i’ve finished meet you at the blossom some time ago, and now i’ve finally have enough brainpower to talk about it!!
first of all, im still sad that opening and ending did not have subtitles on youtube, so i have absolutely no idea what these two tracks were about 😭
second: i’ve understood that even though i’ve thought i was ready for what was ahead, i was not. zongzheng huaien. zongzheng-gongzi. i understand all the circumstances that led to you being like that, but still WHAT was that.
i’ve absolutely loved how li le portrayed him (how was he able to communicate so much with his eyes only!! mr li le im in awe of your power)!! but, after finishing the drama and having time to think about it, i feel like i’ve expected smth else from huaien as a character, and, as a result, i ended up not liking him as much as i thought i would. however! i’ve loved SO much that he ended up just chilling in his position of a wife!! the peak writing for me, tbh. (in addition, im still thinking about him crossdressing in 1-2 episodes… zongzheng-guaning made me feel gender envy for the first time in my life and i wont be able to forget it ever)
third. XIAOBAO. JIN XIAOBAO. he’s really THE character of all time. i ended up loving him and his dynamics with all the characters so much!! i love the character growth!! i love that he’s literally male manipulator (the part where he gave a promise and then said that he lied without a second thought? LOL) to huaien’s malewife vibes (who’s mansplaying in this relationship? i fear that both of them, but they divide topic between each other).
fourth. other characters!! i haven’t thought I would like supporting cast so much!! i’ve ended up crushing on xiaobao’s mother, zhaocai and jinbao and their dynamic with xiaobao was one of the drama’s highlights for me, que siming was an absolute bitch and i loved every second that he was on screen.
fifth. aspects that i haven’t liked in the show: 1) i haven’t read the novel, so it may be explained by that, but god!! i wish so much that there could be more women in this drama 😭 i loved xiaobao’s mother, xiaoyu was a delight, but i can’t help but thinking that it wasn’t enough for me. like please spare a one or two female characters for a simple lesbian,,, 2) i feel like not being ready enough for “toxic” part of “toxic yaoi” somewhat skewed my perception of the drama, and im sad because of that!! because i wanted to love it, i really did, but my favorite parts ended up being eps 1-4 (romcom part) and ep 12 (romance part), so I wasn’t feeling as invested as i could be for almost the half of the drama :(
but!! to sum up everything. im still so glad that i’ve watched myatb, because watching it felt like filling some kind of void in my soul, of which i had no idea before. watching wuxia, seeing all the things that i got used to seeing BUT WITH ADDED QUEER ROMANCE? it felt like a dream, and, tbh, still feels like it. i cant say that myatb is a perfect show, i cant even call it excellent, but it felt like exactly what i had needed. 8/10, it’s perfect in its imperfection.
hoping to see uncensored baihe drama at some point in the future!
p.s. i feel like i’ve forgotten to mention smth else, but well. what can you do