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I am relieved someone make this remark, why the cousin and the father don't find Mr queen suspicious at all ? I know they think it is because of her memory loss but even so...A bit sad nobodies know Bong Hwan is here, I feel like he is more and more erased. Hope the king will find soon somehow. To me the last two episodes feel like there are killing Bong Hwan soul little by little not fusionning

Oh yes of course the characters from the Joseon area will definitively choose "she/her" even if Bong Hwan said himself it is not his body ( proof with the king) because it is super hard to believe + to accept.

But for the viewers it is another topic if they know the context of the story they can choose to say "He/his"or "She/her" but if they just see a moment of the drama without knowing the whole story they will automatically use "She/her" . I thought it was about the viewers point of view here, sorry ^^'

I think it depends if you see it physicaly or mentally. Physically it is a woman, mentally it is a man. To me ( and it is my opinion of course) it is more natural to say "he",not because he was in a man body before but because Bong Hwan perceive himself as a man. I see more the soul aspect than the body and had recently read a topic about how it is important how people perceive themselves (it was about the difference between the sex gender from birth and the sex gender identity perceived by the person himself/herself.)

I would love to see Bong Hwan and the King together but I find it hard to believe if suddently Bong Hwan loves romantically the King because Bong Hwan is such a womanizer.

Yes this drama is so good ! *^*

No I think you are perhaps right afterall I don't think we saw all the flashback about that night and perhaps the mistress is not saying all the truth here ? I really don't know I think I really know too little about the real soul of the queen to discard any theories for now...

I really look forward, it will be really interesting ! The story has really a lot of possibilities to offers and everything is perfect for me so far (actors, characters, musics, ...) I hope it will continue that way. Bong Hwan plays the safer route so he choose the winning side for now but I can't wait the moment he will decide to "actively support the king " like you said. I also wonder how the cousin will react if he knows an "evil spirit " is possessing the queen haha

Oh I thought it was the typical trope where the brother fall in love of the same girl but perhaps you are right and there were already scheming together. I felt like she faked her faint ?
And when in the flashback the queen said to the king " you should love me ! " I thought it was because she was jealous but perhaps there is something off with the mistress and that is why she said that, could be translate as "you should believe me, not her"

I always wonder if korean dramas have popular genre and theme depending on the year. Because by COINCIDENCES there are always a lot of dramas alikes in the same period of time... I remember for example time travel dramas airing around the same time, same for parrallel worlds same about married couples or after The Guest I remember seeing others titles about (less hot) priests too or perhaps this is just me but I always feel like there is temporarily a trend with the genres and tags. It is not even a complaints but an observation. I don't care as long as this is good but if it is just a pale copy it is not really interesting...

I thought at first she really did jump by herself but not for the suicidal reason, my first idea was perhaps she saw Bong Hwan drowning (without knowing she was seeing that moment from another time) and tried to save him and their souls ended up switching.

I believe the fact she was suicidal and perhaps tried to jump in the lake to kill herself. However I don't think she did this to set a trap for the mistress. And even if it is a bit odd I think the mistress ran away because even if she would have tried to save the queen she was afraid to be accused later on by her to be the one who pushed her. Even if the mistress is manipulative I don't believe she is that bad.

In my opinion the queen learnt she was a puppet all along when she entered the palace in order to harm the King and that is why she changed her behaviors and tried to kill herself.

Hey ! Nice to see you again !! I still wonder how or more like what will be the ultimate "proof" for him to believe it. It is really hard to believe but in my opinion yeah he will at some point. I think the only way would be for Bong Hwan to reveal something from te future ? That is why I think at some point they will work together so Bong Hwan can tell him how the king's foes will attack him.

That is true there are wong informations and history books don't contain all the "truths" because the person who write it don't know everything. For example the king keeps secret his true schemes and create his fake look of dumb king ( to make those more powerful thinking they can control him) and womanizer (to protect the mistress he said he was the night with her when it was false or another time he said him and the Queen are trying a lot to have an heir when it is false).
However I think some information can be useful for example when and how the King will be killed (If I remember corretly he will die of an illness but I don't believe it, I wonder if he will not be poisoned ? ).

Yes ! The name on the rock. I think at some point he will understand something else is going on even if it is hard to believe. Perhaps he could understand it if the shaman said to him the Queen is possessed by another spirit ? Don't know if in Joseon they are inclined to believe this kind of thing and that would be really hilarious if Bong Hwan make the stemother (I think she is) believe he is a evil spirit and scare her a little.

I wonder if at some point the king will believe Bong Hwan identity that would be damn hilarious well it already is hilarious but that would be even better, their moment together are already great but I would liike to see them work together with Bong Hwan's knowledge of history

I hope this is it because like you said that would be the most fair route + perhaps we will see the reincarnation of Cheol Jong as a woman in the present time ? Don't know if I make sense here... I did not even started the drama and read spoiler to see where the romance is going because I am 100% for a romance between the cooker and the king and I am afraid to be dissapointed...

Afterall reincarnation don't have physical gender so to me this theory works perfectly and it is more interesting that way.

It is the reason why I did not watch Hi Bye Mama yet... Perhaps someday I will watch it but it is too strange to see the actor who played Looney as a father/husband for now.
I know this sound silly but sometime I just avoid some dramas when in the past I get too much attached at a character, I feel like it would ruins the memory of the character if I watch the actor/actress in another role....

Yes it is kind of strange to see him as a good father ! AND as a detective...

TWOTM stands for "the world of the married" ? Lastly we chatted on Awaken, Kairos and Missing the other side ! (I check my past notifications to confirm) but I have perhaps also posted comments on others things (I tend to post on a lot of dramas at the same time ).
I do not use the watching list I am mostly here to comment and give a rating sometimes ^^ But perhaps I should use it ?

Exactly ! Yes some impressions are very strong ! And it always make me smile when I recall seeing an actor in another drama before...

Yes we will know for sure in the second half of the drama !

The actor who plays Moon's father is the one who played Tae Joo's father in life on mars ^^ This actor often plays the father lololol This is kind of strange to me because I aways remember him to be a con man in Life on mars (I think I am not the only one but sometimes I just can't forget a character and think it is the same, don't know if I make sense but what I means is remember him as Tae Joo's father and not as Moon's father)

I am a bit suprised how the drama is not slow, I was afraid they would drag the plot but it is not at all the case, I am glad.