On Dal is truly one of the purest, fluffiest, sweetest, cutest, funniest, awkward, most adorable male leads ever. I truly fell in love with this character. He's truly the softest General out there. Nothing but love for this man.

I was like I'm getting this nasty feeling that cutesy San is gonna die before he can make up with his sister and then he did and I was like BITCH WHAT THE FUCK!!!! I'm quite sad that San died, I really liked him.

OMG OMG OMG THAT CONCUBINE IS EVERYTHING. She is truly the most pure, sweetest person out there. I think she hss become my favourite character (yes I even love her more than Dal, Wol, and Jin who are some of my faves and babes too). I truly want to marry that concubine, SHE IS JUST SO DARN PRECIOUS! Nothing but love for this lady. She truly stole the show and is one of River Where The Moon Rises most underrated characters.

I also love the my ship came true. I was like omggg Go Geon and Mo Young would work so well together, like my two scheming babies and when they officially became a thing I died.

I however DO NOT LIKE how Jin and Poong Gae had the slowest of slow slowburn romance. I wish they became an official thing way sooner since by the end of episode 17 THEY'RE STILL NOT FUCKING TOGETHER WHILE EVERYONE AND THEIR MOTHER KNOWS THEY LIKE EACH OTHER!

I also really liked Ga Jin in the beginning but kind of started to dislike her halfway through the series. I didn't like some of the decisions made when she, On Dal and their friends returned from their battle victory and where reinstated. She kind of not only neglected her supposedly best friend but also the person she loved most which was On Dal. I don't really hate her, but I'm not overly supporting her like I used to do in the beginning. I do have to say I fucking love how much of a badass she is and how amazing it is to see her fighting. I never expected Kim So Hyun to be this good at action scenes but man she really out did herself with this drama. I'm truly impressed by her performance since she acted really well despite the fact that she filmed this drama twice.

I kind of REALLY hate where the plot of river where the moon rises went and is going. Just like my friend said: dem rating is really, truly dropping. I initially would have given this a 9 out of 10, then it went from a 9 to a 8, and now I'm feeling it's more of a 7 than a 8. But the positive news is that I do officially stan the actor that replaced jisoo, which is na in woo. DUDE LITERALLY FILMED THIS FOR 5 WEEKS AND IT HAS 20 EPISODES WHILE SIMULTANEOUSLY FILMING A MOVIE TOO. He shot for this kdrama between 20 up to 40 scenes a day and even went on to a film's set when he was done with filming his scenes for River where the moon rises. Baby truly got no sleep, but performed so fucking well. He even met the director of the drama and had like an outfit fitting one evening and the next day he started filming right away without even really having time to learn the script BUT HE ACTS AND PORTRAYS THE ROLE SOOO FREAKING WELL. I hated his character in Mr. Queen since he's the typical second male lead of historical dramas THAT I DESPISE but here he is such a awkward funny idiot uwu person, like the complete opposite of his Mr. Queen character. I honestly think that this character didn't really fit Jisoo if I look at his other roles and acting credits. This On Dal is such a sweet pea funny awkward mushroom of a person. I dunno if they fully changed it so it would match Na In Woo better, but honestly I love this version of that historical figure and can't really imagining Jisoo pulling this character off like Na In Woo did and this is coming from a former Jisoo stanner who I do not hate but also don't fully support anymore. It is still truly amazing how well Na In Woo acted since my jaw has officially dropped like 50 times by now. I 100% understand why the director was like I NEEEED TO WORK WITH THIS MAIN AGAIN because honestly who wouldn't after this performance and dedication? There were a lot of adlibs added too but honestly you don't even know which ones aren't and which are but I repeat he played the character sooo well. I'm also amazed at the chemistry between him and Kim So Hyun, and I have nothing but praise and love for the cast/actors, director, producers and anyone else since it's really amazing what they managed to make and with how they had to reshoot so much. Despite me not loving where this plot is going and went I do truly think that everyone BUT THE WRITER deserves the praise for how well this turned out. I'm just really impressed with the end result and how much work everyone put into it so that it could still be airing on our screens. Besides, some of the actors, including the second male lead, even refused to receive payments for the reshoots which is really admirable too. But enough gushing about everyone else, let's get back to my thoughts and feelings about the plot.

Why did they just assasinate both Ga Jin's character, which has been going on for so long, but also the cute younger brother's character??? I'm seriously wondering why they chose to do that? I also FUCKING HATE, LOATHE, DISLIKE the whole fucking 4 years later...... I will never like how writers of kdramas keep doing that many years later. I do not like it when this happens in my precious kdramas.

Omggg Jin and Poong Gae are finally together and they're even married now. The 4 year gap was at least good for something.

I was like I don't like where anyone's story is going. I don't like where On Dal's and Ga Jin's story went, the same goes for the younger brother turned king, and general go geon and the store owners story. I DON'T LIKE WHERE IT IS GOING!!!! Only Poong Gae and Jin were the light in the dark.

I'M AAAAAAAANNOYED fucking A N N O Y E D!  I'm stuck with it for another 40 minutes, kill me now pls. And I know I will be more annoyed since they'll do like A FUCKING SECOND AMNESIA PLOT, which I wish I could laugh about like my friends but I can't.

I only have 40 minutes left and then I can put it behind me for forever, which is really sad because it started out so strong. Poong Gae abd Jin are truly carrying the whole show on their backs. If anything happens to Poong Gae I will fucking rage.

25 MINUTES LEFT :"( And I'm not crying because I don't want it to end. I WANT IT TO END.

And I'm like SERIOUSLY? TWO AMNESIA PLOTS? I MEAN C'MON.......

OMG LOL I'M DYING DUDE GOT PIERCED BY 6 OR 8 ARROWS AND WILL IN THE END HAVE AMNESIA AND STILL SURVIVE. What is this kind of unrealistic unnecessary sorcery. Still better than him actually dying, that would have made me really made. This is at least too ridiculous that I'm not angry.

OMG I NOW KNOW WHY THEY PUT THAT PART OF HIS MASTER PRETENDING TO DIE AS A NOT SO SUBTLE HINT HE DID THE SAME AND AIN'T DEAD EITHER, LOOOOOL

IT IS NOT OKAY HOW THEY SUDDENLY RECTIFY SOME OF THEIR MISTAKES. They made the show epic, then butchered it and butchered it some more, and now suddenly they put some epic moments towards the end again. STOP FOCUSING ME PLS I BEG YOU. I do have to say that monk is fucking funny and underrated as hell.

In the end it's still a 7 because the beginning was so good, like really good and I liked how they managed to redeem Go Geon & younger bro in the end. I will, however, not recommend this, sadly.