Can you explain how/why you uploaded 5 lengthy reviews in the span of 12 minutes? And then you did the exact same…
IDK why you would ask the same thing on all three posts but then say that kind of behavior is bot like. I hope I answered your question well enough on your last comment.
Can you explain how/why you uploaded 5 lengthy reviews in the span of 12 minutes? And then you did the exact same…
I never saw your comment before and I am human lol I don't use MDL for my reviews right away, I write them on my personal notes and then when I have time I decided to start adding them on MDL for others to read. I didn't think it would get someone to think I am AI. I don't usually write the review right after watching and I def don't write the review directly into MDL.
- ***Do Nothing:*** I am not sure I 100% agree with this Tao sentiment, but I also do see the value in the lesson. Sometimes less is more. Revenge is normally presented as black and white, but in this case, doing nothing (i.e. not chasing revenge) was the better path as it would allow peace not just for her, but for the people of the land.
- ***Hatred vs Righteousness:*** I like the angle they took at really complicating the situation around Li Chang Ge’s family murder. It’s a bit frustrating, but they def made the Uncle “in the clear” in the sense that a) he had her mother’s heart & support b) her father would have killed him first so the argument of self-defense could be made. Most shows like this, the uncle would have been killed and the parents would have been “avenged”
Some thoughts around the "lessons" of the show: - *generational trauma but make it more literal:* Cai Zhao’s role model was and is her late aunt, Cai Ping Shu. The involvement of Cai Ping Shu’s generation in Cai Zhao’s life and decisions is clear. Her parents are wary of demons because of the one that broke Cai Ping Shu’s heart. Qi Yun Ke hates Mu Qing Yan (and basically everyone) because of how Cai Ping Shu fell ill and died. All of this is why Mu Qing Yan has to repeatedly tell Cai Zhao that his uncle is not him and that she is not her aunt. The past does not write the future, but it sure does influence it. - *Revenge vs Justice or good vs evil*: Qi Yun Ke is not a new character trope of an antagonist. He’s supposed to be the “figure head of good” among all the six sects but of course his desire for revenge on Cai Ping Shu’s behalf completely derails him. Inversely, Mu Qing Yan is painted as this evil demon when all he wants is to avenge those he loves like not unlike Qi Yun Ke. Ironically, “mr perfect angel” Qi Yun Ke has no one to reel him in and stop him while “evil demon” Mu Qing Yan has Cai Zhao to help him from straying too far from justice in the name of revenge. - *The end never justifies the means*: (linked to the revenge vs justice point above), we see Qi Yun Ke’s true colors at the end, but his “argument” is that he is getting his hands dirty and killing all those that stayed silent or wronged Cai Ping Shu so that his disciples can take the reigns with a “clean slate”, but how is that behavior any better than all those he killed? You could say he “plans” to “end” his evil ways unlike maybe his father in law but at the end of the day, he’s killed and hurt as many people as those he claims to despise.
IDK if its bc I am not a native Chinese speaker so I am *used* to being confused by fantasy plots in the beginning...but this show is no more confusing than others similar to it. There's a range of characters, but you really don't need to "keep tabs" as the last names do most of the heavy lifting. After finishing it, anyone that I could not really "remember" well was not more important than if they were "good" or "bad" tbh LOL.
Anyways, if this show's biggest flaw was all the characters in the first episode – as someone who has 0 understanding of the spoken language and can only rely on the english subs, this all you really need to understand at the start of the show lol: - There are *several* different people that make up the "six sects" but the main /most powerful one is the Qingque Sect - At the start of the show the Chang sect is attacked and massacred (except for the MML) - The FML is from Luo Ying Valley but has to go to the Qingque Sect to learn/train under her master Qi Yun Ke [AKA Lord of Qingque Sect] - The FML's aunt is the famous Cai Ping Shu who died killing the "evil demon leader" and was Qi Yun Ke's bestie - The Song family makes up another more important sect as the Lord often visits his son, Song Yu Zhi who is also a disciple of Qi Yun Ke
Personally, most of the other characters of the other sects can "blur" but it's fine bc imo it was kind of the point. You will remember them well enough later on as needed.
