The ending for teo and astina was not it. Half of the story focused on the emperor and how she can't love teo as well as teo not trusting what she feels because he looks like her past lover. The fast forward to the last few chapters, suddenly with just one talk, they reconciled and teo trusted her loving him for who he really is? The story started so so so very well but they just have drag the freaking plot of "I can't love you because I love my past lover and you have his face" There was a lot of angst scenes but it was stagnant, everytime they cried or fight it was the same damn thing, the plot was not moving. If there was just a period of slow progress on there relationship and how they tried to build it back to where it was then the ending of them truly loving each other would be believable. Instead of cramming their reconciliation on last few chapters. Heck even the last chapter didnt focused on the main couple they had a couple of panels and that's it. I know I'm just blabbing and repeating what I'm saying but its just a let down, as a reader it doesnt feel that the story truly shown that astina is truly in love now with teo. There was no progress or slow changes on how she acted bjt then suddenly she told her, astina will love teo and martina loved the emperor. She is the same person so that means teo will never be loved fully, he will always have a roomate in astina's heart and since teo fully devote himself to her that's just unfair and painful watching as a reader. This shitty plot of the TOTGA emperor should have been resolved in the middle of the story and then the end should have focused on the fight with primo thingy because everything was cramped at end. Ughhh I'm just ranting now so I'll stop but I genuinely want to cry because I really found this story so so so great when I first read it so I marinated it. The story about all the women character was so fucking great. They we're a great representation of feminism because they are not made like a robot who's perfect not like other stories. They we're different kinds of independent women who also have flaws. But the love story really was a let down I truly am sad for the way it ended. Also the cousin and astina's knight had some love tension but they didn't explore on that. There are so many things they left out. Just thinking about the chapters in the middle of the story that was wasted. Okay I'll really stop now cause I'll cry if I don't. Please don't think Im bashing, I genuinely love the characters and all that's why I'm so sad how the story ended up.
Dunno but being a bitter bitch I think to be actively pursuing your childhood first love and being obliviously inlove with your secretary/highschool bestfriend doesn't feel like possible. I think his just regretting not knowing it and feels guilty how his secretary could have been hurt for so long by seeing him inlove with someone else. But oh well I assume that he'll pursue the assistant and tell him he has been blind on what's in front of him blah blah blah then the assistant we'll accept his "romantic" feelings and happy ending.
Same thoughts here. I was so excited to the "chasing arc" but when I read that he KNOWS that he doesn't feel THAT kind of like towards the secretary/best friend I was kind of disappointed. 'Cuz what do you mean your heart does not flutter even once lol that just mean that he doesn't truly love him. But at the end he says he feel something he couldn't understand. So I thought maybe he's just about to discover what it is like to be genuinely in love. (I hope so)
But hey this is just a fiction, why am I over analyzing things lol. Still love this story, hope for them to have a good ending too!
I think that the fact he was so obsessed (not in love cause man you don't even know him no more) with Hajin and the whole idea of reuniting with him might have actually blinded him to any possible feeling he ever had towards someone else (not necessarily Seojoon) he got so used to only considering Hajin as a lover that he probably convinced himself he couldn't love anyone else. I do not believe that he didn't consider Seojoon as more than a friend at least once even if it might have been subconsciously and that is probably why Geonwoo told him all of that (since he saw how he always was attached to Seojoon) cause yes you can feel all that for your best friend but the moment when you realize that the idea of seeing him with another bothers you (and that seems to be the case in one of the last panels) that ain't only a friendship no more
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Also spoiler" incoming
I saw some parts of the latest chapters on IG and it seems like he might have actually had a romantic interest in him but never acknowledge it (not sure cause sadly it was only pictures without dialogue) he might have actually compared him to Hajin (even just look cause they look alike) but still decided it was only a friend cause he was oh so busy chasing his (as they say in c-dramas) moonlight and let's be fair it almost never works with childhood crushes







Gadeym I understand how byul felt about hearing that but if because of this, that hyesul will not further get angry and just forgive the grandmother because we don't know her "story"? I'm gonna drop this shit ngl. Also, what was that kiss? So unnecessary, a hug would have just suffice or anything