Song Wa

Have you watched Queendom?

Have you watched Queendom?

😂 I guess so

Yes, it was a call, not a meeting

I see your comments everywhere lol. Do you sleep by any chance? 🤣🤣

A short format like a TikTok or a Reel

thanks 🫰 I’ll keep that in mind, maybe in the future

Ahahahaha thanks for the compliment 🤍✨. No, I was describing my own journey while watching the series. If anything it’s just my 10+ YoE watching kdramas speaking 😅recent kdramas feel like a joke. I’m off to watch classic kdramas I’ve missed

Yeah, I’m going back to good old dramas I missed because after all the ruined dramas this year, I no longer have the patience to watch another that fell flat. I have a feeling Netflix, Disney and Prime Video are ruining kdrama land

I understand what you are saying. It’s more related to the expectations they built, which weren’t met. I found this a series of highs and lows. I loved the first part. It was funny in a fresh way, but around ep5-6 they started to exaggerate things (plane scene and forest scene, I'm looking at you two), then they pivot to romance, then to melodrama, time-traveling stuff, then they realized the comedy was gone and tried to force it in the last episode. I’m still confused tbh. I think both main characters lost some of their initial charm. Cha Se-Gye was a sharp businessman able to anticipate the next moves of his counterparts, but since the romance started and Choi Mun-do began striking, the “I’m a capable man” premise vanished into thin air. I would have loved the rivalry between the main characters and Mun-do would have been a give-and-take. Given that both main characters were “smart”. Shin Seo-ri too started as a “femme fatale” who didn’t take bs from anyone, to this “I can’t do anything for you” nonsense. The series lacks consistency. I focused on the main leads here, but you can see that in other supporting characters as well.

I don't think she “decided” to stay in the comedy side of her character. I think her characters were poorly written from the start. In fact, with this drama, I just confirmed what a great actress she is. I have watched The Glory before, and I thought she totally nailed her villain character. I enjoyed The Women’s Kingdom 2 (the drama Shin Seori was part of) more than the actual Shin Seori and Kang Dang Shi characters.

It doesn’t get better. They forget about the comedy, and the plot makes no sense. It feels like a completely different story at the end. The ending was rushed. I rated 7.5 just because the cast did a great job carrying this nonsense. I had such high hopes. I enjoyed Mr. Queen and thought this angle felt fresh, but it was so badly underdeveloped

thanks

Does Kang Dan Sim stay in Shin Seo Ri’s body?

someone please spoil me

have you watched Queendom?

Same here. I ended up with tons of questions, but I hadn’t binged a kdrama in a while. The last time I saved a drama's OST was for Queen of Tears. It would take me a while to move on

It wasn't a “sudden change,” and the consequences were implicit. People chose to abolish the monarchy, and the transition lasted 3 years. That’s why when Hui Joo resumed work, and Secretary Do says, “let’s say you were on sabbatical”, her response was, “Don’t you think I worked hard enough to abolish monarchy to count that as work?” PM was elected, but he attempted to kill the king (I didn't like that they never showed what happened to the PM). Of course, they didn't remove class difference; what they removed was the need for royal status that defined where you would end up from the moment you were born. It wasn't a monarchy, to begin with, it was a constitutional monarchy, that's the fictional part of the story. With such a form of government, people could only choose who would represent them, while the king still held the power to make decisions for the population. Every corner of the story screams capitalism, and that was the whole point “if we have capitalism why do we need a king?”

That’s not the point. The point was: “I’m going to give the power to the people to choose their leaders.” That's why the focus was on how ridiculous it was to have a kid as king, upholding the nation's power to make decisions without understanding a thing. I think the ending makes sense. Hui Joo said it well: “I didn't want to become a queen; I was pursuing a royal title because of the opportunities it cost me.” For me, the ending was coherent with the narrative as Hui Joo, as an independent businesswoman, would have ended up with the sole mission of “conceiving an heir” They didn’t give up their money, who can have a cultural foundation while poor? They simply removed the barriers for unprivileged

At some point, I became more interested in the second leads, but they didn't get enough screen time. Most plots were ridiculous