Exactly... this system is quite inhumane, especially since rich sons from Chaebols and influential politicians…
Either world history gets taught differently in the States, or there is some very serious confusion over who, what, when, how regional wars started AND continued.
To make it short (as much as it can be done with such a complex history), the freaking CIA of the US has had its dirty fingers in so many pies all over the world, it's not even remotely funny. I mean, they undermined ANY kind of social democracies in the South and Latin America just based on the fear that "commies" are going to come too close to the US borders (oh and even before that, there's that "delicious" destruction of any political systems in Honduras that started because the freaking country wouldn't beg on its knees to some banana company to allow it to continue its existence! - and not once, but SEVEN times over, up tp the middle of the 20th century. That's just Honduras, though, they got involved in a lot of other South and Latin American small countries. Where did you think the term "banana republic" came from?!) And then there's the whole Iran Shah issue, which also involved American CIA and led to the present situation where freaking Iran is one of the worst theocracies around, just because BP wanted to keep its oil sources and make money, and the US decided they wanted an in, too. And there are so many other mishaps - people are a fighting and irrational species, we like war, but most wars happen and end on their own... not so when they're used for proxy fighting among world superpowers with vested interest in resources and power projection zones. I can't believe you seriously do think the US ONLY became involved in all its wars by accident, because they like to help and the like!
The US had a freaking red scare period that took WAY too long to even ammeliorate, and it's still going on at a level of irrational fear of anything sounding "social"-inclined, up to and including its own public health system. The whole period of the Cold War they DID start OR encouraged a lot of troubles everywhere they imagined Russians or Chinese were trying to influence into getting in their own zone of projected power (and maybe that was warranted, but the WAY they did go about it is atrocious. And no, the end doesn't justify the means, even if they were really, really scared the commies were coming to get them.)
The Korean War would've remained a regional war that would have been solved eventually if BOTH sides didn't ally themselves with whoever they could - the Chinese and Russians did provide support to the present NK, and the US and their allies supported SK. It was by all definitions a proxy war, except it did include American soldiers who, by all means, should not have even been there if it wasn't for the fear Americans already had of the USSR and China. And it may be presumed that they actually wanted to keep a foothold in Asia just to make sure nothing would come from there by surprise. That makes sense, in a way, but it doesn't actually excuse 3 million victims among Koreans on both sides of the lines (more than in the Vietman war), some of which SK executed directly just because they were suspected NK communists, completely destroyed cities and infrastructure, and created a completely messed up political system IN BOTH COUNTRIES. The NK got loaded with the Kim family of dictators, and SK was a military dictatorship, TOO, up til the beginning of the 1990s. That is 40 years of military dictatorship that was inflicted on them AFTER the armistice. And it was supported by the allies who had fought on their side or supported them in different ways.
There are no freaking angels in an inter-ethnic war, no matter who started it.
And leaving that aside - again, the discussion started with why does SK HAVE to make its young men go to mandatory army training - THIS IS WHY. The war has been going on for nigh on 74 years now, and it's only been put on the back burner, not concluded. And NK starved its population until it got its nuclear weapons, which means it's under a MAD shield right about now. But SK DOESN'T have it own MAD shield, it's under the US' shield, and the US has already proven it can elect actual idiots in its highest place of power, and keep supporting them - wildly cheering them on - as they promise to dismantle every promise the US has made to its allies.
SK men do NOT have the luxury of voluntary army, if it wants to have some chance of survival. If it's left on its own, you can bet NK will come knocking. And THEN we'll see what happens.
That is the whole problem, though - SOME of them CAN find means of evading mandatory miliary service, and it's definitely unfair for the rest of them. Getting rid of the mandatory military service is not on the table - the country is still, officially, at war! - but people do not take it well when someone even SEEMS to try to get out of it. If the freaking war resumes, those who didn't go would have to hide behind those who did go, and that's not acceptable. I can freaking understand their POV, and I'm not even Korean, or in Asia right now. It's not so hard to understand, the heck!
Replying toYazQuan•Nov 13, 2024•Liked Nov 14, 2024
There are a lot of YouTube videos with excerpts promoting this series as having GL content, it does not. There…
She clearly said she is in love with her and the other girl said we will be forever sisters. WHAT?? And let me tell you that the girl that said sisters will end up with dude and the other girl probably too. Thats another way to do queer bait . Yiiiikes
This is amazing!! Probably the best role I've seen PSH play and she's SO well-suited for it. I need more like this for her ASAP. I usually stay away from violent dramas, but this was surprisingly satisfying.
This was...ok? I think someone mentioned below the first half was really captivating and it was really slow and downhill in the second half. I wish they had stuck to more episodic stories. I thought PSH was decent in this role but lacked in the action scenes. Her punches felt so slow for a demon. I also didn't care for the story of "let's bring them to justice via the law" because if you are following the biblical sense of justice (which this heavily was), the justice served by her in the first half was far more satisfying. Overall - an ok watch, last 2 eps could be completely cut out and wouldn't make a difference.
