Bingus
: I have been putting off reading this for so long but I’m so glad I finally decided to read it today. I can’t believe I FINISHED IT IN ONE SITTING. Usually it takes me like two days to finish a bl with 100+ chapters, but this was SO GOOD I COULDNT STOP READING I also haven’t read a bl that made me cry IN YEARS.
Lisasou
: I want to believe in my guy Eunhyuk but ajzhdjzlzbdjfkrnrn WHY DID HE GHOST LIKE THAT ? Give us a good reaaaaason. And also make my baby Dowha happy, he never deserved all the heartbreak come ooooooon. (I've never been so invested)
medchan
: Please please PLEASE stop using the overdone embroidery thing. I'm so, so very tired of "Is it x?" "No, it's clearly y" when it comes to this sort of story. What happened to average? For once, I just want them to get their expectations up and instead of being horrible or excellent, it's just boring and normal. Not good, not bad, just average. Subvert the trope!
Every time they're ridiculously bad it, it takes me out. You're telling me that living in a palace with an emperor and likely receiving etiquette training the same level as a noble, she can't learn basic stitches? But she's somehow good at chemistry? "But it's a different skill set!" IS IT THOUGH?? Both require immense attention to detail, a steady hand and fine motor skills. She can't be a genius at one and terrible at the other, that's unbelievable. I would understand her being average at embroidery but when she's using tweasers, droppers and the like, she has to have a steady hand and fine, practiced movements. A little clumsy with a needle and thread? Sure. I might accept that. I would even accept that she's a perfectionist and that he sees it as average but she sees the few stitches she messed up and had to redo. But when you're entire job requires you to have fine motor skills, the idea that you can only use it for one area and not others is ridiculous. Added to the fact that she also has the cleaning abilities of a maid, which also require dexterity, attention to detail, and again, fine motor skills? So she can use her hands for everything else except embroidery? Then just straight up say she was bored while doing it. That's more believable than her inability to do it.
I think people have this ridiculous idea that all sewing and embroidery is boring. In reality, embroidery was usually treated as a way to socialize. Instead of getting a coffee or tea, people went to sewing circles. They would give life updates, share tips about all kinds of things (even sex!), exchange receipes and share gossip. Why stories insist on making it "boring" and "poor heroine" for having to learn it is beyond me. Let a girl make friends, gossip about everything, and have fun. Let her complain about not getting stitches right or how her family is too picky about patterns that she's tired of doing a million times and can't she be creative for once? Let her be rebellious and make scandalous embroidery secretly on scraps of fabric that will later be thrown out as she giggles with her friends. Let her secretly embroider her wishes and hopes on the inside of clothes. Wishes for good health for a sick sibling or a secret design supposedly meant to help win over her love. Let her have fun coming up with new concepts of clothes for her loved ones or enjoy mending something for her family. Let women have fun being women. Stop taking the joy out of it. It wasn't meant to always be boring. It was meant to socialize or as an enjoyable task in down time, like a hobby, because it WAS one. If you don't like embroidery, then just leave it out of the story!
Feeds
(I've never been so invested)
Every time they're ridiculously bad it, it takes me out. You're telling me that living in a palace with an emperor and likely receiving etiquette training the same level as a noble, she can't learn basic stitches? But she's somehow good at chemistry? "But it's a different skill set!" IS IT THOUGH?? Both require immense attention to detail, a steady hand and fine motor skills. She can't be a genius at one and terrible at the other, that's unbelievable. I would understand her being average at embroidery but when she's using tweasers, droppers and the like, she has to have a steady hand and fine, practiced movements. A little clumsy with a needle and thread? Sure. I might accept that. I would even accept that she's a perfectionist and that he sees it as average but she sees the few stitches she messed up and had to redo. But when you're entire job requires you to have fine motor skills, the idea that you can only use it for one area and not others is ridiculous. Added to the fact that she also has the cleaning abilities of a maid, which also require dexterity, attention to detail, and again, fine motor skills? So she can use her hands for everything else except embroidery? Then just straight up say she was bored while doing it. That's more believable than her inability to do it.
I think people have this ridiculous idea that all sewing and embroidery is boring. In reality, embroidery was usually treated as a way to socialize. Instead of getting a coffee or tea, people went to sewing circles. They would give life updates, share tips about all kinds of things (even sex!), exchange receipes and share gossip. Why stories insist on making it "boring" and "poor heroine" for having to learn it is beyond me. Let a girl make friends, gossip about everything, and have fun. Let her complain about not getting stitches right or how her family is too picky about patterns that she's tired of doing a million times and can't she be creative for once? Let her be rebellious and make scandalous embroidery secretly on scraps of fabric that will later be thrown out as she giggles with her friends. Let her secretly embroider her wishes and hopes on the inside of clothes. Wishes for good health for a sick sibling or a secret design supposedly meant to help win over her love. Let her have fun coming up with new concepts of clothes for her loved ones or enjoy mending something for her family. Let women have fun being women. Stop taking the joy out of it. It wasn't meant to always be boring. It was meant to socialize or as an enjoyable task in down time, like a hobby, because it WAS one. If you don't like embroidery, then just leave it out of the story!