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Of course I don't expect Thailand to go extinct. I'm just pointing out the ridiculous percentage of LGBTQ+ thai dramas on MDL in comparison to straight ones. It's like 10 to 1.

I'm just stating what I see on MDL.
Let's get a look at ongoing thai dramas if we sort by rating.

Duang with You - BL, 9.0 rating
Fourever You part 2- BL, 8.4 rating
Only Friends: Dream On - BL, 8.4 rating
My Romance Scammer - BL, 8.4 rating
Girl Rules - GL, 8.3 rating
Love You Teacher - BL, 8.3 rating
The Sun from Another Star - BL, 8.3 rating
The Water - GL, 8.0 rating
Yesterday - BL, 7.9 rating
Never Forget Your Enemy - BL
I Wanna Be Sup'tar - GL

Now we reach the first thai drama that isn't a BL / GL: Girl from Nowhere the Reset. Then it's followed by another 4 BL / GL dramas, and then the following ones are not rated.

If we take a look at chinese / korean dramas, we get this:
Pursuit of Jade - 9.2 rating
In Your Radiant Season - 8.4 rating
Phantom Lawyer - 8.1 rating

And we are already reaching the 8.0 or under 8 ratings. So when 80% of the ongoing dramas are thai BL / GL constantly, I don't need to look for them. They are the ones who are looking for me. I always have to filter them out to find something to watch.

Do you think all the thai dramas deserve such high ratings in comparison to chinese and korean ones? I don't think so

A thai drama with straight couple? I'm impressed, I might actually give it a try.

So many times I go to ongoing dramas only to see 20 BL dramas with 8.5+ rating. I don't have anything against BL, but from the amount of those Thailand produces, one would think that their population will be extinct in 100 years.

Where did you find out that?
Pan pan said he is a model, not that different from being an actor.
And I 100% believe Lion to be in psychology field from the way she talks and views the world and relationships. She is very mature.

I think during the covid era (which was so long ago come to think of it) I had a lot of time to really think about myself - what I want from life, what my values are. I've always been a dreamer, an idealist if you want.

You said: " I also feel jealous if their attention is on someone else, and feel less valuable and think something must be wrong with me and that I'm not attractive enough and maybe I'm weird. I tend to compare and overthink. I even think maybe I should be like the other person because that's the right way to be."

For me, having the things I mentioned made very clear in my mind, I know I do not want to change for someone. I think that someone needs to like me for who I am, because exactly those values make up who I am at the core. Those ideas that I have - I truly think they would make the world a better place. Or, in other words that is who I want to be in the world, my meaning, my purpose.

And I don't think you need to change either. Maybe you are incompatible with someone you are interested in, but you'll always be someone else's first choice. Skills can be learned. Confidence can come from the other person as well, meaning the other person can make you comfortable with sharing your feelings. After all, a relationship comes from two directions. I think the model girl did a great job in this regard, having one on one honest, heartfelt communication with him. I really don't know why he didn't respond better to it.

Sorry if this got too offtopic. Have faith in yourself.

INFP male here. I personally find it easier to speak to girls about my feelings, my emotions, having deeper conversations because they are usually more sensitive and more serious when it comes to these kind of topics. With the boys, we usually keep it lighthearted, we talk about more technical stuff.

His behavior is not related to being an INFP. People shouldn't use the "INFP" label as an excuse. This is simply him being childish, unsensitive and having bad communication.

Strictly as comparison between my personality and his:

1. I would never go between two people that care and love each other, even if I like one of them. Yes, it's a dating show and yes, its purpose its to get to know people, but when someone is not interested in me, I wouldn't attempt to put myself in between them. If anything, if there was someone like Mu Jin, I would support their relationship even if I would also hurt inside.

2. I am way more considerate of how my actions impact others. Even if I am feeling down, unsure about my feelings, I wouldn't straight up ignore people like he did when ice skating. I would keep my feelings for myself, and I would try acting normal so others can enjoy their time. By acting that way, he made the group date about him instead of everyone. Combined with the fact that at the amusement park he expressed strong feelings to her, ignoring her the next day feels like a backstab, a lowly move to do in order to... I don't know what he was trying to achieve? Make her feel bad? Why?

3. When someone shows that much interest in me as the model did (I forgot her name), I would gladly express my feelings. I would be happy that she is the one approaching me and that she is giving me opportunities to tell her how I feel. Doesn't matter if I don't like her, or I need more time - it's always important to communicate with sincerity and people appreciate that. And INFPs are usually good at not hurting others through words, they are called "mediators" after all.

I am not sure Sang Hyeon is even an INFP, he seems to lack a lot of traits INFPs have. But on the other hand, there are a lot of different people in the INFP "spectrum", so it might be possible that he is a very self-absorbed one. The website 16personalities.com creates two groups: INFP-A and INFP-T. I am in the first category. If anything, I think he is in the second one.

I am curious, what type of personality do you have, and how do you see him from your POV?

Come on, I understand he is overthinking, but people gave him so many chances, he had a lot of time and space to make his decisions. She went to talk to him 1 on 1 at least 3 times, they had dates, people were trying to get them together during the skating group date. He completely ignored her, didn't even glance in her direction.

And "I'm frustrated with you" is actually a brave thing to say. At her age, she needs someone reliable and that can go out of his way for her, she doesn't have time to be a therapist for her significant other. And considering how he acted in skating group date, I'd never consider him again, and "I'm frustrated with you" would be an understatement. It was plain disrespectful what he did.

