can someone tell who were the all villains in the show want to see if l was right or wrong
Bai Jiu's master, LiLun (gets redemption), Bai Jiu (gets redemption), dragon mountain god, shape shifting demon saved by Li Lun, Prime Minister, can't think of more off the top of my head.
What a terrible commentary of our times. The idea of love! The FL is vile uncouth greedy rude stupid superficial…
What commentary of the times - this is a "historical" drama. Also, FL and Ban family are ridiculous for a reason (not explained in the drama though), the more ridiculous, crazy and stupid that family is the more Emperor likes them as that means their minds are shallow and not endangering his and his son's throne. In the novel, Princess Royal (the grandmother) explicitly says she 'made' her son into a useless man on purpose to protect him from the Emperor's paranoia, and Ban Hua's brother is the same also on purpose (and not because he is morally bankrupt or whatever).
Surprisingly, the character I hated the most was not any of the villains but the FL's brother. So spoiled, so…
Exactly in the novel he grows a lot, here he is basically the team mate who makes you lose due to stupidity and incompetence while not even caring to try, if he is so incompetent at least be more obedient. And his romance with the Empress.... The kid was kidnapped because he was eating noodles...
Liked the drama but that is probably because I love the novel and this was relatively close to the source material. Still went in weird directions several times. The FL actress was not convincing enough for me in several instances, her movements in the fighting scenes were weird, it was not even she is not "tall and strong/muscular" but she didn't exhibit the control over one's aura, personal space and body one would expect from a martial arts master. The fighting in the whole drama - some was ok, some was wonky. The "war scenes" were horrendous and I skipped them. The little sister of the Shi family was changed for the worse, as she "woke up" fairly quickly (she understood the issue is the system all of them are born into and not that Ban Hua is some stupid villain, and her problem with her was Ban Hua could be stupid and ridiculous and her family loves and protects her, while herself is 'perfect lady' and her family still regards her as nothing) in the novel, instead of becoming a generic female character who wants power. The fact they didn't show what happened with the Empress..., and Count Rong didn't become the Emperor.... The problem of the Crown Prince is he is muddleheaded and a coward, cannot read people, etc. so him remaining Emperor would sooner or later be a problem, and the drama didn't show enough growth for him to warrant changing the ending. Too much time was spend on useless details while important points were neglected. Seems most of the problems came from the drama being lower budget than the story requires... Also, FL wore white too much for a character who only wears red and a lot of accessories.
Another great drama I'm dropping not to waste my time and then get a stupid ending.
It just doesn't make sense to establish characters that are so strong they have had numerous situations they could have died but didn't and finally are killed by some random canon-fodders?... Can't get over it.
All these stupid tragic endings are as if the writers are saying to the audience "you don't deserve nice things".
I loved Park Shin Hye in this role, while looking cute and harmless, her acting showed - she was indeed a demon and not once was I taken out of the story. Her soul was of a demon and what she looked like didn't matter (as some people are saying she didn't 'look' the part of a demon). Acting of the whole cast was impeccable. Hope more dramas learn from this, FL's changes of character and emotions were well substantiated, action didn't falter and while the ending was left open (maybe for season 2, maybe just not to say what will happen) it can stand on its own and makes sense for the characters. And finally she didn't turn from a "demon setting" to a "generic girlfriend/wife/woman trope". GREAT SHOW!
bruh the outfits she wore were all sponsored..it was all free ur to dumb to understand that.
Also, show itself showed how her excessive spending left her to live in almost foreclosed apartment, while she is still a successful judge. Her overspending on clothes is her major vice and she even says the car is rented. So in this aspect the show is quite realistic - she is not "poor" (while wearing major brands) and not buying clothes/shoes worth thousands, while living in centre of New York and basically not making money.
The beginning when they are falling in love is interesting but the lie lasted too long (17 episodes - 1/3 of the…
Just finished. The acting of the whole cast was amazing, and the chemistry of the main couple was great to watch. Should have had more fight scenes of them together, the whole action happened in 3 episodes out of 40 so very disappointing - the beginning was strong and established an interesting start of the plot but can't help but say it was wasted. Never showed how FL expected making business with the Western regions to help her get revenge and didn't show her killing the adapted daughter of the Prince or him. She used to be a rebel "king" but in the end most of the drama was showing her as a homemaker and housewife - completely wasting her "settings". She herself said she is not the little bird in a cage her fake husband made her out to be and for this reason ran away from her 1st marriage... but in the end she became just that. So the conclusion is if as a woman you want something different that domestic life, etc. you have just not met the right man - super condescending. For the amount of times the ML says, 'one of the reasons he loves her is that she is Lu Wen who is his equal in both strategy (and martial arts?), this plot line is incredibly underutilized. Basically another drama showing men want accomplished/smart women whom they can make housewives and homemakers, instead of finding a woman who wants just that. The plot could have been 'a "normal" woman is attacked in the woods and the ML mistakes her for the enemy, and she cooks crab roe rice....', no need for her to be a rebel/statistician/assassin. Liked the drama overall if I don't delve into the destruction of the FL's character too much. Even the support FL Miss He got 'stronger', learning to fight for herself, etc. My good rating is basically for the banter and interactions of the main couple, the acting of main leads and other actors.
