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Eventually he gets canned, and the ML (at the very end) becomes the new crown prince. Both his wives get free of him.

Oh gosh, it's been a minute so I don't remember which episode, but there's an arc with him and the woman he marries and about she gets free from him that he gets more screen time (which I didn't love because i don't like his character), but he does not feature heavily outside those episodes (which I remember being in the middle-ish). I will say the rest in a spoiler.

It just blows my mind that we still have this kind of deference for human beings simply because of their bloodline or because of tradition. We know there's nothing special about them anymore so why do we let such treatment continue? When I think about it for a bit is just makes no sense why anyone should get treated this way in our modern world. 🧐

I'm fine with it in a fictional drama, of course, but in real life I just don't get it.

What I meant by the trime travel was that the drama was not trying to do "good sci-fi" in the way that a story centered around the sci-fi aspects would attempt to do, so keeping the rules consistent was never super important to the story (the finale was more about the magic of love across time and space transcending logic (as cheesy as that sounds), and THAT kind of stuff is what people watch these kinds of rom-coms know they're signing up for). Is it cheesy and silly? Yes, but people enjoy that kind of fantastical romance that can obviously never work, make sense, or happen in any kind of logical reality.

But I have a feeling we'll disagree about this if we keep going since you clearly have your opinion and I have mine.

Interesting claim that Kdramas are the most bland genre in the Kdrama world, yet they're often the most popular genre of Kdrama. 😉 I guess the vast majority of Kdrama watchers have a higher tolerance for "bland" than you do. 😉😅 I agree some rom-coms have bad stories, and some go way too far with just showcasing the actors' looks and cute moments and chemistry between the beautiful leads, but there can be many things that contribute to why so many people love Kdrama rom-coms, so reducing the reasons to simplistic categories is fairly dismissive.

Or, Under The Queen's Umbrella and At A Distance Spring Is Green. ☺️

Care to elaborate? 😉

I don't think they could pass up the opportunity for the drama and angst--it will most likely happen. 😉

I loved the finale. 😅 The time travel was a plot device, not even trying to be remotely sci-fi. 😉

And Crash Landing On You. 😉

I'm not sure anyone does forehead kisses either... except dramas. 😅

For some reason it's a deeply polarizing drama. 😅

Are we sure this isn't a closet Jdrama? 😅

Love the actors, but I'll never watch this.

Is this similar you My Journey To You? And if so, in what way is it similar?

I'd also like to know if it has a similar ending... 😬

I still cannot get myself to finish My Journey To You even though I've tried several times and I keep losing steam or getting hung up on stuff that bothers me. The visuals are stunning, but so far it's not been enough to get me to the end.

Sort of, but it never creates much angst and the 2ML never causes any harm to the main relationship or acts petty. He gives up once he knows she likes someone else (you know, like a normal human would! 😅).

Yes, he is adorable in this. I could watch another 24 episodes of all his many facial expressions. 😅 He sold the smart, playful, smitten, cheeky, and pseudo-narcissist to a "T."

Whelp, I basically had to wait until the end. 😅

And while I was kind of bummed about how late in the drama all this happened, I also think it was smart. There wouldn't have been much driving the plot forward after she got exposed, so it was probably a wise choice even though it took forever.

My family calls this kind of entertainment "quality corn." 😅 (As in "corny " but a good corny)

I'm confused by why Wen Bing is so fake smiley and sweet with Meng Na when he clearly doesn't like her. He has no trouble being brusk with everyone else, even the girls he likes, so why not with her?

To repurpose a quote from Elizabeth Bennet: "I hear such different accounts of [this] as puzzle me exceedingly." 😅😅😅

How does he die? In battle?

I think The Legend of Shen Li was happy, if I remember correctly?