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sangyeon wasn’t evil, she was empty. and emptiness hurts everyone around it.

sangyeon broke me. at first she seemed cruel and a bitch, but then i saw her loneliness. she never got love, always felt useless, and hurt her bestfriend bc it was the only way to release her pain. when she said “he told her goodbye and smiled at her but not at me, it must’ve been me, i was the reason for his death” 💔 you feel her emptiness. park ji hyun made her human, layered, tragic, she just needed someone to stay by her side, every girl needs her mother’s presence, or else she learns to live unloved“sometimes we feel like we’re ruining our own lives, but what can we do when we don’t even know the right move? all we need is a hug, some love… not revenge. she was truly one of the best written female character or chaarcter generally I’ve ever seen. I love how complex they made her and explained everything she did :((( this drama rlly ruined me

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I Watched the drama for the handsome Male Lead

This Drama started well for me but then went Downhill. I love Mu qingge and not Xue Ran Ran because she is soo naive, innocent, likes to cry and unnecessarily kind. I liked when She was Mu qingge because she was baddass and awesome one of the reasons I decided to watch it. Xue RanRan is your typical female lead innocent, kind and naive and I really don't like such female leads. I hate that she regained her memories very late.

Then I was disgusted by Dun Tian, Mu Ranwu and Su yu. They were very annoying and obsessive. That's why I decided to skip directly from Episode 7 to 23. I liked Su YiShui becasue he's very handsome. The visuals were very good. I also love my villain couple (Wei Jiu and Elder Tu) I found him very cute. Someone mentioned that the amnesia arc was annoying. Which is true. Also, I don't like the fact that they like to explain to their opponents. Just fight already you don't need to explain your plans.

the ending was good.

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Not even an exaggeration but this is the greatest BL of my lifetime

I took a break from BL dramas for a little while and one day an edit of this caught my eye on TikTok. At first I was like, "Oh a Chinese BL that's uncensored? Maybe I'll give it a try." And then a few days later that maybe turned into "This is consuming me mind, body, and soul and it will be all I care about."

Despite the low budget, this team gave us the greatest story, the best characters with the greatest ever character development, the absolute most insane chemistry between both the main and side couples, and some of the most beautiful (and soul wrenching) OST songs that I'll forever cry when I hear because I'll miss this cast and show viscerally.

Ziyu and Tian Xuning went above and beyond in their portrayals and their chemistry on and off screen is so insane, it's got me living in delululand for months. It's a pity they will never act together again, but at least we got them in this lifetime and it has been the greatest gift the world of BL could give us. Not to mention, they are feeding us "Season 2" through the BTS clips and that's like a whole other drama of TianZiyu falling in love. Enjoying them in at least two parallel worlds is a gift I'll treasure forever.

Others wrote much better reviews and this one is kind of/ partly to myself so I can look back on it in years to come and relive the love I have for Revenged Love.

Do not be afraid to watch this show. It is life changing.

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Wonderful show. Wish I could pick the actor's brains....

I will start by saying Cheng Yi is a very talented young man and a wonderful martial arts drama actor. I have not yey seen him in a role that I didn't like or that he executed flawlessly. And for the flying snake lord, they could not have picked a better actor his mannerisms, everything hands down cannot think of another actor who would have done better. Female lead was cast well and she did such a good job.
My question, however, for these actors, is I do see them play a lot of the same or similar roles. I wonder if the roles that they select are influenced by their own individual personalities and/or if their personalities are affected by the roles that they pla. These epic martial arts dramas are so good versus evil and really play up the gray area of what is good and what is evil. And the roles that Cheng Yi plays generally seem to have a high level of honor and integrity. Just wondered how much of them comes through in these roles, or if these roles have influenced who they've become? That's the question in a nutshell, I guess.

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Takidas loss for words and his clueless side kick

Cluless meets silent and mysterious in a lesson in relationships, ships, stans, stalking, obsession admiration and marbles....

