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Agree! wenkan getting angry at her was valid. As the commander it was his choice to make, whether to retreat or stay till the end. Although her act of taking away his choice and knocking him out was consistent with how she treated YZ before knowing his real identity. We only have 10 eps left, but I’m kinda still hoping this becomes a point of her character development.

yeah!

ohh interesting, I didn’t think way. Mostly because Kdrama romcom would never give such a twist, but as soon as I saw raik being scared of the knife I did remember poor Paul Sheldon’s suffering.

I think those specific gestures (The menacing smile & Raik being horrified) should be a nod to Misery by Stephen King (A novel that also has a movie adaptation).
Misery’s story basically goes that a writer meets with an accident and wakes up in the house of his “No.1 fan”, who has kidnapped him. I might be wrong, but Misery’s movie poster also has our kidnapper fan with a knife in hand just like that scene.

unlike ji hyeok, sun jae’s imagination was pure like oxygen. that elevator scene, pure SJ could never 🤣🤣

Haha, I relate to that.
I agree. While I don’t know how authentic the representation is, I wasn’t even born at the time this is set in, and I certainly haven’t been to S.K., but I feel transported to a different time. It’s an immersive experience that’s done just right.

Yes, that’s exactly what I meant! Usually, it’s easy to see such stories using their side characters just for comic relief or as stepping stones for the main character’s glory. But here they all are just struggling in their own lives and trying to survive, whether it’s nam mo, ma Jin, or mi ho. Even Shoe Park’s owner, with the limited screen time, had an arc that made me root for him.

I’ve not caught up with all the episodes yet. But I just need to gush, so here we go.(I’ve only watched till episode 10)
I’m absolutely in love with the writing of this show. When I say this, I don’t mean the broad strokes of the story, but rather the smaller details. It’s so difficult to find shows with main characters that have some depth, let alone a story which is able to flesh out the side characters. This show has so far achieved this in a balanced way, at least for me personally, where the usual flair you’d expect from such an underdog story is there but there is also an emotional depth that’s not here just for the sake of it.
One instance of this is JJM, TP’s mother. I love how she’s not just a “rich fragile lady”. She is scared but refuses to run away, reflects on her relationship with her husband, and when she feels she couldn’t support him in the way she should have, she makes sure her son knows he can lean on her. She evolves and adapts to the situation. The bond she ends up making with the two younger Oh family children is so endearing. TP mentions in a prior episode about how Cosmos is his favourite flower because it’s resilient, and honestly that adjective fits not just Mi Seon, but also his mother.
I wish I had started this a week or two later and then binge-watched it, but instead we’ve two weeks of waiting ahead.

ahh, that was all lost in the translation. This clears it up, thank you !

haha, that makes sense. I was wondering if this was in fact mentioned and I just missed it or forgot, but seems not.

when 27 finds the soul devouring tree and he comes to help him. later sun liao reports to MQB that 27 had help from someone with same aura as JBZ that’s why he must be his companion beast.

When bu xiu makes his first appearance in front of others, he is recognized because he has the same aura as JBZ. So why can’t JBZ feel MY and 27 have same aura. Especially since MY has already used her powers to heal 27 in front of him. He also has fought with MX, so how, or why, is he unable to detect that MX, MY and 27 all have same aura

quick question that I hope someone can answer without spoilers as I’m still on episode 15

okay, found family vibes sounds interesting. Might give it a try later. Thanks!!

That’s so true. Honestly, at the start I liked YS’s character exactly because he was neither “I'm a good lawyer who only represents good people” nor “Lawyer is just a job I’ll represent anyone”. Instead he had his own principles and beliefs that he acted on, which were at times questionably. But we’re at a point now where the show not only doesn’t question his actions but is also justifying it.

In the last episode he just beat the guy and police were like that way is camera free. He tells his ex-wife if she doesn't feel guilty/hesistant about abortion then she can’t be called a human. It took only one episode for me to go from "I like his character" to "what is the screenwriter doing”.

Well, with all that said the one character that I’m still invested in is Hyo-min. Her journey from a rookie to figuring out what kind of lawyer she wants to be has been what’s keeping me around.

Btw, I saw you started confidence queen, any first impression?

To me it feels like the result of the screenwriter wanting to express their own opinion. We’d start the episode with a dilemma, seemingly have a discussion about it, unforutnatanely nuanced discussions aren’t consistent, and we’ll end the episode with whatever the screenwriter thinks about the dilemma. The writer’s opinion about abortion, animal rights, domestic violence etc is very obvious. The discussions never reach that meanigful point because they are written from a pre-decided angle instead of trying to look at different angles and then saying this is what makes sense to me.

someone give feinu an award and a raise for reading Xiao ju’s mind with just tapping and glances🤣🤣

that’s good to know, I more excited to watch the last 6 episodes now

Samee. Especially after all the fake crying and gaslighting we saw in yesterday’s episodes, I’m hope he gets his comeuppance asap in a satisfying way.

yeah, the twins theory perfectly fits. I also don’t think YC would hold it against yan li, that’s just not his personality.
On a side note, with this context in place, it makes sense why the emperor reacted the way he did when Yan chi lectured the other nation’s prince. At first I thought his guilt was abt trying to kill YC’s father, but now it makes more sense considering he literally killed his twin for the throne. I do love how these little details have always been there and make so much sense in retrospect. Like the grandmother’s weird reaction when she found out abt twins being born to prince Yan.