Cho Na

Yeah, since one episode is 80 minutes, they built the basic info right away by throwing so many names in the beginning of the drama ;D

lol... because the hair styling is modern. The director said it's a fusion culture, so we see some modern style too. For example Cho Yeon's costume, I see more like a Disney princess, since traditionally long skirt for Asian women is just straight not wide on the bottom. That's more like European's dress style.

I know right, I was pleasantly surprised actually, that the male characters in this drama don't wear that usual scholar hats, LOL. It's a given to see those hats all the time in historical Kdramas.

I just said 'prepare for open ending' since I read some dramas Hong Sisters wrote have open endings. I think this is a good move from the production team, announcing ahead that there will be Part 2. To build audience anticipation and 'forgiveness' if they don't like the drama ending. They want to know if this drama is a big success and what the audiences' feedback. What they want to see in Part 2, for example continuing the story about other interesting characters. Not milking cow dry I should say, more fan service, lol.

I just hope that they can make the ending of Part 1 satisfactory, for example the main issue is solved and the main leads get together, but there is a new problem arise, for Part 2 ;D

For romance, usually about half of the drama airs the couple should somehow get together or confess their love, or things like that. So if using the normal formula, for this drama it will be about Ep 10 ;D

Xianxia tells stories on gods, demons, and humans. There are no gods and demons in this drama.

Flirting... no, but bonding yes, since they keep secrets together and save each other several times.

Lol... you don't like the Joseon era?

Since you asked, there will be spoilers:
- When Naksu was just a little girl, her parents were killed by apparently the four families of mages. I said apparently, as it was seen so far during flashback, but it maybe a plot twist or a legitimate reason later. There is this villain I cannot spoil you whom raised her and trained her hard to avenge the deaths by killing the mages, with ultimate goal the heads of the four families. Of course, she needs high level of magic to kill the mages.
- The original Mu Deok appears to be blind, in the drama the blinds wear veil over their eyes. But we, the watchers, suspect Mu Deok is not really blind but pretend as one. The original Mu Deok is a special character seems like, if you already watched the drama you may have your own theory of who she is. Initially Naksu wanted to shift soul to someone healthy but it turned out she shifted with Mu Deok. I don't know if the shifting gone wrong, or something else happened since it was not revealed to us yet.
I hope the answers helps! ;D

Since I wanted to to write this article even before the drama started, I have watched it since the first episode, and show up every now and then in the comment section ;D. I think you also have commented somewhere in my other article, lol...

Probably I'm biased in the genres part, lol. Like I wrote in the article, I found what I look for action and fantasy dramas. I'm not biased on the actors, since I've never watched others than Yoo Joon Sang in The Uncanny Counter.

So far (6 episodes in) I haven't found anything negative yet, hopefully it stays that way ;D

This is actually the first time watching him ;D

Yay, by the next week you can binge half of the show (10 episodes)!

Were you watching when it was just started and the ratings dropped to 6.8 in the first week? It was quite scary. It was not even trending or in the top airing! Many people overlooked it, thinking it was a bad drama!

Hmmm... Although there are witty dialogues, especially the banter between ML and FL, but they are not necessary comical. If you like something thrilling and suspenseful, this is more like it. But if you love both ML and FL, might as well you try it ;D. If you usually avoid historical because of palace politic, so far this doesn't really have one. More action and supernatural I think.

Did you watch all their dramas?

Actually, some names can be translated. For example Songrim (송림) is 'pine forest'. But although Pine Forest is easier to remember than Songrim, the name of the places better left untranslated because they're not translated in the drama either.
Some other places I don't put here:
Cwisunru: I call it the entertainment center, lol. Because it's not really a brothel. The characters mostly eat and drink there. Even Cheon Yeol comes there, while traditionally women cannot go in there.
Sari Village: where Mu Deok comes from.
Danhyanggok: where Naksu comes from.
Hopefully it helps.

Thank goodness they only tell about 4 families!!! Can you imagine if all 12 have their own stories? It will need way more than 20 episodes... unless Hong Sisters want to make a series of it, lol lol...

Yeah, I like writing this, because I know that many names, organization, or places, are the drawback that make people don't like watching historicals. With this article I like to help them understand, so hopefully they can enjoy the story.

Thanks for adding the info here. Yes, you're right. There are 12 families of mages. But we just found that out in Episode 6, during the council meeting, if I'm not mistaken? I don't think they informed us about before in Episode 1-4, unless I missed it. But it's okay if readers read your comment here, since it's not a major spoiler, I think...