The King: Eps 15 & 16 Q&As on Mackerel, Embracing Fate, and Palm Leaves

From Episode 15. Citylights asked: Can someone explain how they understood the “mackarel” of Prime Minister Koo??? Im so confused! Is it because LG already traveled back in time thats why her mom’s memory changed? or is it because her mother is already switched? Please enlighten me. Thanks! Holy Mackerel! I generally don’t like to […]

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The King: Ep 16 Open Thread

The thread is now open for spoilers, comments, prayers for a happy ending (lol), and analyses of the final episode. Thank you everyone for being such great models of Alice and for accompanying me down the rabbit hole. It’s been fun chasing the proverbial White Rabbit in Wonderland with you all. Except that plagiarist Rosa […]

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The King: (Bitches)plaining Ep 15

I must be masochistic. My two favorite scenes in Episode 15 were the two goodbyes scenes. 1. The goodbye scene with TaeEul LG: You said this position is actually really uncomfortable. TE: Do you think I even tried it before? I just said it without thinking. Now that I’ve tried, it’s really nice. Meaning, she […]

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The King: (Bitches)plaining Episode 14

Nowadays, there are so many different ways to “explain” that I get confused. There used to be just your regular explanation to clarify things. But then came people came up with the term “mansplaining” for when a man explains something to a woman in a patronizing way. Then, there’s now “whitesplaining” for those times when […]

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