Flower castle

That’s what a review is. You write the good and the bad. You can’t expect a review to be all praise and kind words.

It’s up to the user to say how they feel. It’s not impolite, it’s just their opinion. Professional paid critics would even write comments like this or worse in their reviews for movies and dramas and plays. It’s not a problem unless the comment is telling people to be uncivilized and to be mean to people.

That was intense and frightening. It’s good most people chilled in an icebox now lol

I understand the user, they said they liked the actors performances, so they’re probably watching it for the actors. It’s the same for me, I’m still solely watching it for JCW lol

I enjoy your comment! I may not agree with every point and may not enjoy the show as much as you do but I find your comment very colorful and makes plenty of sense in what you find enriching and what you find flawed. Your massage chair analogy is perfect. I think your comment will age well.

I agree with what you said, I’ve never despise her character either. Obviously the writers wanted to throw mud at her character to justify breaking up DH & YJ and show why DH & YJ can never be together. And for the most part, they did a good job at painting her in a negative light. And I agree her trying to get rid of SB and her affair are huge no-no in my book. However, I don’t think it’s too late to redeem her character. It just depends on the writer decisions and their game plan. I have a feeling she could redeem herself on episode 16 once she realizes beyond a shadow of a doubt that the DH ship will never come back to her. They were able to redeem SB for the most part and had her grow up a bit, so surely they can do the same for YJ. I want to see YJ taking down her own mother a few notches on the last two episodes.

Episode 14 is mostly a filler episode nothing much happened, there wasn’t much cute moments between the leads either. YJ honestly wasn’t that bad in this episode(ep 15 or 16, idk yet), so I didn’t understand the outrage in this comment section. She is finally standing up to her toxic mom. It’s too late for her to get back to DH but at least she can grow from her past mistakes. We all know she will fail in her future pursuits so maybe she will slowly become “puppy” in DH life and help protect him behind the scenes. I love seeing growth in characters and it would be great if she can be written in a way where she can redeem herself. DH sister was way more problematic than YJ and it was satisfying seeing SB calling her out on her nonsense. DH dad needs to stop being shady and be honest. I’m sensing a time jump episode 15 or episode 16. My rating of episode 14 is 6/10. I’m still surprised at the gap of quality between Backstreet Rookie and the director last project Fiery Priest. I’m giving more credit to the FP writer than the director. A drama quality depends heavily on the scripts.

I agree, there weren’t much hints of DH falling for SB throughout the series. Minimal at best. Most of the time we have to use our imagination and personal interpretations to vividly paint a picture of a romance. It does seem too fast to see DH jump from YJ to SB. However, They didn’t get together episode 11 or 12. But still not much time has pass before SB & DH relationship starts forming.

But if there was a time jump of at least half a year starting episode 12 or episode 13, it would feel more natural rather than as a rebound. I rather SB be with puppy. Jcw talents is truly wasted on this poor script, he deserves better.

I haven’t watched episode 14 yet but I’m reading some of the comments, although YJ is annoying and an eyesore, and she should probably move on with her life but is it necessary to call her a sl** and a bit**? SB done some things on this show that isn’t great either but I don’t see many or if at all any people calling her risqué names. It’s degrading to women in general, so please don’t label her as such, there’s better words to be used.

Take him to a lovely cafe, he’s feeling rejected this week ^-^

Hi Co-owner!

Thanks for your deep and valuable insight :)
Your perceptive is very interesting and very detail And persuasive, it is making me actively contemplate to challenge my viewpoint of SB actions. I suppose the sticking issue is that if SB friend didn’t call her out on her obviously bogus lie, what would had happened instead and what would DH reaction and response would had been because it’s still a conjecture that DH has intuition of what really conspired. Because DH is known to be naive and non-confrontational.

“ rather Saet Byul finally grew up and learned that "fighting back and winning a fight" isn't the way to win the battle. I think she let herself get beaten up to appease the iljins while she looks for ways to save Eun Byul, ”

I’m not sure if not fighting is the way to win the battle on this instance because I now agree with you perhaps her life wasn’t in danger but regardless her injuries could still be severe. And if fighting is not the answer, then why did she resort back to fighting to retrieve the phone? It’s inconsistent writing lol

“Also, Saet Byul has only cried in front of a selected few like Dae Hyun's mom, puppy, and now Dae Hyun, I think it goes to show that she's willing to be vulnerable in front of the people she loves.”

I agree, that she’s willing to be vulnerable but she’s doing it consistently in the latter half. That’s what many females leads do but its not too big of an issue for me since it’s normal for a drama to be more emotional and heavy in the second half. So it’s more of an observation for me now more than a heavy critique.

“ "she got upset by the hug between YJ and DH and complained to herself that they already hugged."
She was just being jealous lol, just like Do Gyum being jealous of Hyun Joo meeting Ji Woo behind his back even though they're technically not dating. ”

Haha this I have to wholeheartedly disagree because the context is different. I know she’s jealous but my argument is that SB is hypocritical and has a double standard and DH & YJ was dating.

“ I actually love their relationship dynamic the most and it's one of the biggest reasons I stayed watching. I love that these two find comfort and love in each other, the way they couldn't with their own family.”
I agree, I love their relationship and I do see DH mom seeing herself in SB. However, I’m still not sure if I buy the rapid speed of their relationship but I do enjoy their interactions. I rewind their interactions in my head and it doesn’t play out gradually and naturally.

