Fateful Love Episode 24

Far too much screen time spent on 2ML. This…

Far too much screen time spent on 2ML. This show is making the same mistake that a lot of poor-quality c-dramas do by devoting far too much screen time to the 'romantic competitor', trying to pump up sympathy for him -- despite objective facts showing him to be a psychotic, obsessed creep who is guilty of some pretty serious crimes. Every second Lige is on the screen, the show plays this annoying 'romantic' piano music and the only expressions he seems capable of are woe-is-me-I'm-a-tortured-soul or disingenuous 'charming smile'. The writers intent is clearly to try to build some sort of 'romantic tension', but it is lame, obvious and just isn't working because it is simply hard to be sympathetic with a psychopath. Worse, the net effect of this is to barely give the actual ML hardly any screen time compared to, well, MOST of the characters. It's frustrating as a viewer because this show is best when either or both of the 2 leads are on screen.

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