episode 135

[ajk]

Lots and lots of talking in this one. Considering the budget they must have had for the previous episode, it’s understandable. So virtually no action at all, but it was still interesting enough.

Kyun-hwon: “The weak and the unfortunate who end in defeat are always criticized and vilified. They are called tyrants, murderers, or even madmen. History is often times dishonest because it is written by the victor any way they wish.” The stuff about King Uija was interesting and well-written. It felt like filler so they could have a low-budget episode, but at least it was good. You can definitely picture a king talking to his son like that.

But Kyun-hwon was talking about Bekjae’s downfall like he was alive when it happened. Maybe something got lost in the translation, but Bekjae fell in 660 and right now in the series it’s 920. So don’t anybody get confused.

Doyoung: “She will soon find out that I am not one to be reckoned with.” Ugh, here we go....

Park Sulhee is acting awfully smug, the way he’s talking to Taepyoung almost like the guy is his subordinate. He should stay out of this. So should General Shin, although he was talking more sense about it all.

Suin: “Prince Tae may be young, but he lacks nothing against Prince Mu.” Seriously? The kid is three years old. The other kid is nine. How can you tell? Did he start potty training sooner? Good heavens.

“Select an heir apparent? They are only nine and three! What is the rush?” Fair enough, but he seems to think there won’t be any friction for the throne if he dies suddenly. Awfully naive of him. He should have been on top of this from day one.

KH: “What about Byukjin?” Talk about an awkward silence!

Wow, now you REALLY have to feel sorry for Shin Guhm.

[𝔰𝔢𝔞𝔫𝔪𝔞𝔠𝔩𝔞𝔦𝔯]

Is this the episode with the wine because if it is I need to post the obligatory screenshot lmao

[ajk]

Sean I'm sorry I overlooked your post when you posted it. I'm not sure which scene you're referring to but I don't think it would have been in this episode. There was one meeting scene in this one with a few people and they were drinking wine, but there was nothing screenshot-special about it. So I kind of doubt this was the one.

Anyway I came back to this episode thread to post the stuff about King Uija that KH told to his son. It's almost a narrated text in its content so I'll treat it like one and put it in the narrated text thread.

■ (spoken by Kyun-hwon) King Uija was a good king. But by the time he took the throne, the kingdom was already in irreparable turmoil. It is he who shocked Shilla by taking Daeya Fort from them. But in the end he failed. It is because he did not have the unified support of his people and his subjects. So the kingdom fell….Tang-Shilla invasion force of 13,000 led by Su Ting-fang and Kim Inmun destroyed our Bekjae and took King Uija prisoner to Tang. Our king was made to kneel before the barbarians of Tang and Shilla, and was subjected to all kinds of scorn…King Uija, his sons, 93 ministers and 12,270 of our people were taken prisoner to Tang and made slaves or left to die on the streets! You mustn’t forget this atrocity, Geum-kang.

I'm adding it now because what he says and how he says it, it ends up being relevant to something that happens later on. So I thought I'd add it to this episode's thread.