monstersnroses

I said the same thing at ep 23, I came back to this page and said "uhh... why am I still watching this again?" and people were like "JUST KEEP GOING YOU WILL NOT RAGRET"!!! I was starting to feel like this futile frustrated boredom start to kick in, but then BAM it got good! So good in fact that to this day, out of like 400 shows, this is the ONLY 10 I've ever given out. And now I'm on my 6th rewatch.

For me, all I can say is it was DEFINITELY worth my time investment. The payoff is so awesome.

good luck, we are all still looking for something a year later, and so far we just have meager suggestions for things that can take your mind off it for a while, but I'm on my 6th rewatch because there's nothin good out right now. Pearl Girl was a total bust. Double and Princess Royal don't have anywhere near the chemistry as SOKP. Blossom was imo REALLY good, but the drama's weak point is there's no chemistry and the romance is just a side dish and the FL is more of an 8/10 and not really a 10/10 for the role....

These are my other favorites, for what it's worth. They're not as good. But they're good enough that for the time I spend watching them, I temporarily forget SOKP:

My Fated Boy
Falling Into You (not Falling Into Your Smile, that's a different show)
Till The End Of The Moon

if you're into dark shit:
Love And Bid Farewell
The Smile Has Left Your Eyes

If you're into spicy shit:
Lesson In Love
Embrace In The Dark Night
Undercover Affair

If you're into k-drama:
Crazy Love
Love To Hate You

If you're in it for the story:
A Dream Of Splendor
Blossom

A well developed character, she spent her last lifetime as a scheming bratty b*tch, and died because of it. She finds herself awake in her second timeline, and is kind of in shock about it, and she starts thinking. About where she went wrong, what she could have done different, how she really feels about things etc. Since she had previously been the Empress, she is now really a strange mix of self confidence and self doubt... she's smart and strong minded with a really sharp sense of humor, but tries to pass herself off as just some backcountry girl with no importance or experience, and doesn't want to be noticed by people. Bai Lu's acting is very natural and unforced, and FL has enough dimension to make her seem like a real person.

imo anyway

tysm <3

it's amnesialicious

what's the spice level?

I gave it a 7, i thought it was okay. But the highlight of that drama was the part where she's in the ?shower/bath? next door, and he calls the landlord and goes "can you shut off the electricity to just one unit?"

RED FLAG FIRE 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Luo Zheng, I love you a lot... but I can't watch a genderswap I'm sorry. Hard pass. I promise I will watch your next one. <3

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Ep 19-20

Well that sucked

I thought these two would hook up by the 2/3 mark, but apparently that aint gonna happen lol. imo, this was such a terrible direction to take this story, omgawd. We got 2 core characters axed, a time skip, AND amnesia.

Well all righty then.

Story of Kunning Palace
Embrace in the Dark Night
The Smile Has Left Your Eyes / A Million Stars Falling From The Sky (k-version/j-version)
Cheese In The Trap (the series, not the movie)
The Scholar Who Walks the Night
Love Between Fairy and Devil
Love Is Phantom
Supervisor Husband
Undercover Affair
Hanaoni 3
Huang Shu Da Ren Jie Yuan Ba
My Lethal Man
Flower of Evil
Tempted
The Black Devil and the White Prince
Nothing But You
Blue Whisper

Some of those I thought were much better than others, but nothing on that list for me is below a 7. They all have what I would consider calculating, enigmatic ML's, but there's a really wide variety of styles of shows in that list. Maybe something will pique your interest there. <3

I think what determines if you like an acting performance is it's ability to contribute to the feeling of total immersion in a show. If the actor is somehow taking you out of total immersion, then their acting is gonna bother you because it's removing you from the story instead of making you feel like it's real.

Behold, the straight-man, just going about his revenge business. all stoic and unreadable in his combat boots and black cobra kai sleeveless hoodie. Along comes FL, the sweet defenseless bunny rabbit. She wrecks his vibe, dancing around in her little housedress and climbing all over him and being silly. And in the last couple episodes somewhere, he just basically said that if she keeps coming on to him, she gonna FAFO.

I will take him at his word, because when was the last time Gao Zheng was in anything tame.

Am I the only one who thinks it's so gross and cringe when they do the gulping sound effect during sexual tension scenes in c-dramas? At least this one wasn't that bad but sometimes they will do them really loud, and now whenever I see one of those 'gulp' sound effects about to happen I'm like "Noooo!" and I use my mongoose speed to quickly turn down my speaker volume so I don't have to hear that disgusting noise ughh.

Is it just me? :P

Tysssm, and happy new year to you as well! <3

I gave Blossom a 9/10 and thought it was awesome, but I agree that FL's acting isn't the best. Not the worst, for sure. But also not the best. One good thing I can say about her though, is she's better than Yang Mi.

Agreed. This is an oxytocin romance, not a dopamine romance.

No, if you don't like it by now, I'd say it's a drop. For me, by the time I was at ep 18, I realized I was addicted to this show like crack and had to slow down or I was going to catch up too fast (It wasn't done yet when I picked it up). I agree with you about FL, and I don't think the chemistry was there for those two, but all that did for me was cause me to knock a point off of what would have been a perfect score and ended up giving it a 9. FL didn't impact my enjoyment of the show that much. But if she's bothering you that much, then no, it doesn't improve off of what you've already seen.

I just looked over your watchlist, and have some reccs for you to try out based on what you've rated high:

Falling Into You (not falling into your smile, that's a different show)
My Fated Boy
Oh My Venus
Devilish Joy
Eternal Love of Dream
Bride of the Century
Crazy Love
Tale of the Nine Tailed
My Uncanny Destiny (not as sure about reccing this, but maybe?)

IDK about dropping stuff if you don't like it after 2 eps... I tend to dislike the first few episodes of just about everything, it takes me time to get invested. I didn't like the first few eps of SoKP but then it ended up being the only 10/10 I've ever given out. I remember with SoKP, even at ep 23 I cam back to comments and was like "Is this drama going somewhere, why am I still watching this?" But everyone was like "just keep watching!!" and I did, and it totally rocked. I'm so glad I didn't drop it.

As for comparing this drama to stuff like LLTG or other things, it's true that they're not that much alike, but I was searching my brain for shows to compare it to as well, and it's hard to do. This show is so unique. It's really hard to find shows that are similar to it. Maybe A Dream of Splendor? Just because both of them have similar levels of romance, and both of them are really story-driven. Both have these scary shit-kicker ML's at the beginning who soften up a lot as the story progresses. And independent-minded FL's.

idk...