Diego Chang

A happy ending for me would be Tinn being swept off his feet by a trustworthy, handsome, successful man who is not a royal and who would never manipulate or betray him. Phob doesn't deserve a second chance in my opinion.

Tinn is the most admirable character in the series. Grandma is a close second.

Phob went about this all wrong....headstrong...vengeful...not caring who got hurt and what the collateral damages would be. Tinn deserves better. Much better.

It would be an unrealistic and audience patronizing ending for Tinn to return to Phob. But...the audience gets what the audience wants. Against the laws of love and logic, they will reunite.

Beautifully stated. But Phob went about this all wrong. It would be an unrealistic and audience patronizing ending for Tinn to return to Phob. But...the audience gets what the audience wants. Against the laws of love and logic, the will reunite.

You RULE, Grimalda. You have analyzed the situation with a succinct understanding of the facts. Phob is flawed...terribly flawed. He paraded around with a holier than thou attitude, antagonizing, manipulating, betraying and double dealing. Would I want someone like that as my soulmate? No thanks. I have said this before....if Tinn reunites with Phob, I'll be disappointed. A happy ending for me would be to see Tinn swept off his feet by a handsome, successful man who is not a royal. Phob.Is.Nauseating.

Yes!

Vasin gets a pass. People like Chat should NEVER get a pass.

Phob's holier than thou attitude is nauseating. He betrayed the trust of his beloved partner. He reveled in his own ascent to glory. And...when things didn't turn out the way that HE wants them, he sobs...and sobs...and sobs. Enough. Tinn deserves better...way better than Phob. I will be disappointed if they end up together.

A happy ending would be that Tinn finds a trustworthy man who loves him more than anything else in the world. And that would NOT be Phob.

Tinn deserves better than Phob. Much better.

My response is going to get a lot of heat but here it goes. Vasin is like a rock...a boulder. Strong...very strong...but rigid and unmovable. Yet, despite this, he's an admirable leader of his family. Given the time (1920's-1930's), his reaction to his son loving a man is probably less harsh than other men's at that time. Do I like him? No...not really. But I am able to understand his mindset.

Now for the part that I will get heat for. His hyper-masculine demeanor makes him attractive. He's not toxically masculine. He just hyper-masculine. And the actor who portrays him has done an excellent performance. In addition to that, he has a great build.

The actor who portrays Chat did an excellent performance.

At this point...in episode 9....neither.

Thank you for contributing historical fact to the storyline.

Episode 9 felt like a snoozefest at times. And all of that crying...jeez...ENOUGH.

Phob.....what a disappointment he has become. It seems like everything he does just makes things worse. I liked his character until episode 7. Now I think he's just an asshole. And a self serving one at that. Phob was too inexperienced to understand that in a government overthrow the victor merely assumes the new seat of corruption and eats off of the riches of the land. Even his intervention with Chat screwed things up for everyone. If he had just left Chat in jail , Tinn's family wouldn't have lost their palace. Sometimes giving a helping hand actually makes things worse. If I were Tinn, I wouldn't ever want to go back to Phob.

Speaking of manning up, Tinn manned up in this episode. His annoying crying and damsel in distress demeanor in the previous episodes has become overshadowed...actually replaced... with his strength to survive. He and Grandma are the poster children for picking yourself up by your bootstraps and reconquering the world.

Now for Chat. Oh boy, Chat...that piece shit. He wouldn't even own up to being the cause of losing the palace and instead, he placed the blame on Tinn. Chat wins the Biggest Loser of All Award...with Phob as 1st runner up. Too bad Chat didn't go from jail straight to prison where he belongs.

This is a series...not real life...so we already know that Phob somehow recreates his destiny and redeems himself. That will be a tough one, though. After all, he destroyed the family that was so good to him...servant or not, they treated him like family. I'm not sure how the writers are going to pull that one off and make it believable.

No.

It was mentioned that it was the Faroe Islands.

No. The place in his drawing was the Faroe Islands. They are just north of Scotland.

Thank you for your excellent performance in Love Begins in the World of If.

I enjoyed this series. But....but....THOSE ANEMIC KISSES !!!! What was THAT all about?
The series was great despite the disappointing kisses. It could have had one more episode, though, to develop the romance with Okami. I hope to see these actors in more BL series.