Post by ajk on Nov 1, 2021 4:14:43 GMT -5
“Let me apologize again. I am very sorry...You and I are brothers. No one can come between us. I will protect you no matter what, as you will protect me.” Wow that’s gotta sting like the dickens. I half wondered if it might get WG to spill the beans right then and there. Actually I was surprised that the rebellion didn’t happen in this episode. Figured it might happen right after we finished the opening scene. Instead it took the whole episode to get there, and it was more of the same we’ve already gotten—trying to hide the real intent of the military training, and begging WG to step up and take the lead. Been there, done that.
Choi Ung knew the artifact was Jongkahn’s forgery? There’s been no indication of this at any time previously. To repeat from last week, the authenticity question is an important point and nobody brought it up, not even any of the scholars. But suddenly it’s a settled issue? This seems like a slip-up in the writing.
Quite a surprise to hear Choi talk so much, let alone confess his disloyalty. Frankly that seemed like a dangerous thing to do. Jongkahn has enough pull to make things very bad for him, even now.
Jang Il was surprisingly shaky in the face of being questioned or challenged. He knew it would come eventually and I expected him to be stronger. Yes the director was just trying to remind us that Jang knew the truth and was withholding it, but we didn’t need to be reminded of that, we knew it very well already.
Taepyoung: “Master, it’s been confirmed that Gokyung Prophecy was Jongkahn’s plot to destroy you.” Who would confirm that? Did someone actually confess? Yeah something’s wrong here.
And STILL they’re trying to talk WG into rebelling, good grief. These guys need to have a backup plan in place. This is supposed to be about getting rid of the bad king, and they should already have come up with someone else if WG won’t take the lead. At least to get things started. Maybe the writers are trying to preserve the WG character we’re seeing here as being a virtuous hero (that seems to be a priority of theirs)...but I don’t think the real WG would have been so resistant at this point.
Goongyae: “Yes, I was right. I must unite the Three Kingdoms before I press on northward.” Once again, insight that he didn’t have before, and not the product of an insane person.
Wow, in the middle of all of this Kyun-hwon is having a change of heart about Sangju. This is a huge deal, if he’s finally thinking about dealing with this father problem.
Cucumbers?
“His majesty may have lost his original heart and become violent, but a subject cannot betray his master.” Well okay dude but it’s sort of revealing that you haven’t scolded anyone around you for doing that very thing. And then you wonder why they won’t stop badgering you?
“Wife, this is not your place to speak.” The heck it isn’t--Buyong absolutely killed it! Every time she opens her mouth something sensible comes out. She is an absolute gem. “I’m afraid you are wrong. Rising up against a violent king and giving hope to the people is the duty of every able warrior.” That was GREAT. That was more effective than anything anybody else has said this whole time. How about that.
“You say it is the will of heaven and the desire of the people. Thus continuing to resist would also be denying the truth. Now I have no choice but to accept your request.” Hmmmm...gotta say, this was extremely disappointing. Ever since day 1 WG has been totally loyal to Goongyae, and even as the kingdom suffered more and more under Goongyae’s rule, he refused to turn his back on him. The big mystery became What will finally turn him around? I kind of figured it would be Yunhwa’s execution, considering his personal feelings for her, but that didn’t do it. Even up to the last possible moment, he was steadfast. So what finally does it? First the wife comes in and scolds him. And then he sort of lawyers it all up, tries to rationalize around his principles. So it’s the will of the people that he betrays his master and suddenly that makes it okay? And suddenly he believes that heaven wants him to do it? BOOOOO. This was arguably the biggest turning point of the series, and for all of the outstanding writing and creative ideas we’ve had consistently since the beginning, this here just did not work.
“Wang Guhn...is coming to his predestined place.” And Jongkahn bails on him right then and there, wow that was cold. You sort of got the feeling he was preparing to take his own life, so maybe he gets a little slack, but still...he’s always been so devoted to Goongyae, it seemed heartless to just walk away from him in his moment of greatest crisis.
