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Agree about the poor writing. Her Private Life was so much better. Loved that one. I didn't like Secretary Kim. I do like her in When the Weather is Fine (currently watching). Healer is so good, a classic. I liked her in Forecasting Love and Weather and the drama was imo endlessly better than this one. In Queen for 7 Days the problem was again poor writing but her chemistry and the scenes with Lee Dong Gun were awesome and the reason I completed it.

People are wondering what is healthy and what is not. Mostly none of are not familiar with Dispatch. It's a very basic question and PMY's body gets shown a lot in the drama and the message is always that she's the most beautiful and desirable. You need to think what that message might do overall and whether it's correct rather than assuming that other people are haters. No one hates or dislikes PMY. I've watched all her dramas and she's still gorgeous but it's worrisome if this is the beauty standard.

I agree. The beauty standards are worrisome. I'd like to know if it's healthy to be so skinny, honestly. Yes it bothers me.

I think we should be talking about how the characters are written, not take the characters as if they were real life people. We don't really get to understand any of the characters in an in-depth manner. The dialogues are too few and too short. Male lead suddenly miraculously gets recovered his aspergers (as if his lack of social skills had been merely inconsiderate behavior). Rookie writer, I hope he or she doesn't get a second chance bc of the too obvious immaturity of the whole thing. I just wish people would analyze the drama writing and directing not characters as they are given. I know nobody agrees. To me this just represents a drama with bigger flaws in writing. Should have been developed with more time and with the help of more mature peer reviewers.

the writing of his character is just as lacking in depth as are all the characters. Male leads sudden recovery from his aspergers is ridiculous.

It's a poorly written CHARACTER. Alex. Not a real person. Writer is dumbass, not the actor.

indeed. after the great role in Reflection of You he should have been given a main lead role. LIC is immature as if it was written by a 14 year old.

not melo. historical, lots of violent & torture scenes. Very dark.

it's not a melodrama, actually. I guess people use too broad genre categories. It's not easy to say what genre this is, but more like a mix of workplace drama, romance and slice of life.

Record of Youth esp. the fashion show & runway scenes.

Loads of charisma. He stood out in Record of Youth, which was somewhat mediocre otherwise. Great in 20th Century Girl.

It seems that people seriously want to ban sad endings? In all movies and dramas?

Getting the feels (laughter, tears) from a drama is good. It's very good. It's a blessing. When people say they get depression from sad endings, it's worrisome. Many people say they were harmed. Is that a joke or just a way of speaking? I don't think so. In any case, producers and writer are getting so much s*** thrown at them for the ending. Are we just going to get happy endings in the future? That would really be a nightmare & a massive mistake. What I see is a lot of people who are afraid of breaking like glass from sadness or sad endings. That can't be. It's not how we should think. I encourage you to really put some thought to what I'm trying to say here.

Going to drop this at ep 4. The plotholes and illogicalities are getting too much for me. I had the same problem with Sisyphus, W and the King the Eternal Monarch. But I started watching hoping this would be something like Circle, or Search, which are both excellent. Whodunnit genre is too old and not me even with 2 worlds involved.

I find that people somehow believe they are made of glass. I don't believe that's good for them. A movie or drama cannot cause trauma, depression, or heartbreak. Only real life problems and challenges can. If you think you're made of glass and not able to bear sadness, how will you cope with real life.

Plenty to watch, plenty to read. I watch Chinese movies from classics to contemporary. You can't mandate people should watch what you consider worthy.

I warmly recommend this drama for all those who love well written witty dialogue and interesting down-to-earth characters. This is unlike any other k-drama, it's fresh and quirky in a good way. The writers did a really great job, all actors are (maybe) in the best roles of their life. Especially the 3 female leads are outstanding. The side characters are all delicious. Son Seok Koo has little screentime but is particularly delightful. The last episode foregrounds the meta aspect a little too much for my liking (lowered my grading from 9 to 8.5.) And warning for those not fond of k-pop: the shampoo song (ost main theme) is absolutely unbearable.

the worst thing you can do to yourself is to imagine you'll be "broken" by a sad ending because believe me you don't get better by believing you're made of glass. This discussion is crazy and harmful. People will experience difficulties in RL and be must focus on those. Imagining that getting sad from a drama is somehow harmful is just not sane.

very true. whatever is going on with the talk about being "destroyed" by a drama, it's inexcusable. People suffer in the real world.

People you just can't get depression from a sad ending. It is a work of fiction. Have to be able to make that distinction between fiction and reality. If you get "damaged" by fiction, you need to be whisked off into a war zone asap, or observe domestic violence, or interview victims of human trafficking. If there's a cloud somewhere where people live without any real world problems, I still wouldn't want to be there. A movie and a drama that gives you the feels, laugh or cry, is a blessing.