New BTS trailer, pics and synopsis.https://www.avirtualvoyage.net/2017/12/new-trailer-and-bts-william-chan-and-sandra-mas-age-of-legends-peter-sheng-and-wang-zi-wens-god-of-lost-fantasy.html#more-24387
Why is it whenever I see BTS I immediately think - ARMY?! I blame my daughter, she got me into their music!
As a Demisexual, I've stopped getting annoyed with this. But it is frustrating!
siMONa -- actually I quite like it because, to me as an oldie (I'm 52), it means they look beyond the body or the gender and just love the person. To me at least, what they're saying is whatever that other person was - male'/female/trans/gay/bi/etc - they would still love them regardless. Would they love another male? No. Such as 2 Moons.
Same was done in Make it Right - some were gay (like the adorable Frame (he was a total keeper) and his desperately sad Book (I loathed his parents and his ex) and others were in the category of 'I love you even though you're a man' (like the annoying Fuse; who couldn't seem to make a decision if his life literally depended on it and who had me yelling abuse at my laptop).
Frame and Book had had other male lovers and were clearly gay - but Fuse had had girlfriends up until he fell for Tee. As had Lukmo who finally decided his heart belonged to Yok. I think were also complicated reasons behind some of the love matches - Mo had got tired of girls using him and breaking his heart, Yok was devoted to him and he saw more potential for happiness long term there.
So for some they were probably able to be labelled bisexual (like Mo I think) but others were definitely more ' this guy and no other' (like Fuse). Tee is definitely not labelled because no one really knows who he'd date beyond Fuse.
But I think loving the person is more important than labelling someone's sexuality - I love my husband, would I still love him if he were a woman because I'm straight? Probably because he would still be the same person only female - does that mean I'm not straight?
I don't think about having sex with women, NEVER had a female crush. So I don't consider myself bi or lesbian - to me, I'm straight. But if the love of my life was a woman instead of a man I'm pretty sure I would still have loved her with all my heart. The person is who I love - everything else is just labels.
Sorry to butt in - I'm terrible for doing that - and I don't have issues with the LGBT+ community as I consider myself an ally. I have a homosexual cousin and a lesbian cousin and I'm the one who laid down the law to the wider family to accept them or else they'd have me to deal with (there are perks to being lumbered as head of the family).
I just think we need to look past labels when it comes to our sexuality and who we fall in love with. Just my opinion though, no insults intended.
Is it a sad ending? Becauee if they have to gice up their little boy I will cry like I did at Grey Rainbow.....and I really don't want another sob fest right. Lol.
Feli -- oh I remember that drama - I couldn't watch it all. I just wanted to kill him so much; I spent more time…
ooh the evil ex actually PAYS for it and not get the usual "Oh I forgive you because I'm totally gullible and completely stupid!" cop out that makes use language that would make a sailor blush?!
I might watch it again then; well pick up where I bailed - especially if little scum bucket also nearly dies. Sadly I would find that immensely satisfying too. I am going to hell.....well, if the devil lifts the restraining order because I really love watching the bad guys suffer instead of 'instant (and painless) karma'!
May I nominate Yan Da Feng from Easy Fortune, Happy Life? This guy was so bad that even though he's played by…
Feli -- oh I remember that drama - I couldn't watch it all. I just wanted to kill him so much; I spent more time hurling abuse at my laptop than I did watching it so I abandoned it before the end. Did the little scum bucket ever redeem himself? I'm not sure that there was any way for him to do it to be fair - short of hanging himself or committing sepuku. lol!
I can't explain to you about how much I agree with everything you said. I did not realize that one of the causes…
You are very far from ignorant - your pieces are well written, engaging and entertaining. I really like them.
I warmed to Ying Dong in the end - most especially after he was refused by Rong Jin Xiu. Even then he did his best to help her and protect her. Now there was a character I LOATHED as much as Doctor Choi Soo Hyun in Madam Antoine - different reasons, but the outcome is the same. People who use others to do whatever they hell they want and, in Cruel Romance, regardless of what danger it puts them in.
Oh my gosh, I am 52 with a 20 year old daughter, we're both BTS ARMY (she is biased to namjoon, I just love their music and their attention to fans, like so many of the other kpop groups). But I'm not ashamed to admit I did cry an awful lot over Jonghyun's death. I was there, and that place is dark, cold and scary; and my husband and daughter saved me, but I am left with a lot of 'why me's?' when wonderful people Johnhyun aren't as lucky.
