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[aytmadashis]

literally Rae and Key at the end of Long Live Evil

[dkafterdark]

"She believed he wasn’t a monster. He lacked empathy, went into a dissociative state and killed people serially, that was all."

Long Live Evil (Time of Iron Book 1) by Sarah Rees Brennan

[weirdlittlegremlin]

The terrible/beautiful thing about Key is that he's so love-starved that he's willing to do near anything to be allowed to love someone else with his whole heart. I wouldn't be surprised if he did love Lia in the original series, and knew full well she didn't love him back. He probably assumed it was because of him personally, because he believes that he's unlovable.

We see him do the same thing with Rae. He doesn't expect her love. He just wants to keep her by his side and be allowed to love her. But she's got her own trauma making her think that SHE'S unlovable and they're in this terrible cycle of assuming one another's feelings incorrectly and reacting because of these incorrect assumptions.

But I believe the goddess put Rae in the story specifically because she loves Key, and that's what Key needs the most. And once they have an honest conversation about how they feel about each other, it's gonna be an explosion so big that it could finally crack the narrative enough to break the cycle. I just hope it's a happy ending. I know Rae doesn't like sad ones.

[canwriteitbetterthanueverfeltit]

I'm sorry but genuinely a man who has been bursting at the seams with a resentment about you always being around and making believe you're friends that is so intense that it would have made him MURDER YOU accidentally getting a taste of not having you around or being his friend (because you got mad at the idea of him murdering you and stopped hanging out with him) and realizing that you're still taking over his life (read: brain) and that without being blinded with resentment he kind of likes you?? and after a short period of consideration betrays his king and only friend and throws away his morals (the only thing he has) to take a dread oath WITHOUT CONSULTING YOU that binds him to you so he can never be made to harm you while YOU... refuse?? to take any of this seriously as him liking you??? is actually a PEAK dynamic

[mcfif]

Marius Valerius does't look a thing like Jesus but he also surely doesn't talk like a gentleman either.

[emily-e-draws]

Cobra and Marius for a friend 🫶

[the-littlest-laney]

i support women’s rights and more importantly….women’s wrongs

rae from long live evil/all hail chaos because who DOESN’T love drawing hot women in impractical ballgowns!?

The brainrot for @sarahreesbrennan ‘s Time of Iron Series is so real

[sarahreesbrennan]

ALL HAIL CHAOS SNEAK PEEK

So the thing is I have a pet peeve about book characters who make proclamations of love and then seem to love people a medium amount. Okay shake the earth to its foundations! Haunt me then! Or else!

I’m making you some narrative promises. Believe me.

[aechlys]

A few things I appreciate about "my royal nemesis":

-The leads are in their 30s and their characters are expected to be in their 30s god bless

-Because they're older they clearly feel more secure in taking some chances with their acting- they're visibly more relaxed in front of the camera

-The two of them *very clearly* spent some time outside of work catching lunch or dinner or something and came to the conclusion that, since both are totally game for it, unhinged is the best approach for this show.

-Because of the above, the trust between these two actors is excellent.

-Heo Nam-jun almost certainly told Im Ji-yeon "I am not going to tell you all the crazy shit I'm going to do. I am going to be absolutely insane when you least expect it, so please react in kind" ....and tbh Ji-yeon also probably gave him the same warning, but he's really taking full advantage 🤣

-Need more older leads secure with themselves fronting shows, this shit is excellent lolololol

[thedeathdeelers]

cha “she’s a pain in the ass but she’s MY pain in the ass” se-gye

[captainjoongki]

Been trying to resist starting My Royal Nemesis due to studies lol but ur posts were too tempting 😅

Starting it after perfect Crown , man i finally feel like I'm getting some real feast. Royal nemesis really holds my attention..the characters are actually speaking more than one dialogue..there is poetic beautiful and witty lines. Chemistry and otp is all so good but most of all the writing in regarding to rom com context...is my favourite..it's not a simple romcom to taste..this one actually good enough to savour..

it's so good. it's just so so so GOOD. i was shocked but also not shocked to see the writer of it has only written a few movies before this is her first drama and of course it is, such writing would've caught my attention before it's that good and it's so respectful to romance kdramas that have come before and the genre as a whole if that makes sense. it's authentically a kdrama but like, if we made one within the premises of a 2026 viewer, but also we don't nerf what made kdramas special.

i am so going to rewatch it all once it's done because with the time travel and past life stuff it needs to be seen consecutively for sure. but truly a generational romcom like, lim jiyeon and heo namjun are SO wonderful as well.

