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also, if you find any more that aren't accurate pls let me know and I will fix! A couple I had to look up because they're on a cusp and I wanted to be as accurate as I could. So I definitely want to make sure they're all correct.

tysm so much, I was trying to work fast through my watchlist and messed up a few, bless you for finding my mistakes. But joe cheng, is that for the Rose? I was doing for Jerry Huang. Who is listed on the Rose's MDL page as the 2ML, but he's the one who gets the girl in the end. The other two I'll fix right now. <3 <3 <3 you rock!!!

>Never have I seen a more suitable and beautiful Kdrama couple

Maybe because you've only seen like 10 dramas? Or at least there's only a handful on your watch list. Suitable and beautiful K-drama couple = Devilish Joy

That was such a blow-your-socks-off couple, I think it's worth a watch if you haven't already.

Aigoo, I just looked it up, I'll watch it when it's finished airing, but I can't watch something that's not completed yet because I'm a binge-watcher. I'll put it on my list though, seems like it could be good. tysm! <3

What's TLI?

Just finished this...

I'm giving it a 7. It reminds me sort of A Korean Odyssey. Starts off strong with a lot of promise. Production value is great, colors and lighting are rich and vivid. But it seems to suffer an identity crisis... it's not a comedy, it's not a romance, not an action-thriller, not a makjang, not fluff. It's trying to be a mixed bag of everything at once, but the end result is that none of it is truly satisfying. Which is exactly how I felt about Korean Odyssey too.

There were some moments where it transcended its mundane-ness, but they were sparse. The actors who played the "evil family" (and I mean just the father, son and mother) delivered excellent performances, of a higher caliber than the rest of the actors imo. The stuff with the perilla seeds and scallions was funny. Could have been funnier, but it was funny enough. I also appreciated how, when they introduce you to the psycho character, they manage to show the audience just HOW psycho he is within the span of about three minutes, that was a great scene.

There were also moments where the screenwriting just fell off a cliff. Disjointed flow, cringe dialogue from the "god" character, lots of drag and dead screen time where nothing in particular is happening.

I watch dramas exclusively for the romance, so that's how I'm viewing shows when I watch them, in terms of the romance. As far as that goes here.... you get NO kilig, a very small amount of spice, and maybe two or three episodes that have a truly "sexy" appeal. This ends by episode 8 or so. At that point, the relationship is then established and becomes tame, domestic, and saccharine for the whole rest of the drama. They rely from that point on, strictly on "cuteness" (we ride couples bikes and eat cake affectionately together) and "angst" (I'm leaving you for your own good, baby). But there's no real fire or chemistry. However, there are cuddles, if you're into that kind of thing.

Like most k-dramas that are like this one.... it starts out "rom-com" but the last entire third of the drama has neither "rom" nor "com".

ML's wardrobe was absolutely ghastly. His acting was kinda good but not spectacular. But the FL was cute, I just felt like her acting was inconsistent. Some scenes feel phoned-in and hollow.... other scenes are very very well acted.

Some elements of this seem like they were ripped off straight from Goblin and Twilight. The past flashbacks seem an awful lot like the Legend of the Blue Sea flashbacks.

So... I'd call it "average". It has some strengths, but it also has glaring weaknesses, and lacks that je ne sais quoi in the romance part of the story.

I did indeed. I went back through and found my comment on it, it was this:

"Excellent chemistry between the leads. ML is sufficiently toxic for my tastes. But that plot... just wow, and not in a good way. Ending not cool as well. I gave it a 7."

I dropped a few also. Let's see I dropped Sparkle Love, Maiden Holmes, Lost You Forever, and I bailed on the last few episodes of A Journey to Love because of the hideous ending I knew awaited me.

Oh hey I just thought of a recc that would TEMPORARILY scratch that Xie Wei itch... Extremely Perilous Love. It's a chinese historical style mini-episode drama. So it won't distract you for long. It can't even compare to SoKP, but it was pretty decent.

So it's cheesier than SoKP kind of. But it's overlookable because the aesthetics are very sumptuous, good use of reds and whites and lots of black and darkness, night-scenes. Pretty lighting. The ML is HOTTTTT, and they give everybody pretty costumes. The story is not a vampire story, but it has very vampy overtones to it, in a good way. The FL is thumbs up too.

I don't even remember the actual plot, so it must have been okay not great not bad. All I remember is I really really liked it for the AWESOME SPICE content, the vampy feel, the dark prettiness of the drama, and the smokin smokin smokin smokin hot ML. IMO that one was another highly rewatchable drama. And since it's short, it's not a huge commitment if you don't like it. Just a day or two binge watch.

The fans on the My Demon comments section are totally rabid too. Really nasty to people who didn't like the show. Unlike here, where everybody's nice, even if you don't like the drama. <3 <3 <3

My Demon = I have like 2 episodes left to go, I'll probably give it a 7. It starts off strong and has good production value, but then it starts to suffer from an identity crisis and turns into a directionless mess that relies on a good OST/BGM to prop it up where the screenwriting fails. In that sense, it reminded me of A Korean Odyssey.

It's not gonna help anyone get over SoKP that's for sure.

I love her in everything I've seen her in. She can be serious one minute and funny the next. She is such a joy to watch <3

Story of Kunning Palace... it rocked so much imo.

https://kisskh.at/719227-ning-an-ru-meng

It's true, I get what you're saying. Instead of "slow burn" it's kind of like the first half of the show is the set-up for the actual romance that comes later toward the end. At first you're just learning about the characters and how they fit into their environment and into the plot. The "burning" of the "slow burn" hasn't even started yet until about halfway thru. So the whole first half is kind of "no-burn" lol... But the last 10 episodes or so are like wham! giant bonfire.

My Demon. It's terrible.

KEEP GOING, trust us.... i The first 2/3rds of the drama set up the last 1/3, and it's worth every minute of your patience, guaranteed.

omg same

I'm still stuck here 10 dramas later. I think the only thing that will cure me at this point is an SoKP rewatch. Weird how there is basically next to nothing like this show out of the thousands and thousands of dramas out there. It was so perfect.

IMO, AJTL was ABSOLUTELY AWFUL. Just to provide a counterbalace to your recc.... idk if AJTL is gonna fill that hole. It didn't for me. I've tried like 10 dramas since SoKP to fill that hole in my brain, and nothing so far has worked.

The best ones I've seen since this one were My Fated Boy and Falling Into You, but both of those fall into the "fluff" category, the ML's are TOTALLY different from SoKP's ML. So they don't make good reccs in this situation probably. Right now I'm on ep.11 of My Demon, and it's not working either.

Sigh....

ok sounds good.

Ya, some people don't like him at all, and I totally get that, he's very deadpan. I think his eyes are expressive, and I have a weakness for Leo actors for some reason. I can see the reasons though, why some can't stand him. He's not my favorite actor, and I wouldn't call myself a fan, but I do think he's particularly hot, and expressive without overacting. I'd watch something with him in it.

I don't think it's rude to share an opinion. It's not like her MDL page is her actual fan page or something, it's the actor's info page. I'd never make a comment like that on her actual fan page, but this is just for expressing opinions.

I honestly really don't care that other people think differently about her or about JKY either, or about anyone. I respect other people having their opinions, and in a meta sense, it's actually cool that we're all different. Imagine a world where everyone thought the same, how boring.

So you changed it to basically "good luck with your opinion".... If you said "I like chocolate ice cream" and someone else said "I don't like it", would you say "Good luck not liking chocolate ice cream"?

Seems like an odd thing to say idk