monstersnroses

If fiction influences RL, and not the other way around, then what happens to all the people who enjoy the horror genre? Do they go psycho on people in RL?

I think its far more likely that RL influences one's tastes in fiction. People who have had personal experiences, or have had run-ins with abusive people, don't like anything that even kind of reminds them of it.

I see a forced kiss, I think of my wicked-hot ex boyfriend who I had a very spicy and awesome 12 year relationship with, because he was very passionate and intense. Someone who had a truly abusive relationship, will see forced kissing and they think of their past experiences and how bad it was.

I see a "healthy" green-flag relationship, and I think of my first boyfriend who I was together with for 8 years, and am reminded of how fekkin TIRED I was having to make all the decisions, stand up for the family.... how he was indecisive and couldn't take a stand for himself, and how incredibly un-sexy that relationship was. But someone without that experience might like it and think it looks like fun times, to have a man who is gentle and consults his woman before he makes decisions and never does anything she doesn't like.

There's a saying I like: "The only thing worse than a man you can't control, is a man you can." I have lived that experience. For me, that saying was really true. But others who have different experiences might see things differently.

For me, the RL influences my tastes in fiction. The fiction doesn't influence my tastes in RL situations or relationships.

I'm totally cool with people not liking red-flag romances, to each his own. But the conversation you two are having here is turning really judgey. Just because you don't like something, doesn't mean there's something wrong with people who do like it.

It's actually not crazy, these are actors. The only profession where you include photos of yourself with your resume. Just ask yourself why. And then realize they WILLINGLY chose that profession. They purposely submit their looks to public scrutiny FOR A LIVING. This is true for all actors. Why don't 18 year old actors get cast as grandmas? Because they don't LOOK like grandmas.

This person thinks she looks too skinny. That's totally valid, despite the fact that you don't like his opinion. We don't get so critical of others like the plumber or the waitress or the neighbors because those people aren't ACTORS playing lead romantic roles.

Commenting about the looks of an actor or actress playing a lead romantic role, is fair game. If it wasn't, they would cast grandmas and obese people as romantic leads

And another thing. Korea can be BRUTAL about beauty standards, especially in acting and entertainment, and I have seen instances of kids that are basically being starved by their managers in order to look rail thin with zero percent bodyfat, and that's torture. That's not right. Calling it out is highly appropriate. Covering the problem up and pretending it doesn't exist is not kew. So if this person thinks she's too thin, then that's what they think and it's okay to say so.

I think it would be cool to make a sequel about Zhang Zhe finding love, and have Bai Lu and Ling He play supporting roles in the story. I think in the novels, he was the only one besides her who was aware that they were on a second timeline...? So it could work.

I think the people who shipped Zhang Zhe and fell in love with him in that role deserve some satisfaction. They could pick up right where the bonus episode leaves off. Give the FL role to Lusi or somethin. Or, ya know what, I'd love to see him and princess Le Yang fall in love, she deserves a nice man after what she went through. They'd be an awesome match up.

The side story could be about Yan Lin facing and conquering his inner demons, because they never really get enough into his character in this story, we are all left kind of unsettled about him. In the second timeline, he does nothing wrong, but we all know that he's CAPABLE of some really awful shit because of the first timeline. So the side story could be about him having to face that shadow in himself and overcome it.

Not a very realistic wish, but hey.... If anyone important in the industry is reading this.... just think about it. It could make you a LOT of money. Just sayin.

meh

there were some nice kiss scenes.... and nothing about it outright sucked except the way they chose a cop-out ending.

this

They never showed the actual scene where she's playing the cello. That's just the most random cut-scene ever, and it's never explained or put into any context at all, lol.....

I was very disappointed that something called "Marry Me My Evil Lord" - which sounds like it should be sexy and dark - is actually just a cheap "Maiden Holmes" knockoff. Screw this show, I just can't.

I've learned over time that anything people keep calling "cute" and "fun" and "lighthearted", means it's not actually GOOD, it's just Hallmark-caliber fish food.

Listen you're only a few eps in, and already ya got a lie detector machines, ya got ML waving guns around at FL, ya got an imaginary pregnancy, lost-in-the-woods survivalism.... I just fail to understand what's not to like here.

It was simultaneously one of the best dramas and one of the worst dramas I've ever seen. A perfect blend of total garbage and deep mastery of human psychology. I gave it a 9. I could write college dissertations on how genius this show is.

I don't just "feel" entitled to my opinion, I AM entitled to my opinion.

Attempting to belittle me, simply because my opinion displeases you, is infact the epitome of "entitled" behavior.

yoon eun hye is ugly af in this show. She was a buck toothed, butt-lipped brachycephalic mess, and to make it worse, she was playing a character with a terrible personality. Looks are easy to overlook when someone has redeeming character traits. Not easy to overlook ugliness on the outside when it is accompanied by ugliness on the inside, which imo this character she plays here was. Kim Hye Ja is hotter than she is in this show.

I see you just joined MDL today. Congrats. Imagine giving Goong a higher rating than Lovely Runner.

Lovesickness

hmmm.... could be ok i spose, ill put it on my maybe list... thanks for the explanation btw. <3

AAAAAAAgh he's so fucking hot....

gaaahhhh that would have totally ruined it for me if i had done that. I guess if you're impatient or have a shorter attention span, that'd be good. but i love slowwww burn, and this was so epic, I would never skip the first 30, personally.

at the same time, i don't want anyone to watch this who wouldn't like it, because they'll just bring the rating down, lol.... I'm torn on what kind of advice to give. I don't get the pattern in nothingmuch's watchlist, so I don't know what to tell em. I think this drama is for a certain group of people with a certain kind of taste in shows.

well let me ask you this. lots of romance dramas fall into this pattern of first-half-romance, second-half-torture, last minute HE that doesn't take away the bruising left by all the "second-half-torture" part of the story.

Like they fall in love, and then somehow they get separated, or a misunderstanding occurs, and in the last half of the drama, there's just crying, fighting, missed opportunities, foiled plans, and ML and FL dont even have that much screentime together. They make you stress it all the way up to the halfway point of the last episode, and then they give you half-episode-or-less of some crappy unsatisfying HE like an apology that's not a good enough apology....

Was it like one of THOSE dramas?

bah! darn it! What'd you rate it overall?

woohoo! tyssm, now I have some new stuff to watch, all I've seen from that list is miss mystery and extr perilous love.

do any of those you listed have a sad/tragic/bittersweet ending? Because I can't stand non-HE dramas so I'd want to know ahead of time.

no no youre right im wrong. the sickly dude. I'm so bad at these details. Half the shows I watch have an emperor or a bunch of princes or idk and i don't ever pay much attention.