Story was peak until the last few episodes. But overlooking some of the questionable decisions, it is still really enjoyable. The acting really complements the show. Its perfect. The cast was really strong and they even found two actors that look identical for the king and the clown. Fantastic work to those actors.

Music was peak as fuck. I like to imagine that there is a person out there listening to the ost . And that someone will one day ask him, "What are you listening to?".
And the man will reply "Man who became king".
So peak

The dowager queen yapping was fucking annoying and they should have just framed and killed her way earlier. A lot of the story would have been simpler if he was just apeshit crazy like the actual king and just killed the enemies as soon as a tiny bit of treasonous intent was found. It was a little bit unreasonable tbh. Especially when some characters were specifically noticing that the king was acting "insane" when the clown was acting like a normal human compared to the og king. The actual king was way more batshit crazy and mfs kinda just forgot but whatever. There were def many moments where one faction would be afk while the other did some crazy bs behind the scenes or straight up just waited for the other faction afk. It was abit stupid, especially considering the stakes and how serious the show is.

The rebellion was abit goofy and rushed (with people coming and leaving and making very questionable decisions), the overall ending was pretty good
The last bit with Un dieing (Un is the royal guard from Moon Embracing the Sun, I will continue to refer to all royal guards and skilled future soldiers as Un or Descendants of the Un), was abit eh. It felt abit out of nowhere and rushed.
Show lost 2/3 points and went to a solid 7 for a few moments, but redeemed itself. So I'd leave it with a 9.

The best scene in the show was when the advisor was pooring a drink for the king and he was like "I wish you were my dad" and the guy keeps pouring the poison. So fucking peak. Honestly so many peak scenes. Really enjoyable stuff.

In the end, the crowned clown clowned the crown.
That is all