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Some FLs are villains though- even WORSE than the other characters! I recommend Secrets and Lies if you want a true villainous FL... this reminds me, I should make a list of morally grey/anti-heroine FLs too.

Some dramas have definitely killed off their FLs before. Anything's possible in a daily drama lol

Cinderella Game was more of a family/melodrama than a revenge drama.

Death Note-level shenanigans. If you understand what I mean by this, congratulations. 😂

I get that and I agree. Compared to Young-Chae, though, she's not purely evil (neither is Young-Chae herself, she just has an awful mom.) The real villains here are Tae-Seok, Nan-Suk, and Hye-Ra.

I've been rewatching clips/episodes, and if you just choose to view fake Ruby/real Luna as the (villain) protagonist, it makes the drama so much easier to enjoy. 😂 Because it was straight NONSENSE for 90% of it!

They will air the last 2 episodes on Friday. Almost all daily dramas end on a Friday and rarely ever a Monday (I think it's only happened once with a KBS2 daily drama.) A few dailies have been cancelled too, so that doesn't count.

You're welcome!

Absolutely not.

Su-A is not even THAT bad compared to at least half the characters in this show. People really can't handle complex/anti-heroine FLs 😭

Same here!

I just finished episode 3 and... WOW!!!!! What a wild ride!

Ah-Jin pulled ALL THAT SHIT OFF to get away from her dad?! (Bae Soo-Bin did an incredible job playing him, btw. I love this actor.) She (apparently) hired someone to be her stalker, manipulated him, manipulated the ex-baseball player (forgot his name), put Jun-Seo in jail, and KILLED SUN-KYU!!!! *ALL IN ONE EPISODE!!!!* Dear X is definitely gonna end up being one of my favorite k-dramas. Kim Yoo-Jung? AMAZING actress. Instant favorite of mine. That ending was insane. I'm still trying to process everything.

I don't have much to say. Holy shit.

You're welcome!

She's a very complicated character! Action wise it's hard to *truly* define her 😅 she's villainous but also has boundaries or certain lines she won't cross (at least where I'm at in the drama. She's absolutely not a heroine, though.)

Penthouse was so good! Dear X might also end up being one of my favorite k-dramas of all time.

I also want SH and JW to stay together.

I understand, but not all villains are antagonists and not all antagonists are villains. Sometimes the antagonist is the good guy, or morally grey, or even something else (like nature, an object, an animal, or a symbol even) entirely. A protagonist doesn't have to be a hero or good. Light Yagami, Eren Yeager, Walter White, Joe Goldberg, Lelouch vi Britannia, Tom Ripley, Shim Su-Ryeon... all protagonists, all varying degrees of morality. Some of these people? Evil, PERIOD. The others are more ambiguous, grey and/or complex.

But I completely agree with you, though. Morally grey protagonists/antagonists can be leads! (And should be. Same with villain protagonists.)

By definition, she's a villain protagonist. Her being complex/morally grey doesn't make her (mainly, her actions) any less villainous, she's just a complicated character. She's not 1-dimensional.

Lee Seung-Yeon is too good as Chairwoman Gong. She's killing it! Also, SH's behavior is starting to concern me... I can root for him (and I understand why he's acting like that), but he didn't need to touch JW like that or cause THAT big of a scene. Dude was doing a little too much for me lol I *WILL* drop him like a hot potato if he actually hurts her. But his love for her is sincere... which is the problem. I can't tell if he's gonna become super obsessive & villainous or if he'll stay loyal to JW. I do notice that JW is starting to grow feelings for SH...

YC is irritating and I no longer care about her or what she's gonna do. HN, I still don't care for, but I'm settling into apathy towards him instead of dislike. HR is... now I'm a little conflicted on her. It seems like she IS genuinely trying to protect JW/SA but... lady, you can't have two cakes from the same restaurant. 😭 MH is going through HELL right now, though. I feel so bad for her!

The Ju siblings are now villains/antagonists in SH and JW's love story... what in the Penthouse is this lol HN got downgraded to being the 2nd ML. Also, did TS kill KB himself after HR left? If so, him being so secretive would make sense. I have to say, though, this is a very cinematic daily. It's filmed like a weekend drama and I really like it! TS's actor is also doing a great job portraying his character. Complete 180 from Master Splinter in Cinderella Game.

Sending JW abroad? At least she can come back with some serious power, an upgrade, and money. Maybe she marries some rich Korean-American and changes her name, stealing another identity lmao. And now JW wants to stay as JW, she doesn't wanna be YC anymore? You know what, as long as she takes all these awful people down and goes on that villainous path herself? I'm all for it.

I also like the new ending theme. Good episode today.

People expected a fairytale ending. This is a psychological thriller with a sociopathic protagonist, get real, y'all!