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I think they said that he had gambling debt?

Kisses yes, steamy - not really

In the recent drama landscape, there's nothing like this. A mature romance that gets a lot of screentime and development, rather than the leads getting together in the second to last episode because the screenwriter doesn't know how to write relationship post getting together (other than creating drama through forced breakup).

I love all the little moments that are unique to this drama. That's when the drama shines the brightest. Like RRY picking clothes and jewelry for NYZ. The squad watching every romantic scene between our leads and giving advice to both of them (which makes perfect sense, they are forced to spend 99% of their time on a very limited space!). RRY not hiding her identity at all from NYZ (even though if could serve as 'you lied to me, I can't be with you' later on, classic trope in most dramas). RRY coming back right away after she was attacked by the squad. RRY being a badass lead, but embracing her feelings and femininity at the same time - it's not like she was written like a male character, which tends to be the case when writing strong females. Flirting, so much flirting! There was no unnecesary, forced drama between the characters for the majority of the drama.

I definitely don't want to say that it doesn't have any flaws. I wish it wasn't crammed up, it needed those 10 eps more. I am very very salty about it. But when I think about refreshing dramas, that take well-established tropes and reverse them, this one comes to mind. This year was mediocre for dramas, and this is definitela a stand-out.

One thing tha keeps bugging me. How they address each other through those nicknames. "Mourning clothes", "trickster", like it might have been funny a few times, but rn it's really weird. Dunno, maybe it would be less weird if I were Korean?

I was PRAYING that PSH gets mainstream roles after coming back from military. Him and Rowoon on screen will take a toll on my poor heart.

I have high hopes for two couples instead of a love triangle

There's a big room for improvement compared to the original! It had a nice chemistry (expecially between on the fathers-children front) but can definitely be improved: no love triangle, if they want a romance, make it more engaging (and less creepy), and so on. I have high hopes.

Yeah, that's why I'm trying to convince myself that they both survived in the end. Cause it doesn't make sense for her to commit suicide, but on the other hand RRY living and everyone else dying would be just too cruel. She was alone her whole life anyway. Just when she found companions and love of her life they would leave her alone again? I refuse to believe that.

I had a feeling that they would consider such an ending (NYZ dead, RRY alive and pregnant), classic cdrama ending. As much as her suicide doesn't fit her, it's still a better ending than being alone in the end. For me at least

I like your analysis, it makes me feel a bit better. Even if they meet in another life, it's still better than nothing...

It's true that it's weird for RRY to die only moments after faking her own death in ep 33 and NYZ mourning her...

Same 😭 I wanted to save them...

I hope it was sarcasm ><

All in all, I really don't feel like it's only the screenwriter's fault. It may be the director, the producers, the editors, the cencorship, budgetary constraints, time constraits. Especially in the case of a cdrama, the reasons are endless. While I am frustrated as well, I really don't feel that a screenwriter who delivered so many good episodes could end this show in such a mediocre way. Even if they wanted to kill everyone, I seriously doubt that the screenwriter couldn't have done it in a more meaningful way. So let's not send unnecesary hate (criticism is always welcome of course)

Yes, exactly!

It was also unrealistic that he gave up the flower for the emperor instead of healing him with his internal power, like he did for every single other person in the series... I feel like LLHshould have realised that he wants to live in the end, because if he still wants to die after all of that, than the character development doesn't do it for me... I like to imagine that his master's wife comes to him and sacrifices herself and he doesn't have anything to say lol

As for not rushing it - I agree. But I hate that it's ambiguous personally.

MLC is nowhere near a completely satisfying ending... But still better than this I guess

Girl, same, even worst of deaths can't beat Mr Queen's ending. Exactly what you said, a terrible ending disguised as a good one, wtf. 3 years passed and I'm still bitter and can't rate the show.

That's why I don't watch ongoing dramas... I have major, MAJOR trauma from Mr Queen's ending, the worst ending ever. I just started to feel butterflies from this drama, and now I'm sick to my stomach from all those bad things happening at the ending. How con they make a drama so funny and lighthearted only to break our hearts in the end? How could you have so many characters and kill all of them? The main leads didn't want to die for their country, they wanted to live on and be happy at last. Why can't you kill off the characters who have lived their share?
I'm only at ep 21, but how can I even enjoy the rest?