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Tsundere female, Docile male, frenemy ,heartbreak then happy ending
When I find myself really liking a drama & then it takes a nose dive, the frustration at the lost potential brings out the side of me that rants. This is one of those dramas- the ranting is in the spoilers, but first the non spoilers:
High school dramas are not my fav genre but I needed a break from another serious long drama so, this mini drama seemed a nice choice . I have to admit it made me smile. I was surprised that it turned out to be sweet-
UNTIL it went from 9 stars to 7.5 because:
they gave us a lame reason for a full stop to a relationship.
They did give us a happy ending ,But it was hard to forgive the oldest trope (& one of the dumbest), the mis named "noble sacrifice" conflict.
The kind where you want to slap a main character for thier idiotic choice ,(which you know they will recant!).
This drama give us a modern main male character- placid & biddable, like a calm loyal dog. We sort of give him a free pass for awhile as he is also younger than the female lead, BUT this trend of a passive male lead that the seemingly cold female lead can & will push around (& he will just takes it) is more feminist fantasy than truly romantic.
That got a small demerit point but the real problem I had with this drama is:
*****Spoilers*****
That the lead female chooses to let her jealous friend to dictate he love life is absurd. Yes the two friends had known each other a good many years, but the one friend was not a true friend & pretty much everything she said & did made it obvious that she wanted everything her friend had regardless of how it would leave that "friend".
Giving in to such demands instantly made the female lead even more undeserving of the male lead. & our sympathy for her plummets. That she turns the male lead down was ridiculous, yet We are supposed to forgive her because the male lead will forgive her ....but the warm feeling towards the leads as a couple is kinda ruined & you can't help but dislike the main female.
It's ludicrous that the female lead will let her "old" Ex boyfriend hang around even when she won't consider being friends with her newest Ex.
For the female lead to agree to not date the guy her friend likes...knowing full well that the "friend" will try to date him & not spare her feelings is so obviously not what a friend would do or ask- it just takes WAY too long for the female lead to actually figure this out!
The going on a date with a person, having a great day only to break up with them at the end of the day...WHO actually does this ?! it's SO mean !
High school dramas are not my fav genre but I needed a break from another serious long drama so, this mini drama seemed a nice choice . I have to admit it made me smile. I was surprised that it turned out to be sweet-
UNTIL it went from 9 stars to 7.5 because:
they gave us a lame reason for a full stop to a relationship.
They did give us a happy ending ,But it was hard to forgive the oldest trope (& one of the dumbest), the mis named "noble sacrifice" conflict.
The kind where you want to slap a main character for thier idiotic choice ,(which you know they will recant!).
This drama give us a modern main male character- placid & biddable, like a calm loyal dog. We sort of give him a free pass for awhile as he is also younger than the female lead, BUT this trend of a passive male lead that the seemingly cold female lead can & will push around (& he will just takes it) is more feminist fantasy than truly romantic.
That got a small demerit point but the real problem I had with this drama is:
*****Spoilers*****
That the lead female chooses to let her jealous friend to dictate he love life is absurd. Yes the two friends had known each other a good many years, but the one friend was not a true friend & pretty much everything she said & did made it obvious that she wanted everything her friend had regardless of how it would leave that "friend".
Giving in to such demands instantly made the female lead even more undeserving of the male lead. & our sympathy for her plummets. That she turns the male lead down was ridiculous, yet We are supposed to forgive her because the male lead will forgive her ....but the warm feeling towards the leads as a couple is kinda ruined & you can't help but dislike the main female.
It's ludicrous that the female lead will let her "old" Ex boyfriend hang around even when she won't consider being friends with her newest Ex.
For the female lead to agree to not date the guy her friend likes...knowing full well that the "friend" will try to date him & not spare her feelings is so obviously not what a friend would do or ask- it just takes WAY too long for the female lead to actually figure this out!
The going on a date with a person, having a great day only to break up with them at the end of the day...WHO actually does this ?! it's SO mean !
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