That push by Lee Young Joon at the end of episode 5. I was literally rolling on the floor and laughing 🤣 I have never seen a kiss scene turn this comic 💯🤣
anna is basically every helpless mary sue every played throughout history. i loved almost every other aspect of…
u should add in your opinion because I only completed this drama coz of her and jichangwook n i am not even a snsd fan I only know her is through dramas
They really left real bitna in hell, and gave the big scary “evil” Justina a million second chances for things they killed lesser demons for And psh was never her face but they never showed nara the way they showed everyone’s real face Everything was resolved super quickly and yet nothing was solved
Kdramas would be better as a whole if romance was removed entirely.
This just a bad take entirely
There are a ton of shows that are fantastic because of romance alone and it’s a big draw, you don’t remove something completely just because you don’t like it
Incredible show. Park Shin Hye should leave romance dramas behind, this is her thing. Never seen her so animated. Extremely gory at times, it got a bit too much for me - so easy to skip, but that aside the plot never stopped and thats a rare thing these days in dramas.
Love the series, the only feedback I have is when Justitia died, she should have worn her old face as the 3rd in rank demon not kang bitna the human. That was her soul in hell while the body is on Earth as kang bitna.
To make it short (as much as it can be done with such a complex history), the freaking CIA of the US has had its dirty fingers in so many pies all over the world, it's not even remotely funny. I mean, they undermined ANY kind of social democracies in the South and Latin America just based on the fear that "commies" are going to come too close to the US borders (oh and even before that, there's that "delicious" destruction of any political systems in Honduras that started because the freaking country wouldn't beg on its knees to some banana company to allow it to continue its existence! - and not once, but SEVEN times over, up tp the middle of the 20th century. That's just Honduras, though, they got involved in a lot of other South and Latin American small countries. Where did you think the term "banana republic" came from?!) And then there's the whole Iran Shah issue, which also involved American CIA and led to the present situation where freaking Iran is one of the worst theocracies around, just because BP wanted to keep its oil sources and make money, and the US decided they wanted an in, too. And there are so many other mishaps - people are a fighting and irrational species, we like war, but most wars happen and end on their own... not so when they're used for proxy fighting among world superpowers with vested interest in resources and power projection zones. I can't believe you seriously do think the US ONLY became involved in all its wars by accident, because they like to help and the like!
The US had a freaking red scare period that took WAY too long to even ammeliorate, and it's still going on at a level of irrational fear of anything sounding "social"-inclined, up to and including its own public health system. The whole period of the Cold War they DID start OR encouraged a lot of troubles everywhere they imagined Russians or Chinese were trying to influence into getting in their own zone of projected power (and maybe that was warranted, but the WAY they did go about it is atrocious. And no, the end doesn't justify the means, even if they were really, really scared the commies were coming to get them.)
The Korean War would've remained a regional war that would have been solved eventually if BOTH sides didn't ally themselves with whoever they could - the Chinese and Russians did provide support to the present NK, and the US and their allies supported SK. It was by all definitions a proxy war, except it did include American soldiers who, by all means, should not have even been there if it wasn't for the fear Americans already had of the USSR and China. And it may be presumed that they actually wanted to keep a foothold in Asia just to make sure nothing would come from there by surprise. That makes sense, in a way, but it doesn't actually excuse 3 million victims among Koreans on both sides of the lines (more than in the Vietman war), some of which SK executed directly just because they were suspected NK communists, completely destroyed cities and infrastructure, and created a completely messed up political system IN BOTH COUNTRIES. The NK got loaded with the Kim family of dictators, and SK was a military dictatorship, TOO, up til the beginning of the 1990s. That is 40 years of military dictatorship that was inflicted on them AFTER the armistice. And it was supported by the allies who had fought on their side or supported them in different ways.
There are no freaking angels in an inter-ethnic war, no matter who started it.
And leaving that aside - again, the discussion started with why does SK HAVE to make its young men go to mandatory army training - THIS IS WHY. The war has been going on for nigh on 74 years now, and it's only been put on the back burner, not concluded. And NK starved its population until it got its nuclear weapons, which means it's under a MAD shield right about now. But SK DOESN'T have it own MAD shield, it's under the US' shield, and the US has already proven it can elect actual idiots in its highest place of power, and keep supporting them - wildly cheering them on - as they promise to dismantle every promise the US has made to its allies.
SK men do NOT have the luxury of voluntary army, if it wants to have some chance of survival. If it's left on its own, you can bet NK will come knocking. And THEN we'll see what happens.
That is the whole problem, though - SOME of them CAN find means of evading mandatory miliary service, and it's definitely unfair for the rest of them. Getting rid of the mandatory military service is not on the table - the country is still, officially, at war! - but people do not take it well when someone even SEEMS to try to get out of it. If the freaking war resumes, those who didn't go would have to hide behind those who did go, and that's not acceptable. I can freaking understand their POV, and I'm not even Korean, or in Asia right now. It's not so hard to understand, the heck!
Overall - an ok watch, last 2 eps could be completely cut out and wouldn't make a difference.
And psh was never her face but they never showed nara the way they showed everyone’s real face
Everything was resolved super quickly and yet nothing was solved
There are a ton of shows that are fantastic because of romance alone and it’s a big draw, you don’t remove something completely just because you don’t like it
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