why do I feel like there will be season 2🤣🤣😭why did they have to make the villain resurrect.I hope his…
It's called "open ending". It is standard practice on creative writing to leave room for imagination. It just so happen that Korean writers rarely used open endings until a few years ago,it was even rarer ten to twenty years ago.
It is also advantagous for the production company, they can later create a sequel instead of rebooting it, fans generally hate reboots.
But, as it currently is, don't read into it. It's just an open ended story. Kdramas rarely do sequels.
You’re looking for logic in a comedy & fantasy show I fear it was never going to work for you in the first…
Yep, I agree with that. It's in the title. The title should've set the proper expectations.
This is one of those rare cases where Netflix didn't give it an incorrect English title. I would've understood the OP's reaction if this was another Netflix show with an English title that sets the wrong expectations. 😁
Unfortunately, there probably won't be a season 2 because Netflix has it tagged as a 'limited series'.
It's called "open ending".
It's a standard practice in creative writing to leave some room for imagination. Korean writers only recently learned about it, that's why it looks like it's "new" because it's not common—although there were some highly popular works with an open ending (and some fans are milking by creating fake trailers).
It also has the advantage of a potential future sequel if the production company wants to, avoiding the dreaded reboots which fans generally don't like.
Do you know why I keep on watching this? I can't predict the stories of each character. If you've watched and read a lot stories, as well as studied creative writing (not to mention if you came from a clan of writers), you can predict plots, twists, and even dialogues; because of it, stories need to have something to keep you hooked, and one such is it should be less predictable.
That's problematic because stories come from our experiences, things we've seen, heard, read, watched, and even those that we subconsciously absorbed throughout our lives. In other words, nothing is new under the sun.
A work such as this being very unpredictable is rare.
I wish it was a 16-episode series because as it is, there was not much "meat". It is only like a children's version of 《The Last Empress》, another fictional and alternate reality Korea where the Monarchy was continous and Korea was never split.
Beyond that, it was still a fun watch. Their acting matched their characters and dialogues, and their love story—or stories, plural—is everyone's fantasy.
Shey did that because they don't want people to pronounce it as "Ian". Western audiences usually have a very nard time pronouncing Yi, so common practice is to make it "I". But if you write it as "I An", most Westerners will read it as "Ian". But if it's "I AN", it forces the reader to say it as: ee·an.
The scene with her grandmother where she hugged the FL might be troublesome for some people, I would advise skipping…
I did say this: "The grandmother might have gotten pierced by the FL's hairpin. It's a good thing the FL didn't move her head around".
So, I'm confused why you think I need reassurance.
Also, not because it was props does it mean those who gets troubled or triggered won't be. It's clear you haven't met people who do because you're thinking that the trigger has to do with it actually happening or if it was a soft props. They all know that and they still get triggered.
Lastly, all they have to do is to skip a few seconds. So, I'm not sure why we're discussing this. This is for them. It's just one scene that won't change anything.
The scene with her grandmother where she hugged the FL might be troublesome for some people, I would advise skipping…
You might laugh or dismiss it as nonsense but I've met people who gets troubled or triggered by it. Also, it wasn't a "touch". They hugged, and there was a scene the piercing end of the pin could have went straight to her eyes if the FL moved her head to the right.
Before you watch E02, some PSA (Public Service Announcement) for your mental health.You might laugh or dismiss…
The scene with her grandmother where she hugged the FL might be troublesome for some people, I would advise skipping that part, just a few seconds, if you get troubled by such dangerous moments.
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Reason below, don't read if it gets you triggered.
I wish they didn't include her confessing she already like the GP to the PM, because that made everything else predictable after that.
She finally admitted to someone she likes the GP, so her kneeling before her father made it very obvious why she's kneeled.
They use flashbacks a lot, so instead of the scene with her father as the epilogue, they should've used it as a flashback in E10. And the scene with the PM as the epilogue.
Even her requesting a divorce was too predictable because of that PM scene. You could end E09 when she kneeled because everything else is simply confirmation/canonization at that point.
The tension. They really lost it. E09 was doing great until the PM scene and the kneeling scene. The epilogue is not needed at all. LOL.