“Leave? Where am I to go?” Between WG sticking it to him and Jongkahn bailing on him, you end up sort of feeling sorry for Goongyae at the end. The writers chose not to turn Goongyae into an ogre and take the easy good-guy-bad-guy route. Good for them.
Choi Ung knew the artifact was Jongkahn’s forgery? There’s been no indication of this at any time previously. To repeat from last week, the authenticity question is an important point and nobody brought it up, not even any of the scholars. But suddenly it’s a settled issue? This seems like a slip-up in the writing.
Quite a surprise to hear Choi talk so much, let alone confess his disloyalty. Frankly that seemed like a dangerous thing to do. Jongkahn has enough pull to make things very bad for him, even now.
Jang Il was surprisingly shaky in the face of being questioned or challenged. He knew it would come eventually and I expected him to be stronger. Yes the director was just trying to remind us that Jang knew the truth and was withholding it, but we didn’t need to be reminded of that, we knew it very well already.
Taepyoung: “Master, it’s been confirmed that Gokyung Prophecy was Jongkahn’s plot to destroy you.” Who would confirm that? Did someone actually confess? Yeah something’s wrong here.
And STILL they’re trying to talk WG into rebelling, good grief. These guys need to have a backup plan in place. This is supposed to be about getting rid of the bad king, and they should already have come up with someone else if WG won’t take the lead. At least to get things started. Maybe the writers are trying to preserve the WG character we’re seeing here as being a virtuous hero (that seems to be a priority of theirs)...but I don’t think the real WG would have been so resistant at this point.
Goongyae: “Yes, I was right. I must unite the Three Kingdoms before I press on northward.” Once again, insight that he didn’t have before, and not the product of an insane person.
Wow, in the middle of all of this Kyun-hwon is having a change of heart about Sangju. This is a huge deal, if he’s finally thinking about dealing with this father problem.
Cucumbers?
“His majesty may have lost his original heart and become violent, but a subject cannot betray his master.” Well okay dude but it’s sort of revealing that you haven’t scolded anyone around you for doing that very thing. And then you wonder why they won’t stop badgering you?
“Wife, this is not your place to speak.” The heck it isn’t--Buyong absolutely killed it! Every time she opens her mouth something sensible comes out. She is an absolute gem. “I’m afraid you are wrong. Rising up against a violent king and giving hope to the people is the duty of every able warrior.” That was GREAT. That was more effective than anything anybody else has said this whole time. How about that.
“You say it is the will of heaven and the desire of the people. Thus continuing to resist would also be denying the truth. Now I have no choice but to accept your request.” Hmmmm...gotta say, this was extremely disappointing. Ever since day 1 WG has been totally loyal to Goongyae, and even as the kingdom suffered more and more under Goongyae’s rule, he refused to turn his back on him. The big mystery became What will finally turn him around? I kind of figured it would be Yunhwa’s execution, considering his personal feelings for her, but that didn’t do it. Even up to the last possible moment, he was steadfast. So what finally does it? First the wife comes in and scolds him. And then he sort of lawyers it all up, tries to rationalize around his principles. So it’s the will of the people that he betrays his master and suddenly that makes it okay? And suddenly he believes that heaven wants him to do it? BOOOOO. This was arguably the biggest turning point of the series, and for all of the outstanding writing and creative ideas we’ve had consistently since the beginning, this here just did not work.
“Wang Guhn...is coming to his predestined place.” And Jongkahn bails on him right then and there, wow that was cold. You sort of got the feeling he was preparing to take his own life, so maybe he gets a little slack, but still...he’s always been so devoted to Goongyae, it seemed heartless to just walk away from him in his moment of greatest crisis.
“Leave? Where am I to go?” Between WG sticking it to him and Jongkahn bailing on him, you end up sort of feeling sorry for Goongyae at the end. The writers chose not to turn Goongyae into an ogre and take the easy good-guy-bad-guy route. Good for them.
