Bloom C

After pissing me off the whole season, how dare the writers sweeten me up with so much lovey scenes??????

You might try reading my comment again and please remind me where I said his actions were acceaptible. I think its perfectly reasonable that my criticism of the FL do not equate to praise of the ML. Its weird that connection was made when that was far from what my comment was asserting..

Everyone has a good reason to lie to people and expect no accountablities for their lies. That is not how the world works. Regardless of the reason, a lie is a lie. He didnt know the reason she was lying so naturally he is not going to trust her.

She did seduce him by telling him she married him because she fell for him when he tried to poison her with a truth serum. She also made it seem like she took an arrow for him out of love so he can fall for her. Her actions were very focus on him lowering his guard so she can have some level of control of him. She has said this herself at mutiple times.

She doesnt have to accept him, I would honestly prefer they never end up together. Its just her attitude towards him that makes him seem like a villain from the start when to him she clearly inserted herself in his life when he didnt want her there .

This is where I drop this drama. I know the FL has led a tragic life but she is acting like she didnt trick the ML into marriage to use him to save her brother and lied to him the whole time they knew each other. She also pulled some tricks to get him to fall for her so she can have leverage on him. So I don't see why she is acting like this.
Yes people tend to not trust you when you lie to them regardless of how tragic of a life you lived. Im a little exhausted trying to give her grace, it shouldnt be this much work to understand a fictional character.

Too bad the story seemed really interesting at first.

I agree, it started off interesting and easy to follow but lost its way doing too much in one go. They have a misunderstanding then she has amnesia and then the third prince plot twists.

ahh gotcha.

Ive seen childish married people all over social media in these modern times so i am lost on the correlation between time period and my points on human brain development and erikson's stages of development.
its heavily backed psychoscience

At her age the FL doesnt even have a fully developed frontal cortex.
She is a child herself and children achieve cognitive emotional development largely through mirroring from those around them.
She was abused throughout her lifespan while isolated from her family, upon reunion was schemed against, just as she forms a bond with her mother she is lost in her arms.
Furthermore she is at the Erikson's Identity vs. Role Confusion stage of development based on her experiences thus far it makes sense that she would have difficulty building relationships.
Im actually impressed that she is able to function at her current level.

She needs time to see the world is safe enough to be vulnerable enough to grow attached to others and show love again.

I highly disagree with this point, it is misogyny. If her character was a male feeling uncomfortable to the affections of the little girl, there would be no expectations that he would be fatherly and reciprocating. Yes fathers and mothers have an obligation to show love to their child.
But society has always had different expectations on the bond between a child and mother vs a child and a father. There is a higher degree of expectation for women to be affectionate and nurturing than there is for men.
This expectation in this case is projected to step mothers, or else they are seen as evil cold cinderella stepmom archetypes.

To want love so much that you betray the people who support and love you is unforgivable regardless of trauma. She is dangerous to keep around.

The bestie's reaction to me shows they will have a hard time in the future.

The life of a woman in old times really was difficult on all levels. Makes me appreciate the rights and privileges I have now. This drama is a reminder of how much I need to be good to myself so I dont give evil people a chance to harm me.

I found it unacceptable that he wanted to force himself on her because she rejected him. His violence towards her alone to me makes him a villain.
This is why when he sees her now and gets all heart eyed and woe is me I feel disgust.

SK president declared Martial Law and the military took over the country for a couple of country including the media. Parliament defied it and met to rule against it pressuring the president to cancel Martial Law. Im not 100% but there may be calls for him to be removed as president.

OMG even ZJR's servant/bodyguard has more sense that him. Nevermind a concubine DW is not even fit to be madam of a noble home. The idea of marrying into a noble family in those times is suffocating. Locked up in your courtyard and needing approval to leave.
Let the girl travel with her friends, design, and have her own business.
He's always trying to tame the girl its so annoying.

I actually like ZJR even his interactions with YZJ. The only time I don't like him is when he interacts with DW. I wonder if he likes her because she follows his guidance and he wants to keep it that way? Does anyone know their characters' age difference?

I was so proud of her on the boat scene where she was like a boss with the two thieves and his reaction was like "Oh no! Why! be sweet and innocent!"

She is basically a baby, a survivor of abuse who is hardly exposed to the world and is only learning about the toxicity of people and their selfishness. Rather than have her learn to independently protect herself and learn from her experiences naturally his reaction is like "You don't have the same level of protection that I have nor the privileges I enjoy but I want you to stay innocent and uncorrupted."

They need like a 3 year separation where she can grow into her own without him suppressing her evolution like he does.

In addition to all of that, i'm not fully aware of the family structures but I bet as noble and an official his goal is to climb up through the ranks kissing up to the official ladies, learning etiquette, royal court drama and traps, mothers in laws, concubines the who shabang.

Dang that would be depressing

I thought this at the beginning of the series when he said he would teach him how to eliminate the reincarnation cycle.

Poor ZYZ during the group hug, that scene is symbolic of how his life will always be like. '

At this point the only happy ending is ZYZ successfully dying and being reunited with his sister. The FL at this point does not really deserve him even as a friend or colleague. ZYC deserves him more than she does. My baby has already been suffering, even if the menacing energy is healed it doesn't bring back the dead nor resolve the regret, no one will ever fully understand him and love him without prejudice.

The only one I hope I will see cry is ZYC maybe sister Pei, everyone better act like their world is now better without him because that group hug really upset me

Many will do better after realizing that many people in the comments are still in high school and cant realistically understand the choices made by the characters due to difference in generational mindsets.