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Yes, more like making it heteronormative for the conservative viewers.... Also, i always knew somehow jiwoon would take much less time to accept his feelings for a "man" compared to the ML in other gender-bender dramas as that is how his character is. It was so natural to his character and props to the writer for that.

Thank you for the welcome! Given how the script of the show has won the script contest of Ministry of culture and sports of SK i believe that they were ready to take on the challange by giving audience atleast the BL vibes from this drama and make them gradually accept it.

About the LGBTQ+ community from what i have read on twitter and other platforms maximum of them are appreciating how they have handled the part really well than most other kdramas. Many of them have even said that it could have passed as a BL drama if only the crown prince was actually a man and is actually better than most they have seen. Some of them are also calling jiwoon as their Bi king. Obviously some are gonna criticize it but majority of them are appreciating it.

About jiwoon being a physician 1)i believe, a time period where only two genders were taken into account male/female i dont think studies regarding identifying the gender just by studying the people's face were invented at that time(i may be wrong too in this part) 2) Jiwoon being an acupuncturist, would have known that she is a woman if he had checked her pulse, but due to some reasons he didnt and he wouldnt dare to just to satisfy his curiosity. 3) I think it is the way Hwi carries herself, her voice, her walk that it would be hard for anyone to know that she is actually a woman. In manga, Hwi's feminine side is often shown like how she constantly ill and weak physically, she doesnt even drink alcohol that makes people suspect that she seems like a woman while in drama her character is made very strong that she can carry every single activity a male of that time can. 4) If you remember, jiwoon did suspect that she seems like the woman he saw in the forest but the fact that the crown prince is actually is next to impossible for people at that time. Even a word from his mouth and he would be executed. So him pondering over the thought that the Crown prince is a woman is next to impossible for me. Let's see in future episodes how he would find out in next episodes. My theories are after they kiss on the lips he may find out or may be he hears a monologue of hwi at their secret place that she is dami.