I am kind of hoping for romance because the foreshadowing is not good for KTR character. She might end up disabled…
I doubt anything of the sort would happen to her. Frankly from Kim Eun-hee's track record with protagonists, it's unlikely anything untoward will happen to the leads but if there's someone who will end up dead in the finale, it won't be her.
To my mind, the three best K dramas airing at the moment have no or little romance -- Revenant, Shadow Detective 2 and Miraculous Brothers. Why? Because they're not tethered to tropes and they have varying degrees of unpredictability. They can't do that if there's a featured romance and the story beats in the two genres clash. I don't think that there are too many K writers who can blend two or more genres without something going haywire somewhere in the middle.
I am kind of hoping for romance because the foreshadowing is not good for KTR character. She might end up disabled…
The person I am most worried about to be honest is not San-young but Hae-sang. After all that talk about his impending death and helping her get rid of the evil spirit "at all cost", there's a good chance that he's the one that gets sacrificed.
Except for few most Kdrama romances have been very very crappy in last couple of years.in fact Kdramas shine when…
I feel exactly the same about K drama romances in the last couple of years. Every rom com now is a parody of the genre. I can't watch them anymore and to think I started watching K dramas because of rom coms.
"The evil that men do lives after them; The good is oft interr'd with their bones."
That was one gripping episode. I think it's the geek in me excited about watching people sitting in libraries, archives and among books in general doing research, making discoveries about the past. It's the dream job. Of course I would happily do without the vengeful spirits. But I am gleeful over the fact that our male lead is a bit of a nerd and I get the feels watching him poring old documents.
The Jangrin villagers were undoubtedly knee deep in something that smells with Junghyeon Capital. They too sold their souls in this faustian pact.
If you have recommendations from relatively new dramas in this genre, aside from signal that's from the same author,…
Missing: The Other Side S1 and 2 I really like. Mystic Pop-up Bar and Tomorrow I really loved. The Uncanny Counter is great. All these shows are really heartwarming. Unlike most people I liked this writer's other drama Jirisan.
I didn't like Dark Hole as much but you may. Although it's more sci-if with horror elements.
Shouldn't the novel be called "God is Dead" if it's derived from Nietzsche? The "Almighty is Dead" feels to be an odd translation of a culturally significant touchstone.
I'm planning to watch that too. I don't mind the blending of genres but I find that most shows don't really do them well. The juggling act is a tough one and the plotting doesn't pass muster.
K dramas weren't really great first half of the year. The quality of K dramas have declined in the last couple of years. Scripts that get greenlit that shouldn't.
The bit in Episode 19 where the firefighters received food from their families and watched videos from family members was so sweet. Brought tears to my eyes.
I'm up to Episode 16 and considering all the baggage between the leads, I think the romance is progressing as quickly as it should. The fact that they are taking things cautiously is good because yeah 10 years have passed and nostalgia is no foundation to build any kind of relationship... parental objections notwithstanding. Personally I find Xu Qing's honesty rather refreshing. It's FOMO.
That said, I think Xu Qing is somewhat naive. Perhaps it isn't naivete but the fact that she's been so brainwashed after living with the Mengs that her sense of agency is limited. I don't think indecision is her problem but the mistaken belief that the woman she calls mother has her best interests at heart. Xu Qing has been gaslit into thinking that if she tries to break free that she's the problem. A relationship like theirs that doesn't allow for accommodation or negotiation is tyrannical. Mother dearest seems to be more concerned about her own reputation and her ability to control the outcome than what's best. She's not raising children but breeding horses.
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That was one gripping episode. I think it's the geek in me excited about watching people sitting in libraries, archives and among books in general doing research, making discoveries about the past. It's the dream job. Of course I would happily do without the vengeful spirits. But I am gleeful over the fact that our male lead is a bit of a nerd and I get the feels watching him poring old documents.
The Jangrin villagers were undoubtedly knee deep in something that smells with Junghyeon Capital. They too sold their souls in this faustian pact.
I didn't like Dark Hole as much but you may. Although it's more sci-if with horror elements.
I don't mind the blending of genres but I find that most shows don't really do them well. The juggling act is a tough one and the plotting doesn't pass muster.
Big conspiracy buff.
The trial made more sense than the ridiculous one in The Good Bad Mother.
That said, I think Xu Qing is somewhat naive. Perhaps it isn't naivete but the fact that she's been so brainwashed after living with the Mengs that her sense of agency is limited. I don't think indecision is her problem but the mistaken belief that the woman she calls mother has her best interests at heart. Xu Qing has been gaslit into thinking that if she tries to break free that she's the problem. A relationship like theirs that doesn't allow for accommodation or negotiation is tyrannical. Mother dearest seems to be more concerned about her own reputation and her ability to control the outcome than what's best. She's not raising children but breeding horses.