Big_Red_1011

Ah, hadn’t seen the previews until you mentioned them now. Thanks! 😊

Honestly, his decisions in Ep. 17 & 18 make him look not very smart. Letting the newlyweds escape is bad in multiple ways and ignoring imperial decree for no good reason is dumb (doctors were there; he wasn’t needed). Kind of disappointed in screenwriters because of this 🙁

As soon as she decided to escape with him, we all put our bets on a bad ending for her.

FL lost to ML during the tournament, so — in the drama — she’s slightly weaker originally. Now, of course, she’s way, way weaker in her current condition.

No, at least, it hasn’t been hinted at yet. For now she’s being presented as a noblewoman who became a warrior. Until she lost once, got poisoned, and now has to find a cure for her poison ☠️

Hey, it’s a purely spiritual thing. There’s nothing ad about it 😉😬😁

Would we all feel better if 2ML pretended to love her and convinced her to steal the token so they could escape together and be forever and ever and ever? That would be a more common way to do this but they probably could make her into a more sympathetic character if she fell for his charms and got hurt in the end.

She dug her own grave. Not that anyone was rooting for her before, but now she is likely looking at a very sad ending for herself.

It was understandable the first time around (before the leads were officially together), but now it just feels strange. ML & FL aren’t hiding their feelings for each other and the doctor still wants FL to leave with her.

Yes! I don’t know if it was that way in the book, but I can’t find any logic behind ML letting the newlyweds escape and behind him defying imperial decree for no good reason (doctors were there and FL was asleep anyway).

People have guessed that it was that character as the bad guy (apparently there was a poster where he was holding that mask, lol). I totally understand and share your concerns though. This drama had been so good for episodes 1-16 and now in 17 & 18 they have ML making decisions which are very hard to explain — letting the couple escape and disobeying the emperor for no good reason (FL was in a care of doctors so he didn’t need to be there and could step away for a bit).

(1) Why did ML actually let the newlyweds escape? He knows 2ML is very evil, that The Princess isn’t thinking rationally, and — more importantly — this escape makes life very difficult for him as we are beginning to find out.

(2) Why did he ignore The Emperor’s order to come to the palace? FL was still unconscious and there was literally nothing he could’ve done for her (the doctors were there anyway). To make it even more baffling, he DID end up going to the palace and FL woke up when he wasn’t around. So it’d have been better for him to leave sooner so he could be there when she wakes up.

Does anyone have any explanations for the baffling decisions made by the ML in episodes 17-18? (spoilers below ⬇️)

The word “honesty” doesn’t exist in our FL’s vocabulary 🤣🤣🤣

Thanks for the info. The Su token in this drama didn’t appear all that fancy but I guess that’s okay. Maybe I should start thinking of tokens in historical dramas like police/governent IDs & badges in modern dramas. Most people don’t check those either if you flash them for 1 second from far away 😁

Serious historical question: how did people recognize/verify tokens? Did guards/vendors/etc. have drawings of tokens they could use as a reference? It’s not specific just to this drama but a question I’ve had for some time. Many of tokens shown in dramas don’t look very complicated to counterfeit either, so wouldn’t that be an issue too? 🤔

End of Episode 17 was screenwriters trying to distract us and make us forget the baffling decision to let the newlyweds escape 😳🫣🤨

If you don’t like it after 2-3 episodes, you can drop it because it doesn’t change much (for better or worse). I enjoyed the grittier, more realistic tone and the humor (anyone who’s had an office job would understand it even with a language barrier). It also had a narrator which is unusual.

It’s honestly hard to see a good ending for The Princess, especially since The Prince doesn’t care about her. If he were willing to do bad things to a person he loves, he will certainly not care about The Princess.

This is making me intrigued about YYY ☺️. I’ve actually watched two modern C-dramas about standup comedy (“Later, I Laughed” and “Smile Code”) and subtitles were okay, but I imagine it must’ve been 100 times funnier for native speakers. I liked “Later, I Laughed” so much, I watched Teresa Li’s earlier drama “Beyond” (2022) — it’s arguably the best skating C-drama (and maybe best sports drama period?) because it’s unusually realistic, has almost no romance whatsoever, and is unexpectedly honest for a drama clearly sponsored by the government (there’s an athelete with mental issues who turns to alcohol, doping use, etc.). It’s not a perfect 10/10 drama but so, so good.