Just finished watching Episode 1, and it actually looks quite engaging.Having Bao Shang En play the female lead…
honestly this is a rare one where i don't think the episode count was too much or too little. the plot it relatively "simple" but each episode is well utilized for us to "join" the FML/MML on their journey
Guys this drama is sooooo good and addictive but I have a question 🤔, why the constant tragedies bro? The main…
ugh yeah i dropped this show with only 10 ep left bc the show already took such a huge tone shift at ~ ep 13 and then now again so close to the end the politics took me *out* of it. I will say, I still "scored it" and give the acting, music, and romance 10/10, but the rewatch and plot/story scores were 0 and 5 respectively
I am not sure I get the sacrifice origin story for the Saintess. Does that mean Yu Qi / Yu Jin killed Jiang Si…
ah ok so after he runs to her he killed himself bc he never meant to kill her. i see, i def was thinking that was the case but since he never died on screen and they dont really explain his "story" from that life i was not 100% sure. ty!
SECOND WATCH REVIEW (3/19-21/26) I haven’t re-read my first watch review but something I noticed on this second watch, that I found super interesting and FULL of potential is how Xia Jing Shi (Prince of Zhennan) is basically another version of Feng Ping Cheng (Emperor of Susha).
It is brief, but before the emperor dies he tells Eunuch Ma Qi Ming that he wants Feng Sui Ge to be heartless to be a “good ruler” and to “have power” because he claimed the throne specifically due to the hardships he faced growing up – him and his mother were starving on the street, treated like dogs.
This was so passing I didn’t really process it the first time but then we have Xia Jing Shi who was raised terribly with a bully of a younger brother and a poisonous step mother. In this he was also raised like a dog and treated terribly.
Its mentioned that Fu Yi Xiao is similar in spirit and heart to Feng Sui Ge’s mother (Wei Qing Yu). Its interesting to see Feng Ping Cheng succeeded with Wei Qing Yu by his side. He claims he never changed but that she didn’t really see the real him until after the throne. Since she is dead we aren’t really sure if he’s an unreliable narrator (my assumption on my first watch) or not. But if we consider that Xia Jing Shi’s peak success was when Fu Yi Xiao was by *his* side, it begs the question of how similar Feng Ping Cheng’s fight for the throne must have been in the past to Xia Jing Shi’s “current” attempt.
With this parallel, it also poses a subtle question about the power of women. The power of the *support* of a woman. Wei Qing Yu supported Feng Ping Cheng and he succeeded, but after her death, everything about their land seemed to start to decline as everyone wanted a piece of the Emperor. Similarly, Xia Jing Shi was dominating his opponents when he had Fu Yi Xiao’s on his side. Once he left him, he was weakened automatically. Then she truly supported Feng Sui Ge and *he* was the one succeeding. The difference between Feng Sui Ge, his father, and Xia Jing Shi was that he didn’t want the throne and was not blinded by his past hurts. His mother was murdered and his father purposely gave him a terrible childhood, but Feng Sui Ge still held on to his humanity and heart in a way that Feng Ping Cheng and Xia Jing Shi never did. Both of them felt entitled not only to the women they loved, but to the power they desired regardless of the bloodshed involved.
*Note:* - After reading the 1st watch i want to rescind my complaint about the music bc this time around I was watching it on IQ and honestly I didn’t feel like they played that one song too much or too loud. - Also I find it crazy that Xiao Wei Ran still served Xia Jing Shi even when knowing about the death camps. I am a bit confused about them thought because they existed since they were kids so this means someone else was running them but then Xia Jing Shi took them over to keep getting more soldiers otherwise it means he was running death camps since he was like 10 lol
I can't lie toward the last 10 episodes, it truly felt like the drama was dragging. I felt like the amnesia plot…
In my review I literally said "truth universally acknowledge if the show starts with one main lead character having amnesia, the other will certainly also experience memory loss" LOL its so frustrating that they do this but not surprising atp
- ***Do Nothing:*** I am not sure I 100% agree with this Tao sentiment, but I also do see the value in the lesson. Sometimes less is more. Revenge is normally presented as black and white, but in this case, doing nothing (i.e. not chasing revenge) was the better path as it would allow peace not just for her, but for the people of the land.
- ***Hatred vs Righteousness:*** I like the angle they took at really complicating the situation around Li Chang Ge’s family murder. It’s a bit frustrating, but they def made the Uncle “in the clear” in the sense that a) he had her mother’s heart & support b) her father would have killed him first so the argument of self-defense could be made. Most shows like this, the uncle would have been killed and the parents would have been “avenged”
- *generational trauma but make it more literal:*
Cai Zhao’s role model was and is her late aunt, Cai Ping Shu. The involvement of Cai Ping Shu’s generation in Cai Zhao’s life and decisions is clear. Her parents are wary of demons because of the one that broke Cai Ping Shu’s heart. Qi Yun Ke hates Mu Qing Yan (and basically everyone) because of how Cai Ping Shu fell ill and died. All of this is why Mu Qing Yan has to repeatedly tell Cai Zhao that his uncle is not him and that she is not her aunt. The past does not write the future, but it sure does influence it.
