FL wears the pants
Dramas where the female lead takes charge of the relationship and the plot while the male lead is more content to follow her and take direction. Kind of a girlboss/house husband vibe in the relationship. This could also mean that the ML is so stupid in love that he'll accept any scraps from the FL while she just lives her life as she likes.
Regardless of who has more social/economic/political power, I'm talking about FLs who tend to direct the plot, make the decisions, and don't let others (particularly the ML) change their course of action.
(Apologies for the anachronistic phrase in the title, wasn't sure how else to describe it)
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1. Abyss
Korean Drama - 2019, 16 episodes
ML is a simp
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2. The Princess and the Werewolf
Chinese Drama - 2023, 30 episodes
ML is a simp
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3. She Would Never Know
Korean Drama - 2021, 16 episodes
ML is a massive simp
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4. The King's Affection
Korean Drama - 2021, 20 episodes
ig Rowoon is just type-cast as a simp in all his dramas?
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5. Protect the Boss
Korean Drama - 2011, 18 episodes
both the ML and the SML try very hard to be controlling and the FL is just having none of it
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6. Love with Flaws
Korean Drama - 2019, 32 episodes
ML is a simp
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7. Strong Woman Do Bong Soon
Korean Drama - 2017, 16 episodes
I mean what is the ML going to do, stop her? she literally has superpowers
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8. Decreed by Fate
Chinese Drama - 2022, 16 episodes
both the ML and the SML gladly lie down on the floor so that the FL can walk all over them
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9. Shopping King Louie
Korean Drama - 2016, 16 episodes
ML is sweet but the FL is the only competent one in their arrangement haha
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10. Cunning Single Lady
Korean Drama - 2014, 16 episodes
the ML really tries not to simp at first but that just makes him even simpier for the FL once he gives in
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11. My Fated Boy
Chinese Drama - 2021, 29 episodes
I'm on the fence about this one because the ML is a definite simp but he's also kind of underhanded about it
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12. The Legends
Chinese Drama - 2019, 56 episodes
ML basically hands the FL his heart, raw and still beating, and she's like "thanks but no thanks"
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13. Love to Hate You
Korean Drama - 2023, 10 episodes
the ML is not a sub necessarily but the FL is such a dom
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14. Sh**ting Stars
Korean Drama - 2022, 16 episodes
ML is a simp
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15. Meeting You
Chinese Drama - 2020, 28 episodes
softest cutest cinnamon roll ML
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16. Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok Joo
Korean Drama - 2016, 16 episodes
she walks all over him. he loves it.
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17. Assistant of Superstar
Chinese Drama - 2022, 24 episodes
ML is a himbo who can't fend for himself without the FL by his side
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18. The Romance of Hua Rong
Chinese Drama - 2019, 24 episodes
ML is a simp
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19. Perfect Marriage Revenge
Korean Drama - 2023, 12 episodes
ML is SUCH a simp
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20. Kimi wa Petto
Japanese Drama - 2017, 16 episodes
I mean the central plot of this show is the couple's pet/owner kink so
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21. Scent of Love
Chinese Drama - 2022, 14 episodes
ML has sub energy. FL runs the show
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22. Forever Love
Chinese Drama - 2023, 30 episodes
FL is the ML's employer and orders him around haughtily, it's hilarious
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23. Legally Romance
Chinese Drama - 2022, 33 episodes
I *almost* put this one on the switch couples list but the ML just likes being bullied too much by the FL
also because she knows about the future she can run circles around him and is always trying to set him up with someone else... and he just lets her