The Heirs

Poor story line

Poor story line, a lot of break ups which don't make sense. In the end, getting approval of the realation ship was so easy that I don't understand why they did such a mess with hiding, escaping, leaving the home etc.


I would say The same about the story of bothers, Won hates Tan since many years and in the end they stop disputing just like that, without any reason.

Music was also very average, it could be much better. The Best in this drama is Choi Young Do character. His acting skills were very good and the story "from hate to love" is much more interesting than casual romance.

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Well fans including myself. Who doesn't like eye candies? This was my first kdrama but I did not write a review until years later when I have submerged myself in the world of kdrama n experience what truly is a great drama.

Of course, this drama is super overrated. Hey, u can't blame anyone. They're celebs. We r fans. That means we are willing to watch them cuz they shine extremely brightly somehow in the midst of darkness. What have I done? I'm not watching this for a good story, it's jst a starter. It's jst a pretty cover of kdramas. It's best for newbies like I use to be. It will introduce everyone to all the popular n pretty faces of Korean dramas.
Tbh, I watch this cuz of the eye candies. They were all good looking. Big names of Korea. Everyone was popular actors, singers, models!! Who cares about the story. It's gonna be cliche anyways n we all know it. But we still choose to watch it cuz it's beautiful.

Starting a drama in america's wonderful dreamland of LA Hollywood. Heck yea so smart!! Dream catchers that captured our minds n hearts into a dreamworld of eye candies. We are all dreaming in this midsummer.

Of course it was a waste giving all these talented actors a dumb script to follow. They could do way better cuz they are capable of way more. The music was the best part of this drama they were so calming for a hot summer. It makes u feel n dream n wish. Like finding serendipity n LOVe is the moment LOL!!

I recommend this to everyone actually. This shows what a bad story is. This shows what eye candies are. I highly recommend this to beginners of kdrama world. I got my mom to watch kdramas by getting her to watch this drama. She enjoyed it cuz of the eye candy n of course ost!!
No one will hate on sexy hot guys n girls. No one will hate on fantastic soothing music. No one truly cares about a perfect story wo any plot holes cuz nothing is perfect. We all love cliche stuff that is why they are cliche.

If anyone wants to start kdramas or persuade others to join this world of kdrama, HEIRS is the opportunity!!

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I have never hated a k-drama more in my life

I hate this show so much I can't even explain it in words without getting riled up. Everything about this show pissed me off. The only like-able characters in this show were the female leads mute mother and her childhood friend (and even he pissed me off sometimes), everyone else could have literally died and i wouldn't even give half a damn. The female lead had the flimsiest backbone i've ever seen and both of the male leads needed to be punched in the face several times. The music was okay. The only reason the acting got as high of a rating as it did is because the actors in this show sure do know how to act insufferable.

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Spoiler-free, just pure appreciation for the drama!!

I'm quite new in MDL but has watched The Heirs about 4 times now probably and since a lot aren't satisfied I decided to give an honest review from someone who genuinely likes this drama. This is gonna be long!!

So first off, the story. I do agree that a lot of cliches are packed in here but the presentation was good IMO. This was aired in 2013 when themes like these are the trend, so there's that. I gave it a 9.5 because if you put critical thinking aside and watch it as it is, you might absorb the life lessons they want to convey better. The story is the main reason I find myself coming back, quite ironic since apparently a lot of people here don't like it TT. The drama tackles about serious societal issues ie family problems, bullying, social classes/norms, mental health issues (which is quite brave since this was 2013 and it's 2021 now, I think mental health issues are still not taken seriously in SK)...all wrapped up in colorful candy wrappers presented as your typical teenage romance drama. There are some inconsistencies and loose ends but they're not too bothersome for me. Some actions of characters might be unreasonable and overly dramatic too, ie Eun Sang, but for me, as they're playing 18 year olds...it's quite realistic. A lot of our actions as teens are often brushed off by adults as a "phase" simply because they can't and won't understand. The Heirs honestly helped me a lot with my own perception of the world when I was in my teens so that's probably why this drama left a mark in my heart. (I still cry about Kim Tan and Kim Won's arc, also Kim Tan and Young Do's, and Hyo Shin.)

