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KBS Drama "Seven Day Queen" Yeon Woo Jin & Park Min Young ~The End~


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I know we all came into this show with eyes wide open, sure of the inevitable pain to come. But it turns out that being mentally prepared in no way alleviates the actual pain of living through it. Go figure. Our brothers only grow deeper in their love for Chae-kyung and their determination to be the last man standing, which of course spells disaster for an entire kingdom. Yunno, just that little old thing.

 

EPISODE 17 RECAP

Chae-kyung waits anxiously to speak with her father, traumatized after seeing him preside over her friend Seo-no’s execution. Minister Shin reminds her that they were never to return to the capital, but Chae-kyung asks if this is why.

She argues that all the Snail Brides have done is share rice with the people in times of famine, and use the information they learned to report corrupt officials. Whatever future plans they did have, they haven’t been enacted yet, she argues. Her father says that if he hadn’t stepped in, the king’s suspicion would’ve grown deeper, and Chae-kyung counters that the king has already crossed the line, but her father is protecting him simply because he’s king. Then her face falls and she asks if this is because of her, to lure her and Yeok back here.

 

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He doesn’t have a chance to answer before Chae-kyung runs to the palace to find out for herself, and she arrives in the courtyard just in time to see Yeok being dragged out like a criminal. Secretary Im has Chae-kyung arrested on the spot for being the wife of a traitor, and then Yeok goes mad with rage and screams at the officers, “Take your hands off of her!â€

They’re ordered to be separated, and as Yeok gets forcibly led away, he screams back to Chae-kyung not to trust a single thing anyone else says. “I didn’t do anything!†he cries.

 

=== << Read more: http://www.dramabeans.com/2017/07/seven-day-queen-episode-17/>> ===

 

COMMENTS

Thank goodness, a reunion! I will take whatever small breadcrumb of happiness you give me and subsist on it for a week if I have to. That was a rough episode for me. At some point during Yeok’s torture I actually had to mute the sound because I couldn’t handle it, only to realize that Chae-kyung was narrating through it, which is when the cursing began because in the end I had to watch Yeok being cut up twice. If I had known, I would’ve bribed javabeans with cookies to swap episodes with me! *still shuddering*

By now, it shouldn’t surprise me in the least when Yeonsangun does things like agreeing to lock Chae-kyung up for a lifetime just to keep her, and yet I’m still shocked, because he seems to understand on an intellectual level that he only has her shell and not her heart… but when he was marveling at her soulless presence at his side, I got the sense that he was happy, if even for that minute of each day. How could he be so disconnected from the fact that he’s the one causing her so much pain? And how could he miss the fact that her very choice to stay by his side is an act of love for Yeok? The crazy part is, he doesn’t seem to care, like he would be content to just have her shell for the rest of his life. My brain keeps doing cartwheels trying to follow his twisted logic, and I always end up exhausted and turned around (not to mention disturbed—what kind of madness is forcing your brothers to beat their mothers to death?).

 

But as an act of self-sacrifice on Chae-kyung’s part, I found her deal with the king to be brave and rather smart, because at that point there was no other way to save Yeok from certain death. There are really only two things Yeonsangun wants—Yeok’s death and Chae-kyung—and she’s in the rare position to leverage one for the other. Also, in my eyes a lifetime of captivity to a psychotic king is a far bigger sacrifice than dying in Yeok’s place, for instance, which seems merciful in comparison. Everything about the way she handled herself while in captivity made me respect her more, from her quiet dignity to her refusal to let Yeonsangun have an inch. It’s just so quietly satisfying that all Yeonsangun wants is for her to resent Yeok, and all she ever does is find new ways to show and tell him how devoted she is to her husband.

It was Yeok that really broke me though, because he was experiencing six kinds of hell in this episode, but every time he’s with Chae-kyung, it’s like all of the fury and righteous anger leaves his body, and he just becomes a sweet puppy. It was the moments of happiness that gutted me, not the torture, but I guess it’s really the juxtaposition of agony and joy, and the glimpses of what life could be if this weren’t his reality.

 

Now that the coup is in motion, it really does feel like the beginning of the end, and on that front the show is moving even faster and it’s great to have things even more pared down to just the essential plot—the final showdown between brothers and Chae-kyung’s choice, be it family or love. I wish I could say that the worst is behind us, but we all know that it’s really time to buckle up and prepare the tissues.

 

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This is it. The shit hits the fan, and everything reaches the tipping point we’ve been building up to all this while. You can’t make an omelette without breaking a few eggs, and the big question now is how everyone will survive the collateral damage, and what this means going forward. Is there any love strong enough to weather what these kids have to face? For my blood pressure’s sake, I certainly hope so. And okay, for their sakes too.

 

=== << Read full: http://www.dramabeans.com/2017/07/seven-day-queen-episode-18/>> ===

 

COMMENTS

So, we’re finally here, at the breaking point, and at the climactic scene we’ve been building toward the whole series long. I loved that the show opened on such a dynamic, emotionally fraught sequence and hinted at the anguish down the line, and both the up- and downside of that is that we’ve spent the whole series with this hanging over our heads. It’s not necessarily a bad thing to have this kind of dramatic irony in play, because it lends weight and significance to moments of foreshadowing, and forces us to appreciate the brief flashes of light we’ve had in between the troubles.

