#the forbidden marriage

[fake-married-my-dead-fiance]

Going to Kdrama Reddit is so sad because I know that every post that mentions Kim Young-dae will have comments saying he's bad at acting or that he picks bad projects and I'm like my precious baby dramas. You insult my favourite dramas 😭. Poor Moon in the Day and Sh**ting Stars and The Forbidden Marriage. I think they are good.

[kalena-henden]

Kim Young Dae | Allure Korea - November 2024

I feel proud when I’m praised for my work. For me, acting isn’t complete until it resonates with the viewers. When someone resonates with my performance or feels inspired by it, that’s when I feel like I’ve done well. That’s why I prefer being called by my character names like Kim Ji Wook, Joo Seok Hoon, Oh Nam Joo, or Gong Tae Sung rather than my real name. I just wanted to get through the year without any major issues. It’s been an eventful year, but here I am, still standing. I want to get back into reading. I feel like I need to detox my mind and spirit. In my early 20s, I loved reading and did it often, but these days, I just end up watching Reels when I could be reading. That’s probably the cause of my emotional highs and lows, right? I want to get rid of all the things I see as problems—like sleeping in, binge-watching Reels, and overeating. I want to resist the impulse to make unhealthy choices as a way of dealing with stress.

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The Forbidden Marriage (2022) | Lee Heon & So Rang

[byebyeballoon]

The best clip of this show was this shout out to other dramas. 😂 Drama is The Forbidden Marriage.

[alloveydovey]

Dramas from this past month. I'm having such a hard time finishing things 😭

The Forbidden Marriage (rewatch) (kdrama) 9 ⭐️

A broken-hearted king imposes a seven-year ban on marriage, and after claiming to be able to channel the deceased crown princess, the FL ends up as one of his court ladies. Both the king and the officer assigned to protect her (the king's closest friend) end up developing an interest in her.

I love it so much that it became a comfort drama. I’m not into love triangles (who is?), but I looved every aspect of it. It’s a bit crazy how they go from extreme comedy to extreme drama, I’ll admit, but the actors deal with it really well. Romance is 11/10, the usual historical visuals are stunning, and the comedy had me laughing hard.

Love Me, Love my Voice (cdrama) 7.5

Nothing more soft and warm than watching these two characters fall in love. There are no obstacles here, just a doctor/voice actor wooing a senior student/singer/composer with the magic of cooking.

On the other side, because there are no complications, it gets boring. The characters get together way too soon for a drama where nothing happens. Luckily the second couple is as entertaining (if not more) as the leads. So, the main reason I continued watching, honestly, was because of them.

Secret Playlist (kdrama) 7

Cute 8 episode drama about an internet music composer and an idol who join forces to create music. Romance was a bit mid, but the songs were cute as hell, and so were the leads.

And Yet, You Are So Sweet (jmovie) 7

This was adorable af. A little silly (as usual with school love) but I liked the vibes. Girl confesses to her crush, he turns her down harshly and popular boy offers himself as a replacement for the crush. They both start a game where he basically lends himself to her so she can have a fake crush on him and forget about the other guy, except he obviously has feelings for her and she starts having real feelings for him as well. It’s a weird premise, but it gave out a lot of cute moments.

D.P. Season 2 (kdrama) 10

I’ve never watched a season 2 from a drama, and from what I’ve gathered, most of them usually disappoint or are good but don’t come close to the first season. Well, for me, this one was not the case at all. It just felt like a continuation of the first part. I'd say I even enjoyed this one more. Also, I miss theeeeem.

Sixteen Shoukougun (jdrama) 7.5

Okay, so basically, a fuckboy with mommy issues wants to get in between a "tomboy" girl who is known among girls as a prince and her best friend, a girl suffering from severe PTSD. He initially tries to go for the PTSD one, but soon realizes that her friendship with the "tomboy" girl is a little... special. After a few interactions, though, he begins to actually like the "tomboy" girl. In between all this, a sensible boy who is deemed "feminine" is thrown into the mix.

I'll be honest, I went into this one thinking it'd be gl but got disappointed it wasn't the case. At the same time, I actually enjoyed tomboy and fuckboy's relationship too. It's all a bit crazy, especially the friendship between the girls, but I was low-key into it. Fuckboy redeems himself, so I was okay with it, I guess? I don't know, jdramas are extreme, man. What I liked a lot about this one (apart from the sick intro that goes really hard) was how they showed the characters' feelings and the overall theme of just being 16 and growing up around prejudice, abandonment, and liking someone regardless of gender.

