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SOBBING FOR MY LIFE

Omg I had to come immediately!!!! First of all i see myself in you DeanMoth 😭😭😭 Deans anger towards his dad's cheating....idk how much he must have been holding back till now. Him not feeling anything for the death to finally sobbinggggg. Such parents are soo cruel.The moment saying ppl make mistakes is soooooooo real life. The amount of boomer gen women i hv heard say that. Maybe it's like they just want to save the marriage🥲 Honestly it's soo cruel as a kid...u love ur dad but not the man he is. How r u supposed to feel. Do i love him or not🥲The breakup😭😭😭😭 Finally talking about somethings they kept ignoring. Letting go cause hes afraid of doing the same to Moth.Moth just going crazy trying to understand. Williams ost...🔥The hug....💔 The way they cried and the way we cried😭LOVED THE EPISODE 🙇🏻‍♀️

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this series is amazing.

SPOILERS.ok, i think it's about time i write my review for episode nine because i cried so much this episode to the point i had a headache. when i say i resonated and really, truly understood where dean was coming from alongside his feelings towards his father, i really mean it; that hit so close to home for me, i wasn't expecting it. for starters, the episode begun in such a beautifully domestic way, we saw dean cooking porridge for him and moth as well as flirting with him and being so sweet together which was everything but then obviously, it all got very upsetting the moment the news hit them. i cannot begin to say how much i relate to dean, the entirety of the episode we've seen him holding everything back and inside, pushing everything so far down so much so that it cannot stay afloat nor resurface. he tried to act happy, he tried to smile and brush things off, he tried to keep it all together and just be there as he is but deep inside, everything was clearly eating at him. from the very beginning of this series, we've all wondered what exactly made dean act in such a way, somebody who craves constant attention yet detaches themselves from commitment, responsibility and actual feelings. it's insecurities and fear, the fear that the actions of somebody so close to us would then be repeated through us. dean, all this time, has been afraid to make the same horrible decisions and actions as his father, he was afraid to lie and live in a lie which to him is what the dynamic of his family felt. i can relate to that so much, my experience is obviously not entirely the same down to the detail or whatever but the dynamic in my family is quite broken, i can't even remember the last time i spoke to my dad and i don't even have his number nor a way to get in contact with him whatsoever, i despise my mum's boyfriend but i try and try to act like everything is fine and i don't fucking hate everything, i want my mom to find someone better than him and so on. her choice was made by her to make herself feel happy again and feel loved again which she didn't get from my dad but in my eyes and for what i've experienced from then on, i've grown to harbor such deep-rooted hatred for him and i'll never forgive him for his insults towards my mom, me or my sister yet here he is, prancing and preening in the house every day and yet here i am, joking around with him and talking to him so that he doesn't have a reason to argue with my mom; and that's where i ask myself, is this truly, really the relationship my mom wanted after leaving my dad?my feelings have soured, i don't know how to feel about anyone in this dynamic, my dad, her or him. i love my mom, but i wish she'd found someone better for herself, not my dad, not him, just someone who would truly deserve her. and that's where i resonate with dean so much because the way he found out about his father's affair wasn't far from how i found ouf my mom was dating her boyfriend, curiosity kills the cat they say right? or breaks it. his whole family tells him that everyone has moved on, his mother tells him his father chose her still and she's forgiven him, his sister tells him he doesn't have to but he shouldn't allow that to stop him from letting somebody who truly deserves to love, not love him. dean understands that but there's just something that will always stick with you, where you'll feel hatred yet complex feelings towards that person as well as feeling nervous that you'd repeat their mistakes hence why dean would become the dean we saw in the earlier episodes. somebody who craves attention and acts tough yet, is somebody weak within who needs a lot of love and care. their 'break up' really hit very hard because although they hadn't made anything official, dean voiced his fear of everything about their relationship having been a lie and it, better end. although, the lie ended before it even truly got to seed itself within their relationship. they were both truly hurt in that moment, moth didn't want to push dean and dean didn't want to push moth - they just accepted it. the final scene where dean comes down the steps and sees moth, finally breaking down in tears and seeking his embrace was both a relief and also heartwrenching. a relief as he finally let everything out, he's finally letting himself be held, embraced and loved but heartwrenching because he's had to keep everything bottled up, he's had to hide his feelings for the comfort of his family, he had to put up an act like everything was okay when it truly wasn't and although an affair ended, the reprecussions it leaves behind and the scars never leave, they just scab, fall off and they fade. i'll keep reiterating that the reason i love this series, the reason i love you maniac so much and why i always get so defensive about it and frustrated (though it doesn't do much, everybody is entitled to their own viewpoint of it) is because the story is just so human. there's always layers and layers of complexity within us, there's years of suffering, acts and change yet, there's always space to grow and learn, space to understand one another and to accept each other for what we are and not for what we are made to be. nobody's perfect, there's no such thing as perfect and there's no perfect story either, sometimes it's just an experience. i don't want to say much more because i'll probably just repeat myself one way or another but i do hope at some point in time, people learn to appreciate the story more and not try to compare it with other stories that cover different genres. each story is unique to what it is and each story tells a tale of it's own, it doesn't make one better than the other, it just makes it so that it's more personal to one person than the other."this is the saddest face i can make."

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Kissing Cousin is getting creepier with every episode.

Bizarrely, some commenters were 'shipping' the Cousin & the Queen, hard. Are they paying attention to just how much of a psychopath this creep is? He stalks her. Force-kisses her when she was at her most vulnerable and despairing (after which she promptly committed suicide), is almost openly declaring his lust for her after she is married and comes dangerously close to molesting her while she is unconscious! Yikes! What a creepy perverse psycho he is. Another episode filled with LOTS of stuff happening and mostly is another good episode. Downgrading a little because our dear lead, Mr Queen is unconscious and off screen for too much of the episode and we spend too much time on annoying side characters in subplots that, I guess are supposed to be funny but are hard to connect with because the characters act so stupid. And a lot of side-plots seem to regurgitate the same conversation. Example, everyone keeping repeating concern over whether the queen will be deposed. This starts to feel like the show is dragging screen minutes on purpose.