Second, the cast. Admit or not, this type of role is Lee Min Ho's forte. Most of them are quite obviously past 18 but weirdly enough, I like it that way. They have experience in acting (probably not much for some) and that's why most characters affect me especially Kim Tan, Young Do, Rachel and Hyo Shin. I think Young Do's character wouldn't be much appreciated if it weren't for Woo Bin's superb acting. Of course, the actors who portrayed their parents and bro did amazing! As for the leads' chemistry, it's not as profound to me but it's there.

Third, the OST. I guess because I'm familiar with Kpop, some grammatically incorrect English phrases being thrown about in Korean songs don't throw me off anymore. I'm just here to appreciate the vocals, and they delivered! I especially love Lee Hong Ki's "I'm Saying", his vocals are insane!

Lastly, its rewatch value for me is obviously 10/10!! The issues are ever timely, I just have to set myself in the mood to watch 18 year-olds' romance played by actors in their early to mid-twenties lol. I recently watched this again with my 62 year-old aunt who watched this for the first time, and my heart warmed everytime she said "That's true, it happens..." or "It's funny but it's actually sad when you think about it..." so it didn't surprise me when she also said "Let's watch this again, ok?"

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cliche

I liked this show though some parts had me questioning morality. I'll make this one short, but basically it was veryyyyy cliche and ofc Shes poor he's rich, they fall in love despite the different worlds they live in. I did feel bad for the second lead even though not that much because wtf him and the ML are lowkey abusive idk, verbally. I tried to watch this like three years ago but i long got less than halfway, finally i finished it, though i didn't pay that much attention to the ending. It was a little rough getting through, but it was interesting while it lasted.

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Easily forgettable, watchable only for the cast with a plot that doesn’t deliver.

The moment I knew the story will go downhill? The first scenes set in America. Honestly, I couldn’t see what the point of them was! Every time I saw Tan interact with Americans, I cringed and wanted to stop watching. I couldn’t wait for Tan to move back because because they were super exaggerated and so cringey.

Basically it’s a high school drama focused on rich kids, whose only aim in life is to form connections and brag about how rich they are and eventually take over after their parents. And of course, no chaebol drama can exist without a poor girl to rescue. Heirs has every trope associated with rich guy/poor girl drama. With this, you’ve to deal with angsty romance of two teenagers who have to fight against the world (basically Tan’s rich family) to get their love approved. There is no plot, everything that happens is too ridiculous to be taken seriously. Albeit, the last episodes do have some content but nothing so good that it can redeem the show. This show highlights bullying and the constant references to their past were somewhat hilarious. How bad were they at 15 that their behaviour when they are 18 is them being milder version of their past???

And majority of the romantic scenes were not romantic at all. It was Kim Tan imposing on Cha Eun Sang until she says yes. It was frustrating to hear “Love is the moment” (I ended up hating this song) play every time he forced her into reciprocating his feelings without really receiving her consent in any form.

Anyway, the saving grace of this drama was Kim Woo Bin as Choi Yeong Do. Yes, we love a bad boy who’s a softie underneath and Woo Bin takes it up the notch. Not because he learns how to and gets better, but because even when he’s being a little shit and knows he’s being one, he still owns it and does it. It’s almost like a child seeking for attention, trying to see how others around him will react. Despite the multiple layers in his character and the amazing acting by KWB, his character does a lot of problematic things which are beyond borderline assault. With Eun Sung, it’s passed off as cute romantic interest in the girl. And yet I found his behaviour with CES, as the story progressed, to be more respectful that Tan’s.

