Mila

Thanks the three are really nice

That's great, am a half empty but I still appreciate fairness and trying to find good points even in what is bad. Can't say I like looking at expensive things aha but I definitely see what could be interesting in this drama even if it doesn't go very deep.

My pleasure ! I like your "yapping" aha. I'll check out the video with the performance, even without the context I'm still curious.

Perfect review. Everything we need to know is there with your personal take on it but not to the point that you're unfair or biased. 👍. I won't watch this for sure, but at least I enjoyed reading your opinion !

Another great and very dynamic review ! Your french restaurant and google translate joke made me laugh xD. I think there would be far too much romance for me in this one, but you got me curious about the ending.

No never 😄

There are so many. One I can't get over is Lee Sun Kyun. Not an idol though. He was accused of doing drugs. Of course it was false. But it was too late. And recently Kim Sae Ron. That's so sad

I wish the unedited version of mine was as structured and fun as yours xD.

That's true. Just see how fast bad rumours can escalate to irreparable situations in this industry in SK...

Exactly. I think more and more people are becoming aware of it, but unless the people who are actually involved in the industry change or the entire world stops giving them money, I doubt it'll drastically change anytime soon. But maybe I'm just a pessimist lol

This review is probably as entertaining as the drama is ! Thanks for the laughs. "FLs being handed a brain in the first few episodes, only for it to mysteriously vanish when the story hits a wall" I really felt it xD. So annoying.

Thanks !

This made me laugh way too much xD.

I'll go read it. To some degree we're all guilty of something, by watching shows we keep the industry going, etc. But it's like with many things, if we think about it too much we'll just go insane. And these guys still work hard so of course we want to support them when we like their stuff. You're not a culprit for that. Those who lie and abuse kids (and adults) for money and fame and power are the culprits. At least we're aware of this. SK is definitely not ready for the debate. But Hollywood is not much better anyway I guess.

Wow such a great review. Once again you make me want to watch a show that I have 0 interest in (ugh, love triangle x_x), because it seems much deeper than what it looks. The entertainment industry is rotten to the core, I find it honestly difficult to support and trust idols or even any kinds of public figures in these domains and their words and actions, considering the amount of lies and manipulation seemingly involved either from their agencies or even from them (because they have to keep their image going). Not only is it unbearably fake and abusive, sometimes I think it's bordering on human trafficking (and it probably is for the worst of them). But anyway ! Great review. Seo Eun Soo is so cute, I've seen her in Duel and The Other Side, she's a good actress.

You're kind, thank you very much, I really appreciate that. I don't want to provoke unnecessary conflict. I think people are already more than conflicted and angry with each other for so many pointless reasons. It's sad. But I refuse to just stay silent about these kinds of things because it's about the mindsets and the health of future generations. And fiction plays an important part in propagating ideas so I just wish to promote what I personally consider to be the right ones. Thanks again for replying to me : ).

Aha so true !

xD. Thank you so much for your support 👍. It means a lot.

Hi.

I thank you for replying and sharing your opinion in a structured and intelligible manner. I'm not English so I apologize in advance if I make mistakes or am not clear enough. I don't think you know anything about me and how I view the world though and yet you seem to feel pretty comfortable lecturing me. Because I do not support the LGBTQ+ community and its ideologies, I'm aware that in your worldview I'm the villain. So it's not like you will actually care about or honestly consider anything I have to say without animosity. I'll reply to you only once because my energy is extremely limited and such arguments are, most of the time, entirely pointless. I just don't see why the side you are on should always be the vocal one here and mine should always shut up or be treated like some backward-minded fascist. So I'll keep stating my opinion, even where people don't want to hear it.

"if you’re this bothered just because people interpret emotional closeness between two men as possibly romantic, maybe ask yourself why it hits such a nerve. Because honestly, that kind of knee-jerk defensiveness says a lot more about you than it does about the people asking."
- Interpreting any kind of emotional closeness, whether between males, females or both, as immediately romantic and then fixating on this (which, if you are honest, is what most people do with most fiction), is an issue for me. This is the shipping culture and it's extremely toxic (and deeply annoying) in my personal opinion. I have a right to say it.

