Funny, loveable, repetitive...

My first time reviewing here on MyDramaList. Can't believe I'm actually joining this community lol but oh well I am heated at this drama due to some of the characters, so I had to let it out somehow. Upon seeing the poster of this drama, I was interested in watching a drama with actors and actresses that I have never seen before.
Just a disclaimer, this is the first time I've seen any of these actors' projects so all of these faces are new to me :) I'll be giving full in-depth descriptions, so this is going to be LONG.

I'll start with the cast and their acting.

Mook as Mae Orn: Her acting was pretty solid, not awkward or anything. I loved how adorable she was with her meme-worthy facial expressions sometimes lol. My only complaint about her acting is that around a few episodes in, she just keeps the same confused or blank facial expressions whenever other people around her are talking about something. I don't know but maybe it's just the director's fault on that. About her character, I wished she fought back to the evil female villain a bit more because she was too passive sometimes that I hated it. I wanted to see her evolve and teach the evil villain some things or two, but that didn't happen.

Michael as Rachamontri (Khun Luang): Okay, I have so many complaints about his acting. All of his scenes were SO HARD and awkward to watch because of how boring and blank his face was. LITERALLY EVERY SINGLE TIME he appears on screen, same face expression. No changes: no excitement shown, no anger shown, nothing. The only time he impressed me with his acting was when he smiled or even barely smiled with Mae Orn. His character is SOOOO freaking boring it makes me wonder how Mae Orn and Mae Bua even fell in love with him??? T T I literally cringed so hard at his scenes with Mae Orn because I could not sense their chemistry anywhere and felt like Mook literally carried their chemistry. Besides his chemistry with Mae Orn, he's supposed to be this mighty and superior official or something who works with the government but I don't see any assertiveness in him. He literally just shows up for his scenes, speaks a few words, and then everyone else is supposed to act scared of him?? Like even the actors who played his servants could pull off his role so much better. I wonder why he was casted in this drama and as the male lead because I was deeply disappointed with his acting and everyone else did so much better acting than him. And I heard that Michael and Mook have been paired together like 2 times before in different lakorns? Oh boy, how come their chemistry isn't that good in this drama then? Why do they keep getting paired together T T

Maggi as Mae Bua: Maggi's acting was spot on; she acted every single scene spectacularly. Every death stare, every tantrum, every crying scene, she delivered with absolute perfection. And she's so beautiful too, I became a fan of her lol. She's one of the best actors in this drama with the most difficult character to portray, like imagine acting like her on set. It would be kinda hard, but her role as Mae Bua was perfect for her. About her character, the beginning scene of her cursing Mae Orn made me think that I was gonna hate her so much in the following episodes, but I didn't really feel that way. In my opinion, she isn't really the villain because she doesn't drive the plot like the other male villain. All she wants is to marry the main guy but obviously the main guy doesn't love her because of her attitude and temper. Her character is really pitiful if you think about it because of what happens at the end, she didn't deserve it :( So, contrary to popular opinion, I actually enjoyed her character.

Bom as P'Thot: Much like the male lead, his acting definitely needs a lot of improvement because in a lot of the scenes where he shows up, he's awkward with his body language and doesn't really know how to act in some scenes. But he's decent and much better to watch than Michael, in my opinion.

Mameaw as Kaew: I was impressed by her acting, up to par with the other female actresses in this list and quite shocked she had her own dramas as the female lead. You go girl

The rest of the cast's acting was pretty good as well. Shout outs to the servants and the guards who were so entertaining and hilarious they kept me going through this show honestly XD

Spoilers and tantrums about some scenes:

I hated how some of the controversial events get brushed off like it's nothing. For example, in the earlier episodes of Mae Bua doing witchcraft on Mae Orn, like why didn't everyone try harder to punish Mae Bua?? Like she's clearly the perpetrator but she was easily let off like that and especially Mae Orn was able to drop it so easily. And also in like ep 16 where the villain literally beats the shit out of main guy's pregnant sister (Mae Jun), I hated watching that, but when the main guy comes to save his sister, all he did was say "let go of my sister" and that's it. He didn't even try and go ask if she's okay ??? or ask simple questions to address the abuse. Nobody else at the scene asked if she's okay like ??? And then Mae Jun is literally dumb enough to stay with the bad guy still after being abused like that... literally she should leave... I don't understand why the writers decided to make her character become so dumb and naive at the end, like she had the worst character development up until the end i guess. Also, I feel like the villain should have been behind bars a super long time ago, but why is he still out and about causing troubles to literally every member of society.

And then, Mae Orn gets kidnapped and becomes a victim of the evil villains' every plans so much that I wasn't even surprised anymore because the main guy is always gonna come rescue her over and over. So predictable that nothing was heart-racing for me anymore. But if you like a good damsel in distress, this drama may be for you although it's not executed perfectly.

Last but not least, something that doesn't make sense is when Orn comes back to the future and then P'Thot just sends her back when the grandma is about to shoot her. I mean can't they just run away before the grandma does anything??? Lmaoo funnies shit I've ever seen and how the rest of the family is just watching and tolerating the grandma's nonsense is such clownery to me. Literally, they didn't need to send Orn back at all if they just ran away ... and wait for the grandma to be thrown in jail so Orn wouldn't be stuck in the past for a whole year.

Overall, yes I would suggest and recommend this drama to everyone out there who loves time travel. I am able to overlook the flaws of this drama and really just focus on the storyline and growth of each character and their relationships with one another. This drama is definitely worth it because I've laughed and cried along with the moments. Although I had a lot to complain about this drama, it's pretty solid and at least doesn't cause me a headache because none of the characters are really that annoying to that extent. Don't let my complaints and critiques stop you from watching because I definitely enjoyed it very much despite my nitpicks. Anyways, sorry that this is such a long review lolll

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