I completely understand your concern because, theoretically, once a student, always a student. Even if their students…
I'm pretty sure the drama ended with an open ending so that the director and the higher-ups could gauge the audience's reaction and see what viewers actually want. Perhaps they wanted to determine whether a romance between the leads would be accepted or not.
Personally, I agree with what you said: as long as the leads fall in love in a setting where the student-teacher dynamic no longer exists, I don't think any ethical issues would arise. The key is that their relationship develops between two independent adults rather than a teacher and a student.
For now, let's have faith in the screenwriter and director, if they do decide to make a second season, hopefully they'll handle it thoughtfully!
there's no way so many of you actually want the student-teacher relationship to happen 🫣 idc how many years…
I completely understand your concern because, theoretically, once a student, always a student. Even if their students grow up, teachers will always remember them as the students they once taught.
However, if we do get a second season, I imagine the romance would develop very gradually. One of the main issues with a teacher-student relationship is the maturity and power imbalance. In this case, though, if U Su were to fall for Eui Ju, it would be years later, when she is already an adult with her own career and life experience —not when she was his student.
That's why I personally don't see it as much of a problem, provided the story handles it carefully and makes it clear that his feelings are for the person she has become, not for the student she once was.
Su Ji's official Weibo account has 99.000 followers, which is very surprising for a drama that began filming back in 2021. Whatever the problem is, they should just release it already!
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Personally, I agree with what you said: as long as the leads fall in love in a setting where the student-teacher dynamic no longer exists, I don't think any ethical issues would arise. The key is that their relationship develops between two independent adults rather than a teacher and a student.
For now, let's have faith in the screenwriter and director, if they do decide to make a second season, hopefully they'll handle it thoughtfully!
However, if we do get a second season, I imagine the romance would develop very gradually. One of the main issues with a teacher-student relationship is the maturity and power imbalance. In this case, though, if U Su were to fall for Eui Ju, it would be years later, when she is already an adult with her own career and life experience —not when she was his student.
That's why I personally don't see it as much of a problem, provided the story handles it carefully and makes it clear that his feelings are for the person she has become, not for the student she once was.