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In Namib he DID sing, and quite well too.

That's exactly why the writers made him go crazy like that. So that we wouldn't have regrets for him staying a second lead.

So it will be a Secret Garden situation.

Well, we keep seeing this in most Korean dramas. And in this one, you remember the 2FL's mother, who in ep. 4 said that maybe it wasn't a good idea for her to adopt her late brother's son because this could compromise her chances to find a husband and get happiness?
So I think that South Koreans do think like that.
To be fair, in the West too, many people see a previous child of a potential spouse as a minus. Not everyone wants to be a stepmother or stepfather, with all the struggles this entails, especially when the child is a pre-teen or teen. You have difficulties enforcing discipline because you suddenly become the "mean stepmother" and you get the "You don't have the right, you're not even my own mother" attitude from the child. You feel you have to overcompensate to win their love etc. etc. Not to mention the potential problems when a child is born of the new couple. The previous child will get even more jealous because the step parent will love their own biological kid a bit more, even if they try very hard not to show it and treat all children the same.
Of course I'm not saying it can't be done, lots of people have success doing it. But let's say that it adds a layer of difficulty to family life. So it is understandable if some people prefer a partner who is free of baggage. It's not nice but it's understandable.
I'm saying this as someone who has raised 2 children on her own.
Only if you love this person very much you are willing to do whatever it takes, in any circumstance, everything is better than living without them.

There was this other drama where that happened. The one with a workaholic cold FL and the kind ML had a previous fiancée who was in a wheelchair and died in a fire... And the bad guy wears a freaky rabbit mask... You know which one I mean...

I don't think we should feel bad for him. Because this role gives him the opportunity to show his dramatic side much more than Twinkling Watermelon and show a different side compared to his usual romantic roles. Therefore, for him as an actor and the way he's viewed it's a certain gain. After this he has proved that he can tackle a greater variety of roles and genres so he will get more diversified offers.

"No suicide or else...." ... or else what? If a person is dead, they don't care about any punishment or repercussion on their career.

Okay, this is no guarantee... Some of those girl group/boy group singers are good and could stand on their own, some are not.

Because they are better as real-life singers but they only made them into mediocre singers for the needs of the drama? Oh, ok, I didn't know that.

This is another discussion. I was just replying to the "own interest" judgement.

They were both so boring, with flimsy voices and no expression, no feeling at all.

He's hilarious, though. And quite warm-hearted and sensitive, too. He got emotional hearing Jin Wu sing.

Good? They messed up her lips real bad.

Child trafficking? LOL. It's the same thing with athletes, young and adult ones. Soccer players get sold every day.

Let's remember that "her own interest" is her disabled child.

Yes, that's why I tend to think that it depends on a good director. Because Romantic Guesthouse was bad all around, and Watermelon was a wonderful series all around, drawing the best out of every actor.

His acting was embarassingly bad in Romantic Guesthouse. But here he's good. I don't know whether it's the role, or he matured, or he has a better director. Be as it may, great improvement, kudos to him.

That's why I said it seems unlikely.

But the deaf boy was reckless. Why choose to confront the four bullies on a solitary dark road? He could say those things in class.

It's unlikely for me too.