Chemistry with a show is a strange thing indeed. I‘m sorry you @nathsketch and @Elise are not enjoying LMLMV. Without TJC honestly I won‘t watch it either because until now the only c-drama I truly enjoy and watch till the end without fast forwarding are only the historical (and it even only 4-5 dramas) while until now I haven‘t been able to watch any contemporary cdrama till the end or interested enough to start watching them. Kdrama is my get go for modern rom com with perfect length of 16 Eps (for some drama even 16 already a bit too long actually).
I am now completely immersed in LMLMV idealistic world and really like ZY and TJC in it. It hit me on all the right button and kind of remind me of that feeling of first love, dating for the first time, analyzing every gesture the other person made at the courting phase and gossiping with the girlfriends, etc. All of this make me very nostalgic of my twenties ;)
And TJC did manage to elevate many moments with his micro expressions. I can stare at his doting smile all day. After seeing him so tortured in LFY, not even able to express his love freely and getting cold shoulder from XY, it feels very good to see TJC’s smiling face and see the object of his affection reciprocate wholeheartedly. The more I watch LMLMV the more I see MQC as XL reincarnation. Both are lonely character inside, with integrity, kindness and respect for their women‘s wishes/boundaries. MQC also showing glimpses of a bit pettiness and devilish kind of humour (watered down FFB). I even see MQC melancholy vibe as residue of his past life memory as XL, buried deep inside him. I guess I’m not free from XL yet like I thought, but at least I stopped rewatching LYF and feeling hurt for XL since LMLMV begins. His chemistry with ZY is also good (sweet but I can feel the passion bubbling underneath) and make me squeal everytime, but again I understand if not everyone get their chemistry. I also often didn‘t get the chemistry of the CPs others raving about.
Yes, Attorney Woo is another type of story, it‘s not really rom com because romance is only a small part of is but more of like coming age story for the FL and it‘s case by case format story also play a big part in giving the story enough ‚meat‘ and variation. The face off of Woo Young Woo and her mom always make me teary eyed. Both were superb in that scene. Actually Geng Xiaoxing (GS bff) kind of remind me of the WYW attorney bff (forget her name).
So a good night gift for you all, BTS from TJC Campus Go performance, that muscled arms in full display… *happy sigh*
https://youtu.be/n73_sgpPkEU?si=CGTm8kwfilMD7h99