Faith - I have just started ep 8 and I am already hyperventilating
Why so amazing, drama?
Anime dude and flunkies searching Choi Young for weapons. I love how calm and nonchalant he is about this, as if they are beneath his notice really, beneath a reason for worry. That iron warrior's control comes in handy, doesn't it?
And the same thing happens when the Lord that betrayed them stops by and says, snidely 'don't blame me.' Choi Young responds 'I walked into a trap by myself, why would I blame you?' There is cool, there is very cool, and there is Choi Young.
asdfghjjk!!! This scene! The only time this coolness, this 'I don't really care about anything in the world' masks falls off is with Eun Soo. This scene is pretty much every shoujo period manga/anime fantasy in the flesh and something about it gets me on such a visceral level - he is sitting there, caged, and sees her walking with Gi Chul and his retinue and he just stares at her and she just stares at him, and it's as if there is nobody else in that world, and their emotion is so plainly written there - in their eyes, their faces. And then Gi Chul interferes and Choi Young turns away (looking somehow vulnerably young) and Eun Soo continues looking anyway. And he raises his eyes and follows her with his eyes again. I mean - the intensity and shippiness of this scene is out of this world - more romantic and hotter than ten make-outs (though I'll take make-outs too, drama!)
I love every scene with Nogook and Gongmin and this is no exception. His anger (and a hint of fear) at his powerlessness - that rage that has no outlet. And her anger at what he must be going through. She loves him sfm - I just need them together now!
Choi Young in a dungeon, all chained up, but what guts me is he keeps thinking of the little King dying to protect him and here, in 'privacy', he can cry again. And he is thinking of Eun Soo's words about his dirty hands (he's basically thinking of all the worst stuff, right?). And his face! But then OMG I literally started screeching like a banshee with a head cold - he kept the flower he gave her! In the aspirin bottle she gave him (is he starting a 'things ES gave me' collection?) and he thinks of her giving it to him, but underlying it all her comments about the smell of blood - her being bothered by it bothers him. Ohhhhh. (And, this is why I love 720p - you can see the unshed tear in his eye as he lies down).
Have to run, but need to watch more like I need to breathe!