Hi! Which Eternal Love were you talking about? Is it the one with Yang Mi and Mark Chao?
between keeping secrets and abandoning loved one, which one is worse? Understand your point but remember, it was what the FL had to go through to become a goddess. She got what she wanted and evolved into a Goddess, what did the ML get? And to make it worse, the last arc where she remembers and somehow holds ML accountable for what she went through in her tribulation to become a goddess - it was just shitty.
That's why mua opinion that Eternal Love did not the right spot for me.
This one is going into the list of all time fav dramas, right up there with Love & redemption.
Drama does justice to the core of it's theme, the desperate love between two people and the lengths they go to protect it.
Eternal Love is on the list of fav of many people but I hated the FL. She did not deserve the ML at the end. For that FL the ML was never her first priority right until his death. I have no idea why it was called 'Eternal Love', instead it should have been called 'Eternal Love of Male Lead'.
Contrary to it, this one is beautiful where both the ML and FL show their desperation to protect and cherish their love. Each arc of their lives is beautiful and it's endearing to see them fall in love with each other in every life. Similarly Love & Redemption was great, what ML does for the FL for many lives and the redemption arc of the FL read - it was absolutely fantastic.
A great love story is one where you can see both ML and FL longing for each other & desperate to protect what's dearest to them. This show hits the right spots in that aspect,
I'm usually not a second lead preferring type of person but in this drama, the second male lead is better than…
Neither brother deserves that kind of horrible girl.
FL dates ML, stabs him, leaves him for dead & starts frolicking with ML's brother.
And then she starts crying as if she is in deep love with ML. We viewers should pretend the hugging and smiling and romance of FL with the younger brother did not happen & what she has is true love with the ML.
The ML should have dumped her ass and left to the younger brother. Both these cheaters deserve each other.
Not sure what you mean abou Eunuch. This is a modern drama
I saw that and that's even more disturbing. This is a grown man and he needs some girl to tell him he may like some one. Liking some one one is like FL liking the other singer, you can see the sexual attraction. That the ML who is in his 20's likes a girl and does not know it - unbelievable. It's like the author wants to believe his "liking" is pure and innocent like that of a 10 year old child. When men are attracted to a girl or vice-versa, along with their heart, their body reacts. The FL's in Cdramas have their heart and body react it - take this Cdrama as example. The ML's in Cdramas have no visible reaction to their liking girls - take this Cdrama as example.
Take FL out of Cdramas and the ML is a Eunuch, absolutely boring. Take ML out of Cdramas you get a FL is who wonderful, interesting and exciting to watch
Not sure what you mean abou Eunuch. This is a modern drama
Some of the other tropes are disturbing as well,
One period Cdrama, can't recall the name, both brothers fall in love, FL dates the ML, there are numerous physical interactions between them. She then leaves him, the brother of ML accompanies the FL and eventually they start dating.
For me that's a red line. It almost borders on incest. I have seen this trope played out in few other Cdramas and Kdramas, All brothers falling for FL and having intimacy with them. Not sure if that is something normal in East Asian culture but thats disgusting and disturbing at certain leevel. Yeah- 2 male friends falling for same girl is something you can enjoy.
I have not seen the reverse though, where sisters fall for the ML and the ML being intimate with both sisters.
Not sure what you mean abou Eunuch. This is a modern drama
I did not get that vibe. Even you are not sure if he liked her. It's like she was a friend who had been around him for long time & he was comfortable with her. The FL liked the other singer & you can clearly see how lusty she was whenever she was near the guy. the ML for all practical purpose was Eunuch.
It's not just this drama, all the Cdramas this year follow the same template for ML. It's disappointing. May be we should start calling the "male" leads in Cdramas with these characteristics as EL (Eunuch Leads)
Not sure what you mean abou Eunuch. This is a modern drama
some common characteristics of ML in most of Cdramas this year - They don't find any girl except the FL as beautiful or attractive - They don't hug/touch any girl except FL - They don't make eye contact with any girl except FL - They don't prefer to be alone with any girl except FL
I can go on but you get the picture,
It's basically the ML have had their testicles hidden inside their body and they drop down for first time in their life when they meet the FL.
All in all, the ML in Cdramas don't act like males, their character is more like a Eunuch.
The FL characters are more interesting and more fleshed out.
Yet another Cdrama where the male lead comes across as Eunuch if not for the FL.
This year Cdramas have been so disappointing. I get a sense Dejavu when I see the ML in Cdrama, it's like, hey, I have seen the ML in the 10 previous Cdramas I have watched.
I don't think Sunwoo is annoying. I understand him why he like that toward Dam. He love Dam too much. He already…
As an example,
If some girl is hugging, touching, clinging and basically trying to steal another girls BF/Husband, it is ok, since this other girl loves the guy a lot?
She was angry at him for putting another person’s life in danger for her sake. It was never about jealousy.…
nothing wrong with the confusion, thats how people are.
He was toxic and she knew it. There were certain situation which I mentioned above where she could have avoided and she did not, which leads to toxic idiot to misunderstand and think the FL is ok with him doing what he keeps doing.