“ I like Eun Byul, her heart is in the wrong place but I can't fault her for wanting to give a better life to Saet Byul.”

Okay, I suppose I understand your sympathy of EB although she causes so much problems with her actions and lack of critical thinking haha

Thanks again for your thoughts and insights! I always appreciate them because they’re grounded and delivered kindly without sharp rebukes haha

I agree, she didn’t give DH a hard time about it. But she’s frustrated about the hug and bottling it inside, and overtime, she may crack and take it out on him one day if she accumulated too much negative energy.

I disagree that was SB plan why she allowed them to beat her up and if it was, that’s a dumb plan cause she could had been severely injured, maybe death even.

It doesn’t justify keeping it in the dark. He found out anyways after her friend called out in the bs. Nothing changed really. If they are to have a healthy relationship in the future, they got to be honest and communicate the good and bad events in their lives. That’s why YJ and DH failed.

If DH mom was truly nice, she should had seek out YJ early on and push DH to bring her home. Or gone to see YJ herself. A mom wants to see their son girlfriend, no matter the tactic, she should find a way. I disagree, DH mom automatically liked SB without any build-up. Normally in a drama, FL would do something like help out the ML mom, rescue her from a embarrassing situation, and etc that would attract DH mom attention.

EB, she has desires some good but mostly selfish desires but her lack of critical thinking and hiding things instead of being honest put her in trouble and also placed her sister in deep trouble. No one in this show can freaking communicate lol

I agree, YJ needs to admit her wrongdoings if she were to try to pursue DH. SB should also admit her wrongs in the past before she and DH get together. Both female leads need to apologize to DH.

I agree, DH is a nice guy but he has no backbone, also he needs more life struggles rather than just romance problems. SB has the more interesting storyline. It would be great if writer can give him a more interesting premise and develop a backbone and learn to speak and communicate for himself and more effectively.

We are just going to have to agree to disagree haha

Even if puppy didn’t comfort SB during her time of loss, there’s no way he wasn’t a good friend to her throughout their relationship. He’s a genuine consistent light in her life. DH is a new light.

I still stand my ground that it’s uncharacteristic of DH mom is automatically nice to her. DH is nice because he’s a nice guy and would obviously be nicer to those who are “good” despite earlier mis-impression. So it’s convenient for plot sake. It doesn’t make DH better than puppy, not even close. It’s not fair to include a loving family as an extra catch. Some people don’t have loving or any families, to put that against puppy is not right.

I agree, our expectations fuel our impression and judgment.

I’ve never watched the male leads in any other drama, so I’ve never had an impression of them. I know some people here were choosing sides of the male leads based on which actor they liked more in previous dramas they watched, I’m not saying that’s the case for everyone, but for those that did, it’s easier for some to microscope some of the flaws and make them bigger than they really are haha

I personally think you’re being fair and impartial, since you don’t like both guys :) the flaws you mentioned for some reason, I don’t see see them as flaws on DG at all because I see it as natural for HJ to feel like she’s losing a brother because he wants to be honest and want to pursue her. many relationships that were just friendships in the beginning are like that. Awkward and fears of losing a precious friend if it doesn’t work out. That’s even typical in a korean drama when the main leads were friends first before dating. I’m confused why people are upset about this, when it’s normal in real life and in korean dramas, I can’t help but think some people are prejudice towards a male lead, so they amplify certain so call sins but they love it when other characters do it in other dramas haha

Our lens are different haha I see DG as super handsome in every scene haha I think jW is a kind guy too. I don’t dislike any of the leads in the drama. JW is not only a stalker but he got JH blacklisted in her career so only she can work for his company and he often gets drunk so she has to take care of him haha

I agree, I don’t see anything wrong with JCW playing these type of characters as long as his character grows along the way, so far his character is just the same. I personally don’t enjoy it because it’s boring haha imagine if SB remained the same, you probably wouldn’t enjoy it as much. We want to see character development.

Haha sounds good :)

Haha it’s okay to have different viewpoints.

I already shared examples in the spoiler posts of her being dishonest and hiding her feelings.

I disagree, puppy done way more than DH. They been friends for years, so obviously he had been her support for years and been her pillar during the toughest times of her life. That’s your opinion that puppy is kind to Sb because he only see the good in her. I can argue the same for DH and DH mom being good to SB because they see the goodness inher as well. Would they be nice to her if she was evil? Not likely.

I was talking about second half of the series, how they made her character weaker and weaker. The show is inconsistent with her character. I acknowledged the phone thing in my
Spoiler.

I see where you’re coming from but I think what peeved people is the fact that the show creators and producers advertised the drama as something you can watch with your entire family, like a Disney show when that isn’t the case. You can look up articles on that lol

I agree! Age gap doesn’t bother me. I said this before here, but I still only see SB and DH as sisters and brothers. DH is also kind but that’s all I see. They share some cute moments but not something that makes my heart go swoon-worthy because of the sibling image in my mind lol yes, hopefully we will see Sb mature more.

I’m talking about the character she plays and not the actress. I have no problem with that. It’s sexualizing a high school student despite of legal age. And her kissing him although he doesn’t know her, is wrong. Imagine a random person walking up to you and kissing you. I’m not going to be the moral police and let you decide what’s right and wrong. But it’s my opinion it’s wrong.

It’s because she’s a high school student kissing a man randomly. Not with his approval. He was drunk and she took a liking to him and jumped in front of him and kissed him. It doesn’t matter if she was an adult, she’s still a high school student, so it’s creepy behavior.