FICKLE PICKLE!

When you have a computer that you seldom use. Nothing much online to see then. No videos to watch as internet dial-up are super slow making video watching impossible. Only use for typing documents, usually. Or reading news and blogs. That's it. No exposure to online trolls, harsh comments and viral videos that make you angry.

When you have no smartphone, or even a handphone. No text messages other than short message on pages (if you have one). So you usually talk on landline phones, which you can only use if you're not using internet dial-up. Instead of misunderstanding text messages, you hear your friend's silly voice and tone over the phone instead.

The downside is if your friend live with the parents, then you'll have a high chance of the parents answering the phone before you can speak to them, which is awkward and hilarious, now that I think about it. I was only a child in the 90s but I still remember it.

No exposure to mainstream media and social media on phones and computers that remind us 24/7 constantly of how messed up life is, like now. It's no wonder people were happier then. Not because there weren't any problems, but because it felt less amplified, unlike today.

Then, you feel frustrated, you just phone your friend, talk thrash and go out to hang out, Now , you feel frustrated, you scroll your phone and see depressing news and viral videos which makes you angrier that you don't feel like doing anything other than being a couch potato.

How else am I supposed to start talking? “Excuse me sir, but why the bad mood?” You really piss me off.

You’re thickheaded so I’ll say it really clearly.

NO! I started watching it because I noticed the almost $4,000 red leather Gucci purse.

And that's how I realized the purse (along with everything else) was color relevant.

So now I am watching it because it's color coded.

But that's not the only reason I'm watching it! I'm also watching it because it's sun and moon coded/light x dark dynamic, which is why an eclipse happened in both timelines.

But also, there's a whole thing about red flowers, specifically peonies, "the king of flowers," and how they are the most beautiful flower in a garden full of beautiful flowers.

(The flowers are her)

Because she was the most beautiful flower blooming in the royal garden before she was plucked and crushed.

But she wasn't always the red flower and her love interest wasn't always the dark cloud.

He was blue. Loyal. Smart. Kind (to her).

And she was pink, even in the current timeline.

So I think the past and the present Shin Seo-Ri are the same person since the grandmother mentioned an accident occurred and Shin Seo-Ri forgot who she was then, so maybe she had an accident at work again and woke up with full memories of her past life . . . but that's not what this post is about. It's about the colors, and how slowly, these two are getting back to their softer colors.

Instead of always being red and black, they are gradually moving to pink and blue one color step at a time.

And it's probably because they found each other again in the midst of an eclipse with a shining red comet included.

Or maybe it's because love (mixed with this bokeh effect) reveals everyone's true color.

Either way, count me in!

and in this modern life, seori hasn't been brave until episode 9 ending because she thinks she has to avoid what happened in the past life. but segye? segye doesn't give a fuck about anything or anyone. he knows the world is full of bastards and bad things so he just says screw them let me go full fledged with what i want!

and seori at the end realizes that her HESITANCE. her not willing to fully accept her feelings was not protecting him or her; it was a repeat of her mistakes from her last life. but she has more power here and so does segye.

zero plot consistency, zero writing consistency, zero arc consistency, possibly the all-time worst writing i have seen for a male lead in ages (aura farming! is not good writing!!!!!!!!!), both the leads were just privileged losers who acted like high schoolers at the end, zero comprehension of how politics works. the entire drama was made to show off filtered glamour but it wasn't even entertaining. oh let's abolish the monarchy so i can go back to being a rich ceo and you can cook <3 that's how teenagers think. that's not how adults think. that's not how the world works. you do not just "abolish the monarchy girls" and everything goes back to normal! because now who did that power go to, prince yian? the very same cabinet and politicians like a story arc is not things going to the same place they started but even more childish.....

the villains were an utter calamity. noh sang hyun.......idek what they did to your character. queen mother was the goat of the drama because without her, what would the leads have even done? she fixed everything for them! what is more amusing to me is that goong and my princess that both aired like 1-2 decades ago had a more mature handling of the monarchy and showed better writing.

And My Princess, while I didn’t love it as much as Goong, was a lesson on having a fluffy Royal romcom with low stakes that is still not illogical.

People found The King: Eternal Monarch messy and it wasn’t about royalty anyway despite its protag being an AU King, but even leaving aside my loving it - it actually had things to say and functioned as a narrative.

Treat it as a vacation that the heavens gave you. Don't force yourself to charge forward. Don't feel flustered. Don't work hard. Just go with the flow.

Hey, why don't you try thinking of it this way? What? Treat this as a very long vacation. A very long vacation? I think there's no need to keep charging forward. There will surely be a time when everything doesn't go smoothly, or a time when you feel exhausted. Right? At a time like this... How should I explain it? Although it's a bit strange to say this, treat it as a vacation the heavens gave you. Don't force yourself to charge forward. Don't feel flustered. Don't work hard. Just go with the flow. And then? Things will get better.