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hahaha :D well hello Creative Bokami :D Congratulations on completing ice world ;-)

I really don't know what2expect of the ending at the moment, Rita. Anything can happen. I think they showed that they are'n ones to do fan service and will do with the ending what they think fits with the tone of the rest of the drama. Truth be told for EGS and princess I was actually wondering at one point whether their situations wouldn;t reverse for the ending- he could have become paralysed so while she would, i think, eventually, stand on her feet, he proably wouldn't in that case- but would that have been fair to the character? He is a soldier after all.He would go crazy on a wheelchair, unable to be of use.A genuine man of action and feeling. An ending at the height of romanticism would send the wrong message, because I want to believe that evil and barriers can be broken with love and support. so Surely, there must be some hope for them. Drama DID have a sense of balance so far

haha. Yes, I can see your point. No, it definitely doesn't and shouldn't be too fluffy....I can even go so far as to say there is great beauty in this sacrifice and it is very much in character. Such a depth of feeling there, depth of friendship and loyalty. This is true friendship/ love/devolotion/ honour. And he looked so well in uniform too... The cast is simply stellar, I dont think I can ever say that enough. I have already vented my frustrations in ep review, and this was still a part of a little venting. But that aside, they def created a very appealing, lush setting with great characters, for sure, and I also agree the sisters are ones to watch.

And you know what's more curious...the screenwriters of this drama are also named Hong and are ALSO sisters. It is as if they were trying to be the COMPLETE opposies of the other Hong duo!

Yup, I do :D And no matter what I do I can never take him off my favourites :D He's irreplaceable :D It is, isnt it, and changing drama countries can be very positive. I went ahead and watched through episode 19 raw. There are situations I need to uderstand when the subs come but what I saw was enough. I was shaken up and I am really angry but at the same time I can't say that I wasn't prepared for what I saw. As I wrote to you, I could see it coming from my past drama experiences - this type of character usually experiences that thing, as if the writers needed to cast someone so brutally aside. The later scene of the princess was what really broke my heart. I am angry at writers for being cruel and malicious to viewers because what they have done is for me a cliche and an easy way out.I hope the writers will not prove to be completely cycnical jerks in the end, though.

I think there will be new dramas coming to fill that void...Well maybe that something was a change of direction or you just weren't vested enough. When I am not interested I sometimes do not finish a drama either, or rather I stop watching and put it back to plan to watch lists, because I think I may want to watch it later and putting it on hold lost will distract me too much. After that it;s a joy to discover thids drama again, somehow, it;s hw it keeps things fresh for me. But I think this is the next drama I am going to watch - before Queen Inhuyn finishes airing- because I need to recuperate from king2hearts. Maybe something a la Matsuda Shota or from drama recommendations connected with shota's dramas. I would suggest Baby&Me; but you've watched it already :D

heh. Didn't you say you you still had protect the boss to watch? I think that one would be good, either that or hotaru no hikari. it's completely fluffy and silly. Or the Vinyard man, if you can stand han hyo jo. Or Queen Inhyun Man hopefully? Or any other light romantic comedy would probably do, but I havent watched any lately.

Also, Yeona, King2Hearts is worth watching, believe me. There is no fluff there, it's a serious drama with serious progression. I can recommend it for trying at least..it's really good. Hope you will get a chance to see it someday.

As for why I think what I wrote earlier in my drama watching experience one of the lessons was: when a character says hes coming back, he;s not coming back. He knows he will not and the entire set up, camera work, presentation, if you look at it tells you that in advance! There was just too much focus on EGS in that sad/lonely light in episode 18 which means that for sure he's not coming back...please tell me that I am wrong :(((( I am sorry I am now bombarding your wall with too many messages but episode 18 is so..so..impossible to bear.And now I can;t focus on the remainder of my work, heh, at least until I get it out of my system..I hope you can bear with me and so I totally get what you were saying earlier now. Totally.

I am too scared to watch ep 19 now because I just feel it in my bones that it's going to make me cry. Please not...

Well, that's it Rita, I caught up to episode 18 and all I can say is nooooo :(:(:( why?! I am quite heatrbrokenAnd the problem is I do not think he's coming back :( That set up in ep 18, all those preparations, his desperation when meeting the princess.. is such that I really do not think hes coming back and I know it and I hate it :( He's CONSTRUCTED in a way which shouts I am going on a suicide mission, and not coming back, so you better be ready for it and that letter he wrote in the blue coldness and loneliness of his office...he looked so heartbroken...Waahhhh......Please let them both be back in ep 19 ot I'll hate it really :((:( And that cliffhanger in episode 18 is even more hard for me to bear because of that. The fragment in episode 17 you mentioned earlier with the pricness made my heart stop and then this in episode 18, I donlt know what now :(

hahah :) Yo're just too clever. :-) Rest well! L) It;s something to do with festivals, not really a book, but it is quite long :)

Hello. Nie to meet you, thank yu for friend request ^^

Congratulations! :D Eniy a brief repose! You earned it! What was it like? I have 40 pages of translation to finish and and 12 pages to write for Sunday at the latest so I am swamped ... :( but I;ll deal with that..somehow.

and then later she told ho what she told him and then she stood up at that conference about talking about peace. Ity was really emotional and I think Eun Gyu was getting heart attack himself. And the Chief;s secret is out..i have to say, the grandfather of all Korean dramas here got a bit of a different role, I hoped he enjoyed the change. I hope this leads to forgiveness, would be a shame, the Chief is not a bad person, just made mistakes. Rita, please withstand it :) I dare hope that all this drama will not be for ultimate heartbreak but rather joy :0) I do hope todays episode will let you qualm tyour fears a little!

The bastard's got them. Now what? How is our poor King supposed to act? the last scene in episode 16 was another palpitating one, and it was even more emotional because of Eun Gyu Shik understated acting, the two work really well together. I liked the part in I think ep 14 or 15 when the teams had to apologize to Americans and I thought myself this young king here sure has changed considerably since the beginning. The drama has a tremnedous sense of progress. IRight now I have 40 pages of translation to finish and 12 pages of a chapter to write - I am working on a chapter draft for my PhD so I think I will have to wait until I finish with those, but I may take a break later today and watch ep 17. I am daying to see what happens. The exhanges between the princess and Eun Gyu are also increasing swoonwrothy, I like the scene where she confessed to him and his reaction was so like him,

no worries we reply when we can ^^

Haven't really seen spotlight, is this the one with ji jin hee? And I haven't seen this writer do a drama since JJW..maybe they are out of ideas, or working on something now. Maybe he though spotlight was a good idea but good ideas conceived by the writer are sometimes a) good only yo them b) spoiled in the drama production process c)not explored well enough. perhaps he'll come up wth something new someday.

I see, there is no fluff. Interesting :) I'll def give it a try soon, especially given that it;s a 10 that you gave, a highly respectable rating from Bokami :) In fact, a drama that cannot be missed then :)

hahaha my first words too.