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omonatheydid2021-10-26 08:44 pm
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'The King's Affection' Episodes 5 & 6 Discussion Post
Director: Song Hyun-Wook
Writer: Han Hee-Jung
Network: KBS2
Episodes: 20
Release Date: October 11 - December 14
Plot: The Crown Prince's wife gave birth to twins, but twins were considered an ominous sign. The twin daughter was supposed to be killed, but her mother begged to save her life. Secretly, the twin daughter is sent out of the palace. A few years later, the twin son Lee Hwi is killed. The Crown Prince's wife hides her twin son's death and brings her twin daughter back to the palace and raises her as Prince Lee Hwi (Park Eun-Bin). Lee Hwi eventually becomes a crown prince, but she is afraid her real identity will be revealed. Because of her secret, Lee Hwi is unable to have anyone close to her. She hides her emotions from others and she makes biting remarks.
Jung Ji-Un (Ro Woon) is Lee Hwi’s teacher. Jung Ji-Un comes from a noble family. He is handsome, smart and an optimist who enjoys life. Crown Prince Lee Hwi develops feeling for Jung Ji-Un.
You can watch on Netflix.
Source: AsianWiki (Drama info & poster)
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I like that Hyun knows and has known the truth for so long. I guess I'm okay with the relative romance undertone considering Ji-un was like, "Is she a distant relative?" I don't know if I like the best friends liking the same girl trope, but I guess it's fine. I like that she has an ally and that Hyun really does truly care about her well-being.
I really love that in the short time they had together as children, Dam-yi completely changed Ji-in’s outlook on life and help shaped the man he became. You could tell she didn't expect that he would remember a conversation from years ago and made it almost his life's purpose. Eunbin's eye acting in that scene was so good. Just really like that it wasn't like one meeting and he was just infatuated by her face. And when he cleaned "their" area! My heart.
I'm curious about what she's going to do about her grandfather. It looks like, and I love, that she's continuing to go against him. He's an ass, so I'm all for it.
Choi Myungbin and Ko Woorim remain cute and I will take any and all flashbacks with them forever.
I'm really impressed with Rowoon. His acting in the trailer was really what drew my attention to this drama and also led me into the Rowoon acting rabbit hole. I'm so delighted by how funny his character is and how well he's doing in the role.
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lol it's fine! if you ever cant hold it in feel free! i tried to get this post up asap just incase someone wanted to discuss it but i hadnt even finished ep 6 yet, i was trying to ignore the notifs from you and broadcities so i didnt accidentally spoil myself before finishing it lol.
i agree about all the flashbacks of them as children, i don't like the 'met as kids' trope in general but they've shown they spent a pretty significant amount of time together as kids and had pretty meaningful conversations with each other so because it's been well developed i'm enjoying it rather than disliking it like i normally would. its a nice reversal of hwi/dami teaching ji un to be more warm hearted as kids and him now being that role for her as adults.
and also led me into the Rowoon acting rabbit hole
have you seen his other ones yet? but ia hes doing really well so far in this i think! (but i might be incapable of rational thought with rowoon)
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I think it's mostly because no one I know is watching it and I'm sure my friends are tired of my KKT messages of, "He's so cute?!" which I don't blame them for since they had to deal with me discovering Eunwoo earlier in the year lol.
they spent a pretty significant amount of time together as kids
They went on a date! Very progressive for that time, I feel lol
Also, I keep laughing at the fact that she hasn't called him out on his tone being way too familiar when they bicker... or at least it feels that way. Also, he's so pouty?! And when she manhandles him, it's the funniest thing. The way he flies!
Also, did you catch what was the change with the gat that she returns to him? I felt like the translation was weird. I love how her lady's maid was like oooooookay.
have you seen his other ones yet?
I have! I liked She Would Never Know. I thought he did really well. Although if the guy wasn't him, I'd be concerned because it got semi stalkerish at certain points. I also watched Extra-ordinary You, which I thought was cute, but I have to rewatch because it was more on the background, so I missed a lot. But he looked so good in the historical parts; super dreamy.
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