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[vwj1]

17 minutes ago, MAROSA_JIN said:

 

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Gwangjong of Goryeo

saranghaekoreandramas:

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LOL.  I burst out laughing at work like a crazy lady.  

[junejungki]

37 minutes ago, MAROSA_JIN said:

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Gwangjong of Goryeo

saranghaekoreandramas:

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Buahahahaha!! So true, isnt it 

sorry, I'm using phone to reply. Cant remove the pics. 

 

[outofspace]

It's weird how much inspiration Moon Lovers has given me, haha. I haven't written casually in a year, but here I am, writing a fanfic for our OTP. I guess I'm writing my feels away. XD I've posted the 2nd chapter here, and thank you so much for the love and support everyone! Hopefully I'll have the last part up soon. \^0^/

[hiluna]

@wordsmyth0253Good job. I love the music "Fate".  It would be nice if you showed the lyrics because they were so appropriate for SoSoo and sad, also subtitles at the end for what Wang So said. The occasional spoken words in the scenes would give a bit of break from just visuals and bgm.  Sorry, I hope you don't take offence at my comments just trying to give some constructive criticism since it is your first vid.

[WeunXK]

 

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[Gabi Bros]

 

FROM THE YOUKU PREVIEW, Did I miss something?

0:27 "Maiden Kim that served you breakfast died from hanging (suicide). We found her corpse."

2:57 HAESOO: "We can't simply show our inner thoughts when it comes to meeting or parting away with people. We should hid it from others instead. That's the kind of person we all need".  

 

[deabakdrama]

7 hours ago, qwenli said:

@ruizaio i understand your frustrations, dont we all are? You mentioned the scripts were leaked so we cant really blamed the writer for having to rework things last minute.

Both the writer and director could have their hands tied like what lyrayoo said in an post earlier to yours.

certainly, the director seems to have some personal bias and he should have known better. However in hindsight, its tough to point finger at any single party. And we probably will never know the true story anyway.

I dont mind them butchering anything in between but the ending is real sad.... I believe you are ethnic Korean? Maybe you can let me know if my thinking is right:

I have this theory from watching many kdramas, I just feel with the split of South and North Korea, there is some pervasive sadness that seems to go into dramas and sad endings seems to be acceptable or even preferred? 10 years ago, there were alot of terminal illness in kdramas and the leads keep dying, then we went into an era of truck accidents?

In contrast, it is usually unacceptable for Chinese dramas to have sad endings. The endings usually if I want to say, pander to viewer's preference for some happiness.

Agree with @qwenli and @LyraYoo. The writer nim gives her best plot to audiences. Although the editing is slightly poor because they squeezed in 20 episodes and deleted most of the important scenes, but I still gives applause and salute to writer nim for giving us such an emotional and touching drama. Of course, thanks to PD nim and his crews...

I am finally got chance to watch final episode after moving to another hotel in China. After watching episode 20, I am happy with the ending at least, because it is different from c version BBJX. HS gives me a big surprise that she carried and delivered the child of hers and WS. She left something of hers in Goryeo to WS. That's would be great if we have more scenes or words of WS caring the little girls. WS is so cold blooded and can't see happiness but loneliness from his face. I can feel it, LGK greats performance throughout the drama. He is the core elements of MLSH. 

And, I want to voice up for LJE. She has a great performance as well. Many people against her taking the roles of HS because they claimed that she lacks of experience, bla bla  bla....and saying should find others female leads. I think, IU proofs to everyone that she works hard and gives her best performances throughout this drama. She is the best for HS s character.

Hope to see their next project soon....

https://twitter.com/IU_TENG/status/794161141886775297/photo/1

[penforella]

32 minutes ago, Gabi Bros said:

 

FROM THE YOUKU PREVIEW, Did I miss something?

0:27 "Maiden Kim that served you breakfast died from hanging (suicide). We found her corpse."

