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First Royal Impression
Three heirs, one throne. In this dangerous competition for the throne of Emmaly, a forbidden romance is about to blossom between the hidden prince and a royal guard and no one is safe when heart and duty clashes in this fight for the throne. Who will be the next prince? Ahhh, I'm so seated for this plot. Also, the grand scale of this drama just called everyone a peasant, and you know what... fair. Cuz, HOLY IMPRESSIVE GRAND QUALITY ROYALTY!! Can y'all spell Budget?
First off, Khanin, child, why is you saying no to being a prince? If someone told me I was a prince in this economy, I'd have been like: 'A prince prince? With my whole castle and everything prince? Dude, say less, I'm in.' No, really, they don't even have tell me the name of the country or nothing. Matter fact, just point me in the direction of where it is, and I'll walk there myself. This child was out there sobbing and wailing and angry. Understandable giving everything, but like, the title came with a hunky handsome royal guard. Nah fam, if he don't want it, I volunteer as tribute. This child playing with his blessings.
Honestly, I’m so impressed and stunned by how grand this drama is. Like, imma need us all to stop saying "it’s a Thai bl drama, what did you expect?" when it comes to quality cuz HELLO are you seeing this with your eyeballs, Susan?? Everything from the outfits, locations, set designs, music to the cast is so beautifully done and detailed to perfection. The grand-ness-ness is majestic as hell. And this is coming from Domundi, you know, leader of giving us meh and cringe. Them delivering this level of quality have me shock. If not for anything imma need this to win every production award ever cuz, hello!
Anyway, I went into this with high expectations, no really, I was chanting, 'please don't suck, please don't embarrass me and my ancestors, we've waited years for this,' cuz I was so hyped for it. Funny though, at first I didn't have any expectations, cuz I saw the first pictures of Charan and Khanin in those royal outfit that looked like they were purchased from temu and went, wow that's the look we going with huh? But thank the fuck they actually took their time and delivered this final project, cuz I enjoyed every moment of this episode. My condolences and congratulations to all those who waited 3 whole arse years. I feel your pain. But the wait was so worth it!
FIRST IMPRESSION
This show in short is about an average guy who finds out he's a prince and is thrown into the fight for the throne. And there's fencing. It's a different plot from the many high school bls we've been getting so already it's a win in my book.
Not gonna lie, I have no idea what fencing is about, but from the little we saw it seems you just poke your pointy stick thingy at the other's head and then they poke back, and some dude shuts something in french, so yeah, sports and stuff. Good for Khanin...Kenneth for winning, yaaay...confetti.
What I liked:
-- How easy it was to understand the backstory of the fictional kingdom of Emmaly.
-- The rich, royal and beautiful aesthetics and overall regal aura. My eyes were blessed from the little glimpse of the royal kingdom we saw. Everything about this drama screams MONEY. The budget was indeed budgeting.
-- Charan on the horse. Charan in that bathrobe. Don't asking me the color of nothing about what that scene was about, they knew what theys was doing putting him in that robe, and frankly, I respect that.
-- The fight scene was really well done and beautiful shot too, mostly I skip them, but I stayed through all the fancy poses and grunts. It was giving high budget action scene.
-- Loved how unimpressed Charan was during that fencing match. He was like, are y'all being real right now? Lol.
-- That first meeting between Khanin and Charan. But like, did that handsome guard have to humble Khanin like that? I'm loving the banter between them so far, so very much.
-- 'He's your type.'
-- That one kiss that basically means Khanin is married now. Lmao, I'm asking people what kisses mean in their countries from now on. Though, looking at Charan... on second thought, some mistakes are worth it. Congratulations on the forever bond Khanin. I was laughing during the explanation scene with the father, lmao that awkward drinking water part, stop child, you gonna pop.
-- Khanin breaking down when he learned that his father wasn't his biological dad. His emotions were so raw. I got emotional when Khanin's father bowed down to him and put that distance between them. Understandable that he broke down in tears and begged him to stay being his father. Seems we gonna need tissues for this show.
-- Khanin saying no to being a prince and giving me Princess Mia vibes.
-- Khanin and that vase, lol XD.
-- The overall enemies to lovers tropes I'm getting from the leads. I can't wait to see how it plays out, cuz you know it's gonna be good when they start off not liking each other.
