- #1
- The MC: I do like him. His personality isn't the most exciting, but I tend to like calm MCs in general, so he's basically in my cup of tea. Even if he wasn't, I still think he adds to the appeal of his roles a lot, he doesn't overshadow them I gues I can say (?), so I feel like I can get more enjoyment from the movie plots in general. I've seen some reviews calling him kind of a Gary Stu and he is indeed OP but the excuse of his past life works... most of the time. If you expect to watch him work very hard and suffer during his career, you're probably in the wrong place, though.
- The ML: he is who I'm most hesitant to like actually. Why you might ask? His personality is actually okay. And his interactions with MC are honestly cute. I just fear he will be written into one of those MLs who basically brute force their way into interactions with MC. By that I mean, I just don't want him to force himself into every future movie MC has just so they can act in films together, or change the scripts so he can continuously have scenes with MC. I haven't read this author's other works, their summaries didn't really interest me, so I don't know if they'll go down that path or not, but I hope not. I want MC to shine on his own first. Also, in my opinion, the ML is more of a Gary Stu in this world than MC could ever be. Spoiler
The MC at least has the excuse of a past life for acting. He likes it enough as a career that he chose to pursue it again meaning that he has some actual passion for it. But ML is... The story basically tells us that he has only filmed in 20 something movies up until now, and he, by choice, had been acting in only one movie a year for some time. It also tells us that he won this and that award with his very first film because he was that good. Yet, it feels like he only has so much intetest in the career itself and the only reason he wanted to film beyond his self set quota is because MC appeared. I guess, I'm getting kind of tired of MLs that don't seem to have a life outside of MC. You only either see him filming or with MC. What else does he do besides that? What did he do in all his free time when he actually only did one film a year??
[collapse] - Now let's talk about "that" side of ML. Spoiler
The alter ego? The Orange Stuffing? He ctreated a fan account for MC that has the personality of young teenage girl with a crush. The gap moe is there. There are a lot of funny moments too. But after a while it starts feeling a bit overplayed and cringy. I prefer their live interactions a lot more than whatever this one counts as.
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- The ML: he is who I'm most hesitant to like actually. Why you might ask? His personality is actually okay. And his interactions with MC are honestly cute. I just fear he will be written into one of those MLs who basically brute force their way into interactions with MC. By that I mean, I just don't want him to force himself into every future movie MC has just so they can act in films together, or change the scripts so he can continuously have scenes with MC. I haven't read this author's other works, their summaries didn't really interest me, so I don't know if they'll go down that path or not, but I hope not. I want MC to shine on his own first. Also, in my opinion, the ML is more of a Gary Stu in this world than MC could ever be. Spoiler
- Small things I liked: smart fans, Bo Xiwen, both the roles of Wanqi Yao and the Marshal, other things I can't remember.