It's standard creative writing.Protagonist is introduced going on with their ordinary life. (High)Protagonist…
Those who will not skip anything, will become emotionally invested in the protagonist. They will witness the lowest of the lowest of the lowest point of her life. They will go through with her as she tries to find justice while staying humble and true to herself (although she's bottling something deep inside her, which I explained in another comment earlier).
Viewers who won't skip will also become emotionally involved with the antagonist. They will see how “successful” she will become. The power she will gain. How high she will achieve.
BUT…
To borrow from the Christian Bible…
“Whoever exalts himself shall be humbled; and whoever humbles himself shall be raised to honor.” Matthew 23:12
Those viewers who didn't skip anything, will have the biggest and most gratifying satisfaction later once they see the antagonist comes crashing down… hard. Far lower than where she originally started.
And they will enjoy the come back of the protagonist as she goes to places she has never been, way up higher than where she started.
Why? Because they're invested and attached to these two characters. They “witnessed” their life. They've been with them. They felt them.
So, once the redemption arc starts, these audiences will have the most satisfactory viewing experience. All their hormones will pump, further increasing that good feeling. Giving them hope. Revitalising themselves in the process (that's what hormones do).
Don't hate the writer. It's standard formula. The protagonist has to go through this. The lowest of the lowest of the lowest point of her life. And the antagonist also need to be very successful, because the antagonist is the character that will make the protagonist shine brightly. I would not even be surprised if SooJi is the first one to extend a hand of reconciliation. Her step sister will initially decline it, but SooJi will more likely keep doing it until her step sister accepts it. Especially with how SooJi is a psychologist.
Everything else, like SooJi discovering her biological mother is still alive. Her father. The cheating. Her romance. It's all there for her because she's the protagonist. A protagonist is almost always portrayed as having a support circle and drama in life. While the antagonist is almost always portrayed as alone and thinking of nefarious plans.
Protagonist is introduced going on with their ordinary life. (High) Protagonist falls and goes through hardships. (Low) Protagonist learns, humbled, recovers. (Very High)
Antagonist feels they're a victim of whatever and whoever. (Low) Antagonist takes “revenge” and got what they want. (High) Antagonist falls hard. (Very Low)
Majority of writers follow that format because, well, that's how you should write stories, really. A story where the protagonist is rarely attacked by the antagonist is always weak. There is no emotional attachment. There is no emotional investment. You'll only end up with, “Okay, so?” Or, “Uh-huh, what's next?”
The show will have 120 30-minute episodes. It's a daily drama, so each week there is a theme, with border episodes serving as transition episodes. E25 to E30 is about the protagonist's downfall, and the rise of the antagonist.
Don't hate the writer. The writer did correctly. In fact, you will thank the writer later.
Su Ji is a F'N coward... who lets someone just get away with the BS... Sister or not! This is madness. I won't…
She is psychologically ill herself and haven't realised it. There are people like that, they have a psychological issue that they are not aware of because people refuses to open to that possibility. (If you don't want to take medicine, it's okay, at least hear the explanation and possibilities, so you can analyse things properly.)
I know at least one, and living with that person my whole life. It's annoying. You get angry a lot of times. But at the end of the day, it's their decision and you should let them do things the way they want.
You learn to get immune to it.
Anyway, people like SooJi, they have something hidden very deep inside, and they don't know they're being controlled by it. They refuse to face that truth. That person I'm living with? Exactly the same. I know what it is, but the person wouldn't hear any of it. This person's siblings also know it, but they too gave up.
Obviously, in SooJi's case, she will eventually realise she's going through multiple psychological illnesses, which will lead to recovering her reputation, and so on and so forth, because it is drama. The protagonist starts at the top, falls down, tries to recover, and goes back to the top… formula. In real life? I wish it's that simple.
The real issue here is her step sister. Her mental illness is a very dangerous one. They exist, and you don't want one to make you their next target. So far, I haven't met one. Well, not as worse as her.
E30 will continue on that sub-plot, the protagonist's downfall.
E31 to E35 will either continue further on that sub-plot, her downfall. Or, start to focus more on the step sister.
Maybe E36 to E46 will be about SooJi's “downfall life/state”, while her step sister is enjoying her so called “success”.
