ShortCircuit

I'm seriously asking this again - IF the CP HAS to get married (to make the dynasty more stable bla-bla-bla) would it be more acceptable for him to marry an even younger girl? He's 14, HaNa is 24, they could wait until he's older to consummate. But if he were to marry someone younger, he'd be marrying a girl under 14 (and presumably consummate too). Is that more acceptable to you?

At least, this is the woman he's choosing, not someone who he is forced to marry for a strong alliance. In four more years, it's not even going to be that much of a difference.

The drama is already showing us that the king and queen are agreeing BECAUSE she's smart, knows her law literature AND has some military training too (that came out of the left field, but it's there). She's going to be his strong backbone while he's growing up.

Ah, nevermind.

Ye Jin ditched the wedding, LOL. Someone HAS to pretend it's her in the wedding proceedings. I wonder how come JungWoo has replaced the groom, though - the groom probably did a runner, too :D

LOL, not one, but TWO brides are skipping their weddings hahaha! Unless HaNa and CP weren't supposed to be married in public anyway :D I don't care either way - I just hope someone catches MIL in process of doing something nasty to the wedding cakes and disposes of them immediately before she manages to poison someone.

I am still laughing at SamSoon's antics - and Lt. Jung is seriously cute when he's being shy with her. He's already henpecked and doesn't know it yet.

I wonder how they'll manage to switch the two misfitting grooms - the Defence Minister's son with the agricultural lord whatever, so that everybody is happy :D

Serious question though - so DM's son comes to the wedding wearing his uniform of a civil official (he has birds on his rank patch, if I'm not mistaken) and Lt Jung comes wearing his military officer uniform (he has tigers on his patch), what is JungWoo's patch actually?! I didn't catch more than clouds or something. Not that it's actually JungWoo's.

Anyway, the drama really messes with societal norms, and ALSO tropes in dramaland, LOL. When she said something about it not being reasonable for him to leave her just because "it would be in her best interest", I cheered. Yes girl!! Life always finds a way. There will be a manner to marry him no matter what bad Joseon morals said at the time.

Also, I didn't realise it - is this happening in a time period when the CP privileges had to be approved by the Ming dynasty?! Otherwise MIL planning to send the other prince for the CP confirmation documents wouldn't make sense...

Our SamSoon, as always, LOL, I love this girl!!!

Everybody else is restrained, she's like - oh my future husband?? He's nice, and kind, and noble and oh did I mention he's cute and handsome?! :D

Also, did anybody catch that Lt Jung has basically read and remembers all her books?! Enough to quote lewd scenes and how they're not realistic LOL - I think those two will SOMEHOW find a way for her to write realistic lewd scenes hahaha!

Thank you, this has the BGM too, I wanted that for so long!

Oh wow! Four years later, Tencent aknowledges one of their most impactful dramas. Well, better late than never :D

Also WuJi (we know it's WangXian heheh) won the most requested and downloaded song - again, four years later! That drama and that OST have reaaaally long legs :D

Too bad XZ wasn't there...

I really hope this means there's some slack in danmei-inspired dramas, I've been waiting for some of the already filmed ones since basically forever...

I wonder if he breaking up with SoonDeok is set up by MIL, or he thought of it himself. I tend to think it's his decision - he also dropped the annulment of his marriage to the princess, he's sacrificing himself thoroughly so that if he can't have her, he won't have anyone at all. I don't think it'll work though - even if MIL knows he's giving up on his love, she also knows he DOES still love her, so he will be a tool for her anyway, if he allows it.

Ep 12 was pretty much perfect - despite not having any comedy, I loved the change of mood - the lighting changed, the pace changed, they were both pretty open about loving each other, him finding out who she really is was also beautifully done, and so did his frantic search for a way to save the whole family just to save her.

Which made me pretty mad though - I mean, he's the kid's tutor!! He didn't have any problem when he didn't know SoonDeok is the kid's mother, he was ready to dispose of the whole family just like that! That was pretty cold of him.

Also loved SamSoon up and declaring she'll support Lt. Jung if he loses his posting, LOL. He was - oh noes, I can't be with you, I might be part of the downfall of my relatives,..., and she's like - Don't worry, I already selected two possible pen names, and oh BTW, EVEN IF we marry with no problems... I'll still be writing, LOL, take it or leave it!

GO GET IT SAMSOON, you beautiful girl, you!!

BTW I am really starting not to like the sisters' mom. Okay so she was an Agent of Love, but SHE LOST IT, why is she so sure she's right on what's best for SoonDeok and JungWoo? Shut up old lady, you know nothing!! Boo!

You know, last week I was like - MIL, when you'll learn who really did kill your eldest, you'll go MAD and start WWIII in Middle-Ages Joseon... And when she did find out for sure and started making radical and FAST decisions it looked epic but now I am like - NO NOT LIKE THAT!

