Wheeww... Finally done with this. At first, I was angry with the ending. But after I've had some time to sit with it, I realized it's not so bad. I think many of us are angry with the ending because of the way the writers told the final arc leading up to the ending... The writers lost their way...The story lost itself...
But first, I want to say, LXY and WJY did an EXCELLENT job with what they were given(which wasn't much). But they made so much out of it!!. So even if I'm annoyed at the overall story, I appreciate their work. They made it enjoyable to watch them. I will definetely rewatch some of my favorite episodes!! (Ep 1-18).
This show has 4 arcs: ----The first 12 episodes was one arc.(lol the toxic meeting and joining hands, character establishment arc) -Episode 13-18 (fall in love, spend time together arc, continue to plan revenge) ---Episode 19-24 (carry out "revenge" arc). ---Episode 25-32 (final arc, ending)
The story started losing its way in the third arc. The writers spent the first two arcs building these characters one way. Then spent the last two arcs making the characters behave out of character. So a lot of the characters essence got lost in the ether. The third arc was all over the place leading the final arc to be very jumbled and unnecessary, leading to the ending we got.
When I think about it, the ending itself is not that unsatisfactory. It's the build up to it that's very unsatisfactory, which robs off on the ending. The writers lost their way. Bad writers of this show should be condemned. Whoever wrote this should NEVER be allowed near a script again
omg i started this show a couple days ago im on like ep 6 i think and idk if i should continue the comments are…
You should continue, if only to see the leads fall in love. It was a couple of amazing episodes. Then if you don't want heartbreak, stop at ep 18. That was a nice "ending"
Depends on what your scale is for "really good" I loved it. It has become one of my feel good shows that I watch when I'm feeling down because I enjoy it so much. It also has my favorite modern rom- com actress, Zhang Yu Xi, (lol I call her the romcom queen😂) so that was good.
It's a light/ interesting story about love, work, and family. Thier chemistry is amazing!!
If I may ask, what's wrong with their account being new? I'm only asking because this is the second time I've seen someone ask this question to a new account.
I am truly confused by this. Are new accounts not allowed to have opinions? Didn't we all start out as new accounts?
I was only watching for Cheng Xiao at first but the male lead is just too adorable he might become one of my fave…
A Girl Like Me. He's the ML in this show and he's such an adorable ML. This show has become one of my comfort shows. The FL family is one of the best/funny family in cdrama land.😂❤️
Ok I just finished the last episode, and here my unsolicited opinion :The story : - Average to lazy writing, nothing…
Lol I can't believe I read all of this from beginning to end😭... it was a good summary. I agree with mostly everything. And mildly disagree with some...very mildly.
Yes, I agree that they took TOO LONG for the reveal/being brother and sister. Lol it took so long and it was too convincing that by the time they got around to the reveal I had given up any romantic plot and just accepted them as brother and sister 😂... However, I think it took that long because a lot of things had to happen for the reveal to take place. A lot of characters had to be introduced for things to make sense. Though a little off, the pacing was still good.
IMO, where it all went wrong and the pacing became wack was after the reveal. A new arc started, but the romace is non existence. I love how they seamlessly transition to dating, but there was no dating. We had "romance" when they were "siblings" but NO ROMANCE when they are actually dating. We had 20 something eps of them being siblings, but just angst and separation when they are actually together for 5 episodes. They went from brother and sister to married. So, I feel cheated a little bit.
I do like the second couple. I loved that she got an actual story and not just used as a "fat" joke relief like many cdramas like to do with people that don't have the "conventional" body type. Now, I do agree that their story dragged. The writers lost their way a little bit.
When this show initially started, I got The Story of Ming Lan vibes from it. In the middle, with everything happening with the wives, it gave The Sword and the Brocade vibes. Overall, nice show to watch to relax.
Yes as far as I am concerned this drama ended already. The final arc is probably just to promote BWJ who is a…
Exactly!!! The writers decision for this is PISSING ME OFF SO BAD.