What I was hmm on:
-- Nunew's english was so nice and pretty. Zee's improvement surprised me too and I was very happy hearing them hold it down. But that one friend who looked like delicious dessert and sounded like burnt popcorn though... dude why? And it’s not even the accent but the dialogue itself. Who wrote that dialogue, cuz it added to the stiff awkwardness of it all.
-- The obvious ad placement. Hopefully we don't get just an obvious ad placement in the royal setting cuz that would be unfortunate. Can you imagine them trying to sell seaweed snack during the coronation ceremony? Thanks for the sponsorship that gave us this high production, but I'll legit cry if they ruin the regal aura with obvious ads.
-- The episode was too short, release everything you've filmed now ^^
What I'm looking forward to:
- The competition for the throne! Can't watch for the royal intrigue and backstabbing, it's gonna be amazing. I'll make popcorn and wine while watching.
- The beautiful aesthetics of the sets. I am ready to immerse myself in this royal aura.
- Meeting the other cast members and seeing what they bring to the table. From the trailer they are all about to give us drama, and I am seated for the ride.
- How Khanin and Charan goes from guard and prince to lovers. It's probably gonna hurt, but that's what tissues are for.
- How Khanin adjusts to being a prince, living in the castle and coming to Emmaly. It's gonna be interesting seeing how he adjust to the change in status and meeting his new family after losing his current one.
- Who is after Khanin now and why.
- The coronation, it looked so beautiful in the trailer and oh, that dance between Charan and Khanin. Oh, and the outfits and the butler and the... you know what, I am looking forward to everything. ^^
Overall, the first episode was an exposition, ground work, slow pace but still setting the scene for what is coming next. It did a good job introducing us to the main character's current background, which is gonna help us understand the vast change when he arrives in Emmaly. Novel readers would be happy seeing the story comes to life. I was when I saw Zee and Nunew brought their characters to life, made me emotional, they embodied them so well. Perhaps it would have felt more complete as an opening if they'd released the first two episodes at once, but this just makes me wanna tune in next week, so we good. Also, it's a huge win Domundi didn't give us any of their signature dumb sound effects and childish nonsense, so I cheer.
All-in-all, I'm very excited for this drama and highly recommend it to all bl lovers. We are starting with 8 stars and see where we go from there. Looking forward to the rest of the episodes.
Enjoy the show royal subjects of Emmaly.
First off, Khanin, child, why is you saying no to being a prince? If someone told me I was a prince in this economy, I'd have been like: 'A prince prince? With my whole castle and everything prince? Dude, say less, I'm in.' No, really, they don't even have tell me the name of the country or nothing. Matter fact, just point me in the direction of where it is, and I'll walk there myself. This child was out there sobbing and wailing and angry. Understandable giving everything, but like, the title came with a hunky handsome royal guard. Nah fam, if he don't want it, I volunteer as tribute. This child playing with his blessings.
Honestly, I’m so impressed and stunned by how grand this drama is. Like, imma need us all to stop saying "it’s a Thai bl drama, what did you expect?" when it comes to quality cuz HELLO are you seeing this with your eyeballs, Susan?? Everything from the outfits, locations, set designs, music to the cast is so beautifully done and detailed to perfection. The grand-ness-ness is majestic as hell. And this is coming from Domundi, you know, leader of giving us meh and cringe. Them delivering this level of quality have me shock. If not for anything imma need this to win every production award ever cuz, hello!
Anyway, I went into this with high expectations, no really, I was chanting, 'please don't suck, please don't embarrass me and my ancestors, we've waited years for this,' cuz I was so hyped for it. Funny though, at first I didn't have any expectations, cuz I saw the first pictures of Charan and Khanin in those royal outfit that looked like they were purchased from temu and went, wow that's the look we going with huh? But thank the fuck they actually took their time and delivered this final project, cuz I enjoyed every moment of this episode. My condolences and congratulations to all those who waited 3 whole arse years. I feel your pain. But the wait was so worth it!
FIRST IMPRESSION
This show in short is about an average guy who finds out he's a prince and is thrown into the fight for the throne. And there's fencing. It's a different plot from the many high school bls we've been getting so already it's a win in my book.
