Somebody was asking about Time loops just the other day and I remembered One More Time. I'll definitely check out some of these that I've not already seen, thanks for the article 👍. A couple others that come to mind: Queen of Attack is super short and ridiculously silly, starts with a time loop. And non Asian drama but one that stuck in my mind is German movie Run, Lola, Run.
I've just started this, going back over Wang ZiQi catalogue. Honestly, I'm struggling and I thought 'Once we get married' was bad (but good). It's like the ingredients are good, why doesn't this food have any taste?
Awesome!! Although I'd already known of Ummies' prolific presence, I'd never considered their colour for symbolism. Love the names too. I'll definitely play Ummie game with much more in depth knowledge now. Thanks 👍
An observation from Gong Yoo drama Big, not only is it Green, much divine intervention required but there were two that looked very similar that got swapped and one was lost!! Never really considered Ummies' ability to foreshadow. I bet I'll see it all the time now.
Have just binge-watched first 10 episodes. I have to pause every time they accidentally trip-kiss to allow for my shoulders to release the cringe reaction. And yet, I continue to watch.
Thanks for the article and discussion. I've given it some thought and I've concluded that love is love...BUT....
These scenarios become immoral when one party abuses their position of trust to further their own romantic/sexual interest. It's the same for teacher-student, age gap storylines. Where one or both parties are children then it creeps into grooming territory.
This is where the "Go Ahead" couple lies. They are childhood friends, they never share a home or a parent but in pretending to be a family, ML has a certain amount of authority over FL. So while they are not siblings, it still feels icky. He's controlling and overly dependent on FL, which furthers ick factor. Personally, I don't like romanticising childhood sweethearts either for this reason.
Incest is icky because family is *supposed* to be a safe space, where you don't have to be afraid of coming to harm or subjected to unwanted romantic/sexual advances. Dysfunctional families exist though, both in reality and drama, where the family unit is NOT a safe space. The synopsis for "My brother loves me too much" sounds icky, he both abuses his position and shatters the poor girl's safe space.
Even where the relationship is between two consenting and informed adults, it would be prudent to keep it discreet, not just taboo and subject to external judgment, they cannot escape each other if the relationship breaks down. In the same vein as dating a good friend, it is difficult to return to the original relationship.
I feel sorry for those couples that independently find each other (as consenting adults) only to discover they are blood related, now that's a tragic story line!
The tragic part of "Kill me, heal me" was when Ri On said if Cha Do Yun had been a better brother, he wouldn't have to be. That was when the icky emotions (he's obsessed with her) flipped to sympathy.
Dramas are great for discussing these moral dilemmas and discovering where our own and each other's boundaries lie. I will continue to watch them.
When writing this article I actually did some research on what happened in real world. There is a case on step…
What about when older people marry their in-laws, making their married children step-siblings. Do the younger couple have to preface every introduction with "we got married first!!"? Is that still yuck?
Not true! The characters in Go Ahead are vehement about being a family. That's kind of the whole point of the…
My views on this is somewhere in between. I don't get the same sibling vibes between LX-LJJ as the more adopted sibling relationship between ZQ-LJJ. Here I agree with BlackBallon.
However, I do agree with Laura, that the story was trying to push the whole you don't need to be official to be family, so there was no need to make LX-LJJ a couple. Besides that, they had a whole load of other issues that were not healthy.
If my life was a drama, it'd be something like "Hello! Me" or "Twenty again", a middle-aged protagonist jaded by life looking to rekindle some passion, not romance, I mean purpose in life. Finding myself in awkward situations, out of my depth and an embarrassment to my children. But of course being drama land, I find that the world is actually a lot kinder than it seems and I help connect other jaded people find their passions! Happy ending!
The show would feature lots of convenience stores and street food. There'd probably be some quirky Halmeonis in it too.
(I love watching school and college dramas too because they are so far from my experience irl. I prefer the drama to stay in drama land.)
Great article. These acts of non-consent/aggression shouldn't be censored, they make the conflicts and absurdity of drama land, but yes, they should definitely be called out, and those that condone it (perp's supporter) should be called out too.
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A couple others that come to mind: Queen of Attack is super short and ridiculously silly, starts with a time loop. And non Asian drama but one that stuck in my mind is German movie Run, Lola, Run.
(Now has BSB stuck in my head)
An observation from Gong Yoo drama Big, not only is it Green, much divine intervention required but there were two that looked very similar that got swapped and one was lost!! Never really considered Ummies' ability to foreshadow. I bet I'll see it all the time now.
These scenarios become immoral when one party abuses their position of trust to further their own romantic/sexual interest. It's the same for teacher-student, age gap storylines. Where one or both parties are children then it creeps into grooming territory.
This is where the "Go Ahead" couple lies. They are childhood friends, they never share a home or a parent but in pretending to be a family, ML has a certain amount of authority over FL. So while they are not siblings, it still feels icky. He's controlling and overly dependent on FL, which furthers ick factor. Personally, I don't like romanticising childhood sweethearts either for this reason.
Incest is icky because family is *supposed* to be a safe space, where you don't have to be afraid of coming to harm or subjected to unwanted romantic/sexual advances. Dysfunctional families exist though, both in reality and drama, where the family unit is NOT a safe space. The synopsis for "My brother loves me too much" sounds icky, he both abuses his position and shatters the poor girl's safe space.
Even where the relationship is between two consenting and informed adults, it would be prudent to keep it discreet, not just taboo and subject to external judgment, they cannot escape each other if the relationship breaks down. In the same vein as dating a good friend, it is difficult to return to the original relationship.
I feel sorry for those couples that independently find each other (as consenting adults) only to discover they are blood related, now that's a tragic story line!
The tragic part of "Kill me, heal me" was when Ri On said if Cha Do Yun had been a better brother, he wouldn't have to be. That was when the icky emotions (he's obsessed with her) flipped to sympathy.
Dramas are great for discussing these moral dilemmas and discovering where our own and each other's boundaries lie. I will continue to watch them.
However, I do agree with Laura, that the story was trying to push the whole you don't need to be official to be family, so there was no need to make LX-LJJ a couple. Besides that, they had a whole load of other issues that were not healthy.
The show would feature lots of convenience stores and street food. There'd probably be some quirky Halmeonis in it too.
(I love watching school and college dramas too because they are so far from my experience irl. I prefer the drama to stay in drama land.)
Thanks for the fun article x