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except he's not a dude, he was a dragon. he said he didn't have the 5 senses of a human and therefore no human feelings until he possessed yun gap

I think Kang Cheol and Yeo Ri will be endgame. Yun Gap is dead, and even if the FL tries to bring his soul back, I think she will end up failing.

They didn't really flesh out Gap's character before killing him off, while it's the opposite with Kang Chul and his character arc is set up really well for the upcoming narrative (grappling with his own mortality and feelings for humankind after having lived in resentment for so long). Plus they immediately made sure the FL knew it was Kang Chul who possessed the body to avoid any confusion romance-wise.

I do think Gap will play an important part of the the story, especially the mystery of the palace conspiracy, but won't be the endgame.

omg, i hope so! the OG yun gap feels like a bland character compared to kang chul

guys he looks so much like sung hanbin from ZB1

It seems lighter than the rest of his SE dramas so we can most likely expect one.

dual souls? is this like alchemy of souls vibe?

I want to wait too but then I don't want to get spoiled :(

Well it definitely is conditional, if we see how she treats her father compared to her mother. she's intelligent enough to peel back their facades on the first day of coming back home itself, and even after then she realises she still doesn't know their motives. she's smart enough to realise that the people who seem kind to her hide an evil side, and vice versa. she had her suspicions that her mother has suffered, and was willing to do what she needed to do to get to the bottom of things - but that means making sure her mother is alive first. She knows deep down her mother has suffered. As a woman who was traumatised and abused herself, she would be able to notice another woman's trauma. Even if her mother showed her cruelty, Hanyan is inherently a stubborn and determined character, so once she sets her mind on something there's little that will stop her.

the 1 episode a day schedule is too cruel, it's literally the most angsty part rn 😭

I mean she's been traumatised and abused by her foster parents for years, so of course she's desperate for parental love - proof that she does have someone who loves her unconditionally after feeling so lonely.

They only knew half her plan, and wanted to "bait" her out into executing her plan fully so they can catch her in the act. I'm assuming they also probably wouldn't have let her get so far in her plan but so much drama was already happening at the banquet that they got distracted. Either way, this has escalated so much now the noble consort is involved, so
Yu Shan will probably face more serious consequences (hope she gets her karma!)

Hanyan taming a literal WILD HORSE is so badass of her, fu yunxi I totally get you

anyone else think the leads look kinda similar tho 😭

of course!

If there was ever an apocalypse, I'm sticking to my girl Zhuang Hanyan like superglue bc I just know her survival instincts won't ever fail us.

the marriage scenes happen in chapter 2 according to the trailer, meaning it will happen somewhere between now and episode 20. my guess is closer to episode 20, e.g episode 17

subbed trailer just dropped! https://x.com/duduling1018/status/1903337667082740159
it has spoilers about roughly when they will marry:

I wonder if Ruyin actually doesn't know anything about Shiyang being the adopted son. Everytime her daughter asked her, she looked kinda shifty. At the very least, I think she has some suspicions but obviously wouldn't want to confess.

the scene before that lowkey cracked me up, why did it look like they were babysitting yushan

Everytime I think the plot couldn't get more thrilling, they go and add even more high stakes. Future watchers, if you're considering watching this drama, learn some breathing and meditation exercises beforehand 😭