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I honestly adore Sang Yeob

he is a dying insecure bish 🤡 It would literally make no difference, no matter what the prince would do, no matter how Qing would react - he will sell anything and everything to protect himself as a king

it is a massive global storm started by a butterfly called Gil Chae landing on the tip of the sword of a merchant Jang Hyun < damn did not know you are so poetic 🤣🤣

But here's the thing, I honestly don't think any amount of love would make her leave her family that at point. Old Gil Chae would, but after experiencing the hardships of war, she would not be able to leave her family to be with Jang Hyun. I do agree that all the other aspects added to her deciding to stay, but even if she had all the trust in ML, she knew he would never leave, she loved him with all his heart, I still think she would stay. The only way I can see her leaving at that moment is if Jang Hyun had a plan of protecting her family and helping them too.

To be fair, by episode 1 standards even gil chae would be listed as supprting character 🤣 episode one was Jang Hyun only 🤡

I'm going to pretend i understand it all 👍🏻👍🏻 🤣

I don't think this conversation is productive in any way. Not once have i said all he does is cold lead roles. It's your assumption. Your way of viewing it is so simplistic I don't even know how to discuss it with you. The similarities are not about the occupations, but personalities.

And with you saying i ask of him stuff I don't from others is exactly the reason i will end this conversation. You are not talking to me, you are talking to some hater image you have in your mind and you completely ignore things i say that contradict it. For you someone is either a fan who protects him from any criticism, or a complete haters. Nothing in between. Well, guess what, i like Eun Woo and this is exactly why i want him to improve and pick more diverse roles.

Also, by now with members of Astro leaving and them not really producing new songs, he is more of a full actor and part time idol.

When the kiss scene happened i truly almost died. All the emotions 😭😭

Personally i do think it's her prioritizing safety of her family over her own happiness. The moment she decided not to leave with Jang Hyun was right after she met her father when she went there to say goodbyes. That was the trigger that made her change her mind in the last second.

They both love each other and they both made decisions that made it seem like their feelings are not as deep as they thought - in Jang Hyun's case it was when he left for Qing the first time and left Gil Chae.

i needed these moments to write my thoughts down, coz if i just watched the episode with no pausing, i would die 🤣

This episode was such a great start of pt2 😭😭

The fact I actually read all this < I'm so sorry 🤣🤣🤣🤣 i kind of posted it assuming no one would read after opening and getting scared of the length 🙃🙃🙃

I'm going to stay on feeds with folks like me who appreciate the girl 😅

It took me good 2 and half hour to finished the episode coz I kept pausing to write my thoughts and reactions and... well, just calm down 🤣🤣

it depends where. While a lot of people hated Gil Chae in comment section of pt1, literally EVERYONE on mdl feeds loved her

The hate for Gil Chae in comment section is exactly the reason why I prefer feeds on mdl 🤣

People be like: Jang Hyun deserves better, he should end up with second female lead.
And I'm like: so what you're saying, based on your mortality, hunting people down for profit which leads to many of them dying, including children is not as bad as marrying a man to make sure you can provide for your family? Ok 😅

they will naturally be more sympathetic towards JH and annoyed with GC. < that depends on the viewer I guess, coz I do not feel this way. So I guess it's not as natural and obvious as you might think.

If we ignore the reality of the situation - sure 🙃
The fact her husband would most likely not want her when she goes back after being captured.
Or how the 2nd female lead laterally hunts down Joseon people and works with the invaders

LONG! You've been warned.
this comment makes me think maybe there should be a word limit for posts and comments 🤡
anyway, my reaction to episode 1 as I watch it 🙃

The closer to the pt 2 we've got, the less interested in other dramas I became. Add overworked to that and I watched like 2 episodes of anything past 3-4 days. But the day has come, the blessed day of My Dearest pt2 and I'm about to die as I hit the play for episode 1.

SEJHGFDSHJFGDSAKJF THE WAY THEY OPEN BOTH PARTS WITH JANG HYUN FIGHTING ASSHOLES WHILE THINKING OF GIL CHAE IS A CRIME! IT'S TOO PERFECT! IT SHOULD BE ILLEGAL! Coz damn listen, he is so fine with all the angsty fighting with blood. And how aesthetically pleasing the shots are!

YO. No. He was literally about to basically commit suicide with the help of the dude. I cannot. The way they open with pain 😭😭 God bless Gu Jam for saving his ass.

"You know the road is full of bandits so why?" - precisely because he knows it's dangerous, he wants to take it, because he hopes he will die killed by one of the bandits. PAIN!

MASNBAS HFGSAJFMNSDH KJDDFB NCXFH V C FUCKING OMG THAT FOREHEAD KISS WHEN HE NAMES THE THING OF HERS THAT BELONG TO HIM BITCHES BIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIITCHHHHHHHHHHHHEEEEEEES! OMG and then that soft cheeks kiss i am fucking dying! and crying omg. nooooooooooo. i love angst, but this is too much 😭😭

i had to pause. i could not handle the kiss. omg. i am so invested in this couple and these characters i am fucking anxious and tense and crying and NOTHING FUCKING HAPPENED YET! 🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡

I NEVER related so much to my icon as I am right now watching that kissing scene 😭

ah yes, please, give me more pain and right after Jang Hyun remembers that kiss with Gil Chae while he was hoping to die killed by bandits, switch to the wedding night of Gil Chae and the Officer 🥲 also, yeah bitch, not blaming you for reaching for that alcohol so fast, would need that too in your situation...

