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I'd take it a petty step further, marry the girl, then tell mom on her deathbed she ruined my life 🤣 But I mean, jokes aside, it's so sad that this has fallen on him when it should always be the parents' job to manage their own feelings and expectations like an adult.

This is a super toxic love story. There are sweet and playful moments, but the overall relationship is toxic. If you're looking for a healthy romance drama, this probably isn't the one, but if you want something raw and emotionally charged, give it a try.

For real! I was SO excited when I found out they were doing this! It's been one of my favs for years!

Can anyone tell me the name of the actor who plays Oh Seung Won, Chairman Oh's son? I'm either blind and can't see him included in the cast, or he isn't. He looks familiar enough I know I know his face, but can't for the life of me recall the actors name and it's bugging me.

I really think if they'd shown us more of Duang's mom with him in the beginning episodes, many of the people who found it cringe would think so a lot less. Once you really see them at the end of the drama, it turns it into a really cute personality trait picked up from his family (mom more specifically than dad and brother).

I also struggled at times with the cringe factor, but the chemistry is so good, and the underlying trauma plot is handled so well and realistically. When people ask me if they should watch it, I just say to wait until they're not in a heavy drama mode, so they can stomach the potential cringe humor of the beginning and ease their way into the serious undertones.

If you're on the fence, that's my advice. It's not for everyone, nothing ever is, but it's definitely worth watching and seeing for yourself, just make sure you're in the right mood for the romantic comedy genre.

For all of you who've seen it to the end, can we just collectively agree he was really there and Man Yue just wasn't wearing her contacts that day 😅

You asked this a while ago, so you probably already know, but just in case anyone else sees this question and is wondering: Wen Che (I'll just call him A'Che) is from a wealthy family that deals in expensive art antiques. When he was a child, he found Wen Shu, a homeless boy a year or two older than he is and brought him home. His parents adopted Wen Shu because the two share a rare made up blood type. The mother wanted to use Wen Shu to ensure there was always a supply of blood for A' Che, and A' Che happened to also be ill, so needed transfusions often, turning to monthly as he got older. The main story takes place after they're older (probably college age, but in never really says), with Wen Shu having supposedly murdered A' Che's father and taken over the family business. He keeps A' Che basically as a prisoner and has him work on restoring sculptures and the like. It's clear the relationship between the two is not brotherly and more romantic, but since this is a Chinese drama, they can't SAY as much. The actors do a good job of making that obvious though. The main plot is of A' Che trying to protect his mother, who's gone mad after losing her husband, and break free of Wen Shu while also getting revenge. About midway, you discover that yes, the father is really the villain, but I won't spoil anything.

I do expect they'll do something big with revealing who and how the contract got into the queen's hands though, now that they've chosen that angle. If they gloss over it, that would be another disappointment. I've loved everything else though so I'm just going to choose to keep trusting them 😹

It's unclear if she really realized yet, but we the viewers did, and I liked that they at least set it up that way. We could see it going in that direction already, since he was breaking down little by little as the episodes progressed though, so I would have liked the catalyst to be something fresher than a leaked contract. Both she and I An have grown up in the backstabbing corporate and palace worlds. Do we really believe they'd have handwritten contracts like that? If it's hers, how'd they get that copy? Getting his makes more sense since he allowed the palace to be open for investigation, but if they found that from his safe, they would have found the old edict. It's just a tired trope and I expected a bit more. That being said, I love what's being done around the trope and the progression of the characters from it. I guess what I'm really just saying is I think the writers could have been more clever and come up with a less cliche catalyst.

I've been loving this show, I really enjoy how they've blended custom with the modern day, but I was pretty bummed by the cliche leaked contract trope. I was hopeful when they sat down to write it that the show writers would do something different, or even make us dread the cliche and not have it happen to build tension for viewers, but nope. I mean, I guess it is sort of the same as the gun on the wall in literature, but still. This close to the end, I guess I was just hopeful for something clever and unexpected.

It's really good! Definitely check it out! Pacing is there, plot makes sense, and the chemistry is just as strong between them as it was in My Stand-In.

The first season, everyone in that friend group was messy, which was great, but it'd be unrealistic to do a copy paste of that dynamic. I love that this one is different, but still carrying the overall vibe of the original.

Jack is the only thing I don't like about this season, and even then, I still like his role. I just don't want him to end up with anyone 🤣

So interesting reading the comments. I actually like this season more than the first, and I loved the first.

Yes! I think his character has been written so perfectly, and Mix obviously is killing it in the role. I'm not saying Jack is a bad guy, but I def find myself siding more and more with Dean as the episodes progress, and I love that. This season feels a lot tighter on dialogue and plot than the first, which is what I want to see in a sequel. (I loved season one though).

One thing I've loving about this season is how you start off expecting Dean to be this super toxic person, and then the more it goes on, the more you end up feeling bad for him instead. It's a nice flip on the presentation.

Oh perfect, that's exactly what I wanted to know. Thank you!

Is it a sad ending? I won't not watch even if it is, but I'd like to know going in so I can maybe plan a good time to actually watch this one. I already expect to cry from all the comments I've seen.

It's a "happy" ending in the sense they end up together. It's just that by the time we get there, a part of you doesn't really want them to be. I would definitely watch it if you enjoyed Not Me, since it brings that edgier vibe and explores more current issues/debates in that same style.

You posted this a while ago, but just to answer, what that other person suggested is true. This version came out first. Out of all of the stories, YinWar were the most popular ship. That eventually led to them getting offered a full length "remake" of the story, which also tried stripping away more of the toxic original plotline. In the book it's even more toxic between them at the start of their relationship than in this shorter version, and they tried to do away with "it" in the full length with the whole Mark mistaking Vee throughout their first encounter.