There’s seems to be a new influx of dramas that are slowly perfecting fighting action in the resemblance of Ip man or The Night Comes for Us… or even kill bill. All while introducing in the storytelling korean sensibilities and tropes (like chaebols as villains).
Agent Kim is a good addition to this roster.
Not perfect by any means but strong in what is proposed.
Before calling qingyi a simp did you even tried to undertsand him and why he is the way he was? 🥲 qingyi said…
I mean, yeah… but this is we injecting context as audience. It’s not like the drama is making social commentary on trauma or exploring psychology… this is not it’s okay to not be okay lol
If i felt compelled by the writing to take this specific aspect seriously… i probably wouldn’t call him a simp.
After episode 20, I just want to toss everyone in Qingyi's life in the dumpster! His egg donor and sister need…
For real… dude is miserable.
If he doesn’t get any resemblance of happiness after all of this then his purpose in the narrative was just to be a sandbang and a buffer to the whole revenge plot.
Before calling qingyi a simp did you even tried to undertsand him and why he is the way he was? 🥲 qingyi said…
I am not criticizing him… i am just making fun of his larger than life love, because it’s unrealistic in a caricature way.
On a serious note: he’s been suffering so much for so long, often because of her… and while his love is consistent in the sense he always puts her first worrying about his safety and well being is way further down in her list of priorities.
The fact they bond over misery and somehow she keeps adding to his pain… just to justify with passing comments about how she “didn’t intend to” doesn’t help.
She knows how much he is hurting and she hurts him more… he stays because he just loves her that much.
In real life we call this emotional dependency, not love.
POJ lovers, turn into Blossom of Power after Overdo. Such an lovestruck cocker spaniel puppy ML is, just as Linghe…
Blossom of power romance didn’t really convinced me for some reason… blossoms (with the same actress) got me smiling at the screen like a dumb ass tho.
piracy is not as bad as ai art please let's be serious 😭
I am not going to discuss the ethics of what is better or worse, is too lengthy of a topic with too many nuances and ultimately a matter of opinion.
I just checked my own biases, and think it’s worth bring it up so perhaps people can check theirs too.
Each time you pirate something you are actively harming a industry that feeds thousands of mouths… and the most vulnerable ones are usually the ones that shoulder the cut of revenue.
Similarly, for each introduction done with AI there’s a video editor loosing hours of his wage… which is why i said the discussion is worth having it.
I think the AI critique is valid… but i am watching this for free through piracy so what right do i have to hold the higher moral ground? For the way it was done… i don’t think it caused as much harm as the outrage is implying.
The conversation is still worth it having it, even if to avoid AI usage to become a bigger issue than already is. As much as any industry: once you give a hand they will come for a arm.
Ps: Wang Chu ran is such a eye candy. The woman is drop dead gorgeous.
The FL seems like a hard character to develop… at this point they have hammered her ice queen persona so hard that it will be equally difficult to write her “falling in love” arc.
Even her supposedly lovingly acts feels rigid, as if they have no emotional weight or as if they were done out of a moral obligation of some kind… internally she might be feeling things, and the screenwriting sometimes supports this interpretation but the acting doesn’t come across to show this conflict between the mask she puts and how she feels either.
I would agree with the idea of portraying the FL moving on as a core part of the development of her character……
Yeah, i kinda agree with you.
Honestly, she is pretty much driving the story so far.
There’s some issues with her writing, for example the godot scene pulling of a: “yeah i left but you didn’t asked me to stay either” cliche, but no doubt her storyline makes for a more interesting watch than his
So the discussion that, a "selfless and infinitely patient" male lead and a "slightly unstable and…
I would agree with the idea of portraying the FL moving on as a core part of the development of her character… i just don’t see the show going that route so far: she “moves on” as a way to prompt me to look at her personality as in: what does that tells me about her? But the narrative theme is all about returning and she is no better now than she was before leaving and neither are her circumstances (she herself tells him so).
Hence the scene of “godot never came back… but you will right?” and the subsequent follow up with “coward” .
