I second this! I won't mind if he starts with the episodes with artists he already knows just to test the waters.
Marcake
2021-06-26 03:02:41 +0000 UTC
Go Ha-jin / Hae Soo
Crown Prince Wang Mu
3rd Prince Wang Yo
4th Prince Wang So
8th Prince Wang Wook
9th Prince Wang Won
10th Prince Wang Eun
13th Prince Baek-ah (Maybe it is nickname because historically his real name is same with 8th prince.)
14th Prince Wang Jung
King Taejo Wang Geon
-Founder of the Goryeo dynasty (He had 29 wives and 34 children.)
Queen Yoo (Taejo's 3rd Queen)
-Mother of 3rd Prince Wang Yo, 4th Prince Wang So, and 14th Prince Wang Jung.
Queen Hwangbo (Taejo's 4th Queen)
-Mother of 8th Prince Wang Wook and Princess Hwangbo Yeon-hwa.
Princess Hwangbo Yeon-hwa
Lady Hae Myung-hee
-8th Prince Wang Wook's wife and Hae Soo's sixth cousin.
Choi Ji-mong
The king's astronomer
신원 정
2021-06-18 10:20:13 +0000 UTC
Korea's Korean name is 대한민국. But English name is Korea. The name "Goryeo", which is the source of the name "Korea". Goryeo was a Korean kingdom founded in 918. And in Korea, we don't change woman's family name after marriage. So Hae Soo's cousin is called Lade Hae.
신원 정
2021-06-18 10:05:16 +0000 UTC
In Goryeo, wives do not change their last names or be called by husbands' last name. Therefore, same last name doesn't really make Lady Hae and Hae Soo as mother-daughter relationship. Also, Goryeo's royal family surname is Wang so 8th prince can't be Hae Soo's father. I laughed so hard when you went back to see who Lady Hae is but you didn't wait until Lady Hae tells Hae Soo that Lady Hae is her 6th cousin.
Hyun
2021-06-18 05:46:32 +0000 UTC
You will notice that there's numbers is missing when they talk about the brothers, it's because mostly they died or their characters are not important, for example: the 2nd prince is dead (there are 25 prince!) but only 8 of them are mentioned (the 1st the crown prince, the 3rd/ 4/7 (the husband of IU's cousin)/9/10 (Baekhyun)/ 13/ 14 (the one who's really tall and always fighting with Baekhyun)
Elena
2021-06-17 16:36:25 +0000 UTC
I find it interesting that the King have multiple sons from different wives / concunbines, yet the the princes are so close and treat each other with so much love! (you will find out which prince is the son of which wife soon). BTW, they are called by numbers so eg. 10th Prince (the childish Baekhyun) is actually older than the 14th Prince (the maknae but is very tall XD )
Tara 아미_큐티_섹시_러블리
2021-06-17 05:25:33 +0000 UTC
The drama is about the rise of goryeo kingdom so I will state some of background history about Korea there was three kingdom which are (goryeo, Silla and baekje) it was mentioned in the drama so the king taejon (the king in the drama) is the king of goryeo who united the three kingdom and Korea was derived from goryeo so after uniting the 3 kingdom he replaced Goryeo with the new state of Joseon which is the last dynastic kingdom and the longest. Everything in the drama is based on historical fact expect IU character.
N’ non
2021-06-16 20:02:16 +0000 UTC
Yes very good point, I don't need no spoilers lol
Anna Kotova
2021-06-16 19:47:58 +0000 UTC
Guys please be careful on commenting.. you guys might spoil the things that Aaron will find out in the future.. no need explaining if the information will somehow be told in the future episodes.. unless Aaron himself ask us to tell him ❣️
Bella
2021-06-16 19:19:54 +0000 UTC
This is kinda random, but you should react to Running Man – greatest variety show of all time
JKim831
2021-06-16 18:55:54 +0000 UTC
The reason why she is searching for the next King and she became terrified when she knew that the next king would be Gwangjong because he is known in the Korean history as a bloody tyrant and a crazy king. This drama has such good story and its just so much better knowing that it is based on a real story except Hae soo story.
XSHINeeBAP
2021-06-16 18:35:25 +0000 UTC
scarlet heart's OSTs are my favourite! they have such amazing songs. i swear all of them are amazing and i dont think i'll ever get tired of them.
Nadhirah Rahim
2021-06-16 07:43:07 +0000 UTC
Im glad that you enjoyed the first episode Aaron.. About who's who, Im sure you'll get it as the story progresses.. it was really difficult at first to remember their names esp the princes, so I used to refer to them as the 3rd, 4th, 8th prince and so on.. ☺ Looking forward to the next epi with you...