- *Revenge vs Justice or good vs evil*:
Qi Yun Ke is not a new character trope of an antagonist. He’s supposed to be the “figure head of good” among all the six sects but of course his desire for revenge on Cai Ping Shu’s behalf completely derails him. Inversely, Mu Qing Yan is painted as this evil demon when all he wants is to avenge those he loves like not unlike Qi Yun Ke. Ironically, “mr perfect angel” Qi Yun Ke has no one to reel him in and stop him while “evil demon” Mu Qing Yan has Cai Zhao to help him from straying too far from justice in the name of revenge.
- *The end never justifies the means*:
(linked to the revenge vs justice point above), we see Qi Yun Ke’s true colors at the end, but his “argument” is that he is getting his hands dirty and killing all those that stayed silent or wronged Cai Ping Shu so that his disciples can take the reigns with a “clean slate”, but how is that behavior any better than all those he killed? You could say he “plans” to “end” his evil ways unlike maybe his father in law but at the end of the day, he’s killed and hurt as many people as those he claims to despise.
Anyways, if this show's biggest flaw was all the characters in the first episode – as someone who has 0 understanding of the spoken language and can only rely on the english subs, this all you really need to understand at the start of the show lol:
- There are *several* different people that make up the "six sects" but the main /most powerful one is the Qingque Sect
- At the start of the show the Chang sect is attacked and massacred (except for the MML)
- The FML is from Luo Ying Valley but has to go to the Qingque Sect to learn/train under her master Qi Yun Ke [AKA Lord of Qingque Sect]
- The FML's aunt is the famous Cai Ping Shu who died killing the "evil demon leader" and was Qi Yun Ke's bestie
- The Song family makes up another more important sect as the Lord often visits his son, Song Yu Zhi who is also a disciple of Qi Yun Ke
Personally, most of the other characters of the other sects can "blur" but it's fine bc imo it was kind of the point. You will remember them well enough later on as needed.
I haven’t re-read my first watch review but something I noticed on this second watch, that I found super interesting and FULL of potential is how Xia Jing Shi (Prince of Zhennan) is basically another version of Feng Ping Cheng (Emperor of Susha).
It is brief, but before the emperor dies he tells Eunuch Ma Qi Ming that he wants Feng Sui Ge to be heartless to be a “good ruler” and to “have power” because he claimed the throne specifically due to the hardships he faced growing up – him and his mother were starving on the street, treated like dogs.
This was so passing I didn’t really process it the first time but then we have Xia Jing Shi who was raised terribly with a bully of a younger brother and a poisonous step mother. In this he was also raised like a dog and treated terribly.
Its mentioned that Fu Yi Xiao is similar in spirit and heart to Feng Sui Ge’s mother (Wei Qing Yu). Its interesting to see Feng Ping Cheng succeeded with Wei Qing Yu by his side. He claims he never changed but that she didn’t really see the real him until after the throne. Since she is dead we aren’t really sure if he’s an unreliable narrator (my assumption on my first watch) or not. But if we consider that Xia Jing Shi’s peak success was when Fu Yi Xiao was by *his* side, it begs the question of how similar Feng Ping Cheng’s fight for the throne must have been in the past to Xia Jing Shi’s “current” attempt.
With this parallel, it also poses a subtle question about the power of women. The power of the *support* of a woman. Wei Qing Yu supported Feng Ping Cheng and he succeeded, but after her death, everything about their land seemed to start to decline as everyone wanted a piece of the Emperor. Similarly, Xia Jing Shi was dominating his opponents when he had Fu Yi Xiao’s on his side. Once he left him, he was weakened automatically. Then she truly supported Feng Sui Ge and *he* was the one succeeding. The difference between Feng Sui Ge, his father, and Xia Jing Shi was that he didn’t want the throne and was not blinded by his past hurts. His mother was murdered and his father purposely gave him a terrible childhood, but Feng Sui Ge still held on to his humanity and heart in a way that Feng Ping Cheng and Xia Jing Shi never did. Both of them felt entitled not only to the women they loved, but to the power they desired regardless of the bloodshed involved.
*Note:*
- After reading the 1st watch i want to rescind my complaint about the music bc this time around I was watching it on IQ and honestly I didn’t feel like they played that one song too much or too loud.
- Also I find it crazy that Xiao Wei Ran still served Xia Jing Shi even when knowing about the death camps. I am a bit confused about them thought because they existed since they were kids so this means someone else was running them but then Xia Jing Shi took them over to keep getting more soldiers otherwise it means he was running death camps since he was like 10 lol