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[emmiesaidwhat]

So I finished Fated Hearts last night and wanted to share some thoughts.

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Cons

Fu Yuxiao and Feng Suige were absolutely feral as enemies and lukewarm as a couple. I don’t know if it was the writing or the actors but I felt like it was slightly formulaic .

The need for long drawn out moral rhetoric from characters, please can drama’s stop doing this, if you can’t SHOW me, DON’T tell me because I will not be convinced.

Yixiao’s disciples were more annoying than anything and Xueying Ling served little to no purpose.

Lord Ling is the best Dr but he can’t heal this, White haired storm alliance guy is the best Dr but he can’t heal this, Poison Lady is especially skilled but she will give you amnesia, to say I was rolling my eyes the whole time was a vast understatement.

Feng Xiyang’s obsessive love for Xia Xingshi after a 2 minute meeting way back when, could they not have come up with something better than he ‘let her live?’

Storm Alliance arc was absolutely pointless to me they then made it even more ridiculous with the backstabbing.

Pro’s

The characters all felt very real, with their own motives prejudices, ambitions s or lack thereof.

Feng Suige really sold me on him being a ruthless battle god in the first few episodes, sadly it did dwindle once he and Yixiao became a couple.

Fu Yixiao was an absolute badass for the majority of the show. No notes.

Feng Xiyang - spoiled, dumb, an absolute mess but wow did she get her wake up call.

Xia Jingshi - possibly the one with the most tragic and twisted life out of the lot. While I understood his motives and could sympathise for all the nasty shit he had to endure, he essentially became worse than the monsters who poisoned and tortured him. Creating death camps where you essentially torture and murder children to make ruthless killers, yeah, definitely no way redeeming that.He was definitely a complex villain.

Xia Jingyan - hilarious, but a complete batshit psychopath, definitely the epitome of power corrupts, his only redeeming quality was his love for Xiyang and willingness to die for her.

Empress Jinxiu - cold calculation, manipulative basically pure evil, poisoned Xingshi to keep him on her leash and leading the armies field a brother that beat and tortured him when he was young. She got what she deserved.

Emperor of Susha - worst father of the YEAR, let the supposed love of his life be murdered in front of him because she wouldn’t put up and shut up as his Empress and wanted her kids to be free, proceeded to try and beat Suige into calling the daughter of his mothers killer mother, continuously allowed the court and most specifically Prime minister who killed his mom to scheme against him in an effort to get him killed and or removed from the line of succession, showed absolute zero care for his son all in an effort to carve him into the next ruthless Emperor, then had the gall to be shocked when Suige told him to take the throne and shove it.

Muring Yao - jealous little bitch who simultaneously schemed to bring down the royal family while maintaining his bestie status with Suige, this actually feed into why the Emperor of Susha was POS ruler but anyway, yeah Suige let him go after discovering the betrayer.

Marquis Murong - loyal to Susha, until his son committed treason and the stupid fucking Emperor didn’t just give him the pardon for Murong Yao. Marquis Murong then turned into an absolute fucking terror out of desperation to save his son.

There are plenty more but this post is too long.

[emmiesaidwhat]

These two MFers!

Fated Hearts is one hell of a crazy fucking ride!

[emmiesaidwhat]

The more I see of Feng Xiyang the more I am convinced she is

1. Not related to Feng Suige.

2. A complete fucking idiot.

Being married off to an enemy nation where you don’t know how you will treated? Could be killed for the slightest offence? Definitely idiot.

Also the sinister plots are plotting.

[emmiesaidwhat]

So I started Fated Hearts, no idea why I sat on it for so long!

First Prince of Susha is so pretty.

And a complete batshit red flag.

He then proceeds to snap his neck and deliver his head to his adopted father, who is also the Prime minister, who is clearly trying to kill the crazy pretty first prince.

Feng Suige. The toxic pretty red flag you are!

POJ needed to inject some of this crazy lethalness into Xie Zheng.

[dangermousie]

YUMMMM

[emmiesaidwhat]

We needed MORE of Wu’an Hou, why they only fed us drips when this man could have served us an A* unhinged hot mess, I do not know.

