The explanation of EP 14 - 15 time travel/parallel world: See below. I also made a topic discussion above.By the…
Episode 14 - 15 Explained.
First of, you have to shut off the left portion of your brain. Forget all logic, forget all plot holes, forget in everything you've read up to this point in time travel and parallel universe. AND please believe in the power of love.
First some ground rules on the Manpashikjeok:
When the flute is whole, the owner has the power to travel to any point in time, has the power to make time stand still, has the power to achieve immortality(never aging) and basically become a God. Also when the flute is together, you are able to travel at the approximate time when you are suppose to save yourself. The word save yourself here is very ambigious as it can mean saving from dying, saving from failing and etc...
When the flute is halved, both users cannot control the time stops. The reason time stops is simple. Imagine being in an air conditioned room, and when you open the door to leave, some of the cold air escapes. When you use the flute, you end up in time space world, where everything as you can see is stopped, the balloons the coin LG flips, so when they leave to enter a world, whether Korea or Corea, some of that time freeze seeps out into the world.
There are two bamboo forest. One for LG, and one for LR. Only LR can open his gate, and only LG can open his gate.
The two halves of the flute yearn for each other call for the other half. Thus LG and LR hear the so called song. And they only hear it when both flutes are close to each other and near one of the gates. And only the owner of the flute will hear it. That is why when LG captures LR, eventho the flute is together, LG can't hear it, because they are at LR's gate. Once both flutes enter the time space world, the owners of the flute can then time travel.
When the two halves cannot sense each other, the flutes power is diminished and the owners can only travel from Corea to Korea. And each time they travel the time stops get longer and longer. Technically, time should already be at a stand still, but you know romance would not allow it. There will be a point in time when time will just completely stop, but ofc it won't happen here.
When time is stopped, the physics become contradictory. You are not affected if you are LG. For example, remember the scene of LR henchmen where the waves just stop? So we know in this time space, liquid also stops. We see that LR is unable to take out the liquid from the injection to save LG fake mom, and unable to fire the gun. But, we see LG able to write a note to JY. How is the pen suppose to write if the liquid in the pen is supposed to be in suspended animation? We will never know. But basically time stops only benefit LG and harms LR.
Now that we know about the ground rules, on to the explanation of wtf happened in 14-15
So basically, let us agree that there is a main timeline, that we'll call Alpha for now. Ep 1-14 are all on Alpha Timeline.
When LR and LG went back to 1994 with the flute, different things happened, 1994 LR killed 2020 LR, LG shows his face to Lady Noh, he shoots Prince Buyeong's Son, and other things. Point being, he created an alternative timeline which we will call Beta.
LG only has half the flute, so he can only travel lateral, like he says. Meaning he can go side to side from Corea to Korea. BUT he also has the power to move across timelines, providing the timelines are in the same point in time, are are on parallel trajectories. So if Beta were to go on a different tangent, he would not be able to travel there, since it needs to be on a parallel lines.
But with all the changes he has done in timeline alpha, there is no way it won't diverge into timeline B and be a completely off tangent and a different future. So to ensure both timelines Alpha and Beta are parallel, thus enabling him to travel across them, he needed to change things about timeline A to match time line B, and thus begin leaving clues for TE, seeing baby TE, and etc... And probably more things behind the scenes, he is banking on TE being able to ensure the timelines Alpha and Beta stay parallel.
Also he needed to make sure he doesn't age, otherwise TE might be grossed out if LG is 60 years old when they meet. So he spends majority of his time in time space world, where he doesn't age.
When TE meets LG on a horse in end of ep 14, that is basically confirmation to LG that both timelines Alpha and Beta are parallel.
When the time came, where we reach the right time, where TE gets stabbed by Luna, LG is able to use the flute to rejoin TE in timeline alpha. since they are now parallel.
Although LG and TE are reunited, and LR has been captured, LG is haunted by all the atrocities LR has done. Although, LG could have just ignored things and be happy with TE, he wanted to be a noble idiot and make sure nobody dies to LR, so he plans to go back in time to before the coup happened, but instead of saving himself, he will kill LR instead.
This will effectively create Timeline Charlie, where there is no guarantee if TE and LG will be able to meet. So TE plans to travel back to timeline charlie also to be with LG.
- Yes Luna is shown to be a criminal with a heart of Gold. She doesn't give enough LG poison, but rather sleeping pills. That is why LG takes forever to die, while LG fake mom dies in a span of 10 seconds.
She also gives TE a shallow stab wound cuz she's not that evil of a person.
-And apparently cancer can be cured by liver/kidney transplants now. Good to know.
-i'm going to explain the whole time thing on my TOPIC up above, just haven't had the time to finish it.
-LG and LR don't freeze because they are the true owners of half of the flute, regardless if they are holding or not, their blood is mixed into the flute.
First of, you have to shut off the left portion of your brain. Forget all logic, forget all plot holes, forget in everything you've read up to this point in time travel and parallel universe. AND please believe in the power of love.
First some ground rules on the Manpashikjeok:
When the flute is whole, the owner has the power to travel to any point in time, has the power to make time stand still, has the power to achieve immortality(never aging) and basically become a God. Also when the flute is together, you are able to travel at the approximate time when you are suppose to save yourself. The word save yourself here is very ambigious as it can mean saving from dying, saving from failing and etc...
