Looking at all the dramas she's in or has been in, I'm in awe - how does the girl have the time?? She must have a work ethic of steel. Love her in LLTG, can't wait to see what else she comes out with.
I have not watched this drama yet but, "If they know the pill can make the disease worse, why aren’t they recalling…
Honestly these companies make SO much money selling these pills that they would rather pay for the consequences than pay for the drug to be removed from the market.
Taking opioids as your example - Perdue Phrama the company that produces Oxy was requested to pay $8 billion but over the course of several decades making each payment manageable and still racking in hand over fist in profit every year from the global market. To them $8 billion is chump change compared to the profits they have and will continue to make off the sale of Oxy.
Really dislike when main characters treat extras as expendable. The ML/FL are mad at the military guy for keeping the zombies in the truck because the dignity of the zombies but I’m wondering how many nurses/doctors/personnel are you going to feed to the zombies to keep alive the dignity of the person they used to be?
The main leads have a very privileged idea of the world. I hope this show has an ounce of reality.
"She is a girl with no powers, no money, no knowledge of the world outside a little room and she is trying to…
I would disagree. Naksu in S1 has no powers and no money but she has knowledge. She leverages it to train Jung Uk so he can protect her and restore her to the person she could be. She uses her understanding of people and power to manipulate the prince into a favorable position for her.
Why is innocence and openness equated with to being dumb? Jin Bu-Yeon is not dumb - the second she hears that Jung Uk had to see her mother to save Seo Yul, she immediately understands the deal that was struck on her behalf. Instead of using her knowledge of magic, she uses her intuition and her ability to see the shifting energy inside the people around her as a guide.
Read so many reviews of fans disappointed in the "wuw wuw characterization of Jin Bu-Yeon" and my heart aches to know how many people equate gentleness and innocence to weakness and meanness to strength.
The way Jin Bu-Yeon/Naksu is portrayed in S2 is not weak. She is not a wilting flower, her story is not one of a girl just trying to be loved by a man. She is a girl with no powers, no money, no knowledge of the world outside a little room and she is trying to survive. She is trying to find a husband who will protect her from her mother and in that time she finds Jung Uk. Jung Uk who is not ready to move on, who has not opened his heart, who has let his soul die with his love. So she does what she's told women do in marriage, she pushes him to be a husband and lover and he immediately bulks.
Time and time again he lashes out and resists letting her become his wife and each time she doesn't wilt or wither - she pushes back. She doesn't let him run, she constantly challenges his treatment of her, she demands he see her for Jin Bu-Yeon instead of the ghost of Naksu. I hurt to know that so many people see this as weakness when it's the most realist portrayal of female strength.
On episode 15 and is this a cultural thing? Fu Pei clearly doesn’t care enough about his exam to register in time for the deadline, why is it up to the girlfriend to do that for him? Their relationship seems very - mother/son like? Am I missing something?
Fu Pei is the worst, why on earth does Wang Shan like him?? He's not smart, he's not kind, he's not sweet or considerate or thoughtful. Like girl please - you are so smart, hot, tall, kind, respectful - pleaseeeee find a man who deserves you. Really trying to understand the SML/SFL romance cause it's not making sense.
Short cute little rom-com. The kids were cute, the leads have good chemistry and the conflict seems realistic. Wish they would have had four or so more episodes to fully explore the different plot points, I think it would have made the story a little stronger but overall a great watch.
I made a forum post here for some perspective on as to why Taehee acted as he did and does:https://kisskh.at/discussions/il-dang-baek-butler/83265-about-kim-taehee-and-tak-chungha-spoilers-up-to-episode-9
I think your points would have been easier to digest if not for the plot of episode 11/12 which is really where I found myself parting with Tae Hee.
Tae Hee and Chung-Ha dated for ten years. He was hours away from asking her to marry him. Even though that was two years ago, he has clearly not been able to reflect on his misplaced trauma towards her and their relationship based on their interactions. He doesn't blame her yet for someone he loved or even mildly cared for, he can't muster a smile, a friendly nod, a conversation, an explanation. "She's his trauma trigger" - that is not an excuse. He is an adult. He is thirty. It's been two years and he still has made no headway into being able to process his emotions towards the death of his brother and he's put all that on one person.
