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The actors playing the younger versions had way better chemistry than the adults did and they just made sense. Felt promising in the beginning. I got a bit fed up with the same:

There's no going back once you have seen too much. That got to me because in reality we live in a world where many sex offenders get treated like school bullies being sent to the principals office and they get more second chances at life than the countless SA survivers do. Untreated trauma more often than not goes on for the rest of a survivers life and nothing will ever be the same again. Meanwhile prison sentences do nothing more that temporarily hide the problem and let predators brew.

"There are laws, order and social conventions, so I think it's dangerous to take things into one's own hands."
What a scary world entertainers who are in the spotlight live in that they feel the need to point out that their make believe jobs are no reflection of their own values.

There are many ways to read rankings! Cast and crew, I ask you to just hold on a lil longer!
I myself have had this on my estimated bingeworthy dramas of 2024 for quite a while. It's been a struggle but I'm saving this as a much needed special treat. I'm starting a day or two before the final weekend episodes air. High hopes indeed

in this era of nonstop WTF moments we live in
the world still manages to find baffling ways to blow my mind

so, he is "showing a lack of awareness"
not "showing a lack of remorse" which is a more common phrasing when sentencing criminals
so he gets the same treatment as celebrites who drug and rape countless women
but worse
yes I know the rule is: only k-nets are entitled to have opinions in the matter

Beautiful film! Crying, but it deserves all the praise. She got the much needed final piece to their love story even it took a while. It made total sense in my eyes. Not a damaged memory anymore.

And yes, I am taking sides emotionally. I can't believe this seasons breakup. They could have gone to therapy. I shouldn't have invested in any other character than that of Yumi's and of her own growth. I should have understood that much from the title of both seasons but so many K-dramas have titles that make no sense at all when one tries to piece them together with the content. Ouch, so brutal.

Out of all the dramas I have watched... this unlikely piece was one of the biggest wtfs!!? If I could go back I wouldn't watch it. Great acting and so many wonderful, good things about it. I binged it. And then I regretted it, deeply. My heart didn't appreciate it at all. Maybe if I had prepared with the source material.. I don't know.

you're not alone!

Will he be anything like Taltal I wonder☺️

my thoughts exactly

So sad.. S1 was so good.. if not a perfect show from beginning to end! 2&3 were both so messed up and incomparable in every regard. It seems like Netflix puts serious effort into setting some of their productions up for certain failure. Maybe they've been so over the show themselves for ages. Not the first time I get that feeling.

Interesting question. First time I watched this it ruined JCW's other work completely for me. I couldn't stand him which obviously just means that he is an extraordiary skilled actor. When I finally got over how much I hated his character in EK I started to enjoy his other work again. I still can't quite grasp how a young actor's performance made me hate his character so much (and pity him at times) that it made it hard to seperate him from the real person and his other roles. I knew it at the time but I simply couldn't stand him. Now of course, no problem. I appreciate him even more as an actor who's got some serious range.

But to answer your question.. well I think I answered how I felt back then. I did not see him as an equal. His whining and insecurites made me scream at the screen. She faced a lot of hardships in life and in the palace that could have made her question his loyalty but she handled it differently. When she fell for him she was loyal to him. For some reason the best way she new how to protect him was to keep him out of the loop as she had more experience of survival thinking and he had a past of unresolved abandonment issues. I don't know, but from start to finish I could not buy her ending up loving him. I know we were supposed to see him as her true love but they failed.

Wang Yu on the other hand? No, I couldn't feel it really. I mean, sure it was sad now and then but I equally disliked the 2 ML as her true love/partner in life. Very little to say about him and his gang really. At times I just wanted to ffw when they started their sketch comedy or Wang Yu started reminisce accompanied to that nostalgic music. But I loved his last encounters with Maha.

Well done on the acting though. I feel the same way years later as I did the first time around. If anything has changed it would that I am a tiny bit more forgiving regarding the emperor. But not enough..

Which brings me up to the wild card that broke my heart but the show wouldn't have been as great as it was without him. Of course, I too fell for Taltal.

Master of masking his emotions with an intruiging mind goes about his day to help and advice his uncle. But then the universe just had to make him meet his equal at the same time as a chaotic power struggle between anyone and everyone was taking place and a lot of people looked to him for answers. Oh, come on! Can't a guy just have a lucky break once in a while?

He cares little about glory and he cares about the wellbeing of others (without displaying it of course).
While all this was happening he was hit with a meteorite of new feelings. Even when that confused and his heart wanting things he couldn't have he was loyal to her because he could look past his personal feelings because mostly he agreed with her worldview.
The emperor and the king however were so blinded by love and obsession that they would bet their kingdoms only to have her. Ok, maybe they wouldn't go that far but there were moments when it seemed like they could go to war because of a heat of the moment type of thing.
Taltal however, he was consistent in behaviour, principles and putting his personal feelings aside. Some argue that it was more of brother/sister relationship because of the way they mirrored eachother I suppose. I strongly beg to differ. If my brother ever behaved like Taltal towards me I would ask him to please move to a different continent. I would still be his sister but you know.. the endless stolen gazes and childlike smiles in the dark aren't natural behaviours between siblings.

All in all I feel the same today as I did then. I had no preferred leading male character. Supporting role.. sigh.. what and injustice to a fictional drama and plausible couple that has nothing to do with what actually happened. All talk about them being equals and the only ones that understood eachother.. there was also their chemistry. If everthing I felt between TalNyang was unintentional so be it. Tell me I am wrong and I will keep my version in my head.
Final note. If love was ever something she had thought of to begin with, had she met Taltal first - game over.

… Haeina, Heaina 🫠
Don't dream it's over

This has layers. Watch it and wait a lil bit and then rewatch it. It's a freaking onion.

Glad I'm not alone!

You really showed me that you are not a one dimensional actor. The Atypical Family was an unexpected joy for me and it made the absence of really good K-dramas this year that much more apparent. Let me be cheezy by saying that you sir are an onion and I can't wait for your next role.

Full circle, no?

Perfect from beginning to end. Future sad days, meet you foe!

This drama is so out of this world charming!
Against my will my mind is re-evaluating past favorite dramas.
Is this a charity? Why did I give out tens so generously?
I'm literally dumbfounded! Please don't break my heart today...