Ahjummai

It's coming out on Viu too https://x.com/Viu_PH/status/1854826277284266472

better question is: why are people rating with only 2 episodes released?

tbh people shouldn't rate if the only reason is "i don't like this kind of drama"=very low rating or "my fave is in here"=very high rating

in the end, mdl ratings mean nothing to me nowadays

Take MDL ratings with a truck full of salt. This drama is doing well in ratings in Korea. D+ already bought it so whatever viewership they get from this won't hurt the producers.
Further, it is not the "lack of pretty boys" but the overall theme. It's pansori and Korean traditional theater set in post-Japanese war era themed which is not exactly non-Korean's "cup of tea" so if you expected this to blow up bigger among international audience than your standard modern romcom, you set yourself up for disappointment.

Those things said, everyone is acting well here and the plot is well-written. Just enjoy it as it is.

FL works at the Busan branch office of Jisang Liquor (maker of Likey beer). She handles works on the sales team and is particularly known to make sure wholesalers pay Jisang (so they give the beer to the wholesalers who pay them afterwards for whatever they sell).
Jisang HQ found out about Namu beer and wants to buy it out. To do so, they plan to shut down the Busan office. This is what FL was very angry about, that they basically became jobless because HQ wants Namu beer.

saw Ep9 preview on twitter... looks like more tears for us

Hyerang you b*!!! &^&%^%$!#&*#&)@^@$^#&#*(@&*$&^@^! !!!!!!!!

The ending of episode 8 was so heart breaking. I cried so much and waited for Ep9 preview to get hope but there was none (that was good editing choice now that I think about it). But will have to wait a full week to find out what happens next.

Episode 7 in one word CHEMISTRY

Episodes 1-10 were focused on tragedies that can befall the FL whose only light is her other personality and how utterly flawed ML is because of his family history... then they turned tables to push the love conquers all narrative in the last 2 episodes in the quickest possible way that you get whiplash from the change.

this works if you see the ML as the typical alpha male werewolf in those kinds of stories hahahaha everyone follows him, he's rude but it's okay, he gets away with being controlling, etc

it pulled us in then it let us down.
it's not rocket science why people are mad at how poorly the later episodes were written versus the strong start-to-mid parts.

The ending they wanted to show was not earned. They spent too much time focusing on the traumas (and it was beautifully and emotionally laid out) that the resolution fell flat and wrapped up too quickly to be satisfying.

The difference is that the writer is pairing FL with Hyun Oh. So we are calling it out.
Ju Yeon's red flag indicators don't matter anymore because he's not going to be with FL anyway.

you know how in makjang soap operas you have this senseless petty villain who makes the protagonist thru all sorts of shit that the protag would go on a vengeance spree? here the villain is the writer and i as a viewer want to go on a vengeance spree with the crap she had the fl and us go thru. hahaha

tbh i don't understand the writer's intent to push FL into another mental breakdown as if developing DID was not enough but she had to reach a point where Eunho basically wanted to be unalive and let her Hyeri persona take over. Then she goes missing for a month and comes back as Eunho.

not their Audio editing team. That one was sloppy. At first I thought they were trying to create an auditory trick, but nah it was just sloppy work.

WTWIF was adapted from a novel tho

writer loves to use mental illness as a plot device so it's possible. i hope the writer knows how bad this is written so she can improve, but unless she's adapting like WTWIF, i won't come near her work.

what do you mean I wanted a perfect tv station? the writer's depiction was totally unrealistic. what tv station operates like that? the male protag says something and nobody questions and everyone obeys. that's worse writing than most wattpad stories. the writing here is so very terrible. i think people should understand that the audience are worth more than shitty writing.

out of character but then with this writer, anything is possible

how are we supposed to accept that a female protagonist in psychological duress (sent to the brink of the worst and worst possible scenarios by the writer) will best heal together with a male protagonist (who in their relationship even after break up is controlling, emotionally manipulative, and narcissistic with very little writing to show he will change)? i've seen this king of relationship dynamic in real life. it does not work. and when you see the kind of pit of despair and lasting psychological trauma of being with a narcissist... this kind of writing is deplorable and should not even reach any audience.

love is possible for sick people, yes. but you do not join this two kinds of flawed individuals and pretend that love conquers all and they will find healing and live happily ever after.