The Princess' Man - ep 8
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dangermousieWatching this ep was about as cheerful as putting your hand through a meat-grinder. I guess that is what I get for watching a kdrama which bills itself as an epic tragedy. Out of all the devastation, for some reason it is this scene that got me the most. So close, yet so out of reach.
The last scene killed me, because SY is such a good person, so decent, so well-adjusted (prior to this) - he deserves none of it. What really got me was the disbelief in his face, the puzzlement almost, seeing his family dead before him. And SR, psychically attuned to his torment.
There were so many near misses in this ep that could have prevented the tragedy (SR tried so hard!) but it all marched inexorably to its historical conclusion and all you can do is watch helplessly as it happens.
Sejo is a monster who used his own daughter to commit murder but somehow I cannot help but be fascinated by him - he is smarter than anyone else in this, more ruthless. Less human. Of course he will be king.
Oh, and to cheer self up. At least she isn't dead yet!
In news of other, more cheerful period dramas, my my my, HK period pieces are very...liberal. I think kdrama censors would faint at this scene from Relics of an Emissary and I didn't even cap the horizontal bits!
The last scene killed me, because SY is such a good person, so decent, so well-adjusted (prior to this) - he deserves none of it. What really got me was the disbelief in his face, the puzzlement almost, seeing his family dead before him. And SR, psychically attuned to his torment.
There were so many near misses in this ep that could have prevented the tragedy (SR tried so hard!) but it all marched inexorably to its historical conclusion and all you can do is watch helplessly as it happens.
Sejo is a monster who used his own daughter to commit murder but somehow I cannot help but be fascinated by him - he is smarter than anyone else in this, more ruthless. Less human. Of course he will be king.
Oh, and to cheer self up. At least she isn't dead yet!
In news of other, more cheerful period dramas, my my my, HK period pieces are very...liberal. I think kdrama censors would faint at this scene from Relics of an Emissary and I didn't even cap the horizontal bits!
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Date: 2011-09-03 06:10 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-09-03 03:22 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-09-03 10:22 am (UTC)It kills me that SR tried so hard and that somehow you just know that SY won't know of all that she did to save him. They both have a pretty rough deal.
I can't wait to hear your thoughts about episode 10 (one scene in particular) and the beginning of episode 11. Angst x100
Are you planning to watch more this weekend?
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Date: 2011-09-03 03:21 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-09-03 03:42 pm (UTC)If the wait becomes too hard to bear, remember you only have to sub for a while at viki and become a QC to have access to subtitles earlier than anywhere else (they're faster than DS).
And did you see that WithS2 has released the first episode? The translator is Anarchist, I think he and MrX from Chuno are the same person. Quality guaranteed. I'm going through the first episode again to correct some stuff.
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Date: 2011-09-03 12:15 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-09-03 03:21 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-09-03 10:07 pm (UTC).............they have some past vendetta, and they keep repaying the other party with makeup sex.
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Date: 2011-09-03 10:09 pm (UTC)