DOUSHKA

Trillion dollars brain

Hwang Jini

She remind me of Kim So Yeon (in Single’s Inferno)

My thoughts exactly

Yes, at the end of the day, he killed a lot of people, had no mercy even for his wife’s family and was very strict with his own kids. That’s why to this day Koreans have mixed opinions about him. However, he was still necessary because if he didn’t take the power and if he didn’t do what he did, (being extremely strict and selective in choosing his successor and with his sons’ studies…) his son Yi Do (Sejong The Great) wouldn’t have become one of the greatest Kings in Korean history. So yeah, Taejong was a complexe figure, I don’t agree with his methods for sure.

Basically, the king said he’s abdicating the throne in favour of the crown Prince. Thus, he sent the Royal seal to the Crown Prince’s quarters. However, the queen used the ceremony as an excuse to make the king take it back.

From what you wrote it seemed to me like you were saying how bad he was as a king by referring to his actions and the Queen’s actions in the Drama. My bad if I misunderstood. But I have to say though, he did not only target the Queen and her family. He executed and exiled a wide number of powerful families and influential figures. He’s known for his purges.
- his own brothers
- the queen’s family
- those who had private armies and resisted the abolishment of theirs
- those who posed him a threat
- court officials who opposed him
- other influential and powerful families
- key figures in the establishment of Joseon who were siding with his brothers or were against him or held too much power

And so on..

This is fiction.. he wasn’t like that in real life 😅

You’re confusing the historical facts (him trying to gain power by suppressing his in-laws) with fiction (the Queen saving him, their sexual positions and fights over concubines…).

The Drama is trying to depict historical facts + adding all the fiction to fill in the empty gaps. So they won’t make him a nice King who decides to let the Queen and her family share the power with him. His whole reign (historically) was purely about solidifying the dynasty and the power of the king (him and the future ones) while taking away that power from other powerful and power hungry families. All he did was done in order for him to have enough power to give a better life to the people. Killing his wife’s brothers because that would help advance his plans to achieve that? Ok. He did what he did for the same purpose his father took the throne in a coup. For the people.

There’s no crazy scheming with mind games and manipulations for now, it’s a bit different idk

Yeah, she’s definitely friend zoning him 😂

Definitely feels like her main goal is to boost her career

I think the show is doing an excellent job at showing this transition starting with the king’s attempts to submit the queen and the queen resisting it as she lived a free life as a daughter of a powerful family before.

To be honest, I find this aspect of the TV show very interesting as it shows that women of Goryeo were much more free and somewhat equal to men, they were more respected and could participate in anything war in , politics. But it seeems like Joseon changed women’s roles to that of mere baby makers, making them sit at home adorning themselves and having their status downgraded to be inferior to men. To have less freedom, less rights..

Yes ofc. As I said, he wanted to submit the queen because he didn’t want her to think she’s his equal as he felt threatened by her and her family so he obviously didn’t change the laws. 🤷🏻‍♀️

Hopefully you’re watching it now! 😂

Agree

It’s YS

From what they said in the show: a Queen must follow the etiquette during a royal conception night (it’s not intercourse for pleasure, needs to be done only for the purpose of getting pregnant). However the concubines are not having « ritual intercourse », theirs seem to be more about keeping the king s*xually satisfied. That’s how I understood it at least. Moreover, the king is trying to submit the Queen, he wants her to finally accepts she’s not his equal, and to « obey » him. But when she refuses to obey him in other matters but even in bed, he gets mad.

If anyone is interested in the real life events (what is accurate, what happened before/later), I wrote down all the historical facts here:

https://mydramalist.com/discussions/won-kyung/134240-historical-facts