Perhaps that's reality but that is not someone I want to root for as the Male Lead of a Rom-Com. That is someone who is a strong candidate for therapy, not a relationship. Their scene at her mother's funeral is painful to watch because he clearly does not want to be there. The only reason he's there is because of Dong Joo's request. He even says he regrets going cause she had to hear "useless things" not that he's glad he went to get closure between him and CH or to provide support for someone he almost married. Even when he finds out that Dong Joo left his brother's ghost alone literally hours after his death, his response is "I'm not upset". Why? Why is he not upset by that yet he's projected all his trauma on his ex over a wedding ring? His emotional responses don't align with his actions.
I was really enjoying this KDrama until the arc with the ex girlfriend that makes Tae Hee incredibly unlikable as a Male Lead in a rom-com.
You would think the ex killed the brother the way it’s being portrayed on the screen which would have been a better plot line imo. Atleast it would have made some sense. People break up, people fall out of love but you’re dating someone for ten years who is about to marry you, their brother dies and then they just disappear off the face of the planet? And when they come back they look at you like you’re diseased? It makes it so hard to root for the main couple because all I keep thinking is god forbid something else happens to this man, he’s gonna abandoned Baek Dong Joo, change his name and flee the country.
They say don’t marry someone you wouldn’t want to be divorced from. I sincerely hope if my only family dies, my exes would treat me with more compassion than Tae Hee.
My heart belongs to Kim Yu Ri and Kim Yu Ri ALONE.
It is so nice and refreshing to see a female lead be bold and aggressive about who she is and what she wants. Kim Yu Ri decided "I'm going to trap this man" and the blunt confident way she went about it. What an icon. What goals.
The 2/3s of this drama? AMAZING. COULDN'T LOOK AWAY. ANY MOMENT I WASN'T WATCHING TV WAS A MOMENT WASTED. THE CHEMISTRY. THE HUMOR. THE UNHINGED COMEDY. 10/10
From Episode 12 on? "WTF is this shit?" "Why do I care about these other people?" "FL PLEASE GROW A SPINE FOR THE LOVE OF KDRAMA." I was actively hoping someone would stab the ML. Actively. All the love and delight I had for the Male Lead was completely squandered in episodes 12-16. There were few to no redeeming qualities about him and the fact that the Female Lead stuck with him during/after this time made me dislike her more than him! Then all the terrible things that the Male Lead has done got resolved in like 0.00021 seconds....I hope they break up.
Lee Shin-Ah before they get together: "He is the DEVIL. I shall KILL HIM WITH A HAMMER" Lee Shin-Ah after they get together: "Oh he's doing these terrible things to other people bc he is SAD and RICH TM? LMAO ISN'T HE A HOOT? NEW YEAR, NEW ME!"
It was really impressive how quickly a drama went from 10/10 to 2/10 in about one hour.
I was having such a great time with this first half of this drama, then the whole wedding plot line got really messy and confusing, then it was good again when the filming of the reality tv show started and now it's back to "this is bad"
It's a damn tragedy because the drama had SO much potential and the MLs have great chemistry, the side characters were fun to watch. It feels like the writers just couldn't nail down a cohesive plot that made sense and the kooky funny early scenes have become this weird tense sadness.
Taking opioids as your example - Perdue Phrama the company that produces Oxy was requested to pay $8 billion but over the course of several decades making each payment manageable and still racking in hand over fist in
profit every year from the global market. To them $8 billion is chump change compared to the profits they have and will continue to make off the sale of Oxy.
The main leads have a very privileged idea of the world. I hope this show has an ounce of reality.
Why is innocence and openness equated with to being dumb? Jin Bu-Yeon is not dumb - the second she hears that Jung Uk had to see her mother to save Seo Yul, she immediately understands the deal that was struck on her behalf. Instead of using her knowledge of magic, she uses her intuition and her ability to see the shifting energy inside the people around her as a guide.
