Idk, I kinda have a guess the villain could be the Queen Mother's dad.
What is certain is that we are all supposed to think that! The production made sure of it when they cast that particular actor in the role, and styled him to resemble his most famous & instantly recognizable villain character.
Best Part of Ep 8: I really enjoyed the part where she was trying to pretend to care for Huiju but quickly understood…
IMO: 1. The PM knows he won't get what he wants should he try to intercede directly, so his strategy is to await the aftermath to pick up the pieces (so to speak). 2. He is an egocentric chaebol CEO. Any attack against his property is an attack against himself. Only he can abuse FL. Not the grand prince or anyone. 3. She was overly wound up since the beginning and now she is beginning to unravel!
I saw a post on tik tok where they were like ... Her father slapped the prince even when he doesn't care for her…
I think he sees her as his property; as an extension & reflection of himself. Any feelings like caring for his daughter are weakness which others could use against him, and must be extinguished.
Do you remember who was visiting him at his home? Kim Jae Gyeong! The FL's brother & sister-in-law met her…
KJG had cameos in eps 2, 4, & 6. She appeared as an acquaintance of the FL's brother's wife (both of them from noble families), in the palace when she was with the queen dowager to meet the grand prince about their arranged marriage (which was called off when ML chose FL as his bride), and again with the SIL in front of the FL's father's building.
I think Hui Ju and the Crown Prince planned the poisoning... I have been thinking this since episode 7, and while…
I dislike when characters are made to act stupidly just to move the plot along. I want them to be smarter, to outwit their foes due to their own abilities, not just by luck or fate or as a result of interventions from others.
The king grew up in the palace of intrigue. He should know how to play his opponnents off of each other and ensure his advantage—otherwise he does not deserve to win!
The handling of the ongoing investigation and the level of seriousness is comical. Low IQ writing.Who is it? Some…
Yoo Ji Won is just some previously-unpublished writer whose script just happened to win the MBC 2022 writing competition grand prize (out of 997 submissions), and which also secured Disney's interest to collaborate on its production. Maybe she made a deal with My Demon? Or perhaps she actually wrote a decent script, earning accolades and approval from industry professionals!
WAIT i just rem smth didn't hui ju's dad say that he planted someone in the palace ? cld this have smth to do…
Do you remember who was visiting him at his home? Kim Jae Gyeong! The FL's brother & sister-in-law met her as they were leaving the house. Her presence there was never properly explained.
I think FL's father and KJG are plotting together against our main leads! He wants to put his daughter down so she doesn't eclipse his own legacy (or his son), while she wants her traditional arranged marriage to the grand prince back on track, to be not just a noble but a royal!
I think Hui Ju and the Crown Prince planned the poisoning... I have been thinking this since episode 7, and while…
I think this too! I think they turned his private house spy into a double-agent. I think leaving the contract out for so long (before storing it in I An's safe with the king's will) was also a ploy.
Everything that is making us mad now, will make us feel delighted, later, when the truth is revealed.
I still think he only sees her as his property, but not as a cherished daughter. I hope he proves me wrong!
Yeah, I saw that too. But just because he misinterpreted her motivation doesn't excuse his toxic neglect. Everyone is guilty at some point of withholding love. This man has made an olympic sport of it. And he won the gold medal in each & every competition.
Also, it has been said many times that there is less than 0.1% difference between a successful businessman and a sociopath. In an environment where only the most ruthless succeed, kind-hearted daddy doesn't become the chaebol of Castle group—except maybe in a Disney princess story so she can get her HEA (so prove me wrong).
Leaving the contract out (before putting it in the safe) seemed like such an obvious unforced error to so many of us that I want to consider the possibility that this was intentional. Like, what if our characters are smarter than they appear and they wanted the spy to photograph and leak the document. Could the contract actually be bait—a ploy to expose their enemies & solidify their position?
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1. The PM knows he won't get what he wants should he try to intercede directly, so his strategy is to await the aftermath to pick up the pieces (so to speak).
2. He is an egocentric chaebol CEO. Any attack against his property is an attack against himself. Only he can abuse FL. Not the grand prince or anyone.
3. She was overly wound up since the beginning and now she is beginning to unravel!
"Lost Orphaned Royalty" is an established trope.
https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/LostOrphanedRoyalty
The king grew up in the palace of intrigue. He should know how to play his opponnents off of each other and ensure his advantage—otherwise he does not deserve to win!
I think FL's father and KJG are plotting together against our main leads! He wants to put his daughter down so she doesn't eclipse his own legacy (or his son), while she wants her traditional arranged marriage to the grand prince back on track, to be not just a noble but a royal!
Everything that is making us mad now, will make us feel delighted, later, when the truth is revealed.
Also, it has been said many times that there is less than 0.1% difference between a successful businessman and a sociopath. In an environment where only the most ruthless succeed, kind-hearted daddy doesn't become the chaebol of Castle group—except maybe in a Disney princess story so she can get her HEA (so prove me wrong).