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I think I need to rewatch this drama again I was watching everything in 2x speed lol. So I'm a little confuse on the timeline of everything. I don't understand is Se gye is the reincarnation of the prince? Is that why he has his memories? How did Seo ri rank up from her court maid position? Was Shin Seo Ri dying in the past mean that the tie has been broken? Is that why she could go back. And what was up with the Shaman, where did she even come from? How does she know about seo ri swithing bodies.

uh oh here comes the pest parasoical fans, that man is a pedo. the two clearly met when she was a child, its fucking weird to begin with, dating someone who you met or encountered when they were a child. sure you can claim from a legal standpoint he is not guilty, from a moral standpoint its a different story.

Hmmm, I think society needs to bring back throwing tomatoes at actors.

fr especially since perfect crown is right there 💀

Yearning is so good, here’s to hoping the ending won’t ruin the genrational run this drama has been having.

Breaking news: people age as time goes by. Shocker right?

While I think criticism is fair and valid, I also think that criticizing a work of art something it never intended to be is a bit unfair. I guess it all comes down to people’s expectations. Teach you a lesson falls into the revenge fantasy genre, the main appeal in the genre is the sense of poetic justice, the satisfying feeling viewers will feel once the big bad villain is taught a lesson or has been taken down. Even though the show touch upon bullying cases and issues surrounding students and teachers. The focus isn’t necessarily on exploring systemic causes or going deep to the root cause and solution of each issues but rather sense of justice and emotional payoff which is why realism is sacrificed. It’s the reason why you’re seeing the main characters jump off roofs and act like they have 9 lives. It is also an action drama so every entrance & “lessons being taught” has to be satisfying and impressive for the audience. Some people are looking for realism & complex plot when the show is focused on creating a revenge utopia and delivering over the top action scene to get “Justice” which I can give credit for it successfully delivers a satisfying feeling seeing victims get justice and action scenes. In terms of writing and pacing the show is kinda iffy for me, after a while it does get repetitive which always seem to be a problem for me in these kind of revenge drama.

Queen Kim Ji Won with short is back?!?!!? LETSS GOO!!!??!! this drama is about to be peak.

They really wrapped this up nicely and 12 episodes was just right.

LMFAO same, the Swedish country part took me out

This looks so sick omg & so excited to see Nam Jo Hyuk in a horror and back in a sageuk setting, it’s been so long since moon lovers 😭

I got second-hand embarrassment watching A Jeong cling to the VP. It's so pathetic. Like, girl, stand up your literally risking your job when you're broke asf. She plays too much for someone who's about to become homeless. What makes me laugh the most is that the VP's wife, who is more justified to have A Jeong reaction, isn't even doing anything malicious against In A lol. A Jeong is really just trying to insert herself in places she doesn't even have business in.

Man looking back at this the casting is insane. Its so stacked up. They got IU, Baekhyun & Seo Hyun in one drama not to mention they also had kdrama veterans from main leads to side leads. Insane.

You’re looking for logic in a comedy & fantasy show I fear it was never going to work for you in the first place. Mind you the the title says Wonder-FOOLS. its almost given the character will make a fool of themselves & make dumb decisions for comedic purpose because they’re a team of “superhero fools” meaning common sense & good judgement was never there in the first place.

This show would also never work out without the two side leads. Beside them being a comic relief each of them play a crucial to their powers. Their individual power on its own is actually pretty weak however combined with others they make it work and create a stronger team. The show is about a group of people labeled as fools or outcast by their town become a team of superheros with defected powers. It’s set up to be comedic in the first place.

LOL idk if maybe it was because I was watching at 3 am, but man, this show genuinely made me laugh out loud. From the very first episode, they did a good job with the comedy, and the "defected trio" surprisingly worked well. Also, I really loved how they shot some scenes, especially when they were saving Chae-Ni in the lab. The cast really did well. I liked the grandmother and granddaughter bond; it was fun to watch, and I gotta give props to Cha Eun Woo acting here, I typically can't stand it, but whoa, major improvement from him.

I'm so surprised I was able to get through the show; normally, his acting bothers me. But I think he genuinely has improved, or perhaps this type of role suits him more.

This just brings us back to point zero. I stated before in my first comment the show uses the “same cliche, plot, villain & twist” meaning in my opinion yes I hate that they went the cliche route when more could’ve been done with the plot especially in the 21st century setting of a historical rom-com. That also includes my opinion of the SML being evil as cliche, as it’s a common tactic used by writers not in just in kdramas but also in books, fanfics, movies etc in order to avoid second male lead syndrome. I replied to your comment only to inform that evil SML story isn’t exactly that much of a breath of fresh air for me at least, I quite find it cliche because of all the books, shows, movies and manhwa especially, I’ve watched or read that overuses this type of SML plot. Your first comment contradicts my point because from my point of view “the break away from SML cliche” is just really cliche to me and isn't anything new to me. Whether or not it’s a “destined to lose green flag” cliche or evil SML cliches what I wanted to see the most and would have worked for me is a better writing for the SML character. Given it’s a rom-com cliches are bound to happen, I don’t really mind them as long as they’re used properly. What matter the most for me is the writing quality and unfortunately for me the show just missed that mark in certain areas. Anyways that’s just my take on it and you seem to misunderstand just wanted to clarify exactly why the show didnt work out for me. Still it was interesting seeing diff view of the show. I’m glad at least it seems to work out for you.

It’s really not though but I can see why you think so. SML plot line where they turn evil or red flag is so much more common than you think in stories especially in kdramas. To name a couple Vincenzo, The Heirs, Extraordinary You and even IU previous work Moon Lovers had the very same cliche where the second male lead becomes corrupt and emotionally twisted. It really isn’t an outlier anymore, it’s a recognizable variation of SML writing typically used to favour and flip sentiments in favour of the male lead. So I wouldn’t call it personally breaking a cliche if a SML turns evil because it’s predictable. Especially in this story because in a writers perspective every story needs a villain who else is better fit than the SML who happens to be the Prime Minister in this story?

Writers finally came to their senses at the end and realized their show was actually rom com.

I got to give it to the cinematography, acting especially from the side characters, chemistry and rom-com writing for still making the show entertaining despite the bad writing and pacing of the whole political plot line. Writers really just overcomplicated things for a rom-com. We were robbed of more couples scenes of Hui Ji and Grand Prince.

Out of all IU projects I’ve seen I would say this is her weaker one in my opinion, it’s not horrible just not my fav.

The Queen Mother acting was also top notch, she really delivered her scenes. Might not like her character but credit needs to be given where it’s due.

I’m pretty sure the next coming episode will clear up why she chose to demote him. Some theory are saying she’s protecting him because of the pharmacy side of the company or because of the SML. Either way there is def more to it.