Just guessing, the protagonist has to reach the lowest downfall ever and stay there for a while, and the antagonist has to reach the high “success” ever and enjoy it while it lasts. This way, once you start the “redemption” arc, to borrow from the Christian Bible:
“Whoever exalts himself shall be humbled; and whoever humbles himself shall be raised to honor.” Matthew 23:12
The step sister is the type of person who exalted herself. SooJi is the type of person who humbled herself despite everything.
The fall of the step sister will be far, far, far, worst (with a T) than when SooJi fell. While SooJi's redemption will be far far far greater than when her step sister became “successful”.
You may have to skip more or less 50 episodes. ^_~
Su Ji is a F'N coward... who lets someone just get away with the BS... Sister or not! This is madness. I won't…
She is psychologically ill herself and haven't realised it. There are people like that, they have a psychological issue that they are not aware of because people refuses to open to that possibility. (If you don't want to take medicine, it's okay, at least hear the explanation and possibilities, so you can analyse things properly.)
I know at least one, and living with that person my whole life. It's annoying. You get angry a lot of times. But at the end of the day, it's their decision and you should let them do things the way they want.
You learn to get immune to it.
Anyway, people like SooJi, they have something hidden very deep inside, and they don't know they're being controlled by it. They refuse to face that truth. That person I'm living with? Exactly the same. I know what it is, but the person wouldn't hear any of it. This person's siblings also know it, but they too gave up.
Obviously, in SooJi's case, she will eventually realise she's going through multiple psychological illnesses, which will lead to recovering her reputation, and so on and so forth, because it is drama. The protagonist starts at the top, falls down, tries to recover, and goes back to the top… formula. In real life? I wish it's that simple.
The real issue here is her step sister. Her mental illness is a very dangerous one. They exist, and you don't want one to make you their next target. So far, I haven't met one. Well, not as worse as her.
E30 will continue on that sub-plot, the protagonist's downfall.
E31 to E35 will either continue further on that sub-plot, her downfall. Or, start to focus more on the step sister.
Maybe E36 to E46 will be about SooJi's “downfall life/state”, while her step sister is enjoying her so called “success”.
Just guessing, the protagonist has to reach the lowest downfall ever and stay there for a while, and the antagonist has to reach the high “success” ever and enjoy it while it lasts. This way, once you start the “redemption” arc, to borrow from the Christian Bible:
“Whoever exalts himself shall be humbled; and whoever humbles himself shall be raised to honor.” Matthew 23:12
The step sister is the type of person who exalted herself. SooJi is the type of person who humbled herself despite everything.
The fall of the step sister will be far, far, far, worst (with a T) than when SooJi fell. While SooJi's redemption will be far far far greater than when her step sister became “successful”.
You may have to skip more or less 50 episodes. ^_~
Just started watching this, so only four episodes in, also trying to give it a fair chance and not compare but…
As for recommendations, I highly recommend “Isang Daang Tula Para Kay Stella” («100 Poems for Stella»). I'm just not sure where you can find it officially, and with subtitles.
If I'm not mistaken, it used to be on Netflix.
Another is «Hearts On Ice», an ice-skating drama. Now this one is traditional Pinoy drama format, mixed with modern method of editing and scenes. It's available via YouTube for free (although region locked) from GMA channels.
Just started watching this, so only four episodes in, also trying to give it a fair chance and not compare but…
Philippine productions rarely do OTT. So either wait for someone to pirate it, or wait for them to release it for free via their official YouTube channels (which usually takes a year or so before they give it away for free).
It is also rare for Filipinos to pirate it properly (there are, but rare and few), because we're serious about anti-piracy. So, usually, they wait for the show to appear in the International Filipino-only channels, and non-Philippine citizens (Filipino by blood or not) are the ones who pirate it.
If I were SuJi, I'll stop supporting the family and see how far the witch can go. She was already complaining about their new small house, let's see what she'll do once they have to live on the streets.
Witches like that need a very hard lesson. If they still don't learn, then you know they are a lost cause, and just save your energy.
I really liked how they set up the ending of episode 8 with IS talking to LYJ (her best friend) and how some events…
In real-life scientific theory of time travel, everything that should happen already happened. So, for example, if someone was changing time, it actually already happened.
This means that, no matter how many times we change history, things will still happen because they already happened. We either just delayed it, or worst, accelerated it.
In fictional time travel, it is a very common trope called “fixed time”. A “fixed time” is a concept or fictional trope that there are certain events in time that will happen no matter what you do. You can change and prevent it 100%, but it will have a major repercussion. So, to prevent time from unravelling and destroying the universe, the universe will ensure that an event is 100% fixed in time. It will happen no matter what, it is the only way, there's no avoiding it.
