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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.
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Not a bad watch ... except for the normalisation of sexual assault ffs.
I enjoyed rl - had to ignore some things to do so ngl. I will admit some parts were very triggering. I stayed for the chemistry but this drama would've been so much better if they didn't fucking normalize sa. I personally loved wsw's acting btw.Let's dive to cc tho, he was a red flag. Ps, I know I'm a bitch for saying this but he's very handsome tho. Back to the point however, firstly, I can't believe how in the 1ST EPISODE, he literally indicates one guy to be gang raped and said "just don't let him die". I was hoping that wasn't what was happening but then I saw them taking off the dude's clothes in the background, I felt so triggered and disgusted. Cc was forceful. Okay, I get that he stopped but come on, it doesn't excuse that he WAS forceful. Remember, it's only cuz he couldn't force himself FULLY (keyword here) upon wsw that he used the next approach; went to jxs to demand that wsw has to sleep with him or he'll assault jxs. Disgusting. Most of the characters in this drama kept talking about using force to make the other person submit, which indicated that they believed force and assault was okay... if it was not clear from the first fucking episode.
The second couple were more of a green flag then cc. Gcy waited until jxs was safe and I respected him for it. I still believe that he'd wait and not force himself on jxs, had cc and wsw not planned anything.
Do I think this drama is overrated? No. But I think the sexual assault here is absolutely ignored. I don't see anyone talking about it and it hurts how they've normalized it. Sa is a serious topic.
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