CasualCDfan

If you believe the myth that these men were all evil oppressors, sure. But the reality is different. Something can be entertaining and not treat its audience like morons who can't handle history.

Crash Landing on You.

This drama is ok, but it falls way short of the masterpiece that is CLOY. CLOY is still the best romcom I've seen. Funny thing is that IU could've made a great Yoon Se-ri. lol

In novel-to-drama adaptations, male protagonists are rarely allowed to behave like men of their own eras. I understand why this choice is made. Still, it would be refreshing to see at least one production trust its source material enough to let its male leads think, speak, and act as products of their actual time.

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A man being a product of his time doesn’t automatically make him a bad guy. The issue is when adaptations judge these characters by today’s standards, like we’ve got everything figured out now. People back then had complicated lives too: not every woman was oppressed and not every man was some evil oppressor.

A lot of dramas only seem to let male leads be “good” if they already think and act like modern guys. It’s not just about the female audience, though that’s definitely part of it. There’s also censorship, wanting to appeal to the widest crowd possible, and this tendency to rewrite characters so they don’t feel “problematic” to modern viewers.

I’d like to see at least one drama that actually shows these men as they were back then: with nuance, without watering them down to make "green flag". The novels usually handle this way better. When dramas turn the male leads into modern-thinking nice guys, it just flattens the story and takes away what made it interesting in the first place.

The rule of CDrama is the the MLs are NEVER supposed to be a product of their eras.

Then the drama simply didn't do a good job making us believe that.

It's bad writing.

The sml's reaction to learning that FL is marrying the ML is one of the silliest, dumbest, and unnecessarily dramatic scenes I've seen in a drama in a long time. I know the FL considers the sml a good friend, but her reaction is so over-the-top, too. This is bad writing imo. It's drama for the sake of drama. These are the kinds of writing choices that can ruin a drama.

It would've been so cool if the FL kept her composure and calmly explained to the brat throwing a tantrum that, although she considers him a friend, he has no right to threaten her just because she decided to marry the man she loves. Also, she should've reminded him that he NEVER made a positive step towards changing their relationship from friends to lovers. Instead, those writers have her crying like her grandmother just died. If I were the ML and I found out that the woman I was about to marry was crying like that for another man, I would not be happy.

Let me get this straight: after what Asheng did to Jin Lun, she became a god? I know she sacrificed herself in the end, but it's disgusting how the drama glossed over what she did to Jin Lun.

The story is actually pretty compelling.

Why didn't you like it? I was thinking of watching it.

This show is driven by a boring love story that lacks any real stakes or emotional weight. The show desperately wants you to feel like it's telling some epic love story. It's not. .

This drama’s fatal flaw is that it’s driven by a thoroughly unengaging love story devoid of any real stakes or emotional weight.

That's because the love story has no stakes and is not very interesting, yet it is what's driving the story.

Yea, that's usually the case with the majority of these novel to drama adaptation. They mostly use the source material as an inspiration to craft a story that they think will be suited for the c-drama audience. Otherwise, they'd would the majority of their audience.

I'm curious. How deep was her relationship with the SML?

I mispoke. Yes, there are many shows with romance subplots that are male-oriented. But drama where the romance is one of the primary driving forces behind the story is almost always female-oriented. Let's be honest, the male audience isn't interested in finding out the answers tot he following questions:
1. Happy ending?
2. Story?
3. Chemistry?
4. Kiss scene?

"ML love the FL so deeply.. he is the perfect simp. FL love herself, her family./matters and maybe she has a little feelings for ML"

These types of dramas are often written for a specific subset of audience in mind: narcissistic women. The larger audience typically loves shows where the romance is balanced.

Most of these dramas are.

All dramas with romance are targeted towards the female audience. This show fails to understand that, whoever the targeted audience is, people generally want to root for the ML and don't appreciate seeing him being cucked. But some writers fetishize this kind of behavior.