AH

He's also one of the romantic leads in an American movie (so not listed on MDL) called Past Lives. https://www.imdb.com/video/vi1148699929/?ref_=ttvi_vi_imdb_2

She has a conversation with him later on where he asked if she only dated awful guys on purpose with the intent of punishing them, and she says "cheating men are easier to seduce..." (she did mention she enjoys having sex) "... are fun to hang out with and it feels good to dump them." Other female characters also reveal that they told the FL about issues they were having with their boyfriends (e.g., cheating or abuse) and the FL "used her skills as a pickup artist" to start dating those guys in order to punish them (sometimes by beating them up).

Like others noted above, based on her experience she didn't believe that any men were trustworthy or that real love was possible, so she wasn't pursuing emotionally committed romantic relationships with guys that seemed decent at that point in her life.

Okay I'm confused... Are you unhappy with my opinion? Because I (drumroll...) also liked this drama. I gave it 9/10 and listed double the amount of things I liked vs. didn't like. But even if I hated it and posted a comment saying so... we're all entitled to our own opinions. Just in case it was lost in translation, "IMO" means "in my opinion". I'm not claiming to be the ultimate authority on what's good or bad in this drama. I made a comment covering what I liked and didn't like to help others who are trying to decide whether to watch it by providing some information that might help their decision. Much like a review would.

IMO, the bad: (1) the leads start out with certain flaws that are genuine turn-offs (gender prejudices influenced by their parents and exes) and a propensity for excessive violence on top of that on the FL's part; (2) the second leads start out promising but end up being quite boring; and (3) the pacing is off in a few places, including the finale.

IMO, the good: (1) the leads' flaws are acknowledged as flaws and they grow past them; (2) the leads have a number of moments where they are unexpectedly honest with each other, which are quite satisfying; (3) the FL is genuinely competent at almost everything she does (but not impossibly perfect - e.g., she failed to become a prosecutor) and that doesn't suddenly go away at any point; (4) the ML also shines and has plenty of quality moments himself; (5) both leads are likeable despite their imperfections and have great chemistry with each other; (6) and there are lots of great bromance moments, sismance moments, and enjoyable moments with secondary characters. There was very little filler or dead weight.

Super enjoyable and nice and short. Definitely recommend it.

I wrote that comment when I was on episode 7 and ended up dropping the drama, and the childhood thing is mentioned in the synopsis, but okay. Guess it doesn't hurt to mark it.

For as long as Zhu Zhan believes (but doesn't *know*) that she's Jiu Ling and for as long as Jiu Ling unconvincingly denies it, she's like Schrödinger's childhood love. He can only treat her as simultaneously his childhood love and not his childhood love until it's confirmed. Tricky!

I'm in the minority I guess. Felt like the frustration of the Mr. Queen finale was stretched over an entire season.

Visuals: Very pretty.
Intimacy: Plentiful and enjoyable.
Plot: Absolutely non-sensical.

Certainly short and sweet, but not a drama I think I'll ever re-watch.

I still can't believe Ji Chang Wook is only 3.5 years older than Hwang In Youp.

Love Between Fairy and Devil - to swap bodies.
The Blue Whisper: Part 1 - to convince someone they are in a relationship in order to get that person to ally with them instead of killing them.

Wait so the Princess having a flash back in episode 16 to the ML kissing her underwater is a continuity error right? They never showed an under water kiss in episode 6? I assume that was a deleted scene?

OMG WHAT

"But STILL no PDA." Yeah that's typical for Allen dramas unfortunately.

No worries and no offence taken. All good.

Sorry, maybe I misread your comment. I was responding to the "but it's to be noted that dylan is still adjusting with his accent so let's cut him some slack" part.

I have no issue with Dylan's accent. So in my view no issue with his accent = nothing to cut him slack for in the first place.

Like I said, no shade towards Dylan at all. I don't speak Mandarin so I have absolutely zero ability to perceive any difference between his Sichuanese accent and the dubber's accent.

I just thought the dubber's deep voice and the commanding weight he brought to each sentence was perfect for the role. Added a really great extra layer on top of Dylan's acting (and the fabulous wardrobe too) to collectively create the final Dongfang Qing Cang package that we got to enjoy.

Watched a video comparing Dylan's dialogue to the dubbing dialogue and (absolutely no shade towards Dylan) the dubber deserves massive credit. He did such a good job and added so much to the character!

This was extremely frustrating from start to finish. I was hoping it might get better after the leads got together, but it didn't. The only reason I finished this drama was to confirm that, since at least it isn't a long drama. The ending itself was just whole extra level of frustrating.

The leads make so many terrible choices that are either irrational or just dumb. The ML's terrible behaviour is not at all justified by the reasons he gives to explain it. And then the He Yuchen curveball in the end was just... why?? That's just some random guy?

In sum, IMO: unlikeable leads and very bad writing. Even the ML's visuals were not good enough to redeem it for me.