MadelineMaureen

dude....I can't wait for my foodie-chef couple to begin.(if they have an actual ship name someone please share) I feel warm & fuzzy just thinking about them. like, what a match made in heaven. & to think they might not have met had her brother not sought him out....twice.

that explains the editing. i hate that all hulu edits have a harsh cut to black between some scenes.

rewatch the first episode when they talk about the action movie...

Don't forget, Jin Man was questioning his mother's death. If he had been out of town for almost a decade, with little to no contact, the best way to get him out in the open would be to kill his mother, or make her so ill that he would need to come home to see her.
The brother might not have believed there was anything weird about the mother's death, but if it was something that could eventually be found out they needed to clean house. Murder-suicide get's people gossiping more about their death than the mother's as well, and less likely to ask any real questions about their own death.

I can't believe the production on My Demon and My Man is Cupid had the exact same scene play out in the exact same filming location....I couldn't stop my little chuckle that slipped through. It's the brick room in kpop MVs in the early 2010s all over again. 😂🤣 if you know you know.
As they are all filming in the same locations all the time this is actually very common...but I happened to watch the two episodes back to back and it was just too similar not to point it out. I'm not hating on either drama as I enjoyed them both...but please tell me someone else caught that and that you too also remember the infamous brick room of Kmvs?

Wasn't my experience when I made a comment around the airing of episode 6. I'm glad it was fully positive for you though.

Jin Ga Young healing her inner child by helping a literal child....I can't...I'm not okay...don't even look at me...😭😭😭😭

i think this one struggles in the back half but had a solid finish. I was personally more interested in the main couple & the serial killer plot than i was in the fairies side quests that padded the runtime. this could have been a solid 10/10 show at around 9-10 episodes if you were to cut the fat & not have constant repeats of information/scenes.
My Demon...imo...has a better story structure, i just have one episode left of it. But they do parallel in a lot of ways. The side quests in My Demon arent as long or as annoying...with the exception of the product placements that were contractually obligated to be there...which was honestly the only purpose of 3 characters in MD.

Getting deja vu with that Goblinesque ending of episode 15. It's the same cinematographer so of course it looks amazing....but they really got me silently crying alone in my den with my cat judging the shit out of me. 😢

the samurai & the orphan plot is kind of a favorite of mine.

when i was telling my mom about it she said it reminded her of the DaVinci Code & how the man secretly trained the female lead.

Love, it's about THEM. It's about her meeting(getting to know) her uncle for the first time AFTER his death by looking back on her childhood with an adult lense as she fights for her life to survive. He was the silent lion who knew he would die by the hyenas hands, but he trained his cub before he left. He just didnt tell her what he was training her for. 😉
Also, technically speaking from a narrative standpoint, they are both leads in this show.

I'm going to need you to reread the comment & maybe actually understand what was written. I was telling people who are only watching for Dong Wook that it A. it shouldnt matter that he's dead, and B. that it is a story about Jian understanding who raised her as a child from her now adult perspective.

Also you dont know me as im a stranger to you, but if you were to actually read any of my regular comments on shows I watch i discuss all of those things in neurodivergent detail. As my study of focus in school was photography & film.

I think of it as his story in reverse. Only after his death does she get to truly know him. All the puzzle pieces fitting together. Seeing her past with more adult eyes & understanding.

A lot of things go over kids' heads on a normal basis, but she was also dealing with an added layer of trauma & disassociative amnesia & aphasia. aka she cant remember everything how it actually happened during that time. she sees a hyena where the man who tried to killer would be, because her & her uncle were watching that nature doc about the lion being quiet while the hyenas make noise. I think Jin Man is the Lion, he already knew he was a dead man with his work, so he did everything to make sure she had the tools to survive without him there without that training tainting her overall life, as she doesnt fully realize that she is a trained assassin until people are trying to kill her.

I'm really looking forward to learning about all his weird lessons & how he passed them off as something other than what they really were.

'A Shop For Killers' action, Disney+ (just started last week. will only be 8 episodes. 2 eps drop on the same day each week)
'My Man is Cupid' romcom murder mystery, Prime (started strong, but getting a bit bogged down with side quests imo in the back half...ends this week)
I need to leave to do something but I'll try to remember to come back with more.

It's good for me so far. There are lots of "over acting" parts, but it's the character over acting, not the actor...if you know what I mean?
The OST is already fire imo. Cinematography is dynamic and interesting. Costumes are great...Hair & Make-up department....well lacking just a bit for me. And the chemistry between the leads is there. As he's playing somewhat of a duel role she is balancing that really well with her performance too, as the character can somewhat sense the shift in him more than others.

Blessings. Thank you.

I feel like every single person in the comment section talking about "If he's dead I'm not watching" "isn't he supposed to be the main character?"
I need you all to watch the first episode. Jian makes a comment about an action movie she's watching with Jin Man. Gunmen are shooting at the lead actor and she says it's unrealistic and that they all have terrible aim. He corrects her and says, "no, he's very good and using the blind spots." she flippantly response with "Well the story would end when the main lead dies anyway."
When we open this show the main lead is already dead. That's the point. Just because the main character is dead doesn't mean his story is over. Because of what he passed onto her, he is still alive. He is still the main character to her, because she is only just discovering who her uncle really was.

I think that his voice and presence will be there as she remembers what he taught her. There could be scenes of him in not so much in flashbacks but a memory/apparition.

I think some just don't know what to do with silence. Ep2 has a lot of silent moments, but to me it serves a purpose. I really enjoy this type of storytelling.