I fully offer support to any SHINee fans as I know the heartache they are feeling. My daughter told me some fans in South Korea had also killed themselves shortly after his death was announced which just breaks my heart.
I think for me that touched home to closely with Johnhyun's death was his letters he left behind, asking if he did well, if people even saw him....I wish I'd known, could've sent a message, could've reached out, as so many others would've - but those who are that depressed can be very good at appearing alright, so no one knows until it's too late. But his final words just hurt my heart.
Thank you for your offer of help; ironically my health has suffered terribly since that dark day but it's made me more positive about life. I've nearly died on an operating table, had two strokes (and now have mild braindamage so please excuse errors) and am gradually losing mobility, but those events made me realise I wanted to live and so it's now been easy to keep my promise to my daughter never to try to end myself again.
I make the same offer to you - darkness can creep up so quickly. Even now I live with that cold, dark, shadowy hand on my shoulder, I just know how to be aware of it but ignore it. Not everyone is so lucky and so now I try to save others going through what I did.
Your articles are wonderful to read, you're an accomplished writer. I look forward to more. :) Oh and thank you so much for taking the time to reply so constructively and in such depth, I genuinely appreciate it.
DON'T watch MISS IN KISS - DON'T - SERIOUSLY this is a HEALTH WARNING - a *MENTAL* health warning. BRAIN SCRUBS do NOT exist yet and that's all that will help you forget it. just watch the last 2 episodes if you feel compelled to watch any of it. It makes the Korean version look like Shakespeare it's so bad. It's just BAD, NOT so bad it's good - it's just HORRIBLE.
I agree with a lot of what you said actually - Madame Antoine was the worst though as I just wanted to gut him like a rotten fish by the end. Most of the anti-heroes you can warm to as they do redeem themselves in varying degrees by the end - case in point, Sung Hoo in Noble, My Love. Started off an arrogant control freak ended up a control freak but one who was less arrogant and slightly less controlling.
But I have to disagree about Ying Dong (Qiao Kimi) he really did redeem himself in the end. Ying Dong also had his reasons for behaving as he did with his brother; which was gone into albeit lightly. Also let's not forget he also helped Rong Jin Xiu (Chen Joe) throughout and did many things to help her. He and his brother also reached an accord and he was a different person at the end.
For me, I wouldn't criticise any role played by Qiao Kimi now. It's said that a director's criticism of a role he played, thought to be this one in Cruel Romance, is why he finally felt driven to take his own life. Whether this story is true or not (or just the usual internet scuttlebutt), after reading it I resolved to leave the roles he played unmentioned except to touch on what a brilliant actor he was (and he was). He was an exceptional actor who made even badly written roles believable, and to be told that he was rubbish and should never act again, for someone already emotionally fragile........well, I've been in the same dark place and it's frightening how the idea of ending your life seems so reasonable and logical.
So, for me anyway, I just feel I couldn't criticise his roles, even the writing done by someone else. Too many stars take such criticisms to heart and feel alone and unable to cope. Too many stars and idols now feel death is the only way out. At this juncture I'd say avoid roles by any star that's committed suicide - it's only fair.
Other than that - you have a point; anti heroes are called that because they are the dark heroes and though they start as bad guys they end up as something more. For me they are better than the heroes as their stories are usually more interesting and their road to redemption more challenging than a faultless hero. They are also the ones the to make the tough choices a hero would avoid. But, as you say these anti-heroes are just too anti and not enough hero. WELL DONE on a great article. Is there anyway I can be alerted to more from you? oh and HAPPY NEW YEAR!! :D
Same was done in Make it Right - some were gay (like the adorable Frame (he was a total keeper) and his desperately sad Book (I loathed his parents and his ex) and others were in the category of 'I love you even though you're a man' (like the annoying Fuse; who couldn't seem to make a decision if his life literally depended on it and who had me yelling abuse at my laptop).
Frame and Book had had other male lovers and were clearly gay - but Fuse had had girlfriends up until he fell for Tee. As had Lukmo who finally decided his heart belonged to Yok. I think were also complicated reasons behind some of the love matches - Mo had got tired of girls using him and breaking his heart, Yok was devoted to him and he saw more potential for happiness long term there.
So for some they were probably able to be labelled bisexual (like Mo I think) but others were definitely more ' this guy and no other' (like Fuse). Tee is definitely not labelled because no one really knows who he'd date beyond Fuse.
But I think loving the person is more important than labelling someone's sexuality - I love my husband, would I still love him if he were a woman because I'm straight? Probably because he would still be the same person only female - does that mean I'm not straight?
