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Drama Personal Preference with Lee Min Ho :)

My thoughts are sort of all over the place. I didn't expect the movie to be THAT tragic. I know everyone has a different view on whether Hong Rim really loved the king or only acted out of loyalty. Here are my thoughts:
I think Hong Rim truly did love the king, not only as a friend or family, but also romantically. However, once he sleeps with the queen, he starts to lust for a woman's touch he has never felt before. In the bed scenes between him and the queen, I never felt any true affection, only passion and lust. When he realizes that the king found out about their affair, he immediately tells the queen to stop seeing him. He doesn't want to leave the palace. Clearly, he does not love her enough to throw away his life for her. He says he is afraid. Afraid of dying? He repeatedly jumps in to save the King, regardless of his life being in danger. So, he is afraid of losing the king's love.
Some may ask: So why does he always ask for the queen and look for her after he finds out she is pregnant?
My theory is that he truly wanted her to bear his child. In the beginning when the king answers that the reason why he chose Hong to be the queen's bed partner is so that the child would resemble Hong, he seems very happy. Later, when the queen is afraid the king won't accept the child, he tells her not to worry: He is sure the king would take the child in, because it is his own, Hong's, child. So the queen should bear the child for the King's sake. Of course I also think that Hong feels sympathy for the queen. He seduced her, which ruined her life. This is also why he lies about loving the queen. He is afraid the king would punish her and the unborn child, so he takes the blame by claiming to love her.
Even though there are many, the greatest indicator for Hong's love is the final scene. Even though he lies about not loving the king, he does so because he knows he is going to die. If the king knew he did love him, but killed him with his own hands, he would probably feel more regret. But then again, he doesn't want to die alone, but to be reunited in afterlife, so he takes the King's life as well. Hong was always a rather selfish character after all. Whom he truly loved becomes apparent in the end when the Queen gets dragged away. Instead of looking after her, he musters up his entire strength to turn around and have his final view to be the king. Regardless of whether he was originally gay or only followed the king to his bedchamber, there is no question that he loved him more than anyone.
It is a truly tragic story...

@Feli: He tries to avoid being alone because he is guilty and has a bad conscience and is afraid to be discovered. I personally think he is bi-sexual, if you have to label his sexuality at all, and him being with a woman for the first time really spikes his lust, but the person he truly loves is the king.

I actually interpret it differently. I do agree that the king was the one who basically brought ruin upon everyone, but the Queen and Hong Rim committed High Treason before that. Not only that, it was the two in the world he trusted and loved the most, the only people he thought to be on his side, and after he forgives them once, they stab him in the back again. He is the king of a country, and they make a fool of him.
Also, I believe that Hong Rim truly loved the king and really only felt lust for the Queen, and maybe something like sympathy. It becomes apparent in the end when the Queen gets dragged away and instead of looking after her, he musters up his entire strength to turn around and have his final view to be the king. It is somewhat messed up, but I believe he told the king the lie he did, because he knew he was going to die, and if the King knew the truth, he would feel regret. I am not sure why he did kill the king, but Hong Rim was always a very selfish character, so maybe he did not want to die without the person he loved. Well, this is just my theory, but everything I saw in the movie points to this conclusion.

Okay, so this drama is cute. And cheesy. Very, very cheesy. I really liked the slow development of their relationship. There's something about a romance that unfolds naturally (well, as naturally as possible with their kind of arrangement at first xD), and I loved that there is no unnecessary drama at all. Then again, at some point I just wish there was SOMETHING else there to make me more invested. I am not sure what it was, but near the middle up until the very end, it became really draggy. There was no spark anymore, and even though it was sweet, it didn't make my heart skip a beat, and even though the sad scenes were meant to be sad, I couldn't feel a rush of emotions. I think the script and directing in the latter episodes fell flat. Unfortunately it ended up being not a very remarkable drama. It's lovely if you just want some lovey-dovey scenes, but doesn't amount to more. 6.5/10 from me

(I do have to say though: THANK GOD they didn't make the cousin into an asshole. For once in k-drama land! Thank you, writers!)

