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I think they are strong actors, esp Fourth. The problem is they are being poorly directed and the bad editing is also killing the performances. I don't blame the actors at all.

It's totally valid to compare adaptations. It's like comparing different adaptations of Jane Eyre, how are different creators approaching the same basic story and how are they succeeding or failing? I understand why people are protective of the actors because I honestly don't think anything going on with this production is their fault, this is on the director and writer. But it's still valid to point out where the performance is lacking even if you aren't blaming the actors themselves.

I think it's just very difficult to translate Japanese stories to a Thai context. The cultures are so wildly different that the conflicts don't make sense. That's why Thai Cherry Magic didn't work for me at all and now I'm struggling with MLM. Too bad because we've all seen what Gem & Fourth are capable of in the right project with the right director.

None, too many headaches. I'll stay a happy normie 😅

I think this is Jang Ki Yong's best performance by far but the last episode is when he's brilliant. His performance made me ugly cry

Dong Hee & Grace shippers, JTBC is doing a wink nudge over on their Instagram https://www.instagram.com/reel/C8I9gnnowAI/?igsh=Zzg4d3pzY2lwZ3Nu

Her portrayal gets much much better in the later episodes

If you watch the scene you can tell by the expression on Gwiju's face that he was the one who was sending the money but he didn't want to take credit. He was sending the money in the name of the entire firehouse.

Also the fireman's son cannot be Ina's boyfriend because he's older than they are, he was about 3 years old when his father died.

I felt the same way about Moving, everyone was raving about it and I didn't get it at all. I couldn't get into Twinkling Watermelon either. But this one I loved. It's a mystery why some dramas hit for some people and not others

He can summon things that are lost. We didn't have enough time with him in the drama to know if he can summon people just before they died. That would be pretty OP

Sort of, it has melo elements but it's more like a healing drama with romance and time travel

No, his son summoned him at the moment just before the explosion. He was never stuck in the past or dad. The people in the present experience 5 years passing but he only experienced a moment between saving Dahae and then appearing in the bedroom

Even if he had jumped out of the window, at some point he would have had to return to the present directly into the middle of the fire which would have killed him. He didn't think he was making it out alive one way or the other so he wanted to have one last conversation with the woman he loved. It totally made sense.

What was amazing to me about the ending is we were teased for the rescue for the entire series so it could have easily been anticlimactic but instead I was sobbing through the whole thing. The show was brilliant at raising the emotional stakes with each episode so when we finally got to see Gwiju save Dahae it was cathartic.

Yes

I will say that JKY's best acting comes in the last two episodes and he really is phenomenal, I feel like he leveled up from every other role I've seen him in. So maybe you skip ahead to the end and just read the spoilers to catch up if you really want to see him do his thing

This bit from fakefangirl is directly relevant to AF:

However, not everyone views the notion of set-in-stone fate with despair. “I think that form of storytelling is really interesting too,” says Lost co-creator and writer Damon Lindelof. “There are certain inevitabilities that are fixed, either by some higher power or just by the biosystems of life. They are unalterable, and even in a world where time travel exists, you can’t change them. The fun of telling those stories is watching people try anyway.”

For Lindelof, having characters grapple with their place in the universe ultimately leads to a cathartic journey. “There’s a tragedy in that the initial mission was a failure, but along the way the character learns something that gives them a victory on a more intimate or personal level,” he says. “You start from a place of: I need more control, I need to control the people around me, I need to control my own destiny.

“But as life goes on you begin to learn that there are some things that you have no control over. You have to let go, and there is a certain freedom and evolution in accepting your own place in the world and the power that you have over it. So, even the failure can be transformed into a victory.”

I think you're right to drop it. If the characters are still intolerable almost halfway through the drama it's not for you.

I'm watching:

- Amidst a Snowstorm of Love (China)
- Analog Squad (Thailand)
- Date - Koi to wa Donna Mono Kashira (Japan)
- My Love Mix-Up! (Thailand)
- Wandee Good day (Thailand).

I'm about to start The Double (China) because so many people are talking about it. No Kdramas on the list! There's nothing else out right now that I'm interested in seeing.

The kid doesn't time travel. He never left the room. He summons the lost things. He's not covered in soot or ash like his father when they are standing next to each other. Kid was never in danger.