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I am aware of that, but their recent interactions and the way Mile behaves around them is just off, and this is coming from someone who was subjected to sexual harassment multiple times so this situation is a bit personal if I'm being honest

I understand where you're coming from, I also do realize teenagers are a lot more sexually curious at that age, I'm more concerned with the setting and the fact that his LI is an adult in both situations, frankly I wouldn't have cared if Kim and Chay were close in age, but their setting is just not right, especially in the series considering Jeff is almost 10 years his senior

As I stated before, I haven't seen much response to it, the reaction recently is there sure, but before? Almost non existent. I have nothing against BOC but why are these two still around is what I'd like to know? It just baffles me tbh.

I really hope so, because so far i haven't seen anyone actually mentioning it, either I'm on the much blinded side of the internet or the people talking about it are hidden from my search engines and accounts, either way, more people should speak up.

Ok I'm sorry, but if I don't get this off of my chest I might literally combust. Why in the seven hells is no one talking about the shit going on with the absolutely disgusting human beings called Yok and Poi aka the writers of KP?? If the involvement of these two is an absolute must for the second season then I don't want it, sign me the f out because no, I will not tolerate these two preying upon the cast any further, Idc what anyone says about them, because nothing, and I mean absolutely nothing they could say can in any way make their actions acceptable or redeemable, I'm even more disappointed in BOC for letting these leeches lurk around the actors, they sold their rights to the series to you, why are they still around? I get that they're the writers and the ones who were involved in a lot of the work and I also do realize the company can't really do much since (from what I had heard) the law is very keen on keeping the writers and their rights protected, but to keep them around while being fully aware of the boundaries they're crossing is just unacceptable and I refuse to support such thing knowing what's on stake here. I'm sorry for anyone who had to sit through my long rant but I just couldn't watch this happening and turn a blind eye to it, and for those of you who are unaware of what's going on, I suggest you check out the video I'll be linking below because it goes a little more into details about the whole situation, but basically the writers have been sexually harassing the cast (Mile, Apo, Bible, Build and Barcode) and for any viewers complaining about Kim and Chay not having any sex scenes (yes I saw a bunch of people complaining about it on multiple places), I'd like to remind you that Barcode was only 17/18 when they were filming the series and is still in high school, same goes for his character Chay which the authors completely disregarded his age when implying the fact that Kim and Chay slept together in the book, so I really hope you guys don't try to push for one.

Here's the link to the video, it's relatively new but the issue isn't:
https://youtu.be/EVL2-Flnozw


Edit: I edited the last part because I can see now how it might be misinterpreted as me being judgemental towards those who were expecting a sex scene between Kim and Chay, I apologize for that, it wasn't my intention, I just don't want these guys to fall victims to the pressure and bad side of the internet so again, I'm really sorry for that and thank you to the people who pointed it out.

From my understanding of the situation and from what I had read about gay marriage in SK, it hasn't been legalized so technically they can't be "civilian" married in Korea, if they were to be married somewhere else like Taiwan for example, SK would acknowledge their documents but it won't be registered into their system, again I'm not too sure about this since all my knowledge about this topic comes from the internet and no official source, but from what I could grasp from their conversation, around a month ago, the place they went started accepting applications for a marriage certificate from same-sex couples, I should also note that they were using a registration sheet with titles listed as wife-husband, so for Bosung (the tall guy with gray-ish hair) he was listed down as husband, for Minjun however (the shorter one with black hair) he was listed down as wife.

You're most welcome, glad I could be of some help lol. 💙

So far I've heard it's only on GagaOOLala and I think Bilibili released an episode from it, don't take my word for it tho, I just remember seeing it on there so you can check it out. The video on Bosung and Minjun's channel (I'm assuming the video you saw was on there) includes only their segment from the first episode and they had to mute the bgm for copyright. The episodes are around 50 minutes long each if you're wondering.
Edit: lol so I went to check and apparently a random person uploaded the first episode on Bilibili, I'm pretty sure it's not legally up there. Btw, have you tried using VPN or something?

I see where you're coming from and I agree with what you said. They gave us the false impression of this series being a romantic fiction/melodrama, yet we barely touched on these genres. I would say watching it as it airs gives you enough time to analyze each episode more thoroughly and lets all your emotions regarding it marinate long enough before you pinpoint what you just experienced and how it effects the plot as opposed to binge watching the whole thing, so it definitely plays a role in influencing our judgement.

