its been a while since i laughed this hard he is narcissist didnt want her to grow and wanted her in lower position…
But he didn’t really want to keep her in a lower position so that she’d stay by his side. That was just an excuse because he still thought she had cancer and he wanted her to prioritize getting treatment. He was also worried that trying to become an instructor while dealing with cancer would be too stressful for her.
As soon as he found out she was still determined to become an instructor, he fully supported her and asked his top instructors to coach her and this was before he found out she didn’t really have cancer.
I think of a love triangle as a situation where the lead is torn between two people and you have no idea whom they’re going to choose. In Crazy Love, the ML only has eyes for the FL and consistently makes it clear he has zero interest in rekindling things with his ex so I would not call it a love triangle.
If you like Kim Jae-uck as Noh Go-jin, I highly recommend Her Private Life with him and Park Min-young. They have one of the healthiest OTP relationships in K-Drama Land and their chemistry is ❤️🔥. And be sure to watch the behind-the-scenes footage on YT because they’re really adorable together.
How's the kissing scenes here? We know he's one heck of a kisser in HPL. 😅
Kim Jae-uck never disappoints but the important thing to note is that Krystal also actively participates in the kissing scenes, although there are not as many as in Her Private Life. My favorite of their kisses involves a ladder.
It's nice that he didn't use that pathetic line just because he was a control freak, but this doesn't make the…
I watched CL with friends and we were very annoyed and disappointed when he told her he’d blocked her audition because he wanted her to stay by his side, but the writing in Ep 12 convinced us that he had her best interests at heart even though he initially handled the situation poorly.
When she stormed into his office in Ep 11 upset about the audition, he told her he’d taken her name off the list because she had no talent. The next day, he gave her the lame “stay by my side” spiel. Later that same day in Ep 12, he told her why he didn’t think she should pursue a career in teaching but instead of discouraging her, he inadvertently ended up encouraging her even more. Two days later, he asked his instructors to coach her and a few days after that, he told her he knew about her illness. He could’ve brought it up earlier but he was waiting for her to tell him about it first. Which was never going to happen since she’d already found out it was a misdiagnosis.
Yes, he started off as a total ass who was the primary source of her stress. And there was some miscommunication but this is a K-Drama we’re talking about and I can’t think of a show that hasn’t employed this trope. Even Her Private Life, which has one of the most mature, communicative OTPs in K-Drama Land, was briefly sidelined by crossed wires courtesy of the meddling second leads.
These issues aside, you’d mentioned dropping the show because of the audition thing so I just wanted to point out that the writers did resolve that plotline satisfactorily. For me, at least. Sorry for going on for so long!
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Re: the ML blocking the FL from the audition, the show goes into his real reasons for doing so in Ep 12. He thought she was dying and he didn’t want her to go through the debilitating stress of trying to become an instructor while she was already dealing with a terminal illness. (He was even planning to hire someone to run GoTop for him while he and the FL focused on finding her a cure.) And he also thought she’d be hurt and disillusioned once she found out what it was really like to be an instructor. When she told him she was still determined to teach, he supported her 100%, encouraging her to audition during the next round and even asking his best instructors to coach her. And this was all before he found out she wasn’t actually dying.
I hated that he neglected his work and what happened around him like that starting from episode 11 for her sake…
He did start focusing on the FL—finally prioritizing his personal life over work—and was even willing to hire someone to run GoTop for him if necessary, but we later found out he’d been working with John the Private Investigator all along to uncover Segi’s embezzlement and look into the car accident, death threats, etc. He also swallowed his pride to ask CEO Park for help during the board meeting and when Baek Soo-young and her dad were trying to block GoTop’s funding.
Thanks for posting this. I'm thoroughly enjoying From Now On Showtime and Sh**ting Stars, but Crazy Love is still…
Crazy Love’s in my Top 5 but Her Private Life’s my all-time favorite. It’s not the best-written drama out there but it really delivers on the feels. I absolutely love the relationship between Ryan and Deok-mi and their chemistry is ❤️🔥.
I like Sh**ting Stars but its primary draw for me is the peek inside the Korean entertainment industry as opposed to the various romantic pairings.
Watched three eps of From Now On, Showtime! but it didn’t pique my interest.
As soon as he found out she was still determined to become an instructor, he fully supported her and asked his top instructors to coach her and this was before he found out she didn’t really have cancer.
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When she stormed into his office in Ep 11 upset about the audition, he told her he’d taken her name off the list because she had no talent. The next day, he gave her the lame “stay by my side” spiel. Later that same day in Ep 12, he told her why he didn’t think she should pursue a career in teaching but instead of discouraging her, he inadvertently ended up encouraging her even more. Two days later, he asked his instructors to coach her and a few days after that, he told her he knew about her illness. He could’ve brought it up earlier but he was waiting for her to tell him about it first. Which was never going to happen since she’d already found out it was a misdiagnosis.
Yes, he started off as a total ass who was the primary source of her stress. And there was some miscommunication but this is a K-Drama we’re talking about and I can’t think of a show that hasn’t employed this trope. Even Her Private Life, which has one of the most mature, communicative OTPs in K-Drama Land, was briefly sidelined by crossed wires courtesy of the meddling second leads.
These issues aside, you’d mentioned dropping the show because of the audition thing so I just wanted to point out that the writers did resolve that plotline satisfactorily. For me, at least. Sorry for going on for so long!
I like Sh**ting Stars but its primary draw for me is the peek inside the Korean entertainment industry as opposed to the various romantic pairings.
Watched three eps of From Now On, Showtime! but it didn’t pique my interest.