too much fake depth
tale as old as time - the writers wrote themselves into a hole, then gave us a quick succession of poignant nonsense and grand nothings to cover it up and bring the story to a close
what worked:
the leads. they were amazing, they really put the rom.com. in romcom. 10/10 no notes
the shaman was hilarious!!! why was she so scared of being possessed? aunty isn't that your literal [fake] job?! lmaooo
i liked the scenes when fl was on set
what didn't work:
the whole time travel/past lives storyline: a giant disaster that took way more than it gave to the story. it also created an unnecessary melodrama that drowned out the true core of the drama. the fl cried so much, and she was so sad and so miserable for so long, for absolutely no reason. add the dying grandma storyline to this disaster pile, such a drag.
the villain: what even was his deal. also i'm not a fan of dramas where the good guys wait until the literal last 30 mins of the show to get their lick back.
most of the supporting characters: they were caricatures who served no purpose (looking at you ml's family)
the fl's wardrobe - some of her outfits towards the end looked cute, but overall it just gave cake topper, they kept dressing her like she was the literal figurine on an English teacher's birthday cake - what an odd choice
the ml was incompetent - but he got away with it bc he was flashy and witty
all the other storylines they started but just couldn't be bothered to wrap up
the editing: could have been better
watch it for the cp, but the rest? the writing really harmed the story in the end (nearly destroyed the cp too), they kept trying to plumb for depths that didn't exist. stop complicating romcoms!
what worked:
the leads. they were amazing, they really put the rom.com. in romcom. 10/10 no notes
the shaman was hilarious!!! why was she so scared of being possessed? aunty isn't that your literal [fake] job?! lmaooo
i liked the scenes when fl was on set
what didn't work:
the whole time travel/past lives storyline: a giant disaster that took way more than it gave to the story. it also created an unnecessary melodrama that drowned out the true core of the drama. the fl cried so much, and she was so sad and so miserable for so long, for absolutely no reason. add the dying grandma storyline to this disaster pile, such a drag.
the villain: what even was his deal. also i'm not a fan of dramas where the good guys wait until the literal last 30 mins of the show to get their lick back.
most of the supporting characters: they were caricatures who served no purpose (looking at you ml's family)
the fl's wardrobe - some of her outfits towards the end looked cute, but overall it just gave cake topper, they kept dressing her like she was the literal figurine on an English teacher's birthday cake - what an odd choice
the ml was incompetent - but he got away with it bc he was flashy and witty
all the other storylines they started but just couldn't be bothered to wrap up
the editing: could have been better
watch it for the cp, but the rest? the writing really harmed the story in the end (nearly destroyed the cp too), they kept trying to plumb for depths that didn't exist. stop complicating romcoms!
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