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I don’t mind her character either. You can see her soft side at times. Cong Rui actually explains Du Di’s attitude, she’s protective of women due to her own abuses from essentially birth. If they fully showed all the confrontations she’s had with patients, there is a theme and it’s with those who don’t consider the health and welfare of women, girls, female fetuses. She has issues with communication and fighting a loosing battle because it’s tough to change the mindset of an ingrained culture. Can’t wait to see more of her character growth.
Agreed on the ML can-never-do-wrong syndrome. It’s irksome.

I actually think the best relationship so far is Du Di/Cong Rui…at least on Du Di side. She was the only one that remembered Cong Rui’s birthday, got her a gift and cake. She’s very patient with Cong Rui and had stated that she’ll choose that friendship over the Chief Res position. All her actions that led to the incident in the OR were of good intentions even though it was misunderstood by everyone. The initial M/F relationships definitely had holes…probably to make room for the deeper relationships with their right partners later??

Yeap…chased out by the rumor-mill department because that’s basically what the OBGYN unit is 🤦🏻‍♀️. SMH at how the hospital can run.

Agreed on that writing hole…I think maybe they’ll flesh out how they got together later? Could also have been more of a companionship than love. I think too that they had the same drive to succeed for different reasons; him to prove he’s not an ignorant country bumpkin and her to prove girls can be just as good. Maybe that’s what got them together? People can start out with the same goals but once one of them gets to that goal, their next step in life may not be the same and sometimes, their true beliefs surface. He seems to be in denial regarding the severity of the gender preference issue, but he gets proven wrong by a few of the OB cases. I think Du Di wants a family but in her own time and with the caveat that she doesn’t sacrifice more than her partner. Plus, he’s very hung up on the “country” background thing and one of the first things that came out of his mouth after she rejected his proposal was the “is it because I’m not rich” thing and then his attitude towards her changed drastically.

In the outro, Du Di is seen holding a baby a few times and I couldn’t tell if that scene where the old man grabbed on to the end of the bed crying was her parents. I don;t know why but I have a bad feeling that with her health issues (esp diabetes) that her mom isn’t going to make it. If it’s a girl, you’re probably right that they’ll leave the baby in the hospital. Maybe that’s the scenes of Du Di with a baby, she’ll take in her sibling to raise?? Either that or Du Di and ML have a baby together cause in one of the trailers, he proposes to her in front of everyone.

Her family sucks but is representative of an aspect a culture that places great emphasis on paternal lineage, especially for those families that can’t afford to have more than one child. I believe it’s illegal to tell the sex in China because of the amount of abortions/“miscarriages” that were happening when the family found out that the fetus was female which led to the huge gender imbalance. It went from disfiguring (if born with disfigurement, could have a second child) or abandoning the female infant during the 1-child era to aborting them before birth even though they can have more than 1 child now.

This show also makes me think about the whole elderly pregnancy thing because the new record is someone in China giving birth in their mid-60s I think.

From the latest episodes it looks like he does know about her past hurts and she knows about his “from the countryside” complex. They’re just each firm in their beliefs are products of their difficult upbringing. Du Di was clear on her goals and he knew about them but as per his traditional character, he probably thought it could be changed as they progressed in the relationship. They probably never brought up marriage and children while they were still in training since their goals were to become fully qualified doctors unlike the rich girl who only trained at the hospital to find a husband to bring back to her family hospital.

Doctors is still my favorite Medical K-drama and I rewatch it sometimes. Similar to Beloved Life, I love that the strong FL, despite circumstances, can become whatever they want and has character development. Du Di reminds me of Yoo Hye Jung.

That’s pretty much what the synopsis says. And 2FL is exactly his type, fits his exact description in what he said to Du Di. She’d be willing to give up her career for family. I’m not a fan of his chauvinistic views but I like the fact that this show has a wide range of characters with flaws and room for growth. I just find the dating a best friend’s ex /ex’s best friend situation to be awkward especially when you all work together but 🤷🏻‍♀️ To each their own. I do hate the way he talks about Du Di and am so glad they broke up. That was really low for getting Cong Rui involved with her parents situation. Kind of like rubbing it in her face that her family is still all about getting a son.

The doctor is ML’s cousin so the bad guy is either the doctor’s father or his uncle too. Someone said ML is the only legitimate grandson so even the doctor is from an illegitimate line.

I think the relationship diagram had a lot to do with that guess. It’s ML’s family’s company that her dad worked for and his uncle was the one on trial who most likely bought off the employee that made it look like her dad was negligent. ML’s dad was also the prosecutor on the case. They were in HS back then and didn’t know any better of the connections…but maybe something else happens with his family while in college? Also, according to the synopsis, ML has a falling out with his dad over illegal stuff after he starts working as a prosector…possibly cover-ups for their family business. Whatever happened, it was enough to make him quit law.

They were fake dating with real feelings…so it was real/fake at the same time? Cause they sure held hands and stuff…but neither admitted their feelings. They called off the fake dating, but with ML avoiding FL, they never talked about why he wanted to call it off. He just took off…if it was because he wanted it to be real, he could have said so but he took off and avoided her for years so there’s something more behind it. Someone wrote that it may have something to do with her dad’s case. You can tell in that scene that it was more real for FL than fake. I think ML also avoided FL because he knew she would get the truth out of him considering her personality and that he can never win over her.

Kind of reminds me of Her Private Life where they called the fake relationship off, except there, ML didn’t avoid FL so things cleared up quickly.

I haven’t watched OBS so I can’t compare. I know it’s weird but Kim YuRi reminds me of Elle Woods…bold, confident and walks their own path…not geniuses but smart in their own way…and have their own sense of fashion and ways of persuasion.

Also, from the relationship chart and the flashback, it looks like his dad was the prosecutor during the trial? Unless I saw wrong…wouldn’t that be conflict of interest?

TRS won the Daesang at the Korean Communications Commission Broadcasting Awards. So awesome. Saw a clip where Junho talked about Korean culture and aside from being a good sageuk, TRS also brought attention to Korean Culture as many fans were reading up on the history along with UiBin Seong and JeongJo exibitions.

If it was translated into English like San’s mom’s memoirs, I would totally buy it. 😆

Thanks. I guess different dramas play out those roles differently. In another drama there was great distinction between a performer and courtesan in the Music Bureau and only used the term courtesan for those that did service the officials sexually.

I don’t think ZPE was a courtesan. She was put into the music bureau when she was a child as a registered performer which is what they do to female family members of punished/exiled officials. They would work as maids, musical performers, or dancers. It’s up to the person whether they put themselves up as a courtesan at which point, there would be no turning back. So if her father was found innocent and the punishment reversed, couldn’t her former status as an official’s daughter be restored?

I’m not surprised if Yinzhang gets taken as a concubine. She went to the music bureau and they usually perform for officials and royals. She wanted to do her part and get noticed by the Emperor like that singer. But being a concubine with a performer background doesn’t give you much weight against concubines of noble/official origins or a relative of a Noble Consort.

The wedding was a fan edit.

He’s being practical since it’s a political marriage, proximity matters in times of aide. Marry your closer neighbor first, join forces, conquer the world, then marry the other princess to solidify position as Emperor. I watched a Thai historical where all the vassal states sent a princess to marry the new King and even though the King had a wife from his prince days, he had no choice but to accept them so as to keep the unity. In this case, rather than the states sending a princess, HC’s thought is he will just make it happen to maintain balance of power/unity??