If anything, I think they're going that route as well. Things will happen no matter what. The question is, how can you make an event happen without the person you love dying. How can you ensure that things still happen to avoid the repercussions of preventing it, and at the same time, save the person you love.
The FL needs to find a way to save the ML without preventing that fixed point in time. The ML needs to be attacked, that is the fixed time. Because maybe, through that attack, things will change for celebrities; and/or, things will change for the suspect and how they're handled by the law and the police.
Because in a future after this fixed point in time, things got better. And if the attack doesn't happen, more innocent people will suffer, and die. Thus, this must happen. The FL must find a way to ensure the ML survives.
That means, the FL will probably time travel again.
And this time, the FL will be torn and afraid. If she changes things in the past again, she is now fully aware that she might accidentally change the future of her brother and best friend, the way she did in her previous time travels when she saved her legs, everything changed, not just her legs.
So, if the FL will indeed travel back in time once more, she's in for a very hard and challenging situation.
Oh, one more thing, they showed her first crush in E08, but nothing much on that front. They basically dropped a clue that he is also a very important character in this wild and interconnected relationships. Whatever the FL will change in the past agian, things might get worst because she's missing one important factor: her first crush.
In defence of Na Young, re: kindness sceneYou have to understand that scene where she confronted the ML about…
It also applies to men, by the way.
There are people who show acts of kindness because they're kind naturally. There are people who help others because it is in their nature to help.
More often than not, it has nothing to do with “you”. They don't have feelings for you, and they don't pity you. It's not about “you”, it is just who they are.
As we autistics learned, always clarify so there are no misunderstandings. ^_~
You have to understand that scene where she confronted the ML about his kindness to her, is true-to-life. It was not fiction just to make it dramatic.
I've experienced it myself, first-hand (multiple times at that LOL). As a Filipino, we were taught to respect women, and to show kindness to everyone. While not all Filipinos act that way, I took it to heart and became natural for me.
There was this young lady, legal age don't worry, who suddenly confessed to me because I showed kindness to her. Like the ML in this show, those meant nothing. It was just me acting naturally. That's how I was taught. That's how I grew up.
Sadly, the young lady, like Na Young, gave meaning to the acts of kindness and mistook it as having feelings for them. The only difference, fortunately, the young lady I met was not psychologically sick like Na Young. Although, thinking about it now, I think it was a mistake to not accept that young lady's confession, because she's a daughter of one of the largest conglomerate in the Philippines. ^_^;;
Anyway, as I said earlier, in Na Young's defence, it does happen and it is true-to-life. The sad thing about Na Young is that she's psychologically ill, there's no question about that. While it is understandable that she misunderstood the ML's acts of kindness, if you combine it with her instability, it can become very dangerous for everyone.
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Viewers who won't skip will also become emotionally involved with the antagonist. They will see how “successful” she will become. The power she will gain. How high she will achieve.
BUT…
To borrow from the Christian Bible…
“Whoever exalts himself shall be humbled; and whoever humbles himself shall be raised to honor.” Matthew 23:12
Those viewers who didn't skip anything, will have the biggest and most gratifying satisfaction later once they see the antagonist comes crashing down… hard. Far lower than where she originally started.
And they will enjoy the come back of the protagonist as she goes to places she has never been, way up higher than where she started.
Why? Because they're invested and attached to these two characters. They “witnessed” their life. They've been with them. They felt them.
So, once the redemption arc starts, these audiences will have the most satisfactory viewing experience. All their hormones will pump, further increasing that good feeling. Giving them hope. Revitalising themselves in the process (that's what hormones do).
Don't hate the writer. It's standard formula. The protagonist has to go through this. The lowest of the lowest of the lowest point of her life. And the antagonist also need to be very successful, because the antagonist is the character that will make the protagonist shine brightly. I would not even be surprised if SooJi is the first one to extend a hand of reconciliation. Her step sister will initially decline it, but SooJi will more likely keep doing it until her step sister accepts it. Especially with how SooJi is a psychologist.
Everything else, like SooJi discovering her biological mother is still alive. Her father. The cheating. Her romance. It's all there for her because she's the protagonist. A protagonist is almost always portrayed as having a support circle and drama in life. While the antagonist is almost always portrayed as alone and thinking of nefarious plans.
