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The portrayal of male friendship/rivalry is not queerbaiting. The drama is called "Four Hands" referring to two pianists playing the same piano, as shown in the poster/teasers.

The genre is not romance. It's a youth/music drama, where romance will just be one part (as it often is in a school setting). The drama does not have a "female lead"; it has two male leads (referred to in the drama title) with a third billed actress rounding out the main cast.

BL fans are (thankfully) a tiny minority that will have no effect on ratings on tvN or Netflix. They can "bomb ratings" on here and IMDb or whatever, but nobody cares about such immature antics. The insistence among BL fans/fujoshis that men can't be close friends is toxic.

Because the writer wrote a love triangle drama, which was then filmed, and is now being released. Viewers who don't like it are free to find something else to watch. 😉

This felt like a drama that never figured out what it actually wanted to be. It was marketed as a comedy, but it largely stopped being that after a couple of episodes. It was meant to be a romance, but it never really took off between the leads and felt like an afterthought. It didn't really work as a workplace drama either, nor did it have the depth or vibe to qualify as slice of life. It tried to be all of these things at different times, so that ultimately it didn't fully become anything. What are Korean writers doing lately?

Seems more relevant that it's by the Beyond Evil screenwriter considering the topic and genre of the drama, but of course they'd go with Hotel Del Luna in the headline after a certain breakup. 🤣

Ji Chang-wook has said publicly that The Scandal is releasing around Chuseok, which is why it's expected to get the Sept 18 slot. Mousetrap is already rated and has had its subtitles uploaded on the Netflix app, while The Scandal doesn't even have a poster yet. But we'll see.

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They’re also rivals. Plenty of things will come between them.

I can't imagine anyone honestly believing that. All the pictures, videos, chatlogs, and letters from his time in the military in his handwriting being "AI", sure. Him lying about ever being in a relationship with her, then later admitting it, and her choosing to end her life on his birthday, tells you everything you need to know about how she was treated by him.

It's entirely unsurprising that someone as powerful as him would be able to bury this. Especially in a country as rife with corruption among the powerful elite as Korea. So predictable.

There is nothing new here. It’s still in the Philippines, where every criminal can get work.

Normal people: Oh this drama's main plot is a trope I don't like, I'll skip it.

Love triangle haters: Oh this drama is centered around a love triangle! I'll watch it and complain about it loudly every week until it's over and then rate it a 1 and then find a new drama with a love triangle.

This isn't grabbing my attention at all plot-wise and I don't like the styling for either of the leads. Looking forward to seeing Jung Hae-in in something that isn't a romcom soon (and pls with short hair again).

Well the drama is finished, and Ha Young is the lead. I though Shin Ye-eun was underwhelming in Doctor on the Edge, so I hope she can do better in the upcoming drama with Park Bo-gum.

Kwak Dong-yeon is in this too
https://x.com/netflixkr/status/2075354311584862501

They’re calling him unc and saying they look like father and daughter because Boyoung looks younger than she is.

It’s so funny knetz are melting down over this pairing while internationals are excited

That’s what they do on most of these articles. Miserable people love to spread their misery around.

It’s obvious to everyone who’s not a fan of this man what happened. He denied even dating her at first. A blatant lie. When it became clear he couldn’t get away with it, he admitted to dating her *but* only when she was an adult of course (still grooming, still huge age gap, still power imbalance with his fame). And now we are supposed to believe all chat logs, all pictures, all videos, all letters he sent to her while in the military, were “faked”. That she uploaded that picture on IG and later chose to end her life on his birthday for “no reason”. The only reason he is going to get away with this is because he is a powerful man with powerful friends. Nothing else.

Finally something other than romance.

Other than a haunted palace they seem very different. This isn’t a comedy/romance for one. It’s action/horror. Haunted Palace also largely felt like a pretty standard historical drama, which this doesn’t at all to me based on the previews.

Yeah, that’s right