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Cool 😎. Then what you wrote now is not rude at all, with valid opinions from your perspective. What appeared before was very strong language based on what you don’t like. This is ok the previous comment not so much. Please refrain from using words such as “cougar” or “Mack” it’s offensive.

To be honest SHK is also getting a lot of hate. Some weirdos in this forum have called her a “Mack”. You can check out what this means. I feel like MDL really needs moderation since some of the language used for older women is extremely vulgar and sexually offensive. Thankfully the trollers of PMY are not character assassinating the way they are doing SHK.

This kind of language is so not good. All of the major dramas last year Bulgasal, Snowdrop etc etc featured men far older. Krystal and Kim Jae Wook are also coming in another age gap drama. But no one does character assassination.

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That’s because I think they (Soyaa) used the word hate. Which is a strong word ascribed to the trollers. Regular viewers may of course dislike due to story, direction or acting. But then they won’t become keyboard warriors unless they have an axe to grind. And I personally have been witness to vicious hatred months before the drama started airing

Yes I agree. I visited Sri Lanka back in 2019, and then some of the locals from within minorities would come to me and whisper when no one was looking how brutally people would come with machetes in the night and totally annihilate them. I was honoured that these people found me to share their thoughts. At the same time I was very affected. It’s crazy how none of these stories feature.

Exactly. It’s weird since it’s only k dramas since in Chinese dramas the FL are so much older most of the times. Thankfully a lot of new k dramas have been announced with age difference on both sides (Older ML and older FL). But I feel like behind the doors PMY must be really pissed with SK since in some promo scenes she looked a bit angry especially the one with yellow dress (she literally gave him the cold shoulder) Thankfully he can go to army and both can forget this whole episode

Exactly I was amazed. So for this Dobara drama both Hadiqa Kiani (FL) and Bilal Khan (ML) promoted on Instagram months before the drama aired and the comments on Instagram have been so respectful. And that drama has like 50 to 100 million views on YouTube and yet no trolling. And then nothing absolutely no promotion for this drama and the vicious trolling I was so shocked

It’s so ridiculous. I have been watching a Pakistani drama for 3 months now “Dobara” where the ML is as old as her son. And this drama has received a lot of praise. Similarly there is one indian movie where the lead actress is far older and that has been well received. Across the world we are seeing more of this and these receive praises also, so I don’t understand why this became such a cesspit really

Exactly and people are treating as if this is a zero sum game when it’s not. I actually plan to watch 25 21 once I finish this. But I think this is more for trollers who cannot envision PMY with SK dunno why though. I have been watching k dramas for over 7 years now and this is the first time I have witnessed this level of trolling in YouTube, drama websites such as dramabeans even and MDL.

I agree. The war crimes that’s have happened in Sri Lanka is another case in point. But that’s brown people so no one cares. There has been an absolute genocide that never comes to news.

People are used to seeing women. 1) under twenty five 2) pure as snow 3) has never even held hands with someone 4) does not even know what sex means 5) has to have the older male lead bully her all through the drama and even force kiss her 6) cook or clean non stop for parents or in laws 7) somehow magically is good at work too without messing up. Exactly what Carl jung/ Freud said 150 years ago have the classic “Madonna archetype”. Things have not changed since 😊

I agree. For once k drama has shown us a sensible woman who is non afraid of being in tune with her passionate self or her ambitions or taking risks. The scene where she talks to SK with so much compassion when she feeds him was so cute.

Did you notice the way song Kang father in this drama talked about park min young in such a derogatory way. I found that scene to be absolute poetic justice since thats the way trollers talked about her. So the drama authors knew how narrow minded and toxic some people could be.

Although it seems like they are becoming more toxic now

I have a theory. I think people yesterday were shell shocked with what happened in Ukraine so less people tuned in yesterday. To be honest I know I am

I am loving this show so far and have a few thoughts.
1) I don’t feel the exes are toxic since the main leads have clear flaws. The FL is so hard to be with that even her mom gets scared and the ex chose to passive aggressive leave her. ML has a lot of skeletons
2) the chemistry between the main leads is awesome and I hope its explored well since both compliment each skill sets
3) I don’t like mean bosses especially those who yell on their subordinates in front of others. So far the female lead unlike what others in this forum think to me seems actully quite capable. However I do feel she lacks Emotional intelligence. Any new boss has a one on one with their team first. They showed that in search Www so clearly this is not an alien concept. But she does not talk to them. Hope they do show that arc
4) the relationship to me is good since it’s full of consent and the leads are in sync so far

Also I feel that at this rate I am better off watching and reading about commentary on western (British and Scandinavian) shows where the viewers are not so sexist and can handle complex and older women characters. The female lead in the British Drama Bodyguard was one of the most unsympathetic characters written still people did not go all angry about it

Exactly. The hero in secretary was a sociopath and people still loved him. When will people stop being so so so very gender biased. I think people only want to watch girls younger than 25 with naïveté and dealing with life’s problems which have nothing to do with ageing and being super nice at the same time.

It’s quite common for new bosses to flounder. Her character will go through an arc. Everyone around her including her mom says that she is difficult. She is written to be like that. I am so fed up of all saintly women characters in dramas. I guess since I also read books like that, I am used to irritating female characters who redeem themselves. One example is Aelin from throne of glass. Everyone around her keeps saying how horrible she is and slowly she changes over 7 books. People are wired to like jerk guys such as secretary Kim but not women characters like that. we are like only 5 episodes through she should change halfway 8 or 9 episode. Nonetheless if she is not your cup of tea, you can explore other characters and dramas where women are likeable upfront 🙂.