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Yes, I thought that was great. However the Korean creative community is currently way ahead of the kdrama audience this way; the film/music community. By the way, Unwritten Seoul which was inclusive got noticed -- the poet's lover --and Park Bo Young got an award elsewhere for her progressive presence (?).

The Wikipedia article lists Kang Hyun Joo but she doesnt have an mdl resume.

Hi Kate. So glad you will be watching. Look forward to your comments. I have been laughing my head off. The best comic roles have this sort of innate absurd dignity.

"..how is there music coming from her UNDERGARMENTS?"
I am absiolutely dying of laughter here.

Ep9-10
The Third Master is heating up nicely. A tall thin sexy plotter. Just the thing for a chilly May.

It is kind of nice to know ahead of time who will get married in the end (MDL summary) but maybe it would have been interesting too to believe more in the fortunes of the FL's suitors, in sequence.
The mdl summaries just tell us straight out, HEA. So no one need ask anymore. Hmph. Kinda takes the fun out of it a bit.

Thank you for the format of this article -- crystal clear and fun to read!

Worse if Ye Xian does understand the significance -- it means he has no respect for JZ at all..
Not defending the scriptwriter, just thinking out loud..

I almost dropped the show at that point. I fault the writer for giving us yet another spoiled willful impulsive FL, and then revealing that Jin Zhao is thoughtful, conniving, foresighted and extremely intelligent in all the EQ ways.
In fact Jin Zhao is a little matriarch in the making.

If only JZ would stop falling into the nearest puddle to give the Third Master a chance to see how cute she is and realize how much he cares. Couldnt the writer think of some other sort of rescue or accident?

My sympathies go to WinWin's character, the Heir. He is, as Third Master says, a man in despair. A clever and intelligent man in a military family who cannot fight. So sad. Still, he is an arrogant and violent twit.

ep9
Much as I am enjoying this the impulsive-and-headstrong-FL-falls/almost drowns BY HER OWN FAULT, and has to be rescued by the man who will love her in the end....Except that it is iron fireworks, couldnt the writer have been a little more imaginative with this?
The stale characterization is only rescued by Ren Min's really delicious intensity.

Fun, light. The young cast is ok, but the supporting cast is a parade of all that is best in kdrama. The hottest couple is the FL's Dad and the ML's mom, Choi Won Young and Kim Jee Soo. Definitely a 'rebel youth' vibe. Soccer game brings everyone together in class conscious Silla!

And I loved both of them. The Glory really fed my tragic itch.

Oh! I have seen them both( before I got serious about era, art and architecture).

My first Ming era romance. Very flowery, but colored clothing too bright? carriages look great.
Apparently Early Ming. So not as hideously neo-Confucian as later? I dont really see any particular difference in the way women speak and are treated yet --from the Song or the Qing that is.

Ci Sha, What a voice! is that his?

Ep1
What a brat! The FL staring so shamefully boldly at the 3rd Master. Does it make it better or worse that they will be the main CP?

Definitely shades of Zhao Lusi. The badly brought up character. Drinking from the pot -- 3x shots of that. The turtle was more interesting.

The Hallyu wave? Still?

What an insanely great cast! Stories of the supernatural could be great, or not...hoping for the best!

Be well and happy, LJW!

EP 6
Great, just great.