While they grappled and fought forces bigger than
themselves, in the spirit world and back in their reality, their romance was
like smoke from an eternal incense, wafting through and about them.
It was there, even when everything else seemed to demand
their attention. Their love didn’t need to be proclaimed. It was in the spaces
between the battles, the conflicts, the choices, the moments when they were
simply there with and for each other. And this is what makes it so delicious.
The romance is not separate from the larger story. It moves
with it. It is simmering in their exchange of glances and looking at each other
a few seconds longer. Nam Joohyuk’s eyes speak volumes: yearning, care, the
need to protect. And Roh Yoonseo takes it all in by staring back fiercely but
with tenderness. How many times did I wish they must kiss already?!
But no physical intimacy can outdo nor trump down this connection. The restraint is the romance. Sometimes bubbling to the surface. Sometimes almost disappearing beneath the raging river of everything they have to face. It never really goes away.
That kind of romance gets me. And on a rewatch, when you
already know where their story is going, you notice the undercurrents even
more.
Delicious. Absolutely delicious.
In the end, as Gucheon and Saeng-gang walk away from the
palace, I was wishing for a second season.
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