The way Jin Bu-Yeon/Naksu is portrayed in S2 is not weak. She is not a wilting flower, her story is not one of a girl just trying to be loved by a man. She is a girl with no powers, no money, no knowledge of the world outside a little room and she is trying to survive. She is trying to find a husband who will protect her from her mother and in that time she finds Jung Uk. Jung Uk who is not ready to move on, who has not opened his heart, who has let his soul die with his love. So she does what she's told women do in marriage, she pushes him to be a husband and lover and he immediately bulks.
Time and time again he lashes out and resists letting her become his wife and each time she doesn't wilt or wither - she pushes back. She doesn't let him run, she constantly challenges his treatment of her, she demands he see her for Jin Bu-Yeon instead of the ghost of Naksu. I hurt to know that so many people see this as weakness when it's the most realist portrayal of female strength.
Tae Hee and Chung-Ha dated for ten years. He was hours away from asking her to marry him. Even though that was two years ago, he has clearly not been able to reflect on his misplaced trauma towards her and their relationship based on their interactions. He doesn't blame her yet for someone he loved or even mildly cared for, he can't muster a smile, a friendly nod, a conversation, an explanation. "She's his trauma trigger" - that is not an excuse. He is an adult. He is thirty. It's been two years and he still has made no headway into being able to process his emotions towards the death of his brother and he's put all that on one person.
Perhaps that's reality but that is not someone I want to root for as the Male Lead of a Rom-Com. That is someone who is a strong candidate for therapy, not a relationship. Their scene at her mother's funeral is painful to watch because he clearly does not want to be there. The only reason he's there is because of Dong Joo's request. He even says he regrets going cause she had to hear "useless things" not that he's glad he went to get closure between him and CH or to provide support for someone he almost married. Even when he finds out that Dong Joo left his brother's ghost alone literally hours after his death, his response is "I'm not upset". Why? Why is he not upset by that yet he's projected all his trauma on his ex over a wedding ring? His emotional responses don't align with his actions.
You would think the ex killed the brother the way it’s being portrayed on the screen which would have been a better plot line imo. Atleast it would have made some sense. People break up, people fall out of love but you’re dating someone for ten years who is about to marry you, their brother dies and then they just disappear off the face of the planet? And when they come back they look at you like you’re diseased? It makes it so hard to root for the main couple because all I keep thinking is god forbid something else happens to this man, he’s gonna abandoned Baek Dong Joo, change his name and flee the country.
They say don’t marry someone you wouldn’t want to be divorced from. I sincerely hope if my only family dies, my exes would treat me with more compassion than Tae Hee.
It is so nice and refreshing to see a female lead be bold and aggressive about who she is and what she wants. Kim Yu Ri decided "I'm going to trap this man" and the blunt confident way she went about it. What an icon. What goals.
From Episode 12 on? "WTF is this shit?" "Why do I care about these other people?" "FL PLEASE GROW A SPINE FOR THE LOVE OF KDRAMA." I was actively hoping someone would stab the ML. Actively. All the love and delight I had for the Male Lead was completely squandered in episodes 12-16. There were few to no redeeming qualities about him and the fact that the Female Lead stuck with him during/after this time made me dislike her more than him! Then all the terrible things that the Male Lead has done got resolved in like 0.00021 seconds....I hope they break up.
Lee Shin-Ah before they get together: "He is the DEVIL. I shall KILL HIM WITH A HAMMER"
Lee Shin-Ah after they get together: "Oh he's doing these terrible things to other people bc he is SAD and RICH TM? LMAO ISN'T HE A HOOT? NEW YEAR, NEW ME!"
It was really impressive how quickly a drama went from 10/10 to 2/10 in about one hour.
It's a damn tragedy because the drama had SO much potential and the MLs have great chemistry, the side characters were fun to watch. It feels like the writers just couldn't nail down a cohesive plot that made sense and the kooky funny early scenes have become this weird tense sadness.