I don't think about having sex with women, NEVER had a female crush. So I don't consider myself bi or lesbian - to me, I'm straight. But if the love of my life was a woman instead of a man I'm pretty sure I would still have loved her with all my heart. The person is who I love - everything else is just labels.
Sorry to butt in - I'm terrible for doing that - and I don't have issues with the LGBT+ community as I consider myself an ally. I have a homosexual cousin and a lesbian cousin and I'm the one who laid down the law to the wider family to accept them or else they'd have me to deal with (there are perks to being lumbered as head of the family).
I just think we need to look past labels when it comes to our sexuality and who we fall in love with. Just my opinion though, no insults intended.
I might watch it again then; well pick up where I bailed - especially if little scum bucket also nearly dies. Sadly I would find that immensely satisfying too. I am going to hell.....well, if the devil lifts the restraining order because I really love watching the bad guys suffer instead of 'instant (and painless) karma'!
I warmed to Ying Dong in the end - most especially after he was refused by Rong Jin Xiu. Even then he did his best to help her and protect her. Now there was a character I LOATHED as much as Doctor Choi Soo Hyun in Madam Antoine - different reasons, but the outcome is the same. People who use others to do whatever they hell they want and, in Cruel Romance, regardless of what danger it puts them in.
Oh my gosh, I am 52 with a 20 year old daughter, we're both BTS ARMY (she is biased to namjoon, I just love their music and their attention to fans, like so many of the other kpop groups). But I'm not ashamed to admit I did cry an awful lot over Jonghyun's death. I was there, and that place is dark, cold and scary; and my husband and daughter saved me, but I am left with a lot of 'why me's?' when wonderful people Johnhyun aren't as lucky.
I fully offer support to any SHINee fans as I know the heartache they are feeling. My daughter told me some fans in South Korea had also killed themselves shortly after his death was announced which just breaks my heart.
I think for me that touched home to closely with Johnhyun's death was his letters he left behind, asking if he did well, if people even saw him....I wish I'd known, could've sent a message, could've reached out, as so many others would've - but those who are that depressed can be very good at appearing alright, so no one knows until it's too late. But his final words just hurt my heart.
Thank you for your offer of help; ironically my health has suffered terribly since that dark day but it's made me more positive about life. I've nearly died on an operating table, had two strokes (and now have mild braindamage so please excuse errors) and am gradually losing mobility, but those events made me realise I wanted to live and so it's now been easy to keep my promise to my daughter never to try to end myself again.
I make the same offer to you - darkness can creep up so quickly. Even now I live with that cold, dark, shadowy hand on my shoulder, I just know how to be aware of it but ignore it. Not everyone is so lucky and so now I try to save others going through what I did.
Your articles are wonderful to read, you're an accomplished writer. I look forward to more. :) Oh and thank you so much for taking the time to reply so constructively and in such depth, I genuinely appreciate it.
But I have to disagree about Ying Dong (Qiao Kimi) he really did redeem himself in the end. Ying Dong also had his reasons for behaving as he did with his brother; which was gone into albeit lightly. Also let's not forget he also helped Rong Jin Xiu (Chen Joe) throughout and did many things to help her. He and his brother also reached an accord and he was a different person at the end.
For me, I wouldn't criticise any role played by Qiao Kimi now. It's said that a director's criticism of a role he played, thought to be this one in Cruel Romance, is why he finally felt driven to take his own life. Whether this story is true or not (or just the usual internet scuttlebutt), after reading it I resolved to leave the roles he played unmentioned except to touch on what a brilliant actor he was (and he was). He was an exceptional actor who made even badly written roles believable, and to be told that he was rubbish and should never act again, for someone already emotionally fragile........well, I've been in the same dark place and it's frightening how the idea of ending your life seems so reasonable and logical.
So, for me anyway, I just feel I couldn't criticise his roles, even the writing done by someone else. Too many stars take such criticisms to heart and feel alone and unable to cope. Too many stars and idols now feel death is the only way out. At this juncture I'd say avoid roles by any star that's committed suicide - it's only fair.
Other than that - you have a point; anti heroes are called that because they are the dark heroes and though they start as bad guys they end up as something more. For me they are better than the heroes as their stories are usually more interesting and their road to redemption more challenging than a faultless hero. They are also the ones the to make the tough choices a hero would avoid. But, as you say these anti-heroes are just too anti and not enough hero. WELL DONE on a great article. Is there anyway I can be alerted to more from you? oh and HAPPY NEW YEAR!! :D