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Scarlet Heart Ryeo: Wang So Broke My Heart in So Many Ways

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This reaction might be well too late since the Kdrama in question was aired last year, but please--I just saw it (I just had the time). I want to steal this opportunity to tell you how Wang So broke my heart. Moon Lovers: Scarlet Heart Ryeo was aired in August 2016, another historical drama that would probably push me to the endless pit of slumber if it was a book. But then, I doubt it, because Koreans really have this distinct way of creating visual media that would crawl into your veins and pierce your heart. Ouch! Scarlet Heart is set during the Goryeo era, featuring the royal household of Taejo, its founder. Now, I'm not going to tire you with the details of the story, except for the romance between Hae Soo and Wang So, the fourth son of Taejo, and how he ripped of my heart in so many ways. A lonely prince yearning for a mother's love. Yeah, well, in the drama, Wang So is just so full of angst. He most of his early life being the adoptive son of another royal family, alleg...

My takeaways from The Legend of the Blue Sea

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Legend of the Blue Sea's final episode was already aired a few days ago, yet my Facebook feed is still packed with stillshots of this legendary Kdrama. I am originally a Do Min Joon - Cheon Song Yi fan (Kim Soo Hyun is ❤), but then I figured the Heo Joon Jae - Shim Cheong Yi tandem is also quite adorable. Besides, I could no longer deny that Lee Min Ho is actually one, handsome oppa. :) So, after giving myself sometime to accept the fact that the Kdrama I've been looking forward to every weekend has finally ended, now I am ready to share with you guys some life lessons Legend of the Blue Sea taught us.  There's more to people's history. Heo Joon Jae is a con artist - we all know that. Diving deeper into the story would tell us why he became a con artist in the first place. Though he does something bad for a living (and it actually allowed him and his friends to live a luxurious life), his compassion towards other people, especially Cheong Yi was quite remarkable. Does ...