There were few other characters I loved watching: Lee Bo Na (Krystal) — her character grew on me. From jealous girlfriend to being actually warm hearted and sweet underneath who stands up for her friends was a pleasant surprise.

Jo Myung-Soo (Park Hyung Sik) was another character who I wished had more screen time. He seemed to be one of the few people who was not problematic.

Lee Hyo-Shin (Kang Ha Neul) — a character who showed stress from expectations of ones parents, struggling to achieve his own dreams.

The relationship between CES and KT’s mothers was actually fun to watch and wholesome at various points.

I feel like so much of the drama and unnecessary situations could have been avoided had the characters sought therapy. Moral: guys, if you are rich enough like the people in this drama, you can afford therapy to fix your issues.

There’s no reason for me to suggest watching this show in 2021 unless you want to watch it for cast. (But their characters will leave you in a state of frustration!) If not for your love for the cast, you can totally skip it. Not worth 20+ hours of your time.

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Cha Eun Sang is the poor daughter of a mute housemaid. One day, her sister writes from the US that she is getting married. Eun Sang takes the chance and goes there to bring her the money for her wedding. But when she meets her, the older sister takes the money and runs off, leaving back a crying Eun Sang without money and place to stay. That's when she meets Kim Tan, a rich heir, who studies in the US. Somehow he ends up falling in love with her and decides to go back to Korea, to stay with his family and maybe find her. Lucky is on his side, as her mother is actually the maid of his house and they moved in to them, because they have money problems. But a love story between the rich and the poor is never so easy, as there are many people interfering with their personal lifes...

The thing I first thought of when I read about the story was Boys Before Flowers. It basically is a similar story. But I won't judge it for that, since that would have been good. Instead, Eun Sang is a rather weak character, crying all the time and the bully is not the main guy but the second male lead. In general, this is a very basic rich-poor-lovestory. The family make problems, there are many business-related problems, lots of crying and breaking up because of love and so on. I was hoping for more, since this was written by Kim Eun Suk, who also made Secret Garden and A Gentleman's Dignity. But this time, the story is clearly made for a younger audience. Not only because it's a high-school drama, but also because the story just isn't as deep as her other works. But still, I didn't dislike the drama for that. My problem is different.

At some point, I ended up loving almost all the characters, except for Eun Sang. I asked Kim Tan over and over why he would still like her, after she did the same thing again and again and didn't even show her feelings properly. It was really hard to see her cry because of the same thing, over and over. I got annoyed by her behavior and wished that they had taken a strong character like the female lead in Boys Before Flowers was.

Well, but aside from that it had many good points and made me laugh. There were two or three episodes around episode 15 that dragged a bit, but I still enjoyed them, because of the great cast.

Maybe it is not a full 4* drama, because Eun Sang isn't all that great, but for the sake of the others I can rate it like that without feeling bad. If you want a basic romance story set in high-school, you will like this!

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I really wanted to like this because of Lee Minho, I enjoyed boys over flowers and was expecting something similar in terms of entertainment from this drama but unfortunately that wasn't the case.

I'll list the few things that were good:

- I liked some characters: Young Do, Lee Bo na, the two mothers and sometimes Rachel;

- The bromance between Kim Tan and Young Do;

- The relationship between the two mothers.

And that's about it.

Now I'll list the things I disliked which were too many.

- Really plain and cliché main leads and boring romance. They had minimal chemistry, especially in the earlier episodes. Most of their scenes had an awkward aura around it and their romantic interactions looked sorta forced. The fl had more chemistry with the second lead and the ml had better chemistry with some of the other side characters than the fl;

- The fl is the most monotonous main character I've ever seen in a drama so far, she never stood for herself ever the whole drama, all she did was shed tears. I don't know what went wrong, if it was because of the script or the actress, because I've seen another drama of hers and she was sorta boring there as well (no offense);

- The ml is extremely possessive and controlling towards the fl and some scenes were uncomfortable;

- The plot was too uneventful which made the pace really slow;

- There were too many characters, making it confusing to keep up with the plot if you aren't paying close attention;

- I actually felt sorry for Rachel, because even though it was a fake engagement, she had feelings for Kim Tan and he could have, at the very least, treated her better and not humiliated her at any opportunity because of Eun Sang (before they had broken the engagement);

- The actors were all way older than their characters and some scenes made me cringe because of that;

- The ml's outfit choices after he came back from America we're terrible.

