Eleison

Previews are always deceiving, though. I never trust them!

I always get a kick out of how deep these courtyard ponds and streams are in Cdramas. So deep you can apparently drown in them! 😅

In the drama I couldn't see what would make the 2ML someone good to date. He just felt kind of pathetic and sad to me, like he needed to get some help and some friends and to get away from his awful family.

And I've noticed the costume dramas emphasize female dignity and male/female equity morr than the modern dramas, which tend to fall into more traditional cultural norms. It seems riskier with censorship to do stories like Flourished Peony in modern Cdramas. It's as if the "historical" time period gives a bit more boldness to writers (Under The Skin was pretty bold, but in general I find the modern Cdramas less willing to take risks in critiquing current cultural norms). They're much more free to critique past cultural norms in the dramas set in outdated or fictional settings.

Well, in the U.S. I believe the aunt or uncle could take the baby if they are adults, and especially if they were chosen in the will and trust to be those caretakers. But usually children go to next of kin (if not otherwise indicated, I would assume) unless the next of kin is not of age or they are not fit, etc. I think foster care or an orphanage is last resort/worst case scenario.

Is VIP the same as "verified"? Cause there's a way you can verify your account and I heard someone claim it does give your rating a bit more weight, but I don't have evidence beyond that comment. It gives you a little indicator on your profile, too. She's had instructions for how to verify it so I did. 🤷‍♀️

I guess it depends on what you mean by "new." 😅 I'm pretty selective so I only watch ones I think I'll probably like, and the ones I have seen that had transmigration elements were all written out of it or made to look like something else (Guardians of the Dafeng, Joy of Life, etc.), which is why I was confused that it seemed like this one had it in the synopsis as a ma8n plot point.

I wonder why no one can make a good case to those making these laws that anyone who'd be killing themselves in order to attempt transmigration plots does not need a law protecting them. 🤦‍♀️ It's still crazy to me that censorship for this exists; and the reasons for the ban are sheer nonsense.

Your point supports my growing theory that as silly as the rules are, parameters like these bans do sometimes catalyze lots of creativity! 😅

Is the ML a transmigrator from the modern world as well?

And I thought censorship forbid transmigration plots? Or am I getting that mixed up with censoring reincarnation?

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This makes how many Cdramas now with the word "Blossom" in the title? Are we nearing a dozen? 😅

Ooh, this director worked on Under The Micrscope. Love that one!

If SK is like the U.S., they have labor laws for how long kids/minors can film and be on set.

Totally agree!

I loved the BTS clip where they showed the baby getting ketchup all over the mattress cover and were pointing to the mattress, "Okay, wipe your hands here!" And Baby was happy to oblige. 😅

And to this point, if they use AI for things they'd feel uncomfortable asking the baby to do, I think that's totally fine, too. This baby doesn't know he's acting and that the people interacting with him are acting with him, so if they need to have the baby "act" to make a situation realistic but not endanger the baby in the process or manipulate them, then I'm fine with AI stepping in here.

Yes, some are blaming them for being reluctant but I think their response is realistic. The ML is hung up on his brother abandoning him, too, which adds an extra layer of reluctance for him. They'll obviously show him work through it, and that's the important part. Watching them come around.

Haha, yes!

I really liked the ML in Under The Queen's Umbrella and in At A Distance Spring Is Green.

The FL was the 2FL NJ in Our Beloved Summer, but some of her recent stuff I don't think was that great. She seems much too thin and sickly in this; I think she's doing great, but I also hope she's alright. 😬 (I think super-duper skinny is back in vogue again, alas; not that it ever stopped being in vogue for Korean actors though, I suppose). She was also a child actor, and in dramas like Pinocchio and Live Up To Your Name. She has a unique voice, and I remember her as a younger actress with cute little pudgy cheeks.

Still haven't seem this as it's not streaming legally on any platforms I subscribe to in the U.S. 😔 One of those seminal dramas that I still just haven't seen. There are only a few left now for me. 😉 Hopefully someday this comes to Viki or Netflix!