As a guy who is so clueless it is a miracle they let him live alone is completely mesmerised and obsessed with this guy he met once, changed a few words with and since then got a one track mid to find that guy and just admire him. The guy has been worshiped by many but seems to like the glossy marble look in mr clueless. Honestly I am not really sure but dude sais it best when he sais nothing at all instead uses his lips for kissing thinking mr clueless will finally catch on but clueless will be clueless and is frustratingly clueless from start to finish.

That said mr cold and silent is sweet in a non verbal kind of way, the friends at uni are adorable and there is even a cute bird and kid or two if you like kids.

An okay easy bing but not really anything special

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Going Great so Far

This review contains content after watching episodes 1-7. For me, personally, i really enjoyed the first few episodes the most so far. Episode 2, I think was heartbreaking for me. FL's confession was hard to watch and I thought ML's answer was honest, but harsh. Unfortunately, it has colored the way I feel about him, but thats the way I am. Its hard for me to root for a character I'm mad at, and I'm starting episode 8 and I've just gotten more mad at him as each episode enfolds. Most of you know what happens a few episodes later (just days after the confession!) and that did it for me, what a selfish SOB he is. I would write his character analysis as selfish, self-pitying and a big crybaby. Boo Hoo, so his family isnt rich and he resents it so much. A lot of us would have loved to have had his childhood and hearing him whine about it just galls me. He had a live-in father, a real house, adequate food and clothing - sounds like bliss to me. Anyway, he does some people some good so he isn't 100% bad, just 90%, haha. I hope he improves as time goes on. I didn't realize this is 50 episodes, wow.

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Perfect Movie yet many questions (with theories)

partly spoilers at the end, however I'll note again. My theories and answers to open questions are at the end.
I haven't played the game tho I know about from social media and I know about the movie from social media. Didn't think I'd be excited to watch it as movies about games usually are mostly flops or just overhyped. But the hype here is relatively non-existent (perhaps because it didn't enter western markets yet or so I assume)

However I finally decided to watch it (language barrier yet I was able to understand most of it) and it was really good. For the length it's a very good movie and has great rewatch value (though exciting things probably made the movie better)

I know some things from the game as I watched the gameplay a month ago or so when I saw the trailer for the movie, therefore it was even more exciting.. So my first suggestion is to watch the gameplay to know at least some anomalies etc.. However this shouldn't turn you away as there practically isn't any anomaly from the game copied 1:1, instead just some that are similar to the game's anonalies. So I praise their efforts for investing time in making new anomalies though I think that's given. The plot itself is very good and it isn't that scary at all, however some CGI or editing things whatever they use nowadays looked very very cheap so that's something that couldve gone better (or I just have high standards) but it didn't ruin the plot at all. The camera setting and cinematography in general is perfect like they match the game's vibe a lot and were used very efficiently. The music is very basic yet creates another atmosphere every time though it was very misleading very often.

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I mean the monster rats, I think they would've been actually scary if they looked realistic or something. Because after all the movie isn't scary at all but at least they didn't use jumpscares to artificially blow up its scariness.. But after all the game itself isn't really scary, though it's known as horror game. Perhaps the idea of being stuck in a never-ending loop is the scary thing.

There are some things that bug me here, especially the kid. It seems like it's the child of his girlfriend and therefore his child too, however not born yet. I thougth its an anomaly at first too, and kept thinking so for a while, because after all in the game there is an anomaly where the sign continues to show 0 until you turn back again, I thougth that was the case here.

I didn't like the story of the running man or the walking man because it made me thinking they'd just skip characters and that this movie has no meaningful ending, because why would you just skip the ML at the most exciting part? and the man really wasnt more than a plot filler, the anomaly of the wrong ending is in the game too, that's like the only anomaly they've copied 1:1, because even the "blood tsunami" wasn't a blood tsunami here.

