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no,but he looks at her with googly eyes much more than at the FL , he had a fun drinking evening with the FL , they looked like friends, but nah, I didn't see any romance there yet. 🤷 also I lnowsnhe wants his brother to inherit the company, but it also seems like he genuinely considers marriage to the sFL as a good thing , I think same as with the company, the ML is projecting his own idea of happiness onto his brother , meaning he would not mind marrying the sFL 🤷

agreed, I came here to look up what else she played in, because I was a bit confused by her performance in the Captivating the king , but now I reminded myself of her in some other dramas I've seen, and I got the same feeling back then as I do now.
Pity, she really is beautiful, I wish she was more versatile, but not every actor is, hence it is important to find the type of roles that suit them .

I don't know what happened actually, I was also hopeful for her in the very beginning I remember somehow. yeah sure, she's one of the worst, least believable "pretend joseon male" there is, like she really doesn't pull that from the begining...but at least she was more fun and interesting and witty . Now I just kind of think of her as props for the king or something....she's just there, either doing nothing or being messy and always avoid eye contact with everyone , the thing is her "fate " is somewhat melodramatic , but she gives of such a lukewarmness either with danger or with the romance ... somehow I even though at one point ,that it's pity that the queen is deadly sick since I like her a bit better 😅🤷
sincerely not sure what happened, if it is a lousy acting or if it's the show's fault or both. honestly I tend to think it is at least partly the actress' responsibility, because the king is emitting at least some romance through the screen 🤷

there is grandfather here tho, you think he's in place of the mother in the adaptation? also here it seems like the ML is kind of in love with the second female lead ( arranged fiancee of the older brother) was there some storyline in the webtoon for that ? just curious 😁

he doesn't really care for his brother's happiness, he only wants what his own idea of haippiness is for his brother, to be able to alieviate whatever guilt-issue he has(I guess somehthing to do with their parent's death we will learn later). He is ultimately the worst kind since he truly persuaded himself he is doing this all for his brother's sake ...how does one fight something like that from a close person? even without the secret orientation, this would be enough pressure to suffocate someone to the point of never opening up about anything ...🤷
that being said I would've happily rooted for Dohan had he not pulled the stunt on his supposed friend as well. Honestly all three of them are so messed up people,that the screenwriters had to make the "bad guys" aka the rest of the chaebol family so flatly horrible , that there would still be some distinction 😅 it is kinda funny honestly

this is amazing ,I absolutely hate each and every character so far. maybe except for the secretary, he's just there doing his job I guess. I am very curious for how long will I manage to watch it. There were some fun moments and it is not boring , so hopefully I will be able to commit till the end, even without rooting for anybody. 😅

I delayed watching this for past few years but I finally binged it (I think I would have troubles watching it withou the binging). once again, this is the one where bromance saves it all, the bull and monkey duo is hilarious. Honestly normally I find ignorant heroines domewhat irritating, but here I kind of felt bad for her ? in a way where she was literally so depraved of social interaction throughout her life, that she let herself be dragged around by bunch of moneters who actually in this one really , really didn't give a f**k about her. I mean normally in this type of setting the momsters turn up to be friendly and caring for the second half. Noooope , they really really don't give a s**t here 😅 and she likda really knows it, but again is so messed up that she still runs around 😅 it is kimd pitiful really
well there were some cute moments between the lead couple , there was plenty of cringe stuff , but it's also retro in a way

you pose very tough questions for this particular drama 😅 honestly I am mor sure since when it is considered they go together?😅 me personally maybe episode 10 , when she decides not to be ordinary and he decides she's the only tolerable owner ,the kiss in the end seems mutually more sincere than the previous ones 🤷 but hard to tell, he yells sarange at her pretty much since the beginning, but has no choice in that matter and first half is not genuine and she denies hers almost till the end even tho she is in live since the beginning 😅 well breakup, I mean they don't really date date, sometimes they threaten the other to keep a distance for safety etc , well they don't breakup per say , but one of them dies , then they see each other next episode in a ghost visit, so no happy end ( I mean we apparently end with cliffhanger since they promised to either reincarnate and meet or meet as supernaturals or whatever) but I don't really consider that too happy . triangle errrrm there is a feeble attempt at one I guess 🤷 it's more for exposition and comic relief if anything

I think the profile pic doesn't make him justice somehow. He looks so much better in the dramas I think 🤷

if there was to be a regant for the cp, I think king's father-in-law (now adoptive grandfather of the cp) would be a possibility. He is a bit clueless, but at least seems to be kind hearted and genuinely care for the prince , and technically he is now his relation 🤷 other adepts based on relation would be the sixth secretary and technically the old hag of a queen 😁 but I kind of hope neither will make it through, at least not with their court positions kept 🤞well ...we'll see. So far I am rating this drama overall good, since it kept me curious so far even though most of it's characters I sincerely hope will be either dead or imprisoned by the end of it, so technically job well done 😁

