i hope you all know that Knight Flower is giving us women co-conspirators, a noona romance, a woman as the Grand Merchant, another woman who has a side hustle transcribing books, a lot of women engaging in commerce just in general, nation's mom Kim Mi Kyung (in this case an oppressive mother-in-law), an upstanding male lead that secretly supports the hijinks of our female lead, lots of girls and women acting in this series (like - just so many. Sageuks don't normally have a huge female cast and this is giving quantity and variety), a focus on the downtrodden and oppressed, and Honey Lee wrestling with having the hots for a dude she just punched.

세작, 매혹된 자들 CAPTIVATING THE KING (2024): EPISODE 14

Oh booooy... you're in big trouble inspector. Trouble with the agent of love. 😆

I can't wait for them to be matched together!!!

I am still glad that I could be a part of your time, even if it was a fleeting moment. I was happy to encounter you.

The Story of Park's Marriage Contract 열녀 박씨 계약 결혼뎐 (2023-2024) — ep. 12 | tie, the second month

There was a rebellion. The rebels killed the reincarnation of Asa Sin. And the king suppressed the rebellion. Externally, you'll be announced dead. But I'll spare your life and let you go far away. What do you think? Is it too hard to decide?

ARTHDAL CHRONICLES 아스달 연대기 (2019–2023) — s2.e09 | remember my face

It's not a sageuk without a cross-dressing woman who looks nothing like a man but people just go with it anyway 👍🏼

Ryang Eum's character description on My Dearest

Translated for @achiara !

"Joseon's best singer. A strange, mysterious man with a face as pale as snow, eyes filled with sorrow, and long fingers good for playing the geomungo, archery and even gunmanship. So handsome that he seems sure to be surrounded by women... but Ryang Eum realized at the age of twelve that his heart jumps for the sweaty musk of a man, rather than the scent of a woman. As he grew up, he developed a sensual energy to shake the hearts of gay men, and even men who never knew what it means to love a man, while his song entraps the rest of the world. Everyone who hears him sing asks, "How does your music make one's heart cry like this?" to which he simply gives a chuckle and a smile, but Ryang Eum knows. The source of this pain started with Lee Jang Hyeon. The man in his heart. But Jang Hyeon only sees him as a cherished friend, unaware that Ryang Eum has other motives, and Ryang Eum has also decided never to reveal his feelings to anyone. Jang Hyeon would leave if he knew of his Ryang Eum's heartache. Ryang Eum can't let him go.

The next time you see a sunrise this pretty…

you will surely think of me, right?

UNDER THE QUEEN’S UMBRELLA (2022) | Episode 10 🌅

dailyasiandramas’ sunday throwback ★ [WEEK 5]

THE TALE OF NOKDU 조선로코 녹두전 [2019] Dir. Kim Dong Hwi

Why yes I would like twelve (12) episodes of Honey Lee beating up child traffickers and doodling the hot captain's abs in her sachaek.

세작, 매혹된 자들 CAPTIVATING THE KING (2024): EPISODE 8

Words are not enough to explain these facial expressions.

Happiness. Longing. Humiliation. Pity. Sadness. Love. If there's such a word to mix all these words, please help me out because that would be the best description for this scene.

Nam Goong Min and Ahn Eun Jin seriously nailed this drama sequence forever and etched it in my memory as a viewer.

One of the best no dialogue scenes I've seen this year!

so I watched the first 4 eps of MOON LOVERS: SCARLET HEART RYEO

happy to report that this is as preposterously silly as it looked. LJG out here with the MOST emo bangs EVER. Plus it has very fun wuxia-style action, which I was NOT expecting?

well this is definitely serving mad zutara vibes

Lee Joon Gi looks about 15 years older than everyone else in the cast lol

So is awful but I love that the writers give him a genuinely loving relationship with his half sister so we can get to see that he's not utterly hopeless

Wook can get lit on fire tho

Eun: "if a girl who hits a prince should be punished, what's the punishment for a prince who gets hit by a girl?" I love this puppy and I need to write the fanfic where he gets the girl bc he's the only one who deserves her rn

asjkgf the heroine is a beauty therapist getting to do beauty therapy as part of the plot I LOVE it

our girl is calling out every bit of dodginess she sees. "is this the kind of place where you can treat people like dirt as long as you're someone's son or daughter" "suddenly you don't want to kill me anymore, what's up with that?" "kindly do not refer to me as a possession"

I LOVE HER SO MUCH just saying the quiet parts out loud, good on her

Still shipping her with Eun obvs but our boy So is bringing the *dramaaa*

Wook can still jump in a lake

Now she's bonding with one of the younger princes and the older ones are SCANDALISED because (and it's so understated) men and women aren't supposed to be friends in this context

I NEVER like "modern girl travels back in time" trope but this is actually LOVELY????

anyway if you want a classic kdrama that's like ALCHEMY OF SOULS crossed with TILL THE END OF THE MOON this one is IT

KNIGHT FLOWER

GENRES: Historical, Action, Romance

SUMMARY: A woman widowed before she even met her husband decides to take charge of her own fate as a nighttime Joseon Robin Hood.

THIS SHOW HAS EVERYTHING: Crude memorial engravings, hidden costumes, wall-jumping, rice distribution, filial piety, palace drama, bookstore meet-cutes, hunky Garrison Captains, lunchboxes, merchants, men’s handfans, tiger scrolls, and making sure you live every day helping those you can.

HOT TAKE: I love how this was one of the most evil Left State Ministers I've seen in a while. I love how tall and goofy Lee Ki Woo can be. I love the shy romances that run throughout the main cast. I love every facial expression of Lee Ha Nee and I love Lee Jong Won in his undergarments.

I love sageuks that deal with Korea being a tiny country that may be crushed by a massive international power, usually China or Japan, at any time.

Mostly because as a Canadian, I strongly identify with that feeling. The massive international power that we share a border with can get a little terrifying at times.

An assignment for class I did. Was trying to learn some techniques from Mike Mignola’s style