castawaydish

I personally have come to the conclusion that I just don't like 99% of the overhyped dramas. I hated Love O2O, I disliked CLOY, I disliked Vincenzo, I hated Boys Over Flowers, etc. etc.

Oh god the ep 15 got me so angry. The only highlight was the short interaction TH and HS had. I wanted to punch everyone else (except for Mirim ofc). I used to like Hyodo and Taehee and ship them, but lord I cannot stand either of them anymore. Selfish little gremlins, if they were my siblings I'd beat the shit out of them!

Edit: Watching Taemin and Taeho interactions in ep 15. They remind me of the two cousin brothers from Chocolate (the drama with Ha Ji Won and Yoon Kyesang). I'm at least 80% sure now that Taemin actually doesn't wanna do shit with the company but rather wants to live his own life with freedom (and pursue art) and is staying out of his loyalty toward his parents and due to his upbringing after being groomed to lead the company. Which is why I think he's jealous of Taeho, because unlike him Taeho was allowed to do whatever he wants and wasn't groomed to lead the company since he was a kid. I think these two need to talk the shit out like two brothers did in Chocolate.

We don't even need that, we just need her to disown her family and leave to live by herself or kick them all out.

Oh same here. I started this show when it was around ep 9 and I binged it in one sitting. Like I had ZERO expectations going into it so I was pleasantly surprised by how good it was. I haven't liked a lot of Kdrama this year but I LOVED this.

I find it way more fun to watch them than Yichan x Chungah.

you mean 1.0 XD

Agreed. I think people here seem to have this one dimensional idea of Taemin being selfish and evil. He's not. He's just someone caught between what he wants to do and what he wants to be and what he is expected to be. Hyosim is like an outlet for him, so he is grasping at straws to hold on to her despite it being unhealthy and toxic.

Oh she's defo one of the stronger FL I've seen in a makjang. Like in the early episodes she defo gets pushed around but once she starts getting her revenge she becomes less of a pushover. My main problem with this was it got very very rushed near the end.

IDK depends on what you like. If you don't mind super annoying characters, over the top villains and melodramatic scenes then yes you'd enjoy this. It's basically a Korean telenovela (makjang).

Same thoughts here. I had a REALLY bad feeling since Bed Friend. My expectations were very low but my lord they went below my already abysmal expectations. What makes this worse is the series is actually not even that hard to adapt. I mean the whole "set-up with Uea" thing could've been changed with an original character, but lordy lord what the fuck happened to Jade??? This is HORRENDOUS characterisation through and through.

Better than I expected. Went in expecting to be as bad as Ai Lhong Nai (I rly disliked Ping in it) but this is more enjoyable than I expected. Ping is better in roles like this. He was really unbearably annoying in ALN, but he's likeable here.

It was 124234 times worse than I expected it to be.

This was SO much worse than I expected it to be. The tore the book up into million pieces and spit and trampled on it and threw it in the dustbin. The amount of disrespect toward the source material. They absolutely ruined Jade. Jade in the book was a sensitive guy with lots of insecurity, what the fuck happened??? Why is he celebrating being called the "Middleman"??????? Mind you he did NOT like being one because of the fact that everyone approaches him with an ulterior motive to get close to his better looking friends or siblings. Absolutely turned him into a one dimensional caricature. Hated it. Worse BL of the year.

I dislike Go Yoon and Yeo Hwan. Both of them are so creepy with their lowkey stalking and Yeo Hwan is esp annoying because god that man can't take no for an answer. It's gross. I was enjoying this drama just fine until these stupid romance storylines.

I mean Lee Soohyuk and Kim Heesun's characters were in love in their past lives but it doesn't carry on to their current characters. Also there's a small hint at a future romance for Rowoon's character at the end but we never see it happen.

Not even a little.

I think the way she said it is very on brand for Rubi. Don't forget that she's a gen Z kid so she's much more progressive on what a women should be like than older generation. It doesn't have to be right but it has to be said. The villa landlord saying all this would feel much more out of place imo because older Koreans are crazy about "filial piety".

I don't like TH/TM's grandmother tbh She did nothing to prevent her husband from abusing one of her kids. She's just as bad as HS's mother and the SIL in my eyes. Favouritism toward one kid that causes family dynamics to break down seems to be a common theme in this drama.

She's an interesting character and yeah she's really likeable too. And Seol In Ah's charm shines through her character really well.

I really liked him in Adult Trainee (his storyline was the highlight of that drama imo, the only likeable episodes) and Through the Darkness and yes he has improved since those dramas. He's defo one of my fave rising actors rn hope he gets lots of lead roles in the future.

Oh I wanna beat up the stepmum so badly. That slap was SO satisfying omg if I were Chungah i'd have beat her up right there.

Exactly! I love her interactions with all the characters. IDK how anyone could hate her.

It's not just the crying scene either. What I love the most about his performance here is the way he changes between wide array of emotions within seconds. THe way he goes from laughing to deadpan in seconds is so good.