This review may contain spoilers
No second guesses, just press play. (Ps, ML is NOT as immature as accused of. He grows & learns.)
Amazing. The production by far surprised me so. Nothing was truly overdone, the sceneries, the moments, the freaking acting was on point. The FL was perfection - smart, calculationg, beautiful, strong, not afraid to speak her mind and step up, fearless. As I said, perfection. Honourable mention, THE KISS OMG. Ugh, needed more around the end.
I've always been wary of romance cdrama's FLs. They're almost always made to be too girly. Too afraid. This queen right here, was the strongest one I've seen so far. Felt so empowered by her intelligence. As a girl, I see this as a huge improvement.
The leads were amazing. Also, I've heard few fans talk about how immature the ML is and I'd like to disagree ... Firstly, that dude was traumatized. Having watched his entire fucking bloodline slaughtered in front of him, and his brother telling him not to trust any Qiaos, and that he's their only hope now (smth like that), ofc he'd have revenge on his mind. Not to add, he was pressured and criticized, about how he can even avenge the Wei Clan. His reactions against Qiaos were valid based on his trauma. He was TOLD by everyone (even saw the moment unfold himself) the betrayal and the blood has to be paid. A child learns from his surroundings. Hence, it lead to the deep hatred.
And one of his reaction was bad, I will not excuse that; when he chocked FL. That was not good, I'll admit. But I'm so glad that FL stood her ground, screams power.
Plus, about his jealous reaction, when he shouted at the FL after finding out about his cousin's secret. Although, his reaction was bad. What I love the most about this man is that he ACKNOWLEDGES, understands, apologies (sincerely might I add) and learns along the way. Don't you get it? That's growth. He admitted that he was wrong to take it out on her. How the fuck is, admitting and not lashing out ever again, called immaturity? People learn from their mistakes, give him a break.
Even in the later episodes, when he found out that FL knew about the secret passage, see how he DIDN'T lash out? He tried to communicate, he talked. Even after that, he apologized to her later, cuz he acknowledged that he never really assured FL about the safety of her hometown. He understood why she did what she did. How is this immature? Immature is when, you don't take into account what you've done. Not when you've admitted your wrongs and are improving.
Other then that, his reactions were fucking valid, as stated before. He was RAISED to hate them and question their move. He was a kid, and he followed and grew into what was taught to him. It's not his fault.
What matters, is he cared for the wellbeing of the people, and he let go of the hatred, didn't he? What more could you ask for. He grew as time went on. That's the beautiful thing about this entire plot and the drama.
Moving onto the last episode, ugh, I would've loved to actually see ML and FL reuniting after the war in Panyi. I wanted to see his reaction to the baby :( and I wanted to see the two leads be affectionate after such time apart. ¯\_ಠ_ಠ_/¯ Oh, I wanted to see her reaction to the death of her cousin too.
Those were the only things that kinda bummed me. Everything else was perfect. Oh and, umm, should've gotten more kiss scene + some intimacy, esp after their first time. ←_← It just felt like they did it just to birth a child and not to show that they truly loved and cared for eachother.
Don't take offence if you reached this far, these are my option and I am entitled to it.
I've always been wary of romance cdrama's FLs. They're almost always made to be too girly. Too afraid. This queen right here, was the strongest one I've seen so far. Felt so empowered by her intelligence. As a girl, I see this as a huge improvement.
The leads were amazing. Also, I've heard few fans talk about how immature the ML is and I'd like to disagree ... Firstly, that dude was traumatized. Having watched his entire fucking bloodline slaughtered in front of him, and his brother telling him not to trust any Qiaos, and that he's their only hope now (smth like that), ofc he'd have revenge on his mind. Not to add, he was pressured and criticized, about how he can even avenge the Wei Clan. His reactions against Qiaos were valid based on his trauma. He was TOLD by everyone (even saw the moment unfold himself) the betrayal and the blood has to be paid. A child learns from his surroundings. Hence, it lead to the deep hatred.
And one of his reaction was bad, I will not excuse that; when he chocked FL. That was not good, I'll admit. But I'm so glad that FL stood her ground, screams power.
Plus, about his jealous reaction, when he shouted at the FL after finding out about his cousin's secret. Although, his reaction was bad. What I love the most about this man is that he ACKNOWLEDGES, understands, apologies (sincerely might I add) and learns along the way. Don't you get it? That's growth. He admitted that he was wrong to take it out on her. How the fuck is, admitting and not lashing out ever again, called immaturity? People learn from their mistakes, give him a break.
Even in the later episodes, when he found out that FL knew about the secret passage, see how he DIDN'T lash out? He tried to communicate, he talked. Even after that, he apologized to her later, cuz he acknowledged that he never really assured FL about the safety of her hometown. He understood why she did what she did. How is this immature? Immature is when, you don't take into account what you've done. Not when you've admitted your wrongs and are improving.
Other then that, his reactions were fucking valid, as stated before. He was RAISED to hate them and question their move. He was a kid, and he followed and grew into what was taught to him. It's not his fault.
What matters, is he cared for the wellbeing of the people, and he let go of the hatred, didn't he? What more could you ask for. He grew as time went on. That's the beautiful thing about this entire plot and the drama.
Moving onto the last episode, ugh, I would've loved to actually see ML and FL reuniting after the war in Panyi. I wanted to see his reaction to the baby :( and I wanted to see the two leads be affectionate after such time apart. ¯\_ಠ_ಠ_/¯ Oh, I wanted to see her reaction to the death of her cousin too.
Those were the only things that kinda bummed me. Everything else was perfect. Oh and, umm, should've gotten more kiss scene + some intimacy, esp after their first time. ←_← It just felt like they did it just to birth a child and not to show that they truly loved and cared for eachother.
Don't take offence if you reached this far, these are my option and I am entitled to it.
Was this review helpful to you?