How do you spend half the show building this character that her whole purpose is revenge. She spent 10 years working towards this revenge, only to get to the final stage and cheat her out of it??? And the cliché excuse used? ML wanting to "save" her and not let her get involved. Excuse me?? Is she a delicate flower? She's an assassin for chrissake. She needs to take her revenge. I hate when they make characters behave out of character. MRJ decision and Mei Lin meek submission to it felt so out of character.
Oooooo I'm PISSED. Such bad writing should be condemned.
Haven't watched for a couple of days cause I had stomach surgery, and had to recuperate. Finally caught up today in between groaning in pain😭...and WOAH WOAH WOAH what the hell???😭
What happened to my happy show??? What is happening to our undying flower couple?, what happened to the revenge they are supposed to take together??? Why did the writers mess this up so bad??, why did they take that away from Mei Lin? This is something she has lived for for 10yrs and in the end she didn't get a choice in the revenge? WTF??
And don't get me started on CP death??? What was that?? That was it??? Lol I feel so cheated. Just like they cheated Mei Lin off her revenge. I'm delusional, so I like to think CP will come back???😭
I'm so disappointed in the writers. But I'm hoping they will at least give us a good happy ending. The show has been good up to this point. So I'm hoping there's a method to the writers sudden madness... I need my babies to be happy and open their fruit cake shop.
Yes as far as I am concerned this drama ended already. The final arc is probably just to promote BWJ who is a…
I kinda feel this way too. The drama does feel like it has ended. Even though I'm making excuses in my head, it does give me that feeling.
They wrapped up a major arc too early (10 episodes too early). I would have love to see ML and FL navigate their relationship while still fighting the crown prince. Not this Xiyan arc.
I'm very delusional, so I'm still hoping that they are going to pull a bazinga on us and bring CP back. His death was too unsatisfying 😭
since murong jinghe is the master of the shadow, if you’re mei lin, will you forgive him for all the things…
Lol this is so hard for me. If you had asked me this in the beginning, when we first met the characters, I would have said he is totally not irredeemable. But now, after everything they've been through together, I'm torn...
On one end, I hate that he used Mei Lin that way. It was such a curel plan. On the other end, he was someone accused of massacring a whole town (100,000 people?) And he lived with that accusation for ten years. He lost his dignity, and will to live for the first 3 years. He lived in isolation as a cripple with nothing but revenge on his mind. So I can see how he could come up with such a curel revenge plan. In his mind at the time, nobody/nothing mattered. Everyone is just a pawn in his quest for revenge. So when Mei Lin showed up to kill him the first time? She gave him the will to live...lol very twisted.
BUT on the other end, maybe he should have come clean to Mei Lin when they started falling in love?? It would have been better if it came from him that early than it coming from someone else.
I'm so torn because they are very much in love now. I don't want anything to come between them. Lol they need to have a good talk and stop stressing us out😭😭
The two shows I've seen him in AJTL and AYTO, he's played an obsessed SML who wouldn't take no for an answer.😂 Now I've associated him with that and scared to watch. But the synopsis seems interesting 👀
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But first, I want to say, LXY and WJY did an EXCELLENT job with what they were given(which wasn't much). But they made so much out of it!!. So even if I'm annoyed at the overall story, I appreciate their work. They made it enjoyable to watch them. I will definetely rewatch some of my favorite episodes!! (Ep 1-18).
This show has 4 arcs:
----The first 12 episodes was one arc.(lol the toxic meeting and joining hands, character establishment arc) -Episode 13-18 (fall in love, spend time together arc, continue to plan revenge)
---Episode 19-24 (carry out "revenge" arc).
---Episode 25-32 (final arc, ending)
The story started losing its way in the third arc. The writers spent the first two arcs building these characters one way. Then spent the last two arcs making the characters behave out of character. So a lot of the characters essence got lost in the ether. The third arc was all over the place leading the final arc to be very jumbled and unnecessary, leading to the ending we got.
When I think about it, the ending itself is not that unsatisfactory. It's the build up to it that's very unsatisfactory, which robs off on the ending. The writers lost their way. Bad writers of this show should be condemned. Whoever wrote this should NEVER be allowed near a script again
It's a light/ interesting story about love, work, and family. Thier chemistry is amazing!!
