why didn’t you run away?

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serviceable

the dowager queen has business with prime minister min.

min jeong-woo/yoon i-rang | rated e | 2.9k words | theyre fucking your honour...

He pads into the house, daring not to hope, holding the ever-present judgement of his childishness at bay. From under the door, he can see the lights in the study on, but why would Huiju wait for him there? Something’s not adding up. Prime Minister Min’s foreboding anxiety is validated once he opens the door. The Dowager Queen sits behind his desk.

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my fellow daebi-mama/min-chongli freaks can i hear ur headcanons!!

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and omg yoon i-rang evolved into a typical parent when they left the palace. im sure she's not taking it as far as her own dad but making ur kid do western classical music when it seems none of it has stuck? the piano, cello, violin? sending him to hagwon??? free him guys he needs therapy

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i found our main couple's ending very cute tho, they suit the rom-com vibes so well. wan as a house husband, DINKs, them just being a whiny couple!! and that ending kiss was perfect!

we r just going to ignore the glaring inconsistency of huiju saying "i never wanted status" :)

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also no closure for prime minister min's arc — i liked where the conversation he had with yi an could have gone, right before being arrested (?), but we all had to pretend his flimsy excuse was serious enough and that really broke the immersion for me :/ sad case of wasted potential for this character! make his motivations more complex! does he crave the crown? why does he want the power? why does he want to preserve this legacy so fucking bad? his feelings for huiju are not that deep! we've seen a high school crush and just had to trust that he carried this all the way into adulthood?

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i wish this show was political intrigue from the beginning!!!!!

[captainjoongki]

they could've matched each other's freak and been thee power couple of all time if only cowards weren't sitting in that writer's room

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the way i was HOPING till the last episode that they would join up properly... yeah...

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yoon irang min jeongwoo how the hell am i saving ur characters from this hot mess....

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u guys ever think about how lonely huiju actually is? she's kind of like royalty already, having just one trusted aide (do-biso) and no one else to rely on. none of her subordinates at work, no one in her family, and her one friend that we see being min jeongwoo

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it is somehow the most class-accurate thing that our 4 main characters have known each other from high school (and presumably before)

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guys. once i have a good amount of time im going to analyse everyone's office designs

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is there something to be said about how yi an keeps calling her hyeongsu-nim? is it better to call her daebi-mama, or does the palace heirarchy not really matter in this case?

was thinking about this since we had the noticable shift to "my nephew" in that one scene with yi an and lord inpyeong... is there something more to how yi an maintains their familial address (sister-in-law) over the (i guess) more formal address (queen mother)?

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IM LITERALLY EATING THIS UP ON MY KNEES

[ithecarpediem]

Perfect Crown rant about the Queen Mother and the Prime Minister

Hear me out, fanfiction authors, this pairing has potential, alright? Hate. Love. Sex. Honour. Duty. Frustration. In episode 7, she’s the one who understands his weakness because she gets it — she’s been in his place too, giving up her heart for duty.

In episode 9, it’s the queen who’s shaken up, not him. Because once again, he knows her weakness. And just like she understands his, he understands the political and ambitious side of her too.

It’s an interesting dynamic — they understand each other, and that’s why they can constantly push each other’s buttons, each of them pulling the other deeper into this tug-of-war.

This scene is the epitome of that. We learned that they come from similar backgrounds: she comes from a family of queens, while he carries the legacy of a father who was considered the greatest prime minister. They get each other, and they won’t hesitate to use that.

Of course, in the drama, it seems like they’re choosing the path where the prime minister becomes a full-on villain while the Queen Mother gets a redemption arc, and they’ll probably end up as enemies instead of allies. But that’s exactly why fanfiction exists, alright?

That said: somebody cast Gong Seung-yeon and Noh Sang-hyun together again — in a drama, healing, a melodrama, or something that really shows their acting skills and chemistry

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my heart breaks for yoon i-rang still :( the crown really does kill! there's no one to hold her through this, not her father, not her son who she has traumatized so badly, not yi an for sure... only court lady im is on her side :(

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really sad daebi-mama didn't slap min jeongwoo this episode i think it would have set him right a bit

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obsessed with him abandoning his catholic guilt to now serve sassy one liners