And about him being an introvert. Introvert doesn't mean unable to express feelings at all, or heavily overthinking. Introvert means you prefer small groups and more in depth discussions as opposed to small talk. I am an INFP as well (he made an INFP joke in the first episodes), but the way I express myself in 1 on 1 discussions is totally different.

And I think Mu Jin is an introvert as well. But see the difference in how he expresses his feelings, how he cares for the one he's interested in. As the panel said, if I was Soohyun and I saw how Mu Jin acts towards Bon Hee, I would be really jealous.

He showed so much care for her after age reveal, there is no reason for anyone to misunderstand him as being indifferent.

There is a severe lack of romance kdramas that have good plots and healthy characters / relationships. Most of them are melodramas, but I sometimes want just something that warms my heart. I go on MDL and I see the same tropes over and over again. The original works are not getting pushed enough. I'm pretty sad in this regard.

She tortures him back. All good, they are even.

The part in Jinxiu country is aboslutely crazy, I loved every second of it. Just wait for the later episodes.

I didn't feel much chemistry either, I didn't really feel a build up. Maybe it's just because their personalities.

About too cute of a face and small body - there aren't many dramas that get this right. Most actresses are supposed to be thin because of beauty standards, so it's hard to find someone that meets a general visually. Also, she was an archer, not in the frontline - so whether she is bulky or not doesn't have much of an impact.

I don't really see a problem with her age, I thought they matched perfectly fine.

Because I didn't find it "average", I found it way better than most other cdramas simply because it's much more entertaining / enjoyable.

We are not on IMDB here, we have our own ratings, we can define scales as we want. Why would I give a 7.5 if I feel like the drama didn't do much wrong? Yes, it is not as good as a 10 from an artistic point of view, but I also can't think of things I wanted to see from it or left me disappointed.

Personally, my ratings are like this:
10 - perfect, either really strong messages or exactly what I wanted in a drama
9.5 - really good cdramas, genre-defining, but that have some small flaws that make me not put them as 10
9 - dramas that have something special to them, they don't have to be considered the best by everyone, but ones that I personally liked a lot for certain reasons (originality, story, enjoyment, acting)
8.5 - dramas that are ok, normal quality, nothing that stands out about them
8 - unoriginal dramas, borderline boring / unenjoyable.
7.5 and below - something I really didn't like about the drama.

I rated it 9/10, it's just one of the very few feel good cdramas. It doesn't try to be too serious or too smart, it doesn't "pretend" in any way. The world is interesting but not overwhelming, the characters are refreshing as well.

I don't actually know how good the plot is from an objective POV because I just enjoyed watching it. I guess people felt the same.

1, 2: I am not sure entirely when they get together, their relationship keeps changing over and over again, they are not making it clear. They get married somewhere in the first half of the drama, but it's more of a fake marriage because the FL was hiding her true identity. They do however truly care about each other, and even if they might not say it all the time (they do at some points), it's made very clear by their actions. I can tell you that at the end of the series they are officially together.

3. Yes, there are love triangles, but usually with 2 people in love and the 3rd standing no chance (one sided love).

4. Yes, happy ending. SPOILER! probably one of the happiest since no character on the good side dies.

5. Yes, this has a lot of romance. Especially in the first episodes, crazy chemistry.

6. Yes, few kissing scenes though.


"Tell me something good you think i will br curious about while watching."
I don't think you will be curious about anything in this drama, it's really enjoyable, it's very pleasant I would say. Eye candy, nice CGI. Really good if you want to relax after a long day.

3 hours to go I'm so hyped, I'm not sleeping today

I really loved Song Yi's character in Destined, hopefully this will have a well written FL as well.

Yes, everything is true about the relationship between those two, however the problem I had with it is that she never showed her affection towards Pingjing. You'd expect her to try flirting, to try being near him, interacting with him, but she didn't really attempt to get close to him. She acted more like a friend / work colleague.

Partially, this is also because of her personality, she is very reserved and she pursues her own dreams. But I would have liked more scenes between the two of them.

"And unless you're a MDL moderator, kindly refrain from telling how & what to post. " But you were literally telling people how and what to post in the first place...

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It has to do with MDLers who feel the need to ask others for their opinions, when they can easily make their own.
These multiple (daily, if not hourly) "is this worth my while" type of inquiries can quite plausibly come across as somewhat annoying & attention-seeking (if not downright trolling & spamming).
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So you are contradicting yourself. You have opinions on how others should post, but you get angry when I tell my opinions about what should not be posted.


About your question "Doesn't "we" (by definition) include him/her they?" - I am not sure what are you trying to say.

And about the fact that I said "he" without checking the profile - that is a capital crime, I admit. I deserve to be beheaded for it. @Nantou please spare my family, they did nothing wrong and I accept my punishment

But he didn't ask only if the drama is worth his time.

What he asked is if the story revolves only around romance or not. That means, if you take the romance out of the equation, if the series is great by itself.

Some people watch cdramas for other reasons that romance. Why should he spend 20+ hours watching something he might not enjoy, hoping that the plot will become good / hoping to see what he wants, when he can ask people that viewed it already for opinions?

Stop being a piece of shit. If you got nothing of value to comment just don't do it. You are like those people responding "google it" on forums. Yeah, great.