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mixed feelings
I don't know how to feel about this drama. So far, it sucks but I'm giving it the benefit of the doubt as Its still on going .
I feel like the drama is making a good job when it comes to suspense because after watching the first 7 episodes, I still don't know who's the evil villain despite the multiple obvious antagonists. There some potential character development for some of them. We have the same villain from 'Moonshine' portraying a similar role, however in this drama, he has some internal dialogues that I wouldn't describe as pure evil. Then we have his rebel son who has issues and is projecting his miserable life to FL, I'm not sure if he's in love with her at all but even Wang So of Scarlet Heart Ryeo wasn't this abusive to FL. All his screentimes he's either always saying something hateful and mean to FL, or he's plotting against his father or the crown prince. Its a mystery if he will redeem himself later or not. Its also a mystery if the 2nd female 2nd lead would turn into a villain because for some reason they decided to make this a love triangle even though she did seemingly liked the 2nd male lead at first. There's also a mysterious character thats not revealed yet, and then idk if its only a cameo but I've seen Choi Kwang II on the first episode and idk if he's going to have a major role.
I disagree to other comments criticizing the body swap acting. They did not act cringe in any way and theres no exaggerated crash outs which is understandable given their situation. I also think its sexist to even assume how a woman or man should talk and behave. Not all men are hypermasculine and not all women have to talk or behave a certain way just to sound like a woman. This drama doesn't really have that overly comedy vibes like Mr.Queen or Moonriver. It also didn't have much weird fantasy lore to explain the body swap. Its more focused on politics and romance. The male lead spending time with FL and the bodyswap feels like a relief because she's always bullied by her brother in laws
I feel like the drama is making a good job when it comes to suspense because after watching the first 7 episodes, I still don't know who's the evil villain despite the multiple obvious antagonists. There some potential character development for some of them. We have the same villain from 'Moonshine' portraying a similar role, however in this drama, he has some internal dialogues that I wouldn't describe as pure evil. Then we have his rebel son who has issues and is projecting his miserable life to FL, I'm not sure if he's in love with her at all but even Wang So of Scarlet Heart Ryeo wasn't this abusive to FL. All his screentimes he's either always saying something hateful and mean to FL, or he's plotting against his father or the crown prince. Its a mystery if he will redeem himself later or not. Its also a mystery if the 2nd female 2nd lead would turn into a villain because for some reason they decided to make this a love triangle even though she did seemingly liked the 2nd male lead at first. There's also a mysterious character thats not revealed yet, and then idk if its only a cameo but I've seen Choi Kwang II on the first episode and idk if he's going to have a major role.
I disagree to other comments criticizing the body swap acting. They did not act cringe in any way and theres no exaggerated crash outs which is understandable given their situation. I also think its sexist to even assume how a woman or man should talk and behave. Not all men are hypermasculine and not all women have to talk or behave a certain way just to sound like a woman. This drama doesn't really have that overly comedy vibes like Mr.Queen or Moonriver. It also didn't have much weird fantasy lore to explain the body swap. Its more focused on politics and romance. The male lead spending time with FL and the bodyswap feels like a relief because she's always bullied by her brother in laws
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