Sageuk Lover

I’m not scrutinizing him at all, just mentioned some facts. I’m not against actor age gaps in general

My Dearest reunion with Ahn Eun Jin and Kim Mu Jun!! They also added Woo Davi (Jooran from Jeongnyeon)! I’m watching for them! Haven’t seen the male lead in anything but I heard not so good things about his acting from 2021’s Now We Are Breaking Up (which was why I didn’t plan to watch this new 2025 drama at first) but I hope either my thoughts about him are wrong or his acting has improved!

I’m not scrutinizing him. I edited my OG comment

I would like to see Woo Davi as a female lead. She was great in Jeongnyeon and she’s close to Inhyuk’s age

Me too.

To those that do not understand Deok-Im or call her annoying:
Female lead is not annoying at all, the way she expresses her love is through her actions. Didn't she save him so many times? She was even helpful in proving the old king that male lead is the one who should be the next king by helping him (old king) find the secret document he wrote which proves he wants male lead to be the next king! It's just that she doesn't want to be a concubine because there's a lot of restrictions (there's a lot of restrictions on being a palace maid too, but at least she can be allowed to enjoy some time outside the palace with her friends) and she doesn't want to share her husband. For her, it meant losing her identity and losing her sense of self (because by being a concubine, she belongs to the king but king doesn't belong to her as he has a wife and other concubines she needs to share him with), this is why she chose to not confess her love to him, as this thing is the only thing she can keep to herself. If anything, the biggest proof of her love is that she still chose to be his concubine in the end even if it made her really lonely. She also didn't hate him despite the fact that he punished one of her closest friends. And she waited for him in the next life even though she said he should just pass her by. I hope people understand that a woman sacrificing her sense of self and happiness to make someone happy is also love!
Lee Se Young is a great actress and is just as good as Lee Jun Ho! I will not allow any Deok Im or Lee Se Young acting slander!!

This is based in real life, the historical Deok Im really did reject the historical Yisan/King Jeongjo many times before she accepted him.

I don't think the drama ever mentioned that he got married after enthronement. As the drama never mentioned when exactly he got married, it's safe to assume they followed history. It just wouldn't make sense even in this drama if a young crown prince who's position is not secure is not married yet.

Please continue. I won't tell you the ending, but I'll say that she still loves the male lead and will reunite in the second season. She didn't marry the officer because she loves him, but because she can't just simply leave her family to get shame if she ran away with the male lead. Remember, she was already engaged to the officer when she found out male lead was still alive, fleeing an engagement will harm not only the woman but also her family.

Kwon Sang Woo's (male lead in this film) film by the same director as this film, Hitman 2 (https://mydramalist.com/753831-hitman-2), has just been released a few days ago. Hope this means that they can release this movie soon.

2 Parasite Cast Members doing sageuk, I'm in!

You're not from Korea and Korea remembers this love story because the female lead died. The ending is very wonderfully made, you feel that the couple are together but it still respects the real historical fact that she died young.

I saw a tweet that this is the modern version of Jane Austen's Persuasion and I can't help but agree!

The modern drama What Comes After Love is so good though, you should try it!

I really don't understand why some people think the female lead is annoying?? She did the best she could, balancing her role as a wife vs her role as a cop? Why can't characters like her be complex and imperfect without being labeled "annoying?"

What's wrong with expressing my honest feelings? Lots of people in this page call the female lead character stupid as well? I always thought Boys Over Flowers is overhyped. I'm not even visiting those drama's pages.

The end is the afterlife. Remember that Deok Im told him to go back to his duties 3 times, which he refused to do as he chose to stay with her? That is actually interpreted to be what is happening in the afterlife while the King's clothes are being waved in the air 3 times to symbolize calling him back to life after his death. The fact that they showed a clip of Yisan remembering her death (meaning he's likely to go back to a world without her) before he chose to stay instead with her just proves that the last scene is him joining her in the afterlife

She wasn’t dating the male lead until the end of the series, so she’s not cheating on him by hanging out with second male leads. She is just a good friend to the second male lead

She’s doing another sageuk: https://mydramalist.com/779214-my-secret-romance

She’ll be good but I think if she does another sageuk, her role must be bigger than the male lead. From the synopsis, it seems the male lead has a bigger role.