The genuine confusion you feel when almost the entire world loves #LoveBetweenFairyandDevil and you detest it to the depths of your very being. 😆 🙃
But that's par the course for me - I tend to dislike very popular dramas. Disliked Ashes of Love too. Two things are deal breakers for me: An infantile female lead & terrible acting.
When you have both together, well, that show doesn't stand a chance with me lol.
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I've watched some of it, and I mostly am meh/vaguely curious about where it's going.
So far, the best part was the temporary role/body switch -- which like, in general, having a reason to have one actor act like another character in the same show, from possession to body switching, is an entire category of tropes I like.
Plus the subversion in both of the actors playing opposite their char's design.
I kinda would have liked that to have been more of the show overall.
@liztai @EllenInEdmonton Oh, to clarify, I didn't say it had to be *well acted* for me to like that set of tropes. It's just one of those I like, and admittedly even when it's done poorly. (Though when it's done great it's even better.)
And in this context, it was more like: the characters were more interesting to me when swapped.
And I had, in the moment, hoped they'd do something interesting with that. But it was dropped real fast. Before they could even confuse other chars! 
Ex: I had imagined, maybe even, an arc where he had to pretend to be her, and how he would handle the casual mistreatment she experienced from some of the people back home.
Meanwhile, her having to actively evade the guy she has a crush on, because he's convinced she's the enemy.
Would have been more interesting (to me, ymmv) than what we got when they returned.
@liztai I didn't know that you speak Mandarin.
If I were to rewrite my toot, I'd remove the emoticon, a bit too insensitive from me, but I won't apologize for expressing my personal taste about a language. I don't like Russian either, for instance. It's too harsh.
Also I do acknowledge my dislike for the Chinese government.
When it comes to c-dramas if the critics are too subtle then they are destined to a domestic market, since not everyone can understand that.
@s1m0n4 @liztai maybe you research the history of the country first, because you have to assume that people who speak mandarin in malaysia might be of chinese descent.
I don't mind you not being okay with the chinese censorship, I am not either. I do not mind you not liking the chinese language. However, every art and media is a way for people to express themselves. As chinese are oppressed they try to create media within an oppressed system. This is what C-Novels and Dramas do.
@s1m0n4 @liztai you do not have to watch them. You do not have to like them. But for chinese and the people who have grown up with that media it is an important part of their expression. It is not created for western audience. And the people for whom those shows are made are able to decode the propaganda and the subtle criticism.
So with what purpose did you leave that comment? What was your point to the other person? Should she feel bad for watching those shows?
@liztai Perhaps you might like "The Legend of Zhouhua" that is currently airing? The female lead is clever and does not have a squeaky voice. The male lead is powerful but not infallible so they complement each other. Based on trailers it also looks as if he is not the possessive type and is willing to forego marriage so she can have a career.
https://wetv.vip/play/59n5l7eko72yu93/y00463276iv?ptag=5_5.10.0.5613_copy
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