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I f*cking hated the male lead's guts in the original drama and now he is no different in this though I hoped they'd change that part with this remake, sigh, not gonna watch this, thanks for the spoiler.

That happens to me whenever I'm fed up with watching dramas, I usually switch it up with novels to anime to music and to dramas again in no particular order. Maybe you can opt for movies instead if you strictly want to kill your time via watching something without having to endure it or you can try out those isekai web novels they're great for momentary entertainment and highly addictive.
Edit: Also I highly recommend Run On, it is such a laid back drama with great chemistry between all of the cast while having awesome quality dialogs or even monologs.

In my case if I add something to my watch list or read list, it almost feels like they're my responsibility to watch not something I do out of love, so it's better to not look at their story of length nor cast, randomly start anything that visually appeals to you, be the color scheme or the poster of it, in short just dive in and if you don't like it, you can drop them anytime you want.
This is my way of enjoying any content on any platform really, once I try to find out a good production with a good synopsis or a trailer, I begin to have expectations and once you have them, it is inevitable to be not disappointed since reality/budget can never catch up to dreams. If you are not marrying the drama you're gonna watch there is no need to look at the length nor the content before ahead, it can only last as long as you want to watch it.

I totally used to be this type of a watcher, unable to give up but then I grew out of it and now if don't like something I can drop it even at the last episode, for example I didn't watch the last episode of Legend of the Blue Sea for almost 4 years now and I used to keep it in my currently watching list until I decided that was it and moved it my dropped list.
Sometimes things just don't work out whether it be in real life or a drama plot and I've learned the hard way that letting it go is good, hard but for the long run you are wasting lot less time on bs.
Giving a second chance sometimes can result in jackpot but after the third time it is simply forcing yourself to be something you are not. I am not a saint so why would I try to find a singular good point about a drama or a character that practically bores or irritates me to death, it's just not worth it, though leaving comments on it totally a stress reliever that much I admit but again the cause of that stress is also lies in the drama itself sooooo, idk.

I totally binge watched it since yesterday and all I can say that I do regret watching it... this late, what the hell was I doing last year.
Shin Hye Sun has my heart, I'm completely and utterly floored by her presence, she is that good.
I love plot ridden dramas and complex characters but this drama while checking no boxes in my list still made it's way right into my heart. Though I find the plot development a lot lacking the feelings this drama left with me is precious as is.

I've been binge watching this since last night and gosh, I'm beyond hooked, I was quite apprehensive to watch due to age gap and divorce topics but I think I am in love with this drama. Everything is done so well that I'm heartbroken, happy, angry, depressed and over the moon all at the same time, I'm going a little bit crazy but it's okay :')

p.s. Lee Do Hyun *sigh* he is so charming on the screen that it just doesn't make any sense , I've seen in 3 projects and he freaking nailed every single one of them, I just love it so much whenever good actors/actresses emerge to the k-drama scene, hopefully newbies like him can get more chances to shine in the future.

I'm still waiting for this to end so that I can finally start to watch it, anyone else?

SeonGyeom is that puppy you want to raise and Danah is the one you wish to be raised by, I'm surprised how much I actually adore all the characters which rarely happens to me, this drama may not have grandiose plot but it is well beyond charming and makes me feel good, and at the end of the day I think for me that what matters the most.

Sacrificing the minority for the sake of the majority, it may seem noble and righteous on the surface until you became the minority.
King's aid said that "as long as the outcome is good method to achieve it also becomes righteous even if it is cruel. And you can't fight the Kim clan with normal methods."
But, I disagree, no matter how good the outcome is what is cruel is cruel, it is hypocritical to present that fact with bows and sparkles.
The king might be doing what he has to do for "the greater good" ( which I think is BS and btw he himself also accepted he might be in the wrong by bundling the queen with the rest of the kim clan) , nevertheless it doesn't change the fact that he was a jerk towards to the queen( kindly read this part with attention as I never said that he was a jerk as a King/towards his people, the part in my first comment was a generalization and my reply clearly explained at point I regard him as a jerk), there is no need to defend nor justify his actions.

Also, "he is not in love with his concubine" what, excuse me, if what they have is not how a mutual relationship looks like I don't know what it is.?

The moment he tried to kill her he became a jerk to the female lead, but also my sentence was a generalization of a typical, that annoying person turned into my love interest situation, not that male lead is a garbage all around.
Also I've regarded him as a jerk for another reason which is the "romantic" interest he is starting to show towards to the queen in episode 5 despite the fact he is so in love with his concubine, hence he is also becoming a jerk to his concubine, and since this is a drama with a fantasy element in its core I'm disregarding the fact that polygamy was a huge thing back then.

I've read the whole tread and now I'm curious;
Let's assume that every being has a soul and at some point have been reincarnated to a new life but they have no memory of their past lives.
So, my questions are;
Would their current personalities and inherent inclinations would be any different had they no past life at all?
Are their experiences being engraved into their souls rather than just being memories of their current body, as there is gradually reaching the wholeness in Daoism hence reincarnation of the soul in different vassals, and are their souls have any qualities that would differentiate one from another or are they just blank sheet of papers, all equal to one another at the creation?

I'm having way too much fun watching this but I really don't want queen to fall in love with the king, I don't want them to be together, not even if the original queen were to come back.
I'm hoping for queen's harem to emerge instead of a classical jerk male mutt became somewhat human and our lovely female(or male lead in this case XD) lead fall for him since she had no other choice scenario.

EDIT: People just refuse to read my point properly and then twist it to their own liking, I'm just done. You can't be a good person to everyone and also there is clearly no need to be that benevolent either, but that just doesn't change the FACT THAT YOU ARE INDEED NOT A GOOD PERSON TO SOMEONE, in this case, the king isn't a good person or at least wasn't a good person to the queen, pointing that out doesn't make me someone who criticizes something without reason or rhyme. And, yes, this is a historical setting, it is not fair to evaluate characters out of their current surroundings yet the queen or rather the mr. queen is from future, hence my point of view was in accordance with hers. I don't see any problem with this and I won't be replying to any of the comments furthermore, as it is counter productive to try to make each person to understand my point even after making my self clear already. At the end of the day each person to its own.

They have their own strengths and weaknesses, these two dramas just made into top3 of my all time favorites so IMO just go ahead and watch this one too, for I'll be re-watching both of them after my finals. I'm literally obsessed with both of them.

This show is so on point, I really hope that it can keep this humor till the very end as 20 episodes of air time can thin out even the best plot.
Also fingers crossed for no romance between the leads(if og queen comes back), cause I just can't f*cking deal with two women fighting over a worthless man, though if they go with a BL(Bong Hwan staying as the queen) route I might just sit back and have fun :)

I know right, AiB blew me away and now this, I almost forgot how awful 2020 was XD

I think it was Sang Wook, since his desire/complex might've be his scars hence his turning triggered the healing of his skin just like Han Du Sik's feet returning to normal.

I haven't read the webtoon and I enjoyed this show immensely, it reminded me of Tokyo Ghoul, which I adore to bits, but after your rant I'll definitely check out the webtoon too.

He was infected as well hence he choose to stay back.

p.s. it f*cking broke my heart when he looked at their family photo.

This just became my favorite drama ever, it just blew me away, what a way to finish 2020. I hope this gets a 2nd season, no, this needs to have a second season.
I'm a die hard fan of Tokyo Ghoul and this drama hits a certain thread that TG has in my heart, this is just done beautifully, sigh.

This is fun, just what I needed.