Sunbath12

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Very atmospheric haha

Approaching halfway, and it's still exciting and moving. Hopefully the 2nd half keeps up the excellent pacing and development of characters.

Maybe filming by episode? Who knows. Always enjoy looking at fight/stunts 🙂

Yep, pretty crazy sick

LOL, but yes, I hope he does make it in the end.

I love every one of his antics

Yes, at least one life per episode

The Marquis is a bad dude out for his own interests, but in reality, many people of his status are sadly the same. I like how there is at least the attempt to make him a rounded character, not just a crazy psychotic murderer - makes the road to revenge more complex to watch.

We don’t know for sure yet, but there are theories!

Really like how this is progressing, need more episodes now!

Picking them off one by one!

Nice!

I'm going need a drink (and I don't drink lol) after finishing this one. I don't think I've been this affected by a tragic love story since One and Only back in 2021.

Yeah, this isn't your typical period drama lol, but it was a great watch.

We'll see. If it's well-written and edited, a lot can be told in 36 eps.

Typical kdrama (period) stuff: family power struggles, a love triangle and a dark mystery, but the production is lavish, and the music really stands out. Love the acting from the whole cast too. If you don' t mind the darker tone (and some violence), you can check it out!

From the novel, I liked how both the FL and ML were strong and smart, but each had their own issues from their past to deal with. I didn't like so much how toxic their relationship was though. I like the enemies to lovers trope or a good slow burn, but I would appreciate more seeing how their learning to work together helps to heal them from their past wounds. Definitely romance in the novel, but we'll see how it works on in the drama. I don't necessarily need romance for it to work for me as long as there is good onscreen chemistry.

I'm actually more interested in how well the political storyline is written. Too often this part of these types of shows fails in logic and suspense for me to keep watching.

Yep, I'm catching those shows you mentioned as well. Also watching Dear Hongrang (dark tragic love story).

Ep 11: finally getting some backstory on FL.

The novel was ok, but I agree that for the drama, I would like to see some changes.