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It was wonderful to see her make a cameo as Xabara again, good job whoever made that call.

Suhana is revealed to be a spy for Tagon and mother of Yangcha, so the fact that she can read and has to communicate in that way is not surprising. None of the Wahans could read in S1, but I imagine those in positions of power of some kind since 8-10 years has passed from the time they were brought into Arthdal can read now. The Ikomahis tribe igutus being able to read is definitely questionable, since they don't even speak the same language as Arth.

Where was it confirmed that the story will end with this season?

It was the same with Season 1 and Netflix anyway. In fact, Netflix would cut the animation scenes at the end of each episode that gave so much lore and background/history information as part of the world-building.

The concept of bronze age fantasy has for the most part been nonexistent in cinema and television, so the previous season and this season, especially with its more Asian take, has been most fascinating. A rare treat.

Given the 8-10 year gap in the timeline between the end of the previous season and start of this season, the choice of Eunseom/Saya somehow actually fits. Visually they're somewhat similar (the actors) and Joonki is a more intimidating and action-oriented actor, with a commanding presence on screen, which matches the growth in skills and talents and leadership one would expect from the twin brothers in that time period. Tanya's actress change is perhaps more of a jarring switch but Shin Sekyung is a very skilled actress and portrays the more graceful 10-years-later Tanya very well.

I still can't believe such a massive production for TELEVISION is possible out of South Korean media.

I think it is difficult to overstate how well-known and popular she is in Korea. Basically every kid who grew up through 2000's would know her from children's shows. She has many dramas and movies for her age and 90% of them have been main roles and quite well-received in Korea. She's also the face of many official ambassadorships acting as representative from Korea. She also appears on CMs and advertisements often enough that her face is recognized by everybody across the age and gender range. Her fluency in English hasn't been utilized much before either, and given she's never lived overseas and has never studied overseas, her fluency is very impressive.

And the show already has so much crying, I don't want a tragic ending :(

Season 1 and 2 are really just one long 12 episodes season, as there is almost no timeline break between the two. Best enjoyed back to back for full effect.

Mr. Sunshine was a beautiful delight for the eyes and basically an Oscar worthy 30+ hours movie.

The actor is indeed very good at his job to make the viewer hate his guts. As they say, it's a lot more difficult to play a proper villain.

It appears as though she knows he's not actually her brother, and simply the student of her father who rescued and ran away with her to protect her at the request of her father. His involvement seems to have entailed a letter of sort, and she does not seem to be aware of the role he played in it all.

MIND. BLOWN. She remembers everything. She knew the whole time!

I love this. Other than the 2nd Counselor, every other minor character has so many layers to them. The King is especially a fascinating one.

According to the source, the episode numbers are not confirmed, and not every season of every show has exactly the same episode count. https://n.news.naver.com/article/008/0004277534 However, it does confirm that Studio Dragon has signed a contract up to three season with Netflix. Which means we're likely heading for a (literal?) cliffhanger soon.

Sounds like they need to make a second season at this rate.

Special Clips that broadcast right after each episode on tvN (not available on Netflix/KissAsian/etc), explaining some of Arthdal's lore, continued (scroll down to an earlier comment for parts 1 to 14):

Episode 15 Special Clip "Children Of Shahati": https://streamable.com/ml472

He's also a singer/dancer/musician/idol and a part of the boy group ASTRO (아스트로).

A main lead, sure, but he has been a main role in 6 dramas so far. And his haters often comes from the idol side.

The Chuseok thing really only applies to public broadcast channels like KBS, MBC, SBS, etc. Cable networks don't really follow the same set of things.

It's a 21.3 hours long drama overall. It really should have been 18 normal-length episodes instead of 16 super-compressed episodes.