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This show has nice storytelling, they speak to the audience without spelling things out. There were things like they opened the show with two guys half naked in bed, and the cheater's boyfriend walked in wearing a military uniform. Being gay in the military is a really controversial issue in Korea. So they started with a statement. When the ML kissed the guy in episode 1, lots of people walked by and no one even glanced at them, two guys kissing was just a normal part of their world in that moment. Still, the ML didn't trust the world to accept him and panicked at the female friend seeing it.

So, they didn't tell the audience he had HIV, because it could have changed how we viewed the character while we were watching the early episodes. When we were told, we were supposed to think about what it meant, did it change the way see the character, and if it changed the way we see him, why? What does society think about people with HIV, what does society think about gay men with HIV? Are those thoughts valid?

Most importantly, it showed that HIV was just one aspect of his existence, it didn't define him as a person.

Are you enjoying yourself? Your profiles says you are a woman, here you say you are a straight boy and misgendered Nam Yoon Su, he is a he not a she.

Pick a topic and start a discussion on it. Nobody else did it for you, but you can do it yourself. People react to whatever is said, move the conversation away from topics you are not into, and talk about said various topics raised in the show.

Agree with your points though.

Don't be too judgmental of BL fluff! Women in straight K drama and romance don't often represent women and how women experience the world either, even when they try to go for realism, just like fluffy BLs are not serious queer drama. Most people are aware of representation being an issue, although maybe the menfolk don't ever think on women in this context much. BL comment sections have discussions on queer representation, or lack there of, all the time. All sensible people understand stories like Love in the Big City are important, they just might not be as interested in watching them as they are the fluffy stuff. Even if you prefer fluffier BL, it doesn't mean you're willfully ignorant of LGBTQ issues and the importance of queer stories.

LOL you have a point, but I confess I sometimes sulk, because it's a long standing tradition to create queer story lines filled with unhappiness, suffering and death, and I'm over it.

WTF are you even talking about. Aim looks sullen because that's how bad she feels all the time. She doesn't want the life she has, she is depressed. Her mother is vile and treats her like an object, and Aim is a kid, she doesn't yet know how to carve a better life for herself.

Aw, that sucks. Good luck on your mission 😀.

I know you said you tried everything, but could you make sense of the lyrics, and did you write long stretches of them into google? That works sometimes, if google can't find a match by listening to the song. Sorry, I don't have an answer for you.

Women will have children if and when they want to become mothers. If and when they feel they have the emotional, mental, physical and financial means to support themselves and children. If and when the fathers participate emotionally, mentally, physically and financially. If and when society is geared toward accommodating the process, women will have children with their partner, or alone, and LGBTQ people who want kids will have kids. That is what needs to happen if and when you want to raise the birth rate in any country.

You would have to actually manage to infect someone first.
How HIV spreads:
https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/hiv-and-aids/causes/
Criminal cases around the world: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criminal_transmission_of_HIV

Nowdays, if the HIV positive person is on medication and has an undetectable viral load, they are not contagious. It's not that you have to tell your partner according to the law, but you can be charged with a crime if you knowingly infect a partner, meaning have unprotected sex while knowing you are contagious and end up infecting your partner.

I'm of the mind that under the umbrella of LGBTQ themed shows, there's BLs, and then there's queer shows that are representative of the real experience of the LGBTQ community. You can put all shows on a continuum stretching from one end to the other. Queer shows are more demanding to watch, because they go for realism and the world is a pretty messed up place. Surely people are smart enough to rate shows on more than their fluff level alone.

The ramen euphemisms lol.

Yes you are trolling. You already had your answer, and you still continue to try to get a rise out of people. I'll stop feeding you now, bye.

You already asked this down in the comments and someone answered half an hour ago. Stop trolling.

? ? ? It did air today.

Once you understand the basic conflict the main characters have the show makes sense, if you miss that, the scenes might seem illogical like some viewers have complained.

Seo Han Joon thought Jo Yoo Jae liked him as a friend only and might see him as a burden, while after Han Joon confessed ,Jo Yoo Jae first thought Se Han Joon adored him as an idol, an object to admire, like the friends at school saw him. That is why Han Joon wouldn't let Yoo Jae close enough to help with his problems and why Yoo Jae threw away the chocolates for example, it showed that he rejected Han Joon's worship full admiration, not that he rejected Han Joon's love. You can see Yoo Jae's feelings in the way he looks at Han Joon from the beginning as well as in his jealousy that goes beyond friendship into the romantic kind of jealousy.

I agree about Aim. It looks like she has nearly no space to be her own person.

It's quite lovely, in the sense that you can feel the main couples emotions. Episode 2 was better than episode 1. It's rare to have a series where the main couple sustain an intense connection through out, that's my favorite thing, like in We Best Love and I Told Sunset About You. I'm hoping this remake will be paced well and continues punching you in the chest. I remember the original had an interesting atmosphere, but sometimes it was difficult to decipher the meaning /feeling behind the actions taken, this one is doing much better, I think.

Dong Hee keeps running from Hoo Tae. He ran to that space to study after longingly staring at Dong Hee through the mirror at home, and he ran again in the epilogue. It's his thing, he was beaten for being gay, and now he thinks he is somehow defective for being LGBTQ so he tries to keep his distance from Hoo Tae, even though he desperately wants him.