There is so much plot that the write could have concentrated on. Doubling down on young ros relationship with her family. Soo hos relationship with his father.
Boom ok and ms. Pi's background.
Too bad instead, we get 1 hour or nam Tae il screaming and Omo Omo Omo!
sooho's face when he learned he got betrayed again...it breaks my heart
He Kang moo is a weird kid.
Kind of soo hos fault. Kang moo has shown literally so many times he can't be trusted. Remember when he was about to shoot soo ho when he was talking to Cheong ya.
Jisoo's company is her biggest enemy. If anything, they're probably rejoicing at her limited screentime.
Because so much of the plot is centered around Soo Ho, we actually see his character grow and transform as each episode progresses. Soo Ho not smiling isn't an indication of how his character is built. I will admit, that in the first few episodes, I didn't think much about Soo Ho, but he has come roaring back in the second half of the episodes, with a more complex characterization than is first apparent.
As for Boon Ok, her character has gone through dramatic changes from the beginning, that is why you see so many people call her one of the more complex character in the show, which she is. I have written in the discussion section the Tragedy of Boon ok, because her character has so much layers.
Someone like Jang Hanna, Kang Moo, and even Ms. Pi are far less complex and can also be considered one-dimensional. Same for Nam Tae il, the ahjummas and etc...
Rather than not enjoying Young Ro's character, I was just neutral on it. Same for Soo Ho. The big difference is after Episode 7 or so, I started to dislike Young Ro's characterization more, and started to enjoy Soo Ho's character more. Where Soo Ho's character got more complex, Young Ro's character got distilled further, until she was basically a "Woe is Me" type of character.
Like I've said, hard to judge Jisoo's acting when her character isn't given space to spread her wings. Good for you if you Jisoo's acting moved you, but for me, it's just ok.
When I first started Snowdrop, Jung Hae In's acting didn't wow me either, but he has more than made up for it with great acting these past 4-5 episodes or so.
Contrary to what everyone is saying, I don't think that Youngro's character is one dimensional, but rather just…
She's being portrayed as an emotional punching bag, who just laden's herself with guilt every episode. The plot basically makes her a "woe is me" type of character with the amount of tragic events happening to her. She is called one dimensional because her character stays the same throughout 13 episodes, just getting sadder and sadder.
Young Ro is whatever the ML needs her to be at whatever point in time, she exist to propel the ML's arc forward. Her character is not given much facet that what we see, and because of that aspect, it is easy to predict what her character will do. She is the shows noble idiot to be frank. Honestly, when she called Soo Ho a "Damn Commie", I was hopeful that that kind of intention would continue, but her character is so white, that all it takes is 20 seconds of dialogue, and she's putty in his hands again. She never exhibits the sort of back and forth a multi-dimensional character should have.
You are right though in saying her character had potential to be multi-faceted, but the writing didn't provide her the space necessary to do so. If she had gone more towards her hate for Soo Ho, that lasted for more than 20 seconds, than maybe, her character had a chance to grow. But they created a literal RESET button, a Deux Ex Machina to solve the issues that existed.
Young Ro and Soo Ho do not have any real foundation between them except that he is handsome, and love at first sight. Their whole relationship has hinged on love at first sight. In fact, you could argue there are more problematic situations that hinders their relationship that has been conveniently fixed with Magic Coffee. If the show had concentrated on showing Young Ro more angry with Soo Ho, showing a bit more selfishness with her character, made her more human, than Young Ro would have been a more interesting character. But instead we get a white character, wanting to Martyr herself at every turn.
In the recent episodes, she's just been hampering guilt after guilt, looking more like a victim each episode, the same look she had in the beginning, there is no character shift. This is the definition of a one-dimensional character.
The lack of character background is not a cross for only Young Ro to bear, but every other character has a poorly fleshed out background, except for maybe Soo Ho.
In reality, more than her one-dimensionality, I think the problem most people are seeing with Young Ro's characterization that I have seen, is that she is literally a character that exist for the sake of the ML redemption arc. In fact, truthfully, you can remove her character, and the plot will not suffer so much, she is at this point an accessory to showcase the ML's humanity. Rather than the love story of Soo Ho and Young Ro, it's more of Soo Ho's story with his love interest Young Ro.
That's the thing, she's surrounded by friends, she's raised by a loving grand mother, and yet, Young Ro's character reeks of insecurity. Boon Ok's character being insecure makes more sense due to her harsh background.
Does anyone else feel we've been cheated out of Jung Han Na and Lee Kang Moo 's epic love story T.T It's episode…
Not me, that is one paring I can live without.
It's built on a hysterical one sided jilted lover trope. Their relationship from the start has too much of a power imbalance for it to realistically work.
I didn't enjoy how the writer is portraying the love being portrayed by the female leads, Jang Hanna and Kang Moo specifically feels so one-sided. Hanna is portrayed as extremely clingy and needy as well.
Not a fan of how the ONLY female ANSP agent has to be portrayed this way. It's a very negative stereotype being forced unto the viewers.
Yes she should have started her acting career with some rom coms.
Kudos to her for taking the role anyway, she's acting with some acting heavyweights, should be good on her resume, regardless of how the drama is rated.
