Scarlet Heart Ryeo: Review 

Except from the over complicated story line everything about this show was pure magic. Honestly, still one of the best shows period that I’ve ever seen. The plot, the background original sound tracks the filming the outfits. Everything was honestly amazing. There were some downsides but I’ll start with the positives. The storyline started with a young girl called Hae soo whom lived in this time and she jumped into a lake to save a drowning kid then she was about to die but right as she was about to die she had a reincarnation or body swap with a girl in around 198 to 1392 which was Goryeo Dynasty which isn’t fully specified the exact time but seemingly appears to be towards the end of the Goryeo Dynasty.

Ok, now let’s get to the good stuff. There were so many amazing aspects represented in the whole story line and it really aligns well with the actual history except from the Hae Soo part, obviously. It’s very interesting how the story is presented. The life of Hae Soo when she goes to the past is full of happiness sadness and all these many emotions. The brutality and violence of the time is also presented in the Lead male Gwangjong who in the future Hae Soo is aware of an image that he is a brutal king who killed all his brothers. Hae Soo is built with fear throughout on who is Gwangjong and the excitement is kept throughout, which keeps the audience quite excited and joyful for the ending.

The interest is kept as Hae Soo falls for the real girls’ aunt who is ill and is likely to die soon. Later on she falls for Gwangjong who initially scary however her aunt’s husband is a scarier person is some aspects as he abandons Hae Soo later. It’s strange as the writers presented him as the main male lead throughout the start and the sadness in the audience was reflected when he betrayed Hae Soo later on. This added a lot interest as he appeared as a pure character throughout but it turns out he wasn’t in the end. There are many other aspects that kept the reader glued to their computer screen. For example this was through the deaths of some of the characters; I know sadistic right, this included a court lady who became a mother figure to Hae Soo. She was first a mean and tough character but her flawless character development showed that she just knew that just knew the horrible time they were in, they lived in a world where you had to be tough to live well otherwise you would be left with just pain. One of the most pivotal moments when she took her life for Hae Soo. As she got killed I’m going to tell you know that every single person cried a river when they saw that scene. Another scene that makes everyone in tears was quite close to the start when Hae Soo’s aunt died of cancer. The scene was extremely powerful and well executed as it was just her husband (yes the one who abandoned hae soo later on) and Hae Soo walked in snow as he was carrying her and after a while she died as she died the most beautiful music played and her hand fell. That scene will haunt me for life.

The final character development I will talk about is the main “evil character” who was the cause of all evil and wanted to marry his half-sister (yes I’m ware that’s weird but at the time it was normal) the craziest moment is when he became king and as he was slowly dying the audience realised he just wanted his mother’s love the whole time. The idea was represented as it gave the audience a sense of pity for such an evil character. Altogether this show was crazy there were some horrible moments, so much death, some happiness but it all brought it together to create a masterpiece of a show that I will honestly, never forget.

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Moving School 

Moving to Doncaster has been a wild rollercoaster of a trip. It’s a strange emotion to be in a place far away from where you’ve spent a lot of your life. Apart from the random pronunciation confusion I would say that I’ve pretty much integrated myself quite well into this very earthy, “farmey” and “businessy” town. Everything except the school meals is okay, I guess. I was quite baffled and shocked looking at the school meals or rather shocked at the lack of it. The school meal is very snack-based in comparison to Reading school meals. There was sausage rolls, meat pastas, meat buns, meat, meat, meat!! If you still can’t see the similarity, there is basically a lot of meat. Which is quite funny? I used to think there weren’t enough options in my old school but now I kind of miss it. My canteen was huge with meals prepared everyday and different meals made from breakfast to lunch. There was a variety of pastas and even vegetarian sausages. There was a beautiful salad bar and pastries with a variety of options to put inside them. It was refreshing to see that there were options for halal meat there were vegetarian options and so much variety. In comparison, it doesn’t compare.  

I guess they want to support the farming industry or maybe something else. I just wish they had more variety. Another factor is my old school had a 6th form area with microwaves and sinks and kettles. This was an amazing addition as it meant they didn’t have to buy teas and coffees. They could also heat up their home brought food and ramen packets. That was an amazing addition. I’m not complaining, I promise. I don’t hate this school and I am fully aware how lucky I was in my old school but of course there will be bits and pieces I will miss whenever I think about my old school and that’s okay because I can always just move on because situations in life are there to challenge you and make you experience something new and I know that every situation in life is there to help you grow. 

The most shocking thing which I’m not quite used to yet is the difference in diversity. In reading everywhere is diverse. There are people from everywhere from Europeans from the west to the east even from the North. There are people of colour from corner to corner all speaking different languages eating different foods and speaking different languages. In my friendship group alone we had Europeans, Chinese, Pakistani, Indian and Kenyan all together speaking English being born in the United Kingdom. Except from me, of course. Whereas, Doncaster is extremely opposite. Doncaster is the least diverse place I’ve ever lived in my life. I guess I was just used to leaving in a place where there are different people everywhere. Even in Kenya there are different ethnicities and races ranging from Somali’s to Indians to Bantu and many other racial and ethnic groups. So I’ve always been to a diverse area.