2:57 HAESOO: "We can't simply show our inner thoughts when it comes to meeting or parting away with people. We should hid it from others instead. That's the kind of person we all need".  

 

 

Watching the long preview makes me feel excited just like the first time I saw it. ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

[EstherW]

I started to re-watch the show from ep 1 since yesterday. It was so heart wrenching when I saw Lady Oh and Soo make that connection...

[lyserose]

1 hour ago, Gabi Bros said:

 

FROM THE YOUKU PREVIEW, Did I miss something?

0:27 "Maiden Kim that served you breakfast died from hanging (suicide). We found her corpse."

2:57 HAESOO: "We can't simply show our inner thoughts when it comes to meeting or parting away with people. We should hid it from others instead. That's the kind of person we all need".  

 

I hope you don't mind me meddling in.

The 0.27 appeared in Episode 1, It was Jimong talking to Wang So in his room and the actual dialogue was "The maiden who served the Crown Prince's breakfast was found hanging this morning. It was a murder covered up by suicide which could only happened in the palace."

The 2.57 appeared in Episode 6. It was a dialogue between Haesoo and BaekAh during Lady Hae's funeral. It was cut out in international version but appeared in SBS version.

[Gabi Bros]

2 minutes ago, lyserose said:

I hope you don't mind me meddling in.

The 0.27 appeared in Episode 1, it was Jimong talking to Wang So in his room and the actual dialogue was "The maiden who served the Crown Prince's breakfast was found hanging this morning. It was a murder covered by suicide which could only happened in the palace."

The 2.57 appeared in Episode 6. It was a dialogue between Haesoo and BaekAh during Lady Hae's funeral. It was cut out in international version but appeared in SBS version.

Thank you so much!!! 

[ShaiKeun]

It is time to smile, eclipsers. 

 

[moon_nebula]

In the midst of feeling complete and utter sadness during the last episode, Jung's sideburns gave me something to be amused about. Was it always this long and prominent??? For some reason it looks a lot longer here (maybe it's the angle) but it feels like that thing keeps growing...

Let's take a moment to admire it: 

[antoniaclamens]

I don´t know why but it was really hard for me to write about the finale… Beware it would be a long post…

I remember watching it streaming with my sister… we were provided with chocolate ice cream… at some point I took her spoon and threatened to hit her with both her and my spoons… I was so nervous and crazy I think… at some other point (in one of the many frozen screen times) I was desperate and shout “I don’t care… I hope HS goes to the future and doesn´t meet WS… so he´d be stuck in the past and she in the present both suffering alone…” at that moment a bored angel past by and said amen… my wish was granted… Was I happy? Well no… Was I mad? Maybe… I really didn´t know… What did I know? That So was in pain and so was I… I cried buckets all the morning (it was 9 a.m. in my country) In the afternoon I had to travel because I needed to work next day and I spent 4 hours crying on the bus… the woman next to me must have thought my boyfriend left me or my husband hit me or something worse.. (Btw I am single: just waiting for modern WS aka LJG to take me)

Where to begin…at first I was sad they didn’t meet in future but now I think it’s better that way… they would have to rush the episode some more and at first I thought HS deserved to suffer and regret her actions because I always thought that HS didn´t love WS (at least not in the way he and me needed her to love him.. if it sounded weird sorry). The problem was he was suffering alone… He knew he had a daughter with HS but couldn’t be with her (and I was in pain every time I remember how much he wanted to have children with Soo); he had to live with YH and a son he didn’t thrust; his only family BA left him… how much did I hate when BA told him he hadn’t anyone to meet and then left him alone; JM also left him in the end; and worst of all he had to live regretting not seeing Soo before she died, knowing it was his own pride, his ambitions, his jealousy what meddle between them… and knowing that Soo loved him and because of the throne and CR (must not forget) she had to leave the palace… in the end that scene of him alone (reflected also in the picture) was so great… I’m almost tearing at office while thinking of it (bows to you LJG)

