Taino

I don't agree with you. Calling that argument "misogyny" is far from reality, because the criticism is not against the female lead just because she is a woman, because the same people saying that her drama and "suffering" is less than other characters compare not only to male characters but even her sisters who are female as well.

I was expecting that and that's why I am waiting for the show to finish, spoil myself about the angst and then decide if I want to watch...

For starters I was never convinced about the ML being a genius in science, It just made no sense. A lot of things can be "measured" by "results", and you have an ML that never did anything right by the company he was working for ... For someone as as smart as he was supposed to be, he would have been able to surprise everyone with results even with all the obstacles (the whole drama with that job could have been that someone takes credit for his work, and that would make a lot more sense). Instead, a girl that has experience at all magically has all the skills to not only resolve the company issues but to become leader in the company which is respected by everyone that should know a lot more than her... At this point you should understand why I found their issue "lame", but I'll give you another clue... Not only his career felt fake a superficial, but his relationship, since all they knew what to do was get "intimate" one way or the other, they never communicated properly or showed trust and respect towards each other, so, for "a healthy relationship mains" they were extremely unhealthy which caused their lame misunderstanding, if they communicated better he should know better what would bother her about that situation, and she would know that Mr. "Genius" is her man and she can trust his decision and support him... Can you see why I found this lame?

I was reconsidering watching this one, but instead looked for your comment to remind myself of reasons for not watching this!

I appreciate your follow up. I may do the same.

What about the whole amnesia trope? Does it happen in the WebToon? if it does, for how long?

According to the trailer... this show (start) is basically about the ML getting in between FL and her crush... how bad is that love triangle?

I want to get into this, but after three attempts I have not made it to episode 2, and I have some prejudice against ML, since from the opening and ending scenes, he seems to (later on) get in between the FL and her crush, or idol, or something I guess, and it just feels weird watching ML forcing his way in between them, when as the ML, she should be the rightful one... I don't know how to describe it properly. Do you think it is worth to endure that, and a possible love triangle before the main leads get together?

I have tried getting into this show three times now, and I am not sure what it is but I have not been able to go over episode 1, and worst part is that I read that things get worse after episode 20 (I think)... Still, this show is on a list I follow of no Break Up shows, so some part of me wants to watch this at some point...

I loved this one, it is truly an amazing show!

And I am sure there are a lot more like the two of us

I agree. While that trope brings the fact that you love this person so much that you would fall all over again, there were too many elements that could have filled those gaps including fights, villains, secrets... it was unnecessary to waste so much time on that..

And maybe that's why I prefer the romance on season 2 so much more..!

Do you think the Webtoon would be better or worse? If better, and maybe more balanced with more happy moments and victories for the good guys, I may take a chance and read that... What do you think?

I do hate love triangles, but it is an element that if used well can provide satisfaction when the guy/girl never succeeds and never causes a dent in the main leads relationship, on the contrary, it pushes them together. There is also the pleasure of having the "intruder" how I like to call him/her, rejected or failing every attempt.

However, I hate love triangles that add nothing to the plot or character development, and something I hate more is amnesia tropes, and to make it worse, those where the love triangle person takes the space of significant other with misunderstandings (or in this case, "magic" I guess).

But there is something I hate even more, and it is unbalanced stories. Like this one, a story where main leads where going around in circles without any character development or plot development, to get together with the shadow of angst behind them only to have them separated until the very last episode. Some people like drama and angst, and I respect that, but personally, I want to be rewarded for my time; if I put the time and effort for hours into two people falling in love, I want to see them happy for longer than five minutes, and preferably defeating obstacles and enemies together instead of living defeated and in the ground.

But that's me, maybe other people like this things. Angst, drama, love triangles, amnesia, impersonating, misunderstandings, unfair treatment, overpowered villains, plot armor and dragging, dragging, dragging... oh, and historical drama (which can be very copy and paste, most of the time in my opinion, lol)

Anyway, thank you for reading me venting about what I think a lot of potential has been wasted here. If you agree with me, better luck next time.

I dislike some tropes and annoying elements like love triangles, but this one has two other things that I hate more...

You are not wrong about that...

While that is true, I have been disappointed often with the latest shows with only some exceptions

A show like "Alchemy Of Souls" with this same exact schedule would still have success because of the cliff hangers alone. I have my complaints about that one, and quite annoying at that, but still, I think works to make my point.

Considering how important the screentime distribution is in a K-Drama, you may think that they would be smarter and develop more the main plot with more events, character development and even side stories (like the sisters), but it seems that some people like to torture themselves which is why we still get stupid love triangles sucking so much time out of only 16 hours...