An adaptation can be close to the original or widely divergent, depending on the agreement negotiated by the copyright…
This. ☝🏽
I don't know why people keeps on expecting adaptations to follow the original material and then get disappointed. There are very few adaptations which followed the original material in the entire history of adaptations.
Ratings from abroad means absolutely nothing. All entertainment industries only count ratings locally which is often their target market. Ratings and revenues from abroad don't carry any weight other news. 😆
LOL. How old is the ML? He thinks like a kid with no life experience.
He's a kid. He saw his partner down and he chose to hold on to the drugs. In a situation like that where you're losing, you cut your losses. There's a limit to "The needs of the many outweighs the needs of the few/one" or "The good of all outweighs the sacrifice of one/few".
You need to know when to call it quits so you can fight another day. In that situation, give up the drugs, let them all have it, it's a battle you've clearly lost. Save your partner, recoup, then fight another day.
Of course, they'll probably do some miracle in E06. 😆 But in real life, while the needs of the many outweighs the needs of the few is the ultimate goal, it is not always applicable. In a situation where you've clearly lost, you cut your losses. There's no shame in throwing the towel.
Almost every time whenever there's a complaint about some character or tech or magic, it was about a plot device. Like in this case, the sister.
The sister is not important. She was created as a plot device. To set up the situation where the FL suddenly had to pay for a loan.
- They cannot use the FL as someone with a loan, she was not written that way. - They can't use her mother either because she was not written that way.
So, the best option is to create a sister and dump the loan on her then write her off.
Yes, they must write her off so there's no need to create scenes just to show her. The story is not about her. She's not needed. There was no need to tell her story. She was only a plot device and nothing else.
Even in the finale episode the sister was nothing but a plot device. They used her to set up a Disney Princess fairytale scene in Jeju because otherwise there was no reason for the FL to be there.
So, the sister? She's absolutely nothing but a plot device. Stop focusing on her because she was only a plot device.
Plot devices are always employed in creative writing. It is one of the most useful tool a writer has. It isn't poor writing. By not using plot devices because you believe that everything in fiction must be explained, is itself a sure sign that the writer is an amateur. There is no right or wrong on how to use plot devices. But it is poor writing not to use plot devices.
the sister plot was so useless after all cause why isn't it a bigger deal that your sister just left your mom…
They teach it in creative writing courses, it's called "plot device". That's all it was about, it was never intended to be anything but a plot device.
The problem with young audiences today, everything must be explained. They just can't accept that something was only meant as a plot device for the benefit of the main characters. Her sister was only that, a plot device. This is not their story. They served their purpose. They're no longer needed after they set up the loan issue.
You don't need to focus on it. Just forget it. The sister was only a plot device, nothing else. She's not important in the story.
If they did not remove her, she will only interfere with the scenes. That's why they wrote her off as hiding in Jeju.
I can go on and explain how the story will change if they didn't write her off. Or, if they instead used the mother as the one with a loan. But that's going to be very long. Creating a sister character deep in loan and writing her off was the best move for the main characters.
In creative fiction, one very important rule is every thing must have an opposite.
If a character is too intelligent, there's something opposite, like another character or a weakness.
Very often, it is equal.
The first time this rule was broken was in OP (overpowered) genre that became popular 10 years ago. They still have an opposite or antithesis, but it's no longer equal.
This show reversed that. The ML's ability guarantees he'll always be in the negative. 🤣🤣🤣🤣 He can never use his power for income. If he refuses to help, he gets itchy. To heal that, he needs to spend far more than what the amount would have been if he didn't refuse to help. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 And even if he helps, the amount of strength he gets is too low for the amount of money he spends. 😆😆😆😆😆😆
The FL. Love must be truly blind because he was oblivious to his girlfriend/wife's obsession with money.
I mean, seriously, life or money? No amount of money can ever match the value of a single life. And all she cared about was "where did you get the money?" After saving her life and the lives of their friends.
This is what Kdrama used to be like, and not just Kdrama but the entire RomCom genre worldwide. It's awesome to have watched this type of story and execution in late 2025.
Oh, and the finale episode was lovely and reminiscent of fairytales.
Quite honestly, I still don't understand what's with the sudden shift in the ML's character.
In S01 and S02, he was a person who values righteous justice. But in S03, "I am Judge Dredd!" (A Western comics/film character embodying 'judge, jury, and executioner'.)
What happened to him? A person can't just change like that. Something deep or profound happened that made him "Forget it, I'll just kill them all because I decided they deserve to die."
Any takes on what happened and how he changed from someone who valued righteous justice to being the Asian Judge Dredd?
The best season of this show is still season one, good acting and stunts, clear punishment for the antagonists,…
You explained well my take. S03 is out-of-touch with what made the francise popular and lovable. S03 is more of a fanservice.
"Audiences always want the 'heroes' to kill the bad guys? Let's give them that in season 3!"
It's less on thought provoking plots and more on what I call "audience justice".
