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Why not? We fall in love with people and we have no control over who we fall in love with, but we have control what we do with our feelings. She DATED that guy for like what ... 5 years? 9 years? I forgot. SHE LOVED HIM and he suddenly betrayed her. She has lingering feelings. One is love, and one is pain and anger :)

What is wrong with her lingering feelings from the past? She loved him yet was strong enough to say NO to him, to express her disappointment by his betrayal and unethical character, and her unwillingness to tolerate that and be with him. She is a strong woman. She rejected a man she loved bc he was inadequate.

She dumped him and is not going back, despite her love for him. She realized she fell in love with a rat and she bailed out. I THINK THAT IS COMMENDABLE AND MAKES HER A VERY STRONG CHARACTER.

TO drop the drama bc of that would be very ... unfair and disrespectful and unrealistic. People love who they love and she loved that man very deeply. She canNOT forget him overnight.

We are now waiting for Mr Right to come along and totally delete the memory of the ex :)

yeah those school violence and fighting dramas need just a few episodes bc they really do not have too much plot, and seeing mostly fights for 16 episodes would be really boring :)
I didnt see Unwritten Seoul. I dropped, it was too boring to me.

I think My Dearest Nemesis was good for 12 ep, Potato Lab, etc such SIMPLE dramas about ML, FL and just a couple of side characters and a simple plot and a simple idea to work out - he needs to get accepted for his anime and rock, she needs to accept being fired by the boss she crushes on and he needs to accept people as human beings... SIMPLE SUPER SIMPLE PLOT AND CHARACTERS... the less episodes, the fluffier and simpler the plot is...
Made in Korea was like that - ok we see Korean CIA making meth and 8 episodes of that is enough

Undercover Miss Hong is working through ML-FL relationship and past, FL-SML entanglement, the roommates, Nora, Bok Hee, Kang Family, Song and her henchman, IMF issues, corporate politics, women at work, , ... there are so many characters and SO MANY STORIES and progression from A to Z, so many messages to convey ... and 16 eps is perfect

I think this drama can have many seasons :) as we follow Miss Hong in her career, solving one case after another...

I searched for "what kdrama production teams read for feedback" and got this AI result - for whatever it is worth... Apparently reddit is very popular - I checked reddit, it has more "academic and professional" discussions and MDL has "casual" and "fun" comments - but honestly, MDL comments capture the essence of the feedback. THey are like tweets and memes and they totally capture what is going on, how the audience FEELS and engages.
Reddit is more .. dry and technical and mental, to be honest - but perhaps more perceptive? I will check them out. However, getting feedback from most ignorant users is also useful :) some dramas are made for ignorant audience. Why not :) they have money to spend too :)

I checked reddit and it is quite useless bc it is whitewashed, censored. MDL comments are a lot more fun and more indicative how the audience really feels and really thinks about the drama. I have never read reddit before and now I know why LOL

====AI SEARCH RESULT ON MOZILLA====
KDrama production teams and staff primarily monitor Korean-language community sites, portals, and social media to gauge audience reactions and feedback
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Primary Korean Feedback Sites (Domestic)

Naver: The largest portal site in Korea, where articles and comment sections are heavily monitored.
TheQoo & Nate Pann: Popular online community forums where viewers post real-time reactions and in-depth discussions.
DC Inside (Drama Galleries): Specific "galleries" (forums) for various K-dramas are used to gauge raw, often intense, viewer feedback.
Streaming Platform Comments: Comments on platforms like Naver TV and TVING are directly monitored.

International Feedback & Data Sites

MyDramaList (MDL): A key site for aggregating international viewer ratings and reviews.
Soompi Forums: Long-standing English-language community for Korean entertainment news and discussion.
Viki: The comment sections and ratings on this streaming platform are used to gauge international reception.
Reddit (r/KDRAMA): Frequently used for detailed, English-language community reviews.

Other Indicators

Nielsen Korea: Used for official television viewership ratings.
Social Media (Twitter/X & Instagram): Official accounts and hashtags are monitored for audience sentiment.

100%. SML is there only bc the script is centered on FL and she leads SML on - and that actress cannot act.
SML shows on the screen with FL...

SML shows up with FL... and is there only bc FL led him on

yah exactly the trash script is bc of FL - she led SML on

Fine, i did not write for those ppl LOL Someone like you can read the first paragraph and be done with it :) OR not read at all :)

You dont need to inform me :) and waste my time :) Please dont waste my time. Just skip what I wrote and dont generate posts without any informational content.

Oh you got me onto some research... Lots of questions answered by this one: DC Inside is one of the sites kdrama production teams monitor...

Demographic Focus: The platform is predominantly inhabited by college students or unemployed males in their 20s and 30s.

Reputation: It is often described as the "4chan of South Korea" due to its anonymity, lack of moderation, and often chaotic or edgy content.
Culture: The community is known for a "cybermasculinity" that can involve intense, often toxic, discussions and the targeting of minorities.
Diversity: While largely male-dominated, the site is vast, with thousands of different galleries (sub-communities), some of which can be female-dominated.

Although it originated as a site for digital cameras, it has evolved into one of the most popular and influential, yet controversial, online platforms in Korea.

Inside 'DC Inside': the most chaotic, controversial, yet influential corner ...
10 Feb 2025 — One might say a closer international comparison to DC Inside might be 4chan, given its anonymous, bulletin-board format and its re...
The Korea Herald
DCinside - Wikipedia
DCinside (Korean: 디시인사이드), also known as DC, is a South Korean internet forum that was founded in 1999. It is a prominent online p...
Wikipedia
From masculinity to cybermasculinity: Marginalizing the other in DC ...
Key takeaways AI * Cybermasculinity in DCinside reinforces hegemonic masculinity through conversational dominance and textual hara...

