When I first heard about May Queen, it sounded like a potential Giant. It’s not, it’s stupid beyond belief. It could be stupid and sprawling like East of Eden, but it isn’t either. The whole poor girl destined to reach ship building greatness feels pretty small-scale so far, and the amount of beyond ridiculous machinations of the bad guys to get everyone from point A to now has been nothing short of borrowing every makjang element from other dramas and throwing it at the wall. I was headdesking throughout the first eight episodes during the kids portion, which undoubtedly was well acted but I was losing brain cells rapidly. But now the adults have shown up and within the last four episodes my interest level went from negative 10 to 90. All of that is thanks to Jae Hee playing the oppa prosecutor Park Chang Hee, who for all intents and purposes I ought to dislike, but instead I am rabidly on his ship. He’s been dating Han Ji Hye‘s Cheon Hae Joo for the past 15 years! How could they not be OTP! But of course, the whole his dad is complicit in her dad’s murder and then throwing her away bit is clearly a hurdle they might never get across. Not to mention Kim Jae Won‘s rascally ship building supervisor Kang San, who is also childhood friend, is pretty much sunshine and puppies and the saner choice for the heroine. But hot diggity, someone in the costume department put Jae Hee in three piece suits! How the hell am I supposed to concentrate on anything else when he shows up onscreen? Yeah, the Playground is henceforth Team Chang Hee. Imma go down with that ship even if its in flames.
May Queen has been steadily and surely extending its ratings lead on rival Five Fingers, which I long ago dropped faster than a hot potato. Call me when Joo Ji Hoon cuts his hair. As for MQ, it’s totally guy eye candy, and for whatever reason the normally cool Han Ji Hye, who rarely has chemistry with her male leads, actually has chemistry with both guys here. Yay! I can’t wait for the love triangle to unfold, but I’m sure my heart will first be stomped on to pieces because that means Chang Hee and Hae Joo have decided not to be together for whatever reason. 15 years! They were totally secretly dating for 15 years! That’s like a drama fantasy we rarely see, since typically that means the two have a brother-sister vibe. But it is totally not the case here, where I just want Chang Hee to kiss Hae Joo until she swoons. Or something like that.
Chang Hee oppa buys Hae Joo new shoes and a suit for her job interview. He piggybacks her so her feet don’t get cut up when walking on the rocks along the beach. They talk about their dreams and hopes. He calls her “my lighthouse”, the beacon of light that keeps him from going crazy with anger at the unfair world around them. Why can’t they run away with a deserted island and pretend all the horrible people around them don’t exist?
San oppa is adorable beyond belief, but in a drama where people are beaten and murdered left and right, he’s rather an outlier and I need my brooding Chang Hee oppa more.
Drama, please don’t turn Chang Hee evil (even for a little bit of time), and if you break up my OTP I can accept that as long as they end up together after all is said and done. Sorry Kang San, I adore how long you’ve crushed on Hae Joo and how you defend her, but I need my leading man brooding and marinating in pain. Which by the looks of it, is about to happen soon to Chang Hee. Somebody hold me!
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I'm Team Chang Hee too!:D I found him also more adorable as a kid than Kang San. haha Unfortunately we will probably not get our OTP, right? T.T Wae??
But really... 15 YEARS!? Without... you know... kissing and stuff!? Chang Hee you're a dream boyfriend being so patient. xD
He's just perfect. Minus the evil homicidal dad.
chang hee's dad is so creepy and psycho!
thank you for this article. after all I found quiet a lot of people thibking the same way about chang hee and hae joo. 15years is a lot and we've all seen how deep inlove change hee and hae joo are since they were kids. since the beginning there was no space for kang san. no chemistry at all. it is so predictable that the authors will turn chang hee to evil and forced to marry In hwa. poor chang hee, he has to lift all the mistakes done by his father & DH. so knowing the secret he has to let go jae hoo. I've just decided not to watch may queen from the episode on, when the writers turn chang hee to evil. I'll watch then the last episode only to know the ending. just to prevent that my heart breaks for chang hee and hae joo true and longlasting love. btw, may queen has a strong nice story, but guess the child actors of HJ and CH were too good on building up their chemistry so we all fall n love with their innocent first love. and now theyjust tear them apart. moreover, kang san may thought of hae joo, but in between he played around with other girls. unlike CH who always only had HJ in his heart and it will always be. for me that's not love, kang san. may queen s story is really good,it is just the series realization messed up a lot by not synchronizing many aspects during the childhood story and the grown up story. but still I hope it will be always a success. ^^
Best post ever!! But best part of May Queen is leading lady is strong and not a wimp. The female lead actually kissed the guy first and even had to lure him to a bed. Loool
But did you see character diagram ? Soooo upset the two are not meant to be.
I refuse to believe they are not meant to be. Just because CH marries IW doesn't mean anything, since IW is only marrying him out of spite of HJ, since IW loves KS but he only loves HJ. And since HJ loves CH, IW is marrying CH to get back at HJ. It's so fucked up.
Anyways, this drama will like City of Glass. I will be repeating that mantra every night.
Where can I watch City of glass full with eng sub. I watched 7 eps and loved it only to hurt my heart by not finishing it. I need help
I'm a Change Hee fan here as well. I know they're not the OTP, but that can change, right? Didn't PSH become the lead in some drama where he was cast as the second lead or something? Can it happen again? They've a great relationship, I want more.
Nice Guy and May Queen are my two K-Dramas right now. Sure May Queen's ridiculous in a lot of ways, but I can't help it either.
ㅋㅋㅋ Pretty sure PSH did it twice.
*****SPOILERS
(First in How to Meet a Perfect Neighbor and then in Queen of Reversals. )
Eeeep, I'm so behind with my K-dramas. Jae Hee!!!!! Its the first time I've read about the story but wherever Jae Hee goes, you can bet I'll be running boarding that ship. :D
Hehe, I actually like Kang san more. I feel like his story just hasn't yet come to play. Totally fell for his back hug with hae joo in the teaser. I can't wait to see how the story is going to unfold.
Eeeep, I'm so behind with my K-dramas. Jae Hee!!!!! Its the first time I've read about the story but wherever Jae Hee goes, you can bet I'll be boarding that ship. :D
,sorry Captain but I can't aboard your ship this time.. I've already packed my bags and bought my tickets and boarded the Hae Joo-Kang San ship... How can I say no to his pouty faces?.. :)
Also I'm loving the wardrobe of the people on this drama.. It looks very pretty on them coz they're all pretty people but it also looks wearable (even that pink suit) by normal people like me. And they're age and profession appropriate..
I love San oppa, I love his pouty faces, I love his hideous suit jackets, but I do not ship him with HJ. They are perfect as bickering BFFs.
HJ and CH have been in love with each other for 15 years!!! Genuinely in love, and that love hasn't wavered or diminished! How could I not ship them rabidly. I've shipped them since baby CH piggybacked a bee-stung HJ home.
I haven't seen this one for fearing of having irreparable heartbreaks since just like you I'm totally on CH and HJ's ship. But I'm too afraid to watch May Queen because of the storyline and the promotional posters. This is Coffee House all over again where the shippers are shipping with all their hearts for their respective OTPs. I don't have the strength to endure the suspense and nightly prayers for the wind to push my ship.
Will pray from afar for our OTP. Definitely not watching it if my pray isn't answered. How could they not be the OTP!
sigh how about creating a dream fantasy in dramaland where she actually gets both men? :p
although, oppa! :p i get first dibs on the oppa who fails to get the girl :p
Hahaha, I'm sure there is already a line and its out the door and around the block.
Joo Ji Hoon cut his hair in the last episode already! Looks so much better too :)