Kn0cturnal

Idk which part you disagree with but as someone who works in the industry reality show being scripted / manipulated is not opinion but objective fact.

No, it's natural to expect that every single reality show is scripted / manipulated. Only question is how much not if.

ML didn't make any issue out of it because she didn't even tell him about it 🤣 so we don't know how he would react.

But I personally find 1 night hook up without emotion not as bad as if my partner was catching feeling for someone..

You can't say there is no cheating and then follow up with there being emotional cheating. So there is cheating and FL who actually emotionally cheated gets completely ignored and not addressed at all in the show getting a pass and only ML gets bs and he didn't even do anything and she trust him so little she snoops on his phone, etc..

Tbh both plots with side leads were waste of time and pointless and just filler and added nothing but I in general found FL behavior very off-putting and would need a lot to get trust back.

I am not saying people can't fall in love or later date but initial primary intent of the show is not really that as priority. I know how reality show business works behind the scene. Most things are heavily guided with atleast vague script and producers interjection or guidance offscreen when needed to create something.

Show primary goal is to create content to entertain people under specific format with guideline of producers who set the stage for cast members.

I am not saying they are full on acting but they are kinda performing under very lose controlled improvised play and are sometimes being guided what to do or gaslight behind the screen. Also leading interview questions that give specific clips and maybe drama after.

Every single cast member is under actors contract and is getting paid as actor for this show despite not being an actor. This means they are under contract to also ensure to follow contract guidelines and other on set instructions.

Everything in reality show production is heavily manipulated specially in editing with completely out of context reaction cuts and audio tracks, deleted context to make someone else look bad, and so on. For example editor can from all the footage of the date edit together only akward and silent moment and hide 90% of the time with great chemistry. This was actually done in season 3 of this show as one example with Hyeseon and Wonik.

Most people who date after the show are together because of excitement from show or to milk shipping content from fans and eventually usually break up when it dies down. It's usually also financially or career beneficial or have other hype support that rides the high.

People are forgetting that this is not real or serious. They live for like a week which is no time to make any serious connections and are kinda there together mostly performing. It's like an improvised play for entertainment with producer general instructions, where members get paid and are there mostly for exposure to their business or them as a influencer / more acting roles or whatever.

That is like saying you were 2nd in 3 man race. It's not even a month and this is just 2 episodes so it doesn't mean much to be best so far in a year when not much is out 🤣 I am not saying it's bad but this weird thing for you to say 😂

It's basically done for content and to promote theirselfs. Show is also very game like and their interactions are limited during week or two of them being together.

On top of that career wise staying single is way more profitable so keeping relationships hidden is probably the way to go anyway even if something happens.

But yeah you can't expect anything real coming from such setting.

Netflix

It gets worse after halfway like basically almost every kdrama.

It goes downhill, like usual.

Almost all of these romance kdramas are over rated. MDL ratings basically useless ngl.

This is getting more stupid, dragged out and lazy with each episode.. it started out so good.. oh well. Last few mins of ep 6 is peak braindead.

It's basically scripted cringe nonsense story with improvisation made to look more real and not a show. It feels so pointless to watch because there is no actual danger or game or anything. It's all scripted and badly acted.

If they atleast made it a proper game where you could roleplay and have proper lose and win conditions then it would actually be interesting to watch.

Is this one of those shows that start out decent or strong and then fall apart ?

It is save to say they did it just for the name and most of their target audience don't know mythology or care enough so they went for it.

If there was any it was very mild and kinda misunderstanding. With this version they could improve on that since it's a cut down story with less episodes they can remove some side plot and pointless stuff but I just know they are gonna go the opposite way and focus on pointless stuff and add more triangle bullshit instead of building on family dynamic.

Can average kdrama romance writter even write story without triangle or is it just unthinkable?

I am sorry but now I understand why they write scripts for simpletons in kdrama after seeing you can't even comprehend what I am saying to you.

Your lack of understanding nuance, complex human emotions, common sense and your blinded double standard without ever realising what you doing it is truly scary.

Based on what you just replied to me I can either asume there is some sort of language barrier or complete lack of comprehension about what I was talking about.

Anyway to shortly respond to what you said even tho it makes no sense. - No ML hasnt seen her powers other then being heavily intoxicated and thinking she killed him
- he goes along with what FL is saying in order to find what is actually going on
- he suspects her of being delusional serial killer and wanna catch her, he does not fully believe she is a demon
- he is maybe opening up to the idea of something divine happening but didn't fully embrace this idea and still goes with trying to find realistic explenation that is why he us hovering around FL
- ML sense of justice and what happened in the past does play a role in his obsesive behavior, it's legit the reason why he tries to find answers about FL, childhood trauma made him into a person that wanna solve all mysteries and why he is in profession he is
- you say FL doesn't go after innocent, she does she legit killed innocent being a bad judge multiple times including ML, she also actively work on criminals getting out and don't care if they first kill someone first just so she can punish them after
- I don't think you know what I was talking about when I said outside perspective and fl bias. You don't know how to immerse into POV of a character and asume they are doing stuff wrong based on your outside perspective and personal inserts.

I don't know how you don't see ML is legit written as obstacle for FL to start thinking differently in an indirect way so she becomes a better judge. Without ML she would not develop as a character.

Lol it's intentional plot hole so they can wear more clothes and get sponsored