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Dealing with family while sorting out life

No wonder Tiaga doesn’t want to go home. He relates most to his mom’s cooking and this brings back fond memories. His older brother is the dutiful son and man of family since dad passed. He resents his brother leaving to ‘find himself’ while he has taken on the family responsibilities. This shows clearly when he can’t have a nice thing to say to his brother except add salt to the wounds for not living up to the running hype of an athlete and calling part time work in a restaurant progress. Even his mom’s attempt at comforting as he was leaving showed how little expectation she had of him excelling in anything. Rin’s experience is similar. She has a career she wants, but she does not excel in that field. Her mom means well, but she wants Rin to lose her ‘hobby’ and get a stable job even if her daughter hates it. She also wants to match her with a nice Korean boy. I enjoy how Tiaga and Rin share food, customs and support each other. Her warm flavored candy proved to be a comfort for him too. His boss is training him to run his own restaurant. He sees a capable person and he shares his experiences with Tiaga. A friend brings someone with him that is interested in Taiga’s cooking. A path of cooking for athletes may be opening up. This drama moved the romance too quickly, but it’s doing a nice job of showing how they learn about each other’s heritage through food and their growing appreciation of each other for just being who they are.

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Her shields form an alliance to protect her and the people want Gil Dong to lead revolt

It was not a wayward arrow that killed her father, but he was not made prey as first led to believe. The emperor saw what he wanted to see in a drug induced hallucination. He was horrified by what he did.The arrow that should have pierced the Prince’s heart was stopped by his life pendant. His kindness to his little bro and the returned kindness saved his life. The Prince and second son save her by cooperating to plant an arrow where Ms Hong said she tossed it. Both were brave and faced death for what they did. The Prince gives words about his health so the second son can relay it verbatim to her. They relay back and forth how to handle things so she won’t kill herself or act rashly. The Prince uses strong trees and humor to make her not dwell on who got her arrow. He wants her to want to live and not harbor guilt for him. The people are mourning the death of the last honorable magistrate from the court. She spoke so plainly how his own family could not cry out at the injustice of his death or let their mourning be heard lest his majesty be disturbed by it. Her agony and the sympathy of both her shields is palpable this episode. They determine to keep her safe from the powers that be and are united in their noble cause. The emperor has been out for days because of the drug and is becoming a living corpse as the secretary wants. Originally I pitied the emperor being surrounded by such vipers, but after his treatment of the magistrate’s son and his own brother, he deserves them. It is obvious that weak whiny boy couldn’t shoot an arrow across the courtyard much less the distance HongSi did. The men cannot fathom a woman having that much skill. The people are asking for Gil Dong to lead a revolt and are asking her directly to lead the charge.The prince confronts his brother and boldly states the one endangering him is his majesty. The blade is drawn and for the third time the Prince is asked to repeat what he said. The second son witnesses the soul swap and Ms Hong again finds herself with a blade at her throat but this time as the prince. She has quickly figured out the situation but I am curious what she is going to say to the emperor next episode.

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Greatest happiness and deepest sorrow

Ngl I enjoyed her making the first son crazy with her arrows. He deserved so much more. The Prince did his best to try to teach him the difference between men and beasts but it fell on deaf ears. The second son did an evil thing, but no one died and he repented on his own when he saw what almost happened. The first son went because he was terrified of Dil Gong. They have a night of making wishes and lighting lanterns.🥰 The Prince has destroyed all his evidence and leaving Joseon to keep the father’s wish. He is heartbroken but accepts it. His mother realizes the Prince truly loves her but also knows she isn’t a match her son can have. She is doing her part to keep HingSi’s name silenced and not heard by his majesty. The father did a good thing taking his son away with him. But it turned into tragedy when the emperor’s stray arrow killed his dad. That boy is kinda a useless noisemaker, but he carried his father home and grew up some. He is out of his mind and not accepting the death. Second son was there to catch Ms Hong as she collapsed. He and Prince are both finding their better selves because of her. She cannot let her father’s death go, nor should she. But the prince intercepted the arrow to save her. His smile said that’s my girl even as his life was endangered. This sad twist of fate has both freed and imprisoned Ms Hong again. She is not bound by her father’s wishes anymore but her vengeance has brought serious consequences to her and the remainder of her family. I find myself shedding tears for all of them.😭

