#HDL 13 post-sub review…

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    Episode 13:

    What?!!! Now sleepover after that kiss?
    Writernim…🔪 (jk)

    The scene in Chan Sung’s room was really sweet, and informative. Man Wol gives Chan Sung the specs of crossing over. On a bridge that takes 49 living days to cross, souls lose their memories bit by bit. Here I see a silver lining for Man Wol’s next life to keep some significant memories of Chan Sung. Chan Sung is really a pro at wooing Man Wol. He’s apparently doing it to make her feel as happy as their time permits, and not to get laid or something.

    Poor Ms. Choi, her husband’s family is scum and deserves to die off. Even after many generations they wanted to hurt her daughter. Removing someone’s grave is a huge deal. Asian believe it hurts the deceased for many lives ahead. Ms. Choi’s rage was understandable.

    Chan Sung being the best therapist he is finally wears the tiger (leopard) suit to give Ms. Choi a good giggle. I love how Man Wol proudly looks at him cheering up Ms.Choi, like you can tell she’s thinking “that man belongs to me”. She finally breaks it to scholar Kim that she can’t stop the tree from blooming because she loves CS too much, and she’s enjoying it.

    Again Man Wol’s teasing backfires. She said she’ll strip CS naked to put on that tiger suit again. He’s like, do it if you can handle it. I know MW is supposed to be 1300 years old but she’s never been in a sexual relationship so I can accept the writers making her act immature in this topic. Plus IU did that expression so well. Cutest looking MW ever.

    Mago 5 is introduced as the god of fortune $$. Man Wol shamelessly tells her to come to the hotel often.🤣 She tells CS to take care of the hotel’s first guest, i.e. Chung Myeong.

    I almost forgot Man Wol didn’t know Yoong Soo and Mira are dating. This shocked her a great deal, that the deities would play such a sick joke on enemies. I believe this feeling will come into play next episode when she starts (falsely) believing Chan Sung is Chung Myeong’s reincarnation.

    First time we actually see Man Wol teleporting. Why didn’t she do it last time when Chan Sung was missing? I guess I’ll have to take it that she needs destination coordinates but she can’t sense where people are.

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    Man Wol finally tells Chan Sung how she killed Chung Myeong. I get that CM is a good guy and he loves her. I still don’t like him very much mostly because he keeps sending Man Wol mixed signals, from their acquaintance until his death and even until 1300 years after when he possesses Chan Sung. Not his conscious fault but Man Wol is just really unlucky to have ever met him.

    My interpretation of Yeon Wol’s words is: Live as the traitor of Man Wol so she can live on. It’s the concept like putting a rival fishes side by side to stimulate their survival will. He tried to do it, but it seems like at his last minute he changed his mind and wants her to know he loves her. He could have stood still and let her kill him the moment he walked in, but he fought her, vigorously. After she slits his back, he starts rambling what seems to be him feeling guilty for Yeon Woo’s death. If he felt guilty, he could have committed suicide with his own sword, but no, he walks into her sword. Then he rambles more about seeing her as his beautiful bride on their wedding night and he being the eternal full moon that will look over her (no wonder she hates the damn moon). 😒

    Really? Yeon Woo gave you one job! If Man Wol killed him by her own hands, she would have at least satisfied some rage through vengeance. If her heart weakened and decided to let him live, it’s still her choice to let go or regret. Chung Myeong’s assisted suicide and awfully delivered last minute confession left the poor girl in utter confusion that turned into a raging massacre. And worse is the killing did fix her confusion and waiting for the answer has become a curse.

    Yes, Chung Myeong waited 1300 years near the tree. Poor soul. I should sympathize but I’m having trouble because he seems to need acknowledgment for his love and it just doesn’t seem like genuinely sacrificing for Man Wol.

    Chan Sung walks into the tunnel chasing a living boy (damn you preview red herrings). He walks in as himself and walks out as Chung Myeong. Now I know why they needed an actor like Yeo Jin Goo and casted him while he was filming Crowned Clown. Acting multiple personalities is really his thing (next to dying). Earlier we had a small glimpses of him playing Hyun Jung, now as Chung Myeong. He really did walk out like a whole different person. IU was also amazing as she shifted from worried to afraid, instantly realizing Chan Sung’s gentle pats on the back was replaced by cupping on the back of her head. Now we know why the hugs and kiss scene made us pay attention to Chan Sung’s hand.

    The previews of episode 14 seems like Man Wol mistook this feeling as Chan Sung being Chung Myeong’s reincarnation. This misunderstanding is potentially deadly. Seems like she will help the serial killer level up to have the ability to kill Chan Sung. 😥 Hopefully she’ll snap out of it soon enough to save him and finish off the serial killer.

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      I don’t think Man Wol will think Chan Sung is Chung Myung reincarnated. She always knows he’s not + according to the rules of this world, reincarnated people return with the same body/face. So when she asked him “why are you” at the end, she already knows that CM has possessed CS’s body.

      Also it looks to my like CM did indeed betray MW’s tribe, but perhaps bargained for her life because he fell in love with her though he should not have. :/ They were a gang of thieves right? Killing travellers and stealing their possessions – he did have a duty to do when he approached them. He carried through with it, is what I’m speculating. 🤔 Or maybe he tried to let them go but in that last scene when he wants to give MW that hair pin, the Princess had him followed. So it was an unintentional betrayal.

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        Already knows*

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        Who are you*

        What is wrong with my phone.

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        She will think that…

        Translation of episode 14 official synopsis: (spoilers of course)

        https://twitter.com/iuteamstarcandy/status/1165272888770883584

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        Man Wol never thought that Chan Sung is CM because she never felt his presence in him. That just changed because of the possession. Even if CM leaves CS’s body, she will keep double guessing her feelings.

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        Man Wol’s gang weren’t just thieves (stealing from anyone rich), they’re rebels that constantly clash with the government (because their country was defeated and taken over by the ruling government).

        They did not show the whole truth yet, but I believe he didn’t lead the Princess to capture them. It just happened but he was not loyal to the bandits and just let them get caught. Listening to Yeon Woo, he played the traitor so Man Wol would believe he lead the roundup for merit, so she will stay alive to kill him. He probably thought if she lives, he can explain it later. However death of everyone else and Man Wol being credited to aiding the operation made her too mad to listen. He committed suicide before he gave her the whole truth. Which would be fine if he didn’t say anything at all. What I hated was the supposedly romantic confession and promise that he made before dying. He didn’t want to be a traitor in her eyes. He wanted to redeem himself in he last moment. I also think he stayed around 1300 years not for taking care of Man Wol, but for a chance to redeem himself.

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