And most of all it was unnecessary concern for the SML, she knew what the guy was after and why he keeps showing up near her. At that point the smart thing would be to get away from the guy.
Understand your point but remember, it was what the FL had to go through to become a goddess. She got what she wanted and evolved into a Goddess, what did the ML get? And to make it worse, the last arc where she remembers and somehow holds ML accountable for what she went through in her tribulation to become a goddess - it was just shitty.
That's why mua opinion that Eternal Love did not the right spot for me.
Drama does justice to the core of it's theme, the desperate love between two people and the lengths they go to protect it.
Eternal Love is on the list of fav of many people but I hated the FL. She did not deserve the ML at the end. For that FL the ML was never her first priority right until his death. I have no idea why it was called 'Eternal Love', instead it should have been called 'Eternal Love of Male Lead'.
Contrary to it, this one is beautiful where both the ML and FL show their desperation to protect and cherish their love. Each arc of their lives is beautiful and it's endearing to see them fall in love with each other in every life.
Similarly Love & Redemption was great, what ML does for the FL for many lives and the redemption arc of the FL read - it was absolutely fantastic.
A great love story is one where you can see both ML and FL longing for each other & desperate to protect what's dearest to them. This show hits the right spots in that aspect,
SML went after her when she and his brother got together.
There are some things that are off limits. Brother's girl is absolutely off limits, regardless of who saw whom first.
Imagine if the FL had a sister and ML dated both sisters - it would be disgusting, right?
Not really sure what to say at this point!
FL dates ML, stabs him, leaves him for dead & starts frolicking with ML's brother.
And then she starts crying as if she is in deep love with ML.
We viewers should pretend the hugging and smiling and romance of FL with the younger brother did not happen & what she has is true love with the ML.
The ML should have dumped her ass and left to the younger brother. Both these cheaters deserve each other.
Looks like incest is a very common theme in Cdramas.
Have had it Cdramas where brothers are lusting after their sisters and the poor sisters are unaware of the lust and happily be around their "brothers"
That just creeped me out.
Incest - Check
dropping it, have seen this same drama few times this year
Liking some one one is like FL liking the other singer, you can see the sexual attraction.
That the ML who is in his 20's likes a girl and does not know it - unbelievable. It's like the author wants to believe his "liking" is pure and innocent like that of a 10 year old child.
When men are attracted to a girl or vice-versa, along with their heart, their body reacts.
The FL's in Cdramas have their heart and body react it - take this Cdrama as example.
The ML's in Cdramas have no visible reaction to their liking girls - take this Cdrama as example.
Take FL out of Cdramas and the ML is a Eunuch, absolutely boring.
Take ML out of Cdramas you get a FL is who wonderful, interesting and exciting to watch
but seeing the same ML in each and every drama is tiring, especially with romance dramas.
If the main plot of the drama is action, Wuxia etc, simply don't care for the character development of leads except for the plot.
but for romance dramas, it's tiring seeing the same type of ML in each and every one of them.
One period Cdrama, can't recall the name, both brothers fall in love, FL dates the ML, there are numerous physical interactions between them. She then leaves him, the brother of ML accompanies the FL and eventually they start dating.
For me that's a red line. It almost borders on incest. I have seen this trope played out in few other Cdramas and Kdramas, All brothers falling for FL and having intimacy with them.
Not sure if that is something normal in East Asian culture but thats disgusting and disturbing at certain leevel.
Yeah- 2 male friends falling for same girl is something you can enjoy.
I have not seen the reverse though, where sisters fall for the ML and the ML being intimate with both sisters.
The FL liked the other singer & you can clearly see how lusty she was whenever she was near the guy.
the ML for all practical purpose was Eunuch.
It's not just this drama, all the Cdramas this year follow the same template for ML. It's disappointing. May be we should start calling the "male" leads in Cdramas with these characteristics as EL (Eunuch Leads)
- They don't find any girl except the FL as beautiful or attractive
- They don't hug/touch any girl except FL
- They don't make eye contact with any girl except FL
- They don't prefer to be alone with any girl except FL
I can go on but you get the picture,
It's basically the ML have had their testicles hidden inside their body and they drop down for first time in their life when they meet the FL.
All in all, the ML in Cdramas don't act like males, their character is more like a Eunuch.
The FL characters are more interesting and more fleshed out.
This year Cdramas have been so disappointing. I get a sense Dejavu when I see the ML in Cdrama, it's like, hey, I have seen the ML in the 10 previous Cdramas I have watched.
If some girl is hugging, touching, clinging and basically trying to steal another girls BF/Husband, it is ok, since this other girl loves the guy a lot?
FL is a cheat
SML is toxic.
He was toxic and she knew it. There were certain situation which I mentioned above where she could have avoided and she did not, which leads to toxic idiot to misunderstand and think the FL is ok with him doing what he keeps doing.
And most of all it was unnecessary concern for the SML, she knew what the guy was after and why he keeps showing up near her. At that point the smart thing would be to get away from the guy.