bloomingtide

Fair. For me, while frustrating at times when the ppl criticize the FL for every minor thing while kissing the ground ML walks on no matter what an asshole he may be, for example... but otherwise it is really spicing up my drama watching experience. Plus i can comment on scenes too myself if i want, which i use a lot for my fave kdramas. It is an awesome if a bit flawed feature, but i also understand if it makes everything too overwhelming haha

Yeah, i am in the midst of finishing up watching an older show (zombie detective) so i am going to watch both episodes tomorrow back to back. Happy to see KMJ again, one of my fave actors since Dali.

Tomorrow if you watch on Viki, since the poor unpaid subbers need at least a day to go over the copious amounts of dialogue to translate. On "alternative" sites it could be available quicker tho, dunno.

Exactly. And it is important for the drama to show this, given the persisting and damaging stereotype of how ppl on the spectrum are emotionless robots and feel no love. Ugh.

Right? They deserve much more than a free viki subscription for all their work.

I would not mind watching it without subs at first either, tho all the kiddies in the time comments would complain endlessly then and also review bombing it for missing subs. Bc ppl are stupid and impatient. So probably better they don't do this anymore haha

Unless it is a viu original like "From Now On Showtime" was, for example, where we got the new episode fully subbed one hour max after airing, you can always expect to watch airing viki drama episodes a day later. Which is still fast af, seeing how much dialogue there is in just a single eps and hence how much work it is for the unpaid subbers.

This is not meant to be shade thrown into your direction, mind, but it bears repeating that the subbers are not professionals and only get a measly free viki pass for all their workload and free time sacrificed each time. Viki is selling that as a fun experience where you can win prizes if your tier is high enough, or some other nonsense, but i actually wish they would PAY the people who are the backbone of their streaming service instead, tbh. Oh well.

He is a grown ass man of 25 yrs, lmao, so it is just you. He is also "known" to look quite a bit like Yeo Jin Goo (https://www.kpopmap.com/celeb-lookalike-kim-minjae-and-yeo-jingoo/), but the more i watch kmj's works the more easily i can tell them apart.

I take it this is your first kim min jae drama then? Try watching him in "Dali And The Cocky Prince" (best kdrama romcom; hands down), "do you like brahms" or the"Flower Crew: Joseon Marriage Agency" and then come back to this with new-found appreciation for KMJ. Since he is an expressive, excellent actor and easy on the eyes too. He is actually the reason why i am picking this drama up, so i can't relate, lmao.

Yeeees, my fave kdrama overall tbh. It will forever live rent-free in my head, tbh. No regrets 🤣

Oh that is valid. I am a bit tired of old corrupt officials scheming in the palace too atm, skipped a lot of these parts when watching Secret Royal Inspector xD

If you come back to it whenever you do tho, you cannot go wrong with Mr. Queen. Tis one of the few dramas that are deservedly as high rated as it is on MDL, imo.

aww the most adorable marketing tbh. Thx for the translation <3

Yeah, character development. It is again, as with everything Junho, not overt but yet very noticable. Like we have a nice contrast here from episode 3 to 10 where he told them they are on a date and introduced youngwoo to his friends instead of saying nothing at all as the female friend assumed wrongly about YW. Same with the whole scene where minwoo was a dick about YW on the phone, Junho was angry and passive aggressive, but avoided to call him out on the issue directly. Whereas now we saw JH fight his friend in the bar, hands on and furious, calling him out and daring him to talk shit about the woman he loves again. From passivity to action, such nice character progress. Love to see it.

And I bet they will clash, when MW finds out they are dating (since it is so unthinkable to him seeing her as a person deserving of romantic love) and Junho flipping his shit when he finds out that minwoo is all in his gf's business/trying to harm her professionally. Gonna be... interesting and with interesting i mean i hope minwoo getting his ass whooped two times by him, lmao.

Try Mr. Queen then. While it has all the sageuk tropes, it does not take itself too seriously and acting is stellar from all cast, particularly the leads.

I actually like that the cases are not just sunshine and roses and end well each time. Makes it more realistic tbh, but yeah it was a difficult one in eps 10.

Can't relate. i binge-watched it in one and a half day and three hours of sleep in between half a year after it aired ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Yeeeah instead it was kdrama old school open-eyed dead fish kiss where i felt nothing. Really disappointing.

Yeah, and was so hyped up for the kiss, but we got a dead eyed fish press to lips one only, lmao. Imo, by now, this is a drama best watched on 1,5-2,0 speed as it really has started to draaaaaaag and i am feeling bored with it. Tho since there are only three more weeks to go, i don't want to drop the show either, but i don't think i will pick up the second part when the first part has already not enough plot for 20 episodes tbh.

Oh nice, always love to hear the perspective of an IRL professional. So thanks for this <3

(What i also noticed they made the whole law part more digestible than in other shows.... there is still a lot of law jargon of course, but i find it easier to understand it all with how the cases in the episodes are structured. Also the whole court part is not dramatized or played over the top like in other dramas, which i appreciate)

what a bad timing for him personally, now where he is blowing up in fame/recognition. But it can't be helped i guess, oh well.

I am pretty sure they mean the character, not the actress ;)

Oh I'm sorry to hear about your inability to read. But you are not alone, there are a lot of adults who can't read either in the world. So it is never to late to start learning it, no matter how old you are. I believe it you! Fighting 💪