Well I guess you're one of the very very few here with those thoughts. Just drop it and move on to another...no…
This comment may be a bit overkill since I've become a bit protective over LX, but I just wanted to note that nobody, nobody in this drama has yet to tell him that it's not his fault that his sister died.
Well I guess you're one of the very very few here with those thoughts. Just drop it and move on to another...no…
One of the most moving lines of this drama is when LX finally cracks and begins to show his vulnerabilities in EP 27, and LJJ responds with
"What's going on with you, Ge? Are you sick? How can no one sees that you're sick?"
This line elevates this drama from a feel-good romance/family drama to a life drama that actually addresses the realities of life.
TBH, I wholly respect your opinion, but I want to say that even without SWL's face (though his acting captures this character so deeply), LX would become one of my favorite ML in C-drama history. Precisely because he is imperfect.
Well I guess you're one of the very very few here with those thoughts. Just drop it and move on to another...no…
Well...he's already being attacked despite SWL face value...
I can understand why people would not like LX as a character, but it may be too naive to assume that people like him don't exist in the world. Everyday on forums I see people sharing their experiences relating to LX, on how suffocating their life may feel at the moment and just wish for someone like LJJ who can bring them a breath of air. One of the most hurtful and realistic comments I see that's everywhere is "run away if you encounter a LX in real life", and yet that's the attitude most would give towards people with mental illness.
is there a love triangle ?? ive been debating watching this drama since it started airing just because i hate…
It's kind of like a pseudo-love triangle...I really like how they treated it in this drama. It's not dragged out and angsty, but ultimately healing for the main characters.
LOL! A lot of non-Chinese viewers have commented on the prevalence of the short hair cut in Chinese school dramas,…
hahaha. It may be a universally hated hair cut.
J-dramas and K-dramas have the cute private school uniforms with the jackets and skirts. Chinese school uniforms look like workout clothes, usually made up of a zipper sweat shirt, and loose sweatpants for both girls and boys.
LOL! A lot of non-Chinese viewers have commented on the prevalence of the short hair cut in Chinese school dramas,…
Hahaha. I totally get you. Would it be helpful to know that she does change her haircut around episode 10-ish?
As for the short-hair bowl haircut, I personally grew up with that in elementary school. The benefit of having these cuts in TV shows is creating a sense of familiarity and relatability for the Chinese audience, but the drawback is lack thereof for a foreign audience.
It may be in particular a reactive lash back against the school uniform styles populated by J-dramas and K-dramas in the last decade, which were the predominant styles in C-dramas a while back. But in reality, very few students (except for expensive private schools) dress like that. I believe this style became popular in TV shows starting with "With You (2016)", which was another show featuring Tan Song Yun.
Another excellent two episodes. LX finally speaking up to his mom (even for the wrong reason) was so satisfying.…
Dramatic, but so moving. I cried so much during today's episodes. This writer-duo team is amazing, and their characters are so fleshed out. Li Ba and HM's scenes today were like a breath of air among all the drama. They were so cute.
Though i'm only on the 4th episode i can't help just by getting bothered by the FL . I'm liking everything else…
LOL! A lot of non-Chinese viewers have commented on the prevalence of the short hair cut in Chinese school dramas, but that does happen to be a pretty common hair-cut among school-aged girls in China. It's also an easy wig style to use, since the FL will have a different haircut in adulthood.
As for her personality, it makes sense given her upbringing. She doesn't have the care of a mother, hence she may be a bit dense/slow to pick up on things. Yet she's raised by the kindest/most amazing dad ever, hence her cheerfulness and optimism.
The character does mature quite a bit in adulthood. She's honestly now my favorite FL in a long long time.
Regarding the last point, I had assumed that she didn't mean her mother since this drama had completed filming…
This drama started filming in Sept 2019, which is 9 months after her mom passed away. TSY is a pretty low-key actress and remains largely outside of the public eye besides her work, so she didn't talk about her mom IRL much other than one variety show.
As for that scene, it was written in the context of JJ missing her mother and greeting her during the meteor shower. But in the context of TSY's own life, the scene feels much more real and heartbreaking because it feels like TSY's own greeting to her mom in heaven.
Can someone explain why LX kissed JJ in front of his mom ?
This is my interpretation.
After the confrontation with his mom and his sister, LX is once again drowning and suffocating in darkness. (For those with no subs, CT wanted to move back to China, and LX confronted her that she was scheming this all along, hence why she let him come back. XCZ then confronted CT, calling her out on her sadfishing.
When JJ showed up, it was like a breath of oxygen and a beam of light. She was being completely selfless by brining some local goods for CT and XCZ to bring back to Singapore.
