Badass Bunny

Doesn't matter if he actually sleeps with her or not. The servants and Queen dowager would think it happened and she would still be given title of ''favored sanggung''.

I truly hope they won't be going that route.

But based on his dislike towards her, he wouldn't want to raise her position, and she would be raised to ''favored sanggung'' if he slept with her. Having her raised, would mean giving her more power in court and Yi In is against that - at least it looks like that. She is basically blackmaling him.

Doesn't make sense, really.

Yi In should stop with his antics if he wants to keep warming the throne for other person. His actions (based on the preview) might make him lose his position.


This is not Goryeo anymore.

Ladie's court - aka queen and queen dowager - were in charge of picking concubines for the king, if they were of yangban class, but they were not in charge of picking concubines among palace maids. The palace maids were picked by the monarch to spend the night with him - it was on his request. It was also on his request if the maid afterwards would be raised in rank or not....

So, what is going on with Dong sanggung?

Kinda confused with the preview....

Honestly, I am like this with everything related to history.
I am true history geek and outside of uni I spend hours studying Korean historical stuff because I truly love it hahahah.
I bet my prof already knows where my questions come from :D

If that's the case, it is extreme.
Does someone have to be dying in order to finally realize that you have feelings for them? That's not how real world works =/ In the end, it is typical dramala-la-land.

I have the answer to the ''hugging'' question guys!
So, the short answer is, that it was acceptable.
The long answer is, not always.

It totally depended on the relation between the two people and even rank and setting as well. Usually such displays of affection were done in private, because Neo-Confucianism preached that being professional and distancing themselves from ''human'' affairs was the key.

Just know, that my prof did look at me weird, because my question was....very specific and random LOL.

For me, it was boring.
Not taking enjoyment of this series from other people :) Just expressing how I felt about it.

Started of strong, but became boring very fast.

Because S. Korea has holidays.

Yes, a lot is going on :)

I havent seen any source about hugging though and since the society lived by samgang and oryun....who knows? Might ask this on next lesson at uni hahaha.

Hm, not sure about hugging, but since in oryun precisely "sin" they do talk about trust between friends. There is whole-ass chapter about friendship :) BUT Korea was different compared to Japan, where there were "army friendships" in other words F-buddies which were even encouraged to sleep together to strenghten the uhhh....bond? As in fighting spirit.

Homosexuality was heeeaaavily critized in Joseon and they believed it was barbaric and immoral (confucianism again) and that homosexuality was dirty past of Goryeo's royals.

I would say, wait until it finishes airing honestly? I regret starting it, cause it is very dramatic and I wanna see all episodes hahaha.

By your words, you put ppl who dislikes the episode in same category as people who are true haters and comment such stuff like "Boa's lips are ugly AF".

I am not starting anything, I simply reacted based on your comment, which did call out ppl who disliked EP12 as haters.

indeed, him and FL are currently directing their anger at wrong person LOL. I do think that being indifferent is actually her strategy to gain Myeong Ha on her side - that is if my theory is right and she is only using him for her own goals. It does take ''balls'' to be able to act so normal I guess?

Hmmm, back than sons followed in their parent's footsteps. Doing otherwise would be viewed as going against your parents, thus acting immorally. Neo-confucianism was so weird LOL.

I do think that she is teaming up with him, only to use him for her own goals. She is using his kindness and affection. She knows very well that he is capable of going out of his way to aid her. If you think about it, FL is heartless hahaha.

Btw, whenever I have notification from you I automatically starts to sing this song: https://youtu.be/4omIxll25FM

Maybe I shouldn't say that I don't understand it though.
After all, I do.
It all comes down to the samgang, particularly, hyo - which is filial obedience to parents.
That is the reason he kept siding with his father, while he was still alive. Being dead doesn't cut the family ties, even more, the ancestors are to be celebrated and honored.

Honestly, I don't understand why she would team up with him, since his father deserved to die, not even sugarcoating this fact. He was a traitor and attempted high treason, which does result in death.

Yes, if you are into serious sageuk TV series.
This isn't lighthearted rom-com, it goes very deep into how old Korea worked.
You can expect lots of drama, politics, and for now subtle affection.