[nope4ever]

You know, hiring Zhang Linghe for a textual feral role and then domesticating the character completely before that diva of a man can truly sink his teeth into his dramatic thespian penchant is like putting a working breed dog with separation anxiety alone in a tiny apartment.

They almost HAD to sideline his character bc after that level of character assassination you can still feel Zhang Linghe just off screen, pacing the floor, chewing the walls and HOWLING TO BE LET OUT.

LET HIM FREEE

[justherefortheasianshows]

Oh me too, girl. I’ve been wondering that the last few episodes, but the writers must have decided that he’s not as important as your personal boy band or these other secondary characters that nobody else cares about

[morningflares]

I still love them.

[emmiesaidwhat]

I too still love them, but the writers are doing them so dirty right now.

[justherefortheasianshows]

So I knew what was coming before going into today’s episodes and I tried to have an open mind despite the comments I read. Yesterday, I was actually excited that FCY and XZ were doing their separate things. Yesterday, I was looking foreword to a couple of episodes in which we can watch FCY rescue her friend AND have some episodes dedicated to finally seeing Xie Zheng have his spotlight on the battlefield. To me, it could have been an easy win-win of cheering for both FCY and XZ in their own respective agendas. I know in the novel she decided to join the army so she could stand by her husband as an equal, so even if they had followed the novel and let her do her separate thing and get formally trained I would have been happy and it would have made these developments a bit more realistic.

But nope. Idk what the hell happened with these messy episodes, but FCY just decided extremely last minute to join the battle and what could have been a great time for Xie Zheng’s development, she stole the spotlight again. I don’t know how much time as passed between the massacre of her village to the battle now, but it has probably been only like 2-3 months? So in the span of a few months, this girl who grew up butchering pigs in a small village is taking down seasoned military generals who are twice her age and have probably been in the army longer than she has been alive? With NO formal training? I understand that he has been trained by her father and that she has skills, but come on. These generals that she has been defeating lived and breathed war. Their days have been dedicated to strength training, endurance training, weapon practicing, etc., and becoming familiar in strategizing and plotting. Yet she didn’t even know who her father was outside of a pig butcher her whole life. It is so unrealistic that she would be overpowering and outmaneuvering these expert fighters after a few months of… not training and being in only a few battles in her lifetime?

Not only that but she has shown a repeated disregard for the rules of the military. Her kidnapping Suiyan was rash, but it was kind of okay to write that off as her being ignorant and not knowing better. After that, she told everyone that she learned her lesson and will follow the rules, only then to drug her husband and take his place on the battlefield. Fine, she didn’t know who he was, she wanted to protect him and blah blah blah. Fine. But then knocking out Lihuai a few days later and completely disregarding his choice to die for his country? THAT was outrageous and what was even more outrageous is that she was never punished for it (and will eventually even get a promotion LOL).

I have some other complaints, but the last one for now is just how silly it was that she effortlessly took charge of Lihua’s men (who just watched her knock out their general and were like YAY WE WILL FOLLOW YOU MY LADY EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE NO IDEA WHO YOU ARE OR WHAT EXPERIENCE YOU HAVE!! Huh?). It was also ridiculous that she knew where to go fight? That she knew where Lihua’s men were supposed to go in the battle? That she is somehow this expert military leader who is better than everyone else who has been in the army their whole life? 🤦🏼‍♀️

(Okay last complaint fr:) Also where the fuck was Xie Zheng and what the fuck was he doing? 😤 It was just bad, guys. I can tolerate some bad, but it doesn’t instill confidence that the last ten episodes will finish strong. I have serious beef with dramas that push the feminist agenda at the expense of quality writing and balanced and realistic character development. The last few episodes have been an example of when it’s bad. Well, I guess we will see how the last arc of the drama goes.

[emmiesaidwhat]

Me

How about you tell us all NOW, General He, we demand the exposition!

[emmiesaidwhat]

Pursuit of Jade episode 30

Does anyone else feel like Grand Tutor Tao was wasting his breath by the river when he was explaining that it was better to stop the war as soon as possible to minimize casualties and hardship on the common folk?