Did other characters get what they deserve? I don’t think so… YH didn’t really care about So she just cared about the throne (and taking baths with candles) and that’s what she got, Won had a better death than he deserved, Wook had a new family and lived in peace until he died (no sympathies for him),  CR was considered by Soo a victim not a killer and a traitor, Jung after all his immature and  selfish behavior spent happy days with Soo and got her child and a new family and JM got to travel and turned from beggar to a decent man…

I was ok with all the flashbacks.. I love to revisit all those precious scenes…

I read some comments making fun of LJG acting at the scenes when he met Jung and BH after Soo died, I thought his acting was brilliant as always and as I said in my last post when he said “Soo yah Kaja” he broke me in millions of tiny pieces, that was really moving (and I’m crying again). What I think was a lacking was BA acting.. as much as I love him (he’s my fave character only second to So)… it was like he had so much to say in so little time.. like reciting a lesson…

I love the way Soo imagine So besides her… I love the Chingu song, I died when Soo died (I forgive her for not loving So enough at that moment), I looove So meeting his child and knowing she was their child, I love the moment when Soo realized she left WS alone (the masoquis in my was delighted with so much suffering), as I already said I love WS alone and showing of his scar (still the masoquis in me) and I love love love love the piggyback ride they could be so happy together if only… they loved each other so much (I must have said LOVE in present time, because I know that in future or in other life, severed apart or together, death or alive, they still love each other.. and this time as HS said she loves him as much as he loves her… with no bounds or restrictions… they’re so real to me…)

The thing is… after reading the theories about BA painting those pictures because So wanted Soo to watch them in her “other world” (I could love BA again after reading that) and the theories about JM leaving at the eclipse because he knew GJ was about to die (sorry I can’t backtrack who wrote them but they are great theories)… my imagination started to run wild… Why JM have to make Soo remember about So (and give her all that pain?) it wasn’t because he was a bad man with no feelings... it was because she needs to remember so when she meets So she could recognize him… and why GJ went crazy about Buddhism in his last days? Because he knows he had to reincarnate to find Soo in the other world… of course he died after JM left and of course he woke up in future, of course they met… it’s only that the director decided not to show us the meeting… was it a wise choice? Right now I think so… because now we can imagine that meeting in every possible way… it could be sweet, it could be hot, it could be happy, it could be exciting, it could be like their first meeting in Goryeo times, it could be anything and everything… no bounds no restrictions like their love…

It doesn´t mean I don´t want to see the version of the meeting filmed for the drama… but what are specials, bts, leaked scenes for? I need to watch the filmed version…

This drama made it to my “all time favorites”… it made me mad it made me hurt it made me feel every emotion: good or bad… and I love love love it for it!!! I think it’s a drama that would stand the test of time… a favorite to rewatch when I needed to feel pain or love… or when in need of some So. I love everything about it: the cast, the ost, the cinematography… I even love the close ups and the crazy writing and the two versions per episode… it was like everything was plotting against the drama but the drama had so much heart that it overcame everything (bad editing, baseball games, rap songs and so on) and I saved the best for the last… The drama has the best of all the characters ever and the best of actors to play him… Wang So (GJ) / Lee Joon Gi: I will love you for ever and ever and ever… and if we meet in this or another world please forget about Soo and come to me…

If you read all the silly stuff I wrote thank you, you have so much patience…

See you soon eclipses… I’ll continue to come here...

[ceda209]

So much going on around me, but it seems I have no life now.  No interest.  Nothing makes me happy. Feels like Haesoo when she was demoted to a water maid washing people's dirty laundry.  

I'm still trying to catch up to all the comments.  Everytime I attempt to reply, I end up losing my train of thoughts after 1-2 sentences.  I love this community & am so glad I found you all.  This is my first time being this active while a kdrama is still on air.    Damn...MLSHR got me goooooood.  

[penelop3]

I'm saving my weekend for MLSHR's marathon. I think I'm going to be moody and looney all days. 

