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Him saving her once (for her knowing) could literally add to the flaws she see in him. Yeon Jun who cannot fight went to war to still try to protect the country, while Jang Hyun who is a great fighter sometimes helps, sometimes leaves - he is not a stable person in her eyes. Not to mention, just saving her does not mean he does not present as a playboy in romantic setting. He never denies any rumors, he plays along with them, he flirts and teases every time the conversation turns serious.

i know right. I think him being like: she apologized, have you never made any mistake. was the moment i was the most annoyed, because you just don't say shit like that if you not only don;'t know the full story, you know exactly NOTHING about what happened.

oh I do not need anything to increase my enjoyment, I am 300000% on board anyway hahaha I am frustrated with FL, but I also understand her reasoning, so it's not bad type of frustration.

I think he is 100% brained washed by what he was taught and how people treated him, he is incapable of turning down the responsibilities that were put into his head - aka saving the king, going to war even if chances of surviving as -100%. I think he also feels trapped in that image, but he just cannot escape it. For me it was obvious during his scene with Jang Hyun when they were talking after the first "battle".

Still, one can be stupid, irresponsible, driven by misguided ideas and still his action can be brave if we do not expand the definition of the word. At the end of the day he did what he felt was right despite the fear. It fits the definition of the word brave. One can be stupid and brave at the same time.

I have one honestly question after first two episodes:
why so many trash characters? I gets few here and there. Hell, even half. But like 80% of them being awful? That's excessive 😂

Her whole team need a massive slap on their faces, especially Son Sae Byeol. Not liking your co-workers is fine, but at least acting fucking professional.

Yoon Na Yeon being all "well, I apologized so it should be fine" attitude was annoying, it's up to the person who was hurt to accept. So fuck off.

Jang Shin Yu is just overall trash, but it's kind of nice to see Rowoon play such a trash 🤡

I have little thoughts about Kwon Jae Kyung so far. Need to see more of him and what his deal is.

I might try to fit it into my busy schedule of rewatching My Dearest 🤡

seeing how her servant was worried about her never finding a proper match and getting older, I'd say she is probably in the older range of a typical married age which would be around max 20. Noble women had the luxury to marry not as young as others.

She's probably around 18-20. Since the commoners usually married younger as far as I know, while noble class a bit later. The expectation would be royal family, they went with teens probably.

But it does not matter if she is 15 or 20, she has exactly ZERO experience in anything physically related to romance anyway 🤡

As someone who have neither read not watched Gone With the Wind, I am not really qualified to make any decent reply 🤡🤡😂

most people don't complain about the editing, they complain about dead fish not moving just putting the lips together aspect of it 🙃

The whole passionate forceful kiss to awaken female leads feelings only works in the classic cliche rom-coms with naive FL and toxic ML 😂But I get the negative reaction to the dead fish kiss, coz while it makes sense here, it usually does not make sense at all (especially modern dramas with full on adult leads lol), so it's kind of an instinct in us viewers to criticize it.

He also likes her too much to go full sexual assault on her 🙃

atm she is his priority, so no... I don't think he would go for a full on forced passionate kiss knowing she does not quite like him yet (from his point of view).

I get such a conflicting feelings about who the man is. Because by what's written and other characters are saying it fits Yeon Jun more. But somehow the reaction to Jang Hyun's name fits Ryang Eum more 🤡

what I wrote about the dead fish kiss in reply below:
"Going by the realism, this was 100% first time she kissed anyone ever and I'm sorry, but your first kiss is either dead fish or a wet fish trying to survive out of water moving in despair 😂😂"

It's brave to follow your moral code and principles when you know the chances of succeeding are low. And that's what he did. I disagree with his principles that subjects should sacrifice themselves for king no matter what and it's their moral obligation to try to save the king even if they are not skilled nor equipped, for me it's dumb. But it';s still brave of him to follow said dumb principle. Someone else with same moral compass as him who would want to go, but did not out of fear would be a coward. He was brave in terms of following his moral compass in terms of serving a country, and cowardly for not being able to be honest with his feelings and act according to them with Gil Chae and Eun Ae.

Most people are not 100% brave nor 100% coward. It changes depending on the situation.

oh shit. damn. Well... they are going to soon Qing, so I guess it does follow the history.

Listen, I know nothing about the history of Korea 😂😂
I don't remember any other prince being shown except for So Hyun, so I kind of assumed he the only one, to be future king (he was a crown prince after all). 7 years older or younger too? Coz older... then why was he not Crown Prince?

So by the history Hyojong is the 2nd son of King Inju. So Hyun dies before he can sit down on the throne, so Hyojong becomes crown prince and then the king?

analysis of opening scene in episode 1 in context of what we saw so far.

Spring 1659 10th year of king Hyojong's reign - 23 years AFTER the events we follow right now.

PEOPLE
King Hyojong
Jipyeong (5th rank inspector) Shin Yi Rib
Crown Prince So Hyun - dead (yey!)

✅WHAT WE KNOW
Crown Prince So Hyun kept the recording of all that happened in the past, even thought it was supposed to be destroyed. It makes him look extremely bad. Since Jang Hyun's name is being brought up in many instances in said recording, they need to make sure the truth of what is written there will never come out (as it would make look the royal family real bad).

What's written in the documents:
"He lured the poor crown prince into wrongful acts"
"One of the officers [...] became insane gradually"

Later Shin Yi Rib says "By chance, is there one who claims to be the late Crown Prince's loyal subject?"
Then the doctor says, that the insane officer kept saying "He says when the time comes, that person will come to get him".


🔎 What it means?
There is no recording of the fate that Jang Hyun met. We don't know if he is dead. If he was dead, there would be no reason to risk the investigation.

He lured the crown prince, which might mean crown prince and Jang Hyun will actually work together. Tho more probable - Crown Prince based on his status will make it impossible for Jang Hyun to refuse working with him, but then all the blame for the bad will fall on Jang Hyun. Reality - it was all Crown Prince idea and he used Jang Hyun. What is being told in history - it was all Jang Hyun's idea and the Crown Prince was lured into evil deeds.

Since it says one of the officers became insane, I think it's more probable it's Yeon Jun. I think he will go insane when his idealistic mentality truly faces the reality - maybe Eun Ae will die? Something will happen that will shaken his whole perception of reality, morality, integrity etc. No way on the planet Ryang Eum would call himself Crown Prince's loyal subject, but it is another hint that points at Yeon Jun.

"Come to get him" gives me more - seek revenge, less save me vibes. Chances are bad shit happened because of Yeon Jun and his blind loyalty to royal family, and now he fears Jang Hyun's revenge. Which makes me think even more about the possibility of Eun Ae dying. In episode 7 Jang Hyun tells Yeon Jun that if he was not Eun Ae's fiancé, he would basically get killed. Her death would be a green light for Jang Hyun to not hold back anymore.

If the man is in fact Ryang Eum, I question what he would have to do to make Jang Hyun go after him, and the only valid reasoning I can think of is if Gil Chae dies because of something Ryang Eum does. And I do not like that ides, hence I ignore this theory.

🏖️🗡️ scene
Jang Hyun looks young, hot and all that. Ain't no 23 years after 1636. This will probably we the aftermath of Crown Prince So Hyun's dying and the blame being put on Jang Hyun. So like right in the middle of 1936 and 1959?

thoughts?

Ps. I know nothing about Korean history, so thanks to everyone who corrects my dumbass incorrect assumptions.