Luv Peony

any recommendations for k drama similar to this?

but it's pasin, he's like family to the jian. it would make more sense that he was in the know when they build the facility and for babylon to infiltrate vs attacking. if that's not the case, i don't know how else pasin knows where to go.

i guess i will have to watch it again if i missed out on that detail...

pasin knows where it is? he needs to get the inside specs of the place for easy infiltration? he's not a tech person, so the most useful for him is to navigate the place and send info back.

it's more like to show she's more culture than the rest of these people...very top tier arrogance.

she's what they call a politic person...she navigates enough to let other people do the dirty work and she just takes in all the glory/credit. her character is more of a slime than a monstrous adversity.

they make it seem like they missed each other in thailand and jianman is MIA. even so, the robotic pasin is a red flag to start with!

you think with all their history and 20 steps ahead planning they don't think of a code for these just in case situations.

1. beep beep means i am working against my will b/c of family 2. beep beep beep save yourself

it's not fear lol...it's guilt. he gave her this life she didn't ask for.

she'll either find out when she's about to die....well, that's pretty much it to keep it just that.

they were besties up until ep 6. i mean, even if pasin was distraught/shock with son as a hostage, he's still exhibiting waving red flags all over. jian and minhye could have spot a totally abnormal pasin since they trained with him and know how his character is.

ep 6 was poorly written.

not when it comes to princess brides. ..the candidate of choice is usually:
1. the eldest princess
2. the least favorite
3. any princess of age if there is not much to choose from (she could marry an old king if there is no prince to marry)
4. an elevated princess - one from a court official who is elevated/promoted to princess status to represent the kingdom

the princesses enjoys a privilege life of royal status and decree but only up to the day they get married. when it comes to the matter of the kingdom, they are usually used as pawns to secure negotiations. that is part of their duty they must fulfill as a princess.

the wedding between 2 kingdoms are a symbol of peace and/or alliance. it doesn't matter who the princess is. princess don't hold any sort of powers...they are just used for marriage alliances when the time comes or when there's a need for it.

so to make this princess a villian w/ great influence...doesn't make sense at all.

me too...b/c her name is unfamiliar...but after seeing who she is, i recalled some short dramas that i watched. her short dramas have more artistry and budget compare to most. however, i find her mediocre looking and her acting is nothing special. maybe that's why she's doing micro dramas and not able to hit the bigger budget dramas.

anyone could have a nasty personality behind closed doors...it doesn't matter how you look. i don't get why fans have to be so nasty and on attack mode for their idols.

it was released and it was quite some complaining if that is her voice. you could hear Guo ranting, the same way she was ranting about the clothing incident about zhou ye. maybe that's jusst the way she is. it's obvious someone in her party or management doesn't like her. if any sabotaging, it's her own people doing the deed. people who do not know her personally will see this as malicious.

it would make more sense to make her brother the evil villian...not her lol

for a powerful one, he/she will be killed, not sent away lol. again, doesn't make sense at all.

she was sent to be a political bride, not a captive princess lol. per drama, she was treated like an animal and abused that the king pretty much tried to make it up to her...but the overall storyline/reason doesn't make sense at all.

it's weird the emperor fears her. she doesn't have power but supposed, she became a symbol to the people in which the king cannot mistreat her. i dunno...but i find her storyline/character super weak and against all reason when it comes to the dynamic of a royal family.

novel: supposed to send her there for her to atone for her 'sins'...but w/ the stepmother's scheme, the family slowly forgot about her existence and just left her there to fend for herself. the monastery is supposed to enlighten her or something so she doesn't grow up to be 'evil'.

the father was under the impression she was taken care of, not being punished or suffered from abuse which is why he was whatever and didn't really care to hear any updates or have plans to bring her back to the family manor.

it's quite sad.

so after XFF became jiang li (in which she has both XFF and jiang li's memories), she kept her distance from the family and seek punishment/truth in jiang li's honor.

i find that aspect weird. is the king or monarch so weak that they send an even powerless princess to save themselves? it's a common practice to send princess off as brides to another foreign country and most do not return to their homeland no matter what happen to the husband they marry.

it doesn't make sense in the drama to give this princess of no merit so much trouble, drama and screen time.

novel:
her mother - a favorite concubine of the previous king (her dad) (royal 'gui fei')
her brother - a prince with influence in the court and someone vying for the throne/power
she is spoiled, bratty, super entitled, and always gets her way...

she was not sent as a political bride.
she stole XFF's husband and have XFF killed off.
she has own her princess manor which she built a secret dungeon for anyone she hates. the dungeon is considered a crime b/c no residence are allow to have their own dungeon/jail.

she, along w/ XFF's husband were both beheaded in the novel.

a nun/monastery...not even an asylum.