Snehal Jadhav

I can understand your opinion and yes Lee do hyun is an amazing actor but the actor playing the role of jiwoon is also an excellent one and has a lot of potential and really suits the character.

I think he is a good actor and is improving. If you want to see his range you can watch his other dramas.

True that is one point and that is why he became more free with her also they are of nearly same age.

The main point of the plot is also that jiwoon is someone who gets through her tough personality and helps her regain her identity.
Ofcourse he would have been punished for his behaviour but here he is someone who is liked by the CP so she is letting him go with it while she also time and again has warned him of his place. The way he is because that is how he is free and lively. The thing that you find disrespectful maybe he doesnt while doing.

I think the ml just acted on his instinct as he is falling for her. The CP pretty much has feelings for him already. So an act of him just pointing out the paragraph seems like he is trying to get close according to her pov. You can see he was equally flustered when she touched him his arms.

Okay, most people think ML is rude to the CP. But dont you think the CP is rude to Jiwoon too?? No matter how higher up she is he is her Royal Tutor one who is there to teach her moral principles and i think respecting your teacher was also something religiously carried out in ancient period. The CP actively bunks her classes and disregards him. That being said i think this power dynamic between hwi and jiwoon is purposefully being mild down.

He is her tutor. How will he teach her w/o looking at her face. Also he stared secretly?? and he is supposed to fall in love with her???
Most importantly it is a fiction work and moreover a romance saeguk. How will the story progress if he doesnt even stare at her face??
In real life yes it is rudeness to stare at CP's face but that is a drama a fiction work they are allowed to make some changes unless the story is based on some reallife characters.

I dont think ji woon has tried to touch the CP physically purposefully. Also, the way he talks with CP might seem rude for the people at that time but that is how his character is (courageous enough to challenge the absolute power of that time).

What??when did he try to touch her and seek closeness?

Though set in Joseon dynasty Jung Ji woon's character has a modern twist to it. His tone while talking is a mix of modern and saeguk and that is how his character is. He is courageous enough to challenge the CP. You can see how he is not afraid to put his points in front of the whole assembly and the King
and even challenged "Lord Sangheon" the most powerful man of the time. Surely, he gets into trouble because of that. You can see how the CP constantly calls him out for the way he talks to her and he often gets into trouble because of his modern outlook and this shows that this is not an anamoly in the writing but it is how his character is. And there are reasons for that such as how his father whom he once admired had killed an innocent girl just to keep the integrity and loyalty to Royalty. Also the reason why he is much different now than his childhood self.
As Rowoon said in the interview, jung ji woon is someone who will go beyond and defy the laws of that time to perceive the right thing.

Rightly said, their meaningful conversations are much more swoon worthy

Contrary to what others say all the times where jiwoon saved
hwi were realistic. At the start when he tries to save from the military forces turns into a whole chaos for both of them
which seems real as not everytime a guy trying to save a woman can be a success.
The second time too when he saved her from the falling vase the situation was such that it can actually happen she being utterly
unstable because of bad dream looses her balance and all that. Also i like how there realtionship is more balanced, noth have helped and saved each other at times.
While the situation with hyun and goan is pretty different. Hyun saving hwi from the assasin was realistic but as i said that water scene was so not needed. Same goes with gaon that ball scene what the heck was that while that the scene where he barges into bathroom to reveal the hidden woman was really good.

i would have swayed to second lead if jiwoon was a douchebag as a human and to hwi. But his character is different he values nature and his friends has a deep sense of what is right and wrong and is brave enough to tell it in a period where it may caused his death otherwise. No offense, i am not liking how they are limiting hyun's character to be the one who is always protecting the crowned prince, he has so much potential. Also that scene where he protects hwi from the water seemed so forced to me.

Sorry, but it is a youth romance saeguk so i think it will lean on the romance side. Also jiwoon
as of now isnt romantically interested in hwi as he still has feelings for his first love dami now, hwi but he is surely attracted to jiwoon
As jiwoon is the only person who knows who hwi was before she became the crowned prince they obviously shared pretty happy moments so she has some lingering feelings for him which soon may turn into love. Moreover, they are opposites, he hides his pain by smiling while she hides it by being cold and indifferent so ofcourse opposites attract. While everyone around her seem to go by her way he challenges her at every single step. Maybe thats why they are meant for each other. Also, as eunbin said jiwoon is like fresh breathe of air in hwi's lonely and suffocating life.

People be saying Jung Ji woon is not intriguing while i find his character one of the most mysterious one aside from Gaon.
He is the same person who challanged the most powerful man of that time "Lord Sangheon" aka the crowned prince's grandfather in front of an whole assembly of ministers and the king which no one ever did in the palace.
We dont know what he actually did when he went to Ming
What he does with the wealth which he earns from being a physician is not known
Why and how did he save Jilgeum and Yeonji from dying
Why does he want to keep away from palace and didnt want any position in the palace? ( i dont think so his father killing an innocent court lady is the only reason he keeps away from the palace, there is definitely more to the story).
I like how his character doesnt totally revolve around the crowned prince as of now he has his own place in the setting of the drama and more people around him which he treasures.
Like rowoon said Ji woon is like a Cirrus Cloud which seems white from outside but has darkness inside and at times may bring rain.

Okay, i think not in every asian culture it is allowed though. I am South Asian and it is only allowed for a girl marrying the son of her paternal aunt i.e the girl's father's sister's son but definitely not the father's brother's son. And here hyun is the king's late brother's son, so i think it is a bit weird.

sadly, there is. But if you dont limit it to that it is actually a wonderful story as it has many aspects other than the romance .

imagine having a female king with
tall height and strong frame, on what reasons people will suspect that she is female unless she herself confesses.
Also, the drama has done a fabulous job by making her a ice cold and a strong prince while in the manga the crowned prince is so weak.

Her being petite and feminine is the sole reason her enemies are having doubts and it is the part of the story. Remember how her uncle teased her during the hunting scene that how she looks more pretty and small for a male. Also the crown prince is at the age of her 20's so i dont think she can pull off a beard as it will look weird because all other males of her age didnt maintain one.