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I don' t agree. We don't know how close he was with the men out there. You have been given the all seeing eye by the director. I have seen women defend their husbands over paedophile cases because they know him. There's a lot of people like that than you think.

Yes, his character is layered... first time seeing him and I'm very impressed of his portrayal. I don't know why, but he just reminds me of Zhang Zhe Han. His eyes, his mannerism.

One thing this drama has shown is judging and behaving like ML's mother (choosing who is best for him) will never get you anywhere. ML has shown so far it's love and he cannot help himself. No matter how nice and fawning over him, you don't get your man, he's not interested in anyone but the FL, period. Realistic and more closer to reality. I like how this is making it uncomfortable viewing for some. Also, FL is not even cruel, just a regular jobbing actress ML put his ambitions first and cannot break free from his family loyalty for much of his life. Has he harmed people unintentionally?

Your last sentence made me laugh. So sincere. So dated. Meanwhile in the real world, I doubt that. Actors go from one set to the next, reading scripts like zombies. Sometimes it shows. Didn't FL fall asleep almost just listening to ML's agent droning away?

Many are now coming in from music industries, scouted from reality circuits, some come from some dance academy (a short cut into acting)... What development. She's just another struggling regular actress, and there are thousands out there.

I'm not here to support her character but to say she's doesn't need growth. Nothing in drama rule book saying FL must be smart or understands everyone.

ML loves her whatever she does, and that is love. I think some viewers cannot deal with that part and instead turn their attention to FL.'s flaws. I am not seeing enough of why is the ML still loving her.

Penny will drop for FL, and it's already happening. She's withholding info knowing it's wrong for herself but she's doing it anyway. It's called tough love. East Asians from previous generations tend to adopt this. Drama watchers should be more open minded when watching these types of dramas.

You don't have to be sympathetic to her. Just watch the ML do that. It shows, love is not measured on smartness. No logic.. He simply loves her for being her. Be it, ditzy, crazy, simple....

She's just a regular girl, nothing special. FLs don't need to be smart or have character growth. She doesn't have plot armour. No doubt, if she did, you'd be moaning about that too. Something you ought to address yourself, rather than project your unhealthy double standards.

ML has not exactly been honest to her and put his personal ambitions first. He displayed 2 faces and that is a form of deception. You seem to excuse someone not letting go of your wrist as passion. Stabbing him back is small fry compared with his earlier antics. I fear watching too many c-dramas have shifted you into thinking this is acceptable behaviour.

Finally, someone kept saying she's swearing at ML. Cursing his action/behaviour, bad mouthing is not the same as swearing.


Stupid? She's not smart but not stupid. I find it ironic that those that regularly shrow words like stupid about cannot work out they are watching with the all seeing eye failing to admit FL doesn't have that privilege.

ML is two faced. He has two personas. He lied to her and when given the chance to speak he doesn't. How can she believe he loves her when he is very likely to use her for his personal ambition. She stabs him because he failed to release his grip on her arm. Modern day term, that is force and violent.

MDL does not represent all international viewing figures. MDL tends to have fans of younger newer actors rather than established actors.

It's a comedy. A parody. One of the biggest tropes in drama land is misunderstanding. They will milk that to the max. If you don't like this sort of comedy, it will be very hard for you. FL also doesn't need character growth either. ML has not been honest to her and put his personal ambitions first.

Not exhausting for them I'm afraid. They have grown accustomed to believing in the perfect FL. Includes, lots of plot armour re-labelled as super-smart understanding at all times, makes next to no mistake and most of all, must support at all cost the ML type character. I don't think they will get much of a drama by then ...

The drama is a parody and one of the biggest tropes is the "misunderstanding". It's lost on them when they are more pre-occupied by "annoying" FL character that bothers them they ought to analysis themselves more rather than project their high performative morals onto others.

Paper people? Are you saying she also knows she's inside a script?

She is biased because of the script she saw & then witnessed through her own eyes the ML trying to kill her. Then end up sleeping with her sister. I can list the many times he tried to harm her but you fail to admit you are watching as an audience with the all seeing eye perspective and not watching the drama through her lens.

It is fine you want her to be something else, but her words towards him are maybe tiring for ones that can see and know what’s happening on the other side, but she doesn’t. And she’s not smart enough at times to work things out. I think the drama is well executed in that regards. Remember it’s a parody & not meant to show realism, but poke fun of storylines like this. One of the biggest tropes in drama land is misunderstanding. They will milk that to the max.


I think you might be watching too many dramas & starting to buy into this plot armoured perfect female lead. Average people do behave like that . They are not the all seeing sort. Many are not super smart either.

Putting high almost fake performative morals seems to be even more grating in dramaland. Are you giving ML's behaviour a pass? Get the calculator out and you'll see the ML needs less defending over her words. Also your judgment is coming from a different view from FL's.

Worse to come. She fell pregnant and he snatched the child away to bring up as his own with the help of his mother and gaslighting her throughout, shaming her by saying she would not be able to bring him up in her surroundings.. Very painful to watch because of realism of the time. but both leads done a great job. I'm expecting nominations for support FL next year.

You are missing the point of this whole drama. It's making fun of those plots where they wear thin veils or females play men and no one notices how bad the cover up is. And here she is, stuck in the drama also doing exactly the same moaning and complaining about tropes and she knows what is happening or what is best, and then she falls straight into dramaland trope herself by not adhering to her set of standards.

BTW, FL's character is just an average human and like many, think they're smarter than they are. If you look at the discussions here, a large portion of us are trying to second guess the plot line just as she is doing, and many get it wrong and maybe 1/3 get close to the what will happen next. I think drama watchers have grown so accustomed to perfect fL without knowing and then also say she has masses of plot amour too. It seems, FLs can't do anything right, and MLs have a free pass all the time. Some really need to be questioning themselves instead of the FL.

Realism doesn't seem to figure in some drama watchers anymore. They're so accustomed to the perfect (plot armour, oh she even had to explain that!) characters that just don't annoy by being super smart and land on their feet at all times. Being a good judge of character at all times, with x-ray vision because we the audience know so she should know too... But, no, she's annoying, dumb and a bitch apparently. Such venom laid at her door for repelling on a character that's ruthless, ambitious and cold.

We need to be asking, why judge FL like that yet the ML has all the passes. The double standards are so glaring.

Those that keep saying she's dumb have no idea since they refuse to accept they've been given the full over-seeing knowledge by the director. Quite ironic when I see these types of comments. BTW, there is no rule book that FL must be smart either. In Parallel World, the FL always thought she was smarter than others when in actual fact she's just a bolshy person that fancied herself. Her character didn't grow either.

If you are lifting figures from Marcus here, it's normally a weekly tally where as most users on MDL tend to reel out daily rankings. So it makes sense for dramas that have aired longer to gain more. Douban scores and viewing figures are two different things.

You are still not getting it. Whole point is she is supposed to be dumb has hell and cannot see what others see. Also her character is not supposed to be super smart. She think she's smarter than she is. You as a viewer have a broader view on the drama whilst she doesn't. Fact that you don't like seeing that means you are not fully on board with the "in joke".