And the list could go on but that's all I can remember now.

What I take from this drama is no matter how romantic they portrayed it, I don't ever want to be stalked, obsessed over, be the target of possessive and control freak behaviour, by any man and be a submissive woman who can't stand for myself.

This may sound harsh but I think this was one of worst dramas I've ever watched if not the worst. The ending was not impactful. Eun Sang's situation never changed, Kim Tan and Young Do didn't become friends again, the brother didn't have a happy ending with the person he loved, and we were just expected to forgive the father because of his illness in the end.

I don't recommend this at all if your looking for a quality drama but you could watch it just to laugh at how messy it is, especially if your watching on Viki with the comments on.

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Amazing characters to fall in love with

Watching this drama was so a delightful, Park Shin-hye and Lee Minho are tremendous actors and the chemistry they had was just so perfect. Yes, I agree it was a little cliché but I think that was what I really needed to watch at this moment (cliché doesn't necessarily mean bad). I fell in love with Lee Minho again, Krystal and Minhyuk's couple too and even Woo Bin somehow managed to win my heart at the end. I really felt every scene, the acting was amazing and the love moments were just precious, the conection between the parents, the couples, the friends, were so well made, the jokes also were funny, Lee Minho and Park Shin-hye were just SO cute together, and all this really made me enjoy this drama a lot. 10/10 for me.

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Get Ready For A Lot of Good Looking People and Great Songs!

I went into this drama not expecting deep logic and scrutiny, but more for the entertainment value, enjoying good looking people, romantic love and every character with a story to tell. And yes, this drama delivered all that I was expecting and the songs rocked!

Yes, it was nice to watch a bunch of rich kids and a poor maid's daughter all acting out their problems in love and life. The fantasy of having Kim Tan (Lee Min Ho) falling madly in love with Cha Eun Sang (Park Shin Hye) and pursuing her with real deep passionate love can only happen in my dreams! And to have that shared in a drama was appreciated.

Charming bad guy Cha Young Do (Kim Woo Bin), cool Lee Hyo Shin (Kang Ha Neul), irritable Kim Tan fiance Rachel Yoo (Kim Ji Won), delightful couple Yoon Cha Yoong (Kang Min Hyuk) and Lee Bo Na (Krystal Jung) played out their characters so well that it was fun to watch their behavior in every episode as they lived their daily lives. Kim Tan's brother Kim Won played by Choi Jin Hyuk was so natural that they became really good friends even after the show ended.

The only issue I had was how meek Eun Sang's (Park Shi Hye) character was. I understand it can be overwhelming to be surrounded by all the rich kids, but when you have the love of Kim Tan who gave her 110% of his heart and protection, perhaps a little courage would have perfected the entire drama. However, it came later than it should and kind of felt un-comfortable to watch.

But the songs and music were memorable enough for me to remember Kim Tan and the Heirs for a long time!

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Eun-sang & The 3 Heirs ~ To Heir Is Human ~ To Have ☮ ♥️ & C☯ntentment Is Divine

[Spoilers are quarantined at the end]

It's not what you think: Let's zoom out to look at Heirs from a broader angle.

