So I just watched Six Flying Dragons and it has ruined historical dramas for me

Watching this after fantastic experiences with Alchemy of Souls, My Dearest, and Mr. Sunshine. Sorry if I'm a little bad with my words, but I'm a little speechless. I didn't even want to watch this, since it's 50 episodes long, but I decided to give it a shot a random day. Turns out this drama is like a dream come true for someone like me who's loved watching epic heroic historical tales on tv as a kid, but of course, this is a lot more dirty, complex, and made with a lot more passion. Nobody here is morally straight when it comes to the politics, and many will stick with their ideologies and resolve themselves till the end. The characters you follow learn new things, mature, and change for the worse or better (depending on how you view them). Nobody's ideals are perfect here, and it makes everyone, including all the main and side characters just so damn interesting to watch. Get ready to love, hate, cheer, and cry for these characters all at once.

Best screenplay, best cinematography, best costumes, insanely unique sword fight choreography, with an earth-shattering best OST... everything about it was outstanding! This also has some of the coolest and most well-written historical female characters of all time for me, if I haven't mentioned it already. Every episode just gets more exciting as you go along. Plots can run on for a couple episodes, but it never feels like it's dragging it out, and I felt like I had to listen to every single piece of dialogue being said. There is a lot of reading between the lines that does help in understanding the time period much better, but it's not completely necessary. This also has a lot of fictional characters, but it's really hard to even believe they are fictional since they're written and acted so well, that they completely fill the gap in the real historical events mentioned online.

After researching the real history behind Joseon's founding, I was just mind blown at how much the writers cared to research and plan everything out. Everything feels so real in this drama.....that I was stunned. Safe to say, I won't be getting this drama out of my mind anytime soon, and I feel so empty knowing no historical drama will ever give me the same thrills that watching each episode of this did.

If you choose to watch this, I highly recommend checking out the below site for very detailed historical background information episode to episode for higher understanding. After researching, I noticed there are some minor changes in how the drama shows the founding of Joseon compared to how it really happened. It also really upset me that Taejong's achievements, sacrifice, and accomplishments aren't as highlighted in the finale, and it gives a wrong impression of his character in the end. Since the research I've done is spoiler territory for this drama, I'll attach it in a spoiler reply if you want to check it out. It explains a lot more about what his and the Queen's relationship, why he did what he did to her brothers, and how he paved the way for Sejong's prosperous reign as his heir.
(https://bodashiri.tumblr.com/post/137740642551/the-list-of-sfd-historical-info)

Not sure I'll check out TWDR, since a saeguk without Yoo Ah In feels hard for me to now imagine.