Swoony MVs for the OTP of Joo Jin Mo and Ha Ji Won in Empress Ki

Ha Ji Won may have phenomenal chemistry with every one of her male leads, but some pairings are better than others and I have my favorites. My personal top two are Jo In Sung in What Happened in Bali and Lee Seung Gi in The King 2 Hearts. But her coupling with Joo Jin Mo is fast rocketing up the charts and at 50-episodes of Empress Ki these two have a chance to smoke all the competition. Back in the WHIB days both leads were young and raw and their chemistry was dark and devastating. The royal couple in TK2H bucked all noona-dongsaeng odds and delivered chemistry that worked every which way. Joo Jin Mo and Ha Ji Won feels like two equals, both highly decorated and experienced sageuk veterans. Joo Jin Mo was in Bichunmoo and A Frozen Flower while Ha Ji Won did Damo and Hwang Jin Yi. I was excited about their casting but the result is beyond even my wildest imaginations. They’re perfect together visually and acting-wise there is such grounded maturity. Their characters are also written to fit so well together in how they are fiercely loyal to those around them and fiercely dangerous to those who threaten them. Even their plights are the same right now, with both Wang Yoo sent to be a slave laborer in the Yuan borders whole Seung Nyang goes to the Yuan capital to be a lowly court slave girl. They may forced low but their spirit will never break. The way Ta Hwan plays the fool to stay alive is savvy and far-sighted, but it’s telling that Seung Nyang and Wang Yoo could never do that. They would be dead, but at least they lived true to their strength of character. I’m sure it was a tough shoot for Joo Jin Mo and Ha Ji Won to be tied up to a pole to film episode 7 but their pain is my gain because they look so good smushed together. Watch some delicious MVs belows, and I also discuss a giant clue in re-watching episode 1 that could be a spoiler about a future OTP development.

After forcibly being separated in episode 7, my OTP is meeting again in episode 9! Squeee, except I have a sneaking suspicion this is a dream sequence. *pouts* So the big opening wedding sequence in episode 1 starts off with Seung Nyang getting dressed for her coronation as Queen. She looks very serious and not happy. She sits and picks up two rings hanging on a necklace, it’s a matching set but one is big and the other smaller. She looks it with a poignant smile. I betcha those are Seung Nyang and Wang Yoo’s wedding rings and they privately got married while they were on the run at some point. It’s totally a Seodongyeo redux of how the OTP pledged their troth to each other without approval. It would make Wang Yoo and Seung Nyang’s sacrifice all the more devastating if they have decided together this is the path to saving Goryeo. So they give up their love together so they can save their beloved nation. If I’m right and Seung Nyang is actually the Goryeo Queen before she’s Empress Ki of the Yuan dynasty, then MBC will have done wonders to turn her character into a Korean historical lady figure to fawn over.

The drama has styled Wang Yoo with one high ponytail but in episode 8 he was sent to the war torn borders to serve as a slave laborer. There he donned rags and let his hair down, and I was screaming “let this namja’s hair forever be down!” He and his merry men couldn’t have been hotter looking so raggedy. My favorite supporting characters are all loyal Goryeo men – Choi Moo Sung as Park Bool Hwa, Kwon Oh Jung as Choi Moo Song, Lee Moon Shik as Bang Shin Woo, and Yun Yeon Hyung as Jeom Bak Yi. Awesome foursome to protect and serve wuri future Goryeo King Wang Yoo.

Empress Ki OTP MV:

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Both these MVs are addicting, but the drama itself is just as good. Join me on this OTP ship! It’s not only fabulous but smooth sailing. Even if she marries a whiny boy Emperor her heart is always with her manly hot King. XD Can you imagine the sparks flying all around the screen when these two start making out and making babies! I’m going to cry buckets when they separate and she goes off to marry the enemy.

Empress Ki Love Triangle MV (first 6 episodes):

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