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Finished watching the second part of Dae Jang Geum, in which Jang Geum trains up as a doctor in order to get back to the palace and get revenge. The show kept up being very good story-wise without being annoying repetitive or overly stretched despite length, a bit stock character-wise, and mostly very entertaining and enjoyable. It was perhaps even more riveting story wise despite the loss of food preparation porn XD and while it did feel some of the ending was just a little bit too pat, well I guess it overall fit the mood of the story, as a pretty upbeat girl goes and is awesome thanks to hardword and willpower and also the power of friendship and the support of her perfect boyfriend. Not that it hurts that she's also very, very smart and inquisitive.

Much like with Hwang Jin Yi, one of the thing I really appreciated was being in a story centered on female characters and female relationships, from friendships to rivalry to mentorship and patronship, as well as women seeking self realisation and fulfilling their own ambition. There's just something very refreshing to that that even with how much feminism criticism one does, one does not really realise before one gets a counter example.

Not sure which drama to watch next. Emperor of the sea perhaps?

(sorry, I'm reposting this because I failed at crossposting this on both DW & LJ the first time)

Crossposts: http://etrangere.livejournal.com/418910.html

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meganbmoore

I was a bit disappointed that a lot of Jang Geum's interactions and examples became men but happy that it still had a lot of interactions between women. (I especially liked when the queen and Jang Geum's friend were all "thank good the baby was a girl and we don't have to worry about politicians forcing us to be rivals over our sons!") The ending really was a bit pat, but when this came out, a conventionally happy ending for a sageuk was pretty much unheard of, and it's only now becoming more common.

I like EotS a lot, though it's way more male-centric than Hwang Jin Yi or Dae Jang Geum. Check what subs your get, though...the first time I watched it I had bad subs and the second time I had the YesAsia subs, which changed my interpretations of a lot of things.

Chuno is also good, though annoyingly light on the women interacting, and Legend is fun, though I think it's overrated. I've watched about half each of last years Warrior Baek Dong Soo and Gye Baek and like both a lot, but haven't been in the mood for subtitles in a while and i've learned to obey my moods. I also enjoyed the first episode of last year's The Princess' Man, though from what I've heard, there may be things that annoy me a lot once I get around to watching it.

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salinea

yeah, it was a more manly world, but I liked that she continued to have important relationship with women, like Awesome Snarky Doctor and the Queen.

(I especially liked when the queen and Jang Geum's friend were all "thank good the baby was a girl and we don't have to worry about politicians forcing us to be rivals over our sons!")
Oh, I ttly missed that. Then again, the subs were crap so perhaps that's why.

A happy ending from times to times is definitely nice lol. Well, Damo was pushing it too much into the pathos for me, at least, and Dao Jang Geum is a bit too pat; but Hwang Jin Yi was the perfect sort of bittersweet I like best in an ending, I think.

I like EotS a lot, though it's way more male-centric than Hwang Jin Yi or Dae Jang Geum.
Noted.

heck what subs your get, though...the first time I watched it I had bad subs and the second time I had the YesAsia subs, which changed my interpretations of a lot of things.
Hmmm, I'll do what I can, but sources for downloading those shows right now aren't very diverse. I hope I can find the one with the good sub.

Chuno is also good, though annoyingly light on the women interacting, and Legend is fun, though I think it's overrated. I've watched about half each of last years Warrior Baek Dong Soo and Gye Baek and like both a lot, but haven't been in the mood for subtitles in a while and i've learned to obey my moods. I also enjoyed the first episode of last year's The Princess' Man, though from what I've heard, there may be things that annoy me a lot once I get around to watching it.
Hmmm. I'll add Chuno to my towatchlist then. Waiting for an update about the others before I jump on the bandwagon :)