At this point i am just in for the entertainment and curious on what story the shows is trying to tell and how expects me to interpret it.
I feel like this will be that kind of drama where the guy will display some kind of “larger than life” level of unconditional love… which is both unrealistic, flat and leads to no character growth at all to either of them because there’s no actual consequences, self-reflection or even the incentive to realize what they have done wrongly in the past and how to avoid the same mistakes going forward since he is always “oh so kind” and all potential points of conflict lead to nowhere because he is Buddha incarnated and she doesn’t get actual consequences.
As it stands… these two have already irked me a couple times at least:
She is shown as unstable, egotistical and self-absorbed.
He is shown as overly romantic, sentimental, easily manipulated and has poor self-steem.
So the show better address the issues and circumstances of why they didn’t work in the past and what has changed since then to make a second chance romance worthwhile.
It would be nice to see a actual second chance romance where these two grow together, not another self insert mary sue fantasy.
Those are my first impressions , so the show might surprise me even though i am not optimistic.
Not really invested in the couple yet, but she captivated me enough to stick around.
Agent Kim is a good addition to this roster.
Not perfect by any means but strong in what is proposed.
Solid watch
Seeing him slowly turning into a morally grey character while still being in love with her i mean.
If i felt compelled by the writing to take this specific aspect seriously… i probably wouldn’t call him a simp.
The main couple was really badly written too…
This one is fast paced… it locks into a pattern fairly early
Its good for watching a couple episodes a week, for binge probably not.
If you want a good writing in a republic drama this is not it (recommend mr sunshine in that case)
This is fast entertainment…
If he doesn’t get any resemblance of happiness after all of this then his purpose in the narrative was just to be a sandbang and a buffer to the whole revenge plot.
On a serious note: he’s been suffering so much for so long, often because of her… and while his love is consistent in the sense he always puts her first worrying about his safety and well being is way further down in her list of priorities.
The fact they bond over misery and somehow she keeps adding to his pain… just to justify with passing comments about how she “didn’t intend to” doesn’t help.
She knows how much he is hurting and she hurts him more… he stays because he just loves her that much.
In real life we call this emotional dependency, not love.
People nowadays throw the word around too easily, but if simping is wrong: my man Qing Yi was never right! 🥹
Ultimate Cinema, superior entertainment 🥂
I just checked my own biases, and think it’s worth bring it up so perhaps people can check theirs too.
Each time you pirate something you are actively harming a industry that feeds thousands of mouths… and the most vulnerable ones are usually the ones that shoulder the cut of revenue.
Similarly, for each introduction done with AI there’s a video editor loosing hours of his wage… which is why i said the discussion is worth having it.
The conversation is still worth it having it, even if to avoid AI usage to become a bigger issue than already is. As much as any industry: once you give a hand they will come for a arm.
Ps: Wang Chu ran is such a eye candy. The woman is drop dead gorgeous.
Even her supposedly lovingly acts feels rigid, as if they have no emotional weight or as if they were done out of a moral obligation of some kind… internally she might be feeling things, and the screenwriting sometimes supports this interpretation but the acting doesn’t come across to show this conflict between the mask she puts and how she feels either.
Honestly, she is pretty much driving the story so far.
There’s some issues with her writing, for example the godot scene pulling of a: “yeah i left but you didn’t asked me to stay either” cliche, but no doubt her storyline makes for a more interesting watch than his
For me at least
Hence the scene of “godot never came back… but you will right?” and the subsequent follow up with “coward” .
At this point i am just in for the entertainment and curious on what story the shows is trying to tell and how expects me to interpret it.
So far it seems pretty straightforward
As it stands… these two have already irked me a couple times at least:
She is shown as unstable, egotistical and self-absorbed.
He is shown as overly romantic, sentimental, easily manipulated and has poor self-steem.
So the show better address the issues and circumstances of why they didn’t work in the past and what has changed since then to make a second chance romance worthwhile.
It would be nice to see a actual second chance romance where these two grow together, not another self insert mary sue fantasy.
Those are my first impressions , so the show might surprise me even though i am not optimistic.