MadelineMaureen

There is still somewhat of a separation form dramas(focusing on adult stories aka actors in their 30s and above) and idol dramas(focusing on youth storylines actors early 30s at the eldest)
There are newer young actors, but because of the entertainment system in Korea it's harder for new talent to get leading roles. The larger budget projects right now are relying heavily on the previous child actor generation who have stepped into adulthood(early to mid twenties)
It's also a much small population so you will have the same people working on projects regularly with smaller variation.

With Chinese dramas you have prestige dramas filled with a variety of ages in lead roles, but all talented. Then you have your idol dramas and your idol web drama actors. I think about it like the difference between sports team levels...club ball(short form web), minors(idol dramas), majors(prestige/veteran dramas). If you're American, think CW/Freeform, ABC, HBO/Showtime/Starz. Streaming in America has changed that structure enough that I think that will only make sense if you were born in the 90s at the latest.

The short, and idol dramas have an extremely large pool of young talent coming out of art high schools and university programs in major cities in China, that constantly gets replenished with newer and younger talent. Not to mention street casting and pulling from the model/pop idol pool as well. There is a transition once the lead idol actor reaches a certain age where they are more likely to focus on prestige dramas rather than the glitz and glam(and chaos) of idol dramas. Bai Lu is one such actress who is hoping to transition out of idol dramas on a more permanent basis. Leo Wei as well, is someone who goes in and out of the idol and prestige level dramas and wants to focus on the latter.

I honestly think it's because a lot of Kdramas ended up adopting more Western drama structure(multi season, mini-series aka no more than 12 episodes, a lot only have 8) as well as themes(hyper sexualized, dark phycological, dystopian).

Previously the most internationally popular kdramas fall under the "idol drama" category. A lot of people enjoy idol dramas, specifically, for the escapism it allows from one's everyday life.

In recent years I noticed a larger shift to realism in a lot of Kdramas, more so with the ones co-produced by companies like Netflix, Apple and even Disney+. So the shift away from idol drama focused content toward more gritty or sad themed shows in Kdrama land left a very large hole to fill for those seeking lighter HEA/HE style shows.

As an aside, it's also nice to know that I'm not going to see something x rated on accident in the middle of crime/suspense show, or romance drama. Looking at you A Killer Paradox...looking at you. (in my defense I was expecting blood and gore not a kmovie/hbo level sex scene.)
Not to sound like a pearl clutcher, but there is comfort in those TV-14 kind of love stories that hit different from a TV-MA love story.

Girlie pop, are you going to be okay if they drop 'Be Passionately in Love' in early March like the rumors say? 😆

They better drop a lot of episodes at the front because the 27th is a holiday so I wouldn't image them releasing a new episode on that day. Just a heads up for those who don't know.

https://kisskh.at/photos/JBAVoJ_3 The link to this week's schedule for those who haven't seen it and are wondering what they are talking about. Also I believe it lists the OST drops as well as the bottom.

Thank you!

Finally, my days off have arrived and I can try and finish this one up.

Which diabolical soul put "Love of Nirvana" a SE wuxia political period piece, in the recommended section of a modern romance drama?

Am I weird to think it's weird to recommend shows with tragic endings with completely different plots in a HEA modern romance?

Drop a link if you have one please

Both shows took artistic license with timelines. There is a 7 year age gap between siblings.

you don't understand romance readers wanting the adaptation of a romance novel want the characters to have the same character as what was originally written...? The watchers and readers are saying that putting it back to back to back to back to back...instead of having it shown over time or you know stick to what's in the source material is the problem. Also, some of HOW it is filmed is also an issue for some to the point they have had to go back & re-edit because of the amount of complaints. Having a character that is never in the novel show up half dressed in a victim's private space & it's played as fan service or for laughs goes against who Sang Yan is as a character.

I miss being able to use coding language(HTML) in comments to format the text the way I want to and to add individual spoilers for a certain sentence. We only get that feature in the topic discussion section really. bring back <>(there is another symbol I used that wont even show up that's hilarious

In the show they have Duan Jia Xu show up when he never meets Wen Yi Fan in the novel. This is during the no contact time between Sang Zhi and Duan Jia Xu in her senior year of high school. It will overlap story timelines in the fall/winter. Next summer is when Sang Yan goes to check on her in Yihe and finds out she's dating DJX.

We are missing part of that encounter the night she tells him she's not going to university with him. (spoiler start) Her abuser was back on the street and harassing her, Sang Yan doesn't overheard what the conversation is but hits him and they run away. She realized in that moment that he would one day end up getting hurt because of her and she pushed him away.(spoiler end) It was a trauma response.

In the novel she doesn't need as much saving as the show makes it seem. The director and screenwriter are actually getting a lot of shit from novel readers about all the added abuse/situations she finds herself in.
There is what happened to her as a teenager with her family and the events at her apartment that ultimately gets her to move in with her co-worker. Then for a long period of time they are just getting reacquainted while she gets used to being a reporter instead of a journalist. Then her family comes back into play to circle back to what caused her to distance herself from him, and that's when she really begins to open up for the first time in her life about what happened.

a man opened a coat in front of the FL and flashed her his naked body

It might have been edited out by the time you see the episode.

Hidden Love isn't being erased as this airs...you can, go and watch it...

Yeah. I was talking about it not being in the novel...like Sang Yan in the novel never lets people into their space. Nor does Wen Yi Fan. The only person I remember in the novel who entered their apartment was Sang Zhi.

I dont remember anyone visiting their house except Sang Zhi & he ran it past her like 2 or 3 times with time of arrival level updates.

Crowd sourcing novel info....if you've read it please help me remember

In the Novel, had Sang Zhi already flown to Yihe to check on the girlfriend situation? I could swear that it was mentioned like it had happened in her 2 year of high school and that she was presently in her last year aka 3rd year of high school. I feel like it was mentioned as an off handed way to say, well I've got to keep an eye on you because you're still grounded from the stunt you pulled last year...type of energy.