The one i dont like at this point is not Gil Chae.
Its the writer. My problem is not that she denied to run away with him. Is the unreasonably fast and radical change of character. Its not realistic and usually shows lousy writing If you want to develop a character in such a short time being , you dont introduce her with so many and so horrible traits. A lighter version of GC -a better person with a few flaws- would be fine with the current development. Im not surprised, ive seen that happening but now exceeded my expectations. The writer buried the heroine and that s what i dislike. Anti heroes are my soft spot as long as the writer can convince me about their truth. After all, fictional world, be it a novel, a script a movie a drama is all about convincing the audience about the fictional people you create. Even if they have wings, tales, 7 lives etc
"as they grow" . I d be fine if there was a time jump of some years There is no growth on a few months. Especially when someone has so many bad traits. Its unrealistic to the core
If she was just a naive spoiled maiden before war, everything would be fine. But she wasnt. On the contrary she was the ultimate anti-heroine, a v ery cr@ppy one, which i love at times as i am an anti hero fan in dramas. But all these horrible traits she had, dont suddenly change to the point of being Holy Mother at once. Actually irl these traits are not changed, they may be smoother as time and radical events happen to a person, considering that he/she will be aware and sincerely developes some good traits.
FL's character is poor writing at its best.Where was her concern about her father during the first invasion?ML…
On the contrary, i care mostly about character development. But in the proper way, in time and not suddenly from point A to point Z. People dont change radically like that. She wasnt just a naive maiden, but a manipulative creature, not caring for cheating friends, sending men to death, these are very bad traits to be changed that easily. Yes its lousy writing.
Atali, there's no need for a spin off. Its called "introduction of characters" and usually takes place during the first 1-3 episodes for a 16-20 length drama. During that introduction, we learned that GC is a strong minded, spoiled young lady, an innocent seductress for the naive boys of the village, and a person with no values like friendship, family etc. Not only she wanted her bf's fiance, but she was provoking her during classes, she was plotting to steal him, she was literally garbage. She was even responsible for a man's death when she asked him to protect her crush. Im fine with garbage characters-actually i love them at times. BUT. To have a character development, you need TIME and certain events. A few months of invasions and war, is not enough time for that huge change, to suddenly care about family, friends, the village, the planet and so on. This is just louzy writing.
Seriously, give me a paypal to donate you for a detailed review, and just tell me the number of zeroes after the first digit, so to deposit the amount HAHAHHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAH
I dont see any resemblance of a really sad real life story with a very bad written fictional character, that's all. All these very nice life values "to not step on people's misery so to be happy"...where did they live when she was promising marriage to the chubby boy, literally sending him to his death, to protect her crush-who was btw her bs'f fiance? And also, where did these values go when ML asked her " promise me you ll never think of him (her 1st crush) again and i wont go to war"? She could literally LIE to save a person for going to straight death. And lest not forget, she answered "i cant promise that" to her supposed to be LOVER. I cant remember any FL character in asian dramas, so badly written. She really had the potential to be a great developing character and all, but the writer chose to bury her heroically.
So to sum up: Gil Chae has run out of opportunities to give, thats why she denies to give an opportunity to her "Lover" for whom she was yelling on a hill holding his clothes like a fresh widow. The reason she run out of opportunities (but still has plenty of zero f@cks given only for the ML) is that she gave them all to her first love-and her bf's fiancee, during the time when she was plotting endlessly behind her bf's back, to take him from her. Plus the opportunity she gave to that later guy-the official. So total of opportunities left for the ML: ZERO. total of zero f@cks given for the ML: thousands.
Edit: i forgot the greatest opportunity of all, the one she gave to the chubby boy, to go to war and get killed, promising him to marry him, as long as he protects her crush (her bf's fiance-lets keep repeating that) which was a unique opportunity for him to get killed.
ABOUT EPISODE 10 (cross-posting this from my tumblr bc the comments here...)I honestly expected something way…
FL's character is poor writing at its best. Where was her concern about her father during the first invasion? ML had adviced her to leave the village immediately when she sees smoke on the left hill. She didnt even share this info with her family. Im fine with that, i might do the same, trying to save my as@ and my close friends. But there's no way someone like that, to suddenly become a person who cares/provides/feeds his/her family in a few months time. These character changes-if ever happen- are supposed to happen after years of experiencing tragedies. So yes its poor writing to justify a character that had the potential to shine, but the writer chose to bury her.
Correct me if im wrong, but her sick father was already left alone the first time she run to the forest with the girls, not even looking back, She just yelled: "the intruders are coming" and she left. Didnt she have a sick father back then? (talkin about the 1st invasion, when ML had adviced her to leave the village when she sees smoke. She didnt even share the "secret" of smoke, with her co-villagers
Where you said: "incompetent losers" i swear i made a wish: that you ll write a full review not only for the whole project, but for each episode. Actually i would even pay for it LMFAO From his point of view, he is right for not telling her the times and the cost for him trying to stop a whole war for her sake. He wants her to follow him freely not because of gratitude. Some episodes earlier, i was equally siding with both of them. But now i clearly see the poor writing. But im not dissapointed-i had no expectations, since there was nothing new and refreshing to catch my eye. Overall, the writer literally dug a 6 feet hole and buried the FL under. I could see that coming since the incident with the chubby-dead now-boy, when she dared to promise him to marry him and sent him off to war to protect her crush-HER BF'S FIANCE FCOL. I just didnt expect that it will get worse. Well it did.
