Shi! Noooooo!

Okay, so this episode would have gotten an 8 from me. The whole thing with Shi and his mother. Then the Fire Prince and Princess. Mind. Socks. Blown. Holy cow that is good drama.



However, the whole thing between Ka Suo and Li Lou kind of killed me happy buzz. Yikes, there is such a thing as going to over the top to make the star-crossed lovers suffer. We're to that point. Seriously. It's just too much. While I may have been intrigued by Li Lou doing that for Ka Suo and becoming the beast. It's already too tiring of a plot thread.



That said I am so worried for Shi. His mother is making him go down a very bad path. It scared me how easily he planned and worked against the Fire King so ruthlessly. Now he's killed someone for his mother and excellently wove a story.



Shi, please don't' become evil. The love you have for Ka Suo will guide you.

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Halfway mark!

Wow, I'm finally halfway there and Ice Fantasy is still going strong. I'm convinced that Korean dramas are just stupid in making themselves boring. Anywho.



I love how scary things are going for Shi. Lotus is playing a very dangerous game.



I love that Li Lou is now the female beast! (YOu know the polar bear myth and the classic Beauty and the Beast story.) However, is Ka Suo really saved? Now what about his immortal powers?



The Fire Prince was so cruel playing around with the Fire Princess and teasing her about Shi. That's just mean. And shows how sick and ungrateful he is. She should have let him splat.



Overall I really like how things are progressing. I'm just a little bored with Ka Suo's character. I hope he doesn't have to be pitiful and tortured much longer. I miss the original Ka Suo. I hope he can get past being mortal and start doing.

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Memory loss.

Burn for the poor Mermaid Princess. Though I wonder how she will go moving forward. Knowing that Li Lou was the most important thing to Ka Suo that he didn't forget her.



However, then he's hanging out with the other leaders of the Tribes and seems to rememeber everything. AND why is the Mermaid Princess never hanging with them anymore? It's creepy she can only hang around Ka Suo alone. (Yes, I know Li Lou is there.)



Overall I love the idea of the Dream guy leading Lotus into a trap. I can't wait until she realizes she has been out played!



Though poor Shi. He has all this proof that he isn't the son of the Ice King and his mother FINALLY kind of admits it. Yet, she still won't reveal the truth.



Now the Fire King thinks he's the father. Darn it! Quit playing with me!



Overall I like the way things are moving forward. Let's keep up this pace cause it was really starting to lag.

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Brotherly love . . .

Their brotherly love was so easily broken, but in their defense it was easily mended. Though I'm really worried about Shi is going to react to apparently being the body that the dark mist guy can possess! Really they just need to reveal the truth. And is that really how Shi gets his eye patch? Lame.



Okay, so everything is pointing to Ka Suo having to kill someone to gain his immortal powers again. I want to make a note that when Ka Suo wanted to be with Li Lou he never entertained making her immortal really. He wanted to be free and with her by becoming mortal. That's character there.



So Li Lou's desert journey and the tragic love story is revealed! Apparently the Fire Princess has been looking for her brother, and has (maybe) found him. So at least that happened.



Lotus is pure evil and I think Shi is fully coming to understand that. Lotus should be really nervous that Shi's loyalty to Ka Suo is gonna win out.



It needs to be said that it's really getting noticeable when the budget is low and they're saving the real affects for certain scenes. Some of the panoramic scenes have been atrocious. It's also annoying how they're balancing out all the storylines. Yeah, it's a big cast and a grand story.

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So it's kind of a hot mess.

If you really think about it there are soooo many plot lines up in the air here. It's kind of a hot mess.



So Shi is trying to fufill Ka Sou's dream of not being king and being free. Li Lou believes that she is on a mission to find a way to make Ka Sou immortal and restore him as king. The King of the Ice Tribe has sent Li Lou on said mission, all while trying to make sure that Ka Sou can become king to marry the Mermaid Princess and get his powers and immortality back. However, Shi can't be the King of Ice because no prophecy was revealed for him and the "7 cube guys" believe this spells evil. Because while trying to reveal the prophecy one guy was killed and everyone else kept getting injured. No one but Lotus actually knows who the real father of Shi is. Oh, and now Ka Sou has to win and become king because Shi will be killed if he wins.



While the fire Prince is still captive and is he still teaching Shi fire magic? Can Shi use fire magic to teach him his Ice Fire Tribe powers? (Yeah, am totally convinced that's what it is. The floating cloud of suffocation and doom is totally his daddy! Or has something to do with his daddy.) What is up with the Fire Princess?



Not to mention that while Ka Sou and Li Lou are pining away they're making plot room for the Mermiad Princess to win Ka Sou's heart. Come on she kicked butt! She sacrifice apparently her greatest power, and very important thing to mermaids apparently, to help him. All while last episode had no Li Lou and this episode had only a brief blip to develop her story. So this banished guy must have loved a human and did something trying to make her immortal to get cast out of the Ice Tribe. Sooooooooo both Ka Sou and Li Lou could become immortal together? *queue raised eyebrow*



Actually this could all very easily turn into a hot mess. I'm just impressed that the writers decided to weave such a tangled web!! I'm impressed and worried. Again I love that this isn't just a forbidden romance between Li Lou and Ka Sou, but a tragic tale of brothers who love each other. Personally Shi and Ka Sou should tell everyone to *bleep* off and run away together. Then where would they find their King?



