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Stubborn female lead, pitiful male lead - an enjoyable rollercoaster
Despite my issues with the FL at some point, I had pretty much fun watching this. There's a big bunch of very likeable characters that make the watch really easy. Plus, the costumes and even more the settings are very, very pretty!
It was nice that some seemingly insignificant side characters actually grow various facets as the story moves on and becomes interesting, i.e. the 18th prince of the FL's family. You start from " I don't care" to "ok, what's your deal? I'm intrigued!". That was well done. The more people you care for in a drama, the more interesting it gets, right?
I liked the FL a lot in the beginning. Her ways of trying to get around those "iconic scenes" and change the "script" were a fun watch. But the more the story developed and the more she learned about the actually not so "bad" ML, the more she became a nuisance, because she was unbelievable stubborn in her thinking of him being the source of her demise. Yes, she was wary of the never changing script, but her stubbornness lasted a bit too long imo. I quite hated her tunnel vision on that part. Even though later on when the issue was solved, they were quite sweet together, I stayed somewhat mad at her for never properly apologizing for her previous behaviour. I was even more pissed that the ML didn't mind and instead even accepted the blame in some way.
Same btw with the emperor. What an annoying guy! Also, kinda weird how fast he changed his attitude later on despite the years (!) he spent on hating.
I think the ML was the most pitiable one in this (I cared so much for him). The more you learn about him, the more you want to solve his problems and fix or cancel his relationships with troublesome acquaintances, so he wouldn't hurt more. Well done by the actor btw, performing that, making me worry so much. Adding the FL's hostile behaviour towards him, it just breaks your heart. Even more so, when you look at all the things he's doing over the time for her, "rebooting" his whole thinking and acting. At some point you understand why he falls in love with her, at some later point you don't understand why he continues loving her.
After the said big issue was finally cleared, the story's climax was most enjoyable, with well formed characters and magnificent scenes worth being placed in the "grand finale". The drama also ended the way it actually started. It felt like a roundabout finish and I liked that (even though you actually have to wait for an after-credit scene). As far as I noticed there were no loose ends either.
I found the transition from the "original script" with the villainous ML till the end, to a newer "more worthy script" where the change of events create another better version of him quite well done. Some things and some characters might have been predictable, others were unexpected - a good balance.
I probably still forgot some things to say, but well. This review is still again longer than I actually intended...
It was nice that some seemingly insignificant side characters actually grow various facets as the story moves on and becomes interesting, i.e. the 18th prince of the FL's family. You start from " I don't care" to "ok, what's your deal? I'm intrigued!". That was well done. The more people you care for in a drama, the more interesting it gets, right?
I liked the FL a lot in the beginning. Her ways of trying to get around those "iconic scenes" and change the "script" were a fun watch. But the more the story developed and the more she learned about the actually not so "bad" ML, the more she became a nuisance, because she was unbelievable stubborn in her thinking of him being the source of her demise. Yes, she was wary of the never changing script, but her stubbornness lasted a bit too long imo. I quite hated her tunnel vision on that part. Even though later on when the issue was solved, they were quite sweet together, I stayed somewhat mad at her for never properly apologizing for her previous behaviour. I was even more pissed that the ML didn't mind and instead even accepted the blame in some way.
Same btw with the emperor. What an annoying guy! Also, kinda weird how fast he changed his attitude later on despite the years (!) he spent on hating.
I think the ML was the most pitiable one in this (I cared so much for him). The more you learn about him, the more you want to solve his problems and fix or cancel his relationships with troublesome acquaintances, so he wouldn't hurt more. Well done by the actor btw, performing that, making me worry so much. Adding the FL's hostile behaviour towards him, it just breaks your heart. Even more so, when you look at all the things he's doing over the time for her, "rebooting" his whole thinking and acting. At some point you understand why he falls in love with her, at some later point you don't understand why he continues loving her.
After the said big issue was finally cleared, the story's climax was most enjoyable, with well formed characters and magnificent scenes worth being placed in the "grand finale". The drama also ended the way it actually started. It felt like a roundabout finish and I liked that (even though you actually have to wait for an after-credit scene). As far as I noticed there were no loose ends either.
I found the transition from the "original script" with the villainous ML till the end, to a newer "more worthy script" where the change of events create another better version of him quite well done. Some things and some characters might have been predictable, others were unexpected - a good balance.
I probably still forgot some things to say, but well. This review is still again longer than I actually intended...
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