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Any good ones you recommend?

Yeah it looks like she was projecting on ML. Since she kept saying how she wants to divorce ML and day dreaming about other guys she kinda assumed ML is cheating when she saw him with female friend which is big leap. She instantly came to conclusion not to trust him and thinking he cheated because that would make her feel better about herself.

Normal person usually doesn't come to those conclusions unless they have that way of thinking and project on others and asume others would do the same or they feel guilty about something.

As I said question isn't if it's scripted but how much manipulation is there. Seems like most people say it's scripted when it's very on the nose obvious AF and badly done.

Every single member on the cast is under actors contract agreement even if they are not professional actors and are under contract to do whatever they tell them to get the shot or manipulate stuff in edits. On top of NDA most likely so most won't breach contract and go along with it. Even then mildest scripted shows have producers around moving the narrative if needed because no one will green lit and give you budget without assurance to get useful footage for the season. So even shows that are not that scripted get manipulated by producers sometimes giving slight nudges towards directions or setting up stuff and so on, not to mention big manipulation done in edit room.

So at best it's like a loose improvisation play with editing manipulation. Tbh just with editing you can change narrative a lot. You could make 3 min date segment and just cut together reactions of 2 people akward moment or weird faces but cut out 95% of time they were vibing and cool. Or like almost every close up in reality show can be insert that is completely unrelated so when someone makes reaction it could not even be from what the other person is talking at the moment and so on..

You can also legit gaslight audience and make one person look like they are losing their mind and over reacting full on making them the bad guy by cutting out provocation of other person and putting in mostly nice segments showing other person in good light.

If you shooting all day with multiple cameras you will find everyone on good and bad day so you can put together whatever you need for the drama.

Idk which part you disagree with but as someone who works in the industry reality show being scripted / manipulated is not opinion but objective fact.

No, it's natural to expect that every single reality show is scripted / manipulated. Only question is how much not if.

ML didn't make any issue out of it because she didn't even tell him about it 🤣 so we don't know how he would react.

But I personally find 1 night hook up without emotion not as bad as if my partner was catching feeling for someone..

You can't say there is no cheating and then follow up with there being emotional cheating. So there is cheating and FL who actually emotionally cheated gets completely ignored and not addressed at all in the show getting a pass and only ML gets bs and he didn't even do anything and she trust him so little she snoops on his phone, etc..

Tbh both plots with side leads were waste of time and pointless and just filler and added nothing but I in general found FL behavior very off-putting and would need a lot to get trust back.

I am not saying people can't fall in love or later date but initial primary intent of the show is not really that as priority. I know how reality show business works behind the scene. Most things are heavily guided with atleast vague script and producers interjection or guidance offscreen when needed to create something.

Show primary goal is to create content to entertain people under specific format with guideline of producers who set the stage for cast members.

I am not saying they are full on acting but they are kinda performing under very lose controlled improvised play and are sometimes being guided what to do or gaslight behind the screen. Also leading interview questions that give specific clips and maybe drama after.

Every single cast member is under actors contract and is getting paid as actor for this show despite not being an actor. This means they are under contract to also ensure to follow contract guidelines and other on set instructions.

Everything in reality show production is heavily manipulated specially in editing with completely out of context reaction cuts and audio tracks, deleted context to make someone else look bad, and so on. For example editor can from all the footage of the date edit together only akward and silent moment and hide 90% of the time with great chemistry. This was actually done in season 3 of this show as one example with Hyeseon and Wonik.

Most people who date after the show are together because of excitement from show or to milk shipping content from fans and eventually usually break up when it dies down. It's usually also financially or career beneficial or have other hype support that rides the high.

People are forgetting that this is not real or serious. They live for like a week which is no time to make any serious connections and are kinda there together mostly performing. It's like an improvised play for entertainment with producer general instructions, where members get paid and are there mostly for exposure to their business or them as a influencer / more acting roles or whatever.

That is like saying you were 2nd in 3 man race. It's not even a month and this is just 2 episodes so it doesn't mean much to be best so far in a year when not much is out 🤣 I am not saying it's bad but this weird thing for you to say 😂

It's basically done for content and to promote theirselfs. Show is also very game like and their interactions are limited during week or two of them being together.

On top of that career wise staying single is way more profitable so keeping relationships hidden is probably the way to go anyway even if something happens.

But yeah you can't expect anything real coming from such setting.

Netflix

It gets worse after halfway like basically almost every kdrama.

It goes downhill, like usual.

Almost all of these romance kdramas are over rated. MDL ratings basically useless ngl.

This is getting more stupid, dragged out and lazy with each episode.. it started out so good.. oh well. Last few mins of ep 6 is peak braindead.

It's basically scripted cringe nonsense story with improvisation made to look more real and not a show. It feels so pointless to watch because there is no actual danger or game or anything. It's all scripted and badly acted.

If they atleast made it a proper game where you could roleplay and have proper lose and win conditions then it would actually be interesting to watch.

Is this one of those shows that start out decent or strong and then fall apart ?

It is save to say they did it just for the name and most of their target audience don't know mythology or care enough so they went for it.

If there was any it was very mild and kinda misunderstanding. With this version they could improve on that since it's a cut down story with less episodes they can remove some side plot and pointless stuff but I just know they are gonna go the opposite way and focus on pointless stuff and add more triangle bullshit instead of building on family dynamic.