Loved the drama but some changes diminished the story: 1st, him teaching her archery was stupid! One of the moments in the novel that peak his interest is when she almost kills the Princess with someone else's arrow during the academy exam. And she plays a war song for the exam. The fact that she is also a warrior is almost completely removed, and he has to protect her excessively. He is cruel and decisive and what makes her interesting to him is she is the same, but without the power he has (his army, etc.), and her schemes still succeed (sometimes with his assistance), while in the drama she is much more "palatable as a woman". It is annoying when female characters are diminished so ML has to save them or whatever, the nature of affection is even if someone is equally/more powerful you would still want to protect/help/take care of them, so it was not necessary to make her less; especially when the reason in the story they are intrigued by each other is they are both "more".
watch the extra ep, the ML doesn't die, he lives happily with the FML, though his subordinates do die
The problem is not even the sad ending but that they die for nothing! His martial arts are beyond anybody else's, his army is unbeatable but in the last 4 minutes everyone dies???? The problem is that it is STUPID!
The trailer from Shadow Love look more interesting than this..beside the ML face can barely seen in trailer..…
Story is the struggle of the FL to survive, reclaim her military honours and get revenge on her family - she is the protagonist. ML is a main character but the story is from her point of view (as a narrator) I think (around 60% of the novel read and stopped reading it several months ago to wait for the drama, so don't remember exactly)...
The beginning when they are falling in love is interesting but the lie lasted too long (17 episodes - 1/3 of the show) - more interesting would have been, if she remembered earlier and they 'played' against each other; then they were apart for a needlessly long time - the story didn't show why it had to be that long, then she moved to his estate and became the generic daughter-in-law; so far haven't seen too many scenes of FL being a warrior/assassin/strategist, almost like this is her setting but is not utilised enough... Continuing to watch last 5 episodes, hope there is more action!
The FL actress was not convincing enough for me in several instances, her movements in the fighting scenes were weird, it was not even she is not "tall and strong/muscular" but she didn't exhibit the control over one's aura, personal space and body one would expect from a martial arts master.
The fighting in the whole drama - some was ok, some was wonky. The "war scenes" were horrendous and I skipped them.
The little sister of the Shi family was changed for the worse, as she "woke up" fairly quickly (she understood the issue is the system all of them are born into and not that Ban Hua is some stupid villain, and her problem with her was Ban Hua could be stupid and ridiculous and her family loves and protects her, while herself is 'perfect lady' and her family still regards her as nothing) in the novel, instead of becoming a generic female character who wants power.
The fact they didn't show what happened with the Empress..., and Count Rong didn't become the Emperor.... The problem of the Crown Prince is he is muddleheaded and a coward, cannot read people, etc. so him remaining Emperor would sooner or later be a problem, and the drama didn't show enough growth for him to warrant changing the ending.
Too much time was spend on useless details while important points were neglected. Seems most of the problems came from the drama being lower budget than the story requires...
Also, FL wore white too much for a character who only wears red and a lot of accessories.
Now am excited to go re-read the novel...
It just doesn't make sense to establish characters that are so strong they have had numerous situations they could have died but didn't and finally are killed by some random canon-fodders?... Can't get over it.
All these stupid tragic endings are as if the writers are saying to the audience "you don't deserve nice things".
Hope more dramas learn from this, FL's changes of character and emotions were well substantiated, action didn't falter and while the ending was left open (maybe for season 2, maybe just not to say what will happen) it can stand on its own and makes sense for the characters. And finally she didn't turn from a "demon setting" to a "generic girlfriend/wife/woman trope". GREAT SHOW!
Should have had more fight scenes of them together, the whole action happened in 3 episodes out of 40 so very disappointing - the beginning was strong and established an interesting start of the plot but can't help but say it was wasted. Never showed how FL expected making business with the Western regions to help her get revenge and didn't show her killing the adapted daughter of the Prince or him. She used to be a rebel "king" but in the end most of the drama was showing her as a homemaker and housewife - completely wasting her "settings". She herself said she is not the little bird in a cage her fake husband made her out to be and for this reason ran away from her 1st marriage... but in the end she became just that.
So the conclusion is if as a woman you want something different that domestic life, etc. you have just not met the right man - super condescending. For the amount of times the ML says, 'one of the reasons he loves her is that she is Lu Wen who is his equal in both strategy (and martial arts?), this plot line is incredibly underutilized. Basically another drama showing men want accomplished/smart women whom they can make housewives and homemakers, instead of finding a woman who wants just that. The plot could have been 'a "normal" woman is attacked in the woods and the ML mistakes her for the enemy, and she cooks crab roe rice....', no need for her to be a rebel/statistician/assassin.
Liked the drama overall if I don't delve into the destruction of the FL's character too much. Even the support FL Miss He got 'stronger', learning to fight for herself, etc.
My good rating is basically for the banter and interactions of the main couple, the acting of main leads and other actors.
He is cruel and decisive and what makes her interesting to him is she is the same, but without the power he has (his army, etc.), and her schemes still succeed (sometimes with his assistance), while in the drama she is much more "palatable as a woman".
It is annoying when female characters are diminished so ML has to save them or whatever, the nature of affection is even if someone is equally/more powerful you would still want to protect/help/take care of them, so it was not necessary to make her less; especially when the reason in the story they are intrigued by each other is they are both "more".
Continuing to watch last 5 episodes, hope there is more action!