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I think she simply avoids having to sleep with him if possible. In ep. 11, there is a scene where the husband asks her whether he should come home earlier to stay with her, which implies that he wanted to spend the night with her. It didn't sound as if it was the first time. They both knew what it meant.

Rather reasonable trust issues. His almost-wife ran away with her actual lover right before the marriage. Then she came back as if nothing had happened, he married her anyway. It would have been ridiculous if he had not thought about the possibility that she had run away again.

This drama was better than I expected it to be. Jun Ji-hyun is so adorable and funny. Without her, Cheon Song-yi would have been insufferable.

Even though the story was fairly predictable and the ending felt as if the writers had to come up with a quick solution, I found the drama quite entertaining. I just wished it had less episodes because the last ones felt very draggy. 16 episodes would have been sufficient.

We also must not forget that she thought for months that ML was dead. When she finally found the strenght to move on with her life and to look for happiness again, he literally popped up out of nowhere when she was almost married. Of course, being with him again felt tempting but she knows very well that ML has got a rather unstable life. She knows that she couldn't be happy with him forever because there were too many unsolved problems in his but also her own life. He could be gone again just a few days later, and than she would haven been on her own again without any place to go. Staying with the friendly, reliable guy who provides for her family and her, and who's got a stable life, was the best decision.

I, too, agree with you. She's an interesting character because she's not the typical "good" and flawless heroine. She's selfish but she is not overly greedy. Unlike other characters, she does not betray anybody just to become richer. She does not mistreat poor people. Her decisions are often rational, which I like best about her. It would have been easy to opt for temporary happiness and escape with a man she loves but she knew that she would not be able to be happy leaving her family and friends behind without knowing whether they'll be safe.

I'm looking forward to her character development.

Yes, having an affair or just being "tainted" is sufficient to get punished. Especially the latter was adressed multiple times in the first part of this drama, and it has also been adressed in ep. 11 (= ep. 1 of part 2), so I expect this will be a part of Gil-jae's story.

What queerbaiting? Straight women have enjoyed forbidden gay love for many years, and producers know that very well.

Which drama are you referring to? Rookie Historian Goo Hae Ryung? I found him fairly creepy in the first few episodes because of his creepy smiles that probably were supposed to look cute. He got better in the last episodes, maybe because he got used to his role and felt more comfortable.

[Edit:] Oh my, I just noticed that I pasted the same title twice. The second drama was supposed to be "My ID is Gangnam Beauty". I'm editing my previous comment. :/

The first few episodes were good (in my opinion) but the last few episodes were lacking ideas, and the writers added unnecessary drama "out of the blue" to fill the void.

I don't know about the other actors but Lee Jun-ho acted in "The Red Sleeve", which was a significantly better drama than this one because it had a solid story. It's not a pure romance drama, though.

I liked him in Rookie Historian Goo Hae Ryung and in My ID is Gangnam Beauty. Especially in the latter drama, it was quite clear that he was just supposed to be good-looking without any relevant traits of character (except for "nice", maybe). He fits the role of the handsome statue very well but I'm still hoping that he also develops relevant acting skills as he won't be young forever.

I recently watched the first episode of "Island" and I was surprised to see the same flawless, good-looking character which didn't fit the asthetics and situation of the drama at all. He seems to play the exact same role in each drama. I'm not even sure if that's just due to his limited acting skills or if the directors explicitely ask for that.

When I'm writing sarcastic comments, I'm well aware that the people I mean don't understand it. I'm fine with that. Based on the context, with common sense and a bit of prior knowledge, one can usually tell apart sarcasm/irony from non-sarcasm/non-irony. In some cases, sarcasm/irony is based on in-jokes, so it can be difficult to understand the underlying joke. But you are right. Unfortunately, not everything we see on this platform or elsewhere is meant sarcastic, even though I wished it was. (If you read the comment section of dramas with popular good-looking actors, especially male actors, you know what I mean.)

Regarding other people's opinion, I feel the same. Before I watch any dramas, I usually read the comment section to figure out if the drama could be interesting for me. There are so many dramas out there, I won't live long enough to watch them all, so I'm always glad when people elaborate because "don't watch this mess" or "best drama ever" is not helpful for me.

@Kelekat Yes, what I wrote about the pupil is obviously sarcasm. Nobody in his right mind believes that babys were born with higher skills. Otherwise, one would have to argue why those lazy babies don't produce art/ music/ movies/ architecture, and so on. All normal people know that those people who they admire were bad at some point. And even the best don't produce good things all the time.