When the flute is halved, both users cannot control the time stops. The reason time stops is simple. Imagine being in an air conditioned room, and when you open the door to leave, some of the cold air escapes. When you use the flute, you end up in time space world, where everything as you can see is stopped, the balloons the coin LG flips, so when they leave to enter a world, whether Korea or Corea, some of that time freeze seeps out into the world.
There are two bamboo forest. One for LG, and one for LR. Only LR can open his gate, and only LG can open his gate.
The two halves of the flute yearn for each other call for the other half. Thus LG and LR hear the so called song. And they only hear it when both flutes are close to each other and near one of the gates. And only the owner of the flute will hear it. That is why when LG captures LR, eventho the flute is together, LG can't hear it, because they are at LR's gate. Once both flutes enter the time space world, the owners of the flute can then time travel.
When the two halves cannot sense each other, the flutes power is diminished and the owners can only travel from Corea to Korea. And each time they travel the time stops get longer and longer. Technically, time should already be at a stand still, but you know romance would not allow it. There will be a point in time when time will just completely stop, but ofc it won't happen here.
When time is stopped, the physics become contradictory. You are not affected if you are LG. For example, remember the scene of LR henchmen where the waves just stop? So we know in this time space, liquid also stops. We see that LR is unable to take out the liquid from the injection to save LG fake mom, and unable to fire the gun. But, we see LG able to write a note to JY. How is the pen suppose to write if the liquid in the pen is supposed to be in suspended animation? We will never know. But basically time stops only benefit LG and harms LR.
Now that we know about the ground rules, on to the explanation of wtf happened in 14-15
So basically, let us agree that there is a main timeline, that we'll call Alpha for now. Ep 1-14 are all on Alpha Timeline.
When LR and LG went back to 1994 with the flute, different things happened, 1994 LR killed 2020 LR, LG shows his face to Lady Noh, he shoots Prince Buyeong's Son, and other things. Point being, he created an alternative timeline which we will call Beta.
LG only has half the flute, so he can only travel lateral, like he says. Meaning he can go side to side from Corea to Korea. BUT he also has the power to move across timelines, providing the timelines are in the same point in time, are are on parallel trajectories. So if Beta were to go on a different tangent, he would not be able to travel there, since it needs to be on a parallel lines.
But with all the changes he has done in timeline alpha, there is no way it won't diverge into timeline B and be a completely off tangent and a different future. So to ensure both timelines Alpha and Beta are parallel, thus enabling him to travel across them, he needed to change things about timeline A to match time line B, and thus begin leaving clues for TE, seeing baby TE, and etc... And probably more things behind the scenes, he is banking on TE being able to ensure the timelines Alpha and Beta stay parallel.
Also he needed to make sure he doesn't age, otherwise TE might be grossed out if LG is 60 years old when they meet. So he spends majority of his time in time space world, where he doesn't age.
When TE meets LG on a horse in end of ep 14, that is basically confirmation to LG that both timelines Alpha and Beta are parallel.
When the time came, where we reach the right time, where TE gets stabbed by Luna, LG is able to use the flute to rejoin TE in timeline alpha. since they are now parallel.
Although LG and TE are reunited, and LR has been captured, LG is haunted by all the atrocities LR has done. Although, LG could have just ignored things and be happy with TE, he wanted to be a noble idiot and make sure nobody dies to LR, so he plans to go back in time to before the coup happened, but instead of saving himself, he will kill LR instead.
This will effectively create Timeline Charlie, where there is no guarantee if TE and LG will be able to meet. So TE plans to travel back to timeline charlie also to be with LG.
By the way, eventhough I understood the complexities of the show. This is still by far the worst drama i've ever seen. Will not rewatch or recommend.
JY, ES, Nari, PM, SJ, even LR all deserve better.
She also gives TE a shallow stab wound cuz she's not that evil of a person.
-And apparently cancer can be cured by liver/kidney transplants now. Good to know.
-i'm going to explain the whole time thing on my TOPIC up above, just haven't had the time to finish it.
-LG and LR don't freeze because they are the true owners of half of the flute, regardless if they are holding or not, their blood is mixed into the flute.
-Sj, JY, PM all wasted. It's all true.
- RIP Mom of PM
Swoon!
Second off, in ep 15 they are implying that everything including physics stops.
The way the gun stopped, is not consistent with what has already been shown, but it looks PRETTY COOL right?
OR it's just a plot hole.
Short answer, Magic.
Aside from killing himself. It takes him 25 years. 25 YEARS to figure out future LR was correct all along.
Then in ep 15, he saw how he could not pull the antidote from the syringe because of time stop, YET, he leaves his sword and brings a gun.
Dumbest villain ever.
If you haven't swoon from LMH and KGE non existent chemistry by now and poor acting by now, then you're just not going to enjoy it.
If your here for a good story about parallel universe and time travel, you'll be disappointed.
In the end, if you can't appreciate the romance in KTEM, then you won't enjoy it.
Yeah ofc child version will live and LR will die, there is no doubt about this.
Remember LR needed PM to make sure he can attend the memorial mass, so he kills the mom to make sure PM listens.
-Kimsamsoom 2020
So they will both enter
Boy meets girl after long time
Boy leaves girl to prove hes a man
Boy leaves with another boy to meet an older man.
Girl leaves good guy to chase after boy
TKEM might kill off some minor characters for sure.