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the love story was the main character haha
The romance worked so well that it makes me want to be kinder to the show than it deserves haha.
One thing I really noticed was that death doesn't have consistent emotional weight, sometimes it's devastating, world ending tragedy and sometimes it's a mild inconvenience or plot device. There is a lack of emotional consistency. Side characters - Nianjiu/the snake, at first I was like ok, a non-human learning to be human, that's the reason he is so awkward, but it never improved/evolved, or at least I didn't feel that he did.
I really dislike that the ending is told from the start, it kills suspense and turns the drama into a waiting game for me. And omg the end, she experiences the trauma of three lifetimes and is ready to go back to work and remembers what she has to present? makes her experience less impactful.
Anyway, the love story is for sure the best of this, the female lead is modern, but not obnoxious, a strong character (but not preachy) and I loved how she accepted moral complexity (the ''you do what you must'' with the male lead).
The male lead was such a feared, tortured, emotionally articulate, but a softie inside haha, I loved it. The romance is genuinely gooood.
One thing I really noticed was that death doesn't have consistent emotional weight, sometimes it's devastating, world ending tragedy and sometimes it's a mild inconvenience or plot device. There is a lack of emotional consistency. Side characters - Nianjiu/the snake, at first I was like ok, a non-human learning to be human, that's the reason he is so awkward, but it never improved/evolved, or at least I didn't feel that he did.
I really dislike that the ending is told from the start, it kills suspense and turns the drama into a waiting game for me. And omg the end, she experiences the trauma of three lifetimes and is ready to go back to work and remembers what she has to present? makes her experience less impactful.
Anyway, the love story is for sure the best of this, the female lead is modern, but not obnoxious, a strong character (but not preachy) and I loved how she accepted moral complexity (the ''you do what you must'' with the male lead).
The male lead was such a feared, tortured, emotionally articulate, but a softie inside haha, I loved it. The romance is genuinely gooood.
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