Just finished watching it.
This is not the ending we deserved after this many hours. I can't see this as a happy ending, when the person who we've been following, watching grow, and falling in love with (along with the King), is switched with someone different, who we've only ever seen in flashbacks. Yes, she deserves a happy ending of her own, but this feels like she just stole it from the King and Bong Hwan. All the progress he made, all those connections, it's all gone. And we just get "Present day Bong Hwan changed, and became a good person, who fixed a security camera and reported corruption." That's it. That's his "happy ending."
On a different note, I'm very happy for side couples. Lady Choi and Royal Chef are my favorite couple.
I enjoyed how the show gave us various characters and changed how we felt about them. Jo Hwa-Jin, whom I disliked, and Grand Queen Dowager Sunwon, whom I loved, were prime examples.
This is not the ending we deserved after this many hours. I can't see this as a happy ending, when the person who we've been following, watching grow, and falling in love with (along with the King), is switched with someone different, who we've only ever seen in flashbacks. Yes, she deserves a happy ending of her own, but this feels like she just stole it from the King and Bong Hwan. All the progress he made, all those connections, it's all gone. And we just get "Present day Bong Hwan changed, and became a good person, who fixed a security camera and reported corruption." That's it. That's his "happy ending."
On a different note, I'm very happy for side couples. Lady Choi and Royal Chef are my favorite couple.
I enjoyed how the show gave us various characters and changed how we felt about them. Jo Hwa-Jin, whom I disliked, and Grand Queen Dowager Sunwon, whom I loved, were prime examples.