MISS THE DRAGON

36 episodes with Dylan Wang and Zhu Xu Dan. Photo credits: Amazon and Viki.

FANTASY/ COSTUME & PERIOD

3/19/20241 min read

What's good about watching fantasy dramas is that you get to stretch your imagination and thus, begin to believe in the seemingly impossible. You can fly with dragons, be friends with animals, and desire immortality and power. It's also a perfect avenue to portray everlasting love stories that withstood the test of time and circumstance.

In this particular series, you can witness not one but two love stories intertwined by fate and solid friendships. Try as I might, I could not remember watching another story that had me rooting more for the second couple instead of the lead male and female. It's not that they look better but they seem to have a more intense chemistry between them. Watching them will make you feel like wanting the same kind of undeniable connection with someone. And for women, it will make you wish for someone who seems unreachable but will always be there for you alone. Someone who does not smile but will automatically change his countenance into joy upon seeing you.

Across different timelines and several incarnations, having someone wait for you and watch over you, willing to suffer so you can be happy, is something that could boggle the mind but actually makes the heart wonder how it would feel to be the recipient of such a love. How amazing it would be to have such a creature in your life whose love can be your haven, on earth and in the skies. This is the strength of our first couple.

You will also realize here in Miss The Dragon, that love in any form can only bring joy and connect people. Strangers become friends, enemies learn to tolerate each other and resentments become a thing of the past.

They say we need to leave the past behind when we reincarnate so we can focus on learning the lessons of our present lives. However, there might be connections we want to keep and could not. Just take heart. The mind may forget, but the heart never will.