I think LX was extremely moved and also just needed air. Hence why he first tenderly touched her face and asked her why she's sweating so much after seeing that she's a bit out of breath. Then he just kissed out out of sheer overflow of emotions and instinct at the moment.
Some facts about the cast that may add to the viewing experience
- The actress for XCZ was apparently abandoned by her birth parents, and her adoptive parents found her as a baby left at their door.
-Tan Song Yun's mom (actress for JJ) passed away on new year's eve in 2019 from a hit-and-run accident by a drunk driver. The prosecution just opened trial 2-days ago and is catching the Chinese netizens by the storm due to the nature of the accident. - There are 2 scenes in this drama that were particularly heartbreaking in this drama, because it felt like TSY's own voice rather than JJ's. The first being the scene of the meteor shower, when she asked the stars "Mom! Are you there?", and the second being when she spoke of her dad having trouble typing text on the phone. - For TSY, JJ has been a source of healing in this time of extreme pain, as she was able to escape through acting and be embraced by the warmth of this character.
Ling Xiao is unhealthy dependent on Li Jian. I want to see writer address this too
Yea...we shall see where the writer takes their relationship. From a medical standpoint though, he's a high-functioning PTSD patient and should be relatively fine without triggers (i.e. his blackhole of a mother) when he is with JJ and the family. I do wish that the writers would show him going to therapy though, to address that mental health is a real issue and is not just resolved via a romantic relationship.
"What's going on with you, Ge? Are you sick? How can no one sees that you're sick?"
This line elevates this drama from a feel-good romance/family drama to a life drama that actually addresses the realities of life.
TBH, I wholly respect your opinion, but I want to say that even without SWL's face (though his acting captures this character so deeply), LX would become one of my favorite ML in C-drama history. Precisely because he is imperfect.
I can understand why people would not like LX as a character, but it may be too naive to assume that people like him don't exist in the world. Everyday on forums I see people sharing their experiences relating to LX, on how suffocating their life may feel at the moment and just wish for someone like LJJ who can bring them a breath of air. One of the most hurtful and realistic comments I see that's everywhere is "run away if you encounter a LX in real life", and yet that's the attitude most would give towards people with mental illness.
J-dramas and K-dramas have the cute private school uniforms with the jackets and skirts. Chinese school uniforms look like workout clothes, usually made up of a zipper sweat shirt, and loose sweatpants for both girls and boys.
As for the short-hair bowl haircut, I personally grew up with that in elementary school. The benefit of having these cuts in TV shows is creating a sense of familiarity and relatability for the Chinese audience, but the drawback is lack thereof for a foreign audience.
It may be in particular a reactive lash back against the school uniform styles populated by J-dramas and K-dramas in the last decade, which were the predominant styles in C-dramas a while back. But in reality, very few students (except for expensive private schools) dress like that. I believe this style became popular in TV shows starting with "With You (2016)", which was another show featuring Tan Song Yun.
As for her personality, it makes sense given her upbringing. She doesn't have the care of a mother, hence she may be a bit dense/slow to pick up on things. Yet she's raised by the kindest/most amazing dad ever, hence her cheerfulness and optimism.
The character does mature quite a bit in adulthood. She's honestly now my favorite FL in a long long time.
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As for that scene, it was written in the context of JJ missing her mother and greeting her during the meteor shower. But in the context of TSY's own life, the scene feels much more real and heartbreaking because it feels like TSY's own greeting to her mom in heaven.
After the confrontation with his mom and his sister, LX is once again drowning and suffocating in darkness. (For those with no subs, CT wanted to move back to China, and LX confronted her that she was scheming this all along, hence why she let him come back. XCZ then confronted CT, calling her out on her sadfishing.
When JJ showed up, it was like a breath of oxygen and a beam of light. She was being completely selfless by brining some local goods for CT and XCZ to bring back to Singapore.
I think LX was extremely moved and also just needed air. Hence why he first tenderly touched her face and asked her why she's sweating so much after seeing that she's a bit out of breath. Then he just kissed out out of sheer overflow of emotions and instinct at the moment.
- The actress for XCZ was apparently abandoned by her birth parents, and her adoptive parents found her as a baby left at their door.
-Tan Song Yun's mom (actress for JJ) passed away on new year's eve in 2019 from a hit-and-run accident by a drunk driver. The prosecution just opened trial 2-days ago and is catching the Chinese netizens by the storm due to the nature of the accident.
- There are 2 scenes in this drama that were particularly heartbreaking in this drama, because it felt like TSY's own voice rather than JJ's. The first being the scene of the meteor shower, when she asked the stars "Mom! Are you there?", and the second being when she spoke of her dad having trouble typing text on the phone.
- For TSY, JJ has been a source of healing in this time of extreme pain, as she was able to escape through acting and be embraced by the warmth of this character.