katgotyourtongue

i actually feel like there IS a lot left but at the same time the question is what the motivation will be to actually do something with it if that makes sense.. lee hwisoo, gitak, the chairman's money, the downfall of the others, i still think dami might be alive, hanna, etc. like a lot of potential storylines were just dropped but i wonder if they'll ever get picked up, if they were even supposed to be important in the first place or just fillers... i think if it was planned as a limited, 20ep show it could have been a LOT better

i really thought they'd release the last episode sooner instead of waiting for a week! i really don't know what they'll do for s2... somehow i feel like the show did too much but also nothing lmao

i just wish it was given more of than an episode

tbh imo they have not spent enough time with chungha and her family, that seemed to be relegated to the back burner and i don't see how all those years of pain and trauma will all be pushed into and solved in the following episode or two, as i feel like the last ep will be all about returning to the future and how it looks. imo i have a general dislike of the disproportionate amount of time spent with the other girl as opposed to chungah.

same with the mentor. so much mystery relegated to one scene of her seeing the grandfather and seemingly only the next episode. in comparison to how much time they spent on the romance back and forth, imo it's not enough

but agree to disagree, as i said i'm curious to see how it wraps up

same!! which is why i wished mr no would end up with her actually lol she should have left her husband but i feel like kdramas will always go down a reconcilliation route so i was satisfied that at least she had the inlaws on her side

tbh i wasn't surprised. i feel like sk is just as backwards about it as my country so i can see why this whole thing about love fixing you remains strong or heartfelt.

i'm really curious to see how it'll all wrap up, i don't think three episodes are enough. they should have found out about each other last week at least imo

sooyoung please!

FINALLY

i'm going off JCW's interview where he called it realistic. idk personally they either should have corrupted him all the way and we could have seen the devastation completely, or they should have kept him as good as possible and award him a happy ending with his wife. personally, i don't watch dramas to be realistic and idk i guess it did pay off the story but maybe should have given us a few more scenes with the spouses, it ended up kind of rushed. i also wanted more from the reveals, they felt a bit lackluster. i wanted intensified drama, melodramatic idk. but that's just me, the show's solid ultimately, an 8.5 from me. the performances were the best part as well as the wonderful aesthetic and brilliant direction.

"realistic" endings should be BANNED

(you'd be 100% right!!)

and omg thank you! that's the greatest compliment <3

i'll never understand knetz (and by extension a lot of international fans who jump on the bandwagon as well) bc every single bullying allegation is treated the same: those described to have done truly heinous things to those who just weren't someone's friend. seeing people say how they didn't get along with someone, or how someone was cold to them, or how they had a disagreement or two and they act as if that's equivalent to something like the glory is hilarious. there need to be some levels here, not the same approach for every type of offender. if someone just wasn't in your friend group that's not bullying, if you fought once and they called you some names and raised their voice it's not bullying... bullying is consistant, it's recurring and serious. cases like this just cheapen it and turn it into a joke to outsiders.

also, i think these same people need to understand that, sadly, the world doesn't really award based off merit. people i didn't get along with in school or who made fun of me or actively disliked me, some of them ended up poorly and some of them ended up successful, finishing school, living in the usa on a scholarship, working, starting a family... your bully is someone's best friend, they can be smart and hardworking just like kind people can be lazy and stupid.

people think celebrities are living a movie life and now they want their arc where they get "punished" and lose everything and "repent", people think they'll get that third act closure. you won't. after a while, it's on you to grow past your trauma. life's not a movie or a book. acting and singing is a job. at the end of the day, just stop giving /your/ money, but if they're working well and haven't inflicted harm on the actual serious end of the scale, then you'll just have to deal with them living their lives and that's it.

one episode a week?? oh come on. this will hurt the show for real

it honestly would have been a lot of fun! i'd watch that show lol i'm amazed that so many of the comments are about keeping to the original in lieu of not being homophobic when the actual homophobia is not just reworking it to an unproblematic gay story, which i could give five different premises for in like two minutes. people picking the wrong battles is insane to me

thank god someone with common sense. tho i have to say that i find the narrative the outrage is taking very curious as, you could be outraged that they are straightwashing the show without in the same breath demanding that they portray quite a problematic dynamic. they could have asked that the lead character still comes out as gay but without a loveline, or that his intended love interest still gets another, approrpiate age love interest in a gay love story etc, but the outrage only boils down to not honoring the source material by not having a 50yr old date a minor. there are many ways they could have reworked the show while keeping the characters gay without a problematic relationship, and instead of perhaps pointing that out everyone seems to be more pissed about them changing quite a problematic ship.

i put this in my plan to watch ages ago and didn't even register it as a bl, and coming back to it now to update my lists i find the comments very disturbing, so i'm glad to find people like you with common sense.

tbh i think to make veryone happy, they could have kept the leads as a bromance, but maybe could have given the 2nd male lead a gay romance storyline with someone else in his class. that way, there's still an lgbt+ story in the drama, but is one that is positive rep (and maybe the gangster just helps set them up, and he could still come out as gay, or we could get insight into him being gay, but without ending up with the underage friend). instead of just completely removing any aspect of lgbt+ characters

funny how you mention his cameo role but forget his full-on lead role in the king's affection where he is very much okay with falling in love with a man, as he believes the FL to be a man for the majority of the show AND confesses while he still believes that she is a man. their romantic moments for the majority of the show happen as he believes her to be a man. just bc she's been a woman the entire time doesn't take away from the queerness of rowoon's character, as he literally comes to terms with being gay as he'd be having feelings for a man.

he plays a gay character in a time called you (warning: bury your gays trope).

the more important role i'd mention is the king's affection. his character is bisexual/queer as he falls in love with the FL while thinking she is a man AND the confession happens as he still believes her to be a man (even saying something along the lines of, i know we're both men, but i love you, etc).

if i could fancast, i want sooyoung pls