WOW!!! So this kind of voice drives the kdramas... and must be one of the key factors in creating dumb loser FLs... saved by perfect guys..

And btw it is not awards... it is MONEY that matters the most :)
Site like MDL is great for understanding the international audience :)
There are 300 million ppl in the USA alone, with $$$$$ in their pockets, so ... reading reviews on Netflix is a good idea for production teams :)
and even here precisely bc it is "for fun" and ppl write honestly what they think
As for drama teams, it would be VERY stupid if they dont have some ppl paid to check social media sites and the buzz. At least the advertising team has to post stuff on those...
MDL has thousands of users, skimming through comments and ratings is quite a cheap way to get a pulse on a drama real fast, and even to get good ideas for the scripts.

you sound deluded - since you have nothing meaningful to say, you are attacking me personally.

There is no logical argument in what you said. That is not a way to defend your opinion. You must support it by facts. Also you must refute what I said with facts. THAT is called a discussion.

So your comment just makes you NOT CREDIBLE

Yes that is the consensus. She was great back then as a supporting character. Based on what people said, then she did plastic surgery and weight loss to start getting lead roles, and she got them, but she cannot act anymore. Crushology and Witch were terrible acting, and this one is mediocre at best. PS and botox make the face stiff, you cannot move your muscles, in the worst case like Siren's Kiss actress you can just move your eyes, and weight loss causes lack of energy

Yeah says gpisabela whose account looks quite fake... LOL

yeah says Dramasana, whose account looks quite fake LOL

This drama could have been saved if what was ep 9 was actually ep 5....
if FL rejected SML by ep 5 and confessed to ML by ep 6 ... and then SML can be kept on the screen by trying stuff to come back or to split them .. But ... it would require an intelligent script writer to do this. Not AI lol

Good to know. So which ratings bring them awards and which comments do they read then?

As for trash scripts, like Our Universe or Dynamite Kiss, I realized that it is NOT the scriptwriter to blame, it is whoever approves the script. The scriptwriter can write any kind of trash or not, but someone has to approve it and PAY MONEY FOR IT. And the director and camera can potentially ruin a good script too, by requiring actors to interpret the script in trashy ways...

If the top thinks that a trashy drama will make money, they will buy the trashy script ....

and the trashy scriptwriter can legitimately make a living by writing trash - why not!!!! If someone buys the trashy script, why not.....
The trash-writing scriptwriter has no shame and just collects their money. It is legitimately earned money LOL It is just such EMBARASSMENT to be known as the "trash writing scriptwriter" ... and who cares for complaining audience or conscience about writing trash and ruining actors' careers and wasting drama time...
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So the script is the start of a potential flop or success..... On a bad script, even great actors and director cannot do much.... But a good script can be ruined by bad director or bad actors LOL
AND THE FIRST LINK IN THE CHAIN IS WHOEVER PAYS MONEY TO MAKE THE DRAMA/MOVIE... they decide to make a drama on a trashy script or not... So they are the key...

Yes!!!! you made me think!!! I think that happened at Positively Yours - the ML decided immediately which was like whoa so fast why?

or, the process of getting to like each other goes at the proper pace so the drama feels dragging and ends in a rush - like Our Universe, No Tail to Tell, etc. For example, in Our Universe, FL confesses in the very very last scene of ep 10 and the drama is already over and it was all about FL making her decision by dating the SML - so episodes had FL and SML on the screen most of the time and we got to see th ML rarely.

Yeah, the terror of 8 and 12 ep dramas... bc of Netflix and Disney
there is a great video about it, on youtube, how Netflix ruined kdramas by AsianBoss

The drama took a U turn and the dumbo FL in ep 1 turned out to be a lot wiser in ep 2... and then she showed more maturity... so ... she has this dumb teenager side and then there is more. Lets see...

The colors and the cuts are "nice clothes" for a prim and proper wealthy girl from a good family - her clothes are actually a status symbol . Those dresses are expensive and show exactly who she is and what she wants in life
She looks like a rich girl looking to marry
Did you notice her rich friend who was getting married, she also dressed like that

Ok let's talk about that. I am sure about Nora, but I am not so sure about Shin. WHAT MADE YOU THINK HE LIKES HER AS A WOMAN?
He was going to marry her but ... my feeling was he was going to just leave her be and be married just for the sake of appearances... and I was thinking he was thinking he will NEVER marry her, bc they would take the Hanmin before the wedding... I thought he was faking the engagement just to earn trust and smoothe the takeover...
I thought he was treating her nicely like his younger niece kinda... not like a woman he wanted to live with.
I dont remember seeing his interest in her as a woman.
However, she is more a woman, the way she dresses now is very sexy, and she is not such a naive dumbo anymore, she is stronger. Maybe he would like her... ? I am not sure though. Never saw him show the depth he showed to Hong.

I think he still loves FL.... but he was not planning on going back bc he was all set as a criminal and she would never take a criminal. But now -- she got him a decent job, he has no reason to be a criminal, ... so what if their love rekindles?....

There are so many possibilities :)

LOL there are different definitions of romance LOL and perhaps it is time that you learn to recognize it :) Romance is not only sexual tension, kissing, or skinships or going on dates..

Romance is any emotional CONNECTION and resulting expression in thoughts, words, and behaviors... and this drama has PLENTY of that, it is soaked in it... All scenes with FL. Lee, Albert, CEO Shin, now Nora too, are soaked in romance :) Take a look at their eyes, body language, even their words...

Time to grow up and start deepening your ideas of love and romance :) your life will get richer :) you can have a steamy romance while having one cup of tea :) where you take it next are all different expressions of romance