So is this really worth watching - take IU out of the picture for a moment, is the screenwriting actually good?…
Yes, the screenwriting is good. The story development flows nicely. It’s engaging. The characters are engaging. It’s somewhat predictable, but then again, what we’re assuming might not prove to be true. It’s good, but it’s also very simplistic. It makes no attempt to be overly sophisticated, nor intellectual or existential, nor is it full of deep symbolism and metaphors. It’s just a simple contract-marriage story between beautiful people, one of whom is royalty.
The ML’s acting is not bad. He’s a delight to watch. The beautiful visuals are part of the charm and allure…
We’ll probably get more details and see more of his feelings in Ep 5. What you saw was a seconds-long, hyper-focused cliffhanger moment at the end of episode 4. Is the Director aura-farming and glazing BWS’s looks in this moment? Yep. Does that make BWS a bad actor? Nope.
The story is fun but unbelievable, he is the prince, and if his brother had no child, the ml would become the…
The ML’s acting is not bad. He’s a delight to watch. The beautiful visuals are part of the charm and allure of this drama—beautiful people, beautiful scenes, beautiful story. This drama is giving all of that. That’s exactly what I signed up for. It’s a fairy tale.
She’s not in this for love (so she thinks.) She’s just social climbing. Once she’s claimed the title of being Mrs. Grand Prince, her esteemed social status is set even if she divorces thereafter. The joke is on her, however, because she actually is falling in love but doesn’t realize it.
When the little king feels scared to go on the stage to give the prizes, she says she compares him to his father…
She’s referring to the only father that he would be familiar with, the one who raised him. She’s not necessarily saying that he’s like his biological father.