itwillneverbefar

I really liked BWS's performance this episode, he's doing a really great job embodying the dignity and aura of a prince while also showing how often he feels powerless underneath it all. When he yelled that anyone who hurts her will suffer his wrath I got chills, and I teared up a little bit while he was crying over her after she woke up.

He looks fine literally every moment of every day proof god loves some people more T,T

I'm glad the contract is out I was worried they'd save that for the last week, there are a million ways this rumor could have spread to the public, and I am annoyed they had a written contract laying around. But it doesn't bother me as much as I thought it would because they were kinda playing with fire by making this arrangement and keeping it secret, and this will force HJ to accept and own her true feelings.

I feel like there is a lot more going on than it seems with the poisoning, because every convo between the Queen Mother and her father or her main aide is ambiguous and could be interpreted many ways. I think her concern with the police being there was that they might discover something about the edict, I think they're a red herring for the prince's poisoning.

A lot of people see the world as black and white, they can't understand that morality is shades of grey in everyone, including themselves. This script handles the subject matter with a lot of thought and honesty, it's not just about some illicit erotic romance, it really digs deep into the psyche of the characters. It's a shame so many people just aren't brave enough to even engage with it.

I know you can't let this go because you want to convince yourself that whatever ex cheated on you must be miserable now, but they are definitely way better off, judging by this absolutely unhinged word salad. Yikes.

Bruh, sorry someone cheated on you once, but go write a mean letter to your ex rather than taking out your anger on internet strangers like this. This is the real world. It's not black and white morally. There are shades of grey. Nothing is as clean as you're pretending it is, even if you wish life was like that.

This show explores that grey area. If that's too mature for you, fine, but going on rages like this is weird and isn't gonna make you feel better.

It's bittersweet and open, but not unhappy

I really liked her in secret love affair and her and YAI had really amazing chemistry despite the 20+ year age gap (helped in a huge part by YAI's incredible acting as well). I haven't seen much of Steve Noh but I like his acting in Perfect Crown and I'm sure he must have impressed them to be cast opposite such a veteran actress. It will be interesting to explore a complicated and taboo relationship like this, esp cause the writer's have a good track record.

Or like put it in the safe with the freaking edict, why is it just chillin on his bedside table?!?

That scene was sooo romantic. One of my favs in the show.

He is ungodly levels of attractive, sometimes I get distracted in scenes analyzing his face or form and being like "how does he have no flaws whatsoever? How?"

This relationship feels way way more mature and grounded. And Lovely Runner honestly went to crap in the second half with her constantly sacrificing herself for him and not communicating ever and that weird murder side plot. This show is was better imo.

I also like BWS's acting here better, I think he's improved (not that he was bad in LR, but this character has a lot more depth IMO).

They really are building a real love, and I like how slow the show is taking it. I-AN himself isn't trying to force her, either, while being vulnerable and honest about how he feels about her, which is just so healthy. Girl has already fallen for him she just isn't ready to admit that to herself yet.

Right?? He's just making the difference between him and I-AN more obvious, like I-AN exudes class and respect and the PM exudes toxic masculinity.

I think the show is purposefully misdirecting with that scene with her and her father. I don't think she actually murdered the king. I think she did burn down his throne room or whatever tho. If she actually killed him and the show wanted us to know that they would have shown it actually happening. And also, they showed a more positive scene of her in the past being abandoned by the king, making the viewer sympathize with her a bit. I won't defend her regardless, I think she's an awful person even if she didn't kill him directly. She's manipulative and obsessed with the power SHE gets from her son being the king, she doesn't care about her son at all as a person.

With IU, BWS and the director, this was always gonna be a pretty big show with the likelihood of being a hit, so he probably took the role more because it would give him more publicity and exposure so that he can have more options for future roles, versus him liking the character per se. I've never seen him before but I like his performance in this, he seems like a good actor, the character just is so irritating.

yeah that part is pretty obvious, like why would you just leave that contract laying around, cmon!

I still don't think Queen Mother killed the old King (Prince's brother). The show has made that event really obscure to hide what really happened., so it feels too obvious for the queen to just outright say it with so many episodes left to go. The way she worded it was that she "burned it all" but that could be interpreted in many different ways.

I suspect the King killed himself because of how trapped he felt, and she started the fire afterwards to cover up both that fact and the fact that he had abdicated to his brother.

The diff between Prince and PM is sooo glaring this ep. PM keeps trying to control Hui Ji's decisions, keeps trying to have a too-close relationship with an engaged/married woman and passive-aggressively disrespects the Prince constantly. Meanwhile I-AN doesn't say a damn thing to her even tho he's clearly jealous and doesn't like it and he goes and talks with the PM directly man to man. It's obvious why HJ never went for PM

I laughed soo hard at that part, they are both so awkward haha. And when she was happily slapping his hands and the music did a record screech, like omg we're having a romcom moment let's act cool again.