Eleison

And it's amazing how much the ML grows on you over the course of the series! He starts out so rough.😅 Chae Soo Bin is cute from the get-go cause she's adorable no matter what she's in. :)

Thanks for responding, @vamne and @ANG. :)

Happy to see that both leads were nominated for Baeksangs! Best Actress and Best New Actor. :) 👏👏👏

Especially since the type of illness she has is MADE UP. We won't complain about "unrealistic" if the writer makes up a cure too. :)

Is it as gory and horror-y as Sweet Home and Train To Busan/Duty After School?

It's not on Viki or Netflix! 😭 Sad day.

I liked Lee Sung Min in The King2Hearts. :) That's all I've seen him in.

Interesting! I didn't know that. I wonder what changed?

I've been hearing people say they think Chinese romance dramas (very recently) have stepped up their game and are surpassing Korean romance dramas, but I struggle with Cdramas... I've liked a few but some things really bother me about them. The way they portray MLs as romantic but aggressive (but in a way that's more subtle and swoony than the toxic Korean MLs of yesteryear) really makes me uncomfortable. I feel like it's regression to an era we shouldn't be returning to, and everything looks/feels more plasticky and fake than even in a Kdrama, which is saying a lot... Anyway, I'll have to check it out!

Sounds unpleasant! I've only liked some revenge dramas, so I doubt I'd like it. I liked Vincenzo well enough till our consigliere did some crazy violent torturing of our villain and I kinda peaced out (loved watching him outsmart the villain, but had no desire to see him torture people, no matter how bad). Also why I've never seen The Glory (and Kim Eun Sook's writing isn't always my favorite anyway)... I could only stomach Itaewon Class because it had other stuff that it focused on besides revenge, like friendship and the ML growing out of a desire for revenge. I prefer those stories because I know revenge doesn't bring satisfaction so I struggle to enjoy dramas that focus solely on it and conclude with it as some kind of satisfying ending.

Disappointing might be worse than sad...

Was it an open or sad ending?

Peope's confusion on this confuses ME. Cause she would have had to be pregnant to convince everyone she had the baby; there's no way she could show up with a baby from an oprhanage and make it convincing it was hers and Soo Cheol's. So the only other option other than Soo Cheol is that she had it with someone else, but to me that still makes no sense. Why have a child with another man, and how would she be able to do that without raising suspicion? It just seems far-fetched. If they find a way to explain that version, it could be cute to see Soo Cheol care for a baby that isn't even his, but I still think the baby is theirs and she lied to him.

Definitely not AI generated, but I can't imagine it wasn't touched up at all. There's no way. Even fantastically famous Korean singers like IU and Suzy sound very different live (in terms of quality) than in their recordings... Korea unfortunately just places a much heavier emphasis on looks than natural talent and ability.

Wow, was Reborn Rich really that popular/good? It didn't look appealing to me at all...

That would be nice! The fact that things are still so rough between the leads this late in the drama gives me hope! Bad things are bound to happen if they get together/make up too early, and we're not getting that here, so, fingers crossed! 🤞

Actually, I like the way Park Hye Ryun writes childhood connections (I Can Hear Your Voice, While You Were Sleeping) because she builds them into her characters' growth arcs. Park Ji Eun's are a little thin on the ground and limpid for my taste. But she does other tropes much better. :)

Certain screenwriters set trends with tropes (Park Hye Ryun, Park Ji Eun, Lee Woo Jung, etc.) and then other less capable writers copy them and that's when we get all the tropes recycled poorly, like people who try to write good fantasy by mimicking Tolkien and Rowling and fail. They don't have the creativity and confidence to be original and bold with their plots and so end up becoming mediocre imitations of the masters. 😏

Well, they have certainly teased a happy ending with the "miraculous" phrasing in synopses and trailers, so MDL viewers at least will lose their minds if she pulls a sad ending. Hopefully she remembers that this is for entertainment, not just about creating good art that has a "fitting" or "realistic" ending. No one wants that. 😅 We don't watch Kdramas for realism!

It's smart for them to air this during the Kdrama desert that tends to settle in after award season in November/December. They can bring in all the viewers rather than compete for divided attention. 😉

You mean they're as expected as product placement and just as forgettable? 😅

Happy endings(ish). Cause they're not as happy as they COULD be (minus LOTBS, although she did have that unnecessary time skip/amnesia plot at the end which was 100% not needed). Somehow she jedi-mind tricks you into thinking they're happy endings, so while I am not as hopeful as I would be for a Park Hye Ryun (While You Were Sleeping, Castaway Diva, I Can Hear Your Voice) drama, I am confident she'll at least make us feel somewhat satisfied about the ending she chooses to write. If a screenwriter can, she will find a way to make a tragedy, or something close to one, beautiful.