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Lmao you're definitely not. You would have pulled that card at the get go to try and validate your point in one of the many comments you've left on this drama.

It's finally starting to be subbed on Viki! I am very excited to watch

She's really grown into her own. She's beautiful in this drama

You're not Arab so you don't have a right to request or deny an apology as it's not your culture. If you're a fan of the show that's one thing and I'm not saying you or anyone has to or should boycott it, but the way so many of you are going around and slamming people for being genuinely upset is pretty gross.

Of course, to say that such behavior is nonexistent is rather silly. People from any culture aren't only one way, there is bound to be good and bad everywhere.

There's no way to tell yet. Dramas have been cancelled in the past for offending the audience (Joseon Exorcist). But I doubt this drama will face any actual ramifications. If it's not from a "trendy" culture or country, no one gives a shit.

It's okay I appreciate the response. I guess my argument would be though is that it's actual Arab people who are upset about this and us foreigners who are neither Korean or Arab don't really have any stakes in this. We don't understand if or how it is offensive because it's specific to their culture. Sure, anomalies may exist. But I think the people upset at such a portrayal are justified.

Another issue is the hypocrisy with it being a Korean drama portraying another culture in a such a generalized/offensive light. Korean netizens are notoriously sensitive and aggressive when it comes to defending their culture. If another country were to make a drama or movie and portrayed Koreans in a similar way, there would definitely be boycott and international fans would white knight them.

"Rules for thee but not for me" is how I'm seeing this and I don't think that's right.

Thank you for the civil response though, I'm genuinely interested in other people's perspectives on this.

I'm not 100% sure what your point is so correct me if I'm misunderstanding. But a government banning lgbt media is not the same as fans being offended for a racist portrayal no? I don't think they should be compared.

China? They totally ban lgbt media. They've even recently cracked down on men just looking androgynous in the media. What was the last Chinese drama you watched that was bl or gl that had an actual kiss or any skinship whatsoever? Then compare that to the skinship in hetero romances.

Just as a note, I have not watched this drama and I'm not sure if I will with all things considered. People upset are honestly justified. I saw someone else say that Koreans would be extremely offended if a Korean person was being represented in this way and they're absolutely correct. K-netizens would be OUTRAGED if it was the other way around.

Again, I haven't seen it. Maybe it isn't actually that bad. But if Korean people were being depicted this way in another country's drama, they would totally boycott it. And I have a feeling all of the international fans of this drama would boycott as well. But for some reason it's okay when Korean dramas do this?

No chance in hell this is happening 😭

Her dimples omg she's so cute

Little girl and grandma had me Kim K ugly crying

"i swear i have taste" lmaoooo. You have serious dedication, I'll give you that 😭

I remember really loving this drama when it aired but I'm rewatching it and the ML makes it very difficult to watch. Boy cannot act to save his life and the dubber is very jarring when it seems like the other actors are using their actual voices. He makes Hu Yitian look like a veteran actor in comparison.

I've been looking through the comments and you're the only person with the same opinion as me. It's so frustrating to watch. I get they're teenagers but they're being so idealistic and entitled. Like, they're expecting their parents to pay for them to have a place to live and help them raise their kid. Their whole plan of "oh I'll work ten hours a day and you can still go to a top university" is so stupid. If he's working ten hours a day who's going to be taking care of the baby? They're both being extremely stupid and it's annoying to watch. And you're so right about the "romantic" light it's all being shown in. It's like some stupid pro-life Christian movie. It's also getting a ridiculous amount of screentime. I'm tempted to just skip past all of their parts, but I'm annoyed because I liked watching their dads.

I know I've truly grown up because man do I hate these teenagers for what they're putting their parents through. Their plotline is making me so angry and it's taking up way too much time.

Edit: I'm on ep 8 now and I hate them even more. I'm skipping all of their scenes now instead of dropping the whole drama.

No clue. I never hold my breath on Chinese dramas. Tencent just dropped The Longest Promise after holding onto it for years so who knows.

Strongly disagree about it only being C-dramas, but yes. Ratings are super inflated on this site for average and bad dramas.

Edit: Ok not to be that person but you literally gave Flower of Evil a 10. Flower of Evil was the most mid drama with a terrible last episode but it has a crazy high rating because of people handing out tens all over the place. The problem isn't C-drama lobbying, it's biased fans for dramas from all countries.

Majority of xianxias have toxic characters lmao. TMOPB is what most xianxias copy so I suggested they watch it and see the hype. Also, Yang Mi is not the best actress, but TMOPB is still her best work.