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A love triangle disguised as a found family show.

So the show itself had a lot of potential and the initial 4 or so episodes are pretty good. But then the love triangle well it kind of ruins it. Not to be dramatic the show had betrayed it's own audience. No longer a show about a child care but one about a love triangle and a child as an accossery. The story had potential with found family vibes and exploring each character's trauma and regrets but no we are wasting time on a stupid and infuriating love triangle.
Characters
Woo Hyeon Jin ( fl ) - She is not well written her regrets about her sister aren't explored enough. The problem with her is that she makes a few claims of what she would do but doesn't follow through them. She is clearly not fit to be the baby's guardian, she can't even take care of herself. She does have her positives though like I liked how she made porridge for the ml when he was sick and she isn't a bad or malicious person. But her inability to clearly reject the ml while knowing that he hates waiting is my main issue. Her trying to impress her boss and her antics were annoying. I don't believe she had to have agreed to date the ml but when she was actively goes on dates with sml it gets frustrating.
Seon Tea Hyeong ( ml ) - easily the better written character out of the main characters. His character is well explored . He has a very good character arc from going from this jerk who didn't want anything to do with the baby to adoring him so dearly. What I like about him is that his care and love for the fl and baby are separate. I wish we could have explored a bit more of the photography a bit more since well I feel like that industry isn't represented in much depth in media. Also his boss was such a diva. My issue with this character comes in the later episodes where he is almost portrayed as a hopeless romantic loser though I absolutely love the cute scenes between him and fl but the love triangle also indirectly hurts his character writing mainly we get too much of it. His scenes with the baby are peak easily the best scenes in the entire show. I can tell why the baby was so attached to him. He is unintentionally very good with the baby.
Park Yun Seong ( sml ) - would have liked him in any other show but not this one. Okay I get it he likes the fl but he keeps her late even after he finds out she has a baby to take care of. He doesn't care for the baby the baby is just a tool for him to impress her. The reason why his moments don't hit much with the fl is because it's less about action more about throwing money and making it appear as if he cares for the baby. The car seat scene is a good example it was clear it wasn't care. He also lacks chemistry with the fl. He has better chemistry with ml than the fl and all they did was fix a door.
Seon U Ju ( baby ) - the star of the show and probably the reason why people continue to watch the show. He does his job well cute great chemistry with the leads. Really expressive as he is a baby he doesn't have much of a character arc but I wish we could have explored more of his trauma like he was diagnosed to have some psychological problems. But I wish we were shown these problems. Like him reacting weirdly to noise and the leads unsure what to do.

Improvements for the show ( based on my opinion)
1. Just focus on the ml and the baby. - this would have made the show stand out against most of the other childcare shows which also have heavy emphasis on romance.
2. Focus more on the characters psychology and trauma - this would have given the drama without the need of romantic plots.
3. Show the full regaining of the ml's love of photography - from hate to just to keep them a float to genuine passion.
4. Show more of his friends - they are genuinely funny and they could have a brother like bond with the ml highlighting a past he has lost.
5. Make the father more manipulative and a genuine threat - he shouldn't be a threat like he is threatening the baby's life but more of a psychological manipulator kind someone who makes the ml question his credibility as a guardian.
6. Bit more focus on the photography industry - we could see how he uses lightning how he gets clients and methods he uses for exposure.
7. More scenes in his childhood with his brother - this could be triggered by things the baby does. He could feel resentment and sorrow when the baby reminds him of his brother, he could feel self pity when the baby reminds him of himself.

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