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I'm genuinely confused as to why so many people are coming for the drama lol

It sounds like a slice of life

Obviously they're not playing high schoolers. By the synopsis alone, they're adults. What high schooler runs a bookstore?

8th prince was so messed up lol how could you like him even though he was nice in the beginning?

I understand where the person comes from. Yes, 2 years sounds like a long time, but if you just live your life normally every day it'll pass by in no time

Same here. I really wish they could complete the story but I doubt we'll ever get a season 2

After not remembering too much, I kinda want to rewatch it. What I will never forget is how the drama made me feel, though. It was so painful, watching legit felt like it was giving me a heart attack. It just hurt so much omg. Took a physical toll on my body. Seeing this from a person that has rewatched it, kinda scared lol but I might just watch it one last time

I wouldn't believe it if I was told they didn't. They were just WAY too close for it to not be real and not hurt each other faking it. I'd be more surprised if they didn't than if they did

[I know this is crazy long but wow I just have so much to say]

I first found out about the film through a recommendation list. The person that listed it actually said they knew what happened and that was exactly why they were never going to watch it. They had said it would have been too much for them. Knowing myself, I decided to look into the storyline and I thought I had it all figured out. I read multiple reviews, comments, etc. I thought I had my feelings towards characters figured out and honestly, I was so wrong.

I finally decided to watch it myself and I am forming opinions vastly different than what I had initially thought. I'm not even halfway through (I'll update as I watch) but I thought I would feel so bad for the King and be upset with Hong Rim and maybe even the Queen but I understand what so many other people were saying now. As much as I love a good LGBT romance, what the King and Hong Rim had wasn't love - on either side.

I'm sure I'll have more to say once I've finished it but as much as I tried to cut the King some slack, I couldn't fully acknowledge his relationship with Hong Rim as good. I'm 17 and watching the scenes of the young King and young Hong Rim made me compare it to if I had gone after a 6th grader and the thought of that quite frankly disgusts me. Hong Rim was literally groomed and didn't have a chance to discover his sexuality for himself. I feel bad for the King because I'm sure it was very hard being homosexual in such a time period. He obviously chose Hong Rim based on his reply. Maybe he was looking for someone he knew would stand by him and so he began to favorite Hong Rim. The King was young in a time where his feelings were seen as unacceptable but he didn't go about dealing with them in a healthy way. I don't even think what he felt for Hong Rim could truly be considered love. To me, it was like an obsession. (I can't find the right word. Not crazy obsession, not lust, but not love either) For Hong Rim, I don't believe it was actually love. He felt strongly for the King but in terms of romantic love, what they had wasn't it and that became very clear when he fell for the Queen. And once Hong Rim started to fall for the Queen it went downhill from there. I believe Hong Rim's new experience helped him find a new part of himself, though I struggle to see if he simply felt good having sex with her or if he truly loved her. Maybe I'll understand once I watch more. I took a sociology class that specialized in marriage, family and relationships so I'm trying to look it things from all sides. I bring up their sexual connection because obviously he never really talked to the Queen or got to know her at first. At first, it was the sex that made him fall for her.

[Edit] From my point of view, I'm not sure if what either the Queen or Hong Rim felt was love or not. She fell pretty hard for him too and then they started having more sex and meeting in the library. I kind of feel like on the Queen's part, she finally had such a vulnerable connection with Hong Rim and that fueled what she felt because she didn't do any of that stuff with the King. The same can apply to Hong Rim. Though he already had such a connection with the King, theirs was different because it wasn't really a choice for Hong Rim. The easiest way to describe it is to just put it all under the term "grooming." For that reason alone, I'm not sure Hong Rim can actually feel love properly. It was cute that they gave each other gifts. Their relationship moved slow-ish in terms of emotions instead of just the sex. The one thing I strongly disliked, though I understand, is how Hong Rim changed as the affair went on. One thing I always hate is cheating and though I understand the Queen and Hong Rim's situation, it only adds salt to the wound. As Hong Rim fell more for the Queen, I think he started to realize that his "love" for the King wasn't actually love. Before I watched, I assumed that Hong Rim saying "No" to the King asking if he ever loved him was said in anger and pure emotions from the fight. I guessed that he said it to upset him maybe but as I am watching, I don't think that was the case.

[Edit] Starting a new paragraph lol. Okay so I'm just about half way through and I'm still not sure whether I see the Queen and Hong Rim's relationship as genuine or not. All they have been doing is having sex. They barely talk and during the first time they actually talk, she tells him that she hated him and then gave him rice cakes and said she loved him like??? So far, I still stand by my point that their love wasn't love and borderlines lust. They felt good with each other. And this is where Hong Rim started to irritate me. When he starts to straight up betray the King. I don't care that Tae-Ahn is the Queen's brother. The King ordered Hong Rim to kill him, for good reason, and he spared that jerk's life. I'm glad the other guy that wanted to start serving the King (even though I'm glad he got rejected) actually killed Tae-Ahn. This is really where Hong Rim started to mess up.
They just kept betraying the King and I feel like at some point, it's like teenagers discovering "love" for the first time. And although castration is extreme, they didn't take the situation completely seriously until the King ordered it.

I'm trying very hard to type this and also avoid spoilers but I just have to say this lol. I get it that it's a drama and a drama needs a good story but Dongbaek irritates me and I'm only on episode 3 goodness. She better not actually be the one to die (I feel like they're not showing the victim's face on purpose even though I know things are starting to add up). Honestly if she is the one to die, I'll be angry because that would mean she's an idiot. She pushed the police away at first and gets bothered when people try to protect her and claims that she doesn't want people around because she wants to protect her son but if she really wanted to do that, she'd move away or something. Haha just saying. She wants to protect Pil-gu and doesn't want people to bother her about it but she's also putting him in danger by not doing anything about it.

Why are they postponed?

I'm sure you've figured out what to do by now, by I'll say this anyway. I don't suggest it. You can skip Bad Romance, but don't skip the first Together With Me.

The entire first half of the last after-credits scene with their dads, I was saying, "Don't let this play out the way that I feel it's going to. DON'T DO IT!" and then when it finally happened, I started SCREECHING and not in a good way...Why would they do that aghhhhhh

It's really not about the director at all. He himself wanted a second season, was completely for one, and even refused to replace Saint. It's all on those managers. We can't do anything

Yeah you should spoiler tag this. Lots of people are talking about it but a lot of us haven't watched the episode yet

Reading all the comments is making me sad. No season 2 and an unsatisfactory ending? I love this show but I kinda wish I didn't watch it simply to avoid these feelings haha. I'm not good when it comes to shows having a bad ending when there will only be one season. For example, Scarlet Heart Ryeo, this one kdrama, had a very sad ending but the second season was supposed to fix it. It was a very good show and I wish they continued it. Same thing here. Great show, but the ending is questionable. Don't get me wrong. I can watch sad shows with heartbreaking endings IF it's befitting. If it has a bad ending because of bad decisions or something of the sort, I don't like it

I can't explain why that's so upsetting but it is. Saint and Perth seemed to be pretty close so it's a shame that their managers couldn't get it together

I wouldn't exactly call that too much of a cliche because of the reason behind it. It's upsetting but not terrible. At least to me. If I'm correct, Pete goes to school in Germany right?

Wtf. I saw someone mentioning a KengklaxTechno scene that people won't want to watch and it was that?!

Wait he seriously confirmed it? But didn't he say that he was all for one and only their managers got in the way?