I have watched 4 episodes and I’m trying my best to see what everyone means by this drama as one of the best…
It does have some elements in common with the Double; I suppose it depends on what exactly you bounced off. I did find the first episode of Blossom very confusing. It can be safely treated as a long teaser; everything will get re-introduced. Then there's some episodes that are more "family drama" (like the Double too there I suppose, though different in the details). It takes a while to dig back into the political drama in the second timeline. A lot is about watching the relationships develop (friendships as well as the romance) over various situations small and large. I really liked both. I found the lead characters more evenly matched in this one (where there's more power differential in the Double).
I have a question. Why did his uncle travel by sea instead of land when it is faster to travel to capital via…
Presumably because he's being officially escorted by those who do *not* have his best interests at heart rather than making his own travel arrangements. (That did bug me, but that's my best explanation is that someone involved in the arrangements is intentionally making an opportunity for *ahem* things to happen along the way.)
I struggled to finish ep1 😅 maybe I'll give it an other try
The first 2 episodes are really "set the stage" episodes, especially ep1. It really starts to find it's rhythm around ep3, but then I found it hard to put down (even on rewatch!). :D
Too bad that you didn’t stick around, than your observations would probably have been different.
Are there actual defensible reasons then? I don't need to know what they are, just if they really exist.
I've just been let down by too many dramas where the only reason the ML shuts the FL out or tries to control her without telling her anything is some macho sense of needing to protect her rather than trust her or communicate and there isn't any actual intrinsic reason, just "it's dangerous so I'd rather hurt you myself than risk you getting hurt as my full partner in this dangerous situation". Never mind that usually leads to the FL getting into danger because *gasp* she keeps making decisions like an autonomous human being with what little information she does have. And then the ML is like "stop making trouble but, no, I still won't tell you what's going on, just sit still and do nothing...um, indefinitely, 'til I handle things".
So if that's _not_ the direction this drama goes, maybe I'll give it another try?
I've just been let down by too many dramas where the only reason the ML shuts the FL out or tries to control her without telling her anything is some macho sense of needing to protect her rather than trust her or communicate and there isn't any actual intrinsic reason, just "it's dangerous so I'd rather hurt you myself than risk you getting hurt as my full partner in this dangerous situation". Never mind that usually leads to the FL getting into danger because *gasp* she keeps making decisions like an autonomous human being with what little information she does have. And then the ML is like "stop making trouble but, no, I still won't tell you what's going on, just sit still and do nothing...um, indefinitely, 'til I handle things".
So if that's _not_ the direction this drama goes, maybe I'll give it another try?