Let the drama commence! I'm loving this so much. You couldn't pay me to dislike Gyu-rim. The characterisation of an eldest daughter is spot on. Know too many women irl caring for selfish and entitled family members and giving up their own happiness every single time. The adultification starts early, even in supposedly stable households.
FL's mum better stop with the misdirected guilt and start making amends. Mu-jin's family is not the one she needs to be fighting right now. Meanwhile, FL's father is as useless as useless gets. He's used as comic relief but I'm not laughing.
Gyu-yeong is open and honest about her feelings for the most part, but her worship of riches will be her undoing. Still don't like her right now.
Mu-jin is pissing me off, putting aside his suspicions that Gyeol is his child. At least have a conversation with Gyu-rim about it.
I was really enjoying this drama, but then the one-episode-a-day started, and I decided to catch up later. Now I'm far behind, and I have to drop it because I don't have time to watch what I've missed. Will probably come back to it in a few months. Still, I loved the leads and the support characters. Was easily one of the better dramas I started this year.
Su-nam is my favourite character right now. Despite all the bluster, she's a kind woman and really cares for Gyu-rim and Gyeol. Under other circumstances, she'd make a great mother-in-law. So far, she and her son have been the most supportive of FL.
I don't know what FL's mum is up to but she's being inconsistent.
And why does everyone keep sounding like Mu-jin did something to whathersname? He doesn't like her and refused to date her. They're family friends, so he kept things cordial. She's been the one always putting herself in his face and business. For someone who has so much love at home, it's crazy to me that she's hung up on a man she knows doesn't love her and who is only getting with her out of a misplaced sense of duty. It is not going to end well.
Even though I dropped it episodes back, I still check comments to see if it's gotten better. Maybe if I didn't have any expectation going in I'd have stuck with it.
This is so much fun. Lee Chan is so charming and such a cutie, but I think he's more in love with the idea of Da-reum than he is with her. And the same goes for Da-reum in a way, but at least the dates are going to help her separate her bias from the man he is. Meanwhile, Ha-gi is just happy in his own small delusional world with his skeleton dancing home AI. The ex-girlfriend character isn't giving me anything. Not even annoyance.
The more BL I watch from Japan, China, and Taiwan, the more I hate Thai BL. Unfortunately, the latter are so overrated…
Third comment section I'm seeing this same comment. You hate Thai BLs so much, then don't watch them. And fujoshis were the backbone of the subculture before it became somewhat mainstream. You think the high-quality BLs you enjoy today came out of thin air?
And "almost always rated above 8.0" is an outright lie.
The more BL I watch from Japan, China, and Taiwan, the more I hate Thai BL. Unfortunately, the latter are so overrated…
Every country has shitty BLs. Thais just make a lot more, so the lower quality is more glaring. Personally, I'm all for shitty BL dramas. It's not like straight dramas are all that. There is enough room for mediocrity across board.
(And just because I like numbers, I did a quick search and filter of completed Thai BLs from 2020 to 2026, 241 are rated from 0 to 7.5 and 85 are rated from 8.0 to 10. )
A Winter's Sun is not just an exceptional BL. It's an exceptional drama. Period. Using it as the standard is just going to give you a headache.
There are two male leads (first or second doesn't matter right now, as the fml hasn't chosen anyone). What he's done is essentially male lead behaviour. How many dramas have we seen where the male lead pulls a stunt like this? And she likes him. Let's not forget that bit. And I'm not arguing with you. Just sharing perspective. I also see where you're coming from.
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FL's mum better stop with the misdirected guilt and start making amends. Mu-jin's family is not the one she needs to be fighting right now. Meanwhile, FL's father is as useless as useless gets. He's used as comic relief but I'm not laughing.
Gyu-yeong is open and honest about her feelings for the most part, but her worship of riches will be her undoing. Still don't like her right now.
Mu-jin is pissing me off, putting aside his suspicions that Gyeol is his child. At least have a conversation with Gyu-rim about it.
I don't know what FL's mum is up to but she's being inconsistent.
And why does everyone keep sounding like Mu-jin did something to whathersname? He doesn't like her and refused to date her. They're family friends, so he kept things cordial. She's been the one always putting herself in his face and business. For someone who has so much love at home, it's crazy to me that she's hung up on a man she knows doesn't love her and who is only getting with her out of a misplaced sense of duty. It is not going to end well.
And "almost always rated above 8.0" is an outright lie.
(And just because I like numbers, I did a quick search and filter of completed Thai BLs from 2020 to 2026, 241 are rated from 0 to 7.5 and 85 are rated from 8.0 to 10. )
A Winter's Sun is not just an exceptional BL. It's an exceptional drama. Period. Using it as the standard is just going to give you a headache.