What I've been watching: Queen Seonduk

Queen Seonduk

Genre: Historical. Action-adventure, court intrigue, crossdressing, romance, pretty costumes, badass martial arts, female empowerment, it's got everything.

Status: Finished! FINALLY. It's 62 episodes long, so it took me a while.

Verdict: aslasjlksadlkjasdkjlasljdkjklasdjlksad I HAVE SO MANY FEELINGS ABOUT THIS DRAMA. (Most of them good) I was gonna make another big reaction/review post of all the stuff I've been watching lately, but then realized I was going to have to talk about Queen Seonduk for 21098310377824091273982 words and that was probably going to take me a while.

This show is amazingggg. I love it so much words do not describe. It's nearly the same premise as The Legend, except instead of men fighting over who's going to inherit the throne and unify Korea, it's three women. I love it. It's not QUITE as good as The Legend, but it almost is and that's really high praise coming from me. The pacing and storytelling is not as tight and finely crafted, but that's mostly a symptom of having 62 episodes versus 24. ( And it does have some aspects where I think it's even better than The Legend. )

All right, so. ( I have some thoughts about the actors. )

( I also have a few thoughts about the overall plotline. <--vague overarching spoilers )

( I have lots of FEEEEEELINGS about the ending. <--detailed spoilers follow )

In conclusion: Watch it. Watch it now.