[[Some Spoilers from Scarlet Heart]]
@Tris ... Just read your review on the other thread for "Scarlet Heart" even after your warning ... 🤣 ... I don't mind at all .. not that kind of sensitive fan of 4th prince or the show ... 😆
Firstly, I am surprised that you managed to finish it ALL ... 😆
Anyways, Scarlet for me is the same for me more or less like you described.. I loved the beginning of the show .. brothers bonding .. FL's childishness (bit too childish at times) ... and her interactions with brothers! ... I loved 4th Prince ofc .. along with him I loved 10th prince too (?hope I got the # right, you know the one who dies at 4th prince's hands) and his wife! ... I also liked I think 13th prince ... you know the one who falls for the dancer .. he's a cutie (same ML from "Weightlifting Fairy ... another show you got to WATCH .. 😆)!
Back to 4th prince ... he becomes a major douche towards the end! ... I liked his character arc until he become the king .. afterwards it's a dive down! .. But story is based on real King, which I read was much worse than what was shown ... so it was bound to end on a "sad note"! ... Twist in the end with her remembering everything was like an open end, an end which can be used to built season 2 if they want to [[ Apparently this show is based on a Chinese drama, that one had season 2, which didn't fare too well so not sure if there'll be season 2 for the Korean version]]!
And ofc his obsessiveness was a bit extreme at times ... I have same issue with many Korean dramas actually .. MLs going crazy with their "you're mine, you're mine" nonsense ... as if FL is some kinda object! .. so I have taken that aspect as part of their culture I guess since "jealousy and extreme passiveness" is found in every other show .. 😆
All in all, I am not very big on historical dramas ... but I couldn't stop watching Scarlet after seeing it's first Ep ... it was a good historical dramas compared to few others I have seen .. there are many more rated historical K-dramas, but I don't bother since they don't interest me much!