[Evangeline Yang]

8 hours ago, ruizaio said:

 

That's what the Korean fans are demanding right now. The director said he'll think about it. Hoping that he'll give an answer soon... SOON...

 

 

 

 

 

 

He better gives an answer SOON!

 

Many people are threatening his life, and want to boycott his future drama from now on already. If he doesn't, I think there will be riot on internet!!! LOL

 

 

[penforella]

Just my two cents.

IMO it’s totally unfair to compare JG to IU, I mean do I even need to state why?

I have been torturing myself and abusing my reply button and somehow I found the last two episodes to be out of place compare to the previous ones which makes me come to a conclusion that they just want to align the ending with C-version while trying to imbue it with its own mark here and there. If only we have more episodes to tell the story coherently. Alas, we take what we can get.

[WeunXK]

 

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Appreciating all the efforts and hardwork of the staff and crew members of#ScarletHeartRyeo

https://twitter.com/MoonLoversSBS/status/794367943437996032

 

[Akiddo]

Ep 20 - Time to say goodbye

It has been a rough few days. A part of me wanted MLSHR to be over and done with but another part of me wanted it to continue for a few more episodes. I purposely planned a short business trip right after EP 20 to get away from this madness. Kind of worked..think I am ready to move on. 

I truly believe they filmed a lot more than what we have seen. Editing is the biggest culprit. Soo's pregnancy really took me by surprise - how could this happen in the final episode with no hint of her pregnancy in EP 19? Perhaps there were small hints like the praying stones, carp lantern and So's repeated comments on having children with Soo. I think the editor was not crazy about this show at all. Anyone of us here can do a better job linking up the scenes!!! At least a monologue during the breakup scene or parting scene to show that the baby was the main reason for her leaving - that would have saved many who wondered why Soo was so insistent on leaving after the Chae Ryung incident. 

2:57 HAESOO: "We can't simply show our inner thoughts when it comes to meeting or parting away with people. We should hide it from others instead. That's the kind of person we all need".  - These lines were never used in the show. The conversation between Baek Ah and Soo after Myung Hee's death didn't include these lines in EP 6 SBS version. If they had used these lines at the parting scene from the palace - that would have given some indication that Soo had a real good reason to leave So behind (apart from being sick and tired of the politics, cruelty etc.) 

That is my main grouse about the final episode. There were other silly parts like how GJ actually found time to spy on Jung/Soo (did he teleport himself? Was Jung's hometown just a short distance from the palace? Did he know Soo was pregnant - thinking that she had slept with Jung? What was the time lapse?), how the cries of the baby didn't match the sleeping baby in the midwife's arms, how even LJG couldn't make that filmsy golden crown look good on him (that was really distracting in a supposedly intense exchange between him and YH)....

The baby girl saved the whole episode in the end. The fact that GJ knew after a few years and had closure - he could finally understand that Soo left for a greater good - to protect what they had together. The baby would not have survived in the palace. Soo might have died even earlier and lose the baby in the process (that would have been really tragic). They might have fought endlessly with GJ getting overly obsessed with her being pregnant. He might have resented the baby for indirectly causing the demise of his beloved. Soo saved him from making difficult decisions because of her and that I think was the ultimate sacrifice she made for their love. Even though Soo died without seeing him, she left physical proof that he truly had her heart.

The ending - it was not great but not entirely inappropriate either. EP 19-20 were rushed jobs at best and could have benefitted from 1-2 extra episodes. MLSHR could have been, should have been and would have been a truly epic love story/drama if they had done a better job at editing. I have no regrets immersing myself in this drama for the last 2 months but I would refrain from doing this ever again. When Soo died, I died a little as well. It has been an exhausting journey. 

Thank you for your virtual friendship and great analyses. I have enjoyed the process thoroughly. It is time to bid all of you a very fond farewell. Please eat well, sleep well and protect what you hold dear in your heart.