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LOL A few yeas back when Chris Hemsworth won People Magazine's Sexiest Man of the Year, he thanked his parents re: the dna. I thought it was a nice way of indicating that while it's great to be on a magazine cover, it's not like he personally did anything to deserve it other than taking care of himself, of course.

Thanks for this. I've been thinking the same thing. He's aged as well but has wrapped himself in a bubble when it comes to human contact with his nephew being the exception...barely. So , sure, she's been in a coma but he has been in a self-inflicted one.

LOL Didn't even consider it that way. Maybe because -again- it is human nature to be petty, envious etc. It's just not the good side of our natures. But, yes, I see what the title is about now.

At the one place where they wouldn't hire her because she was older than the manager and it would be uncomfortable....geesh. I supervised people 15 plus years older than me and also had people younger than me higher on the totem pole so I'm having to wrap my head around that.

I do know and understand the cultural difference re: age/sunbaes - but sometimes a scene like this happens and it just hits me.

I've wondered myself though I think she does in episode 3. (well, to the one guy)

I was thinking the same thing because they are on the same wave length. I am really interested in how they are going to deal with a 30 year old having the mental age of 17 when the romance aspect kicks in. This is the rare drama where a time skip might make sense.

Interesting article. I find myself looking more toward human nature especially regarding the female lead. While I get she appreciates the softer version of Shin, I can't accept that somewhere she's not saying...he's a robot, there's no long term thing that's gonna go on here. When she is exclaiming to the mother, "you're a bad mom", I'm thinking it's a robot not human. I enjoy the drama but there is a disconnect for me because I answer the question: Are You Human Too? Why, no it's not.

Having said all that, I'm suspending reality and enjoying the drama. It's been pretty well constructed with some twists and turns along the way though I do think perhaps 16 episodes would have been enough.

I'm enjoying this drama quite a bit and much more than I expected. However, I have to admit last weeks episodes dragged a little for me.

I liked the first few episodes but if I get sick of the main story, I might stick around for Jennifer.

I was actually super impressed they had her doing physical therapy so I was actually pleasantly surprised. But - yeah - she would be fed through a tube for 13 years so it would have been a much longer process to get out of that hospital.

I was afraid that since I watched him in half of Temperature of Love (before dropping due to story), that his character or portrayal would be too similar since they are both romance dramas. This hasn't happened at all so I will give him that.

I haven't read the webtoon yet and it sounds great, but - to be fair - many women put those beauty pressures on other women. To this day I don't think that magazines geared toward women, and often lead by women, do fair service with all the air brushing etc that goes on. I refuse to buy them.

AYHT was pre-produced so I'd like to think they have a head start on the sub titles.

After 2 episodes, he's okay but he hasn't had to do too much yet.

Thanks for the insight and ab out the invested 20 hours....I've been there !

In a perfect world, there would be a separate, "Why I Dropped" section where someone could go and vent as spoiler free as possible why the didn't stick with a drama. This makes more sense than reading a review only to find out the person watched 2 episodes. There are many dramas I can't get past the first few episodes and sometimes it's just not my cup of tea or I'm not in the mood, but I'd rather not read a review from someone who can give no insight past the very early stages of a drama. It's a waste of time though I don't have any issues with it being in the comment section. I do like now that the reviews list how many episodes the viewer has seen; however, I think it is unfair their # rating brings down the drama's overall rating - again - even if they've only seen 2 hours of a 20 hour drama.

I want to thank all the reviewers. I've done a few and they take time. For someone like me that likes a C-drama now and again, I have no issues with longer reviews as well. 5 minutes versus 55 episodes...y'all can feel my pain if I make a mistake on what to pick.

I never watched the trailer just for this reason. At least 2 episodes in, she isn't like that at all.

I haven't read all the comments so I don't know if someone has already mentioned it, but most of these dramas are written by women. Therefore, the assumption that female writers won't write these type of problematic characters is a bit much; they are writing them and have written them this way for years. Some of the writers might feel they don't have a choice but many of these writers are powerful now in their own right. I love the Hong Sisters but they totally sidelined the female character in their last drama.

I agree that the characters, often both male and female, have been written in a standard (shallow) way without a lot of depth but I do think that is changing somewhat. A drama I really enjoyed was Twenty Again about a woman starting over and seeing her evolution was really enjoyable. That writer also wrote 49 Days which was a really layered, female-centric melo. She also wrote Two Weeks which is the rare drama that dared to ditch the romance for a father/daughter story. I don't love everything she writes but I now tend to follow writers more than actors when it comes to k-drama.

Any hyped drama that doesn't live up to an individual viewers expectations can get a little more criticism. I don't hate Goblin, I found it boring and thus was really disappointed. For all that the writer gets grief for her cheesy dramas, I find her dramas to often be quite addictive and I love the supernatural genre so I was all set to love it. The overlong episodes and pacing issues killed it for me and I'm not ever going to sit through it. I made it through a chunk of episode 9 and that will have to be good enough.

Anyway, it's all subjective viewing anyway. If I had to pick a few things I never want to see in dramas again it would be the love triangle and the psycho obsessed woman. But back hugs are awesome....do people not like back hugs !?

So I came to check the reviews on this show after getting burned by Here to Heart and Moonlight. I'm thinking this is a pass from what I'm reading. I still can enjoy a good wuxia but really wish the contemporary C-dramas would improve.