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Too many red flags. Very disappointing.
I’ve watched some of Esther’s previous work so when I saw YouTube recommended SOLB to me I was ecstatic. At first the plot seemed promising, I was under the impression that I was in for another “Rich boy falls for small town girl” trope; not original, but worth a watch just to see. It was not.
Let’s start with the basis of the plot:
The ML’s brother confessed to the FL, she rejected him so he drank too much and had a drowning accident. How does the ML handle the situation when he finds out? He sleeps with the FL under the guise of loving her and leaves her the next morning with a shabby note to avenge his brother. This part completely blew my mind. Logic and communication left the chat starting from this episode. My impression during that episode was “Oh I see, there’s no way this is the ML, the real ML hasn’t appeared yet. They will definitely NOT make the man who used/ even physically abused her the love interest”. I was quickly proven wrong. They did exactly that. I watched till the end to see if they were just joking but they were in fact very serious.
My final thoughts:
This drama is riddled with scenes of physical and emotional abuse towards most of the female character(s) yet it is the women that do the apologizing and self work. If this was supposed to make me believe in love it didn’t. The only thing I did after painstakingly finishing this drama was do a research on why some Lakorns glorify misogyny and domestic abuse towards women. Ladies, or even young girls that are watching this drama, none of what was depicted in this drama is an accurate portrayal of what a healthy relationship looks like. Go ahead and skip this one.
Let’s start with the basis of the plot:
The ML’s brother confessed to the FL, she rejected him so he drank too much and had a drowning accident. How does the ML handle the situation when he finds out? He sleeps with the FL under the guise of loving her and leaves her the next morning with a shabby note to avenge his brother. This part completely blew my mind. Logic and communication left the chat starting from this episode. My impression during that episode was “Oh I see, there’s no way this is the ML, the real ML hasn’t appeared yet. They will definitely NOT make the man who used/ even physically abused her the love interest”. I was quickly proven wrong. They did exactly that. I watched till the end to see if they were just joking but they were in fact very serious.
My final thoughts:
This drama is riddled with scenes of physical and emotional abuse towards most of the female character(s) yet it is the women that do the apologizing and self work. If this was supposed to make me believe in love it didn’t. The only thing I did after painstakingly finishing this drama was do a research on why some Lakorns glorify misogyny and domestic abuse towards women. Ladies, or even young girls that are watching this drama, none of what was depicted in this drama is an accurate portrayal of what a healthy relationship looks like. Go ahead and skip this one.
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