What's bugging me more is that the child could hear the ML scream when he already passed (as we could see in the child's POV for short) but in the end he couldn't hear the ML approaching even though there were just like a dozen seconds apart?
What I didn't understand was the part where the anomaly was everything being yellow, did this mean it was radioactive or something because he seemingly had an asthma attack but that and his reaction might've just been because of him experiencing this as this probably was his lowest point in the movie.
We can notice a huge development of the ML which is too huge in my opinion, first of all its visible by him not needing the asthma spray anymore and second of all his behavior in general. Of course the development might be symbolic e.g. him protecting a child etc but like he seemed very insecure in the beginning and was about to lose it so the development was too quick, perhaps the length of the movie contributed to this.

The ending already seemed off, I already thougth the exit was wrong. Perhaps it's a new wrong exit anomaly, because the ending in the game is different too. It doesn't end at 8 but you have to do the 8th round again, to pass. I think the ML didn't do the 8th round and the entrance with the number 8 on the sign appeared right after he finished 7 where there was no anomaly. So level 8 itself was an anomaly and he just reentered the loop without knowing,

OR he did know or did not know but still wanted to reenter the game to find the boy, because after all why did he board the train again if his initial goal was to head home I guess, why would he board the same train?
After I rewatched the beginning to check something (I forgot what I wanted to check but it was still worth it to rewatch the beginning). In the beginning the scenes are practically the same (as they were just recycled in the ending when switched to POV lol) however what I noticed is that when he scrolled on his phone at the beginning some anomalies were there like I saw the giant rat with the human ear and the beach he dreamed from. Furthermore, I think when we are able to see him through the reflections of the door's windows we can see that he doesn't wear a bag (or its straps aren't visible because they are really similar colours to his jacket). This either was a film mistake or intentionally to show that the ending and the beginning are practically the same, as his bag isn't visible until the POV switches.

So my main theory is that the guy is aware of being stuck in a loop and perhaps boarded the same train to reenter the place to look for the boy. After all a call with his girlfriend was already an anomaly, and both times, so when he was stuck in the exit and at the end, there were baby screams coming from the phone even tho I assume the baby wasn't born yet as there were none at the beginning. But if you have other information I missed because of the language barrier feel free to correct me.

However as already said this movie was very great and blew my expectations, will we get to see a second movie (not necessary tbh) where the ML is still looking for the boy? If the boy is his child I still don't know why he wasn't an anomaly.. For a monent I thougth the ML would've died in the tsunami and the boy survived, which could make sense as the FL already is pregnant and the boy could come to existence by exiting. However my biggest fear was that the FL would've lost contact to him (as he died in the loop) right after she told him she's pregnant which would've probably led to even worse things.

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A female lead that allows the guy to grovel.

Hear me out !! The reviews said that she was messy and honestly--i see why people say it. Yet her character does get better.

The first part was kinda cringey, ngl. The pictures of him on the wall? red dress to kiss him? She was doing too much. But let me tell you her character gets development. She's the very much loves the idea of love, and when she couldn't hold it anymore? she burst, rightfully so, call it 'karma' cause she is acting too much.

Onto the character development part. Start of episode 5, she chooses to be like, "I don't deserve this, I can do better" and she does, she pursues her own career and path, granted he helps in some ways, but she truly focused on growing. You gotta understand that she has liked him for years, ever since she was a rookie writer and when she admitted her feelings, then got rejected? She didn't let that stop her.

Most dramas have the male lead reject the girl, realizes he loves her, asks her back, and she goes back to him. Then suddenly there's a third party, and family members that intervene, this show? Does none of that. There are some characters that are interested in the male lead and female lead, but its not part of the main plot itself. Both parents are supportive of the leads and their friends are helpful.

IMPORTANT PART (for me): When he realizes that, "Oh, I never realized that she does mean to me." He learns how to be better. Cooks for her, openly tries to pursue her while respecting her at all times. At first she even kept rejecting him, and then letting him pursue her, and when she feels that she still likes him, she has common sense to ask, "is this a heat of the moment situtation?" its so rare to find a female character that doesn't gets easily swayed and shines in the same way the male lead does (career wise).

