Dramaland

                                   I am SO CLOSE to finishing a project I've been working on for years. I'm also really close to being done with school for hopefully the rest of my life. My workload is getting lighter, the sun is getting brighter, and I think I can finally see the end. And that means more drama watching time!                       Ruler As of this post, I've watched up to episode 35. I feel like Hwa Gun could have been a very compelling lead as opposed to Ga Eun. Of course, I would have wanted Kim So Hyun to play Hwa Gun instead of Yoon So Hee. And I cannot stand the peasant Lee Sun. Ga Eun has insulted him and clearly has no interest in him romantically. Why would he want someone who now severely dislikes him to be by his side? Why does he want to keep her as a hostage? It makes no sense to me. None of the relationships in this drama make sense to me. And I thought Dae Mok would become psychologically damaged after killing his granddaughter and star

                                 I've had an incredible load of work to do in a very short period of time these past few weeks. Consequently, I haven't been able to find a lot of drama watching time. And now I'm even behind on some shows, but I also managed to pick up a new one!                                 Live I love how this show doesn't hold back. Very rarely does it view the world through rose tinted lenses. The sets of homes and other spaces don't look like they belong in a magazine. The characters are rarely seen wearing trendy designer clothes. It represents life as it is. And characters are represented as true people, highly flawed. Characters who once earned merits, like Jeong Oh, make terrible mistakes and lie. Characters who do special handshakes with each other in one scene refuse to eat with each other in another. Characters are petty and selfish. I've really enjoyed watching the strong bond develop between Yang Chon and Sang Soo. They