One hell of a rollercoaster ride
Queen In Hyun's Man has effortlessly made its way to my list of favourite dramas of all time. I never knew a show could get so romantic. I thought Secret Garden was already the sweetest romantic show Korea had to offer but hell was I wrong. Every single scene and episode the couple appeared in left me weak at the knees and had me dissolved into hysterical giggles. It certainly felt like I was the one in love! I adore the fact that the female lead, Hee Jin wore her heart on her sleeve and Boong Do always had his eyes on Hee Jin, as if she held his full attention all the time. Everything about them was just so sweet and adorable - muffins and cupcakes! <3
I also really like the pace of the drama. It was never slow or boring at all except when Boong Do lost his memories but only because I was dying for the couple to reunite and make cupcakes together or something, LOL. The drama tied in bits of mystery, action, comedy, fantasy and romance all in one and made me, this squealing fangirl very very happy. The only thing I had complaint for was the way they showed the scenes in various angles altogether at once. I never liked that kind of style 'cos it always gave me a headache. Sometimes the scenes were switching back and forth so fast I got all cross-eyed. Nonetheless, it didn't lessen my love for the drama. <3
The drama could have ended perfectly at episode 14 and I would have been happy even with the time travelling mojo unexplained entirely but it just had to throw my life into turmoil and heartbreaks. Damn, Hee Jin kept insisting Boong Do was a player but I say, the drama in its entirety WAS THE ULTIMATE PLAYER EVER. The last episode left me in astonishment, relief, heartaches and a big pool of tears! I was expecting them to have a fairytale ending at the end of episode 14 and a few heart-fluttering romantic scenes in episode 15 made me all googly-eyed. BUT the moment Boong Do vanished from Hee Jin, my heart immediately dropped. How could they! The writers and director, HOW THEY COULD THEY DO THIS TO ME. I got so scared for Hee Jin that I was crying along with her. I kept thinking that couldn't be right? I was so so sure a drama like this would have a happy ending. I was trying very hard to hold back my tears but when Boong Do wrote that tragic letter and burned the talisman, ugly and blotchy face or not, the tears just kept coming and coming. I was still holding onto the glimmer of hope that they would be together but that scene was just too heart-wrenching. I wasn't even done crying when I began watching episode 16, it started all happy and sunny I was completely taken aback. What a change of mood. My tears had not even dried yet, so unfair!
Even with all the seemingly lightheartedness in the beginning of episode 16, I couldn't smile at anything at all, not when I knew Boong Do was still stuck in his own heartache. With the talisman burned, Hee Jin of course forgot Boong Do. There was this scene where they stood back to back, past and present... Under the same sky but in a different time... Fuck, the tears.
“Under the same sky, in a different time
Our sad love has tangled
I place my earnest heart in the moonlight
So I can shine brightly wherever you are
Under the same sky, in a different time
Our sad love has tangled
I place my earnest heart in the moonlight
So I can touch you wherever you are
My love
Under the same sky, in a different time
This sad love can never be
I will become the moonlight in the dusk sky and shine on you
So you can find your way back to me”
That scene was breathtakingly beautiful, tragic and sorrowful all at the same time.
As if this wasn't even enough, Boong Do crushed the only hope I had by ending his life. I WAS, NOOOO FUCK THIS SHIT YOU CAN'T DIE, YA HEAR MEEEE????!!! I was seriously in a miserable state as Hee Jin sobbed and sobbed at the loss of Boong Do. Omg, so imagine my face when Boong Do suddenly reappeared in front of Hee Jin after we all thought he had died. I WANTED TO HATE YOU SO MUCH, DRAMA.
The ending had exquisitely brought me on a hell of a emotional rollercoaster ride. I can't even cry now as I type this (unlike Rooftop Prince). Queen In Hyun's Man had a happy ending so there is no reason to BUT what the fuckery, seriously. I felt tremendously cheated but what to do? I heart this drama to death so I forgive it for wounding my heart.
I also really like the pace of the drama. It was never slow or boring at all except when Boong Do lost his memories but only because I was dying for the couple to reunite and make cupcakes together or something, LOL. The drama tied in bits of mystery, action, comedy, fantasy and romance all in one and made me, this squealing fangirl very very happy. The only thing I had complaint for was the way they showed the scenes in various angles altogether at once. I never liked that kind of style 'cos it always gave me a headache. Sometimes the scenes were switching back and forth so fast I got all cross-eyed. Nonetheless, it didn't lessen my love for the drama. <3
The drama could have ended perfectly at episode 14 and I would have been happy even with the time travelling mojo unexplained entirely but it just had to throw my life into turmoil and heartbreaks. Damn, Hee Jin kept insisting Boong Do was a player but I say, the drama in its entirety WAS THE ULTIMATE PLAYER EVER. The last episode left me in astonishment, relief, heartaches and a big pool of tears! I was expecting them to have a fairytale ending at the end of episode 14 and a few heart-fluttering romantic scenes in episode 15 made me all googly-eyed. BUT the moment Boong Do vanished from Hee Jin, my heart immediately dropped. How could they! The writers and director, HOW THEY COULD THEY DO THIS TO ME. I got so scared for Hee Jin that I was crying along with her. I kept thinking that couldn't be right? I was so so sure a drama like this would have a happy ending. I was trying very hard to hold back my tears but when Boong Do wrote that tragic letter and burned the talisman, ugly and blotchy face or not, the tears just kept coming and coming. I was still holding onto the glimmer of hope that they would be together but that scene was just too heart-wrenching. I wasn't even done crying when I began watching episode 16, it started all happy and sunny I was completely taken aback. What a change of mood. My tears had not even dried yet, so unfair!
Even with all the seemingly lightheartedness in the beginning of episode 16, I couldn't smile at anything at all, not when I knew Boong Do was still stuck in his own heartache. With the talisman burned, Hee Jin of course forgot Boong Do. There was this scene where they stood back to back, past and present... Under the same sky but in a different time... Fuck, the tears.
“Under the same sky, in a different time
Our sad love has tangled
I place my earnest heart in the moonlight
So I can shine brightly wherever you are
Under the same sky, in a different time
Our sad love has tangled
I place my earnest heart in the moonlight
So I can touch you wherever you are
My love
Under the same sky, in a different time
This sad love can never be
I will become the moonlight in the dusk sky and shine on you
So you can find your way back to me”
That scene was breathtakingly beautiful, tragic and sorrowful all at the same time.
As if this wasn't even enough, Boong Do crushed the only hope I had by ending his life. I WAS, NOOOO FUCK THIS SHIT YOU CAN'T DIE, YA HEAR MEEEE????!!! I was seriously in a miserable state as Hee Jin sobbed and sobbed at the loss of Boong Do. Omg, so imagine my face when Boong Do suddenly reappeared in front of Hee Jin after we all thought he had died. I WANTED TO HATE YOU SO MUCH, DRAMA.
The ending had exquisitely brought me on a hell of a emotional rollercoaster ride. I can't even cry now as I type this (unlike Rooftop Prince). Queen In Hyun's Man had a happy ending so there is no reason to BUT what the fuckery, seriously. I felt tremendously cheated but what to do? I heart this drama to death so I forgive it for wounding my heart.