Viewers are divided over its appeal. Admittedly, with this production team, H should be better. It falls a touch short, yet it has worth. H has 🅾 new- It did "plagiarize" Boys Over Flowers, just a tad ~ Rich▪guy▪meets▪poor▪girl▪elite▪family▪run▪sch⚙⚙l▪same▪male▪lead▪ smh. Fine. Period Romances never run out of dukes, & Kdramas will keep trotting out CE♻s. I wish they'd retire or take a long vacay. Give a 👮 a 🎰. By & by, it's the 📣, 📝 & 🎭 that forge the path to excellence. Furthermore, beyond the nearly identical premises, the ying☯yang.

Now to what H has, besides CEOs. In ep1 we greet Kim Tan (Lee Min-ho) & Cha “Eun”-sang (Park Shin-hye). Tan's the 2nd son of Chm Kim. H displays an extreme setting that is sadly plausible in an ultra-conservative & patriarchal society. Tan's family is (pause) complicated. Dad's got:

1. A deceased wife - son, Won, is Tan's older brother.

2. A legal wife -Ji-sook, on 📃 /only/ is wife & Tan's legal mother. Her office has moved, but she has her title. To the 🌏 she's Tan's mother, yet she's openly contemptuous of him. She runs the HS, & makes the family public SHOWings. In 1 painful scene, Tan's in her office for causing trouble. Others look on curiously while she treats him like a bug in need of a foot.

3. Ki-ae, the cloistered wife-tress & Tan's true Oma, has all the material trappings her ♥ could ever want, but she's ▫trapped▫. No one can know that Tan is illegitimate, or even that she e✖ists. Imprisoned💔, she is a material girl no longer. Additionally, though Tan adores Won, Oppa will always see Ba$+ard-Tan as a threat. He makes sure Tan is sent to a Calif HS. Won intends that Tan never return. Consumed w/ anger before he left 🇰🇷, Tan created the bullicracy @ school, but was able to mello out 🏄 in CA (laughably spot-on, right?).

Eun is in HS. She lives w/ Mom & works all the jobs she can. As Mom is a mute w/ few options (she's literally silenced) she works as a maid. They're poor. Older Sis, at sch⚙⚙l in Calif, sends word that she's getting married. Elated, Mom empties her $avings for sis. This is Eun's chance for escape! She decides to deliver the 💰 herself. Even though she can't reach📞Sis, she still flies to CA, only to be ⚡broadsided😳⁉ when she discovers Sis is ⤵

🚫 getting married

🚫 in school

🆘 in squalor 🏚

🆘 w/ an abuser

Reeling, Eun can't react when Sis: 🎤C'mon, takes the 💰 &🏃💨-Wu! Wu-woo🎶🎸🎶 (Ty, Steve Miller). The debacle plays out like Live@5 multiplying the humiliation. Tan saw it all, t👀. Long~📖~short, Tan puts up Eun @ his cliffside digs & Tan's "digs" are scary. He claims he's a 💊dealer when he's not claiming to be an illegal organs broker. He thinks her 😲 is adorable. For a few days, it's chats, scrapes, a family visit, a run in w/ Tan's (arranged) fiance, Rachael (she didn't like Eun) a family gathering, school tours, & pancakes. Eun doesn't know who Tan is. Doesn't (want) to care. Hmph. She'll never see him again, anyway. Esp after meeting his dour relations &horrid fiance.

Back in 🇰🇷, Eun finds Mom is now a live-in maid. So, Eun is now ▫️confined▫️ in a ▫cramped▫ room w/ mom. She helps w/ tending to Lady Ki-ae. She sees Ki-ae's agony. It's meant to pain us. Ki-ae is deeply 😞 & bitterly demanding🍷 - until she brightly announces that her son, Tan, will return‼

😳Whaa?

Eun is able to avoid Tan for days, but as denizens of the 🏰, they are both sent to that elite HS. Day 1 is a blunt primer on the rigid 🕸castes🕸

🥇Old💲 mega-rich

🥈New💲 stock$

🥉Well off/🔝position$ (Eun's BFF since childhood is a🥉)

Last+least are scholarships↪bully🔍 fodder. Eun keeps her 👁👁 ⬇ but those heirs invariably f◻rce interaction. It 🏍 from there. Since Tan is home, Eun tries to avoid him, too, but Tan works to see Eun at all 🕘s.

