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Verbally Abusive ML Ruined What Could've been a Great Series about the FL Achieving Greatness
The only reason why I gave the story 4 stars was because the storyline surrounding the FL striving to move beyond her secretarial role to be a Investment Manager was great, but this was more than about her career, a big part of it was about love, which is were the story severely failed.
I thoroughly enjoyed the FL’s journey of wanting to be more than just a secretary. After all, she had received a university degree in Finance and had a dream of becoming an Investment Manager who helped entrepreneurs get much needed capital to expand their businesses.
Her struggles dealing with a male dominant industry, sabotage, gaslighting, her emotional breakdowns, and relentless detractors – severe verbal abuse, was so realistic but at times a little heavy handed. That said, she didn’t let these struggles get the better of her. She persistent and continued to persevere. What was also enjoyable about this is that it had some strong professional women (and a couple of men) who were very supportive of her, providing invaluable advise, just when she needed it.
Where this story completely missed the mark was with the ML. It is a trope that seems to be obligatory to nearly every A-drama romance, that the ML will be brooding and at times an @ss before softening his heart and attitude due to the love of the FL. However. in this series the writers took this trope entirely too far. The ML was a verbally abusive narcissistic @sshole.
Every chance he got he would demean the FL, humiliate her and make it very clear that he thought she was no more worthy or talented than the sh*t on his shoe. There was no nuance with this guy not even an inkling of kindness that would make him even remotely worthy of the FL’s forgiveness or love. Furthermore, as the show progressed the writers hardly did anything to redeem this guy and make him someone the audience could root for with the FL.
I watched the show until the inevitable corner was turned towards romance between the FL and ML, despite the fact that he continued to be one of the most selfish @ssholes I’ve ever seen in a C-drama. Moreover, he not once apologized for his abhorrent behavior towards the FL and has yet to treat her with the upmost respect.
I don’t know how the writers thought the audience could possibly root for the FL having a romance with this guy, especially when there were other guys present in the her life (Mark – the bottle guy) who were 1000x better. This was a really good show when the FL was striving for greatness, but now that she will undoubtedly fall for the irredeemable ML, I have no interest in continuing to watch this.
I thoroughly enjoyed the FL’s journey of wanting to be more than just a secretary. After all, she had received a university degree in Finance and had a dream of becoming an Investment Manager who helped entrepreneurs get much needed capital to expand their businesses.
Her struggles dealing with a male dominant industry, sabotage, gaslighting, her emotional breakdowns, and relentless detractors – severe verbal abuse, was so realistic but at times a little heavy handed. That said, she didn’t let these struggles get the better of her. She persistent and continued to persevere. What was also enjoyable about this is that it had some strong professional women (and a couple of men) who were very supportive of her, providing invaluable advise, just when she needed it.
Where this story completely missed the mark was with the ML. It is a trope that seems to be obligatory to nearly every A-drama romance, that the ML will be brooding and at times an @ss before softening his heart and attitude due to the love of the FL. However. in this series the writers took this trope entirely too far. The ML was a verbally abusive narcissistic @sshole.
Every chance he got he would demean the FL, humiliate her and make it very clear that he thought she was no more worthy or talented than the sh*t on his shoe. There was no nuance with this guy not even an inkling of kindness that would make him even remotely worthy of the FL’s forgiveness or love. Furthermore, as the show progressed the writers hardly did anything to redeem this guy and make him someone the audience could root for with the FL.
I watched the show until the inevitable corner was turned towards romance between the FL and ML, despite the fact that he continued to be one of the most selfish @ssholes I’ve ever seen in a C-drama. Moreover, he not once apologized for his abhorrent behavior towards the FL and has yet to treat her with the upmost respect.
I don’t know how the writers thought the audience could possibly root for the FL having a romance with this guy, especially when there were other guys present in the her life (Mark – the bottle guy) who were 1000x better. This was a really good show when the FL was striving for greatness, but now that she will undoubtedly fall for the irredeemable ML, I have no interest in continuing to watch this.
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