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Drop fah and be with north lmao

I tried to start this episode and got bored lmao. But we are back. WHY IS P'FAH ALWAYS TRYING TO GET BEHIND HIM, FAH GET BACK YOU FREAK. BRO BEVER AND TONLIEW ONLY HAVE A YEAR IN BETWEEN THEM, WHY IS TONLIEW SO TINY? dude why are they even in japan? TONFAH STOPPPP THOSE EYES ARE GNARLYYY. I love when the friend group are together. fah and jo have me dead. North just ate that holy fuck. drop fah for north lmao. I am dying north fucking ate that punch and i am so dead. also easter getting here faster then yall men lmao. I am gonna fight every bone in my body to not watch the fast track. 9.5 bc of the possiveness and north punching his dad lmaoo. okay bye!

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Cherished moments and evil intentions

This covered so much. Her father returned and marriage proposal from Prince. The father is giving her the same fate tho in a kinder gentler way. I want better for her destiny. The second son is considering her now more openly. I don’t think he would have fired that fire arrow had he known she was made the target. When the prince saved her….it was perfection. ❤️The doawager is expecting a marriage with Prince and the one with broken engagement. She has had the most encounters with them swapped and not swapped. I would like her to have a good fate too, but not with the second son. The leper colony has now brought Gil Dong back to life and the monks want to use that image. All those actions from the emperor seems to be while he was under the drug’s influence. He did not look like a rational person when he did all those evil things. I despise the first son more than the second. He made the situation a just cause to send troops to slaughter those at leper colony and he is supposed to know medicine. 😝 I have no use for his character 😡he is worse than his father and I did not think that possible. I was relieved the magistrate wasn’t in this episode. His pretense of friendship while he returns evil for kindness gets on my last nerve. I would like to see a way for the prince and HongSi, but her own father is literally putting his life on the line to prevent it from happening. I do not think the prince knows that the land he gave them was given to Im family to release HongSi. I am happy she is out from under them, but her brother is an ass and her father forbids her life in the palace so I hope he is this adamant in refusing any proposal from second son should he make a move. This would return her to hostage status with them and her father sees the palace as a death sentence for her. I want her to have a third option. The prince is cherishing every moment with her because he sees it as his last day to be with her openly without disobeying her father’s wishes.

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GREAT FIRST EPISODE

LOUISSS. Also, I ship Mark and poon so much lmao. This is so much fun and I have been beyond excited for this show. How are they completely dry? Lmao. Pulling these pictures straight from junior’s performative instagram. The shirtless picture look ai tho. Random time jump of one week. Junior is so sexy. Time jump again. Time jump again this time by months. This hurts but its so cute. HELLO??? Why are we getting freaky? Huhhh? Okay so the time jumps are intentional because they are supposed to get married quickly because hes lying to him. Moral of the story you really dont know who you are marrying and it is so bad. This show is causing me to spiral lmao. Whose god damn baby is that? Holy bubble pop. Good set up for our first couple. Using all our budget on these outdoor surround sound shots lmao. Its like seeing an exxx. Lmao, just fell straight into the water. OHMMMM I MISSED YOU KITTEN. Hes my daddy. I can’t even be happy for them lmao. Cute moments except poons dirty feet. Them both pausing before the proposal and signing the marriage is peak. bro is folding under Zero pressure im dead. Dont fall for the target but it was love at first sight baby. Ahhhhh love themmmmm. This is gonna be so fun. it WAS AN INTENTIONAL JUMP THE GUN, Which sets up the show nicely. 9/10 okay bye!

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