itwillneverbefar

I really enjoyed this story and this drama. I never got bored, I just enjoyed the beautiful scenery, the tension-filled drama, the cute and moving moments, and the hilarious hijinks. While the narrative wasn't perfect, I still felt it told the story it promised in the beginning, and wrapped all of the plotlines and character arcs up in a satisfying way. It's amazingly rare for a drama to manage even that these days. Most importantly, I felt like all the wins were deserved. When they sold out the Noori cream I genuinely teared up, thinking about what they had all been through and how hard they had fought to do something uplifting and positive in the world.

This couple will remain one of my favorites. Their chemistry felt so organic. They really did pull each other out of such a dark place, and helped the other be the best and brightest version of themself. That is a really nice expression of love in a world where that's becoming rarer and rare. I thought both leads did a great job, and I will miss watching this show each week.

So I have had a really strained relationship with my mom my whole life and was low contact for so long, but in the last 3-5 years as she's gotten to be about the age as Yejin's mom , and something in her has shifted, and we were finally able to actually talk about things that have happened and she is able to see her part in it an take responsibility and made some very heartfelt apologies and I finally feel like I can connect to her as my parent. You only get one mom in this life, so I really resonate with Yejin's desire to reconnect even after the pain she went through, and with her mother seeing her own behavior too late but still wanting to make a change, too. So I found the development between them realistic and uplifting.

I love your breakdown! This is such a great way to review a show cause it shows more of the nuances

I've never seen Kim Mu Yeol in anything and Jin Ki Joo is not my favorite, but I love this writer, and the director is also top notch, so I guess I'll trust in them and Lee Sung Min to deliver. Officially sat!

People have to be in the right mood for a more realistic drama like we are all trying here cause it can be heavy to sit with those kinds of emotions. I hope that over time people will seek it out and it will get more love.

This show used to be so funny, where did all the humor go? I miss when I used to bust up laughing a few times an ep.

These office politics are too heavy and too unrelated to our leads, all this is really between the two brothers so it just feels kinda flat how they keep dragging In Ah and Ki Jun in.

I really love this couple and wish it was more focused on them at this point.

It's rare for a drama not to stretch out the angst, but this one has showed the perfect amount to make it feel like real people trying to navigate through their issues

I don't mind the 2ML cause their past was interesting but the 2FL is completely one dimensional and just in the drama to cause problems.

It was better in the first half ngl. It's still good though, it didn't like tank in the end or anything, just lost a lot of its sparkle

I will scream if he does the noble idiocy thing and pushes her away to keep her safe from man do . Like SG has the little finger of joseon and he's not gonna use her skills to outmaneuver Evil Cousin King?

I keep waiting for SeGye to break, because he is going to break and he is going to fully throw off the gloves and that's when it will get really fun.

I also do not want to see the tedious loss after loss, I like instead the idea of him losing in a HUGE way around the halfway point, like the cousin makes what seems like a fatal blow, leaving SG with what seems like no options. And that's when SG and her team up to take him down for good. Cause I really like that Evil Cousin/King is not only smart and calculating but willing to go all in, because that makes for a more interesting villian. If Se Gye wants to defeat him he needs to do the same.

Seori calling him a lone wolf was spot on, he learned growing up to only look out for himself because others aren't to be trusted, and he almost seems to treat being disliked and contrary as proof of this worldview rather than a cause of it, and will lean in when people push back against him. Like when Seori asked why he was getting so mad at her he got even more mad, when she said he must feel guilty he said he felt no guilt at all

I don't think they will go this route because the show has been really good about foreshadowing, and there haven't been any moments where SSR has made any sort of appearance as if she is still alive in any way. The very most is that Danshim was drawn to that old movie she starred it, which felt more like an echo of SSR's soul than the actual SSR in any way.

My theory is SSR had planned to commit suicide, so danshim taking her body wasn't stealing it because she would have been dead anyway, and instead is a way for SSR to also live on in some way, still.

The pain and heartache Danshim suffered in the past and overcoming that with a new chance at life is a major theme of the show, so it would really undermine that for her to suddenly go back and right all the wrongs of the past. The show made a point to say the past is the past, and this new life is what Danshim needs to cherish and make the most of.

Nah he's just trying to keep a shred of his dignity by being very loud about it all. Judge him by what he does, not what he says. He followed the woman to Jeju, stayed all day at her photo shoot, ran after her when she got lost in the woods, kept her company all night when she was drunk. This man is not trying to avoid her in the slightest.

I really don't want them to go the cliche "I'll pull away from her to protect her" route, like please just join forces to take down that evil bastard

I cannot imagine what this drama would be like to binge from start to finish, those people who stumble upon it after it's done are soooo lucky

I felt like on the beach after the 3 seconds his look and body language when he got up to leave wasn't just from being disappointed she pulled away, but cause he knew even this wouldn't make him give up on her, like he knew he would try again and again

I felt all of Cha Se Gye's hopes and dreams poured into that one tiny wrist kiss, like if all he knew for sure was that her arm wanted him he would start there. The way he stared at her as he leaned in, half daring her to pull away half terrified she would, and the slight pause before he looked up as if he didn't want to know which way it had gone, but the second he looked up and saw her HE KNEW gyaaaah

Genuinely one of the most romantic yet also hottest k drama moments I've seen in a long time.

They didn't actually show that. She seems way too smart to be manipulated by him.

In every scene I sense that IJY and HNJ are having so much fun filming, like you can just tell they have really amazing energy on set together that brings out the best in each other. I had no idea this pairing would be this dynamite together!

Mun Do is already resorting to some pretty extreme tactics, it has me super worried for what he will do when he gets truly desperate. I am looking forward to when Se Gye finds out how much Mun Do has been manipulating and attacking him behind the scenes, because he will go absolutely nuclear at that point. Esp if it involves Seo Ri. SG can be scarily ruthless when needed. And when him and Seo Ri team up to take down Mun Do it is going to be so satisfying to watch.

I get the feeling Grandpa appreciates Mun Do but also in some way doesn't respect him, since he is always such a yes man. Despite how much he complains about his grandson, Gpa is more like Se Gye in that he likes people who challenge him and who are self-reliant, which is why he still has named SG as his heir and fusses over him so much.

I think the reason they are moving the romance forward so quickly is that they will start officially dating and then in the second half SG will regain his memories of being the past Grand Prince, and then him and Seo Ri will have to deal with whatever betrayal happened between them back then and resolve that. I much prefer that than there being some betrayal or angst between their characters in the current timeline.

Yeah he feels truly dangerous. Even Se Gye doesn't understand just how far he is already going, which is kinda scary cause SG is savvy and suspicious