H's theme is 🔳CAGES🔳

▪ Cages of power: Bosses, parents, bullies, -ALL people w/ power spread misery for their own sadistic satisfaction.

▪ Cages we allow: Enduring cages to hoard wealth & status saps the spirit.

▪ Cages we lock on ourselves; what one wants can be a cage, ref: Ki-ae.

▪ Inflating our own importance (pride) is a self-snare. Talk abt fantasy! ▫Pride▫ will blow up all of one's relationships b/c it gushes out of self absorption. {▫Greed▫ sprouts up from ▫pride▫ (Going for more, for the win, b/c U deserve it) &/or ▪emptiness▫ (using $ to fill spiritual & emotional needs). Forget you. Go help a poor soul..}

▪ Poverty is a cage

▪ Wealth is a cage. Greed, family, boards, the public, & 'keeping it phony' in their rigid circle, confines the rich.

▪We also see how the 🌭 is made, or rather, how the voracious zombies are spawned, as H's theme is actually: The Choices ☑ We Make once ▫Caged▫.

Time to, as w/ Ki-ae's empties🍷, clear out some of H's mess: Without doubt, Heirs has H-err😞rs. It's unfocused, it wanders, it stalls. More grave, are the Heir-etical logical 🕳s that could have easily been smoothed. Intermittently wonderful & sloppy writing smells of: "1st draft▶Now▶Tequila🍹🎉". A smidge more mental exertion would have sent H 🚀🌌. H has blown chances. It even feels choppy at times. (Perhaps it's 'blunt like Tan'?) Tan's Blondie-whiteboy-bro causes unease at H's start - He painfully can't 🎭, but fo-sho seems 😜 to hang with. H's pace is relaxing for the more flexibly ranged. If you are one whose ⚪👟are always 🥛⚪, you'll likely find it has too much SN 😴 😴Z💤.

Look at the team. Scripter Kim Eun-sook is proven talent: Mr. Sunshine, Goblin, Descendants o/t Sun, etc. H's directors have 0 duds. The 🎭 is Excellent- really. Is a mediocre romance the best they could pull off? NO! H is more, & it's by design. It's a fact that ▶They tell us◀ the 💘 is bland thru Hyo-shin: "You both continue to shoot your boring romance..." (Me: Spontaneous L😆LS). But wait a sec. W🅰Du🅿🅿⁉ Where did /that/ come from? It's so 🎯. Is it a marker? Is the love story a chalk outline? N🅾thing here; ↗l👀k↕else↖where?

Why⁉ H😮w❔

🤔: "What am I missing?"

H is, as its title indicates, abt ✳The Heirs✳ It contrasts Tan, Won & Yeong-do. Won's shocked agony from an unexpected knife in the heart & Yeong-do's ground in, long suppressed pain that's now popping the pressure valve are arresting. Tan's function is the maypole. H rev♻lves around him. Tan chooses love over the cage of wealth & status. He displays tremendous courage & 0 hesitation to dive 'all in' for Eun. Once he finds Eun, it's Peace🕊Out! He's finally found a home. Eun tries to remain 😑 while pursued by Tan, who commits 1st & fully. No looking back. They'll all have to catch up to Tan. Yeong-do eventually demonstrates the profound courage of internal honesty. There's hope for Yeong-do, while Won faltered, falters again, & chickens out.

Won grew up secure, certain the company is his birthright. His self-worth is🕸in it. N🅾_one's_gonna_wrest_it_from_him. That another option could ever tempt him is beyond his limited imagination. For 20 entire yrs Won watched Ki-ae. Once she got what she wanted, she saw it morph into her cage. Won 👁, but didn't learn. Yeong-do's father is abusive & hyper-critical. His mother left many yrs ago. YD, in turn, is a cruel bully at sch⚙⚙l 😬. He comes to understand his choices & their implications during H.

