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SK domestic TV ratings. Ep 6 got an 11.2%
https://news.mydramalist.com/article/perfect-crown-soars-to-its-highest-viewership-yet-filing-for-love-premieres


The SK domestic TV ratings for Eps 7 & 8 were similar
https://news.mydramalist.com/article/perfect-crown-goes-steady-we-are-all-trying-here-sets-new-personal-record

Yeah. MBC even re-ran eps 1-6 last week in hopes of bolstering the ratings for 7 & 8. But they remained flat. 🤔

It may come from a protective response. The need to instill humility in his second son with strict discipline was likely a life-preservation measure for someone such as I An within a royal palace full of intrigue. The grand prince possesses the regal qualities which his brother (the crown prince) lacked. And that makes him a threat to the line of succession. Even him merely wearing the dragon robe at play could have incurred a death-sentence! As could the boys' discussion about trading places in the line of succession.

Yes. Aide Choi was raised as an orphan but he could indeed turn out to actually be a royal—even the legitimate heir to the throne!

It's even possible that he is the villain, secretly obsessed with getting the life he deserves to have. But Choi's demeanor is not that of a shrewd, calculating mastermind. On the contrary—he is anything but that. (Or he'd have to be a total sociopathic genius to pull that off, which is not something this drama is likely to pursue.) If Choi is indeed a royal, I expect the reveal will be as much a surprise to himself as to everyone else.

Because withholding love from your child to raise them to be emotionally stunted is such a noble trait (not). I don't mind if Huiju forgives her father, but surely whatever actual traces of feelings he may have suppressed across all that time doesn't excuse his toxic behaviors.

Areum is obviously an unwilling participant. If she takes the blame, how does that end the scandal? Wouldn't it just serve to protect the villain masterminds while she is sacrificed as a scapegoat?

I wonder what leverage the villains are using to manipulate her? The prince needs to figure this out and counter it, pronto!

This is all spoilers I normally prefer to avoid, but I'm actually glad I read it.

Don't mistake her father's concern for love. He was protecting himself—his company, his name, his reputation, & his legacy.

Maybe the spoiler tag should be checked by default?
There should be a large red BEWARE warning atop the comments section on every page.

Thank you! That is an important detail I would have missed.

I think about the tragic end of her co-star from MM. And that guy who brought down Disney's big drama last year—I remember him crying saying something about how the star brand he embodied destroyed his human self (or something along those lines.) And Hollywood has dozens (probably hundreds) of examples of celebrities who were eaten up by the machine. I think it's better to get out while you're ahead, lest you end up trapped in a gilded cage—or worse!

Yeah. They all suck! What a miserable environment this fictional world provides for any human with a beating heart and an intact soul to endure.

I think this drama could serve as a perfect swan song for IU. She could end her career today and enjoy a happy, private life. Sometimes a simple life holds the dearest pleasures.

I wish more celebrities could make graceful exits from the machine.

Are there no loving parents in this world? Is every child in 21st Century Joseon neglected, abandoned, resented and/or unloved? So far the evil villain Jin Mu is the only parent we have observed to convey an iota of compassion towards their child.

OK, whatever. It all comes down to nurture vs nature anyway. Either he is a born loser, or was raised to be one. (In love, at least.)

Declining to confess out of fear of losing a friendship (or settling for an unsatisfying short-term "trophy" relationship), are entirely typical reasons which anyone might choose. Considering the obligation imposed on him to perpetuate the role by his "Min political family", I find it reasonable that these external pressures were sufficient so he never even made his own choice in the matter. Until the prince reminded him that yes, he did have a choice.

Unrequited love can be one of the most enduring pains people experience. This helps explain why the theme of confessing one's feelings has such a strong presence in K-dramas, and is so well-received.

What makes Jeong U's situation especially thorny is the absolute line preventing him from ever daring to confess to Hui Ju because of his families expectations for him, his own ambitions, and her lowly social status as a commoner. The simple fact is, he would never have risked exposing his feelings towards her had the grand prince not done so first. He would have kept them bottled up forever, sadly but successfully. But when his friend opened that forbidden door, all his pent-up emotions became unleashed. And now he gets to deal with what all that entails…

delete this pls

"Chekov's legal document" is a rule among scriptwriters which stipulates that if a marriage contract makes an appearance early in a drama, it will resurface by the end of the series with tragic ramifications.

Someone could have accessed the contract prior to it being placed in the safe