The Princess Weiyoung Review

So the Princess Weiyoung drama just ended not too long ago and boy, was it a dramatic journey from the beginning to the end. Here is my take on the drama as a whole!

Queen of the Year!!!

Story: 7/10

The background story summed up:

A princess from another state is seeking revenge for her family being murdered and takes on another identity from her enemy state. Goes into a household full of wives/daughters that the man of the house can't control or handle. Lots of catfights and mental battles between the ladies, lol.

Things get more complicated with the involvement with the princes and home girl has to decide what is more important for her: love or revenge?!

The only part that got dragged out longer than I'd wanted was Li Changru's obsession with Tuoba Jun. Why is that in every drama there's always some crazy girl who can't get over her first love? (Girl, you are wasting your beauty).

The story itself is pretty easy to follow along, there's just a lot of characters which is typical of historical Chinese dramas.

Character Development/Acting performances: 8/10

Tiffany Tang

Li Weiyoung (Tiffany Tang) as the main character of the drama is seen to have grown stronger and the most throughout the entire series. No surprise as she went through a lot of BS. I think that her performance was wonderful in displaying a variety of emotions.

Luo Jin

Tuoba Jun's (Luo Jin) growth doesn't really occur throughout much the drama. I find that his character remained relatively the same: infatuated with Li Weiyoung, righteous, and always trying to serve the people in good ways. Not saying it was a bad character, but not an amazing one either. Acting was also great and for the most part, I found his character enjoyable.

Vanness Wu

Tuoba Yu (Vanness Wu) is the male anti protagonist to Tuoba Jun. He basically remain cunning and smart throughout the drama. He wasn't the worst villain out there that I have seen. I'm surprised that they didn't write his character to be more cruel. Vanness Wu has been acting for a long time, but this is the first time that I have seen him act in a historical drama. His acting doesn't fail obviously and it's great to see him venture into something different.

Mao Xiaotong

Li Changru (Mao Xiaotong), my least favorite character of the drama. I don't dislike the actress (she's really pretty and did a great job), but the character suck a$$. No character development, just straight obsession and doing things to get what she wants. She doesn't learn or grow from it, just went crazier and crazier (there's growth in that department). Like all she ever did was obsess over Tuba Jun and literally didn't stop even when she got straight out rejected.

Visual: 10/10

The drama definitely took beautiful shots/scenes that made it seem more epic and magical. Maybe it was the awesome costumes, the amazing hairstyles, and the efforts placed into making everyone seem like they belong in that drama. Side comment: it is kind of disturbing to me that more and more actors/actresses look more plastic than natural. 

Overall grading: B