LOL. I have this sinking feeling she'll try to kill three birds with one wedding and get the former Crown Prince in place for the throne on that occasion. I really don't like that. And I definitely don't like she tricked SoonDeok into lending a hand in a poisoning, even if I don't care the lecher is gone. So, seriously, Lady Park... NOT LIKE THAT!! :D

ETA That kiss felt like SoonDeok never kissed anyone before either, LOL. He definitely is not supposed to have kissed anyone in his life anyway, I just wonder why he didn't evaporate instantly when finally touching a woman's lips for the first time in his life, hahaha~

Lady Park for Emperor!! (the line to sign her up for ruling the empire starts here - >)

I'm pretty sure she's not done yet, and it might be something really really bad for our OTP, but I don't care - she's a force of nature and I love watching her go.

For a soft touch:

Always (with So Ji Sub.) I'd recommend the Japanese version too (I liked it better) - Your Eyes Tell.
Windstruck (with Jun Ji Hyun). A bit of a tearjerker, be warned.

For comedy/action:

The Pirates. Haven't watched the sequel yet.
Extreme Job. Pretty funny, all things considered :)
Midnight Runners. Deeper than the comedy it's been tagged as.

For supernatural/scifi:

Along With The Gods. (Two parts are out, two more are planned, you don't need to watch them all for a complete plot. You should follow the release order though.)
The Space Sweepers. Well, it's like this: SK still hasn't hit a stride in scifi. But it's an acceptable space opera, copying some Western tropes. Overall, not too bad (not the greatest either, but pretty good).

Pure, unmitigated action (plot, what plot?!)

Shark: The Beginning. (No seriously it has awesome fights.)

BL pinnacles:

The King and the Clown. Do yourself a favour and watch this - for the story, for the actors and for the music. Insane chemistry too.

A few days since this ended, and so many great songs... and it's RanJoo's "Like Today Was Our Last Day" that is stuck in my mind.

... This song really grows on you.

Got it - re-watch the whole drama it is :D

So... just checking. On a scale of 1 to 10, how healthy is it to re-watch the skirmish scene in 30/31 at least once a day? :D

"How many other men have you liked before?"
*SamSoon, thinking for a bit*: "Four, I guess?!"

~the cold wind blowing through the lanes~

OMG LOL that was PERFECT hahaha!

The gay plot line is needed to make the father kill the son - the oldest son of the family and SoonDeok's ex-BIL, the father of her adopted son.

Since the father killed him, and then pointed the blame on someone else, the MOTHER never knew what really happened. It seems she actually loved her sons very very much, and MAYBE having her oldest killed by her husband is what's needed to make her turn away from her faction and her husband and actually start helping the other faction(s) in order to get revenge.

At least that's what I'm most hoping for. The MIL is a deep-running water.

HN and the CP will wait it out, I think. Even if it takes 5 more years, or even more, they'll be together if they're a fated pair.

IF the king wanted to marry the CP, the CP would still be 12, isn't it so? Who would he marry him to, another 12-year old? Isn't that just as much a no-no? They'd have had to wait it out anyway.

And the craziest thing is that the thugs ran away, LOL. I guess he was projecting the slave hunter's shadow over them, and believed it was himself frightening the thugs, hahaha!

IMHO his acting is pretty spot on. He nailed every comedic scene (I can't get over his haughty O-HO~ everytime he feels slighted or wants to impress people with how important he is, LOL), and now he's been nailing every soft scene, too. I really like him in this one, much more than in Tomorrow (and he wasn't bad there either).

I guess it's just that season for anti-fans...

OMG LOL only the butler remembered they were supposed to marry off the spinsters LOL. Jungwoo was like - first bachelor falls into the hands of another woman: "Good for you!! Go get her!!" :D, - second bachelor finds a woman he wants to impress with his cooking: "You two look nice together!" while the butler was throwing his hands in the air ready to pull out his hair LOL. Third bachelor - "I found someone else" - JungWoo is like: "Oh, okay then."

That was amazing, I was really ROFLMAO :D

Oh and the love sickness - the palace doctor was all over it, hahaha, while the poor butler was ready to drop!!

I am also pretty surprised they included a samesex plot line. And IF the MIL ever decides to get revenge... it's not going to stop at her husband. She'll go through her brother and their whole faction. She's going to go help JungWoo just because. I sure hope she DOESN'T get over it - no, seriously, so the kid was in love with a man. Who knows where that would have eventually lead - why DID the freaking dad have to kill him right then? SoonDeok is so right - is the fact he's in love with a man more important than his LIFE?

I think the MIL will really really NOT get over it. And I'm all ready to see it go down :D

Soooooo... it sure does look like the Crown Prince WILL marry HaNa :D (even if they have to wait for him to get a little older :D)

Omo, omo, omo... is MIL going to turn? She looks ready to turn. And then her husband will SEE what the fury of a mother looks like...

I'm still not over my trauma from Vagabond, LOL. The first drama with such an open ending it was not even an ending. Still trying hard to forget about it - though it had such a nice, catchy OST (forced to admit Open Fire is still rotating in my playlist - it's SUCH a great song though) *sigh*

I can't believe I didn't recognize him from TDJ - he was mesmerising in that drama! Also, setting up a high standard to follow (though obviously Ji Sung ALSO raised the bar even higher :D) This kid is going to go places!