littleberry09

I'm just putting this kindly - but none of that justifies him making a public post at all. Anything that goes on publicly, arguments, insults, jokes, etc, *does not need* to be fueled even further by public posts like this. If you felt hurt by someone that was a friend, would you privately message them about it OR call them out on social media and in a large group chat where dozens of other people also are? Would you like it if someone embarrassed you by doing that to you? It's no different for celebrities, infact it's even worse because of their celebrity fame means everyone is looking at it.

I also said in my first sentence itself (above) that it's not about him being unable to take a joke. Whatever went on he is justified to have his own feelings and everything, but making a social media post just comes off as being a bad friend. As I also said above, it's how it makes him look publicly too. Other people who work with him will be aware of this and maybe change their behaviour towards him if they think he will become upset.

I promise it does get better as it goes along. It's a nice, mature romance.

From what I've seen much of the criticism is not about being unable to take a joke, but that he made a very PUBLIC Weibo post about it, which forced SY to then also apologise in a public manner. Such things should be done privately, especially when they are celebrities. It just seems so humiliating for the person being called out in front of everyone - in this case SY in front of the world. Dylan effectively kissed goodbye to any future collaborations with a long term friend and colleague, which is disappointing for their fans too.

None of this is to "bully" him before his Stans come at me. From a PR standpoint it just makes him look less approachable on friendly/jokey terms. He did not need to do this at all but went out of his way to do so.

Remember quitting this by Ep 4, it felt really slow. I was hoping for something comforting (Our Beloved Summer, Because This is My First Life) but it still bored me and I knew it was going to turn really sad which was not what I wanted 😣

For real, at this rate I think I'll still be watching some into August 💀 and then not be able to catch up on dramas that release at that time haha. A never ending cycle.

I'm currently watching it on YT and the audio is fine, doesn't get cut off at all fortunately :)

You missed the entire point and half of what you said is just putting words in my mouth - words I never said in the first place. Don't refuse to understand others comments and then act all offended. Yeah bye anyway 🫠

Not just her but also 40 hours of him! It's his longest drama yet in the part of a main role. So excited for them both individually and also together 😭

I said it depends on genres as certain ones are *more likely* to get higher ratings than others. Obviously it depends what majority of MDL users watch and rate. I never ever said romcoms can't/shouldn't get higher ratings.

BTW you are the one who replied to me in a comment where I wasn't even being critical. I was only critical in my first original comment, if you felt I had to move on you didn't need to start a discussion either. It's a public forum, people can also comment where they like instead of dictating others 👀

You're welcome! Her acting really was the best thing about this drama, not even the plot. If you like SHS you might like her in this one

You're welcome! Yes and I have watched some Kdramas which have this kind of ending, so I might be used to it by now haha

That might have indeed been the case! I can see it being more likely than she herself breaking into the hospital which is the idea most seemed to imagine. It's this thing of leaving it up to viewers imagination which I don't like about this drama. We should have known everything she did THROUGHOUT - the only mystery should have been "who is Sarah Kim?" at the end of the last episode. That they also had a dozen plot holes inbetween makes it weaker.

Yeah what you said in the first part never made sense in the drama. She would have met so many people when she worked as Sarah Kim and they never get anyone to confirm it really is her. Like there's not only 2 people on earth lol. Also never explained how she just ended up with so much cash and they couldn't trace her.

As for the kidney - that might actually make sense because you can't prove an organ came from your body just because of a scar. It could be anyone's kidney and she could have the scar for several reasons apart from organ donation. The only way to prove it was to test her DNA with the tissue from the kidney, but again she had that destroyed. Except they never showed how or when she did that? It's true this drama had good concept but had plenty of holes.

There is no romance in this drama. The FL has a sexual relationship with a man at one point, but there's nothing romantic and I can promise you that. It's also very short for a Kdrama so they understandably couldn't have fit in any romance plot.

I gave my opinion, which I can rightly do 💁. Firstly I never said a romcom can't have an excellent rating - infact I like many romcoms and have rated them great. I also never said the ratings was bot behaviours either, infact didn't even think of that.

Haven't you ever watched any wildly popular dramas that you thought was pretty Nah/generally bad in most aspects? For example you would also understand that it seemed puzzling why a drama that had bad acting or plot (in your opinion) was rated so highly.

It would ahve been named the First Blossom if they were less creative. Jasmine atleast makes this stand out 😂

I did like this drama and everything about it was soo perfectly nice and green flagged, but Idk it didn't leave much impression on me? For example it was nice for a one time watch, but I likely won't watch it again and I rated it 7.5 as an average drama.

Does anyone else feel this way? I adore dramas in this genre and I would have rated it 9.5 or 10. So I'm sad this didn't feel like that for me, maybe just not my vibe of romantic healing drama 😞

It's very mixed - and as I said seems to depend on genre. When Life Gives You Tangerines which was just as popular as LR has a 9.4 rating but less than 100k users rated it.

Twinkling Watermelon (2023, and very similar tropes to LR) has a 9.2 rating from 105k users. Very deserved I feel, but again in comparison it feels like LR should be lower than 9.

There's very few dramas which have been as popular as these in the last few years though. My Demon (also 2023) was very popular when it came out but only has an average rating now.

Also another realisation! On Reply 1988's page it says a 9.0 rating from 70k users who have watched it over 10 years. LR has the SAME rating from 100k users in 2 years.

As you said it might likely be because MDL users like this genre. Which just goes to prove that MDL isn't accurate and reliable because only dramas in certain genres get more ratings. There would likely be many more who have watched Reply 1988 as it's very popular + also been out far longer, but maybe those viewers are not on MDL to be rating it.

That's the main difference though I feel - it makes sense why a deep, fantastically written drama can maintain it's 9+ rating. Even over 10 years.

But I can't even see why this drama still has a 9 rating even after 2 years. There have been many better dramas since then too. But as you say the score for LR will likely drop over some more years. 💯 % it's going to be that kind of drama that ages badly over time.