecessary, very much easily avoided misunderstandings or miscommunication. Ugh.
I rarely have SLS because I'm generally on TeamFemaleLead. So when the drama pushes the male lead on me then I'm probably gonna love him, too. I can only think of 3 second leads who really stole my heart and deserved the girl so much more.
I don't mind childhood connections. I mean I do find them really unnecessary sometimes, especially when they really don't add to the plot and are revealed pretty late, but they don't ruin the drama for me.
Has someone an example for a fast burn drama, because I can't think of any? Mostly when they get together pretty quickly, it's because the drama focuses on the relationship part instead of the falling in love part.
Even though the eps are very long I never felt bored and it wasn't actually draggy, which I did expect it to be. Also, the acting was top-notch. It was so good I actually cried a few times.
I dunno man, if he really liked her he would've accepted her feelings as they were and not try to get between her and her boyfriend. same goes for Jia Yi.
"I'm just a girl standing in front of a boy asking him to love her."
I just cannot with her. Who's idea was that? My stomach hurts.
was it Love of a Thousand Years where they edited another woman's face on one the girls and it looked completely spooky??