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Found another one to block guys

Yeah I can't help compare them because I was really digging PC at first, it was the show I was most excited for each week, but this past week I was so excited to watch MRN right when it dropped and didn't feel motivated at all to watch PC even though it was the last episode. And this show has been executed so well it just makes PCs poor quality more glaring when you watch them in the same day.

I wish I had your patience, truly

The final scene between I-AN/Wan and the PM was one of the best of the whole show. And it made me wish so bad that they had made them actual peers who liked and admired each other , who started out as actual close friends in school, and then had a tragic falling out by the end, and that their conflict was ultimately over ambitions or politics versus being over a girl. Like the amount of wasted potential there is mind boggling

This became the show of wasted potential. Her brother and SIL, her father, the Queen, the PM, the plot itself, all sooo underdeveloped. But man those two had rad chemistry and it was fun watching them fall in love.

If anyone is feeling a hanbok-shaped hole in their heart since this has ended may I suggest My Royal Nemesis? You will be hooked from the first ep and the lead couple, I dare say, has even more chemistry than BWS and IU here. And the execution is almost perfect. Cheers!

I agree he relies too much on a set of expressions (smirks being one he overuses), but there were scenes where he was phenomenal. The last scene with the PM was quite well done, he really surprised me there, and the scene where he first saw HJ awake after she collapsed actually made me cry. I think he has more potential than this script gave him.

Does anyone else feel like Se Gye punching his cousin was more calculation than an angry reaction? Despite whatever persona he likes to make people believe he does not seem like someone who loses control like that in a violent way. I feel like the comment did upset him but he also saw some benefit to acting out like that, and so that's why he followed through with it.

Respectfully disagree. I love IJY and she's wonderful and obviously talented, but I think you're over-selling her. Her role is much easier to make an impact, his is much more challenging. He's the straight man to her absurd comedienne, like he has to do what she does but with 1/10th the energy of expressions and movement. He actually makes her shine brighter as well because of their interplay. And IMO he stood out more than her in episode 3. She was great, but he was better at times. If you look at the comments from that episode everyone literally raved about every single thing he said and did pretty much. And while CYW was good in Lady Ok he was just ok in Head over heels and I do not think he could remotely pull off the role HNJ is playing here.

I think despite his efforts to plan and control everything in his life he longs for the type of vitality and fun she brings. He hasn't even allowed himself to have sunshine in his office, she is just such a vibrant entity that he couldn't resist it

Despite being a total loser in denial he does have a strong assertive, practical side and that's what came out here even with his feelings. You could see him considering it it all in those few moments before he said it, which was a nice touch by the actor

I would really really really love it if they went the route of them both teaming up to take his cousin down instead of the cousin causing some misunderstanding between them that drives them apart. They both know how horrible he is so it would be wildly inauthentic esp for SGs character to believe literally anything that man says about her working with him or not immediately assume he manipulated her somehow. I could totally see them both making him think that they've broken up, but then we find out they were just using that to throw him off his game, that would be so a really amazing way to subvert that trope

OHMYGOD that had my heart fluttering like MAD, this man has been down bad from the start

My exact thoughts. I was realllllly hoping the drama wouldn't go there, cause both SR and SG knows what a snake MD is, so I just can't buy either of them believing him if he tries to manipulate them.

the way he delivers those little pithy lines is so satisfying I have to rewind every damn time

Ooh this is interesting, cause yeah, it doesn't make sense that she wouldn't immediately recognize Se Gye if she ended up being his lover, like that mask is not covering anything and he would also likley show her his face without the mask.

The rating on this is way too low should be in the 9s for sure rn, if this came out a couple years ago it would be at like a 9.4 instead rn.

I loved the confession scene on the one hand, but also get nervous when there's a confession so soon, cause that just leaves a lot of episodes left for avoidable misunderstandings, noble idiocy, etc. Esp with evil Cousin/Brother scheming to literally destroy him, I foresee them having a really painful break up at some point and I just cannot handle it because I am rooting so hard for these two rn.

I loved the police station scene soo much, every time he would look directly at her like "are you watching this?" and her adorable beaming smiles. Also her genuineness when finding out he's her fan was so pure and heartwarming, I kinda wanted that dynamic to stick around for longer. Like I wouldn't have minded if he had instead just admitted he's her fan this week and then the confession next week. But at this rate are we gonna get a kiss by ep 6??!

Maybe the second half of the drama will focus more on the joseon backstory?

The fact that Mun Do was already that manipulative and cruel as a child means he's a literal sociopath. And he wants to be grandpa's heir and so has to make sure Se Gye can't ever supplant him. It seems like Mun Do has been doing well lately with receiving that award and making important business acquisitions, and so feels extra pressure not to have his position taken away at this point.

Losers in love are my fav ML trope, I could watch him secretly fret about her all day

I had the same thought that even after they confess and start dating or whatever I want them to still bicker like this while trying to hide their smiles, like the dynamic between them is too good .