Our Secret Diary (jmovie) 8.5

Girl finds a love confession note on her classroom desk from the popular guy in school. Confused about it, she decides to answer him and soon begins exchanging secret notes until she realizes that the note was actually meant for her best friend.

This cute little school movie was very cliché but absolutely perfect.

I am Not a Robot (kdrama) 8/8.5

Here's to me never adding this one to my list because I was not into robots and stuff like that at all, and then completely ignoring my watchlist and going for it since I've read it's very cute.

The comments were right. The storyline is a bit wack and unreliable buuuut, as usual, the main leads make up for it with good acting and adorable scenes.

I'm adding these ones even though I didn't really finish them he ⬇️

The Matchmakers (kdrama) 8/8.5, because it's actually good, just a bit heavy.

Another comedy with Rowoon, sign me up. This one took me a while to get into because even though it was clever, the comedy was really good, and the mockumentary style rocked, there were just too many politics in it for me to fully dive into. I’d get lost and bored at times. It picked up after episode 5, though, and by episode 7, it was definitely more fun. It's more entertaining when they focus on the leads and the ladies they are supposed to set up. I still haven't finished it yet because... I don't know. It is a kind of slow drama, and I don't think I fully get what's going on with the murder and politics.

I May Love You (cdrama) 6.5

Oof. I have so many opinions about this one. ML asks FL to help him woo her best friend not knowing that FL has been in love with him for the past four years. FL fails to help him (on purpose lol) and after spending some meaningful moments together decides to confess in what I like to call the lousiest confession ever. ML rejects her but regrets it later on.

I'm always a girls girl, but here... FL was testing me. The ML spends most of the drama groveling because the FL is mad and upset he asked her for help wooing her friend and then rejected her (also rejected her book project which is possibly the worst thing he did) But the thing is, ML didn't even know FL liked him when he asked for help in the first place, and I believe he had every right to reject her after she told him she liked him because he was rich and handsome. Like?? Who confesses like that? And that's basically the whole drama. I don't know why they thought it'd be cute for the FL to have a wall full of his pictures and then forcefully kiss him. Truly not a good-written character.

A Good Day to Be a Dog (kdrama) 8

I'm gonna finish this, I swear. The whole girl turns into a dog and boy has to kiss her in dog form to break the spell is a bit... weird. Buuut aside from that, these characters and their interactions are just the cutest. It works well because Park Gyu Young is amazing with comedy and her chemistry with Eun Woo is perfect.

Now, the past lives part of the story? A bit too much meh. Some aspects are interesting (the whole story of the mountain spirit and the lady. I thought I'd die of boredom, but they actually made it cute and sad lol). The revenge thing? Boring and so over it. Still gotta watch the last four episodes.

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The Forbidden Marriage, by Chun Ji hye and Sanchaek

[dilebe06]

My Top Male Characters of 2023

[hieulam-drama-notes]

📺The Forbidden Marriage (2022) / Lệnh Cấm Hôn

Tập 5 tóm tắt: sau màn “nhập hồn” của Thế tử tần mà SoRang lỡ nói “đó không phải là tình yêu”, Vua Lee Heon rơi vào trạng thái thất thần —> biểu cảm + nhạc nền khúc này rất tếu nè. Lưu lại mấy cảnh gương mặt “mất hồn” cute của KYD 🤭 tập này cũng bắt đầu điều tra về vụ Thế tử tần hiện ra như một hồn 👻. Thật ra qua tập này và tập 6, SoRang mới biết lí do mà nhà vua vẫn hoài day dứt về người cũ, ngài muốn giải vụ án oan của Thế tử tần 7 năm trước, và để ngăn không cho xảy ra những vụ án mạng trong cung nữa.

[dramamara]

@archnet left me alone with her pngs pt 2

[psalm40speakstome]

Kim Young Dae just can’t get away from the eunuch propaganda

[queensumomo]

The Forbidden Marriage

Oh-kay. So here I am again, having fallen into the rabbit-hole of KDramaland courtesy of “The Forbidden Marriage”.

I recall hearing about this drama sometime last year and was a bit interested but I didn’t really watch it when it aired. Based on the plot, I figured it would be something that I would rather watch when all episodes have aired. That was a good decision, coz when I started, I could hardly drop it.

