Just rewatched it since I have nothing to watch. I'm thinking about every person who dropped it after the first couple of episodes because they thought it was too slow or boring and didn't get to experience the beauty of the writing and the acting.
I discovered kdramas during the lockdown, with a huge catalog of available k-dramas + the ones that were coming out, so I had my fill for a bit and it gave the impression that K-dramas were good in general. But now that I'm up to date, I can't help but realize that really good kdramas only come by once or twice a year, with luck.
The problem is that the popular K-dramas in South korea are always the one with the most generic and cliché plot, so of course studios keep producing them. Always in the romance genre btw. So I don't really get the Netflix bashing, I think I might have watched 2 Netflix K-dramas, and the conclusion is still the same: kdramas are just not good overall. It's not that they are losing their charm, it's just that most of us discovered k-dramas at a point where there were enough productions available to have our fill.
On reddit people are saying YW joined the show for the fame and he wasn't even a pilot when the show was filmed, still a student and spent a lot of his time modeling. He wanted to build an audience with his "one girl only" attitude but when he realized Cho Ah was serious about this and was not looking for a nice ending for the show he took a step back. Apparently he is signed in an influencer agency and hang out with other TV reality personalities. Basically he is fake.
This is waaay more entertaining than the Exchange serie! I just finished binge watching it. YW really became the vilain in this one in the span of 2 days lmaoo At first I thought, well, they spent two whole days back to back together, when before she used to work so much (no idea why he chose her apart from the fact he though she was elegant, my girl was literally never there) maybe it was enough for him to finally see that they were not compatible, and that's fine, it takes spending time with someone sometimes to see that they won't work out.
But then he just jumped on Jiwon out of nowhere ??? The day before the decision, all while knowing JH was really into her ? And to do that soooo publically in front of both JH and Cho A, that's just disrespectful. The guy has the emotional intelligence of a sparrow, I really don't see the appeal. What do you mean you never talk about your problems to your significant other? Macho man much ? No wonder he is single, where do you want to go with someone like that? The way he was pissed that Cho A was worried about him ?? Baboon!
As for Jiwon, I don't see what it so hard to understand when JH tells her that he'll have deeper conversations with her off camera. I get it, in the wheel the camera man was literally there with his camera aimed at them. It's not like her decision means they'll get married, but she acts like him not showing more of himself on TV is a deal breaker ? She also looks a bit stupid beeing all happy that YW chose her after he decided to come back to her weeks after ignoring her on a romantic level. She also doesn't know him that well, and I know the editing plays a lot, but how can you see what he is doing in front of everyone to one of the girls and be fine with it? The way he paraded in front of EVERYONE and their parents that he was neutral and back to square one blablabla omg. And then to use his sister's questions like that, ugh! When he said he realised he was being someone he is not he meant he was playing nice guy but really he's just trash.
Jung Sub is also trash idc lmaoo. He was soo clearly into Cho A and when she nexted him he texted Jiwon and when she didn't send him a message he went back to my girl SS.
I also feel like Yoon Ha would have gone toward YW but he made it clear that he was not interested by her and so to me it feels like she went back to Jiwon's brother because of that (sorry, can't recall his name).
Wishing love and happiness to the 4 Park siblings, they are my favorite !
you rated king of pigs 10/10 and that sex offender is in the cast, why don’t you keep the same energy?? 🤨
bc I didn't know about it until recently 🤨 And even if I did, its still a 10/10 kdrama, so what ? I don't see how that correlates with what I said. I used him as an exemple of the fact that SK doesn't care about women or gay people which is why it's not surprising that the straight washing happend. I never said I wouldn't watch it myself 😒
I have yet to see comments that tell people not to watch it.I was among first who said, okay but if you wanna…
Ok good then haha. I'm gonna watch episode 1 in order to get the whole thing but I wonder then if they will not have the gangster stay until the end. It could explain why it's not a BL, which would be a better reason than to just straight up erase the bl for profit/homophobia reasons.
I have yet to see comments that tell people not to watch it.I was among first who said, okay but if you wanna…
I understand the disappointment, especially for koreans LGBT, representation matter and 70mn format is no 30mn format, the budget is clearly not the same either, but honestly that would have been very surprising. I haven't read the webtoon, but LBGT or straight, if the romance was between the 47yo gangster and the HS student, I wouldn't have been able to get behind it to be honest.
I haven't watched this one yet, the straight washing complaints are justified. and I get it, it sucks. But no amount of complaints on MDL will ever financially impact the production. You either watch it on illegal services to not give a penny to them, or you don't. At the end of the day, the kdrama will air all its episodes.
SK is not there yet when it comes to LGBT representation. They are not even there when it comes to representation of women either, it's like misogyny is not a thing over there when you watch kdramas, it's all lalaland, but we know how bad it really is for korean women. One of the cast member is literally a sex offender, look at him still getting roles. SK might not have a ban on SS couples, but it's not a really pro LGBT country either, so the straight washing is not surprising. Only small productions do it and it's because they've seen how much money BL fetichism does Thailand make. Fetichism that a lot of people here don't seem to care about btw, but that's another subject.