I'm so sorry but this made me laugh 😂😂
I understand though. This freaking drama leaves us with heart ache😭
I am truly confused by this. Are new accounts not allowed to have opinions? Didn't we all start out as new accounts?
I even had to put my glasses on cause I thought it was my eyes...but even with my glasses on, it's still the same 😭
Yes, I agree that they took TOO LONG for the reveal/being brother and sister. Lol it took so long and it was too convincing that by the time they got around to the reveal I had given up any romantic plot and just accepted them as brother and sister 😂... However, I think it took that long because a lot of things had to happen for the reveal to take place. A lot of characters had to be introduced for things to make sense. Though a little off, the pacing was still good.
IMO, where it all went wrong and the pacing became wack was after the reveal. A new arc started, but the romace is non existence. I love how they seamlessly transition to dating, but there was no dating. We had "romance" when they were "siblings" but NO ROMANCE when they are actually dating. We had 20 something eps of them being siblings, but just angst and separation when they are actually together for 5 episodes. They went from brother and sister to married. So, I feel cheated a little bit.
I do like the second couple. I loved that she got an actual story and not just used as a "fat" joke relief like many cdramas like to do with people that don't have the "conventional" body type. Now, I do agree that their story dragged. The writers lost their way a little bit.
When this show initially started, I got The Story of Ming Lan vibes from it. In the middle, with everything happening with the wives, it gave The Sword and the Brocade vibes. Overall, nice show to watch to relax.
Lol the lemon thing was really funny😂
How do you spend half the show building this character that her whole purpose is revenge. She spent 10 years working towards this revenge, only to get to the final stage and cheat her out of it??? And the cliché excuse used? ML wanting to "save" her and not let her get involved. Excuse me?? Is she a delicate flower? She's an assassin for chrissake. She needs to take her revenge. I hate when they make characters behave out of character. MRJ decision and Mei Lin meek submission to it felt so out of character.
Oooooo I'm PISSED. Such bad writing should be condemned.
Lol sorry for the rant.😭
What happened to my happy show??? What is happening to our undying flower couple?, what happened to the revenge they are supposed to take together??? Why did the writers mess this up so bad??, why did they take that away from Mei Lin? This is something she has lived for for 10yrs and in the end she didn't get a choice in the revenge? WTF??
And don't get me started on CP death??? What was that?? That was it??? Lol I feel so cheated. Just like they cheated Mei Lin off her revenge. I'm delusional, so I like to think CP will come back???😭
I'm so disappointed in the writers. But I'm hoping they will at least give us a good happy ending. The show has been good up to this point. So I'm hoping there's a method to the writers sudden madness... I need my babies to be happy and open their fruit cake shop.
They wrapped up a major arc too early (10 episodes too early). I would have love to see ML and FL navigate their relationship while still fighting the crown prince. Not this Xiyan arc.
I'm very delusional, so I'm still hoping that they are going to pull a bazinga on us and bring CP back. His death was too unsatisfying 😭
On one end, I hate that he used Mei Lin that way. It was such a curel plan. On the other end, he was someone accused of massacring a whole town (100,000 people?) And he lived with that accusation for ten years. He lost his dignity, and will to live for the first 3 years. He lived in isolation as a cripple with nothing but revenge on his mind. So I can see how he could come up with such a curel revenge plan. In his mind at the time, nobody/nothing mattered. Everyone is just a pawn in his quest for revenge. So when Mei Lin showed up to kill him the first time? She gave him the will to live...lol very twisted.
BUT on the other end, maybe he should have come clean to Mei Lin when they started falling in love?? It would have been better if it came from him that early than it coming from someone else.
I'm so torn because they are very much in love now. I don't want anything to come between them. Lol they need to have a good talk and stop stressing us out😭😭
The two shows I've seen him in AJTL and AYTO, he's played an obsessed SML who wouldn't take no for an answer.😂 Now I've associated him with that and scared to watch. But the synopsis seems interesting 👀