Shannigans

Jokingly. I think. The video doesn't have eng subs, so I was using Google lens to translate.

I would have been less annoyed by the "ew icky, I have to kiss another boy??" kisses, if they had just given us one scene with the boys shirtless.

Even the kiss that was decent in ep6, Hong Seok commented that he was the only one putting in the work (in their yt reaction video), which I have to agree with.

I was curious about the 'proof' being shared, so I did a quick search on x. Then I saw one of the ex's ig stories where at the end, she claims she didn't want this to become gossip or a news story... Like girl what? It's quite possible he is scum and treated you badly, but you knew what you were doing by making all this public.

I'm just not sure I can take this situation seriously... The first red flag was that they apparently only started dating in April... that gives them what, 3-4mo together max? It honestly reminds me of my actions as a 19 year old (before my brain was fully developed) facing my first break up and doing some insane stuff to try and get that person back, or try to hurt them the way they hurt me. So glad I am older and happy being single. 😪

Dang... It's her birthday today too. 😬

That last episode was holy-K-trauma.

I honestly don't know what to make of this drama... I thought the plot twist was interesting/unique, but the execution was way too late (end of ep. 10 out of 12?!), and I didn't feel fully satisfied with the two episodes they gave to explain/wrap it up. For those who loved it, do I need to rewatch the entire show to fully appreciate it?

The meta ending... Ollie's tongue making an appearance... It was all too perfect and I'm not ready for it to be over 😭😭

No, on the show they mentioned she is a director known for BL, but she did a hetero romcom set up for the short drama she directed as part of the competition. She did say on the show that she wanted to demonstrate her versatility as a director, which might be true, but I also suspect that producers wanted something more "mainstream"/"commerical" friendly. I would be VERY surprised if she didn't keep directing BLs after PP's success. She is the 👑 in my opinion.

Okay just to play devils advocate for the AI beach scene:
1) they likely didn't have the budget to travel for one scene, so they went to a beach near Seoul... And if they filmed during low tide, the background would be a tidal flat (no water/waves; not very aesthetically pleasing).
2) the MC/ML were at the beach because that was how the novel ended. So if they changed the location, novel readers may have been upset.

I'm willing to overlook it (even though it was BAD AI), because this wasn't a big production, and lets be real, Yoonsik was distracting me anyways. 🥵

Is the time of release on the MDL calendar correct?

Also also, what happened to Khun's stalker? Like that could have been an interesting plot point, but it just went no where. This show was such a mess...

Also, it's crazy to me that Jae Min seemed to understand English, but never spoke it, and just left all the grunt work on Khun to understand his Korean the whole time.

Anyone else laugh realizing the GL couple just disappeared?

So... Does this mean we will get a Bae Min Gi BL soon?

The producers of Director's Arena did her dirty by convincing her to not film a BL.

I think one thing that was eye-opening for me was how everyone on the show reacted to AI content. Koreans really aren't that critical of it... because there was some BAD AI shown, and they all just acted impressed most of the time.

I see so many comments on MDL disavowing AI use, and now I am certain that we will only be getting more of it.

I hope they do the drama together, and he publicly distances himself from his 'official' fan club. Surely, he can cut out a portion of crazy fans (that are pretty much anti-fans at this point if they are threatening to not support his projects) and his career will still survive.

I was so confused by that too... Maybe the app has more episodes you can watch?
Edit: confirmed, seems like there are 70+ episodes of the top two dramas on Lezhin Snack. Personally, I thought this competition show was interesting, but not enough to download a coin-based, short drama app. 😂

Exactly... the NC scene was good, but how did we get there?? Their emotional resolution was a speed run. If I actually cared about the couple (which tbh, it's been hard to given the choppy editing of this show), then them being intimate would have been much more spicy for me. Instead, it fell flat. I want to watch a scene and be immersed in the characters/relationship, not just thinking "oh, the actors did a good job here. A+ kissing effort boys 🤔"

I think the implication is that Prosecutor Yoon (his friend) was looking into the case, more openly than Ju, and she died as a result. Likely because she didn't believe that Lee Chae Ha's father was the murderer and that it was a coverup. I don't think they specify how she died, but I could be wrong.

Hard to have hurt for both of them, lets be real. 🤭