Jisoo's company is her biggest enemy. If anything, they're probably rejoicing at her limited screentime.
Like I said, she had pockets of decent acting, but they are so far in between.
With how her character is portrayed, I can only ever really remember her either crying, or looking sad and pitiful. I don't even remember happy Young Ro anymore.
What is making him not kill hostages isn't young ro's love, but rather because his father wants to kill him.
He literally makes the decision to defect beacsue of his father and not young ro
Glad to finally see Moran Hill.
Give me time. I will post on discussion portion.
Boom ok and ms. Pi's background.
Too bad instead, we get 1 hour or nam Tae il screaming and Omo Omo Omo!
But then when she morph into a hysterical ex, I was like oh boy. Everytime she came in, Hanna is like, "how is mr. Lee".
It bothered me also, how Kang moo didn't seem to care much about Hanna as well.
I assume the reason Kang moo broke up with her is her suffocating needyness.
I'm glad you brought up that part, I was like going ummm myself.
Kang moo is an idiot tbh, Hanna can do much better.
Is it true that in Kpop the management companies make crazy management fee like 40% of all revenue?
Secondly, Kang moo thinks soo ho is too trusting of Cheong ya, so he is starting to suspect soo ho as well.
Their alliance was always tenous at best.
Kind of soo hos fault. Kang moo has shown literally so many times he can't be trusted. Remember when he was about to shoot soo ho when he was talking to Cheong ya.
As for Boon Ok, her character has gone through dramatic changes from the beginning, that is why you see so many people call her one of the more complex character in the show, which she is. I have written in the discussion section the Tragedy of Boon ok, because her character has so much layers.
Someone like Jang Hanna, Kang Moo, and even Ms. Pi are far less complex and can also be considered one-dimensional. Same for Nam Tae il, the ahjummas and etc...
Rather than not enjoying Young Ro's character, I was just neutral on it. Same for Soo Ho. The big difference is after Episode 7 or so, I started to dislike Young Ro's characterization more, and started to enjoy Soo Ho's character more. Where Soo Ho's character got more complex, Young Ro's character got distilled further, until she was basically a "Woe is Me" type of character.
Like I've said, hard to judge Jisoo's acting when her character isn't given space to spread her wings. Good for you if you Jisoo's acting moved you, but for me, it's just ok.
When I first started Snowdrop, Jung Hae In's acting didn't wow me either, but he has more than made up for it with great acting these past 4-5 episodes or so.
Young Ro is whatever the ML needs her to be at whatever point in time, she exist to propel the ML's arc forward. Her character is not given much facet that what we see, and because of that aspect, it is easy to predict what her character will do. She is the shows noble idiot to be frank. Honestly, when she called Soo Ho a "Damn Commie", I was hopeful that that kind of intention would continue, but her character is so white, that all it takes is 20 seconds of dialogue, and she's putty in his hands again. She never exhibits the sort of back and forth a multi-dimensional character should have.
You are right though in saying her character had potential to be multi-faceted, but the writing didn't provide her the space necessary to do so. If she had gone more towards her hate for Soo Ho, that lasted for more than 20 seconds, than maybe, her character had a chance to grow. But they created a literal RESET button, a Deux Ex Machina to solve the issues that existed.
Young Ro and Soo Ho do not have any real foundation between them except that he is handsome, and love at first sight. Their whole relationship has hinged on love at first sight. In fact, you could argue there are more problematic situations that hinders their relationship that has been conveniently fixed with Magic Coffee. If the show had concentrated on showing Young Ro more angry with Soo Ho, showing a bit more selfishness with her character, made her more human, than Young Ro would have been a more interesting character. But instead we get a white character, wanting to Martyr herself at every turn.
In the recent episodes, she's just been hampering guilt after guilt, looking more like a victim each episode, the same look she had in the beginning, there is no character shift. This is the definition of a one-dimensional character.
The lack of character background is not a cross for only Young Ro to bear, but every other character has a poorly fleshed out background, except for maybe Soo Ho.
In reality, more than her one-dimensionality, I think the problem most people are seeing with Young Ro's characterization that I have seen, is that she is literally a character that exist for the sake of the ML redemption arc. In fact, truthfully, you can remove her character, and the plot will not suffer so much, she is at this point an accessory to showcase the ML's humanity. Rather than the love story of Soo Ho and Young Ro, it's more of Soo Ho's story with his love interest Young Ro.
That's the thing, she's surrounded by friends, she's raised by a loving grand mother, and yet, Young Ro's character reeks of insecurity. Boon Ok's character being insecure makes more sense due to her harsh background.
It's built on a hysterical one sided jilted lover trope. Their relationship from the start has too much of a power imbalance for it to realistically work.
I didn't enjoy how the writer is portraying the love being portrayed by the female leads, Jang Hanna and Kang Moo specifically feels so one-sided. Hanna is portrayed as extremely clingy and needy as well.
Not a fan of how the ONLY female ANSP agent has to be portrayed this way. It's a very negative stereotype being forced unto the viewers.
With how her character is portrayed, I can only ever really remember her either crying, or looking sad and pitiful. I don't even remember happy Young Ro anymore.