Historical Dramas Club

Hello! May I join the group? I enjoy K-Historical dramas.

 My first one- The Moon Embracing the Sun (2012).

Currently watching The Crowned Clown (2019)

 MajesticConfidence36:

Hello! May I join the group? I enjoy K-Historical dramas.

 My first one- The Moon Embracing the Sun (2012).

Currently watching The Crowned Clown (2019)

Welcome to the club! :D

 JulyMoon:

Yeah it's indeed CGI heavy. So far it gives me Love Between Fairy and Devil vibes and I loved that drama, so hopefully it will stay like this. :)

LBFAD is one of my all-time favorite historical/fantasy dramas ever. Partly cuz Dylan Wang!! I loved everything about this drama, even got used to hearing fairy's baby voice. I didn't want that to stop me from the whole wonderful watching experience.

 American Fan:

LBFAD is one of my all-time favorite historical/fantasy dramas ever. Partly cuz Dylan Wang!! I loved everything about this drama, even got used to hearing fairy's baby voice. I didn't want that to stop me from the whole wonderful watching experience.

Totally agree. Wang He Di as the fairy was hilarious. He totally got me with his versatile acting. 

I have only watched a quarter of TTEOTM yet, but can already say it will not reach the level of LBFAD for me. It's dragging, the entire relationship between the leads is a constant 'Can I trust him/her back and forth' and tons of scenes where we see the ML suffer (probably to make the viewer feel sympathy for him, but it's too much imo). Honestly, I feel like what I've seen so far could've been told in less episodes.  

Will complete it, but my excitement from when I saw the first photos of the drama has already waned.

 American Fan:

I'm torn, do I keep watching or not, haha. I kinda felt the same as you, JulyMoon, with the dragging, now that I think about it. Nothing is worse than feeling bored or impatient when watching a drama!

Totally understand. I don’t think I felt bored when watching TTEOM with all the drama every episode, but I gave it about a 6.5/10 because the ride to the end was a hard one — and mainly not in a good way. LBFAD is one of my favorite dramas, I gave it about a 9/10, so I agree with Moon on that front that they are not on the same wavelength unfortunately. 

 Ari:

Side note, I’m not sure if anyone here has watched Blossoms of Adversity but I absolutely love it so far. I’m on about episode 16 and started like two days ago. It’s exceeded my expectations. 

I watched it while it was airing and loved it. ML actor is not my favorite so I wasn't sure if I would enjoy it, but he did well, esp. paired with FL actress who played such a strong, pragmatic character. The side characters were also really interesting and enriched the story.

 JulyMoon:

I wouldn't say it's plain out boring, there are some nice scenes here and there that I like. At the same time, it's dragging and compared to LBFAD there's a lot less overall enjoyment. I'm binging and watching at higher speed especially scenes with Ye Bingchang/Tian Huan because I don't like her. xD

I was the same! I flew through those Bingchang scenes because I could already predict how this character was going to meddle 😂 

Are you at like the midpoint of the drama? Can’t wait to hear how you’ll rate it. 

 American Fan:

Ohhh, okay. Not boring is a plus. lol 

Maybe I'll speed it up in parts if I need to. 

Heya there Angelviki! I didn't realize it was you until after I quoted. haha

I haven't seen this one and when I read the description last month I wasn't sure if there was enough romance (or is it mostly business) for me. So I didn't add it to my PTW list. 

How would you guys rate the romance in Blossoms of Adversity? 

Barely there, some romance here and there or def part of the story?  :-)

Great question! I’m only on about episode 16 so Angelviki might be able to speak to this more than I can but so far it seems like sort of a slow burn but there’s obvious attraction and chemistry between the two there. They are friends currently where I am in the story but it’s heading towards something more with how protective he is of her and how she’s starting to recognize her own feelings.