I couldn't believe my eyes

I know everyone is saying this, but the FL is killing me. I usually don't watch romance dramas, but I recently picked up Queen of Tears and I loved the FL. I think these two women are supposed to be similar in the sense that they are(mind my Gen Z ness) both supposed to be girlbosses. Of course, they have their differences and the FL of QOT is supposed to be more stoic and expressionless while the FL of Impossible Heir is....Wait why was she also expressionless?

I don't know what the writers were trying to attempt when writing her character. She isn't even a morally grey character or wtv. She's just flat-out unlikeable. I feel like there should be certain extent to morally bad stuff you can get your characters to commit if you still want them to be redeemed.

I loved the actor for Taeoh. The script and plot were bad but he wasn't. However, his character along with the FL was questionable. I mean, Inha was a shitty dude in the end, but that doesn't excuse the shitty thing these two committed behind his back. There are a lot of bad things that are redeemable in shows, but cheating and kicking puppies is not one of them. From then on, it was hard to support the MCs.

I'm not done shitting on the FL yet tho. I rlly like the way Huiju said it. She only cares about herself. Personally, nothing is wrong with trying to find a rich husband and marrying him or wtv. I mean u do u. But what was the point of even adding her to the story if that literally all she was going to do? She barely contributed to the plot as FL all she did was act as fodder to get between Inha and Taeoh... literally a below-average love triangle and I didn't even know love triangles could become even more horrific.

Ridiculously, she also literally just disappeared in the last two episodes while Taeoh was putting inha in jail. There was not one real attempt at making her and Taeoh's chemistry seem passable. At this point, its safe to say they aren't even in love anymore. Which brings the question, literally what was all that drama for?

Speaking of reasoning for drama, the way they handled Inha's character was ridiculous. He was supposed be a morally grey character and a sociopath(?). At the beginning, we can already see his questionable character, but the transition from that(pretty harmless school troll persona) to a psychopath murderer was barbaric. The two MLs friendship wasn't even all that fleshed out and when Inha suddenly turned on Taeoh, it didn't feel that hard-hitting.

One thing I was looking at to see if this story can redeem is whether or not Inha's character would be dynamic. I wanted him to feel bad and not just after he's been punished. We need to see the regret at the moment but have his greed overpower any sympathy he has. Otherwise, it literally wouldn't make any logical sense to make it seem like he places this obnoxious amount of effort into him and Taeoh's friendship. I wish the friendship was at least somewhat genuine. But the way they wrote the characters made it seem like the writers half realized that the villain would become more popular than the morally dubious main characters if they made the villain anything less than a cold-hearted, ungraceful turd. Literally, all of that could be solved if they had a well-written villain and hero. If Taeoh(the FL could disappear from the story for all I care tbh)'s sacrifices for Inha were more spelled out and his care for the other were more pronounced, no doubt he would be dynamic. It shouldn't just be "Im going to help you succeed." It should include real heartwarming scenes between the two that actually convince us of their relationship and care for each other. That way, when Inha betrays him, it would be more provoking.

Side note: if u want a likable main character, then u probably shouldn't write them do any assholery before the villain makes his move(i.e. have them kiss the girl they were hung up over for the past ten years, who is also coincidentally their best friend's WIFE. i.e. having the kiss look dry and romancefree probably did NOT help.). I was starting to think that Inha killing Taeoh would be justified( a bit, murder is never ok but fiction is fiction) if he really was mad about Taeoh kissing his wife. Unfortunately, his character also became irredeemable when he turned out to be a wife beater...

I was honestly appalled the entire time I watched the last two episodes. usually, scenes like this are supposed to feel satisfying. Like yay the hero beats the bad guy and puts him behind bars! Look at the savage shit he did in the process, you would never guess his intelligence, so cool! But all I can feel was pity for how much they fucked up Inha's character. Like he had the potential to be a heart-wrenching tragic villain, but when Taeoh asked why Inha did all that evil shit, the dude literally said Idk. They literally couldn't even come up for a valid reason for the villain to be a villain. ur joking. This story has no substance whatsoever.
How can ts be 12 episodes and still be so vague. I don't understand.

ps. I actually did not listen to the song so my rating on it is null.

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