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THE ULTIMATE FEELS
It's been too long that I enjoyed a drama as this much. I feel too much for this. AND I AM WATCHING THIS IN THE YEAR OF 2026, FOURTEEN YEARS AFTER IT HAS AIRED.
First of all a FUCKIN BADASS female lead. I really loved how she stayed till the end. She was consistent throughout.(well except the fact that she was a little off written in first some episodes- like how she just trusts Lee Jae Ha very easily and is kinda easily manipulatable for a North Korean SPECIAL FORCE CAPTIAN?). But ma girl came through, even till the last episode where she was ready to shoot him and planning an escape while kidnapped. SHE IS A DIVA AND THATS THE END OF DISCUSSION.PERIOD.
Now, to our king- I mean Yea Comrade Lee, he was very much irritable at first. OMG, I just wished to smash his head onto a wall at times. -ALSO YOU DON'T FUCKIN PLAY WITH ONES EMOTIONS AND FEELING, YOU PRICK. Okay ignoring the initial him, the latter him was chef's kiss. He has an insane character development and I'm here for it. BUT also, he felt off written at times- like he was said to be someone with great IQ and all, but he acted very childish sometimes. I think I kinda expected more from him, but yeahh whatever he was, he was realestic and great.
Talking of the story- I didn't even know a 20 episode drama could end this easily. Personally, this drama did NOT drag at any parts. It was THE perfect pace for me. It wasn't rushed nor was it lagged. The story unfolded in the way I loved. I loved how characters developed over time. And mostly the VILLIAN. First time in history I'm seeing a villain with an actual brain. Also, special mention to his torture methods, because that is as realistic as things can get. What I felt this drama had difference compared to others was in the 19th episode, I mean after catching John Mayar, the story actually continued. My boy, I totally didn't expect it because in dramas usually that would be the last episode and everything is good and happy, bye bye. But here, it showed his influence after he was arrested- because he had the money AND power. He was bailed out- yeahh that is realistic and I loved the drama for it.
Now, moving on to why this wen from 10 to 9.5 -*SPOLIER**SPOLIER* THE DEATH OF CAPTAIN EUN. Yeah, I am soo very disappointed because of his death. I wanted him to be happy. I wanted him to live. He had endured through that much trauma just to die?? No, bro you didn't deserve that death, idc you shoud've been alive and become the princess's bf. That was a shitty AF move and I HATE THAT. Also sometimes someone dying is okay, like the former king and queen who just died.. but the problem was the Eun Shi Gyun dying was totally unnecessary and I stand by it. Yeah, and also because of some inconsistency I felt both for the king's and Hang Ah's character in the beginning, that's the only reason we went down .5 .
And finally just wanted to say this drama for me had the perfect amount of all mixes for me, romance, comedy, politics, king x officer, princess x bodyguard. And, the realism as well - how Asians are treated on a global level, the racial discrimination, the political imbalance, historical differences for ally's of different countries and all also resonated deeply with me. To me, it was written well and with great consideration. But, I am not very literate on history between countries so idk how much of it was actually correct.
First of all a FUCKIN BADASS female lead. I really loved how she stayed till the end. She was consistent throughout.(well except the fact that she was a little off written in first some episodes- like how she just trusts Lee Jae Ha very easily and is kinda easily manipulatable for a North Korean SPECIAL FORCE CAPTIAN?). But ma girl came through, even till the last episode where she was ready to shoot him and planning an escape while kidnapped. SHE IS A DIVA AND THATS THE END OF DISCUSSION.PERIOD.
Now, to our king- I mean Yea Comrade Lee, he was very much irritable at first. OMG, I just wished to smash his head onto a wall at times. -ALSO YOU DON'T FUCKIN PLAY WITH ONES EMOTIONS AND FEELING, YOU PRICK. Okay ignoring the initial him, the latter him was chef's kiss. He has an insane character development and I'm here for it. BUT also, he felt off written at times- like he was said to be someone with great IQ and all, but he acted very childish sometimes. I think I kinda expected more from him, but yeahh whatever he was, he was realestic and great.
Talking of the story- I didn't even know a 20 episode drama could end this easily. Personally, this drama did NOT drag at any parts. It was THE perfect pace for me. It wasn't rushed nor was it lagged. The story unfolded in the way I loved. I loved how characters developed over time. And mostly the VILLIAN. First time in history I'm seeing a villain with an actual brain. Also, special mention to his torture methods, because that is as realistic as things can get. What I felt this drama had difference compared to others was in the 19th episode, I mean after catching John Mayar, the story actually continued. My boy, I totally didn't expect it because in dramas usually that would be the last episode and everything is good and happy, bye bye. But here, it showed his influence after he was arrested- because he had the money AND power. He was bailed out- yeahh that is realistic and I loved the drama for it.
Now, moving on to why this wen from 10 to 9.5 -*SPOLIER**SPOLIER* THE DEATH OF CAPTAIN EUN. Yeah, I am soo very disappointed because of his death. I wanted him to be happy. I wanted him to live. He had endured through that much trauma just to die?? No, bro you didn't deserve that death, idc you shoud've been alive and become the princess's bf. That was a shitty AF move and I HATE THAT. Also sometimes someone dying is okay, like the former king and queen who just died.. but the problem was the Eun Shi Gyun dying was totally unnecessary and I stand by it. Yeah, and also because of some inconsistency I felt both for the king's and Hang Ah's character in the beginning, that's the only reason we went down .5 .
And finally just wanted to say this drama for me had the perfect amount of all mixes for me, romance, comedy, politics, king x officer, princess x bodyguard. And, the realism as well - how Asians are treated on a global level, the racial discrimination, the political imbalance, historical differences for ally's of different countries and all also resonated deeply with me. To me, it was written well and with great consideration. But, I am not very literate on history between countries so idk how much of it was actually correct.
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