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You made the right choice. This peaks at ep 6 and it's a slow and steady decline thereafter.

Beyond Evil is def his best role. He acts across one of Korea's greatest actors and does not at all seem lacking

I agree so much at the lost potential. There are any number of ways they could have taken this with both the clown/king staying in the drama with parallel arcs. I would have loved for the King to find some more humanity while Ha Seon got more corrupted by the court, then had the king come back and watch all hell break loose as Ha Seon and Lee Gyu had to face what they’d done and justify whatever moral choice they would then try to make. Thinking about the tension of the second half like that makes me sweat. And that's just one possible path for the plot.

YJG is a good actor but he struggles to show as much charisma in "good" characters compared to tortured ones. So I just found the king so much more interesting even though he didn’t do anything—he also had better chemistry with the queen even though she hated him. Ha Seon was so flat to me. By the end even the most interesting character of all, Lee Gyu, who had been all these wonderful shades of grey, had become so watered down even the actor playing him seemed bored.

It was fine but could have been so much more. Me and my friend like to pretend this show ended when they killed the king, and say this was our favorite 6 episode drama.

GAKKKSITAAAAALLLLL!!!

Raise your hand if you're just here for the hatewatch comments

I'm not even watching this drama and I hope this is how it ends.

OP is referencing characters from a novel, not the traits of pride and prejudice LOL.

"She doesn't give a damn about traditional values, manners, social classes, and anybody else except friends and family members." -- This literally is an exact description of Elizabeth Bennet, the main FL of Pride and Prejudice, I'm sorry but this is so funny

I was sure this drama was on ep 14 or something because of how passionately everyone is hating on it, but it's on episode 6 and people are this angry. This is fun.

All of this could be true and that doesn't mean they're not honoring his memory by shedding light on an important issues. How can they be cashing in on his story when no one would even know the connections but for you guys spreading these posts calling out the tiny details? You're just a random fan of his, so what do you think gives you the right to gatekeep anything about him as if you somehow knew him? You liked his music and obsessed over his public persona--you did not know him, only those close to him knew the real person he was. If something needs to be said publicly let that be done by his family and friends, not some delusional fans. You're the one cashing in on his memory to try and make yourself feel important or relevant by stirring up drama that isn't even there.

There's gonna be so many unnecessary angsty plot points :(

If you want me to respond, you'll need to treat me with respect in your replies. Saying "use your brain" and "are you 12" are not respectful. If you can reply without using insults, I'm happy to continue this conversation.

XU had like half an episode of historical flashback -- if you go to the page it is not have a genre of historical. Historical fantasy means it's based in history. AoS was not based on history. you can't use the word historical when it is not based on history. So no, it is not a "historical fantasy" just cause it "feels" like one?? So he has not yet been in one historical drama

Habitual drug use is very tied to untreated mental health disorders. Criminalizing drug use (vs organized drug distribution) is cruel and a way for governments to shift the blame towards and abandon vulnerable populations. Yoo Ah In is obviously struggling and needs psychiatric care and compassion rather than being branded as some shady drug addict. There are way more morally questionable stars in other Netflix dramas, and I'm really disappointed in Netflix for kow-towing to Korea and their punitive and harmful drug laws.

Okay I've seen a lot of comments here and other places saying it's not good and the ML Is boring?? I'm glad to hear not everyone feels that way cause I really wanted to start watching this

I have missed him, he is so underrated

omg I confused them! I mean LJW

That's not a historical, it's a fantasy. I said that in the OG post lol

What other one has he been in?

Just realizing this is Lee Jae Wook's first historical which doesn't seem right cause AoS feels like a historical and he had those flash backs in Extraordinary You . But I feel he was made for historicals. He is gonna do so well.

Ooh I'll have to keep an eye on his next projects then