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Mid-way review. Where is the white truck of doom when you need it(Update:Dropped)
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I've had Love All Play running in the background, slowly, very slowly, because it's a sports drama, and let’s face it, K-dramaland doesn’t really roll out the red carpet for sports plots.
That said, I actually like the tournament scenes. The sportsmanship? Great. The teamwork? Love it. The matches? Genuinely fun to watch.
My problem so far is the female lead. Lord have mercy. She’s like a sad violin playing on repeat. Always gloomy, always blaming herself for the fall of mankind. Dark, moody, and emotionally flat, like tap water, but if the tap had depression. She’s the kind of character that walks into a sunny room and turns the light off just by existing.
The male lead,played by Chae Jong Hyeop(Serendipity Embrace,Eye Love You, Castaway Diva,Hot Stove League) just to name a few...is known to be naturally cheerful but bless his warm little heart,his character has been tested. He’s beautiful , dedicated,kind, and doing everything short of setting himself on fire to warm this girl up emotionally(The amount of hugs this man gives our FL can literally melt an iceberg) But she? She’s on a whole different wavelength. Like, “I’m the problem, I ruin everything, the earth weeps because I exist” levels of drama. I’ve honestly had moments where I want to reach through the screen, pull her hair into a tight bun, and tell her to get a grip.
And then there’s this Episode,the reason why am here before I could even finish; In Middle of the night. She wakes up crying. No nightmare, no context. Just tears, like her soul tripped over itself in her sleep. The ML, half-asleep but still gentle, asks if she had a bad dream, and she hits him with: “Thank you for loving me.” I nearly threw my pillow. What does that even mean?! Can we get a translator for vague emotional distress? Because I’ve got nothing. To make it worse, she’s about to find out some rather interesting information, so the misery dial is about to go from 8 to 100 real fast. I already feel the migraine forming.
I do enjoy the drama, honestly. The sports angle is solid. But the FL’s constant spiral into gloom is exhausting. Every time she sighs, I lose a brain cell. And no matter how much love the ML gives, it’s like pouring hot tea on a snowman and hoping it comes back to life.
I love Sport dramas and Chae Jong Hyeop is a human walking plushie so I shall solder on so help me drama god...See you on the finish line.
UPDATE: DROPPED
Unfortunately or fortunately, I have decided that my mental health actually matters. So, I shall now proceed to invest my time in things that bring me peace, joy, and a little bit of sanity. Sometimes it’s okay not to be okay, and sometimes it’s okay to gracefully accept defeat… or, in my case, dramatically fling in the towel. And just so we’re clear, this is my opinion, my review, and very much based on my own preferences. So if you disagree… well, feel free to toss your own towel.
Ciao 👋
I've had Love All Play running in the background, slowly, very slowly, because it's a sports drama, and let’s face it, K-dramaland doesn’t really roll out the red carpet for sports plots.
That said, I actually like the tournament scenes. The sportsmanship? Great. The teamwork? Love it. The matches? Genuinely fun to watch.
My problem so far is the female lead. Lord have mercy. She’s like a sad violin playing on repeat. Always gloomy, always blaming herself for the fall of mankind. Dark, moody, and emotionally flat, like tap water, but if the tap had depression. She’s the kind of character that walks into a sunny room and turns the light off just by existing.
The male lead,played by Chae Jong Hyeop(Serendipity Embrace,Eye Love You, Castaway Diva,Hot Stove League) just to name a few...is known to be naturally cheerful but bless his warm little heart,his character has been tested. He’s beautiful , dedicated,kind, and doing everything short of setting himself on fire to warm this girl up emotionally(The amount of hugs this man gives our FL can literally melt an iceberg) But she? She’s on a whole different wavelength. Like, “I’m the problem, I ruin everything, the earth weeps because I exist” levels of drama. I’ve honestly had moments where I want to reach through the screen, pull her hair into a tight bun, and tell her to get a grip.
And then there’s this Episode,the reason why am here before I could even finish; In Middle of the night. She wakes up crying. No nightmare, no context. Just tears, like her soul tripped over itself in her sleep. The ML, half-asleep but still gentle, asks if she had a bad dream, and she hits him with: “Thank you for loving me.” I nearly threw my pillow. What does that even mean?! Can we get a translator for vague emotional distress? Because I’ve got nothing. To make it worse, she’s about to find out some rather interesting information, so the misery dial is about to go from 8 to 100 real fast. I already feel the migraine forming.
I do enjoy the drama, honestly. The sports angle is solid. But the FL’s constant spiral into gloom is exhausting. Every time she sighs, I lose a brain cell. And no matter how much love the ML gives, it’s like pouring hot tea on a snowman and hoping it comes back to life.
I love Sport dramas and Chae Jong Hyeop is a human walking plushie so I shall solder on so help me drama god...See you on the finish line.
UPDATE: DROPPED
Unfortunately or fortunately, I have decided that my mental health actually matters. So, I shall now proceed to invest my time in things that bring me peace, joy, and a little bit of sanity. Sometimes it’s okay not to be okay, and sometimes it’s okay to gracefully accept defeat… or, in my case, dramatically fling in the towel. And just so we’re clear, this is my opinion, my review, and very much based on my own preferences. So if you disagree… well, feel free to toss your own towel.
Ciao 👋
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