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^ That.

Also, they're thousands of years old. They didn't learn how to fight?

And worse, if they are the exact same personification of the 12 animals when they sealed hell. What did they do then? Dance? The demons from hell were dancing so they bested them in a dance competition? 🤣🤣🤣

So, no, it definitely has nothing to do with "if u put 2 people, one who know how to fight and has power and one who don't know how to fight r just know how to punch".

It doesn't matter if they have powers or not. If they are the same personification when hell was sealed, they know how to fight, most especially someone who is the personification of a Dragon, Mir. What kind of dragon zodiac who doesn't see their enemies in front of them until they got punched? 🤪

Maybe. But the personification of the 12 Chinese zodiacs isn't new by itself. All three CJK, including Vietnames, literatures are filled with such stories.

I think this is just his modern take of the same genre. Yet another interpretation of the 12 Cdinese animal zodiacs in the mortal realm.

But again, it's what you call a "trope". In literary writing, screen writing, and other works of fiction, tropes are common and usually employed to achieve something.

In this particular case, romcom, and signature of K-drama writing.

Here's a good example: Star Wars. No one gets killed in a gun fight except the soldiers.

Another example, Star Trek: TOS. In every away mission, when there's a red shirt, it is almost guaranteed they'll die.

Or, in Korea, when they're crossing the road or driving, or they showed a white truck, more likely than not it's the white truck of death.

Falling off a cliff and surviving is just one of those tropes, especially in K-drama land. For the purposes of.the plot, that trope fits perfectly well. If they didn't use that, they'll have to change the entire scene at the cliff or do acrobatics how they got away from the assassin and the soldiers.

That's where falling off a cliff and surviving trope comes into play. They need the cliff scenes. But they also need the two characters to "escape".

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Yep. We need someone to compile and arrange chronologically the 1999 scenes. They're awesome and we're not getting enough of them.

Yep! It's the result of not having enough opportunities because of their tradition in using the same actor to play their character's younger version. The new actors have nothing to choose from other than the usual school dramas. Which then results in less experience. Which results in getting casted less and less.

Of course, there are some who, for some unknown reason, only picking school dramas. 😅 By the time they realised they need to expand, they lack experience for other genres and roles expected of them at their career age.

They thould consider theater acting too. Globally, not just in Korea, theater actors always produce the best screen actors. If they're not getting offers, go to theatre. That way they don't get stuck in school dramas. 😁

So many great talents. Directors are waiting for them to improve and prove themselves.

Theory 1:

* After the accident, she lost her memory as an actress.
* This is why her sister mocked her, "Oh, so are you going to say you lost your memory for the past 25 years?" Because it already happened, she lost her memory and they initially didn't believe her (her sister and father).
* Which led to her family hiding her.
* Then when she got into another accident, she lost her memories from 2020 to 2025 and recovered her acting years.


Theory 2:

* She did not lost her memory after the 1st accident. She was forced to hide because of that mysterious rich man that she turned down. He hunted her so she hid.
* Maybe, she also gave up her money.


Theory 3:
* She secretly invested her money to her manager, stylist, and that vlogger b*** turned traitor.


Theory 4:
* The rich man she turned down was the one behind both of her accidents. He's obsessed with her, and the only one who knew how to find her.
* So, when they found her, they caused the 2nd accident. Only that she survived again.
* No matter how much she tries to hide, that rich guy is finding her.
* Which would explain what her sister meant by, "You ruined my life". They were threatened by that rich guy too.
* And maybe, she had to spend her money with hiding until eventually she ran out so she got stuck in that hotel and working at her niece's school.

Theories.

She did not lost her fashion sense, she doesn't have money. She's barely making her job.

As was mentioned by her former stylist in E04, her natural hair is very curly, that they had to frequently straighten it a LOT. That means, doing it by herself won't work in her rented room, and she definitely shouldn't visit hair salons if she's barely making anything.

Much more buy clothes because "fashion".

She is simply being practical and living within her means. She also said in E04 that she doesn't remember where all her money from her career went. That's why she wants to remember the past 25 years.

She needs a hairstylist and do it almost daily. As they her former hairstylist said in E04, her natural hair is very curly, and they used to straighten it a lot just to keep it straight.

On her own, there's not much she can do, especially in her situation where she's barely making money.

It's really cute and lovely whenever they go back to 1999. Someone should compile the 1999 scenes and arrange them chronologically.and upload it somewhere! We need a 1999 drama!

Why are you asking for realism when time travel itself isn't real? Also, K-drama land is well-known for:
1. Shallow water bodies turning into an ocean-deep body of water
2. Surviving high falls
3. Male and female characters mysteriously falling or catching each other with all the acrobatics to make them end up that way
4. White truck of doom

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K-drama romance and romcom = unrealistic tropes, no matter the time period.

I dunno, she's doing great and improved from her previous projects too.

I'm not being biased, there was a project where I did find her acting weird, if not subpar, compared to her previous projects at that time.

But not this one. At least as far as a character who can't get her wits around the fact that she was catapulted back in the Josean era. I mean, acting a character like that, so far her delivery were on point.

I'm confused, wrong thread? I mean, I didn't ask what her role is or.why they're referring to her as "Your Grace".

Yes, but she still showed her style. In this role, it's hard to recognize her other than her face, it's as if she's a HanNa from a parallel world who learned a different style of acting.

I really hope they pull this off. I want K-drama industry to get rid of their two-main-characters only tradition (with one or two secondary mains or support).

Scifi and fantasy genres usually require at least 4 main characters. They are good with scifi and fantasy too, but rarely produce any outside of big screens because they often worry about casting 4+ top actors as main characters. (And top tier actors seldom accept non-main roles. Which also means higher talent fees = higher budget.)

LMAO.

You want to start a flame war, you said Disney is funding "geno", when you were corrected it's not Disney, you reply with "doesn't matter"?

Are you serious?

Don't you understand that your argument about "geno" no longer matters because it is not funded by the company you thought it was?

> Why does Korea focus so much on bringing together these great casts when they know they won't be able to afford to keep them for a significant amount of screen time?

Actually, this is the first time (or third, fifth?) only. K-drama land is a two-main-characters type of industry, so I'm not sure what you meant by that.

In fact, we can say that this show is an experiment if they can break the two-main-characters tradition. Is it budget friendly? Are actors okay with limited screentime each? How do you balance them? Is screentime share = talent fee rate? What if an actor's talent fee is higher but their character's story gives less screentime, can it be justified in the investors' eyes? And so on.

If this becomes a success, K-drama land won't shy away from this format. But if it fails, they'll keep their age-old tried-and-tested two-main-characters format.

This is them trying to catch up with other countries, especially since Korean has far too many talents but not enough shows to give half of them 1 project each.

What I really like in this show is the casting. They finally got tired of turning actors to also play their character's younger selves. They're giving a chance for new talents to hone their skills by having separate castings.

New talents won't be able to improve if they're only given teenage, cheesy roles, as was always the case in K-drama land. They also need exposure in high quality productions and demanding genres and roles. So, letting pro actors play their younger selves as well is robbing new talents oppurtunities to grow beyond the usual teenage romance stories.

So, good job to this show. The young talents may not be getting enough airtime, but you're gave them roles different from what they usually are casted on as a new actor. You are helping them develop their acting skills, and one day you'll be proud to say, "Yeah, I taught them that acing in My Troublesome Star 20 years ago."

It's like watching Cooking Master Boy + Jewel in the Palace with an isekai twist.

Kang HanNa's character is too serious. 😭 There's no witty and cutesy Kang HanNa in the scenes. Or, maybe playing as a queen doesn't suit her because of all the roles she played before. 😝