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Wang So became king when he was 25. So first Taejo's got to die, then the Crown Prince has to become king, then he has to die (mercury poisoning), then 3rd prince has to become king and then he has to die - but not before naming Wang So/4th prince as his sucessor. So, yes, he is meant to be in his teens at the start. And girl boss does become queen - as Wang So's wife.

A number of the princes married their half sisters or other close relatives in reality. Not just Wang So (4th prince). They wanted to keep power in the family and not create more in-laws who would be jockeying for power. Unlike their Dad (Taejo) who didn't marry his sisters but did have 30 wives and created lots of problematic in-laws,

Plus, what would be the plot of season 2? She is 'dead' in the Goreyo period (and didn't exist in any case) while the ML, a real historical person will be happily married to his half sister and having kids with her.

This drama is the ultimate female fantasy - half a dozen hot blokes fighting over a - relatively messy - modern woman. Of course some people are going to be fierce in their defence of it.

The character played by Kang Hana? She was a real historical figure and Wang So/4th Prince married her (out of choice, it wasn't an arranged thing) and they had 5 children together.

I agree that in Western dramas the bad people - mostly - get punished. But it's not realistic.

It's the same in non Asian culture to a degree. People with power/money get away with really heinous behaviour.

Yes, he's her substitute husband as well as her son.

Yes, frequently. In fact the normal trope is that they are massively overworked. Not a bunch of gossiping, lazy harpies.

I so want Kang Hae Jin to (a) be nicer and (b) fall in love with his bodyguard. I also want someone to punch his Mum hard in the face.

Has anyone ever seen the assholes who work in Ji Ho's office do any actual, you know, 'work'?

My friend is being beaten to a bloody pulp, I want to help, but first I have to put all my felt tips back in their packaging, in colour order . . slowly.

My friend is being beaten to a bloody pulp, I want to help, but first I have to put all my felt tips back in their packaging, in colour order . . slowly.

The actor playing Kang Hae Jin wasn't in Cheese in the Trap.

That actress screams through 90 % of her dramas. Its kind of her schtick.

Let's hope its better than Once Upon a Small Town, based on the same premise.

To me the biggest failure of this drama was that the 'present day' FL was creepy as fuck. She was a full-on, scary, aggressive stalker.

To me the biggest failure of this drama was that the 'present day' FL was creepy as fuck. She was a full-on, scary, aggressive stalker.

Hated CT for its romanticisation of stalking. Hope the writer isn't still on that same, creepy train.

No, thank god. No romance.