^_~
Protagonist is introduced going on with their ordinary life. (High)
Protagonist falls and goes through hardships. (Low)
Protagonist learns, humbled, recovers. (Very High)
Antagonist feels they're a victim of whatever and whoever. (Low)
Antagonist takes “revenge” and got what they want. (High)
Antagonist falls hard. (Very Low)
Majority of writers follow that format because, well, that's how you should write stories, really. A story where the protagonist is rarely attacked by the antagonist is always weak. There is no emotional attachment. There is no emotional investment. You'll only end up with, “Okay, so?” Or, “Uh-huh, what's next?”
The show will have 120 30-minute episodes. It's a daily drama, so each week there is a theme, with border episodes serving as transition episodes. E25 to E30 is about the protagonist's downfall, and the rise of the antagonist.
Don't hate the writer. The writer did correctly. In fact, you will thank the writer later.
I know at least one, and living with that person my whole life. It's annoying. You get angry a lot of times. But at the end of the day, it's their decision and you should let them do things the way they want.
You learn to get immune to it.
Anyway, people like SooJi, they have something hidden very deep inside, and they don't know they're being controlled by it. They refuse to face that truth. That person I'm living with? Exactly the same. I know what it is, but the person wouldn't hear any of it. This person's siblings also know it, but they too gave up.
Obviously, in SooJi's case, she will eventually realise she's going through multiple psychological illnesses, which will lead to recovering her reputation, and so on and so forth, because it is drama. The protagonist starts at the top, falls down, tries to recover, and goes back to the top… formula. In real life? I wish it's that simple.
The real issue here is her step sister. Her mental illness is a very dangerous one. They exist, and you don't want one to make you their next target. So far, I haven't met one. Well, not as worse as her.
E30 will continue on that sub-plot, the protagonist's downfall.
E31 to E35 will either continue further on that sub-plot, her downfall. Or, start to focus more on the step sister.
Maybe E36 to E46 will be about SooJi's “downfall life/state”, while her step sister is enjoying her so called “success”.
Just guessing, the protagonist has to reach the lowest downfall ever and stay there for a while, and the antagonist has to reach the high “success” ever and enjoy it while it lasts. This way, once you start the “redemption” arc, to borrow from the Christian Bible:
“Whoever exalts himself shall be humbled; and whoever humbles himself shall be raised to honor.” Matthew 23:12
The step sister is the type of person who exalted herself. SooJi is the type of person who humbled herself despite everything.
The fall of the step sister will be far, far, far, worst (with a T) than when SooJi fell. While SooJi's redemption will be far far far greater than when her step sister became “successful”.
You may have to skip more or less 50 episodes. ^_~
I know at least one, and living with that person my whole life. It's annoying. You get angry a lot of times. But at the end of the day, it's their decision and you should let them do things the way they want.
You learn to get immune to it.
Anyway, people like SooJi, they have something hidden very deep inside, and they don't know they're being controlled by it. They refuse to face that truth. That person I'm living with? Exactly the same. I know what it is, but the person wouldn't hear any of it. This person's siblings also know it, but they too gave up.
Obviously, in SooJi's case, she will eventually realise she's going through multiple psychological illnesses, which will lead to recovering her reputation, and so on and so forth, because it is drama. The protagonist starts at the top, falls down, tries to recover, and goes back to the top… formula. In real life? I wish it's that simple.
The real issue here is her step sister. Her mental illness is a very dangerous one. They exist, and you don't want one to make you their next target. So far, I haven't met one. Well, not as worse as her.
E30 will continue on that sub-plot, the protagonist's downfall.
E31 to E35 will either continue further on that sub-plot, her downfall. Or, start to focus more on the step sister.
Maybe E36 to E46 will be about SooJi's “downfall life/state”, while her step sister is enjoying her so called “success”.
Just guessing, the protagonist has to reach the lowest downfall ever and stay there for a while, and the antagonist has to reach the high “success” ever and enjoy it while it lasts. This way, once you start the “redemption” arc, to borrow from the Christian Bible:
“Whoever exalts himself shall be humbled; and whoever humbles himself shall be raised to honor.” Matthew 23:12
The step sister is the type of person who exalted herself. SooJi is the type of person who humbled herself despite everything.
The fall of the step sister will be far, far, far, worst (with a T) than when SooJi fell. While SooJi's redemption will be far far far greater than when her step sister became “successful”.
You may have to skip more or less 50 episodes. ^_~
If I'm not mistaken, it used to be on Netflix.
