I disagree. Duk Im lived almost all her life living by other people's decisions and choices for her. She thought…
I believe the long break I took in between the series influenced my view but I mostly still stand by it. Her character mostly felt passive aggressive and complaining of the hand life delt her. Most people can't complain and I don't think she should be either when she was so favoured by the king. I feel like people complained less in those days as well.
Most people didn't get to decide. She felt very privileged to complain when she wasn't born a royal.
I understand what you're saying and I totally saw it in the series, too many times I might add, but there were many chances to run away, escape, change her name etc. Even when she couldn't have the king fully, she still wanted a part of him, hence why she lingered around.
I get why she never admitted her feelings to the king. My only complain with the series is that they gave the writing too much of a mellow-dramatic push and pull between the leads (before she became courtesan). It's like the story was waiting for her to make up her mind. Reminding me of vampire diaries where the female lead couldn't choose between the two brothers, except here it's the king and her
The female lead talks about not trusting the king because he calculates, then she does the same soon after. Her friend is most important to her, understandably so, but that is also weighing lives. The king calculates because he is responsible for everyone. He has to think about the safety of the people in the palace and the future of the country
Not trusting the king is understandable after conversing with the royal secretary. The writing is just subpar. They wrote her character so dumb out of nowhere, why didn't she tell the king despite not trusting him -_-
The melodrama is killing me
Okay at least the writer points out the hypocrisy in ep15
In episode 17, I was super impressed with the older court lady's acting. The scene with the bodyguard. I was actually moved. Instead of feeling bored from the long transitions between every dramatic scene
Pretty sad how it ended. Bittersweet. Also, the 'it's a dream' trope was not too upsetting
I have to say, holding back her feelings for the king is super annoying. She is just a coward. Too stubborn to grow up. Her stay as a royal maid has long expired. She is making it so toxic... As if the world revolved around her. How many more episodes of this?
I hope the story can just move on from their relationship
I thought the initial idea was interesting but it ended up just being average It's basically Cinderella with cliches. The plot convenience made me want to drop it and everything out of the protagonist's mouth is an excuse or a complaint
Despite that, I got through 7 episodes and somehow started rooting for the protagonist and the prince cause they seemed better suited and their relationship wasn't forced by the gods
So I'm curious, does the wife team up with an inspector or somebody and have chemistry with them while the husband is in prison? I'm asking cause that's what the plot seems like from the summary. It doesn't have a romance tag but it could still happen
Most people didn't get to decide. She felt very privileged to complain when she wasn't born a royal.
I understand what you're saying and I totally saw it in the series, too many times I might add, but there were many chances to run away, escape, change her name etc. Even when she couldn't have the king fully, she still wanted a part of him, hence why she lingered around.
I get why she never admitted her feelings to the king. My only complain with the series is that they gave the writing too much of a mellow-dramatic push and pull between the leads (before she became courtesan). It's like the story was waiting for her to make up her mind. Reminding me of vampire diaries where the female lead couldn't choose between the two brothers, except here it's the king and her
Not trusting the king is understandable after conversing with the royal secretary. The writing is just subpar. They wrote her character so dumb out of nowhere, why didn't she tell the king despite not trusting him -_-
The melodrama is killing me
Okay at least the writer points out the hypocrisy in ep15
In episode 17, I was super impressed with the older court lady's acting. The scene with the bodyguard. I was actually moved. Instead of feeling bored from the long transitions between every dramatic scene
Pretty sad how it ended. Bittersweet. Also, the 'it's a dream' trope was not too upsetting
7.8
I hope the story can just move on from their relationship
It's basically Cinderella with cliches. The plot convenience made me want to drop it and everything out of the protagonist's mouth is an excuse or a complaint
Despite that, I got through 7 episodes and somehow started rooting for the protagonist and the prince cause they seemed better suited and their relationship wasn't forced by the gods
Dropped
Unless you think it is the best film ever made, you have no business disturbing this hornet's nest