OMG, VPN here I come! (I will know this soon if my VPN works, but is it 2 or 4 episodes for you? iQiyi has 2 for the lowest subscription level and 4 for the higher one and I would give anything (except my money I guess) to watch the next two episodes. It will pop into my head periodically throughout the day and I don't know why I'm so excited!
What she does to him is assault, abuse, and manipulation. This includes sexual assault. I'm uncomfortable when men do it, but I'm differently uncomfortable when she does it. It's like, we (women) are the ones who are so pervasively the victims of abuse, assault, and manipulation. To see another woman do it feels like... betrayal? I feel a mixture of continuous discomfort, disgust, and horror. We know what it feels like to be treated this way. How could we ever do it to someone else?
I also reflect that I've become inured to seeing men do it in dramas. And it's done so often. It's scary to think how resigned I am to it now. I watch until he "gets nicer." I even tried to do it with this one - wait for her to stop torturing, lying, and manipulating him. I'm writing this after coming back a shameful second time. I simply love when the women are strong in their own right. Maybe that only added to my distress. She could have been an aspirational example of a strong woman. Instead, she was the worst kind. I also wanted to see Gong Jun in a drama where he didn't have to act cold half the time (and I think he's an incredible actor).
I absolutely loved the time loop one, but can someone tell me what the heck was happening in the 8th (office one). Was it the intern's first day of work and he just walks by his Sunbaenim, runs his finger along his spine and then ... starts flirting with him?
I’ve seen Yu Bin in a lot of his other dramas but he blew this one out of the park comparatively. I wouldn’t have known it was the same actor hadn’t recognized him (he’s so cute/handsome). giving him a 10 out of 10 for acting in this one
Watched it again b/c I remembered having really liked parts of it. And I really did love Woo Ji Han's acting. Maybe even better this time. The micro expressions he could show were a conversation on their own. ...Though I still feel like it was sucked away by the fact that he had to act across from a block of wood with three expressions: blankness, mocking smile, and regular smile. I don't know if that was just the character or the actor (probably both). Damn, here I meant to just praise the show. Really loved Woo Ji Han's, but it and the story were drawn down by UGH!! Oh, and I can't believe I didn't notice the first time, but they totally could have brought us a second season! Their friend, Yang Seung Ju, was hinted to maybe have his own chance at love after having helped his own love make up with the person he was in love with (so selfless of him) Wish they had made a show for him. (He was a better character(/actor) than Dong Uk in terms of personality.)
Ok, so what the F is up with Jaemin. I was finally settling on the hypothesis that he just wanted to be friends…
Ok, final consensus. 7 years after the time that Suhyeon left - 7 years past any point where Da On had any indication of feelings for Suhyeon ( and in fact has a blatant dislike of him, telling Jaemin to stay away from him for his own safety), Jaemin turns Da On down because he's not convinced that Da On can love him. Despite Da On being blindly in love with him for the last 7 years and even before. I'm basing this off of the "you know why" that Jaemin says to Da On after Da On asks Jaemin this exact question. Why he didn't say yes if he loves him. In other words, AM I EVEN CLOSE? Does anyone have anything even slightly more sensical to offer as an explanation for this?
The length a homsexual has to go to be happy. That bitch was crazy 😩
It's interesting that you specifically say homosexuals. I'm glad that nothing about this series shows any indication that the toxicity of J and S had anything to do with them being attracted to men. It wasn't even about circumstances societally created that forces LGBTQIA people into the closet, forces them to hide themselves, denies them the right or ability to pursue love, to even hate themselves or their identity. This was an interesting study in humanity to say the least.
Could you please recommend a toxic BL series? so far I watched this toxic BL:* Secret Relationships* Gelboys*…
Just a passerby that is glad that with this show, it never pretends that the toxic love of J and S was a good or desirable. That it was something that a relationship could or should be built on.
Ok, so what the F is up with Jaemin. I was finally settling on the hypothesis that he just wanted to be friends…
So was Da On in love with Jaemin until Suhyeon came into the picture and he fell in love with Suhyeon and so Jaemin proposed to Suhyeon that they should pretend date, but I thought that would only work on Suhyeon because Suhyeon knew he didn't stand a chance against Jaemin in Da On's heart, but now it looks like that when J proposed the deal with S, Da On was in love with S, so then why would S agree with J? Because he still thought that Da On might like J amore than S? And ON TOP OF ALL OF THAT, why didn't Jaemin just say yes when Da On confessed to him in the present? That seems like it would have been exactly what J would have wanted since we have established that J is obsessively in love with Da On. In the very same room where Da On confessed to him days before and J rejected him with so much vehemence that Da On avoided him ever since (out of a broken heart), Jaemin assaults Da On after admitting he's in love with Da On. WHAT IS GOING ON?!
I also reflect that I've become inured to seeing men do it in dramas. And it's done so often. It's scary to think how resigned I am to it now. I watch until he "gets nicer." I even tried to do it with this one - wait for her to stop torturing, lying, and manipulating him. I'm writing this after coming back a shameful second time. I simply love when the women are strong in their own right. Maybe that only added to my distress. She could have been an aspirational example of a strong woman. Instead, she was the worst kind. I also wanted to see Gong Jun in a drama where he didn't have to act cold half the time (and I think he's an incredible actor).
...Though I still feel like it was sucked away by the fact that he had to act across from a block of wood with three expressions: blankness, mocking smile, and regular smile. I don't know if that was just the character or the actor (probably both). Damn, here I meant to just praise the show. Really loved Woo Ji Han's, but it and the story were drawn down by UGH!!
Oh, and I can't believe I didn't notice the first time, but they totally could have brought us a second season! Their friend, Yang Seung Ju, was hinted to maybe have his own chance at love after having helped his own love make up with the person he was in love with (so selfless of him) Wish they had made a show for him. (He was a better character(/actor) than Dong Uk in terms of personality.)
I'm basing this off of the "you know why" that Jaemin says to Da On after Da On asks Jaemin this exact question. Why he didn't say yes if he loves him. In other words, AM I EVEN CLOSE? Does anyone have anything even slightly more sensical to offer as an explanation for this?