It’s almost like watching a prophecy play out before your eyes, and this is the rare instance where I feel like fate is represented in a really compelling way—where I believe that these people are one hundred percent acting of their own free will and emotions, and yet I also feel this magnetic force propelling them along this set course. I tend to pooh-pooh the concept of fate when used in a fatalistic way, as though the universe wanted something and the people’s wills are inconsequential. But I appreciate this treatment of it, where something feels voluntary but also inevitable. Fate isn’t necessarily a greater power dictating events; it can be something less concrete and sentient than that—maybe it’s just giving a name to events that carry such weight that they tip the probability of certain reactions in their favor.

It seemed lovely in a bittersweet way that winning the coup wasn’t necessarily the endgame—at least, not for our main characters, for whom it may be something of a pyrrhic victory. It was really poignant to have both of them feeling bleak after having secured what they wanted—he got to win the throne without killing his brother, and she got to see an end to the constant tug of war where she was essentially the rope being pulled. But while I believe there’s a sense of relief at the threat being removed, I think they’ve suffered so much getting here that the entire act of winning the throne must come with a lot of trauma and baggage.

 

The biggest tragedy, I thought, was Minister Shin’s death, and I don’t even mean the underhanded way he went, likely at Deputy Commander Park’s orders. I mean how he was ready to die to be at Yeonsangun’s side at the end, because he was so principled that he lived according to his personal moral code, one far above the standards of any other mortal serving this court. I both admire that kind of honor and feel frustrated by it, because while I wouldn’t have Minister Shin be anything like the weaselly Secretary Im, the latter has a sense of self-preservation that I have to at least concede is well-used. He’s a despicable person for all the misdeeds he’s committed, but I don’t begrudge anyone fighting tooth and nail to survive.

But Minister Shin was Yeonsangun’s last chance at some semblance of humanity, I thought, even more than Chae-kyung. It’s deeply ironic that he cast him aside when he was the one man Yeonsangun could have trusted with his life, and Yeonsangun sealed his fate when he rejected his last connection to his better side. Even so, I was relieved to see his emotional reaction to Nok-soo’s death, because while I don’t think he felt a fraction of the care he feels for Chae-kyung (or that Nok-soo felt for him), I do think he felt something special toward her. I suspect that more so than losing her as a person, losing her amidst such a display of personal loyalty may have been the final blow that made him realize everything else he’d lost. Perhaps he hadn’t even realized he’d had such loyalty in the first place, making it extra pitiful.

But it’s a damn shame the minister went the way he did, his death implicating the Snail Brides (and by extension, Yeok). I’m extra chagrined about it because we know that the minister had been resigned to dying for a cause, only to have someone swoop in and hijack that death and imbue it with all sorts of other baggage. If I’m hunting for silver linings, I have to say that I’m glad that we’ve now caught up to the opening sequence of the drama, which means that everything after this point is a big question mark, and we’re now free of that particular dread and anticipation hanging over our heads. I honestly don’t know where we go from here, or what I even want for everyone, and that uncertainty is going to be the death of me this next week. Everyone biting your nails in anticipation?

 

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17.07.28 "Queen for seven days" official instagram update
 

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As always, the last is coming. We have only left one last week of shooting. Thanks for your support, We have left the last week of shooting, we hope that it will go without any problems and unpredictable situations to give the fans a good drama. I also sincerely thank all the fans for this support in the last week. Please take good look for that.
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My mom told me that this is a good drama. She didn't warn me about the buckets of tears that I may potentially cry. :._.:

 

I binge-watched up until the latest episode and my heart is broken :cry: huhu, I thought I was ready for it, having gotten a sneak peek at the beginning and having known who Queen Dangyeong is, but omg. I just wasn't ready. My hearts is too heavy ATM and the drama isn't even done yet. :cry:

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My mom told me that this is a good drama. She didn't warn me about the buckets of tears that I may potentially cry. ohdearplz.png

 

I binge-watched up until the latest episode and my heart is broken warstarplz.png huhu, I thought I was ready for it, having gotten a sneak peek at the beginning and having known who Queen Dangyeong is, but omg. I just wasn't ready. My hearts is too heavy ATM and the drama isn't even done yet. warstarplz.png

 

shes probably afraid to spoil you hurrplz.png

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“Queen For 7 Days†Cast Get Ready To Say Goodbye As Drama Moves Towards Finale

 
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Actors Park Min YoungYeon Woo Jin, and Lee Dong Gun are preparing to say their final goodbye to their drama “Queen for 7 Days.â€

 

Directed by Lee Jung Seob and written by Choi Jin Young, the KBS drama has two episodes left in its run. Park Min Young said, “‘Queen for 7 Days’ was a special production for me. I really wanted to do it well. I spent more time than usual with the script and I worked hard to do my best for every scene and every cut.â€

 

She added, “I am grateful and happy that we could wrap up nicely thanks to the amazing crew and passionate cast. I am happy that I could discover the passion and joy of acting through playing Shin Chae Kyung.â€

 

Yeon Woo Jin said, “The days I spent thinking and worrying about how to portray a character like Lee Yeok were very meaningful times to me. As a process through which I could take stock of my acting once more and try new things, it was a time of challenge. I will treasure these times for which I am grateful as cherished memories and work harder to show a better side of myself in future.â€

 

Lee Dong Gun said, “I am happy and grateful to have met a character like Lee Yoong through ‘Queen for 7 Days.’ We were able to finish safely thanks to the director and the cast and crew, whose passion was hotter than the summer weather. Thank you to all the viewers who have loved and supported ‘Queen for 7 Days’ until now.â€

 

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