Big_Red_1011

Have you watched Once Upon a Small Town? It’s way better than the MDL rating would lead you to believe.

I think in this drama we will also see that the public isn’t going to be thrilled about a dreamy prince marrying a chaebol lady. I was speaking more in the terms of what the characters need in this drama: FL needs to marry up to be better positioned to protect her status in the family (because her father wants to make her half brother the heir even though he’s useless); and the prince needs a wife who is quite capable & powerful on his side instead of a spy sent by his sister in law (prince’s motivations will probably become more clear as things develop).

That’s by design. She’s not supposed to be a good character :)

Less people will die… probably 😁🤣

Thank you for the more informative response :)
I’m not very familiar with other European royals, so British royals was my main frame of reference. The Royal Academy in the drama with its house system also feels very British (I’m tempted to make a reference to Hogwarts but obviously that system was in use before the books, lol).

I was simplifying things a bit based on pre-show information and the first two episodes:

— Royals have prestige but not rich
— Charbol are rich but no prestige
— Politicians have power (including over royals) but less prestige and less money (unless they are from a rich family).

If you just imagine that this is set in the UK, this is a completely realistic story. You have a rich FL who needs to marry into a prestigious family and then you have a ML from a prestigious family who needs to marry into a wealthy/powerful family.

She did her best to get his to reject any thoughts about the marriage (that was her goal).

Because the hot guy (ML) is not rich, perhaps? He has status/prestige but no money. That’s where FL comes in — she’s the rich person here. The monarchy as portrayed here is similar to British royal family. They aren’t poor, but they are also very, very far from being chaebol rich.

Have you started watching Veil of Shadows? That’s the next big thing after PoJ… but a happy ending is definitely not guaranteed 🫣🥺

I think there’s certainly a good deal of respect that he has for her. She’s not a spoiled chaebol heiress, but actually is a very capable person who doesn’t like the class system.

It’s so annoying MDL allows that to happen 🙄😳

BIBI does the main song (so far) — https://youtu.be/1snTsqDczPs

And this is the second OST (by KiiiKiii) — https://youtu.be/XYchmswDGw4

IU is definitely not dubbed. Her voice seems normal but I haven’t compared it that closely with prior dramas.

Ignore the haters. And, really, if a drama were super bad te rating would be much worse than 8.3. Usually new dramas get dragged down by haters even lower (sometimes 7.x) before slowly recovering.

ML doesn’t seem like a person who has security with him at all times. So FL figured out his favorite places (through her employee who contacted various people) and showed up there. She’s a chaebol so she has access to all the same private clubs / restaurants / etc. that he has access to.
Abd, of course, we have to remember it’s a romcom, so certain things we have to let slide (like the movie theater scene 🍿) 😁

Yeah, let’s ignore the haters. It’s a fun watch and “alternate timeline” isn’t even that outrageous — it’s basically British Royal Family in function.

IU is so nice in real life, it’s fun to see her play leads like this. And monarchy makes more sense than I thought — it’s basically how British royals are right now.

Subway product placement is a fan service for Hotel del Luna fan, lol… They even made fun of it a bit when FL said the cafe (Subway) should’ve paid for PR :)

Royals don’t have anything to do except obsess over status, so she naturally wants her son to be viewed more favorably than anyone else. But, of course, it’s not reasonable to ask a little kid to handle all those ceremonial duties.

Two episodes per week is standard for K-dramas (10-16 episodes overall). There are some daily dramas that air more frequently and have 40-50 episodes, but those are usually less prestigious.