Savasvania

Somehow it took me over a year to finish this. Was it worth it? Kinda. I didn't hate it, but goodness was it bloated in some places and yeah, the last 10 episodes were a mess. Overall I do think the series came to a conclusion that made sense. If you like happy endings, or a well paced/written plot this isn't the drama for you.

Oof, okay, thank you.

I'm about 20 episodes in. At what point does Feng Zhi Wei stop dressing like a dude? It is weirdly killing the show for me as I do not see how no body notices.

Honestly, I thought so too. She acts the same way in the Legend of Hao Lan, so idk if it is bad acting or bad direction.

You might wanna add the spoiler tag for this comment for those who still plan to watch it.

Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace is a sequel to this and also an excellent palace drama.

Yes

"fate" isn't a good enough answer for a piece of media to have various flaws and inconsistencies. At the end of the day it is a narrative and should flow as such. It is fine that people like it, I don't really care, but those who dislike it are just as valid.

I actually did finish it and pretty much hated it. There was almost no character development for anyone and the plot became very rinse and repeat. I too am baffled by how it is so praised, but to each their own.

Can anyone tell me what the ending theme song is called? I can find every other song, but this one.

Okay, thank you for the info. I'll give it another shot and see where it goes.

How far in is the Palace arc?

Look at the time, it is time to rewatch this beautiful series. Maybe this time I'll write a review.

I feel like I'm missing something, most rave on and on about how good this series is. I made it only 2.5 episodes in before I had to drop. Part of it is just how annoying I find Xiaofeng. If anyone comes across this comment and thinks I didn't give it a fair shot then tell me which episode does it start to "get good" and I might give it another go.

This one was honestly frustrating for me. There are very few moments when it feels like Mi Yue is actually making a choice of her own. Which is a problem when you are building to someone becoming a literal monarch. The plot moved the character around and not forward in this one.

Unearned

In my opinion Ruyi builds on what Empresses in the Palace started and makes it way more gripping. The character writing is flawless(imo) whereas EitP had some issues in that department for me.

The Empress Dowager? No, she lives a pretty comfortably life the whole series. I believe they didn't want to do too much to her(bad) as a character seeing as she is Zhen Huan from Empresses in the Palace.

I say sad because Huan ends up alone with a title she didn't even want.

Upon finishing the series I changed my mind. I hated this. I liked almost none of the characters, the schemes were too repetitive, certain villains lived too long(princess ya), and I didnt buy any of the love triangle. They took some liberties here are there with Hao lan and Lou buwei's character so when you try to have a historically accurate last episode it just falls flat. I would have rather seen Hao lan have an affair with him. Isn't that better than having her character getting tarnished for something she didn't do? Ima stop here cause I won't stop complaining if I don't. I will say the production value was excellent throughout.