She also dressed like the "Bakduk gambler" most times she went out back before , so most people knew her as man rather than lady. the one fhat knew her mostly in her lady form, the sleazy fiance wannabe, recognized her right away

to be honest I think there is higher probability that the King will die in the end rather than MongWoo , unfortunately. I think from screenwriting perspective makes much more sense if the King dies and hands over the throne to the prince as he wished, and MongWoo gets her father back , the queen will probably "be punished" by her son dying since she put all her effort and ambition into him, and the evil uncle will be executed 🤷
but I'd rather my version 😁

she's 19 from the beginning of the series (literally blew the candles when they met), in most countries that is even legal marriage age you know ... In my region you are by all standards an adult responsible for themselves at the age of 18 , you can drink, drive, vote, own assets, make legal actions, can be prosecuted as an adult etc ...
yeah the age difference is absurd (like 900+ years ?!) it makes the later romance a bit unbelievable, but it would be absurd even if she was 30, with that big of a difference she would be a child to him even at 98yo ... but it is supernatural series , they usually go for a human spouse in those, so no help there I guess.
anyways she was an adult, she was homeless, had two jobs to supprt herself and managed her studies well as well as she planned for her future as much as she could afford, so she seemed perfectly capable of making an informed decision about her relationship when it happened 🤷

I say they all die and prince will be the king and the good bad mother queen will implode out of anger 😅 I root for the loyal captain and the prince , they're both very lovely characters so far the King's ok, not like he had too many choices to begin with so he gets some leniency, and Master Choem is cool at the very least, the rest can somewhat go to hell for all I care, they're all self-absorbed and cowardly people

biatch trying to kill him now huh, well honestly I am more and more baffled by how chaotic do both ML and FL behave. aren't they supposed to be the two most strategic brains in the Joseon according to the whole bakduk theme ?😅 like where is the strategy and calculation? I mean they seem to try sometimes, but those attempts all failed , mostly by their own mistakes soooo I guess the last two episodes will try to somehow make us believe it was all part of the plan all along with some noble sacrifices involved? but seriously, why did the FL involve the sixth secretary in her "treason (which I still don't understand what was originally to be like anyways?) she just told him everything,but never gave him any role whatsoever , she knew he had feelings for her thus making him unstable and she blatantly lived the king ...I mean , did she purposefully invite a person to make him the bad guy in any case ?😅 she seems to gain all her allies only to have them do either nothing for her and her plan at all, or go to their kinda expected death ... the King seemed a bit more rational considering he planned to give up the throne at some point probably, but maaaaaan he became as erratic and rash as her , putting everybody in danger along with him as well. I say the two of them are almost same menace as the main bad guy , they seem to unintentionally kill/endanger as many people as he does intentionally. It is kind getting a bit frustrating to watch, and the romance also seem to be kind of flat lately to be honest. Well I am curious how neatly will the show pack and tie itself in the end , after all this mess 😅😁

can someone pretty please explain to me, why do all these supernatural being want to be "human" so much?😅 unless there is some really major inconvenience obviously. I just can't phantom it 😅

well it's said that doctors make the worst patients I guess, then again they both are supposed to be really smart/logical-thinking people, one would say even if they have no regard for their own health risks , rhey would at least try to stop each other from chugging like that after taking medication not actively encourage it😅
but well it's a k-drama ,they are often kinda inconsistent with their characters 🤷 it just made me a little cringey at times here when they boast about their doctoring, especially the FL does it sometimes and ten minutes later she visits ML with bag full of beer after happily taking pre-desribed medication together 😅 the contrast was bit too much even for a rock bottom 😁
Anyways I think you might be right and the writers tried this method to emphasize how low in life they are, but I think they chose a wrong way in this particular case given the charactertics of the leads they've established.Anyways I am currently a bit sceptical about the drama for multiple reasons, so I am curious if I'll get to like it again 😁

it's a k-drama people, that means characters will get drunk as hell with ton of pink makeup on their faces ( still better than when that was being done by very bad CGI😁) , they will have most likely kind of toxic relationship and at least one non-sencical breakup. If you can't stomach any of these I suggest trying some completely other genre ? My coutry produces either few endless (and i mean 10+ years running) ,not-even-funny deama series, or a ton of crimi series. Seems to be our thing somehow? Anyways I assure you that it did not in any way inspire half the nation to become criminals just cause there is a murder on the tv every day... it's just a tv you know 😅 so yeah we have bunch of murders and very grumpy detectives, and a hospital drama that after 15years of runtime doesn't even contain the hospital and Korea has dramas with relationships that would give therapist nightmares and excessive "funny drinking" and the fooood !!!😁 that being said ,I do think that in this specific drama where they are both doctors actually (and claim to be good ones at that) they should've omitted the drinking since they're both on meds. Not because I think people are idiotic enough mot to know better after watching it, but because it seems very out-of-chatacter and distubrs the drama in that way.

I must say I really miss the more natural skinship of 2021/2022 dramas , is it just me, or are we now slowly reversing back to the same old akwardness and weirdly prolonged pecks from the past ? really it slowly feels that way since 2023, now I am just waiting if thwy start to keep the eyes open while kissing again 😅
anyway this has really good and believable chemistry between the leads , I liked it except the last episode's ending , it felt like the main couple had to really work hard to establish their relationship throughout the series and it felt unnecessarily negated in the end as they switched to being bsically two todlers

was watching Marvels ( since Marvel went kinda sideways I knew basically nothing beforehand ) and when prince Yan came out I was like "waaaait a minute !" omg omg it wa so much fun seeing him there like that dancing and whatnot . If you don't watch those movies ,I recommend at least watching a video from that scene lol