Damo, ep. 03-07

I was very good and patient and tried waiting for the DVDs from Blockbuster to come through, but Blockbuster has cruelly changed the status of the discs from "Available" to "Coming Soon." They taunt me with their wily promises of kdrama DVDs.

Anyway, I am still obsessed, as this series has been hitting almost all of my buttons, particularly the ones for people who follow honor over personal desires and have heartbreaking angst without saying very much at all. Also, it's got court politics and intrigue, swordfighting, some awesome action scenes, and two new female characters whom I am predisposed to like! And two people bonding while weapons training together!

Hat speculation: the non-mesh, two-level hats seem to belong to upper court officials (ex. the Minister of the Left) and the Emperor. The mesh hats seem to be long to upper-level officers, like Hwangbo Yoon and and some of his senior officers. I think having a string of black and white beads on the mesh hats signifies an upper rank (the police chief of the left wears the beads and mesh hat when not wearing his court hat. I think). And the hats with rounded tops and giant brims seem to be the working hats of normal officers (part of this taken from The Duelist).

I really need to find a book on historical Korean clothing, because not knowing is killing me.

(all screencaps courtesy of shewhohashope)

( Spoilers )

But anyway, yeah, I am madly loving this series.