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yeah after giving it some thought, the misplaced (imo) humor might be on purpose, it's mostly related to Gil-chae and it goes to show how immature and unaware of the reality around her she is. there's a war and it's frustrating to see her still acting frivolous so the contrast of tones is intentional

I don't want war and blood all the time either but it kind of feels the humor is out of place and you know what? I keep thinking about it and maybe it's intentional to show how disconnected Gil-chae from the reality of what's happening in the world and I guess that's about to change real soon and with it the mix of serious and lighter moments will be more balanced.

hahah it's not like I want characters to be constantly in pain but the silly parts are too silly? And I actually think now it's intentional. War broke and Gil-chae is still in her rosy bubble worrying about the wrong things and I wanna put some sense into her. Judging from ep4 preview that reality check is coming her way so I guess the humor will be more balanced now.

Yes I keep thinking about it and my irritation is probably the intended reaction, things are getting serious but reality hasn't hit certain characters (especially Gil-chae) yet and I wanna shake them up

I know, I said it half jokingly since nowadays it feels necessary to put such disclaimers as more and more people seem intolerant of differing opinions

I hope no one throws stones at me for my opinion but I like this show better in its serious moments. The silly parts aren't doing it for me and the last half of episode 3 is where things picked up and got the most interesting for me so in a way I'm glad we're heading further into angst land from here on out. That scene where he provoked her until she slapped him as both an advice and an exercice on what to do to defend herself in case of an invasion (also the dagger he gifter her!) made me tear up, he looks unserious but there's always a deep thought behind his actions, I like it.

I hope no one throws stones at me for my opinion but I like this show better in its serious moments. The silly parts aren't doing it for me and the last half of episode 3 is where things picked up and got the most interesting for me so in a way I'm glad we're heading further into angst land from here on out. That scene where he provoked her until she slapped him as both an advice and an exercice on what to do to defend herself in case of an invasion (also the dagger he gifter her!) made me tear up, he looks unserious but there's always a deep thought behind his actions, I like it.

Ryang Eum is gay and in love with Jang Hyun, it is in his official character description so you are right. I also suspect he's the person in episode 1 waiting for the ML

hm I see. I'd say yes, romance is right there and I expect it won't go away even when the political parts become more important

I didn't know either, I got curious about Ryang Eum's character after the 2 episodes and that's the info I came across. I hope they flesh him out and give his character depth, he could be very interesting. I agree with you, I'm ok with anything as long as they don't turn him evil 😭

thank you for sharing the link, i love it so much

mystery as in crime solving? if that's your question then no, it's not that type of show. it's romance with court politics based on real historical events

If I read the characters chart right, their relationship is stated as that of "sworn brothers" so it could very well be just that but Ryang Eum's individual poster also has a tagline with possible romantic undertones, something like "you don't belong anywhere but I belong with you" and we don't know who he's talking about so yeah it could be Jang Hyun

Yes, there's definitely some of that and I hope they give us the backstory, I'm extremely curious about it.

do you guys think ryang eum might have a thing for jang hyun? i could be wrong but i felt something there
also yeon jun clearly isn't immune to gil chae's charms, i hope he doesn't turn evil because of jealousy later, eun ae is a nice girl who doesn't deserve to suffer like that

I felt the same thing with ep1, it didn't grab me and I wasn't sure I wanted to continue watching but I still gave ep2 a try and fortunately things got much better. It's about to get more serious and characters are showing more layers, I also thought it flowed more smoothly, I didn't feel bored despite it being longer than ep1

I understabd what you're saying but think of the historical context, what could a woman in Joseon in a rather remote village/community, living a spoiled and sheltered life could be realistically dreaming of achieving? Her character makes total sense here and now that it seems like she's about to experience harder and tougher times, her personality will evolve and her view of the world will change. It would be boring if things stayed exactly the same throughout the entire show but clearly it's not the case here

never too late. check my more recent comment above, i posted the link under a spoiler

never too late. check my more recent comment above, i posted the link under a spoiler

no but why did episode 11 make me all teary eyed at hayate and his little backstory with his dad 🥺