Are you sure that its an adaptation? So you claim that the korean writer illegally adapted the GWTW story? Do…
Even if i wanted, i couldnt charge a person on the internet for committing anything. But when someone misleads others about a creative work, or about anything, yes its a bad thing. Sorry, but information is the ultimate product and the weapon of our times. You say something now, and i a few hours, a whole community has made a story out of nothing. Dont tell me you havent noticed the power of (mis)information throught the internet? Of course im pointing out such misinformation especially when someone claims that he/she doesnt care "about legal matters" and just makes suggestion to people to read wiki. I can assure you, that even if people from a production team were here, they'd report many comments including mine. You just have no idea, how important are all these things especially on the internet.
Its the writer.
My problem is not that she denied to run away with him. Is the unreasonably fast and radical change of character.
Its not realistic and usually shows lousy writing
If you want to develop a character in such a short time being , you dont introduce her with so many and so horrible traits.
A lighter version of GC -a better person with a few flaws- would be fine with the current development. Im not surprised, ive seen that happening but now exceeded my expectations. The writer buried the heroine and that s what i dislike.
Anti heroes are my soft spot as long as the writer can convince me about their truth.
After all, fictional world, be it a novel, a script a movie a drama is all about convincing the audience about the fictional people you create. Even if they have wings, tales, 7 lives etc
But she wasnt. On the contrary she was the ultimate anti-heroine, a v ery cr@ppy one, which i love at times as i am an anti hero fan in dramas.
But all these horrible traits she had, dont suddenly change to the point of being Holy Mother at once. Actually irl these traits are not changed, they may be smoother as time and radical events happen to a person, considering that he/she will be aware and sincerely developes some good traits.
People dont change radically like that.
She wasnt just a naive maiden, but a manipulative creature, not caring for cheating friends, sending men to death, these are very bad traits to be changed that easily. Yes its lousy writing.
Its called "introduction of characters" and usually takes place during the first 1-3 episodes for a 16-20 length drama.
During that introduction, we learned that GC is a strong minded, spoiled young lady, an innocent seductress for the naive boys of the village, and a person with no values like friendship, family etc.
Not only she wanted her bf's fiance, but she was provoking her during classes, she was plotting to steal him, she was literally garbage.
She was even responsible for a man's death when she asked him to protect her crush.
Im fine with garbage characters-actually i love them at times.
BUT. To have a character development, you need TIME and certain events. A few months of invasions and war, is not enough time for that huge change, to suddenly care about family, friends, the village, the planet and so on.
This is just louzy writing.
HAHAHHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAH
And also, where did these values go when ML asked her " promise me you ll never think of him (her 1st crush) again and i wont go to war"?
She could literally LIE to save a person for going to straight death.
And lest not forget, she answered "i cant promise that" to her supposed to be LOVER.
I cant remember any FL character in asian dramas, so badly written.
She really had the potential to be a great developing character and all, but the writer chose to bury her heroically.
My mistake.
Gil Chae has run out of opportunities to give, thats why she denies to give an opportunity to her "Lover" for whom she was yelling on a hill holding his clothes like a fresh widow.
The reason she run out of opportunities (but still has plenty of zero f@cks given only for the ML)
is that she gave them all to her first love-and her bf's fiancee, during the time when she was plotting endlessly behind her bf's back, to take him from her.
Plus the opportunity she gave to that later guy-the official.
So total of opportunities left for the ML: ZERO.
total of zero f@cks given for the ML: thousands.
Edit: i forgot the greatest opportunity of all, the one she gave to the chubby boy, to go to war and get killed, promising him to marry him, as long as he protects her crush (her bf's fiance-lets keep repeating that)
which was a unique opportunity for him to get killed.
Where was her concern about her father during the first invasion?
ML had adviced her to leave the village immediately when she sees smoke on the left hill.
She didnt even share this info with her family.
Im fine with that, i might do the same, trying to save my as@ and my close friends.
But there's no way someone like that, to suddenly become a person who cares/provides/feeds his/her family in a few months time.
These character changes-if ever happen- are supposed to happen after years of experiencing tragedies.
So yes its poor writing to justify a character that had the potential to shine, but the writer chose to bury her.
Perfect writing for a female leading heroine.
Didnt she have a sick father back then? (talkin about the 1st invasion, when ML had adviced her to leave the village when she sees smoke.
She didnt even share the "secret" of smoke, with her co-villagers
Actually i would even pay for it LMFAO
From his point of view, he is right for not telling her the times and the cost for him trying to stop a whole war for her sake.
He wants her to follow him freely not because of gratitude. Some episodes earlier, i was equally siding with both of them. But now i clearly see the poor writing. But im not dissapointed-i had no expectations, since there was nothing new and refreshing to catch my eye. Overall, the writer literally dug a 6 feet hole and buried the FL under.
I could see that coming since the incident with the chubby-dead now-boy, when she dared to promise him to marry him and sent him off to war to protect her crush-HER BF'S FIANCE FCOL.
I just didnt expect that it will get worse. Well it did.
"Lovers"
And here is the proof of all i ve said before.
This is what misinformation does.
But when someone misleads others about a creative work, or about anything, yes its a bad thing. Sorry, but information is the ultimate product and the weapon of our times.
You say something now, and i a few hours, a whole community has made a story out of nothing. Dont tell me you havent noticed the power of (mis)information throught the internet?
Of course im pointing out such misinformation especially when someone claims that he/she doesnt care "about legal matters" and just makes suggestion to people to read wiki. I can assure you, that even if people from a production team were here, they'd report many comments including mine.
You just have no idea, how important are all these things especially on the internet.