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I see where you are coming from. I also dislike that their relationship started because of a lie and I wish there was no kiss until she actually knew the truth. That said, she was the one who initiated the kiss and the reason why she felt like doing it was not because of the Do San that sent her letters all those years, but because of the real Do San that stood up for her and got hurt just to get her out of a situation that was really hurtful for her. And that moment she was taken by a feeling that made her want to kiss him. So at least they did not kiss because of the way she felt about the fake Do San, but because of the way she felt at that moment.

That said, from the preview it seems like he will finally tell her the truth.
I just want her to put some space between her and both of them and let time show her who they are, who they really are, without lies, and then decide who she likes.

I am just glad this lie was not dragged any longer. If the writers made her find out like 2 episodes away from the end to then make her be with HJP for a while and then realize during the last 10 minutes of the last episode that she actually likes NDS and go back to him, I would be really mad. It would be unfair to HJP if she did that. I have seen this kind of thing happen so many times to second male leads, hopefully it will not be the case here.

Like you said, from the preview, it seems like he will tell her the truth. I dont see what he will say as an excuse and I am assuming she will probably ask him why he lied and he just answered, tho I am sure that was not the main reason. She just became too important for him and his fear of losing her was probably what made him keep lying. Selfish but relatable in some way. On the other hand, it seems like HJP is starting to also be selfish and wanting to be with her, but maybe it is a little late for that. He convinced someone else to join the lie that was created by him and her grandma and allowed Dal Mi to get into a relationship based on a lie. And now he wants her back? For me they are both on the wrong and at the end it will be up to Dal Mi to decide which one she wants to live her life with.

I personally cannot picture her with HJP for 2 main reasons:

1st - I see their relationship as more of a parental one, maybe because he is her mentor, and him as someone who looks out for her. I am unable to feel any romantic chemistry between them.

2nd - They are way too different. He is more down to earth, serious, realistic, strict and money driven. While she has dreams, is driven by other things that are not money and cares more about helping people than herself. If I explained this a different way, it would be that he is more about the results, while she is more about the journey to get to those results. He has shown this trait since the start. He never trusted Samsan Tech or the ideals of Dal Mi. At least Dal Mi and NDS believe in one another and that they will be able to reach their goals no matter how hard it will be. She is very similar to her father and HJP shows some traits that remind me of her mother. And we all know how that ended. I dont think they would be a compatible couple and would probably argue a lot since they have such different opinions.

That said, right now, neither of them deserves to be with her. I think she should get to know each of them as they really are and then decide who she really likes. She cant make a decision when her first interaction with both of them was based on a lie.

You are forgetting about when NDS wanted to tell the truth and was stopped by both the grandma and HJP. At the end of the day, I think all 3 are at fault and the only victim is Dal Mi.

That said, I dont get why people are making things complicated. Dal Mi fell in love with a letter dictated by her grandma. Whatever HJP wrote after would not make a difference, she was already in love. The person she fell in love with does not exist and her connection with HJP is based on a lie just like NDS.

At this point it is hard to decide who should be the one to come out and tell the truth - her grandma who started the lie or NDS who got into a relationship with her while keeping that lie. Like you said, HJP does not seem to be the right person to break it to her, but I have a feeling that might happen once he starts being really jealous and wants to be together with her. If he does that though, it will be kind of a jerk move.

I definitely think it should be either the grandma or NDS telling her the truth. The best would be if the both sat down with her and told her the truth. In that case, HJP being present would be ok since he is also involved and aware of the whole thing.

Let me just say something that will probably anger a lot of people.

The letter that made her fall in love was the first one, and the first one was dictated by her grandma who knew exactly what would touch Dal Mi’s heart and what would be relatable. This was also not the only letter that grandma dictated. By the time Ji Pyung started writing the letters by himself, she was already in love, in love with someone that did not exist. So, no, Ji Pyung is not the one she loves, the one she loves is the Do San that was created by her grandma and who was sustained by Ji Pyung lies throughout the years.

That said, people, come to the realization that her first love does not even exist. So what if Do San and her started with a lie (so did her connection with Ji Pyung)? At the end of the day they have been there for each other and have good chemistry. So I see nothing wrong with them being together as long as this lie is not maintained up until the last few episodes. I want her to get to know the real Do San and realize she still loves him even if he is not her "first love".

I am sorry if my comment has offended you in any way, but I am not going to enter a ship I know will either never set sail or will only sail for a short while and then sink. And I hope you dont either or you will not be able to enjoy this drama.