"No one is stopping you from enjoying platonic friendship. No one’s saying every male bond must be romantic. But when you act like it’s some kind of crime to even wonder if two men might love each other — in a world where queer stories are still rare, censored, or buried in subtext — you're not “defending friendship.” You're just being dismissive."
- No one's stopping me except that because of the shipping and fangirl culture, more and more productions love "queer baiting", creating voluntary ambiguous situations to please everyone from both side and therefore create more and more confusion. This is, always in my opinion, another big issue. Also, regardless of that, if you scroll through basically any comment section of any drama containing two males who are close, almost everyone will say that they are gay, should be gay, that this is a hidden BL, that they "ship them", that they're "canon", that the FL is annoying because she puts herself between them, and whatever else. Regardless if it's the actual truth or not. And most of the time it's not. Basically any form of intimacy is now a potential hidden BL/GL - at least, in your minds. Denying that this is the current situation would be extremely dishonest. I'll also add, "when you act like it’s some kind of crime" to not support the LGTBQ+ worldview and opinions, maybe you should ponder on what your own level of tolerance and awareness of other people's thoughts actually are. But I guess this world's tolerance is like freedom : it stops for you when it starts for another.

"Let’s not pretend this is about “confusion.” If the exact same dynamic was between a man and a woman….people would be yelling “they’re in love!” without a second thought. But when it’s two men? Suddenly it’s “ugh, stop thinking they are gay.”"
- It is about confusion. And I personally wouldn't yell they are in love even if it was between a man and a woman for the reasons I stated above. I have watched dramas with female and male characters being extremely close and most people wanted to see them as a couple. But I didn't. And they were not. Because emotional intimacy does not entail romantic love. Sexual attraction does. And I am annoyed by the massive amount of romantic content in media. Straight or not.

"And while we’re at it: stop acting like “BL” automatically means sexual. It doesn’t. BL is about romantic connection between men — emotional, psychological, sometimes yes, physical — just like any other love story. How is this mocking or an insult to anyone? The fact that you instantly reduce it to sex says more about your own assumptions than it does about the genre or the people asking about it."
- Please stop trying to relabel everything to suit you. Making bromance gay, BL not gay. Come on. BL means gay love. Gay love means romantic and sexual love. Romantic is the same as sexual, regardless of what the LGBTQ+ community is trying to make you believe. If it's not sexual, it's platonic. If it's romantic, it's not platonic. As simple as that. The confusion is with people thinking that love=romantic love/sex and that sex is OK between two men or two women if they "love" each other, when the point of sex is initially for reproduction and survival. It's not for fun, for showing "love" or for passing time. It's a biological mechanism with a biological purpose, although we have certainly disregarded and abused of that purpose. But that's another topic and you certainly do not care about that. However, I do not see why I should keep quiet when this is the truth I believe in. I care a lot about what I think is the truth and I question it and revise it constantly to make sure it keeps consistent. As long as it makes logical sense for me and it doesn't bring me cognitive dissonance, I'll support it. Aren't you the same ? Why should I be the one to shut up about it ? I'll keep talking when I want to even if it's unpleasant to some people. Just like you'll keep talking even when it's unpleasant to me.

"Calling it “BL-crazy” or mocking people for looking for queer subtext is lazy and ignorant. Just say you’re uncomfortable with anything that isn’t straight and go. You don’t get to police what others see, especially when queer people have had to scrape for the tiniest bit of representation for decades. That curiosity? That hunger for possibility? It exists because we've been denied open representation for so long."
- I don't think I am policing anyone here, but if you want to talk about policing and oppression, then people like you are now definitely oppressing people like me by wanting to make it all about themselves. There are literally tons and tons of homosexuality-focused dramas, movies, novels, mangas, comics, everywhere + non-homosexual content still containing one or more gay characters in them and there have been for a long time. Stop acting like you're so underrepresented. I'm underrepresented as well. My neighbour's underrepresented as well. And ?

"You can love platonic friendship without acting threatened every time someone else sees something romantic. The problem isn’t that people interpret things differently — the problem is your over-the-top, almost hostile reaction to the idea of queerness. That’s what really needs checking. You want to enjoy bromance, great — then let others enjoy it however they interpret it. “Making it all gay” ????????You just refuse to see anything outside straight norms. Two men getting close? Some might see love. You see a threat in that. Ask yourself why that is. ‘Making everything gay’ is just code for ‘I’m uncomfortable with anything that isn’t centered around straight people.’"
- Believe me, I'm checking.

I genuinely wish you a healthy and pleasant life. Thanks again for the exchange.

You're totally right ! But oftentimes, non-romance lists are just those where romance isn't listed in the main genres, yet in the tags there might be slight romance or something. Actually most dramas have at least hinted romantic interest between some characters here and there or there'll a married couple or something, even if it's not the leads. It's pretty rare to find something with absolutely 0 romance whatsoever.