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- I absolutely loathe tree king. He’s disgustingly narcissistic, paranoid and incompetent. I’m not a fan on the Crown Prince either. I’m on ep 13 & they can both die for all I care. I’m just confused with their relationship. The Crown Prince worships his father but the King is now acting like a delusional tyrant.

- I know our ML left in the first part bc he felt the FL didn’t love him but like WHY? Why go to the most dangerous place?! I don’t believe he did all that just to avoid her, have her miss him or simply bc he was curious about the Crown Prince. Something is off.,

- The motherfucking marriage to the damn Captain. Wtf? She could’ve asked ML to help her find a way to break it off. She could’ve been brave to just tell the guy - yo! My boo thing is alive so let’s cancel this shit. But nooooooo!! She married him just to be a good wife. It’s so hard to continue to cheer them on at this point

You got a great perspective on this! It is indeed refreshing and interesting to see war through the eyes of the civilians. I’m hoping the second part will not disappoint! So far, I’m confused about a few things ( please see below)

I’m so used to watching Cdramas with insane political and battlefield conflicts so when I saw how this portrayed this particular Joseon era, I was so disappointed

On to part 2! Let’s hope we are given a satisfying ending because I’m so disappointed right now.

I just finished the first part (ep 10) and I’m HEARTBROKEN

She got a lot better afterwards. I’m only on episode 9 but yes, relationship wise, she’s still very naive. However, it’s expected

Is it really? I don’t know much about Korea’s history but they were that weak in their defense? You’d think they would have some war strategy and not just wait for a miracle.

Very true. We didn’t see the progression properly and they shifted the focus on Detective Jang and Song Chan. He did indeed become a side character.

I’m on ep 6 and I am obsessed with the series BUT I’m getting frustrated with the lack of skills on Joseon’s side. I mean, come on! The Mongols are just kicking their asses left and right. There’s no defense whatsoever. The Island was supposed to be the safest place, yet the Mongols rowed their boat ashore and slaughtered everyone. Wtf?

I’m only on episode 3 but does Gil Chae get better? She’s incredibly annoying so far and her looks are just average and personality is incredibly petty yet they’re making her to be this majestic beauty no man can resist.

Edit: well that was quick. Nvm y’all. She proved me wrong towards the end of ep 3.

Totally 1000-% agree with you. Uneventful indeed. That’s a great way of explaining it. I felt underwhelmed by it all. I think there should be a season 2. I would love to see Detective Jang so jaded by the criminal justice system that he goes on to aide Lee Tang and craft him into a killer

Roh Bin & Lee Tang needed more time to kill bad guys. I wanted lee Tang to experience more of his instinctual power and really get into this killer role. I wanted more of a cat and mouse game between Detective Jang and Lee Tang instead of focusing on Song Chan. They had potential to create this phenomenonal character out of Lee Tang but it fell short.

For once, I felt 8 episodes were too short and didn’t allow enough time to fully develop the storyline or characters. It wasn’t satisfying considering such great actors and a great premise.

Agreed. It’s the ML who is the most toxic. The other men who loved her treated her with respect and kindness. I also ranted before you on this matter.

Were the abuses you mentioned in the other series from the ML though? Because as you continue to watch, you’ll’ see how truly abusive the ML is to the FL. Just keep watching.

Yup! I also pointed this out. It wasn’t funny at all. What an asshole.

I just finished and left a similar comment on the thread. What the actual fuck?! One of the most toxic red flag ML ever. The verbal, mental and physical abuses were romanticized into this supposed ‘til death do us part type of relationship. They gave us Yan Lin and ZZ but failed her with XW.

I just finished the series and I’m going to hold off on talking about the plot but jump right into the “romance.” I’m putting it in quotation marks because I questioned the sincerity of it between the leads.

ML is one of the biggest red flags. Ever. Allow me to break down my points so you can fight me later.

- He obsessively claimed her. This was fine for his own delusions but she repeatedly told him, she belonged only to herself. When he couldn’t have her, control her or felt like she didn’t listen to him, he became a psychotic manipulator.

- He got physical with her on multiple occasions and rarely was he respectful towards her. He repeatedly grabbed her by the throat (the throat!!), by the arm, wrist, and made verbal threats to her.

- He became madly possessive. She couldn’t look at another man before he choked her and threatened her.

- Their kisses were grossly forced upon her by him. When he asked her to be intimate, she gave in but left me wondering WTF and HTF did we get here?! This man manipulated her and it was romanticized as love?!

- She told 3 people she loved him before she even told him. Another WTF moment for me.

- The ending.. when he deliberately stepped on his son’s shirt to trip him and then kicked the poor boy after? Was that supposed to be funny and playful? Because it failed to be funny and playful to me. Even his daughter was shook.

I watched 30 episodes and waited for the romance between the leads to start. I endured her giving up two potential great men for the ML only to be given 8 episodes of chaos.

I’m not a him. Don’t assume that because I watch Bl that i must be a male. Please learn to broaden your perspective.

Saying I’m bewildered by the 8.8 does not constitute to disrespecting the series. Stating a subjective opinion on a series does not equal disrespect. It is called a public forum for a reason. You jumping on and making the ignorant assumption why I didn’t like series and making narrow minded judgment towards a specific genre of series is disrespectful. I don’t think English is your fluent language because you do not seem to understand.

I have yet to finish this series and will leave a more in depth review on why it’s a 7 but guess what? I’m still watching and understanding the plot. You dropped WRTW but you still left it a bad review (which is fine) but you used it as an example to this debate which is the real bewildering fact. I never said people can’t like Kunning Palace. You ‘re just mad because you’re immature about it.

You did indeed attack me because instead of debating why you disagreed on why I didn’t like certain points of the series, you took the time to briefly read my profile without understanding anything about me and came back to say that I didn’t like this because it wasn’t gay enough. It’s gross that you said that. Be more mindful of others and their preferences.