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Another one with "abuse can be the beginning of a relationship [if the guy is hot... and maybe rich?]". ..

Because almost all major conflicts were resolved by ep 10 and they needed something to fill the 2 hours left... but nothing was resolved with his bio dad's family, the FL's career, ML's mother's family (at least on screen), the half-baked opposition for the older brother's relationship with the writer, pregnant woman's past and motivations. They had plenty of storylines to resolve in the last two episodes without doing the breakup for "shock" value or whatever. The FL and ML had just resolved her hatred for him being one of the foster children and they could grieve together, etc. Also the funeral was made into "your mother will live forever though you and the other foster children" which made no sense - the FL's trauma was that despite her mother being an angel to other people and children, she neglected her own child, also 'making' her daughter love other foster siblings just for them to disappear later (because they are there temporarily? - this was never explored), and FL was shown as being selfish and ungrateful, while she had no stability and was there just so her parents look more well-rounded to orphanages and the system? From what they showed, she mother "saved" other children from abuse while abusing by neglecting her ow child?...
The show used a lot of trauma as background for the characters to seem "new", "interesting", while not exploring anything in depth and the show becoming totally generic.

Made all kinds of weird decisions - they broke up for no reason or at least the reconciliation was super rushed - they both had the trauma of never being chosen and the break allowed JI Uk to find his mother and was accepted into her family destroying the narrative that children from prior marriages/relationships have to be thrown away (which is super prevalent in Kdramas). Instead, they could have broken up with the caveat that after 6/12 months, etc. after growth, they can get back together if on the same page with each other.
The cheater colleague never had repercussions for his behavior - got promoted on the FL's idea and everything, while she had to leave the company - that was crazy not to be resolved...
The character in the open relationship didn't want marriage or children but then got pregnant and suddenly wanted the child and was ready to raise it alone... finally in a heterosexual monogamous relationship [marriage?]... That could happen [choosing to have the child] but it was never explored way she didn't want children in depth and what made her change her mind - was it "I want to live forever [through my children]" that was stupid and crazy, or people if becoming pregnant by accident should keep the children anyway...it just never made sense, she could have wanted to have children to begin with instead of that nonsense - the "HAVE CHILDREN" propaganda was insane.

Have they at least finished shooting? When is it coming out?!

When you finish the all episodes, you will know.

Just finished all episodes. Seems to me the generational trauma of not having/seeing healthy relationships and not knowing if a relationship is "boring" because it is not crazy. The only clear bad partner was the religious guy. Even with Sim Gyu Ho they are sexually incompatible... I am still wondering if he broke up with the photographer because he wanted a real relationship and then Yeong was scared of that and ran away (and finding him everything he did annoying was to "find a valid excuse") and then the trauma of him dying - ending any possibility of reconciliation. And then was running away and chasing partners where the break-up was a forgone conclusion as they were incompatible.
Loved the story, being a kind of philosophical exploration and love, relationships and life, while being for a gay person, showing with the same 'normality' as if it was for a straight character.

Just finished! Loved the friendship - despite all of them finishing the series single, it didn't feel like a sad ending! It was open-ended without feeling unfinished.

To me it somewhat is shown by him unable to really show emotion and running away from people he could have relationships with.
Was he incompatible with the 1st boyfriend or running from a good relationship? The second one (the religious guy), he knew he shouldn't go with him and in the end that guy was indeed very toxic. The third one, ended weirdly, moving to China was Ko Yeong's excuse to break up, while still smiling (even if they seemed ultimately incompatible). He says he cannot cry to "flush out" emotion - is it because he suppresses his emotions until he doesn't know what they are.
Indeed the relationship with the mother was complicated (the biggest betrayal by a parent to be thrown into 'religious prison' by the one who is supposed to protect you), she was supposedly accepting but was happy not to meet his boyfriend and in the end never truly apologised.
The flashes show how many experiences a person can have who "supposedly had it easy" because you don't see them destroyed under the weight but fighting for happiness.

Love it so much!! The full-length episodes, high production value, finally starting to show non-hetero stories as something normal instead of people having to make media almost if not truly underground. Korean BL with 8-minute episodes drive me crazy - at least make it a movie...

Can't Wait!!!

Ha ha guess "it [wasn't] the next Game of Thrones"...

Isn't the ending always sad also to show the people "no matter how much you struggle you can't change anything so just don't try"? But why is it stupid?

Does anyone like the ambiguous endings of Chinese dramas because I feel every one I watch has a stupid ending that makes no sense.
I can understand if a movie is 90 min and the ending is 30 seconds and weird, trying to be "elevated" or some shit but just being stupid but to have a story 1,350 minutes (22.5 hrs) / 1,800 minutes (30 hrs) and not to make an ending/conclusion that takes 10 minutes and make sense... I just don't get it.
To the audience, the FL self-heals from her mental break and "chooses a stranger" as the dream and the reality ZXW are practically different people, we never see how her experiences in the story impact her life now in the real world... just nothing.
Why is there so often a need for some tacked-on "bonus content" instead of doing it in the real story?

I love the drama and then the ending leaves a bad taste in my mouth.

The problem was never the acting but the weird at times cinematography, constantly looking at the camera, overdone sound effects, and weird directorial choices about the acting; the thing that let me finish and enjoy the drama despite the sometimes gimmicky 'situations' was the great acting of the whole cast.

Yes, the last episode almost didn't make any sense - and the uselessly ambiguous ending, what was that... That episode should have been at least two episodes - most of it was voice-over...

Don't focus on the age (in the novel her soul goes in the body of the real Jiang Li) but because Chinese dramas don't allow soul swapping or because they wanted a more mature actress that was changed with a plot that didn't really make sense; as she had been married for several years and was pregnant at the time she is killed...

Yes, dying in the last seconds of the last episode....

Looks interesting!!!

He is a true tragic character who cannot move past the tragedy of the past life (which was horrific) and in making the 'wrong' choices moves towards having the same ending...
He loves her but if she was a helpless bird who cannot do anything while PWX wants her to grow and harden her wings (which makes one of the biggest differences for me in which male character I like).

Yes, most/all of their problems in the previous life stemmed from lack of trust and not lack of love. For this life to be different they have to learn to trust.