Another is «Hearts On Ice», an ice-skating drama. Now this one is traditional Pinoy drama format, mixed with modern method of editing and scenes. It's available via YouTube for free (although region locked) from GMA channels.
It is also rare for Filipinos to pirate it properly (there are, but rare and few), because we're serious about anti-piracy. So, usually, they wait for the show to appear in the International Filipino-only channels, and non-Philippine citizens (Filipino by blood or not) are the ones who pirate it.
^_^
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPik6UL1gQ6f792I4DGt6wzp3wFU3DvTc
https://www.viu.com/ott/ph/en/vod/2348553/Whenever-Possible
If I were SuJi, I'll stop supporting the family and see how far the witch can go. She was already complaining about their new small house, let's see what she'll do once they have to live on the streets.
Witches like that need a very hard lesson. If they still don't learn, then you know they are a lost cause, and just save your energy.
I suddenly remembered the ripple reference in other time travel stories. A small ripple becomes a big ripple.
If she isn't careful, things might change in a way she wouldn't like.
Just thinking about it makes it exciting. We're only halfway through the series. A lot can still happen!
This means that, no matter how many times we change history, things will still happen because they already happened. We either just delayed it, or worst, accelerated it.
In fictional time travel, it is a very common trope called “fixed time”. A “fixed time” is a concept or fictional trope that there are certain events in time that will happen no matter what you do. You can change and prevent it 100%, but it will have a major repercussion. So, to prevent time from unravelling and destroying the universe, the universe will ensure that an event is 100% fixed in time. It will happen no matter what, it is the only way, there's no avoiding it.
If anything, I think they're going that route as well. Things will happen no matter what. The question is, how can you make an event happen without the person you love dying. How can you ensure that things still happen to avoid the repercussions of preventing it, and at the same time, save the person you love.
The FL needs to find a way to save the ML without preventing that fixed point in time. The ML needs to be attacked, that is the fixed time. Because maybe, through that attack, things will change for celebrities; and/or, things will change for the suspect and how they're handled by the law and the police.
Because in a future after this fixed point in time, things got better. And if the attack doesn't happen, more innocent people will suffer, and die. Thus, this must happen. The FL must find a way to ensure the ML survives.
That means, the FL will probably time travel again.
And this time, the FL will be torn and afraid. If she changes things in the past again, she is now fully aware that she might accidentally change the future of her brother and best friend, the way she did in her previous time travels when she saved her legs, everything changed, not just her legs.
So, if the FL will indeed travel back in time once more, she's in for a very hard and challenging situation.
Oh, one more thing, they showed her first crush in E08, but nothing much on that front. They basically dropped a clue that he is also a very important character in this wild and interconnected relationships. Whatever the FL will change in the past agian, things might get worst because she's missing one important factor: her first crush.
And they know how to kiss on-screen! Not that silly awkward kiss very common in K-drama land. GOOD JOB!
The question is, who led who? Hahahaha. Who had the skills to kiss and made the other comfortable in the process. AYEEE
There are people who show acts of kindness because they're kind naturally. There are people who help others because it is in their nature to help.
More often than not, it has nothing to do with “you”. They don't have feelings for you, and they don't pity you. It's not about “you”, it is just who they are.
As we autistics learned, always clarify so there are no misunderstandings. ^_~
You have to understand that scene where she confronted the ML about his kindness to her, is true-to-life. It was not fiction just to make it dramatic.
I've experienced it myself, first-hand (multiple times at that LOL). As a Filipino, we were taught to respect women, and to show kindness to everyone. While not all Filipinos act that way, I took it to heart and became natural for me.
There was this young lady, legal age don't worry, who suddenly confessed to me because I showed kindness to her. Like the ML in this show, those meant nothing. It was just me acting naturally. That's how I was taught. That's how I grew up.
Sadly, the young lady, like Na Young, gave meaning to the acts of kindness and mistook it as having feelings for them. The only difference, fortunately, the young lady I met was not psychologically sick like Na Young. Although, thinking about it now, I think it was a mistake to not accept that young lady's confession, because she's a daughter of one of the largest conglomerate in the Philippines. ^_^;;
Anyway, as I said earlier, in Na Young's defence, it does happen and it is true-to-life. The sad thing about Na Young is that she's psychologically ill, there's no question about that. While it is understandable that she misunderstood the ML's acts of kindness, if you combine it with her instability, it can become very dangerous for everyone.
Penthouse formula?
HAHAHAHA