'The King's Affection' Episodes 5 & 6 Discussion Post

[kyungwons.livejournal.com]

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)

Comments

[kyungwons.livejournal.com]

i remembered to take notes as i watched this time so i didnt immediately forget everything that happened except for the last 5 minutes like i normally do lol.


- the interaction between hwi, ji un and hyun at the start of the episode was cute i hope we get more of that i know sageuks are misery fests but i want some lightheatedness!
- her giving hyun back the ring was a little sad like how am i already feeling bad for the second lead! and we still have so long to go
- also not at all the point to that scene but the cat was so cute
- the football scene was cute (rowoon with kids im weak)
- enjoyed the amount of bickering and random staring at eachother between our leads this ep
- not ji un causing absolute chaos in the palace after one wrong sentence
- weird aphrodisiac plot??? her uncle is so annoying, the audacity to be like you're still mad that i tried to shoot you with an arrow???
- omg hyun beating up the uncle and him threatening him with that dimpled smile <333 i felt something lol
- okay we know ji un could have caught that pot falling easier than swinging her out of the way into a hug but i know we need are swooning cliffhanger moment


- why is ji un going around sticking out his barely injured finger
- hwi and ji un are not subtle staring at each other all the time with other people around
- okay so hyun knows the prince is a girl but i guess he never knew damis name? so doesnt know ji un is talking about the same person as him when theyre talking about who they like?
- not hwi telling ji un she herself died and then fishing to find out what he thought of her thats kinda cruel lmao
- hyun is so cute :(
- we love to see park eun bin hit men with sticks <3
- the flashback scene with kid hwi and ji un was so cute but its so frustrating to watch how warm hearted she is a child and now so emotionally repressed
- omg hes threatening to kill himself that got intense very quickly!
- i know hwi was going to show up to save the day but the way ji uns dad infuriates me when hes on screen
- yes girl threaten to chop ji uns dad's head off <3 if only she could go through with it but i know we need his character for drama for at least another 10 eps
- hwi turning up as ji uns knight in shining armour i love it


i enjoyed these eps! episode 5 more than 6 purely because i was not in the mood for angst this week lol but its good to see some more complex plot points starting to happen and rowoon did well in episode 6 especially. preparing myself for next week with hwi crying in the preview, i feel like this drama is going to frustrate me with basically everytime hwi opens up her heart a little to do the right thing shes going to be immediately punished for it in some way :(

[nagi-schwarz.livejournal.com]

I am totally with you! Rowoon with kids was just adorable, and lady!prince with the sword was so good.

[babycheeses1.livejournal.com]

Lol I was distracted by the cute cat too 😂