So, this is somewhat bad. I don't even know why I am watching this, it doesn't even make sense half the time. Lee Won Geun is the only good thing about this drama.

Same here, omg, she is so annoying. It makes it so hard to take her seriously and enjoy the show. It's not even FUNNY, she's just borderline hysterical -.-

Hwang Jung Eum as the leading lady was the worst choice for this drama. I am CRINGING. Now, the way Oh Ri Jin's character was formed is already annoying enough, if you add HJE's high-pitched, hysterical voice to it it becomes almost unbearable. I watched it about a year ago and wanted to rewatch it now, but I almost cannot make it past episode 2. I now remember why I gave this show a lower score than i thought it deserved: Very very annoying lead actress. *shivers*

I really cannot stand Han Ga In in this role. Her voice is emotionless and monotone, it's like: does she even have feelings?? Such a pity, Kim Soo Hyun as King is fantastic, but his scenes with her are so boring, it's like he's talking to a wall -.-

Wow, I was so sure Another Miss Oh would be awarded something, when I was in Korea this summer I heard it was a huge hit, even one of my guy friends said it was one of the best dramas he had seen in forever and it made him teary eyed. Or is TvN not included in the cable channels? I don't know much about the TV channels.. Anyway, I haven't seen much, only DOTS, Doctors (or like.. half), Age of Youth (AMAZING drama!) and Marriage Contract.

Thanks but they are the same subs everywhere. They don't make sense half the time and the other half the grammar is off. ;'(

kissasian usually has ok subs but this is just copied and bad....

I started Arang a long time ago and I loved it at first, but somewhere in the middle it started to really bore me because it was so repetitive and I really really hated the villains. They were ridiculous. I think the main couple is amazing but everything else is somewhat 'meh'.
If you haven't yet, you should watch It's okay, That's love. I didn't like Gong Hyo Jin at first, but since then I've become a big fan of hers. It's the best romance drama made anyway.

Does anyone know why it says it'll finish airing on December 8th, even though it supposedly only has 4 more episodes?

I really want to watch this subbed but the subs I can find for the first 5 episodes are so bad they seem to be copy/pasted from google translate or something :( I am always thankful to people subbing in their sparetime, but I think it wouldn't hurt to at least consult a native speaker if you're that bad at English. Oh well, for now it seems we'll have to wait a long time anyway. Maybe another group will pick this up, I am really hoping for it.

This profile picture is hideous. Can anyone please change that? He is much more handsome than this...

Hm, I must say I don't agree with Choi Si Won being more handsome than Tsuruga Ren. While Siwon is doing a good job, he doesn't have the air of 'perfection' about him that Ren manages in the manga. In fact, when I first watched Skip Beat's drama, I was utterly disappointed with the cast. By now I have come to appreciate the actor Siwon, however, the Taiwanese production of Skip Beat is just nowhere near good enough, which is probably the reason why Siwon couldn't shine as much as he should have.

A 9 should be for dramas that are 'amazing' though xD 7 or 8 for good and very good dramas. But of course that's up to you :)

Is it only me or does something feel really odd about this drama? Even though I know it's not dubbed, it 'feels' like it's dubbed... something about the pacing of their speech, and acting and directing, or maybe it's the sound effects and m usic as well, no clue, but it's way below average in terms of production (some scenes in the first episode are so ridiculous, they made me go like: wth? No feeling in those scenes at all, when her bf said he got married to another woman it was like he was saying the sky was blue, so matter of fact. That scene could have been so emotional but it just ended up being ridiculous lol even her reaction. This is NOT the reaction you have when something like that happens to you). Well, maybe I've just watched too many good dramas lol I'll try to watch further, but I don't know how much I can take...

Idk, the summary sounds like a lot of heartbreak is ahead. Is she going to fall in love with her mother's husband, or what? Man, that sounds wrong on so many levels...