"That guy is an arse, just hit-and-run him twice. The first time, let him the wall wall solidly. The second time, let's make sure it's clear he died. But somehow they got away from their double crime because they cleared the CCTV."
The ML turned from someone who still valued righteous justice to someone who is now judge, jury, and executioner.
Jang NaRa should take on more villain roles. But at the same time, I hope she isn't type-casted now that we've seen her take on a villain role. I still want her to be the main character because she bring her characters to life and her projects easy to immerse in.
Jang NaRa should take on more villain roles. But at the same time, I hope she isn't type-casted now that we've seen her take on a villain role. I still want her to be the main character because she bring her characters to life and her projects easy to immerse in.
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I don't know why people keeps on expecting adaptations to follow the original material and then get disappointed. There are very few adaptations which followed the original material in the entire history of adaptations.
Ratings from abroad means absolutely nothing. All entertainment industries only count ratings locally which is often their target market. Ratings and revenues from abroad don't carry any weight other news. 😆
He's a kid. He saw his partner down and he chose to hold on to the drugs. In a situation like that where you're losing, you cut your losses. There's a limit to "The needs of the many outweighs the needs of the few/one" or "The good of all outweighs the sacrifice of one/few".
You need to know when to call it quits so you can fight another day. In that situation, give up the drugs, let them all have it, it's a battle you've clearly lost. Save your partner, recoup, then fight another day.
Of course, they'll probably do some miracle in E06. 😆 But in real life, while the needs of the many outweighs the needs of the few is the ultimate goal, it is not always applicable. In a situation where you've clearly lost, you cut your losses. There's no shame in throwing the towel.
The sister is not important. She was created as a plot device. To set up the situation where the FL suddenly had to pay for a loan.
- They cannot use the FL as someone with a loan, she was not written that way.
- They can't use her mother either because she was not written that way.
So, the best option is to create a sister and dump the loan on her then write her off.
Yes, they must write her off so there's no need to create scenes just to show her. The story is not about her. She's not needed. There was no need to tell her story. She was only a plot device and nothing else.
Even in the finale episode the sister was nothing but a plot device. They used her to set up a Disney Princess fairytale scene in Jeju because otherwise there was no reason for the FL to be there.
So, the sister? She's absolutely nothing but a plot device. Stop focusing on her because she was only a plot device.
Plot devices are always employed in creative writing. It is one of the most useful tool a writer has. It isn't poor writing. By not using plot devices because you believe that everything in fiction must be explained, is itself a sure sign that the writer is an amateur. There is no right or wrong on how to use plot devices. But it is poor writing not to use plot devices.
The problem with young audiences today, everything must be explained. They just can't accept that something was only meant as a plot device for the benefit of the main characters. Her sister was only that, a plot device. This is not their story. They served their purpose. They're no longer needed after they set up the loan issue.
You don't need to focus on it. Just forget it. The sister was only a plot device, nothing else. She's not important in the story.
If they did not remove her, she will only interfere with the scenes. That's why they wrote her off as hiding in Jeju.
I can go on and explain how the story will change if they didn't write her off. Or, if they instead used the mother as the one with a loan. But that's going to be very long. Creating a sister character deep in loan and writing her off was the best move for the main characters.
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If a character is too intelligent, there's something opposite, like another character or a weakness.
Very often, it is equal.
The first time this rule was broken was in OP (overpowered) genre that became popular 10 years ago. They still have an opposite or antithesis, but it's no longer equal.
This show reversed that. The ML's ability guarantees he'll always be in the negative. 🤣🤣🤣🤣 He can never use his power for income. If he refuses to help, he gets itchy. To heal that, he needs to spend far more than what the amount would have been if he didn't refuse to help. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 And even if he helps, the amount of strength he gets is too low for the amount of money he spends. 😆😆😆😆😆😆
It's a curse! 😆😆😆😆😆😆😆
I mean, seriously, life or money? No amount of money can ever match the value of a single life. And all she cared about was "where did you get the money?" After saving her life and the lives of their friends.
🙅🏽🙅🏽🙅🏽
Fund his superhero activities. The fund was from corruption. 🤣🤣🤣
Oh, and the finale episode was lovely and reminiscent of fairytales.
In S01 and S02, he was a person who values righteous justice. But in S03, "I am Judge Dredd!" (A Western comics/film character embodying 'judge, jury, and executioner'.)
What happened to him? A person can't just change like that. Something deep or profound happened that made him "Forget it, I'll just kill them all because I decided they deserve to die."
Any takes on what happened and how he changed from someone who valued righteous justice to being the Asian Judge Dredd?
"Audiences always want the 'heroes' to kill the bad guys? Let's give them that in season 3!"
It's less on thought provoking plots and more on what I call "audience justice".
"That guy is an arse, just hit-and-run him twice. The first time, let him the wall wall solidly. The second time, let's make sure it's clear he died. But somehow they got away from their double crime because they cleared the CCTV."
The ML turned from someone who still valued righteous justice to someone who is now judge, jury, and executioner.