Anyway, no need to fight, the story won't change. You either watch it, or you don't.
no one talks about it cause it was never a romance between a 47yo and 19yo :) the romance is between two 19yos…
I watched it 😒 She fell in love with him when he was 19. They date a bit when he was 20. Idc that it was because they confessed in 2024, when she went back he was still 20. It's the same thing.
Exactly! That's why I never trust the ratings here, too much "too young" people. My taste don't align with theirs. Honestly I get wanting to escape reality and all but they try too hard to make the male lead perfect and knowing how korean men are, but more generally how men are, it becomes too unrealistic and I can't get in the story. I hope BWS will go for more vilain roles in the future, but more importantly morally grey main lead role. Give me some anti hero trope, please 😭
But now that I'm up to date, I can't help but realize that really good kdramas only come by once or twice a year, with luck.
The problem is that the popular K-dramas in South korea are always the one with the most generic and cliché plot, so of course studios keep producing them. Always in the romance genre btw. So I don't really get the Netflix bashing, I think I might have watched 2 Netflix K-dramas, and the conclusion is still the same: kdramas are just not good overall.
It's not that they are losing their charm, it's just that most of us discovered k-dramas at a point where there were enough productions available to have our fill.
Basically he is fake.
I just finished binge watching it.
YW really became the vilain in this one in the span of 2 days lmaoo
At first I thought, well, they spent two whole days back to back together, when before she used to work so much (no idea why he chose her apart from the fact he though she was elegant, my girl was literally never there) maybe it was enough for him to finally see that they were not compatible, and that's fine, it takes spending time with someone sometimes to see that they won't work out.
But then he just jumped on Jiwon out of nowhere ??? The day before the decision, all while knowing JH was really into her ? And to do that soooo publically in front of both JH and Cho A, that's just disrespectful.
The guy has the emotional intelligence of a sparrow, I really don't see the appeal. What do you mean you never talk about your problems to your significant other? Macho man much ? No wonder he is single, where do you want to go with someone like that?
The way he was pissed that Cho A was worried about him ?? Baboon!
As for Jiwon, I don't see what it so hard to understand when JH tells her that he'll have deeper conversations with her off camera. I get it, in the wheel the camera man was literally there with his camera aimed at them. It's not like her decision means they'll get married, but she acts like him not showing more of himself on TV is a deal breaker ?
She also looks a bit stupid beeing all happy that YW chose her after he decided to come back to her weeks after ignoring her on a romantic level. She also doesn't know him that well, and I know the editing plays a lot, but how can you see what he is doing in front of everyone to one of the girls and be fine with it?
The way he paraded in front of EVERYONE and their parents that he was neutral and back to square one blablabla omg. And then to use his sister's questions like that, ugh!
When he said he realised he was being someone he is not he meant he was playing nice guy but really he's just trash.
Jung Sub is also trash idc lmaoo. He was soo clearly into Cho A and when she nexted him he texted Jiwon and when she didn't send him a message he went back to my girl SS.
I also feel like Yoon Ha would have gone toward YW but he made it clear that he was not interested by her and so to me it feels like she went back to Jiwon's brother because of that (sorry, can't recall his name).
Wishing love and happiness to the 4 Park siblings, they are my favorite !
I was expecting something similar to Pyramid Game, is is that bad ?
Learn how to read you look stupid 🩵
And even if I did, its still a 10/10 kdrama, so what ? I don't see how that correlates with what I said. I used him as an exemple of the fact that SK doesn't care about women or gay people which is why it's not surprising that the straight washing happend.
I never said I wouldn't watch it myself 😒
I haven't read the webtoon, but LBGT or straight, if the romance was between the 47yo gangster and the HS student, I wouldn't have been able to get behind it to be honest.
But no amount of complaints on MDL will ever financially impact the production.
You either watch it on illegal services to not give a penny to them, or you don't. At the end of the day, the kdrama will air all its episodes.
SK is not there yet when it comes to LGBT representation. They are not even there when it comes to representation of women either, it's like misogyny is not a thing over there when you watch kdramas, it's all lalaland, but we know how bad it really is for korean women.
One of the cast member is literally a sex offender, look at him still getting roles.
SK might not have a ban on SS couples, but it's not a really pro LGBT country either, so the straight washing is not surprising. Only small productions do it and it's because they've seen how much money BL fetichism does Thailand make. Fetichism that a lot of people here don't seem to care about btw, but that's another subject.
Anyway, no need to fight, the story won't change. You either watch it, or you don't.
She fell in love with him when he was 19. They date a bit when he was 20. Idc that it was because they confessed in 2024, when she went back he was still 20. It's the same thing.
Honestly I get wanting to escape reality and all but they try too hard to make the male lead perfect and knowing how korean men are, but more generally how men are, it becomes too unrealistic and I can't get in the story.
I hope BWS will go for more vilain roles in the future, but more importantly morally grey main lead role. Give me some anti hero trope, please 😭