Kathryn_51

After watching Cha Eun Woo in Wonderfools, I decided to try this out. It was cringey from the beginning and I thought - have kdramas improved that much in 6 years.

And then realized it's a highschool drama and they are totally different from adult rom-coms. It has a decent message about "beauty", especially in light of Korean obsession with beauty perfection (not to mention global obsession with Korean products/skin treatments, etc). hoping it gets better - and Cha Eun Woo has got that stoic/icy persona down to a T.

Edit: Well, I finished, but it was a struggle w/lots of FF- had to remind myself that the 16 episode drama was standard back in 2020 because after the requisite bickering/arguing and then 1st kiss, viewer had to sit through happy/break-up/happy/break-up/happy/medical emergency - noble break-up/2 years later. The message was good, especially the anti-bullying but 12 episodes with just one major break-up would have been better. 7⭐- and only because the two leads were charming and unique.

I don't know if we will ever see the face of Joseon Queen, but if we do, I think it will be Mo Taehee.

No, no, no. . . I'm sorry, but I believe the intro proves that Dam-shin traveled ONCE and only once. There's nothing there to indicate a swap. Dam-sin dies (the tear), many moons later she/her soul (dressed in her royal concubine clothes) parachuted into the modern era(look at the clothes).

Dam-sin had to die in order to live, according to the shaman. I'm pretty sure they are going to reincarnation (not soul possession), in other words, Dam-sin's soul was reincarnated when Seo-ri was born. But her memories didn't surface until Seo-ri collapsed (perhaps even died) during filming.

I'll be disappointed if they go the Two Separate Souls route, that is soul possession or soul swap.

ahhhh, okay. The reason I asked is that according to the SBS website, there was a fire in Joseon times that killed the ML's oldest brother (not the King/Crown Prince Mondo).

I suggest that everyone re-watch the intro. Many, many times - frame by frame. It's all there, beginning with a tear.

I rushed through today's episode - was there a fire in Se-gye's dreams?

I first saw her in "Nice not to Meet You" and really enjoyed her performance. That's why I put this drama on my watchlist - she is incredibly versatile.

I began this drama because of the quote "love-hate" unquote relationship which has sadly been missing for the most part, but this pre-release demonstrates it perfectly. Arguing, squabbling, bickering over who will control the remote. And Mr. Son? Honestly, he should have "main role" designation because his character is so pivotal to the humor.

Crazy Love has one of the most chaotic couples ever. Still one of my top 5 kdramas.

I think that either Ji-hyo or the "blind date" will turn out to be the Joseon Queen. At first I thought no, can't be since Dam-shin would recognize her, but actually, it's not likely that the Royal Concubine would ever be near the Queen, is it? I don't know my Joseon etiquette/protocol that well.

It's pretty simple - the cousin is evil and he wants to inherit the Chail Corporation - he wants power/money.

She eventually became a Royal Concubine - which probably means she went thru rigorous training in speaking, proper royal etiquette, etc.

I don't think parents killing parents is very relative to the modern era. Mon-do is a "distant" cousin and we already know that he is evil, no need to drag the parents into it.

However, in the Joseon era [future spoiler] he did kill his eldest brother (the Crown Prince) in a fire.

Please mark this as Spoiler. 😊

I enjoyed it and binged over 2 days. , although I FF'd thru some of the tense, comic-horror moments.

ML is probably the most powerful. No real romance (as in "I love you"), but definitely a connection between the two leads. Ending implies that a Season2 is possible.

Thanks for sharing - should be fun. I don't do Tik-tok or IG, but thanks to you, I searched and found it on X:

https://x.com/SBSNOW/status/2057627505494769933

She was charged with several crimes, including the "attempt" to kill the prince and the Queen. After she died, the king said something like: "now that the pus is removed, no need to cut off the leg." But I've watched enough kdramas (altho not as many as you) to know that some lines are throw-away/meaningless. I do think the newscast mentioned above IS important since it was mentioned during celestial events mirroring 300 years ago. And all 3 statements - the "message", the "story" and the "meaning" refer to a man and were said when Se-gye was listening.

I believe the critical words (in the news broadcast) were that the "story" (i.e. myth, fable) of the sun-shower was "message from the heart that was never conveyed ." My bet - purely speculation - is that the Joseon ML never told her he loved her, thus it would be wrong if he were to feel betrayed.

Correct. The historical (real) Jang Huibin was accused of plotting against the Queen (after Jang was demoted back to Royal Concubine status and the Queen was reinstated), using witchcraft and in addition, her family was part of major political faction battling for influence. Over 1000 people (Jang's family, her courtiers and palace staff, etc) were killed in the purge.

I don't think we'll see that level in this drama because fiction and reality diverge in some critical areas.

I started this last night to fill in the week before My Royal Nemesis. Thought I would watch 1-2 episodes before going to bed. Three hours later (midnight) I was well into watching Ep. 5 before calling it quits for the night. I usually don't mind waiting a week to watch the next episodes, but in this drama I HAD to keep watching the next episode.

Which is why I stopped in the middle of Ep. 5, lol.