You make a really good point. Many characters suffered from bad writing in this script and the teaser promoted this as a romance/drama, they never mentioned anything about the whole action/spy aspects of it yet somehow we're forced to accept this and move on? No dear writer and director, that's not how it works.
Execution was sub par, but the reason why I say that a single setting will make a story really draggy is because a) you lose track of time, like in SD's case where this whole hostage situation seemed to go on forever when in reality it hasn't been 2 full weeks yet and b) having one setting will definitely hinder significant character growth imo because no one can change from innocent and carefree to wise or serious or developed in such a short space. True if the drama was more thought through they could've made this one setting situation work, but showing any character development would've been an issue either way because the change in someone's nature needs a trigger, it doesn't happen on x day out of nowhere, so this setting would've been the perfect trigger or starting point for the characters to show growth and development moving forward and onto a different situation or arc, but we were robbed of that too so, sucks for us I guess.

Many of us share very similar opinions on this drama so I wouldn't be surprised to see someone else comment about it and bring up the same points that I just talked about.
I do believe that the controversy played a big hand in the changes done to the plot, but I also still feel like the issue was in the situation this story is revolving around to begin with.
This setting was very tricky to begin with, and involving politics in anything becomes really controversial later on if not handled carefully and wisely, so the fact that they kept the original idea of the script with some changes done to it was just them digging themselves a deeper grave as this drama and almost everything related to it was bound to get them in trouble one way or another.

It all comes down to subjective viewing and how each person perceives certain things.
As many other reviewers said, such plot is usually more befitting for a movie rather than a 16 episode drama with extremely long episodes, objectively speaking. The reason why I personally don't like the idea of one setting throughout the whole series is because time here is just really not a main factor since you basically have unlimited time to plan out your story and narrative, so the writer starts trying to fill up what they consider to be extra time with filler scenes that neither take nor bring anything to the plot (this really depends on the writer and how they want to get their idea through as sometimes this length is not enough to do a certain plot justice, while it could also be an excessive amount of time where the writer doesn't know what to do with this much empty slots in their episodes in another show) hence it feeling draggy and potential boring for some, but at the end of the day it's just personal preference talking in here.

As I said before, each person looks for the things they enjoy and that suits their taste when it comes to watching any sort of shows/dramas. You just presented a very different perspective on this plot, and I think it's very much valid and reasonable, I personally don't enjoy a plot that revolves around one specific setting/situation, so I don't find this to be a satisfying storyline and neither do I find it as interesting as you do, but as I said, we all enjoy different things and if you like it, more power to you.

Agreed, but on a brighter note, the soundtrack on this is really good, so I guess we got something nice out of it no? I've been playing "wishes" by Jamie Miller and "if you're with me" by Sung Si Kyung every single day because of how obsessed with the soundtrack I am lol

Honestly if you like this genre and this is your type of dramas then go off queen/king (I really don't wanna assume lol), we all look for different things in shows and movies while watching them, I personally didn't like the direction of the storyline, but to those who like it, I say good for you, we might have different opinions regarding this but at least one of us is enjoying it.

Thank you, and honestly, same, I literally reached a point where I'm like, is *inster scene* still going? Oh ok, Imma skip 10 minutes and see if anything else happens......wait....IT'S STILL GOING?!

She definitely changed her initial script to......... whatever this is, to what extent was it changed tho, that I'm unsure of. I've also hear that Young ro was somewhat of a rushed last minute decision and honestly if that's the case, this plot would make so so so much more sense imo

Lmao, that's me with my brain turned off babe, imagine if I actually had it functioning enough to think about this Broadway show lol, I would probably combust from excessive heat and an overworked brain the instant I tried to think logically 🙃

A very sad case of wasted potential really.

Exactly! They failed to deliver a comprehensive relationship between two people who were stuck together for the eternity that is the 10 days before the election, tried to force their logic into our faces like we're 11 y/o incapable of thinking logically or sensibly and proceeded to push through with this sad dad, rebellious teenage daughter and her bad influence of a boyfriend sort of plot and just turn a blind eye to all the humongous red flags waving in their faces in the direction they went with in terms of storyline and plot. This is very much character driven rather than plot driven, and even the characters and their amazing physique and abs couldn't keep this hole infested boat from sinking, very saddening honestly