On that note I was very happy that the Mermaid Princess won the match! Though I was not happy that she threw it all away and was happy for "scraps". Please let her character grow. While I figured the final match would go that way and that Ka Sou and Shi would end up having to face each other anyway, I'm happy. Sorry, the mean part of me wants to see that fight!



I also like how we've got to see the other Tribes bond and that they're friends enough to get over the fight/sides that the chose.

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Yeah! Fight! Fight!

At least they aren't dragging out the fights or the time between! Yeah. I feel so bad for Pian Feng. He was too cocking and didn't even think that the Queen of the Fairie Cluster would ever betray his weakness. It was interesting watching the Queen's and Feng's past finally unveil. While I think the Queen and Bear do make a interesting couple, you can really feel it between the Queen and Feng. I'm kind of happy to see Pian Feng move on from her. Maybe add some love drama else where!



Ha-ha. I love that it was Luna who realized the two had history and needed private time.



The Queen's battle was interesting with her harp. I really want the Mermiad Princess to win. I want her to captiviate their minds with just one cord dang it! Please don't let it be a joke.



Li Lou was only present in Ka Suo's lips this time. (As in he talked about her and worried. ^_-)



I did enjoy seeing Ka Sou and King Shi's past more. May that brotherly love never falter.

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What an adorable date!

Ha-ha! I love how we get too see them so happy and cute on their date, and just how cute and romantic they they are. Then we also get funny insights to how other people see Bong Pal. Alone. What's more moving is that he didn't notice anyone's reaction to him and his invisible girlfriend. He was in the moment with her, even though he is totally aware that she isn't there to others.



It's sad that Hyun Ji noticed more, but it's also because she worries about him.



Of this year I think these two are definitely one of my favorite couples. They have great chemistry together.



Overall I really liked this episode, the characters are so dynamic together.



HOWEVER. Why is Hye Sung still bringing evidence back to his office and leaving it for people to find? it's like he just wants to be caught! Yes, it makes it more dramatic. Yet, it makes it stupider.



Great ending and I hope they open the next episode with how people are seeing that kiss! Would be totally funny. I think things are really going to pick up as that cop probably isn't going to drop it and the Monk is on to Hye Sung.

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I think I just predicted the ending.

Yeah, I think I just predicted the ending. Between the dramatic song's lyrics and what's happened thus far. Peng Peng was sent to the past for a reason. Not to mention the lyrics talking about wasting time and reincarnation.



There's gonna be a tragic ending, but if done right it will be beautiful.



Overall I think the little "bat boy" and 9th Prince aren't that great of guys. At least they have each other. 9th Prince's ultimate goal was to obtain Peng Peng. The throne was a nice thing, but he really wanted to win over his brother by obtaining Peng Peng. He tossed her under the bus fast enough. Not to mention bat boy in this episode.



Overall I felt the emotions. Though the stream search (ha-ha) took a really long time and lost some of it's dramatic nature. I hope Peng Peng slapys the Emperor. For doing that crazy test! Though Peng Peng would never have faced her emotions with out it. So I can't stay mad.

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It's her.

"It's her."



Wait. What does he mean? He already knew she was working with 2nd and 9th brother right? Or . . . what did he mean!!??



I don't like that we have no idea what Peng Peng and the Emperor talked about the night the "forced" himself on her. Or if they just had sex.



It's killing me! Just when I think the plot and intrigue is so good it spins around. Making me think that everything is up in the air. I thought the Emperor knew everything about the coo to take him out. That's why he crushed 9th and 2nd, and tried to save face for Peng Peng. He was wooing her to his side.



Peng Peng chose him! But then turns around and continues to talk about only honoring 9th Prince. -_- It' just a little too sloppy. I can't wait until the story makes it 100% clear.

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That bedroom scene was so sexy, but sooooo funny!

That bedroom scene was so sexy, but sooooo funny! To this point I have not mentioned the wind machines/affects in this drama. It's part of it's campy fun identity. But I loved how their passion always causes the wind to blow! So dramatic, so lovely.



Not to mention watching the Emperor's face. It seems so cold. However, the intensity that the turns on. (Excuse me while I check for surviving ovaries.)



This started out as an odd episode and I was afraid it was going to be another dud. It turned around fast.



Especially the power of Peng Peng accepting the Emperor's love and her love for him. Also accepting that he is not who he was before, but he is her. Accepting that he is a woman. (Even the power of child bearing couldn't make him accept it!)



I'm very excited for the rest of the episodes!!!

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Well that was messy and a let down!

So we have no idea what they did or didn't discuss. Only that the Emperor forced himself onto Peng Peng, and clearly Peng Peng liked it. But is standing by her morals in this matter. Plus, it was great the even though he is the Emperor he apologized.



However, why would the director just cut it out? It's happened before but this is crucial to the plot. Not to mention the fake killing of the mistress and then having about a 1 month gap. One in which the Emperor is being quite crafty.



So he intends to prove that Peng Peng needs him? He doesn't want to hurt her? He understands why she's protecting herself through her actions? -_- It's all very sketchy.



Overall I'm annoyed that the director would choose to cut out him finally directly asking her to tell him the full truth!!! DANG IT!

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