Form a business point of view it's a complete hit and a motivating drama but romance point it's messed up male…
You'll enjoy ABAY (As Beautiful As You). Here the ML "acts" tough but "carries" her dreams and goals and supports her and she slurps it up. Which is usually the traditional business romance story set up for FL-ML.
Personally I enjoyed RWTW way more because the FL was made of "iron"; had the smarts, the business acumen and self confidence to draw from her own resources and terrible failures .. She cleverly and assiduously avoided the ML's "help".. Even AFTER they were seeing each other.
She NEVER acted pitiable..
ABAY started STRONG.. And I was expecting a similar dynamic.. But it dissolved into the "template" we are used to.. The FL is effective ONLY when the ML moves gears from the back.
And what can I say of the skinship - was ❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥
And ABSOLUTELY not gratuitous!!! So important to show it this way because he though 17 is a devastatingly handsome and MATURE man-boy - disarmingly boyish and lost at times.. And he's boiling in a pot of hormones.. The woman is single and seems not to have been in a relationship is pulled into they charm vortex of his.. and into a deeply protective stance..
They made no big shindig bones around their attraction to each other inspite of the societal taboos..
Her speech to him when he has the accident is ambivalent.. She has taken a decision to cherish him - it could be as a brother or as a friend.. To infer that she wants to have a sexual relationship with him in future IS a mistake IMO.
It means she won't neglect him or ignore him and cut him off from her life.
I mean I agree the story genre keeps switching a lot 🤣🤣😂
But still it's well done.. It starts off as a slice of life school drama of a troubled kid and an excellent mature and wise teacher; moves into a Melo (not Makjang level melo though) mode; then moulds itself like a thriller with a whodunnit feel 🤣😂🤣
BUT I couldn't take my eyes off. And it's because even though the genre was changing - it was crafting the story in that format really well. And for me the BIGGEST plus was the formidable acting skill of ALL the main actors AND EVEN supporting cast. There wasn't a missed beat.
Just one bonk to the head and ALL her memory is gone!! Like this is the assassin (who felled an experienced general) character - a regular small time thief bonks her on the head with a stick and she has lost all her experiences and memory of people.
Then after that traumatic loss she is walking around a city all big smiles, chilling like it's Sunday market - nary a spot of anxiety or fear..she has a bad cut but its not stained her clothes and then she manages to hide under the emperor's dining table in a high security venue.. With a grinning emperor who is so cool and amused by this character reaching for the sweets. Not shocked or alalarmed.
What the eff is wrong with this team of buffoons who thought up this show.
The only things that seemed fine in this drama is the actor ML who I did not see before...and the MDL brief which promised a thrill - it's always a thrill when the FL is an assassin and her target is the ML...but defintely not this "below par" drama with not an iota of thought spent on it. UGH!
Oh Goodness thanks for this update .. I saved myself a FULL Watch.I watched ONLY till Esp 6 and we are learning…
Hey I LOVE LOVED the Oldies .. watched so many .. will have to go look up the names - they were so long ago ~ Snow Queen ~ Cain and Abel ~ Smile Dong Hae (that was a sitcom)
Just that I have finished that phase in my Drama journey ;-p
Lemme guess..
It was better with the way the ML was written.. and his relationship with the FL??
I've stalled on that drama at 11 or so.
One of my MDL pals with whom I have incredible Drama - vibe enjoyed it thoroughly.. So I might resume ASAP.
😝😝😝
Hey come back tell me more.
Love revisiting dramas with others.
Here the ML "acts" tough but "carries" her dreams and goals and supports her and she slurps it up.
Which is usually the traditional business romance story set up for FL-ML.
Personally I enjoyed RWTW way more because the FL was made of "iron"; had the smarts, the business acumen and self confidence to draw from her own resources and terrible failures .. She cleverly and assiduously avoided the ML's "help"..
Even AFTER they were seeing each other.
She NEVER acted pitiable..
ABAY started STRONG.. And I was expecting a similar dynamic.. But it dissolved into the "template" we are used to.. The FL is effective ONLY when the ML moves gears from the back.
I sure will.
I am at the moment culling my to watch list by playing 1 st eps of shows
Thats a very good drama rating in my book.
That doesn't matter.
We all have our own individual reactions to dramas.. None of us will have identical or even similar ratings for so many dramas.
Sometimes my dropped will be your 10 /10 and vice versa 😂😂😂
And often we will have the same high or same low.
And in both situations we will have enough to discuss and share our responses.
The brief is well written.
So often MDL briefs are poorly written.. Even the whole outline given away..
Aigoo.. So awful.
Anyway I'm putting it on PTW.
Am curious now 😝
Can you tell me the date roughly?
Or repost it? I'd love to read it.
Can DM me also
Somehow the ones I watched I couldn't take a shine to.
Their dramas seem very "mild" and their FL characters too soft and gentle and sometimes passive-type for my taste 😝
Their actors are damn good looking though. And some actresses too.
I find more blood and passion and interest in the newly released "Shogun".
I plan to watch that - not Asian Drama though ( on Prime I think). Really well done. I checked out 2 eps.
Want to do at leisure when I am more able to focus.
And ABSOLUTELY not gratuitous!!!
So important to show it this way because he though 17 is a devastatingly handsome and MATURE man-boy - disarmingly boyish and lost at times.. And he's boiling in a pot of hormones.. The woman is single and seems not to have been in a relationship is pulled into they charm vortex of his.. and into a deeply protective stance..
They made no big shindig bones around their attraction to each other inspite of the societal taboos..
Her speech to him when he has the accident is ambivalent.. She has taken a decision to cherish him - it could be as a brother or as a friend.. To infer that she wants to have a sexual relationship with him in future IS a mistake IMO.
It means she won't neglect him or ignore him and cut him off from her life.
Which episodes?
I mean I agree the story genre keeps switching a lot 🤣🤣😂
But still it's well done..
It starts off as a slice of life school drama of a troubled kid and an excellent mature and wise teacher; moves into a Melo (not Makjang level melo though) mode; then moulds itself like a thriller with a whodunnit feel 🤣😂🤣
BUT I couldn't take my eyes off.
And it's because even though the genre was changing - it was crafting the story in that format really well.
And for me the BIGGEST plus was the formidable acting skill of ALL the main actors AND EVEN supporting cast.
There wasn't a missed beat.
Just one bonk to the head and ALL her memory is gone!!
Like this is the assassin (who felled an experienced general) character - a regular small time thief bonks her on the head with a stick and she has lost all her experiences and memory of people.
Then after that traumatic loss she is walking around a city all big smiles, chilling like it's Sunday market - nary a spot of anxiety or fear..she has a bad cut but its not stained her clothes and then she manages to hide under the emperor's dining table in a high security venue.. With a grinning emperor who is so cool and amused by this character reaching for the sweets. Not shocked or alalarmed.
What the eff is wrong with this team of buffoons who thought up this show.
The only things that seemed fine in this drama is the actor ML who I did not see before...and the MDL brief which promised a thrill - it's always a thrill when the FL is an assassin and her target is the ML...but defintely not this "below par" drama with not an iota of thought spent on it.
UGH!
DROPPING.
Such super actors and story and characters
My first foray into Taiwanese Drama is looking 👌🏽⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️🌟
Not a true drama.
dont even remind me.
I get such a pang each time I see and realise that his shows are not available or not subbed
BWAH HOO HOOO .. BIG CRYING FACE
watched so many .. will have to go look up the names - they were so long ago
~ Snow Queen
~ Cain and Abel
~ Smile Dong Hae (that was a sitcom)
Just that I have finished that phase in my Drama journey ;-p