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Thanks.

"He happens to meet boy Sa Wol, who is a refugee. Sa Wol dreams of becoming a knight, and he admires Knight 5-8. Seol A is an officer in the Defense Intelligence Command. She saves Sa Wol’s life and takes care of Sa Wol like he is part of her family. Knight 5-8 helps Sa Wol become a knight."

So who is playing Sa Wol? He's not mentioned in the cast list.

Hope they lose the domestic abuse "comedy" in this version.

She'd be a fun character to act. Not at all cute and fluffy. And the 'incest' (which isn't) will get the squeakers going.

I do wish MDL would pick better photos to illustrate stories. The slack mouth, vacant stare and clothes removal combined is . . . unfortunate.

Yes, its not a hint. These characters are LITERALLY meant to be (King) Taejong of Joseon, his son who became (King) Sejong the Great and Sejong's older brother.

I think you need to draw parallels with similar, local issues, to make people understand it. Otherwise they'll just sneer because (to them) the most important thing is their own entertainment. Maybe position it as a 'fictional' world where Michael Collins is a paedophile or Abraham Lincoln is a drug addict or Mao Zedong is a fat drunk.

I get the impression, from reading extensively on this, that would have cut out 75% of the drama. There was the 'Chinese props' issue, sure. But the entire story was also an anti-historical take on the lives of (King) Taejong of Joseon, his son who became (King) Sejong the Great and Sejong's older brother. And the controversy was so easily avoidable. Just make the kings/princes fictional ones.

The inability to stay upright is 'cute' and 'fluffy' for women in kdramas. Either that or she's got an inner ear infection.

Korean writers (including women writers) seem to go out of their way to write FLs as either childish, thick, and desperate/pathetic (even if they are doctors or lawyers) or aggressive, screechy drunks. Of course there are exceptions but that's their go-to, particularly in low-rent dramas, like many rom-coms.

I wonder if the reason for the missing people is an alternate persona of the FL?

Halfway through the first episode and the super-thirsty female lead has already done the 'accidental fall into the ML's arms', twice.

I love Ran Mi Ran - she's a *real* actor, not one of the stand-around-and-look-blankly-pretty brigade.

Yes, it seems weird to me, too that the people who screech loudest about being 'true' fans (whatever that is) and call everyone else 'haters' in that thick-as-mince way are invariably the same people shilling dramacool or similar sites.

Her character is written as dumb. And the actress was cast because she has one of those faces that do 'dumb' well. It doesn't mean she's dumb in real life. Definitely blame the writer. They LOVE making Korean women look thick and desperate.

Yes, it amazed me that in Korea "being drunk" is used as a mitigating, rather than aggravating, factor. Like the man who raped and beat a small child but was only sentenced to 5 years because he used the excuse that he was drunk at the time.

More bizarrely, alcoholism is heavily promoted/romanticised in Korea, despite its strong causal link to domestic violence, rape and sexual assault (e.g. Burning Sun), suicide and other things that devastate individuals, families and society.

That's a super-camp photo of Joo Won.

I guess it depends on your culture. In mine, a relationship between someone 17 and someone early 20s, wouldn't cause any dropped knitting or the clutching of pearls. Whereas under 16 it's a potential offence.

He was playing a character who was 19, tops.