I'm the clown for believing to the end that Tae-seo's mother saved him after he was stabbed and faked his death so he could leave Joseon and start a new life abroad. I kept expecting a reveal scene to show he was alive, but they really just killed off the best character in the drama!!!
Terrible drama. Irredeemable, infuriating, tyrannical and small-minded parents on both sides, mediocre main couple, draggy plot, doormat FL, and the only interesting side couple didn't end up together because apparently it's unacceptable for Korean family dramas to show a single mother choosing a hot younger bachelor over the selfish and unreliable biological father of her child, if he's gracious enough to show an interest in her years after abandoning her. Conservative "family values" propaganda with no upshot from start to finish.
Based on the preview for ep. 3, I think there will be multiple couples and his romantic interest is going to be…
I also hope there will be no love triangle, but we’ll see. I think the crown prince will get another love interest besides the FL, but he also seems interested in her so far, so it may start out as a love triangle/square.
is byeon woo seok the sml here or are there gonna be two couples?
Based on the preview for ep. 3, I think there will be multiple couples and his romantic interest is going to be the hairpin thief girl. He is still the second male lead, though? You don’t need a love triangle to have second leads.
Can anyone summarize or explain the backstory of the crown prince ? ( Which was shown when 2 common man were talking…
The rumour is that the crown prince’s mother poisoned the previous crown prince in order to help her own son and had the previous crown prince’s mother OR the king’s favourite concubine—not sure if they’re the same person—killed.
The crown prince is angry when he hears people spreading this rumour, but his cold behaviour toward his mother when she comes to see him at the shooting range and the dreams he has about his dead half-brother seem to indicate he feels responsible for his half-brother’s death and deep down also believes his mother killed him.
I hope this drama happens. It sounds fun and ridiculous in an old-school kdrama way and I like both main leads. Fingers crossed they don’t shelve it in favour of another rich housewife makjang/‘healing romance’ or whatever.
So I check screenwriter and he wrote police university too " shudder". Now I'm scared lol.
Screenwriters can have very diverse resumes... but I will say if they pull the timeskip-in-the-final-episode stunt once, you can't trust them ever, so I too am concerned.
Umm, why is Dilraba acting in a similar role again?
Everyone saying it's not a similar role like doing a bunch of pseudo-historical romances about girlbosses falling in love with princes while pursuing revenge for their dead families can be spun as pushing the envelope just because the girlbosses in question have "different personalities" lol.
I did enjoy The Long Ballad and think I'll like Legend of Anle even more because the male lead is a better actor, but Dilraba is absolutely getting typecast at this point. "Different" means doing e.g. a modern crime drama, not having "a completely different end goal for revenge" or whatever.
Gao Bingzhu and Wu Siyue’s scenes together have gotten even more intense and angsty since he joined the Intelligence Service. I want more interactions between them—and they need to have an honest conversation about their feelings! I really want them to get a happy ending.
The Yao Niang/16th Night reveal was awesome. A total shock, and the dramatic showdown with GBZ was well done. As someone else said, though, I still find An Beitan suspicious… Frankly, I also find the prince in charge of the Intelligence Service a little sus. I don’t think he’s part of the Four Seasons Divine, but I think he may be revealed to have his own goals separate from the Empress at some point.
I hate sad endings, but I love good romantic melos... and Kim Kyung-nam and Ahn Eun-jin are serving Just Between Lovers sexy sad vibes in the teaser and promos... so I'm ready to be hurt...
I'm 7 episodes in and I'm really liking this drama. Gotta say, though... the Baili Hongyi/Liu Ran and Yuehua/Gao Bingzhu dynamics definitely have romantic undertones. (Not complaining at all, just pointing it out since it's not in the tags.)
Is this actually that good, or is the rating inflated by hardcore Yibo fans? Don't get me wrong, I like him just…
It's a very good drama, kind of like a cross between The Longest Day in Chang'an and Rise of Phoenixes or something. (The Longest Day in Chang'an is clearly a big inspiration here and that's probably my favourite historical cdrama and massively underrated on MDL.) Beautiful shots, suspenseful plot, interesting/intelligent characters and mystery.
This drama has some flaws, but it's still my favorite weekend drama out of the many I've watched because it avoids so many of the usual issues with this genre. The ML's mother likes the FL and supports her, the FL is not a damsel in distress--she's not clumsy, plucky, passive or any of the other gendered stereotypes kdramas love, but instead remains a real grown-up person who is strong, fierce and kind from beginning to end--the SML, who's been the FL's best friend all her life, is just a friend to her and has his own romantic interest without getting in the way of the main couple, the drama doesn't fill the last 10-20 episodes with the main couple living with the ML's parents and the FL doing chores, in fact the FL doesn't allow anyone to belittle her, and the villains get their comeuppance in the end.
I loved the main couple's dynamic and was touched by the ML's devotion, and the secondary couple was also really sympathetic. In general, the romantic tension was top notch even if it was very melodramatic at times.
Basically, this drama is one of the best representatives of its genre and I wish there were more like it being made nowadays instead of the played-out formula of a big family with several adult children who have different love lives and don't appreciate their parents' sacrifices or whatever.
MASSIVE SPOILERS FOR THE WHOLE DRAMA AHEAD:The FL's mother was having an affair with the ML's father and had visited…
You know what... that makes a lot more sense lol. I hated his character so much I must have zoned out during the flashback scenes. Thanks for the correction!
Judging by the trailer it looks different than other Chinese dramas( which have cold, arrogant, rich male lead…
Watch Remembrance of Things Past and Octogenarian and the 90s if you're looking for more realistic, psychologically deep, slice-of-life romance in cdramas. They both tackle serious subjects like mental health and grief as well.
Not sure why people say the main couple got an open ending. Their story isn't resolved with a wedding, true, but it ends on a pretty definitive note. Do-kyung finds Ji-an abroad and asks her to be in a long-distance relationship with him until she returns to Korea and she agrees! We can imagine the rest from there.
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The crown prince is angry when he hears people spreading this rumour, but his cold behaviour toward his mother when she comes to see him at the shooting range and the dreams he has about his dead half-brother seem to indicate he feels responsible for his half-brother’s death and deep down also believes his mother killed him.
I did enjoy The Long Ballad and think I'll like Legend of Anle even more because the male lead is a better actor, but Dilraba is absolutely getting typecast at this point. "Different" means doing e.g. a modern crime drama, not having "a completely different end goal for revenge" or whatever.
The Yao Niang/16th Night reveal was awesome. A total shock, and the dramatic showdown with GBZ was well done. As someone else said, though, I still find An Beitan suspicious… Frankly, I also find the prince in charge of the Intelligence Service a little sus. I don’t think he’s part of the Four Seasons Divine, but I think he may be revealed to have his own goals separate from the Empress at some point.
I loved the main couple's dynamic and was touched by the ML's devotion, and the secondary couple was also really sympathetic. In general, the romantic tension was top notch even if it was very melodramatic at times.
Basically, this drama is one of the best representatives of its genre and I wish there were more like it being made nowadays instead of the played-out formula of a big family with several adult children who have different love lives and don't appreciate their parents' sacrifices or whatever.
That said... Kamisaka, a virgin? Ha! He has way too much game for me to believe that.