The cadence is a msg. The entire show is mostly 1 tempo, especially at sch⚙⚙l. The episodes come & go with us tagging along. It's easy to like Tan+Eun & want them to thrive. They do have wonderful moments. But when the 🎼 reaches emotional crescendos, it's for Won & Yeong-do's critical times, not E & T's. After a repeat round of clobbering ea/other @ sch⚙⚙l, YD & Tan are tasked w/ listing the other's faults. The 🎥 pans round. We watch them gravely _Staring_Thinking_Reflecting. In front of each is 📑&🖋 ~ Are we waiting to see who picks up the 🗡 1st? But neither one of them 📝 anything. What they know about eachother includes PAIN. They've seen the other's pain. Is their emoting🌋 even about hate? Or anger, maybe? Projected anger? The scene, the circling 🎥 & the acting is all weighty. Tan & YD have crossed the threshold into the forward-progress zone.

All the 🎭 is✨ - No one wriggles the chin like Park Shin-hye. In Sisyphus, she proves her range by time-traveling, stompin bad guys, & rock-shockin 💔s. Honestly, she ✨ as an 👁rolling kicka$$. LMH does his usual. ▪Kim▪W👀▪bin▪Just▪Steals▪The▪Show▪ as Yeong-do. Kim Ji-Won (My Liberation Notes/Diary-8.9, Lovestruck in the City-7.3), as Rachel, also stands out. With Grace-Kellyesque carriage, Ms Kim is a military surgeon in Descendants Of The Sun-8.3. Choi Jin-hyuk (💘 him in Tunnel-8.1, loathed Rugal-3.7) plays Won with depth, slowly revealing that his ice cage has fissures. A thaw has begun.

But Wait! There's more!

Fashion. Fashion. Oh, it's 💰 w/ 👁-🍬. Smart & amusing reparte↪it's fun hanging w/ these heirs. One duo gets adaww-able quicklly. Mom gets better&better&better w/ Ki-ae. The family 🆚 business chess game 🕸viewers, holding 👀2📺. At the end, H has an amazing dream scene. It's fab, dahling.

Kdramas regularly deconstruct parent-child relationships. Pressure on their society is so oppressive that they, shockingly, have the 4th highest suicide rate in the 🌏, w/ students & elderly @ top risk. In 🇺🇸, we've a glut of 👶-dults all snug @home w/ M&D. Their mindset is a tragedy. Our loose ways are eating our kids alive via "kindness." A bit too strict is better than excuses, ☑victimization & willful 🙈blindness. Balance takes determination and less self.

Will you like H? Re: fantasy, humans populate a -10 realism ↩to↪ fantasy +10 scale. We +5s & ⬆⬆ like H, as it's into our zone. Realists will shame us by trashing our 📺. Don't be bullied! Don't deny your core programming‼ And NO calling H a 'Guilty Pleasure'! A GP is a feature that's awful - no one likes it, but you just /do/). GP has become a soft slur of romances skewed fantasy+ w/o regard for quality. Dings aside, H contains ⚙⚙dles of g⚙⚙d stuff. It isn't remotely awful. Granted, the + msg is t⚙⚙ garbled, which botched H u67u6y66y the delivery. But w/o doubt: WE, in the +zone, are being repressed‼😠 Say it LOUD: "I love Boys O' 💐 & Heirs‼ S😤 what⁉" My peeps, It's okay, it's really just fine, to 💘 Heirs. It's mostly Good➡VG, & at times, it's superb.

See YOU & your goals honestly. Adjust. 🚫 caging you or others.


QUOTE🗣

I struggled all my life to capture the most critical moment. But every moment of life... is critical.


