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[ENDED] [KBS2] "Hwarang: The Beginning" (화랑(花郞)) Official Thread


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Do Jihan tho.

 

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sorry for the double post, but YES.

 

Like I was here for this drama before I even cared about Bangtan for Park Seo Joon (who has been one of my drama crushes ever since A Witch's Romance). Then I became Bangtan trash and anticipated it for V's debut. Now... watching interviews and seeing faces, I'm like - who is this Do Jihan??? He is gorgeous.

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The episode with english subs should be up on KBS World by tomorrow.

yeah, but it'll be up on viki earlier, and I spent my actual dollars for a viki pass. So, I'm going to watch it on viki and not waste my money haha. It's already at like 15% subbed. So, I figure it'll be done in the next 4ish hours. =D

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I just watched with subs, and it's definitely light hearted with some broad comedy. But I enjoyed it. I'm already invested in Park Seo Joon x Go Ara solely from the drunken tripping scene. Her whole "go away" to the ground because it was getting to close to her coupled with her greeting him with "you're handsome" and wondering about her shoe was adorable, imo.

 

I think they did a good job setting up some general threads. Seo Joon as an outside. Minho and Jihan as ~enemies. Political intrigue of some kind involving Hyungsik. And we've had scenes with both sides of the love triangle. Now, we just need to introduce the other two Hwarang in the next ep and call it a day.

 

I think they're doing the humor surprisingly well. Interested to see how well they pull off the balance of drama.

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Finally got a chance to watch ep 2 with subs, and this ep was waaaaaay better than the first. It still has the humor, but I appreciate them kinda getting into the plot already. Political intrigue, class-ism, etc. I continue to really love Go Ara in this role. She is so expressive, and it's really perfect for a storyteller character. Seojoon's character is so emo now. Looking forward to him bonding with all the other ~Hwarangs and lightening back up.

 

They continue to do a decent job setting up general character plots/teasing them. We got about 2 minutes of Do Jihan and Choi Minho, but they continue to antagonize each other. Taehyung gets introduced as the soft, sweet, cinnamon roll peacemaker. I'm digging it.

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You mean this right? So i wonder which character will die?. :imstupid:

 

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I'm in too deep, but this poster makes me actually think Tae lives. The photo of the five people is using the silhouettes of their solo posters. Like Park Seo Joon is in the middle throwing the apple up in the air. If you look at the silhouette on the left (#1), that is Taehyung's silhouette from his solo shot. 

 

These are the pics I mean:

 

 

 

 

However, the young, innocent characters do usually die. So, I think this plot either goes one of two ways. He dies. It's tragic and depressing but used to galvanize the other characters, etc. OR... he loses his innocence and has to make a horrific choice that involves him killing one of the others.

 

Who knows. I'm in for the ride though. =)

 

Edit - a stills from Taehyung from KBS' blog this morning:

 

 

second edit - I'm like 300000 years late with my speculation under the spoiler lol woops. But I think/hope it's right...

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I'm really loving this show way more than I expected. I'm invested in the multi levels of scheming here. The added bonus of the shady dowager queen and doctor guy backstory was nice. Really looking forward to next week. I hope the ratings continue to hold steady and pop up when romantic doctor Kim ends..

 

 

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I love Do Jihan..

 

But I'm going to need some legit character rehab to not hate Ban Ryu. I know he's under ~pressure after watching his adoptive father beat up his bio dad, but damn like. Chill out.

 

I liked this episode a lot! It gave me a good amount of character beats/setting up future plotline (i.e. Ji Dwi/the King having his emo story time with Ah Ro; The shots of Hansung and and Sun Woo both not taking the 'half breed' comments well; the hints of Soo Ho's plot with the Queen while also showing us that for such a hot head, he really tried to calm stuff down). I think they're doing a nice job moving along the court intrigue and moving into the unlikely bromances.

 

Really looking forward to next week

 

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I don't think it's weird because they established the attraction as strangers. His feelings are ok since he knows they're not related, and her feelings are not explicitly romantic, it's more like she feels awk because she found him attractive at first, but now the warmth in her heart she attributes it to sibling love (that's the explanation she gives herself)

 

I agree. I also think they did a good job of showing her initial disbelief that he was actually her brother and reluctance/discomfort at calling him brother. That being said, I hope they spill the beans at least to *her* sooner rather than later so that we don't have like 15 episodes of her thinking he's her brother bc it will sour me on the relationship personally.

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Ratings 170110: #Hwarang  : 7.6% :ahmagah:

 

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Another subs link:: DramaFire

 

Ah it's good news that it popped back up! That 6.9% dip was a little concerning. I'm interested to see what happens when Romantic Doctor Kim ends.

 

Finally done working. So, I get to catch up now =)

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I honestly really loved the 10th episode. A lot of the overarching stories are starting to really set themselves up (i.e. Hansung & his brother; the Queen v the King truly; Banryu finally not being a ~villain anymore).

 

And I'm kinda shocked at how much I ship Banryu and Suho's sister as they've had all of two scenes together, but I buy it.

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Speaking of tragic, was I the only one who bawled like a baby when Yeon wool (is that his name??) was crying so hard over Hansung's body? That hit me so hard. Crap, I'm tearing up now. Maintain! Okay, I'm over it.

 

Ugh me too. I was expecting the death, but for some reason it still made me really emotional. I was mostly OK until Yeo Wool started SOBBING over his body. I kept flashing back to all their cute little duo scenes, and the emotions kinda took me by surprise. Someone on twitter actually posted like a mini FMV cutting their cute moments with Yeo Wool's reaction, and I cried again totally out of context.

 

(don't look at me. I'm emotional lol).

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