Some dramas just get a hold of you from the get-go, without rhyme or reason. Their plot might be overused and full of tropes. Or they might be long, drawn-out historical dramas. Or they could be highly-acclaimed and very well acted ones with a beautiful story. Regardless, it’s not really easy to pinpoint why you love them, but you do anyway.

“The Forbidden Marriage” gives the viewer a hokey, cheesy, and over-the-top introduction of its heroine, So Rang. She’s a swindler who gets into all sorts of fraudulent gigs just to earn a living. She works with an old man named Gwaeng Yi, who’s supposed to be some sort of medium/fortune-teller. After having earned a good sum of money, they go to Hanyang and decide to set up a tea house. But it isn’t an ordinary tea house.

Having heard of the marriage ban that the court had imposed on the nation while the King tries to find a new queen after his first wife died, So Rang decides to take it upon herself to help those who want to get married but unable to do so upon pain of death. The people of Joseon are already threatening violence because of the edict: their marriages are put on hold and in those days, marriages were very important to establish good connections, a livelihood, and succession planning to ensure that one’s wealth is secured.

Unfortunately, the King hasn’t selected a new queen even if 7 years had already passed since his first wife died when he was just Crown Prince. He had been very much in love with his Crown Princess and her sudden death broke his heart. She was alleged to have committed suicide, yet he knew she had been murdered by his enemies.

When So Rang comes into his life and pretends to be able to summon his beloved princess' soul so he could speak to her, the King decides to keep her by his side constantly. Yet So Rang finds that for all the deception she's been doing to earn money, she gets to know the man behind the king, and she finds herself loving him for himself and wanting him to love her for her true self as well. But how will she do that without revealing her deceit and risking the loss of his trust - and her life - in the process?

It's a fun romp and the actors playing the King and So Rang have amazing chemistry. Kim Young-dae plays the role of King Lee Heon while So Rang is portrayed by Park Ju-hyun. I enjoyed it very much and it got me back into KDrama.

[kalena-henden]

Kaléna's Top 25 Kdramas

Stranger (1&2)

Business Proposal

Alchemy of Souls (1&2)

Lovely Runner

Thirty but Seventeen

Hometown Cha-Cha-Cha

The Forbidden Marriage

Dr. Romantic (1,2,3)

Sh**ting Stars

Doom at Your Service

Vincenzo

Navillera

Call It Love

Twinkling Watermelon

Memorist

It's Okay to Not Be Okay

The Red Sleeve

Castaway Diva

Marry My Husband

Perfect Marriage Revenge

True Beauty

King the Land

My Holo Love

365: Repeat the Year

Goblin

I feel conflicted about my list because there are so many more shows that I love and even rewatch that didn't make it. I've seen over 140+ kdramas now and fortunately there have been a ton that I've enjoyed.

[binging-asian-dramas]

The Forbidden Marriage. 10

Story: 10

Acting: 10

Chemistry: 10❤️🔥

Comparable to: Mr. Queen (kdrama) ; Alchemy of Souls (kdrama); Love in the Moonlight (kdrama)

This is hands down one of my top favorite series so far of the year. It starts out strong and ends on a very strong note. It really does have everything. A lot of humor especially in the beginning that gradually spins into a mix of drama with romance and a dash of suspense. It’s for me a perfect formula. There’s never a dull moment throughout especially having just the right amount of episodes, a total of 12. The chemistry among the whole cast is oofing amazing, especially the standout chemistry between the leading main characters. Definitely definitely recommend, especially for those who haven’t watched it yet. I yelled at myself for not watching it sooner.

[passionforfiction]

2023 Korean Drama Countdown (Part 2)

11. The Forbidden Marriage

12. Love Cafe

13. Man to Man

14. Short

15. Kiss Sixth Sense

16. Once Upon a Small Town

17. When My Love Blooms

18. King of the Land

19. The Fabulous

[eviltiddyproductions]

currently watching the forbidden marriage and the parallels it has with our blooming youth is terrifying to me 💀

mostly because our blooming youth lost the plot SO BAD

our female lead probably getting ready to marry the second male lead and getting stabbed and falling off of a cliff in the process but surviving (assumed dead by the second male lead) and our male lead being tormented by ghosts 😭😭😭

manifesting this drama to be good to me 🙏

[alloveydovey]

Watching episode three of the forbidden marriage was like