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He made it to the capital. She’s acting like he didn’t.

🐯 Another episode where it feels like not much happened until you start adding everything up. Everyone seems to be plotting to marry her off, she’s batting away schemes left, right and centre, and her marriage is apparently the prize everyone wants to claim. Has anybody considered asking what SHE wants?🐯 There are royal family reunions, but nobody seems to trust anybody. Lovely. Nothing says welcome home quite like wondering which relative has an agenda 😭 I’m still getting my bearings with the palace politics, but the atmosphere is already very different from their time in the mountains.🐯 Meanwhile, he finally reaches the capital, bumps into his friend and makes another acquaintance among the scholars. Naturally, that scholar is also being put forward as a potential husband for her. You can’t even make friends here without walking into someone’s marriage arrangements.🐯 Everyone is trying to curry favour, while he’s managed to offend her by understanding more about her than she wanted him to. After the glimpses we’ve had of her past, I can see why that leaves her feeling exposed. Still, watching her completely ignore him when he arrives was my OMG moment. We’ve gone from fireflies and bedtime stories to pretending he isn’t there.🐯 I do feel for him. To me, it’s becoming increasingly obvious that he has feelings for her, whatever ambitions brought him to the capital. Seeing him met with that cold shoulder after their earlier closeness stings a bit.🐯 No favourite character or standout favourite scene this episode. This felt more like everyone finding their position in the capital, with plenty happening beneath the polite conversations. Another 8/10 — I’m interested, but I’m going to need to keep track of who wants her married to whom and what they expect to gain from it.

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for a few eps now, i have been over this &…

for a few eps now, i have been over this & was just along for the ride, cause i started watching & wanted to see if there would be any surprises by the end. there weren't, it (for me) went from bad to worse & for the life of me i don't understand why everyone it hyping this up - so what if the mains got chemistry?!? the plot deflated half way through & just got tangled with the back & forth with the timeline & the amnesia b.s. *********************************************************************************** it wasn't intriguing or fascinating... u weren't left with the excitement of trying to untangle the web, to figure out the plot - cause it wasn't a complex brain twister, just messy writing. *************************************************************************also there wasn't a character that i actually liked or rooted for not the mains, Shem Mo was a happy 'Sub' that enjoyed everyone walking all over him & when that wasn't happening he was tripping over his own two feet waiting for Ji to come to the rescue. Ji was belligerent & p*ssed most of the time a fake 'Dom' that was a pushover when it came to his sister & then Shem Mo. this should've been shorter - without a lot of the drama & maybe - Maybe(!) then i would've enjoyed it more. as is this a utter let down & a once & a never again -

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i was supersized by that kiss or rather by…

i was supersized by that kiss or rather by the intensity of it - smokin hot, but then got blindside again by the fact that Han Yul was the guy Lee Won knew & maybe he befriended Adolf in the hopes of being in Han Yul's life, without really being in his life?!? guess all 3 (Han Yul, Adolf & Lee Won) were orphans... was that where their connection begins?!? just don't tell me Lee Won & Han Yul related - cause that would be gross.... & am guessing Herod's father adopted Lee Won & treated him like a slave & henchman all rolled up in one. but then how he get a chance to compose & write a famous song?!? also was he the one called to clean up (Adolf) after Herod & his buddies got through with him?!? that would ironically be very f*cked-up. ******************& now him failing Han Yul in the 2nd round - just a way to get close/keep him close?!? cause passing him wouldn't give him the access he needed, to insert himself in Han Yul's life?!?? so many questions....

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She’s found her family. Can she return them? 😭

This episode was emotional damage. Full-on tearjerker. Our girl is still reeling from everything coming to light, and instead of giving her time to breathe, everyone seems determined to make her feel even less wanted.🎭The male lead returns home and is beaten bloody by his grandfather. She comes to his rescue, but later, while he’s being treated, she overhears his grandfather saying she isn’t fit to be his grandson’s wife or manage the household. After everything she’s just discovered about her own family, those words are another knife to the heart.🎭He doesn’t hear that conversation. So when he wakes up and she isn’t there, he thinks she doesn’t care. Meanwhile, she does care, but she’s been hurt by his family and is pulling away to protect herself. Watching them misunderstand each other when we know what happened is painful.🎭Then his attempt to get her to visit backfires when she overhears his cousin claiming she’d be a better match for him. Can this girl enter a building without someone explaining why she doesn’t belong there? I’m exhausted on her behalf.🎭Her biological mother is devastated, but I’m still left feeling that neither family is giving our girl the care she actually needs. Finding out her identity hasn’t given her any sense of safety. She’s still being judged, rejected and expected to absorb everyone else’s feelings.🎭Then the aunt dies by suicide, and somehow our girl gets blamed for that as well. She was the child harmed by this whole scheme, yet people keep finding ways to make her responsible for the consequences. The unfairness is infuriating.🎭By the time she asks her mother for an imperial decree allowing her to divorce him, I understand why she wants out. It hurts because he loves her and doesn’t know everything that’s pushed her towards this decision. But loving him doesn’t make his family’s treatment hurt any less.🎭His reaction to her asking for a divorce, to the point of coughing up blood, was heartbreaking. He’s insisting they won’t separate while she’s reached the point where leaving feels necessary. I’m hurting for both of them.🎭9/10 — an emotionally gripping episode that left me crying and wanting someone to put her wellbeing first. I asked for relationship development. I should have specified the happy kind.

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