Not gonna lie, I have no idea what fencing is about, but from the little we saw it seems you just poke your pointy stick thingy at the other's head and then they poke back, and some dude shuts something in french, so yeah, sports and stuff. Good for Khanin...Kenneth for winning, yaaay...confetti.
What I liked:
-- How easy it was to understand the backstory of the fictional kingdom of Emmaly.
-- The rich, royal and beautiful aesthetics and overall regal aura. My eyes were blessed from the little glimpse of the royal kingdom we saw. Everything about this drama screams MONEY. The budget was indeed budgeting.
-- Charan on the horse. Charan in that bathrobe. Don't asking me the color of nothing about what that scene was about, they knew what theys was doing putting him in that robe, and frankly, I respect that.
-- The fight scene was really well done and beautiful shot too, mostly I skip them, but I stayed through all the fancy poses and grunts. It was giving high budget action scene.
-- Loved how unimpressed Charan was during that fencing match. He was like, are y'all being real right now? Lol.
-- That first meeting between Khanin and Charan. But like, did that handsome guard have to humble Khanin like that? I'm loving the banter between them so far, so very much.
-- 'He's your type.'
-- That one kiss that basically means Khanin is married now. Lmao, I'm asking people what kisses mean in their countries from now on. Though, looking at Charan... on second thought, some mistakes are worth it. Congratulations on the forever bond Khanin. I was laughing during the explanation scene with the father, lmao that awkward drinking water part, stop child, you gonna pop.
-- Khanin breaking down when he learned that his father wasn't his biological dad. His emotions were so raw. I got emotional when Khanin's father bowed down to him and put that distance between them. Understandable that he broke down in tears and begged him to stay being his father. Seems we gonna need tissues for this show.
-- Khanin saying no to being a prince and giving me Princess Mia vibes.
-- Khanin and that vase, lol XD.
-- The overall enemies to lovers tropes I'm getting from the leads. I can't wait to see how it plays out, cuz you know it's gonna be good when they start off not liking each other.
What I was hmm on:
-- Nunew's english was so nice and pretty. Zee's improvement surprised me too and I was very happy hearing them hold it down. But that one friend who looked like delicious dessert and sounded like burnt popcorn though... dude why? And it’s not even the accent but the dialogue itself. Who wrote that dialogue, cuz it added to the stiff awkwardness of it all.
-- The obvious ad placement. Hopefully we don't get just an obvious ad placement in the royal setting cuz that would be unfortunate. Can you imagine them trying to sell seaweed snack during the coronation ceremony? Thanks for the sponsorship that gave us this high production, but I'll legit cry if they ruin the regal aura with obvious ads.
-- The episode was too short, release everything you've filmed now ^^
What I'm looking forward to:
- The competition for the throne! Can't watch for the royal intrigue and backstabbing, it's gonna be amazing. I'll make popcorn and wine while watching.
- The beautiful aesthetics of the sets. I am ready to immerse myself in this royal aura.
- Meeting the other cast members and seeing what they bring to the table. From the trailer they are all about to give us drama, and I am seated for the ride.
- How Khanin and Charan goes from guard and prince to lovers. It's probably gonna hurt, but that's what tissues are for.
- How Khanin adjusts to being a prince, living in the castle and coming to Emmaly. It's gonna be interesting seeing how he adjust to the change in status and meeting his new family after losing his current one.
- Who is after Khanin now and why.
- The coronation, it looked so beautiful in the trailer and oh, that dance between Charan and Khanin. Oh, and the outfits and the butler and the... you know what, I am looking forward to everything. ^^
Overall, the first episode was an exposition, ground work, slow pace but still setting the scene for what is coming next. It did a good job introducing us to the main character's current background, which is gonna help us understand the vast change when he arrives in Emmaly. Novel readers would be happy seeing the story comes to life. I was when I saw Zee and Nunew brought their characters to life, made me emotional, they embodied them so well. Perhaps it would have felt more complete as an opening if they'd released the first two episodes at once, but this just makes me wanna tune in next week, so we good. Also, it's a huge win Domundi didn't give us any of their signature dumb sound effects and childish nonsense, so I cheer.
All-in-all, I'm very excited for this drama and highly recommend it to all bl lovers. We are starting with 8 stars and see where we go from there. Looking forward to the rest of the episodes.
Enjoy the show royal subjects of Emmaly.
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