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If he was a female he would be too perfect.

Great at his job, has incredible EQ, works late yet does perfect meals and looks after the child.

I don't know how you can be perfect yet be pasisonate. We are such hard fans to please. Honestly.

Can you imagine quarreling with such a paragon?

However as male leads go he is super swoony. Not exciting. But perfect. I now realise I don't really love perfect heros. Does he have any flaws?

He doesn't. Does he?

Oh. That one gaze? I will see whether he becomes a viable 2nd male lead.
He's pretty much a limp noodle to me at this point.

Kdrama tropes? There cannot be any more new things brought into a drama.

Its all about the writing, perspective and good directing. I think you will disappointed. I am fine with this drama because it addresses social and relationship issues rather than big palace intrigues.

Why would you want the FL sleeping with 2 guys in a historical drama?

Eww...

Why don't apply or write to whichever platform you subscribe to? Its not as if a Netflix senior executive comes here. Or a viki marketing team or business team leader is here.

You might want to remember the CP was sad his wife didn't even smile.

I stopped watching the subs. Its his wife.

Go to Google and learn the romanisation for the characters?

I swear the subs for this drama is so bad that just for this drama I actually make sure I have privacy to turn the volume up so I can understand right? But then there is moaning and all sorts and then my family might overhear.

Shesh. Its never happened before because my children know I watch Kdramas. And yes I understand enough Korean so I depend on the subs for maybe 50% of the time.

Crikey. I just love how this drama is just totally unpredictable. My Kdrama brain knows what the plot is supposed to be but I've stumbled upon this strange creature in traditional sageuk land and I'm thrown for a loop.

I'm just going to sit back and see what comes. Its been a heck of a long time when I actually don't know what is goinf on in a drama. I am not a prude but my mind keeps expecting a traditional saguek.

1. No. Tnis is still a drama not a movie.

If the writers don't make it fictional Koreans tend to go nutso about it distorting history. Or a historical fact was potrayed in a negative manner etc. I totally support a fictional country but have the sageuk fact I like. I don't like fantasy or fusion saguek as well. Case in point- Check in Hanyang. Its obviously based on a 5 star hotel or boutique hotel concept.

Nope

Rofl. For some reason " passionate and wild in love" could manifest in actual scenes in this drama.

Not in the other usual drama but dang.... you made it sound 18+ rated now.

I knew she looked mature but I also didn't realize she was 40.

Jang Won and the Grand Prince are played by actors in their mid- 20s. The other cast members are in their mid- 30s. The cast is not young.

The actor is 35 and the actress is 40. I am more astonished at their ageless looks.

Oh. You mean it like that? I just put it as background as part of the scene so literally didn't focus on it. It all added up to less than 10 minutes in a 120 minute 2 episodes
I didn't really count the minutes. So 10-20 %. Which is great compared to one kiss in ep, 10 for regular Kdramas. For like 10 seconds.

The subs were bad weren't they? I literally had to switch my brain on otherwise I would have missed the nuances.

Did we watch the same show? It wasn't that light. There was a lot of sex? The episodes were over an hour each. There wasn't a lot of sex. We really didn't watch the same show. Korean dramas usually don't show the characters being honest and hide their thoughts. The characters here are brutally direct.

Were the subs ok? I stopped paying attention to the subs before episode 1 ended. I wasn't really paying attention to it. Let's not blame the subs. The acting was good, the palace politics low key but the lines by everyone is pretty direct for a historical drama especially expressing their feelings. The general chatter by the supporting cast is risque for a show but the actual story is good. Didn't you see the contrast between the Queen and consort? Then the different levels of relationships between the 3 couples?

Finished 2 episodes. I am going to ignore the rating and just comment on the drama. Its more raw and grittier than the average Korean drama. The casting is really good. Everyone bar 1 is a sageuk actor. The casting is actual way better than I anticipated.

I am now totally invested in how they are going to solve the Crown Prince's marriage. I also like that the siblings actually like each other.

Good show. Way better than I thought from all the comments. If the ratings gives the writers opportunities to actually dig down and flesh out ( no pun intended ) the characters I'm all for it.

And omg the subs. Is it going to improve? That's not actually TVing's subs right? The personal pronouns are consistently wrong. And did I spot an Indonesian word in there? I actually turned up the volume and paid attention to the conversation because the subs are bad. Lordie its been awhile since I've actually had to depend on my Korean.

Good first 2 episodes. Can't complain. I am happy its on TVing. Netflix has a habit of only producing or airing slick shows. I want a good drama instead. I certainly would not be surprised if the scenes were in a Korean movie but not as drama. The actor playing the Grand Prince reminds me of an actor who was a murderous blood covered psychopath in the last drama.So I was having whiplash because I kept expecting him to kill someone.

Oh man I am laughing way too hard at the comments here.

I am looking for a new drama and thought the tags were errors but apparently not.

I actually came to see if the acting and writing was any good and still haven't found an answer in the comments.

How is this drama? Should I wait and binge?

I know right? I am actually laughing so much there are tears. That's seriously funny