My thoughts about... River where the moon rises
It starts like other historical dramas, you know with conspiracies, betrayals, power-struggles and lost of blood everywhere (that make me half cover my eyes because I can't see even fake blood), however, I start seeing this one was something else especially because of its characters.
- We have a story that centers around a strong and heroic female character, princess Pyeong Gang (also known as Yeom Ga Jin) that literary takes action into her hands and goes to the center of the battle. Is an epic story of a woman that goes outside of gender limitations and seeing her made me feel empowered and brave.
- The same goes for On Dal, he is a powerful and legendary general but is also a very sensitive caring person and I absolutely adored his character because of this. On Dal is a badass at war, but his soul suffers deeply when a life is taken away, even worst when he has to be the one taking it. Is like a part of him dies too since he has a lot of empathy and values life, especially after his father's death. I really liked how both On Dal and Ga Jin find strength from their respective parents for their own paths.
- All the characters aren't black and white. At times are allies, at other enemies because they have their motives to be one or become the other. Like the king, his son, the queen, and the leader of the assassins, they are all complicated characters. Also we need to talk about the instructor (Go Geon) and the potion owner (Hae Mo Yong) who have their own agenda that constantly changes that made me love and hate them at the same time and the most passionate in the drama (I mean, I'm making a petition for a kdrama focused on this characters or with these actors because their chemistry was on).
RWTMR (is a very long title even with only the initials) is a beautiful and epic historical drama, based on a classic Goguryeo folktale, without a dull moment in the story since there are so many things that happen and with very memorable characters that make it worth watching.
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