I really wanted to like this more then I did

I'll be honest here, I watched this story because IU was in it, and I stayed because her acting and characterization of Man Wol were just that good. But, beyond that, the plot of this drama lacks in many ways. I never felt the dreading of Man Wol leaving because honestly, there wasn't much suspense behind it. I knew very well that it was going to be a happy ending and that they were going to reunite. But my problem isn't that it was a happy ending, it was that the writers made it so painfully obvious that it was. I mean...at least give me some suspense here.

The side character plots were good, it was something I could tell would happen from the first episode. But, I just wished they put more thought into the side characters' backgrounds and their purpose for staying. All of it just felt so lackluster compared to Man Wol's story. You may think that because Man Wol is the main character her story should be the best one, and yes that is true to some point. But when the side characters' story takes up nearly 80% of the show at least put some thought into them.

In addition to that, the romance in this story was also a bit lacking. Let me be frank here, I genuinely really (x10) wanted to like GCS and MW together. They were adorable and they just had really nice interactions. But then GCM comes into the picture and I just couldn't follow the story of GCS and MW anymore. The old Man Wol from 1300 years ago and the GCM who loved her was such a beautiful story and their chemistry was just explosions for me. Their story was the only thing that kept me wishing for the next episode, the next scene, the next flashback. It kept me on the edge of my seat and made me curious about what happens next.

For GCM, they honestly didn't develop his background or story enough and it made me so, so, disappointed that in the end he and Man Wol barely had a proper conversation. You have to realize that he was there for MW all along. For 1300 years he stayed by her side despite knowing that it would weaken his soul and he would cease to exist. That's something I couldn't get over. Even though I really wanted to like GCS and MW together because I know that they were adorable I just couldn't like them as much as I did GCM. Despite all the heartbreaking scenes that we see MW and GCS have when they separate, the only time I have ever cried while watching this drama was when GCM and MW meet during the wedding and when he killed himself with her blade.

Finally, I just have to mention this, but I find it complete BS that they tried to pull with the "he had met her first all those years ago" in the last episode. Like, are you kidding me?! According to what we see, he found her, sorta kinda saves her (with water?), because I'm pretty sure she was half dead and water or food isn't gonna cut it here. So that bit was very confusing. The least they could have done was come up with some better storyline for GCS. They tricked us for so many episodes into believing that GCM and GCS were the same person and then makes it so that it's a big twist that they aren't. This means that GCS never had any connections to MW he was just destined to save her, and that's okay. But they definitely didn't have to go and pull the "they were meant to be" because 1300 years ago he sorta kinda saves her?

Honestly, it may be just my personal opinion but it would have been so much better if GCS turned out to indeed be a reincarnation of GCM. Destined to save her in order to atone for his previous sins. Then he would have to one day remember his past and realized that he is the reason the woman he loves is this way, and they would have Man Wol go through the process of realizing that she had fallen in love with him again and try to separate the idea that GCS and GCM are different people despite the former being the reincarnation of the latter. That would connect with all the different stories that this drama was trying to tell, like with YW and the princess.

All in all. I find myself to be a hard critic when it comes to drama, and perhaps it was just me that felt this way, but I just couldn't fall in love with this drama as much as I wanted to.

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