I legitimately thought that this would be Changyu’s lightbulb moment and she would realise that she can protect the people she cares about more effectively by acting as a pillar in the army instead of trailing back to Lin’an, and awaiting another possible massacre if the Xie, Wei and He forces are routed at Lucheng.

Alas the next scene is her packing up the wagon and heading back to Lin’an and then she has the lightbulb moment on the way?! I know she is not educated like the other military mains but she is not this slow.

Writers, what happened to you?

[bigdsgirl]

favorite scene sequence of episode thirty:

first off, i just, hats off to Tian Xiwei, her acting just is what makes this scene stellar. she portrayal of the panic she is experiencing. the weight of her fathers (alleged) crimes.

the nightmare scene was absolutely gut wrenching.

And then you hit me with Xie Zheng coming in to comfort her (as a viewer I am a bit saddened I don't get to see this man just RUSH in, but I make do).

I really love the juxtaposition we had with Li Huai'an where we saw he and Fan Changyu observe propriety, only talking through the privacy screen. but Xie Zheng? That's his wife, screens are to keep others out!

very pretty and very married. I really like the director choice for tighter shots, it continues to add to the intimacy and vulnerability of the moment.

of course, we gotta add a bit of crazy. it is our marquis after all.

I can only imagine the news of Xie Wu adds to Fan Changyu's guilt. But don't worry queen, he will have a thriving nanny business.

ugh my baby sweet angel. my heart hurts for her. I love the choice that he has no words, no comfort outside of his presence.

and then we hit the gut punch moment where she asks about Wei Qilin

I am not sure if he's read the letter at this point, or if this is a translation miss but this choice of "in the eyes of xyz" feels very intentional. as if he knows something? or at least knows about her identity?

but of course we get the FLIP. girl knows how she felt about the truth with him. AND YET.

scary when you are faced with the prospect of losing the one you love huh. makes ya... a bit selfish (just a teeny bit). to have five more minutes or one more day with him.

oh sweet girl.

ughhhhh this SHOT. this SHOT. yeah they both really put their all into this. and it hurt my heart. <3

[bigdsgirl]

the scene:

my reaction:

[emmiesaidwhat]

Accurate!

[emmiesaidwhat]

These scenes were heartfelt and beautiful.

BUT

Me:

Luckily Xie Zheng has killer aim!

Maybe our Changyu’s aim will improve with time?

[romchat]

Qi Min: "Even if it was poisoned, as long as it's from you, I would drink it." Yu Qianqian: "Very well. I'll try to poison it next time." Qi Min: "I would drink it gladly."

Thank goodness these two freaks are back on my screen.

[emmiesaidwhat]

I KNOW she can’t fix him, but there is something so magnetic about this couple, I really wish she could.

[cyrjovie]

From the teasers:

Emperor: you're to marry the princess

Xie Zheng: I am perfectly capable of overthrowing you and any power you think you have if you try to make me marry someone who is not my incredible wife

[hyog-blog]

Making weapons for your girl is probably the sexiest thing in the world :D I'm wheezing here. This is how you take care of your warrior princess wifey. Xie Zheng, the husband that you are :D

Also, that amazing soundtrack of complete badassery is playing in the background (as it should). I think the last time I saw an ML make weapons for his girl was in A Journey to Love :D My most favourite love language, and we see it so rarely.

Of course he had to temper the swords with his own blood XD Sure, that ancient as the world itself rule of the Cdramaland to tame the weapon's spirit with human blood :D I can't say it wasn't hot though :D

And I love how the opening scenes are our boys taking care of their beloved women - each in their own way. For Xie Zheng, it's making her a weapon so she can protect herself better, for Gongsun Yin - it's mending her shoes, and it's also about protection, albeit a gentler kind, but still essential to her wellbeing.

[emmiesaidwhat]

Warnings for this episode include:

Sexy perspiration while forging weapons for badass wifey.

Sexy use of for arms.

Sexy use of blood.

Adorable mending of shoes for royal girly pop.