Lee Gon Has Been Completely Alone In The World Of Frozen Time For Months - Months Without Someone To

Lee Gon has been completely alone in the world of frozen time for months - months without someone to talk to, to touch or someone who would tell him what to do or to comfort him - and this is one of the few times he allows himself to leave and go to see Tae Eul or plant those new memories because otherwise the flute would fall apart completely and he would be lost forever in time, all alone, never seeing her again. 

There is something so deeply intimate about Lee Gon lovingly admiting he loves to watch Tae Eul tying her hair which she does usually only when she means business and turns all no-nonsense. It’s like he is pretty much admiting that he loves when she is mean to him and that he has an obsession with her hair which has always been obvious because he never never stop from caressing them.

He’s been carrying that hair tie the whole time since she left it behind in his palace. That little piece of fabric is together with his memories of her probably the only thing that is keeping him sane in the in-between and he still gives it to her. To have the one excuse to touch her because even that one fleeting touch means everything to him.

I love that KES wrapped things up with Lee Lim in the first half and then gave us fluff and shenanigans the other half.

I kinda hate what she did to PM Koo.

I love that Luna was given life. I suppose having good food to eat and being cared for prevented her cancer.

I don't like the gaping plot holes in the time travel laws. 😅 But I can suspend my disbelief (and discontent) for that.

I love Gon being prepared for Adam/Eve era but he packed ridiculous leaves that won't cover much

🤣🤣🤣 God this dork.

I'm really disappointed with the treatment of PM Koo. It bears repeating.

I love Tae Eul saying "Bye" when Gon said it's the King's birthday. Savage girl is savage. 🤭

I hate that it's over.

I love that it's such a happy ending. "We chose to love the fate that chose us."

And I love that I was here for this nail-biting experience, with such a gratifying ending.

The Fluff I Promised

Need I say anything??

THE DOMESTICITY 😭 The way she holds on to his shirt just so she has a grasp on him, and to make sure he doesn’t leave :( We all know JTE isn’t clingy, but she’s starting to give in knowing that any day now could be their last.

The way he proudly announces he’s her guardian and her adorable joy from seeing him again.

The CUTEST alsdjkladfhkjhfj. Love that he can’t hit JTE even as a joke, so he does the next best thing - mess up her hair LOL. The way she scrunches herself in shyness after kissing him MY HEART. KGE is adorable.

This entire scene just because they’re being adorably giggly babies. Her “why” and him coaxing her to eat and the way she said she couldn’t lift her hand to pick up the spoon but her arms shot up to cover his mouth LOL. AH why are we only getting this stuff when the show is about to end. I swear this has to be LMH & KGE just messing around.

I think this is my favorite screenshot ever. I don’t know why but it somehow perfectly captures their poignant, yearning love. And wow I’m sad. You can’t tell me I only have one more episode of these two 😪

Me to the cast of TKEM:

We never got a Yeong and Eun sop reunion and the fact that only one remembers is sad. But I guess when Eun sop said that his 65th dream was to meet him, Yeong knew that he absolutely meant it... and that is enough for him. 😭

I’m not crying, you are.

Tae Eul doesn’t even flinch when someone is aiming a gun or a knife at her and she can take down a small army on her own; HOWEVER, THE MERE THOUGHT OF LOSING LEE GON, HIS LOVE AND ALL HER MEMORIES OF HIM MAKES HER FALL APART - IT’S THE ONLY THING IN THE WORLD THAT SHE FEARS. She can’t bear the possibility that their love would turn into nothingness and just seeing the first trace of Gon disappearing from her life breaks something inside her and she makes her decision. 

She finally has the answer to the question Gon has been asking her the whole time - can she leave it all behind and be with him? Yes, without hesitation. Previously, TE prioritized her work, only stealing moments with him on parking lots or when they were both investigating and fighting LR, but the possibility of Gon vanishing from her life forever puts it all into perspective and makes the choice, which she’s been postponing for so long, crystal clear to her.

And the symbolism of the moment is so beautiful - she puts on the necklace he gave her, the one bearing the sigil of his house, commits a criminal offense with Luna, gets himself a magical flute AND SHE DOES ALL THAT BECAUSE, AS TE HERSELF TEARFULLY ADMITS, A LIFE WITHOUT GON EQUALS TO DYING AND SHE WILL NEVER LEAVE HIM ALONE EVER AGAIN (since that is what she has always been worried about - him being all alone when the time stops and in the land of the frozen time). AND SHE CAN’T LIVE WITHOUT HIM EITHER. Suddenly, her Earth is finally round and her character comes full circle.