Most dramas are meant to be an escape of reality, something to get you immerse in something [I know I'll never have]. Yet shows like this one, gives the representation that women aren't always easily swayed and still can choose to pursue her career The romance is also so good, the maturity and intimacy was good. The show is funny at times too. (srs, the secretary and male lead was a funny duo, lmao)

Overall: You should watch it, give it a shot. I liked it.

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what were they thinking?

There are several aspects of this show that make you wonder what they were thinking.
1. Yeonsangun - they took the worst South Korean tyrant of all time and made him the love interest. They also post his murderous mother as sympathetic and kind.
2. French cuisine - they pose French cuisine as if it is far superior to Korean cuisine. isn't that a bit racist towards Koreans?
3. Ming - but that's fine because we're know Korea as a whole loves things like macaroons, which are so sweet that the rest of the world finds them inedible. But the Chinese in particular do not like sweet desserts (a dessert compliment in China is "not too sweet") - but here they show FL deciding serving macarons to a Ming ambassador is a good idea. Not only that, but all the "Ming" are Korean, can barely speak Chinese, and the depiction is incredibly racist.

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A Dream within a Dream is basically a story about love. The story begins with a girl who is reading about her role from a novel in which she is going to act. Suddenly, something happens, and she finds herself inside the story of the novel. She believes that everything that will happen is already written in the novel. In order to prevent her tragic end, she tries to avoid all the mistakes her character makes in the book. However, things don’t go the way she expects, and a new storyline unfolds.

At first, I felt a little bored because the initial episodes reminded me of other dramas with a similar setup. But as the story progressed, I became intrigued by both the storyline and the performances of the actors, especially the love story of the protagonists. I particularly liked the pairing of Nan Heng and his loyal soldier, Fu Gui, which also appeared in the drama The Prison of Beauty. Wang You Shuo is one of my favorite actors, so I felt a bit sad to see him play a negative role. Still, his performance was amazing.

My only issue was with the ending. I think they could have given it a better conclusion.
Overall, I enjoyed watching it.

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“One lie leads to a hundred more.”

And one untreated trauma leads to many more issues… Han Tuo needs a “hot” date with a therapist, not a boyfriend. Not that a few sessions would not help Lu Jun Xi too. But then, it would probably help us all.

There is a huge difference between supporting your partner while they work through their issues, and working around your partner's issues. And with how it is right now, Lu Jun Xi is going to live a rather exhausting life. And I’m just here asking - why the tone at times became so serious? Either keep it light and fun, or overdramatic and entertaining. But they actually tried to be serious with inner conflicts, but also did an extremely poor job tackling the subject, since they did not have enough screen time to dive deep into it and explore it enough…

I really enjoyed how chaotic the first few episodes were, the on crack pacing was actually what kept me interested - what random thing will they throw at me next? But then the pacing actually slowed down, but it did not bring much development. Han Tuo was insecure and unsure about Lu Jun Xi's feelings and it kind of stayed like that till the end. They made up a few times, but is the issue actually gone? Then we have poor Lu Jun Xi who in the speed of light had to deal with his newly found discovery of his sexuality AND being in love with his best friend. This alone could (and should) be the internal conflict for the whole show, not a small setback for one or two episodes.

Were they cute? Yes. Was the chemistry nice? Yes. Did I enjoy the friendships as much as the romance? Yes. Were the kids’ scenes great? Yes. Was I getting more and more bored with every new episode? Also Yes. I don’t know… maybe because they started with a bang, I expected explosions later on in terms of plot developments, but was met with the emotional aftermath of the blast instead. Blame my expectations, but also they made me have expectations based on the first few episodes, so who is truly to be blamed here?

Overall, it just felt… fine.

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TIMEFRAME

LISTEN!!!!! I CANNOT WAIT ALMOST FOREVER FOR 1 EPISODE. I DO NOT ACCEPT !@ i LOVE THE SH0WWW.
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