Living Tribunal

Xianxia are fantasy-based Cdramas where there is reincarnation, immortality, tragic love stories, betrayal, and very cool CGI battles. Yes, most Cdramas have 40 episodes, but xianxia and historical dramas have so much content to follow that sometimes they feel short. They honestly appeal more to me now after having been hurt by those idiotic tropes and traumas in the Kdramas.

Actually, the problem viewers had with "Start Up" was that in the beginning, there were two male leads who were shown to be vying for the female lead's attention, but in the second half, Kim Seon Ho, the second male lead who was perfect in every sense, wasn't chosen by the female lead. Instead, she chose Nam Joo Hyuk, who had cheated in his exams and had problems with his self-confidence and self-esteem due to the trauma of his cheating. So, most of the viewers were hating on Nam Joo Hyuk and the writer when it was perfectly clear at the start that Nam Joo Hyuk is the male lead and will get the female lead. Honestly, I couldn't care less, but isn't it the female lead's choice for whom she chooses rather than who loved her more?

That's why I'm gravitating more towards Cdrama, mainly historical or xianxia dramas. At least we get proper fighting scenes and plot development between the leads and other characters.

When the company is as big as Queen's Group seems to be, it is normal for a important press conference to be attended by international reporters. I also thought that perhaps the press conference would have more significance than just showing how Hae In has a firm will and will never back down from Eunseong's threats. But maybe I was overthinking it. 🤔

Your review is good. Everything you said was correct, except for me, their chemistry was very good and explosive. I was still enjoying it until episode 13 because at least the story was less tropey and riddled with plot holes. But now, I'm just watching it for all the technical staff who worked on the drama, like the actors and directors, because the writer is pulling out every plotline and trope that she can think of out of her hat just so that she can shock the viewers and achieve high ratings.

Is it really possible to remove every video of the press conference from the internet? I believe there were many international reporters present who could have published the video. While she may be able to use her power and influence to remove the video in Korea, I doubt it's possible for every other country.

Actually, it has become a bad script after ep 13 because the way the writer is pulling stupid tropes and plot lines out of nowhere, even though she knows she wouldn't be able to fit them in the last 4 episodes. She should have properly adjusted the balance in the drama so that the plot felt cohesive without cramming everything suddenly in the last quarter of the drama. I like character suffering, but only when the payoff is good. In this drama, the leads are suffering for the whole drama only to get relief in the last few minutes of the final episode. Even after today's episodes, we have so many questions but only have 1 ep left. It would have been good if there were 2-3 more episodes left to properly conclude everything, but we don't have that. And I believe we will only get a last-minute happy ending where villains get punished because of their stupidity, not because the leads are smart.

Agar happy ending nahi hui, toh woh mere liye ek sabse bada plot twist hoga, kyunki drama wahi indicate kar raha hai ep 12 ke baad.

I actually liked "The King: Eternal Monarch" because the writer was doing something different with the plot. The plot was very complicated and unique, but it failed to come to a proper conclusion and missed the mark. However, it's still one of my favorites. Also, the villain there was so menacing and cunning. The drama failed for many because the execution of such a complex plot was not good.

Where is the plot twist after episode 12? For me, after that, the drama became very predictable, as it has been done many times in other dramas. Maybe if they had shown Hyunwoo when Hae In woke up in the hospital, that would have been a better plot twist than whatever she is trying to force right now.

Try watching MLFTS and LOTBS because they are much more sincere in their storytelling and aren't as half-baked as this drama, maybe they can be your cup of tea.

Or maybe she didn't get someone to copy the script from like she did for CLOY. 😜

I also watched "Call It Love" and loved it, but at least that drama was advertised as a melodrama and had a proper cohesive story. Meanwhile, "QOT" was advertised as a romcom regarding the miraculous journey of the leads finding their love again during a crisis. If they wanted to add melodrama, they should have advertised it as such because the happy moments of the leads are much lower compared to other dramas. The villains are always winning, while the leads are getting stuck in one problem after another without any proper resolution. The writer has added every trope, stupid plot lines, corporate shenanigans, last-minute shocks for the sake of it, just so she can get high ratings, only depending on the actors without considering how stupid the plot is getting. After watching the first 12 episodes, I thought this drama would be a solid 9 or 10 for me, but after that, it seriously became a hodgepodge of different genres where nothing is complementing each other.

It was already confirmed in ep-9 or 10, I think

After ep-3, he really starts changing for the better.

I hope he does, because then the writer will surely get her highest TV rating that she was trying achieve by introducing so many tropes just for shock value😂.

I don't think she lacked any idea of how good the leads' chemistry can be because both KSH and KJW are known for having explosive chemistry with everyone of their co-actors. So, it doesn't make sense for her to write so many tropes in the last four episodes.

I think the scene where Hyun Woo got into a car accident and Hae In saw it.

Ignore that person; he is just unhealthy obsessed with the drama, to the extent that he can't even see the obvious glaring writing issues and doesn't take constructive criticism properly, saying that you didn't get the point of the drama. I was also one of those who tried to counterargue when someone criticized the plotlines or the intelligence of the heroes until episode 12 because at least the drama was following a path where you were constantly surprised by how well it was written and how much effort the actors put in. But after that, the shift the drama has taken in resolving things leaves much to be desired. I suppose you can watch the drama until episode 12, after which you can skip some illogical plot points that don't make sense.

You know, seeing your profile picture, I remember enjoying "My Demon" much more than this drama. At least the couple was together for most of the time there, despite that drama having pacing issues and weaker, copied plot points.