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I actually like the deep, slow, deliberate way of speaking she has—quite arresting and dramatic. It sounds authoritative.

But, there was one scene where she was screaming hysterically because the public loved Huiju and the Prince so much and her father basically said to get a grip. Well, her screams sounded so shrill and awful and reminded me why I dropped “Are You Human Too?” after ep 1 or 2– because her screaming and acting were so offputting in that.

Her acting is much-improved here in “Perfect Crown”, quite good actually, except for that shrill screaming. I really enjoyed her in “Flower Joseon Crew Matchmakers” (something like that). That was a fun drama. She was charming in that.

I Rang? Or Huiju? You mean Huiju, right?

I noticed that too. Odd-number-episode theory out the window

The series is a hit though.

I really like that 🎼power ballad🎵that played when she ran into his arms after a long exhausting training session with Court Lady. It sounded like Celine Dion, but I really doubt that it was.

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Something one-sided on her part is plausible. But, I definitely don’t believe he ever had any interest in her.

Unrequited love—I can believe that, but definitely nothing mutual between them.

😊🥰

It was in the epilogue, right? Something about “He Must maintain Decorum”

He definitely would have been down for a kiss 💋.

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💯I feel everything you said.

true

She really hasn’t thought this through properly at all.

I said “somewhat” because if you love the person, then the life with that person can be appealing despite the challenges and unappealing inconveniences of being royal. But, if there isn’t love on both sides, it’s not worth it at all.

I think people who are speculating there was a love angle between Queen Mother and Prince Ian got it wrong.

me too 😄🥰

He’s a master at the poker face.

I find the correlation to the British monarchy odd and interesting too. I notice Kdramas (even Cdramas) seem to admire British culture, but criticize American culture (especially Hollywood—The criticism of Hollywood is understandable though). This drama definitely seems to take inspiration from real-life existing royal families, but not just the British. The car-failure/car-crash reminds me of British Princess Diana, but also Princess Grace of Monaco. The commoner marrying a prince (Huiju / Ian) reminds me of Meghan and Price Harry. I would imagine similarities exist in the Japanese royal family, the Norwegian monarchy, the Danish royal family, etc, etc, etc.