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a forced family
i just finished watching this drama and i'm honestly quite disappointed. my major complaint is that the characters, the story, the superpowers... everything felt forced.the start is okay, if a bit slow, but after episode 4 the plot felt all over the place. they clearly wrote this story around "ML travels in time to save FL before she even knew him" but it seems they failed to write it in a way that felt natural. i didn't like the lead couple and the way they tried to make it seem like ML's family were her found family, because they never developed her character or her relationship with the family. they only showed her with ML's daughter and that was her most enjoyable relationship because they actually talked and interacted. the way she was introduced into the family was justifiable because she was scamming them, but there wasn't a middle point where we could see or understand why FL and the family connected, they just started loving her despite the scam plan and she just started to like ML out of nowhere (and viceversa). even the relationship with ML and his daughter felt empty because they never spent a lot of time together and their issues resolved way too quickly. they all felt like strangers living together, not like a family.
the most attractive point of this drama is the superpowers and somehow, despite being the focus of the plot, they feel like they're in the background. i could look past all the unexplainable powers and time travels if it benefitted the story; i'm never against suspending my disbelief and accepting what a story stablishes as part of its world, but you could remove the superpowers and the story would still make sense without them. you could honestly get more from the story if you think of ML's power as a metaphor for depression and not as an actual superpower.
i just couldn't connect with any character besides bok ina at times. i understand why people liked it, but unfortunately it wasn't a good drama for me. overall it falls short on its premise; neither the story, the characters or the relationships are enjoyable or sincere enough for the ending's message ("things won't be easy but you're not alone") to feel genuine. the soundtrack was nice though.
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