Originally posted by: Leprechaun
SRQ was so engrossed in the past IMO, that he refused to believe things could change. He became 100% irredeemable when he was talking about the 'dream' with his brother and lowkey convinced him all the bad things they did were for a bigger picture. Regarding Li Chuan being the ruthless emperor again I feel like he was forced to be that way, small or big, many things lead him to become a monster (I really sound like I collect poisonous emperors, but I'm not lol)
1 whole season and idr exactly when in season 2 I truly wished CX would bag both the throne and the girl. At one point I went like, OK I'll root for CX as an emperor and emperor only. The main reason I couldn't bring myself to say TSJ is a better choice because I see him as a weak person. Many reasons, but to put it in one word, he was pretty weak. I wouldn't have liked it if XL surrendered
I like the way he was. Ik that comes with the cost of not getting XY, but seeing how XY was too much into TSJ, XL's sacrifice would be wasted if he surrendered. XY did have a sway towards XL but that will go off as soon as TSJ entered the scene (or at least I felt that way).
To comment on acting Yang Zi blew my mind off with some scenes. Few I could recall are mistaking AN's mother as her mother, meeting her own mother's fragments at her parent's house, and searching for TSJ by the ocean. Tan Jianci - I was fangirling the whole time when he appeared on screen. Zhang Wanyi - I'm definitely collecting him. His versatility is no joke. Especially compared with Fantastic Doctors. Also a few CX scenes are replayed - when he was crowned and when he found out about XYs identity.
LYF should be 'THE' drama to get into Cdramaland. Absolutely loved it. And you're right, in terms of complexity I don't think any drama would top this one.
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