I've noticed alot of stories about transmigration always forget about the life of the possessed "victim"…
Same! I hope the real modern actress isn't forgotten but its starting to look like the new spirit is the new owner.
The trope is usually to original owner of the body died somehow and the new spirit revived it. So either the original owner moved on or she's in deep sleep and might become a problem later. It's probably the former, she's gone or she one who died in the past.
when she saw blonde hair, a camera, then a person of African ethnicity and screamed I lost it 🤣 🤣 🤣
Same. For them to actually get that correctly, they did study well. There was no official contact with African polities with early Joseon, so she will indeed be very surpirsed to see one.
Many productions these days either avoid it or don't do it right fearing retaliation. But any student of history and timetravel fan understands. So, that tidbit scene. 👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽
the anime takes it in terms of being the most faithful to the source material. after that is the jdrama which…
Thank you! 🙇🏽
It's cool! I haven't read the manga but watching the anime and just finished the Kdrama adaptation.
I'm going to start the Jdrama franchise next (if I can find it, lol), which is interesting because it has multiple seasons and a movie, and that made me even more curious about it.
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It is also advantagous for the production company, they can later create a sequel instead of rebooting it, fans generally hate reboots.
But, as it currently is, don't read into it. It's just an open ended story. Kdramas rarely do sequels.
This is one of those rare cases where Netflix didn't give it an incorrect English title. I would've understood the OP's reaction if this was another Netflix show with an English title that sets the wrong expectations. 😁
It's a standard practice in creative writing to leave some room for imagination. Korean writers only recently learned about it, that's why it looks like it's "new" because it's not common—although there were some highly popular works with an open ending (and some fans are milking by creating fake trailers).
It also has the advantage of a potential future sequel if the production company wants to, avoiding the dreaded reboots which fans generally don't like.
That's problematic because stories come from our experiences, things we've seen, heard, read, watched, and even those that we subconsciously absorbed throughout our lives. In other words, nothing is new under the sun.
A work such as this being very unpredictable is rare.
Beyond that, it was still a fun watch. Their acting matched their characters and dialogues, and their love story—or stories, plural—is everyone's fantasy.
But it's actually pronounced as yi·an.
Exactly the point, because she did, it might have happened.
See: https://gcdnb.pbrd.co/images/Okld7fHFAUnX.png
If the FL moved her head to the right while slanted that way, where do you think her hair pin would go? Also, it's clearly near her eye.
So, I'm confused why you think I need reassurance.
Also, not because it was props does it mean those who gets troubled or triggered won't be. It's clear you haven't met people who do because you're thinking that the trigger has to do with it actually happening or if it was a soft props. They all know that and they still get triggered.
Lastly, all they have to do is to skip a few seconds. So, I'm not sure why we're discussing this. This is for them. It's just one scene that won't change anything.
The grandmother might have gotten pierced by the FL's hairpin. It's a good thing the FL didn't move her head around.
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Reason below, don't read if it gets you triggered.
You might laugh or dismiss this but I've met people who gets troubled or triggered by that one particular scene. This is for them.
She finally admitted to someone she likes the GP, so her kneeling before her father made it very obvious why she's kneeled.
They use flashbacks a lot, so instead of the scene with her father as the epilogue, they should've used it as a flashback in E10. And the scene with the PM as the epilogue.
Even her requesting a divorce was too predictable because of that PM scene. You could end E09 when she kneeled because everything else is simply confirmation/canonization at that point.
The tension. They really lost it. E09 was doing great until the PM scene and the kneeling scene. The epilogue is not needed at all. LOL.
The trope is usually to original owner of the body died somehow and the new spirit revived it. So either the original owner moved on or she's in deep sleep and might become a problem later. It's probably the former, she's gone or she one who died in the past.
Many productions these days either avoid it or don't do it right fearing retaliation. But any student of history and timetravel fan understands. So, that tidbit scene. 👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽
It's cool! I haven't read the manga but watching the anime and just finished the Kdrama adaptation.
I'm going to start the Jdrama franchise next (if I can find it, lol), which is interesting because it has multiple seasons and a movie, and that made me even more curious about it.