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Tell me, how did the main story itself progressed throughout these 4 episodes? 1. The main plot point which is the romance between the male leads, is nowhere in sight, as I have mentioned they are not even friends yet, but we are already 40% done with the drama. 2. The outing storyline (that you like to point out so much) also moves nowhere, we know it exists, but as to who and why are they doing it, we have no clue. It’s not like the writers have heesu do anything about the situation, I would’ve been satisfied if he atleast tried to get to the bottom of it, but we saw nothing like (blindly accusing that girl does not count as investigative work). So that storyline also doesn’t move anywhere. But what matters is the straights are getting their 15-20 minute screen time while sacrificing a crucial relationships building scene of the main couple right? That’s what matters I guess. You know I also get extreme ick from people like you, who justify straightwashing lgbtq content, by doing mental gymnastics to try to justify the whole situation, and trying to make others feel insensitive, by trying to guilt trip them about pointing out the obvious flaws in representation, in an already massively homophobic industry. That’s the last time I’ll reply, because I’m done wasting my time, have fun being an enabler. Be better.

Since when are straight people/relationships considered queer? You kind of defeated your own point with this. But that aside, a yeah, queerness as an umbrella term is present in the drama that’s true, but it’s more of an afterthought, this drama first and foremost focuses on the “BOYS LOVE” between the main leads, as its main relationship line. And yes, it’s roughly around 15-20 minutes if we count chan yeong’s whole tennis storyline.

And y’all are normalising straight washing so much, that you even excuse the fact that the main couple is pushed to the side completely. I suggest rewatching the episode, and you also should include chan yeong’s whole tennis debacle, because there’s no way you think that storyline is coherent storytelling, and that it should take priority over the main leads, even justifying them cutting out a whole scene between them.

This is a BL, you can tiptoe around it all you want, but at the end of the day, it is a BL. The drama is a coming of age story that also has immense amount of romcom elements, HENCE it can and should be/is classified as a romcom. The main plot points of the drama include the unrequited love of the ML and the class president’s who is also the ML whether you like it or not. There is no use tiptoeing around terminology because we know exactly what it is, or rather what it SHOULD be. We don’t feel threatened, why should we? Are you this dramatic or just straight up homophobic? We just call out the straightwashing bs as we should be (I mean what ELSE would you call it, when you take out a significant scene from the main couple to give the straight couple 20 minutes of screen time?), because representation is important, and the exploitation of that is scummy. I’m not saying that the drama can’t make a comeback from this, but so far they have been clearly making the wrong decisions when it comes to the narrative.

The problem is the lack of meaningful connections between the ACTUAL main leads. We are on episode 4, and they are still acquaintances at best. It just feels like their relationship doesn’t move one tiny bit, hence, the main plot point of the drama doesn’t move at all, while the straight couple are already on the brink of a relationship. This is a BL first and foremost. Let me ask you, we are on the 4th episode already, and our main leads are still acquaintances, why waste 20 minutes developing the side couple’s own storylines, AND THEN on top of that have their first “romantic” moment together, when our main leads relationship, let alone friendship is still in the gutter. The one genuine moment they had together was off screen. If you don’t want to make a BL, don’t make one, simple as that, but this is ridiculous.

That’s a spot on answer honestly. I was wondering when they were talking about how it’s a stereotype that trans people are being portrayed as kind characters. But I have watched more than 50+ kdramas, and haven’t seen one trans representation in any of them except this one, which says a lot about the industry. So I didn’t really understood their point, because kdrama and western media are just not comparable, because their core foundations are completely different.

I think her personality had nothing to do with her being trans though. Atleast it didn't feel like it. And she wasn't always exactly friendly or alturistic either, it feels like you are minimising her character a big, perhaps you are looking at it from a wrong lense.

I would say that the show is mid and not in a bad way. Some people will enjoy their time with it despite the shows faults, and some will not, and I think that's all right. In my opinion, this show would've been a LOT more better if it had two parts, the first part being only the past storyline, but extended, from the POV of Do Ha, and the second part would be the present storyline, with flashbacks to the past, from Han Ri Ta's POV.

I wouldn't really call it a love triangle. The second love interest is her ex fiancé. They were supposed to be married but they broke off the engagement after something went terribly wrong. After the FL moved back to Korea, he came back to earn her back, but the FL had no interest in him anymore. The reason I say that it really isn't a love triangle, is that it was only a small storyline, that lasted only for a few episodes, and the FL never had any interest in the first place. In the end they figured out how to leave the past behind, and cherish the memories they had together.