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Heesu...this play is not about you
I think it is homophobic and disappointing to take as BL story, claim to adapt it, only to remove the BL. If they were interested in making a straight drama with a BL side couple they should have just written one! To advertise this show as a BL is disingenuous!This show is only interested in the straight characters. It completely abandons the two main BL leads after the point when they would naturally get together. They did not even care to write a character arc to give them reasons to stay apart! They are simply sidelined and the show focuses on other characters until LITERALLY the last 10 mins of the finale. They seem determined to avoid having to show Heesu and Seung Won in a relationship on screen.
When the finale confession actually does happen it's sad and painful for Heesu, who feels Seung Won lied to him. After Seung Won's clarification... they seem ok!??? That is the ending to THE MAIN CHARACTERs love story. We certainly don't see them understanding each other! The happy ending is essential implied, not written!
Meanwhile the straight couple is developed slowly throughout the entire show. We see them from first interest in each other to multiple episodes of them happy togther! It's to the point that a significant portion of the lasts 3 episodes getting to see them develop within the relationship beyond just getting together. The amount of time and energy the show spends explaining the importance of the straight couple's EXTRACURRICULARS in the finale is particularly egregious!
To give some idea of the priorities in this show I have the following lists...
THINGS THE SHOW WRAPPED UP AT THE END
1.Heesu's older sister and her boyfriend breaking up and getting closure
2. Heesu's Best friend and the girl that secretly likes him getting together
3. How Heesu's straight best friend feels about Heesu liking him in the past.
4. Why the girl that used to like Heesu stopped pursuing him
5. Heesu's senior moving closer to her ex
6.TENNIS
7. STAGEFRIGHT
THINGS THE SHOW DID NOT WRAP UP
1. Heesu finding out exactly how long Seung Won a crush on him
2. Seung Won explaining that he lied about having a crush on that girl because, he wanted to be around Heesu and didn't know how else to do it.
3. Seung Won explaining that the reason he had been so cold and dismissive to Heesu (thus hurting his feelings) is because he was jealous at the ideas of H confessing to someone else.
4. What kind of relationship will they have! We don't see them spend time together once the misunderstandings have been cleared up!
I was really enjoying this show in the first half this was such a disappointing ending.
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