I have to say that I have not laughed this much for a while the way I did at the end of episode 3. Damn, I legit cried and started coughing, that was how much I laughed. I knew it was coming, but I still wasnt prepared for that level of video editing. XD

Yeah, Ikr? Ewww LOL

She uploads the next day or 2 days after the episode airs. Do you even have any idea how many hours it takes to sub an episode? And specially thai dramas that have episodes that are as long as movies. And she is also subbing 2 other dramas at the same time. She is actually one of the fastest thai drama subbers that I know.

People like you are the reason why so many subbers stopped subbing. They are doing a tedious and time-consuming job that is subbing voluntarily and for free and there are still people who think they have the right to complain. Sigh

If you are unable to watch it directly at Muse, other sites like dramanice have up until episode 9 subbed.

Lol, Same. No way am I going to go through 2 months of constant waiting for 1 episode a week. I might as well just throw it in my plan to watch list and forget it for a few months until all the episodes have aired and are subbed.

If they had not used Yoon Sang Hyun in the beginning then yes. But I guess they used a different actor just to show how he did not age well because of working all those years to provide for his family, while also drinking a lot and not really taking care of himself.

After he goes back to his old self he looks better than in the first episode, probably to show how this experience changed him for the better and he is now young on the inside too and has another view of life. They just made him shave, use some makeup and a neat hairstyle and that was enough to make him look better than his drunk I dont care about anything old self. LOL

Just like in the movie, he goes back to his old self. This only happens in the last episode. I know we all wanted Do Hyun but that would just make it really hard for him to go back to his family. Imagine explaining to people that this 18 year old guy is your husband/father. Yeah, it would be weird.

Hopefully we will see Do Hyun as the male lead in other dramas soon. He nailed his role here and portrayed the emotions really well.

He is definitely a great actor and I can see him getting a lot of dramas after this one. He nailed his role of a loving husband and father even though he is only 25 years old. I cannot wait to see him as the male lead in other dramas.

LOL
This was my reaction when I started watching it. I was so sure it would be an average drama, especially since they were turning the plot of a movie into a 16 hours drama. Oh boy, was I wrong. These are my favorite kind of drama. The ones I start with no expectations and am surprised by how good they are.

I only regret one thing and that is having to say goodbye to this drama. I never thought I would like it so much. Sure, it could have been better but to me it was good enough. The moments I enjoyed were a lot more than the ones I did not. This is a 9/10 for me. And I don’t give many 9s.

Thank you for the details. Yeah, I was also angry that the FL and ML pretty much led an unhappy life since they were never able to be together. The FL had it particularly hard seeing everyone around her dying. I dont know why the writers had to be so cruel. T T

I definitely watched a few but I cant remember their names. Lakorns have specially hard to remember titles.

I watched everything up until the older sister dying and the son becoming the emperor, did not watch the part where he was forced to get married. So the kid that became the emperor in the last episode was the son of one of the consorts. I thought he was the son of the empress.

But anyway, I dont get how he ended up sleeping with another woman when he loved someone else. I guess it happened before they met again, since he was already the emperor by then and had probably already got the consort pregnant. Since it was a childhood crush and he could not guess he would meet her again, I can accept the whole sleeping with the other woman, he needed an heir anyway and she was probably a nice person which is why he chose to sleep with her instead of the empress or the other consort.

Anyway, thank you for clarifying. I skipped entire episodes near the end because I knew it was going to end in tragedy and just wanted to get it over with.

I know, right? Not even her son could be happy. They killed off his kid with the woman he loved, then than woman also died and then he got sick and died too. The female lead was left pretty much all alone, no love, no son, no nothing. Only the spawn of a spoilt brat that will probably be hard for her to manage since his mother will not be setting a good example for him and might even make him turn against his grandmother.

Also, I skipped a lot so I probably missed that. I get why her son would be forced to marry a woman from a certain family to become the empress, but they had a son, which means he slept with her...but wasnt he in love with someone else, why did he go and impregnate this brat? Or did she use some sort of trick like getting him drunk or something?

I think so. I have only watched a few episodes but it seems like there is something going on with Peng Pai. She probably liked him in the past and he still likes her but it just didnt work.

I am adding Tragedy as one of the genres because pretty much everyone dies. (sorry if you consider that a spoiler but the seeing Tragedy up there can be a spoiler itself, a good one, one that can prepare you for what is about to go down) T T

This starts with everyone unhappy and ends on the same note. Very depressing drama. If you are looking for romance, you better go look for it somewhere else. When it comes to romance, most of us are looking for a romance that is like honey, but the one on this drama is just like lemons. I am not talking about the main leads only, no one is ever happy, at least not for long.

If you cant handle some onion cutting, you might want to skip this one. They cut enough onions to feed a 1000 people. Dont say I didnt warn you.