If you read something online that sounds overly ridiculous, it's save to interpret it as sarcasm, irony or cynism. If the user meant what he wrote, interpret it as a joke anyway because, in the end, it does not matter. ;)

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Yes, the writing of this drama sucks. However, there were quite a few interesting ideas. I feel like most K-drama producers just read the synopsis and think: "Sounds good. Let's do that. We have Park Min-young. Fans will watch this drama even if it's not as good as it sounds."

The first few episodes were quite entertaining. The characters were interesting, especially Woo Gwang-nam who is fairly untypical for a non-BL drama because he's gay but not gay-gay, which is even untypical for Western dramas.

Unfortunately, at some point, many of those interesting ideas got dropped/ forgotten, or there were ridiculous explanations. The rest was just romance stuff, which doesn't need any story.

If the writers had explored the characters a bit more, this would have been a nice drama. All in all, it was an underwhelming watch for me but definitely not the worst.

The problem is very likely that you expect to convince people of your personal opinion. Most people know that there is something called 'personal preference'. And most educated people know that something can be objectively good while one personally does not like it. And educated people also know that one can still enjoy something that's objectively not good. And by objectively good/bad, I'm referring to established rules of story telling, which are basically the same in all cultures.

Roddib wrote what he felt was garbage. Funnily, those things were exactly what I enjoyed most in this drama. I don't care that he calls them 'garbage'. If he doesn't like them, that's fine. If I had read his comment before watching this drama, I would have binge watched it in a day. His comment would have been very helpful for me.

Nobody watches or does not watch a drama because some random stranger on the internet spammed 'garbage'. However, people watch/ do not watch dramas because random strangers shared what they liked/ didn't like.

Personally, I find the ML the most promising character because, as you said, he does lots of immoral things. I don't like romance and angel-like characters with artificial flaws.

After episode 1, I wanted to drop this drama but I read in the comments that the drama would be different as of episode 3, which was true. I was positively surprised by the action, the murders, the brutality, so I was very willing to ignore the cheesy romance. With a selfish ML, one never knows what will happen next, which is great. Even FL surprised me because I thought she would be one of those Mary Sues every man wants to marry. I like that she's as selfish as ML. I also like the younger male who seems to be in love with the ML. I hope his character will get explored more.

It's one of my favourite dramas BECAUSE of the things you regard as 'garbage'. If you want to warn other people, the word 'garbage' is way too vague because 'garbage' is not a synonym for 'immoral ML' or something like that. One man's garbage is another man's treasure. ;)

I doubt that you don't understand why people care about other people's opinions. You are engaging in this discussion yourself, aren't you? ;)

Personally, I read comments before watching a drama, and after watching a drama. Sometimes, I read them while watching a drama. I want to know what other people think about certain details.

I watched "Awaken" a couple of weeks ago and recognised ML's acting in "My Dearest". In this drama, he doesn't have a lollipop but the same way of speaking and acting. I was pleased to see basically the same character again in this drama, just without the lazy plot twists this time. I also tried to watch "One Dollar Lawyer" but that wasn't my cup of tea. I'm not a fan of any actor. I just watch to watch a bunch of entertaining dramas, and that's it.

OP didn't simply write that he had not liked the drama. He asked a question: "8.8 for this garbage?" He didn't even provide an explanation such as "I found this dama cheesy and boring", which would have been fine because most of us are grown-ups who are able to accept other people's opinions. In the context of this website, "8.8 for this garbage?" is not about engaging in a discussion or sharing one's opinion but rather trolling. If we want a toxic environment, we would discuss on twitter or tumblr, wouldn't we?

I think you are able to tell the different between OP's question and your own comment below. While I personally enjoyed this drama and liked the acting (I'm not even a fan of the main lead), I was interested in your opinion because I felt that you wanted to be understood.

I agree with you in this respect. The story and the characters are improveable, and there are many flaws in this drama. However, I disagree that the writer does not deserve another chance. I don't think that she tried to scam anybody. If she keeps writing bad dramas everybody ignores, nobody will hire her anymore. As long as there are people who enjoy her dramas, she "deserves" to write stories (for money).

I was referring to "the makers/koreans are so far behind the west when it comes to equality and all that comes with it" in my comment, not to the fact that Asian shows have their flaws too.

There are women who hate men because they were, for example, raped by a man. ML has been stalked by various females for many years. Those fans also try to harm people around him. He can never know who's a crazy fan and who's just "a nice woman". I have gained many bad experiences with other types of people. While I don't actively hate them, I avoid them whenever possible. It makes my life easier and the lives of people I like less dangerous.

Absolutely. Next time, I see a child who draws something I don't like, I will tell him that I hope nobody will ever give him a pencil again because his drawing is an insult to all the skilled artists out there. We must never allow anybody to improve his skills by gaining experience! Skilled people are born with their skills! Period.