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Do You Like Brahms? Episode 5

“I didn’t wake you up, did I?” “Oh...no, no. Uh...Why are you still outside?” “I’m just walking outside. “It’s not because something bad happened, but since the weather was nice. “Where are you? “Are you walking around a palace again?” “How did you know? Right now, I’m walking around Deuksoo Palace.” “Oh, really? You’re walking there alone at this time of night?” “Of course I’d be walking alone--who would I be walking with?” “...” “...Ah.” “...Then, be careful on your way home.” “Song Ah.” “Yes?” “...Are you free after work tomorrow?” “I’m not.” “Ah....that’s good. Then...do you want to have dinner together tomorrow?” “Yes...I’d like that.” “Then, I’ll see you tomorrow.” “OK.” “...Sleep well.” “You, too.”

SQUEE.

The King: Eternal Monarch Episode 15

In a world of their own.

Episode 15 was especially heartbreaking--it felt like the whole episode was an entire farewell between Lee Gon and Tae Eul before the former goes off to change everything. Tae Eul knows what Gon is saying, even though he doesn’t explicitly tell her, later.

The King: Eternal Monarch Episode 14

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Wait for me a little longer.

I’m almost there.

Two lovers, separated by space and time.

A promise not forgotten.

The King: Eternal Monarch Episode 16

And they lived happily ever after.

Now that I’ve had a day to really calm down from my initial spastic reaction to the finale (and oh, what a finale it was), a lot of things fell into place for me.

Much as I would have liked to have seen more Lee Gon x Tae Eul scenes, like the (falsely) rumored wedding and them being a happy royal couple, this kind of ending is more suited to the both of them, I think. Yes, it is kind of open-ended, because we don’t see the answers to a lot of our pressing questions--like Did Tae Eul ever become the Queen of KOC?--but we do see that their love for each other remained eternal, that this isn’t the end of their story.

An ending like this opens up a lot of possibilities, and gives viewers a chance to dive into their own imagination, because had TKEM gone the OTP-heavy route, we would need at least another episode, at least, in order to figure out the logistics of them being together and in the public eye in KOC. (Like, how would you adequately explain to the people about the lack of legal identification, and of not-twin dopplegangers?) If the show was mapped out to have a 20- or 24-episode run, I think it would’ve been a lot more feasible, and a lot more satisfaction on my poor fangirl heart.

The King: Eternal Monarch Episode 14


“How did you know that I was looking for a hair tie?”


“I like watching you tie your hair.”


(Note: Not an exact translation.)

As a girl with long hair that perpetually gets into her eyes, I appreciate it when I find a hair tie in time when I’m trying to get it from my face. I noticed that when Gon slips the hair tie on Tae Eul’s wrist, it’s slightly loose, like he’s constantly been wearing it around his own wrist, so that it’s become loose on hers.

….At least, that’s what I’d like to believe.