Hime

I have been waiting over a year for this to get subbed so I can watch it. Today I decided to watch the episodes that are subbed to see if I like it and now I feel dumb. Not because I liked it a lot and now have to wait for the rest to get subbed but because I could not get into it at all and have been waiting all this time for something that I do not even want to keep watching.

Comparing to other dramas in a similar time period or with similar elements, this one is far behind. I am sad to say this, but the only positive thing I saw in this was the choice for the main actors. I was quite bored watching their missions and felt a lot of things were not realistic at all, from the visual effects to the impossible devices and tricks that completely ruined any chance of this looking like a serious drama. I skimmed through the raw episodes on youtube just to know how it ends and honestly I do not regret dropping it.

Lakorn is the name given to a thai drama. So when I said it was a lakorn I meant it was just another thai drama with the same clichés and frustrating situations and characters most thai dramas have.

To be honest, although it has been only 2 months I barely remember what this show was about. I have since watched dozens of other dramas and since I did not find this one memorable I cannot even remember why I disliked it in the first place. But yeah, when episodes are cut down or more episodes are added to a drama, it usually ends up ruining the whole show. People dislike both rushed endings and dragging plots.

Yeah, I know. I am waiting for all the episodes to be subbed on youtube before I start watching it.

I just watched that scene. It’s in episode 16. He and his study companion are coming back from the restaurant where he went to learn how to cook a dish that is good when you have a cold since his wife is sick and he wants to cook for her. They see a fight outside the restaurant, a woman hitting her husband cause he is having an affair, and the study companion says it’s normal for a man to have 3 or 4 wives and asks him if his wife would react the same way if he had a concubine. That is when the male lead says those words. I personally was also pleasantly surprised by them.

Yeah, it was hard for me to find a way to watch it but I eventually found it. Just had to watch 2 or 3 episodes without subtitles in the SBS website and the others I was able to watch with subtitles although some were out of sync. Thank you anyway for replying. :)

Now that I have finished watching it, they actually only merge in episode 29. Before that there are just some vitality transfers that allow the 8th Prince to see some of MLC memories.

The first half made me think this would be better than the first one but in the second half there were a lot of politics and less romance compared to the first season. The ending made it obvious that there would be a 3rd season but it was more satisfying than the ending of the 1st one. So overall both seasons were good with its differences.

Just as I thought, it did not get much better. Even by the end I was not convinced that their love was genuine. Also the characters Ploy and the female lead’s mother were extremely annoying. I will probably forget about this one in no time. Nothing memorable.

Sure. I have to think about it for a while since I have not watched a lot of historical dramas recently. What kind of drama do you like?And do you only watch chinese dramas or also watch korean dramas?

It was different from what I expected. I did not see the supernatural tag before I started watching it. It was the typical idol drama with a twist that has been used before. Basically I liked it but I didn’t love it. It was better than most idol dramas I have seen but not as good as some of the dramas that I really liked and would re-watch.

Exactly. That is why I love it when I see a historical drama with the male lead doing his best so he will only marry the female lead, not empty promises but actually only marrying her and no one else. A faithful man back then was even more valuable than nowadays, since back then it was normal to have concubines and now the norm is being married to one person only. In some countries it is even a crime to marry someone if you are already married, which I think is the case in my country, not sure to be honest. I kinda wonder how they came up with that law. I guess they thought monogamy would decrease the crime rates, cause jealousy is one of the main reasons for murder. They might have also based their decision on what the Bible says about how a man should be husband of one wife (that means having hundreds of concubines is definitely not ok). And my comment just turned out to be completely random, right? XD

Lol, what kind of marriage is that? That is legit a marriage on paper only. Yeah, it kinda makes sense, have felt that way before too. Thank you for explaining it. :)

Same.

Btw, is their marriage only on paper or do they sleep together although he doesn’t love her? That would change a great deal the way I would look at the affair.

Usually dramas that are based in real events are really good. Maybe because it is easier to relate to the characters and understand the way they feel when you know what you are watching actually happened and someone actually went through those things. As I said, I do not want to watch this right now but who knows, maybe someday. I do like both main actors and the cover does appeal to me. I guess the female lead being a singer dresses really nicely? And the male lead, tbh, would look good even wearing rags. XD

I have to be honest. I was bored most of the time. I actually thought the last 10 episodes were better than the first 30 episodes. I felt it was a waste. I felt the story dragged a lot for at least half of the drama and then picked up the pace and just ended. The romance in the past took too long to happen and the one in the present day was not given enough time to convince me. Also, there were a lot of things I felt that were not explained properly or that lacked logic. I honestly feel this could have been so much better. I will probably forget I even watched it, it was not a memorable one for me. What a shame!

I do get your point. And I agree that people who love each other should be together. I disagree that marriage is not sacred. The whole point of marriage is for 2 people who truly love each other to live together as if they are 1 person. The problem is exactly that since people do not see marriage as sacred, they use it for business deals, they decide on it without giving it a second though and forget that marrying someone means you will be spending your life together with that person. I do understand that we are talking about a different time when arranged marriages were very common and the people getting married were actually the ones who had no part in the decision. And I am not blaming them for their decisions, I am just saying that I personally am not in the mood to watch this drama although I believe it’s probably a good one. I get emotionally involved with a lot of the dramas I watch and knowing how painful their love story is and how it ends, I would rather not watch it.

Yeah, probably. They just accepted the way things were as it was the reality then but most of them were unhappy. Even if they knew their husbands loved them the most, no woman would be happy knowing her husband is sleeping with other women and having kids with them. We humans don’t mind sharing a lot of things, but our partner is not one of them. Even if at the time women knew only this reality that a man could have many wives, that was completely normal, in their heart they might have felt it was not fair. And we see that in historical dramas most death and tragedies happened because of women jealousy.
I like historical dramas but I always feel frustrated watching this kind of thing. But I can’t stop watching them. >.<

Although it is a loveless marriage, they are still married. It would be one thing if he divorced her and then started a relationship with another woman, but not while they are still married, that is still an affair. I read the real story and know that they committed suicide together, so yeah, I do not feel like willingly jumping into this train wreck no matter how good the story and actors are. Also, I just finished a drama full of accidents, misunderstandings, separations, and so on. So now I need something light, not something depressing.