Goshhhh ji chang wook has *the* most romantic gaze everrr!! Took seeing him in a romcom again to realize how deprived the rom scene has been until now 😅😭 legend for a reason 😍😍
Still cant believe he and the fl from perfect marriage revenge weren't cast in every drama that came afterward coz what do u mean they just disappeared after delivering that huge hit of a show? I'd even say that show was the beginning of the whole "dark-ish romance, revenge arc for female lead with the greenest green flag supportive ml" and no other drama after did it that well either 🤦♀️
no way! he is a major red flag.. he is very rude and arrogant in the novel.
Thats what i meant...too many simulator puppy green flags for mls these days, bland and boring whose entire lives revolve around the fl, no other goals or personality to them. Need some character and a good arc on these men plsss 🙏 atp I'll take a red flag if it means I'll get a good character arc 🤦♀️
Maybe he feels like a sml to you because of the love triangle setup for this drama. At this point there’s supposed…
Yes i remember that and you do have a point about his characterization. But that's also precisely the thing that's bothering me haha. i think my main problem is that i wish they'd gone with anything other than him assuming she has feelings for him simply coz she smiles at him or is friendly with him especially when she is that way with everyone. Recently, too many romcoms have been reinforcing this thing where if a character usually female is kind or friendly to you, then that gives the recipient every right to just assume she's into him. I think this is really concerning even when it's shown as humor or in a lighthearted way when u actually zoom out and look at what message they're selling here...lots of these viewers are young impressionable people from all genders and at least in 2026 when consent and boundaries r concepts that so many continue to not understand, we should be over these stale tropes tbh...
Also with respect to his character having been an outgoing friendly guy back in his school days before something happened, it doesnt even make sense for him to be this dense about misunderstanding her either. Surely he'd understand one can be friendly without having ulterior motives right? Since he used to be that person in the past for everyone...
I've always thought nobody in the world does zombie thrillers better than SK because I dont think I've watched a single korean zombie thriller i havent liked so big expectations for this one!
Okay i have a lot of thoughts after ep 5. The biggest one is why the ml feels like the usual sml in this show lol...for one, the entire plot itself and how the celebrity first love who the fl is actually interested in is the sml here which is a novel concept and i love, but then the ml is someone who embodies the usual borderline creepy sml traits 😅😅coz if u take away all the romantic music and Kang Hoon's handsomeness, what he's been doing with Dareum can classify as grade A creepy behavior. Like imagine if he was a potbellied older CEO assuming his employee doing employee things means she is interested in him, calling said employee on an unofficial secret work trip and holding sustained hand contact while tying knots together, especially when the fl has done absolutely nothing to show she's interested from her own pov to the viewers, and not to mention how he seemed to suddenly sprout feelings for the fl with no real reason only after he assumed she liked him too unlike the sml's reason which is more believable, and the preview did him no favors either with how he was throwing his friend under the bus to get the girl, seemed really cheap...i'm not denying Dareum herself is an airhead and doing questionable things with both the male characters but at least it's been established that this is how Dareum is with everyone from day 1 unlike the ml, and I usually dont have a problem with suspending some disbelief but this behavior from a character who is supposed to be the ml of the show is kinda not looking too great for me right now. Especially coz i cant stop thinking how much he resembles the usual sml arc lmao
White Scandal is not a romcom though, it's a thriller romance, if you watched director Kim Chul Gyu's other dramas…
Oh interesting! I cant remember now why i assumed it was a romcom lol since this comment is 6 months old 😅 maybe the tags had something, or i assuned it was from the summary or coz it's a webtoon adaptation? 😅
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Also with respect to his character having been an outgoing friendly guy back in his school days before something happened, it doesnt even make sense for him to be this dense about misunderstanding her either. Surely he'd understand one can be friendly without having ulterior motives right? Since he used to be that person in the past for everyone...