[normcore-tertiary-character]

"compared to the scenery and the outfits the model stands out too much!"

Cha Se Gye, I know you're not trying to be subtle but girl

[bearerina]

the colors and costuming, the references to the castle that inspired the disney castle, the song ofc, a woman who comes in from the outside and shakes up the world of a lonely and misunderstood man who won't let go of her... wait is this play drama about us an allegory for the beauty and the beast????

on a more serious note there is something so moving and heartwrenching about two very lonely people who've been kicked in the teeth by life earnestly and truly reaching for a fairytale for themselves. that's why the disney song didn't feel like overkill. their earnestness is the point.

[captainjoongki]

ending scene of episode 9 with screaming, heo namjun lim jiyeon acting masterclass, red eyes, slapping, slight toxicity, massive angst, yearning, fighting, shoulder learning, obsessiveness, sheer heartbreak you can feel from both sides, rooftop background, did i mention the actual fighting

[romchat]

My Royal Nemesis isn’t a perfect drama, but something it does so well is it allows its characters to be seen as vulnerable.

We’ve all laughed and gushed over what a pathetic (I say affectionately) loser-in-love Cha Se-gye is and it's because we get to see Sin Seo-ri's effect on him. There's never any question about how fond he is of her or how what she says and does rocks him to his very core even if it gets in the way of his image as a chaebol and more fundamentally as a man. His face is an open book where we get to witness him process all those messy feelings in real time whether it's him touching his face where she had caressed him or him looking offended at being asked to do a trial-run before officially dating or him turning around to hide his smile at seeing her praying at the mermaid statue or him going around town looking like a drowned cat after his dream about their past life together or...you get the point.

And the show does a good job playing up that vulnerability for laughs as well. I loved the ramyeon misunderstanding because we get to see Seo-ri admitting she sees him sexually and his absolute delight at the fact. Yes, it's a classic comedic misunderstanding but it reveals so much about how far Seo-ri has come in allowing herself to fall in love again and how happy it makes Se-gye to be wanted for himself.

There's no nonchalance here and that's so refreshing and beautiful.

[romchat]

"Ms. Shin, you come this way." "Which way?" "Here. Towards me."

The smirk melting into a smile? 🫠

[its-chelisey-stuff]

The sluttiest, hottest thing a man can do before a kiss is this:

*SCREAMING*

WHAT THE FUCK

That's hot ngl this man is sooooo downbad for her is a wonder he can still function in the day to day (I mean, debatable) and be able to conduct important chaebol business. Also, Heo Namjun is sooooo good at gazing with so much unmitigated thirst and yearning, it honestly makes me blush at times. Segye wanted this kiss soooooo bad. I'm so happy he's finally been put out of his misery.

Did they even kiss in their past life? If not, that would explain so many things. My man has been waiting for 300 years.

I'm completely in love with this drama. I know it's a fantasy first, but it's doing so well in both the romance and comedy aspects of a romcom, and I love that the actors are committed fully to looking like absolute idiots onscreen (the "CPR" airplane scene lol), without caring about image. It's so perfect and well executed, it makes me want to cry. Both leads have such rich personalities and are truly complex, but also the fact that they're very similar, refusing to trust anyone but themselves, because that's the way they've "survived" (in DaShim's case, it didn't work that well), even though they already trust each other, and can't even bring themselves to admit it, despite the other knowing it.

Also Cha Segye's confession being so honest and vulnerable, I ADORE that he isn't truly a jerk, even though he tries hard to be one.