Honestly, this series did such a beautiful job capturing young love...it brought me through a rollercoaster of emotions and it was certainly very touching as well. Beautiful production, story, acting, soundtrack....and such a beautiful movie.
Wooow....so I wanted to say that this movie really blew my mind. WOW. I sided with the king perhaps because his character's development, thoughts, heart was seen the most out of all the characters so perhaps I felt the most sympathy for him. However, when he assigned Hong Lim to sleep with the Queen, I do believe he trusted and thought that Hong Lim loved him so for those of you who say that he should have seen it coming....the King is very manipulative in his motives and love. And I think this love was most definitely one sided...from the beginning.
To me, the King's painting definitely illustrates this idea. This scene that the King dreamed of them on horses, frolicking in a field of grass together. To the King, this scene sort of symbolizes spending all this time with him, by his side, and that is all that mattered to him. In his mind, I believe that even Hong lim's loyalty and care for him is misinterpreted as 'love'. If you were to look at that painting from an outside perspective, it simply seems like a very dear friendship. If you look at it from the King's perspective he drew what he pictured love to be. And how about Hong Lim? To him, I believe that as a friend, he sees it as a friendship, but because his sense of loyalty and devotion to the king is so strong, he will make it a 'love scene' if it makes the king happy.
When Hong Lim fell in love with the Queen, she literally became his world and in the end and it becomes more obvious to us that he NEVER loved the King. This is why his dying words are true. The most sincere, raw words come out when we have our last moments because it is how we will be remembered. So tragic. He never loved the King, and he says the TRUTH in the way that he does because he knows the King the most out of everyone and knows what the King REALLY asked in that moment. He did not ask "did you ever care for me, show devotion to me?" but he asked "did you LOVE me?" I think the King only asks him in this very moment because he knew the answer the entire time but selfishly wanted to keep his fantasy of holding the person he loves the most by his side forever. Of course Hong Lim cherished the King, cared for him, maybe even 'loved him' but not in the way he loved the queen. Not in the way the King pictured. This is why near death, Hong Lim still attacks the King. Why would you ever do that to the person you truly loved, even if it was in the past? Because in that moment, what I saw was not the strong and intense emotion that stemmed entirely from hate, but by love for the Queen since the most important thing to him was the Queen.
Truly unfortunate, but a beautiful movie with a beautiful story nonetheless. Really messed up and twisted love but...beautifully told.
To me, the King's painting definitely illustrates this idea. This scene that the King dreamed of them on horses, frolicking in a field of grass together. To the King, this scene sort of symbolizes spending all this time with him, by his side, and that is all that mattered to him. In his mind, I believe that even Hong lim's loyalty and care for him is misinterpreted as 'love'. If you were to look at that painting from an outside perspective, it simply seems like a very dear friendship. If you look at it from the King's perspective he drew what he pictured love to be. And how about Hong Lim? To him, I believe that as a friend, he sees it as a friendship, but because his sense of loyalty and devotion to the king is so strong, he will make it a 'love scene' if it makes the king happy.
When Hong Lim fell in love with the Queen, she literally became his world and in the end and it becomes more obvious to us that he NEVER loved the King. This is why his dying words are true. The most sincere, raw words come out when we have our last moments because it is how we will be remembered. So tragic. He never loved the King, and he says the TRUTH in the way that he does because he knows the King the most out of everyone and knows what the King REALLY asked in that moment. He did not ask "did you ever care for me, show devotion to me?" but he asked "did you LOVE me?" I think the King only asks him in this very moment because he knew the answer the entire time but selfishly wanted to keep his fantasy of holding the person he loves the most by his side forever. Of course Hong Lim cherished the King, cared for him, maybe even 'loved him' but not in the way he loved the queen. Not in the way the King pictured. This is why near death, Hong Lim still attacks the King. Why would you ever do that to the person you truly loved, even if it was in the past? Because in that moment, what I saw was not the strong and intense emotion that stemmed entirely from hate, but by love for the Queen since the most important thing to him was the Queen.
Truly unfortunate, but a beautiful movie with a beautiful story nonetheless. Really messed up and twisted love but...beautifully told.