MinJoonie

"Even if I die thousand times, I'll always find my way back to you." -Phob. I'M NOT OKAY TT

Okay, I have officially added another period BL to my list of absolute favorites. I have such a weakness for BLs set in the 1920s/30s (Century of Love, I Feel You Linger in the Air and Interminable), and The Edge of Horizon gave me EXACTLY the kind of atmosphere I love.

The story itself is definitely not perfect, though. I found the pacing pretty slow at times, and honestly, a lot of that frustration came from Tin because, BABE… THE WORLD IS LITERALLY FALLING APART AROUND YOU LUV... DO SOMENTHING!!!!!! There were so many moments where I desperately wanted him to have a little more sense of urgency because the situation was getting worse and worse, while he seemed to be waiting for the universe to solve everything for him. But I'll always defend my little prince anyway, he was under to much pressure TT

I also think the political side could have been handled in a much more interesting way. The series explained A LOT about the revolution, the political changes and the transition of government, specially how the monarchy and the people react to all of this, but sometimes it felt way too literal, almost like someone had opened a constitutional law textbook and decided to read it to me. And I KNOW it was important to understand what was happening, but some of those explanations really slowed the story down for me. Sometimes I, inevitably, ended up confused with this topic...

And I honestly think watching it while it was airing made a huge difference for me. Waiting an entire week for every episode, wondering what was going to happen to them, watching everything slowly unfold… that anticipation became part of the experience. If I had waited until it was completely finished and binge-watched it, I genuinely think I might have dropped it because of the pacing. But watching it week by week? I was INVESTED.

And after EVERYTHING Tin and Phob went through, seeing them finally get their happy ending almost broke me. I was genuinely expecting the worst until the very end because these two men simply could NOT have one peaceful day TT

(Gay communists really don't get a day off, huh)

Now about Princess Siri and Janthorn... I really wish they had been better developed!!! It’s a very promising couple—there’s chemistry and a solid storyline—but the execution left a lot to be desired. In the end, it wasn't clear (to me) whether they actually ended up together, and I think that counts as a flaw in the writing.

There are many questions that weren't answered well, or weren't answered at all. Some characters started out very prominent but suddenly vanished—like Siri’s father; the man seemed important to the political arc, yet suddenly, nothing more was heard about him. But the script isn't bad; it just focused more on the main arc—Tin and Phob and the "fall of the monarchy"—and overlooked or didn't give as much importance to the smaller arcs.

BUT despite this… I ABSOLUTELY LOVED THIS SERIES SO MUCH!!!!! They suffered, they fought, they lost time, they lost each other, they almost lost everything AGAIN… and somehow we actually got the happy ending they deserved.

So overall, to me: the plot could have been tighter, the pacing could have been better, and the political exposition desperately needed a little more creativity… But anyways, I loved the atmosphere, I loved the period setting, I loved Tin and Phob, love the photography, and I was completely emotionally invested in their story.