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People criticize this show simply because it doesn't have "a good ending", because it's "sad". All i said that it was realistic. If you want something else, go watch those fairytale fiction works, like i said. But we do need more of stories like THIS, because we need representation, a thing BLs and GLs tend to overlook in a world "Where everyone is gay and nothing bad ever happens".

Edit: Besides, i thought that everyone knew that BLs are mostly done out of fetishization, not representation.

I fear this is a worldwide problem, in every school show. There isn't much good teenage actors, so most shows just cast 20-somethings, in the best case scenario. And even considering that most 20+ y.o look quite young, you can still tell that those are adults who are growing out of their teenage features. But, taking in consideration what i said above, i just learned to pretend not to notice it. Cause i fear this is not changing any time soon.

Hell, boyhood casted 30y.o Im Siwan for the role of a highschooler, and no one questioned it, so...it be like that. Lol.

Yep. I mean, i love WHC, season one is one of my favourite shows ever, but it is not an original idea by any means. There's countless stories about bullying/schools/school bullying/revenge, because our lives are sad like that. It is kinda hard to make every drama in this niche stand out, but to me, almost every show with this setting succeeded so far. So calling HSH a dupe is simply disrespectful, especially towards the creator.

King of Pigs is PEAK i wish there were more revenge dramas like that.

I don't know why exactly people keep comparing this to WHC if the topic of bullying in South Korea is a very big one. It's not a secret that bullying is something that is depicted way more realistically than any romance drama, cause this is something people in SK face in their everyday life, in their workplaces, schools, universities, hell, on the streets. This is no shocker that there will be a lot of stories like this, especially if the drama is set in highschool setting.

So, no, not every school drama that focuses on bullying and someone going against it should be called a WHC knockoff. Otherwise, you should call dramas like The King of Pigs, Boyhood, Friendly Rivalry, Study Group etc WHC copies by that logic too, no matter that all of those are completely different.

Yep, i agree. This season showed just enough to nod and say, yeah, they're probably on good terms. But not enough to think that they formed deep and lasting bonds.

That's alright. Compared to what happened below, this is a civil conversation lol. I'm not gonna pretend that i do not agree with the hate that he's getting, but i see that we have different views, and that's fine.

Perhaps you didn't blame or called her anything, but many people below our discussion, most of whom i blocked simply for that, did. So, yes, to me it is a matter of men vs women, becuse even if there is a "gender war", only one side is always losing. And not the one people always rush to defend.

I read endless articles on this case. And if, IF the woman is truly is somewhat faulty, LJW is guilty too. But the only person catching strays by his defenders is her. Wonder why.

Man, i am not arguing with a person who did not even understand the original statement: That people always come to defend men, no matter how much of their guilt is proven, but close their eyes on blatant bullying towards women.

Which has everything to do with this case, where the woman is posed as a filthy liar and a witch, but a man is, of course, a saint. But don't worry, the deeply misogynistic South Korean law system will always be on your beloved's man side. It doesn't matter what random people on the internet say, so don't even bother with me.

And surprisingly enough, for some reason, the man is always in the right in the eyes of fans, be it true, or not. Hmm. But, sure. It has nothing to do with gender.

Just wanna say that yall people are faster than the light itself when it comes to defending any man, look for any smallest clues under the floorboards to prove their "innocence", but get real quiet when women are confirmed to be victims (AKA Sae Ron case). Yall as easy to read as an YA novel.

What was the point of making an asshole character a little bit better, killing him off, and replacing him with some dumbahh parasite? Like sure we get useless glimpses of his original personality, but to me, he's dead dead. Using his face for an even more unlikeable character just pisses me off more.

I get it, if that was in the original webtoon, but maybe then i'm pissed both at the webtoon and the show. If you kill off almost all the likeable characters, and leave people with like three alright ones (i do not count the kids cause that's a given), maybe you had it coming.

Oh lol fr? We can only pray that the show will focus on them this time around, if season 2 is gonna be greenlit. Which is highly unlikely.

Ik right? Why do gay/homosexual men get to have words that have set in stone definition, but we don't? Why do homosexual women have to be more "inclusive"? I'm so tired of this BS.

I get to gatekeep tho pookie, cause i'm a lesbian. Lesbian always meant and will mean a woman who is exclusively attracted to other women. NBs have the word sapphic. Stop erasing our words, they have damn meanings for a reason.

Edit: Even google has the real definition and yall still don't get it bfr if some lesbians decide to date someone who is not a woman, or not a lesbian, that doesn't make this person a lesbian too, and will also mean (in case of person being not a woman) that the first woman in question is not a lesbian, but sapphic. You should stop being afraid of using words such as bisexual pansexual etc instead of continuing using the word lesbian for someone who is clearly not one.

Well, dramas like the ones i mentioned quite often have deeper plots AND include prominent straight romances. Do we not deserve something similar? Friendly Rivalry, which is borderline GL, has great plot, and it is considered to be a thriller. Thai BLs have paranormal plots, detective plots, crime, etc. The relationship is still the centre of attention, but you can have something else interesting to look at too. Is it not boring to have the same recycled miscommunication plot over and over again? Personally, i think that more plot heavy BLs/GLs would bring us more positive attention. But, yknow, it's just imho.

Hmm. You would think that in the grand 2025 we will get better shows than in, let's say, 2021, because the budget is better now. I guess i was wrong. Instead, we got a boring miscommunication plot.

Sure, the screentime is not 10~ minutes now, which is just grand. But why does it matter if it's wasted on a whole lot of nothingness? Do we not deserve BLs with actual plot? Thrillers? Detectives, action? Hell, medical dramas? Perhaps a slice of life with a side of some conflicts here and there? Miscommunication had been made a thousand times before, and admittedly, way better than here.

I can't say that the drama is entirely bad. The acting is nice, it looks nice, characters have chemistry. Too bad it's all wasted on a bland plot. Perhaps it could've been better, if they had more time for character and feelings development, if it hadn't been so rushed. But instead....you have this.

Bro I'm pretty sure people who couldn't afford to buy better phones irl use them even longer than that.... My phone is having its 4th birthday this year lol. Maybe it's done for realism.

Wow, hell, misogynistic much? You do know that there's a report button AND a warning above the comment section for a reason? But i guess some people just lack the ability to see something like that behind the acid they spit from their mouths on daily basis.

He does comes off as someone who would see something such as deliberately confusing a person he hadn't seen in eight years just for the lolz as something entertaining. Especially considering that back then, the thought that Min Jun ghosted him for no reason ("no reason"), so that action could easily be seen as something he did just to poke at Min Jun. The fact that he's casually smiling the whole time (Perhaps knowing how this could be taken as a mockery) doesn't make it better. So yes, he can be kind of an ass to the person he likes, a deeply insecure person at that.