IMHO〰🖍

🎬7 💓6 🦋6 🎨7 〰🖋8 🎵8 🎭8.7 🤔7 😅3 ☀7 🔚 9

👀📺again? 👍

Age 13+ (Illegitimacy) should like H. H is not one bit raunchy. Topics to 🗣: values, what truly matters, contentment, showing respect, courage & forgiveness. Internal honesty↪Yeong-do shows a level of honesty, re his motivations, that's pretty rare. Pride▪greed▪anger▪hate▪unforgiveness▪bitterness are burdens that we carry. When we let them go, ahh. Pe🕊ce.


〰 Live🕊Free. Thrive🌾 〰


⛔️SPOILER SECTION ⛔️

Chm Kim's pride spins it all. He has the 🌏, but no ♥. He's caged Won, Tan, Ji-sook, & Ki-ae (and Tan had begun to cage others). When Mr. Kim is on his deathbed, #2Ji-sook gathers the extended family & board mbrs to attempt a hostile takeover. To think that the wife he tossed aside would remain thankful & loyal proves Chm Kim's hubris. He imagines he's thriving, but self-deception became self-delusion, & his isolation allowed full absorption, which led to mummification. Ditto for the other Heir-etical parents. In reality, such parents (at all income levels, don't kid yourself) would die leaving wreckage in their wake. {Quick ad: Sit your heirs down, write your wishes on 1 page, & have them all sign it, even if you have a will. That could save your family after you're gone}

Won chose the company long ago. It's /his/ by /birthright/. His self-worth is ▫mired▫ in it, & hatred for Tan emanates from his latent anxiety that someone will gut him by stealing HIS position. His identity & security, his 1st (& last) 💘 is the company. That another option could ever tempt him had been beyond his limited imagining. Yet, he let himself fall in love w/ a commoner - An orphan! His choice is still never in doubt. 20yrs. Won has seen Ki-ae, only seeing human trash. Once she got what she wanted, he 👀 it morph into her cage, but he never learned. To save the company from Ji-sook, Won has to give up 💘 & marry a woman who will never be a wife to him. Even worse, his children could very well be her BF's & not his. Will he have the guts to get DNA tests? No matter. She will provide the ☑votes he needs. Gutted in the end anyway, he never augured this. Did he gut the rest of his life? Who will marry the woman HE 💘? He cries bitterly. Fade to ⬛

Yeong-do's father's abusive & hyper-critical. His mom left yrs ago. YD, in turn, is a cruel bully at school. He's odious, when we meet him; a typecast villain. He falls for Eun & sees a new way. He opens up enough for light to filter in. He matures sufficiently to u/s his past choices. YD has yet to choose his future path. His father is in ▫prison▫ which gives him the chance to change course & thrive. What will he do? 1st: He finds his mother. There's promise of a better future life. He even admits to Tan that he took his anger out on him - it's truly impressive baseline honesty. When a person starts the journey of internal truth, rather than trying to look good, we all benefit. YD demonstrates it by progressing from oppressor to confessor. If someone were to say that H is YD's story, I wouldn't argue. Post CA, he may have more screen time than Tan. His story is powerful; his growth, inspiring: H's resolution passes b/c ▪Kim▪Woo▪bin▪Just▪Steals▪The▪Show▪ as Yeong-do. Now I want to 👀 him in everything. ✳H is worth 👀ing for him, alone✳

How did the outline of the body start? Whether it was Tan's pain for his friend or not, Hyo-shin's suicide attempt insures its relevance for yrs. Pressured to the brink; Emotional cries for help; Emptiness; Hollowed; Crushed; Pushed⤵ off the edge: Parents of every economic level can be guilty of pushing their kids too far. Sure, kids need a push at times. Here's the test: Is this for my child's benefit, or abt appearances? We're in a time when increasingly more parents think parenting is for fueling their own pride. That's self-involvement & likely narcissism: It ain't parenting. You're there to correct your child's wrongs, not to screech at the 🌏 that your child does no wrong.

Originally 〰️🖊 March 2022

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