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All I can say is that Kanata is extraordinarily lucky that his BFFs are so supportive. So glad they didn’t make Mizuki the stereotypical jealous type. She’s pretty much carrying their relationship at this point along with her clueless but caring sidekick🤭🙈

The fairytale concept does work better with Disney than Netflix ngl .

It's free marketing. You hear royal + romance, Disney comes to mind.

(In reality, Disney+ probably out bid the other platforms)

It’s giving “how to lose a guy in 10 days” vibes in the most ridiculous way possible- should be hilarious in an endearing way if they get it right 🤭

The hovering 😂

It just hit me that technically Heiju will be a Disney Princess even if it's unofficial.

She'll definitely get to be a royal CEO before the drama ends (unless Ian decides to abdicate for whatever reason).

(My Disney princess lore is a bit rusty now but they have pushed a lot of independent princess arcs lately from what I recall)

Oh yes - your take on Sky makes sense! His desperation to find a miracle pretty much pushed him over the edge🙈

Shame they couldn’t do a better job specially given most of the cast was pretty good.

Sky was already obsessive...imagine if he was immortal too? He's a bit of a wildcard. He has good qualities but he can be dangerous.

Yes. He had already influenced the voting with his "superman" behaviour so P didn't have a reason to rig the election. His friends' actions screwed him completely.

Corruption (even those disguised as righteous deeds) cannot be hidden? Birds of a feather flock together (the guy's corrupt friends were just like him eventhough he wasn't involved in the rigging attempt).

With Sky- Idolizing people/ sesseng behaviour will lead to your downfall someday? The guy could have lived a better life after ep 1 but chose not to 😅


Terrible execution though. They keep trying to go for shock value scenes but they don't hold the same depth as the original series🤷‍♀️

The nobles do look down on the business crowd, but if you are an elite business, regardless of their personal opinions, the nobles will have to entertain the business crowd.

Media is a key example. Control the media, you can do almost anything. With Castle Group, I haven't really focussed on them beyond Hui Ju's brand but I'm guessing they must be involved in an important industry enough to ruffle the queen mother's feathers.

Like her father said, if she had not stirred any trouble, things could have naturally crumbled between Huiju and I-An given how rigid royalty is (the lord doesn't know what we know).

TBF it all stemmed after she argued with her family. She definitely didn't think it through.

It's essentially "I saw it- I want it" logic 😅

It's because the marriage is temporary. She is willing to do anything to secure a title.

It's interesting though since South Korea (at least from the little I know) treat divorcees (specially if the woman is the taking the blame) quite badly. Is it really worth it?

It's probably because part of the buzz behind the drama is that the King of death (BWS) and Queen of death (IU) are the leads. Fans can't help speculate so the PR team is taking advantage of it.

The queen needs to control the grand prince. Even if Hui Ju was a noble, she would never accept her because Huiju isn't maleable. She is too free spirited to bow down to the queen's nefarious plans. Hui Ju doesn't know the subtle art of manipulation like her SIL (who probably was trained as a noble). Her bluntness could never win the queen easily.

Aside from that, Castle Group can give the Crown Prince more leverage in royal affairs which is something the queen definitely doesn't want.

I find the family dynamic quite interesting. I like the fact that Taeju is considered as "foolish" but he treats his wife well (enough to make her leave her noble family) and still remains constant after so many years. The father is reprehensible. It's understandable to see him drowning in self pity when HJ and Taeju were kids but to actively find ways to sideline HJ even when she has proved herself to be an asset is questionableas both as a father and a CEO. He feels nothing compared to some kdrama fathers who are in his position.

I loved how they gave both the father and HJ's POVs of their moments together. The father only remembers her reaction but not what pushed her🥲

That's so true. It really does feel like normal kdrama chaebol sibling rivalry. Not truly mean spirited.

No, I think for a short while Taeju and his mum separated from the father (at least unofficially)? The fact that his birthday present was in the father's home office and the father was drowning in self pity instead of showing even remote excitement made me feel this way.

Additionally if HJ's presence indirectly killed his mother, Taeju would be more villainous than insolent.

I feel like he'll play a bigger role than just the self sacrificing heartbroken 2nd lead. As a popular prime minister, he has enough power to protect both the Hui Ju and I An from any real danger thrown at them by the monarcy- assuming their constitution is similar to the real orld. He is technically one of the most powerful chess pieces in the drama.

Personally I hope they keep their love triangle honourable like in AOS, with the crown prince.

FR- even as a mafia supervillain, he couldn't stop himself from becoming a loveydovey mess🤭

The problem is that the market is now saturated. The writers (and production team) need to evolve before it's too late.

I used to love webtoons but now it's so easy to predict what will happen once you read the first 10 chapters.