Wait... who is this lady hugging our local evil gay guy Ryang Eum? 🤡 Did Jang Hyun cutting him off of his life traumatized him so much he turned straight? 🤣 *I'm trying to joke around coz I'm in so much pain 🙂*

Ma prince dude... you cannot read the room. The King is OBVIOUSLY not happy you are making Qing happy, but here you are bragging how you made them happy and how they are different from the rumors 🤡 That said, it's obvious the king is also paranoid and would read "bad intentions" NOT MATTER what the prince would say. Even if he kept saying the opposite things, the king would not be pleased. Coz he dying, old, stupid and threatened by the prince... 🙃

ooooooooooooo, so he is adopted. makes even more sense why king hates him 🤡

Eon Gyum being like "Something happened in Joseon? Why it looks like you just lost the woman you love" is so perfect it's both painful and funny. And then dick joke. I disliked this guy in pt1, but I'm starting to like him in pt2 🙂

This episode is just pain, build on more pain sprinkled with some delicious angst.

I'm going to have a migraine from all the exhausting emotions I am feeling. Even the shaky hands of Yang Chun make me cry.

¯\_(ツ)_/¯ I don't know how I feel about them making Jang Hyun a complete hero who protected the captives all along. I actually liked that aspect of him - how he put his own survival over other people, how morally gray he was. They are turning him a bit too white now 🤡

omg 🤣🤣🤣 i have no idea what Jang Hyun thought would happen, but the guy asking him to sell more people for profit is literally number one thing anyone would think of 😅😅 and yet he looked so surprised. It's obvious the guy is so money hungry, he would sell anything and everything and he is willing to work he Jang Hyun when he trusts him exactly -8657034985034854% if it means more money. Also that pure smile of happiness he had when he asked Jang Hyun to sell more people for him 🤣🤣 he never looked this happy.

Not this episode making me hate Ryang Eum even more 🤡 Bish took Jang Hyun for granted quite a bit. The way he kept causing more trouble and be like: Jang Hyun will solve it, Jang Hyun will protect us... oof

I appreciate how even thought the episode is full of pain and angsty they are still able to deliver some jokes 🥲

I'm curious how he was able to hide a whole ass fucking village of slaves and no one found out so far. Also makes me a bit annoyed, because I was defending his ass for not sending any letters to Gil Chae in pt1, coz it's dangerous and he is probably observed 24/7, and now this bitch has a whole ass fucking secret society going on 🙂

I feel broken, because Jang Hyun looks broken. We are all broken, This drama broke us. I need a drink. I have no alcohol. He at least is getting drunk, nothing can save me from my pain. Life is not fair.

Is Ryang Eum bi? I would not be mad about it. Also. sorry bitch I can't give less fuck about your angst 🙃

The tortured maids... same outfits we saw on Gil Chae in promo pics right? Will she become on of the royal maids? That's like... literally the worst place she can be 😭

This is why I love this show. Coz most things are not black and white and all characters are morally good or bad depending on specific situations. We all liked Yang Chun, even when he tried to make Jang Hyun sleep with basically a child (since she was just 15), it was such a small moment no one even mentioned it after that episode passed, but now we see more flaws from him, more backwards opinions - like the "intruders women being not worthy to be rescued", as if it's their fault they were raped and they should be punished for it, as if it damaged them. Truly gross and awful thinking. But I think that's the beauty of the show, because most people have some bad takes, questionable moral takes etc., we just don't see them in ourselves, because they align with our moral codes.

And yes, I get some of it comes from him not wanting Jang Hyun to risk his life to save... well, anyone, but he does have a bad view of the women that were captured, because he also acts disrespectfully towards the woman who tried to help him with a child...

Being too noble can fuck you up in war. I can already tell that one bitch is gonna be a rat and tell the psycho lady tat the maids are trying to escape. That's why he should have saved Young Rang only. That's the thing about the war - it can bring the best and the worst in people. It will make one do heroic acts, and will make another make cowardly decisions.

Omg i am so happy they made it. and I'm so sorry for judging that one girl 🙃 Now I feel awful for the fictional character, because she did not rat them out, but she did stay, being too afraid to run away 😭

Jang Hyun's fighting scenes are so 🔥🔥🔥 Who needs shower scenes when you can have Jang Hyun slaying enemies?

WE DON'T DESERVE JANG HYUN! 😭😭😭😭 "A man in his right mind will not think such an incident makes you trash".

The king is as much of a trash as he was in pt 1, good to know some things do not change 🙂

The scene when they capture Gil Chae did not happen yet but I'm already fucking angry and annoyed, I might actually break my laptop when it happens 🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬

yo... the ep is going to end with Jang Hyun seeing Gil Chae among the captured Joseon people, for sure. I am WAY TOO FUCKING WEAK FOR THAT!

I LOVE THIS SHOW SO MUCH 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