Recently rewatched, my review remains the same !!!
So this Lakorn is on another level of beautiful. By far the best transmigration Asian drama i've watched. And yes even better than Scarlet Heart and here's why I think so
- The author was able to encompass cultural beliefs and use it to write the story. This way, nothing is hidden from all parties including the audience.
- There was a clean cut from the past/future and it created an avenue for clarity and the easily avoidable pain you get from separation in all transmigration drama's was evaded.
- There was absolutely no intention of changing history. This is a romantic story using a real life period piece, I think the writer of this story did a good job in making the main characters life dynamic, without necessarily having to change what has happened in history. (Very intuitive)

CAST/ACTING: They were all amazing and sincerely the best characters and actors came from the servants. They were just too splendid. The main leads did a good job and all the other side characters portrayed the story well. (Great job)

MUSIC/SOUNDS: The use of the foreign language, the dialects and her modern slangs were beautiful. They added a form of reality to the situation. Most period pieces I've seen have the foreigners either speak their own language or not talk at all. This was quite different and a relief. Kadesurangs constant use of modern slangs and the fact that some foreigners identified some of her words(Maria) was great. The locals were more confused by her slangs, and this was consistent till the end which should be. Those around her however, adapted quite quickly to her use of (different) words. This is unlike other transmigration pieces where you see that someone from the future is using modern slangs and the people from the past either do not care, pay no particular attention to it, or sometimes it seems like they understand which they are not supposed to. The music was also good.

This drama basically cleared the air and gave you what many transmigration or period piece drama's cannot give you, a balanced dose of romance and history, there is enough history to make it seem like a real period piece and enough romance for you to not get bored and tired of politics. So good job drama lords, good job author/writer and good job actors. This was a beautiful one.