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LOL this made me laugh. It really was way too bizarre like there was was more chemistry in my glass of water than there was between those two in that bed scene.

Oh nooooo looks like there is noble idiocy and dumpster fire miscommunication tropes on the horizon for episode 13

Hahaha omg agreed

Hello everyone. I mentioned it earlier but since my expectations were so high and the disappointment so steep, it really motivated me to write fanfic for Ji Hyeok and Da Rim. Ep 9 onwards! LOL
https://archiveofourown.org/works/75635331/chapters/197796646

Enjoy! Will add more chapters as the show progresses 👍

Yes! I was thinking this the whole time. I mean Ji Hyeok is supposed to be an expert at litigation (which is what I think his job is? Because he doesn’t actually specify what his profession is except for “Mergers and Acquisitions”), his degree and education SHOULD have been in law for him to do corporate level mergers… and to see him behave like that just is bizarre and weird. Like, the entire Dynamic Kiss universe is so unbelievable, even for a romedy, the character logic doesn’t follow. They are literally doing and saying things because “the writer wrote it this way” lmao

If I remember correctly, she began studying at Noryangjin because her ex boyfriend told her she had no prospects. That was why. Not because she wanted to do well in life, but because her ex was a dick and Da Rim wanted revenge?

That probably should have been the first red flag for me as far as tempering my expectations for a sensual and emotionally mature show but once again, I was really sailing the hype boat lol serves me right.

Honestly, I think my expectations were way too high. At ep10 I can just feel the ennui setting in as the show starts checking off all the typical tropes, from the toxic cliche, to the infantile machismo between ML and SML, the female protag who is basically a modernized cute little Mary Sue. Why is her self esteem so bad? Why couldn’t she find work? Throughout her 20s?! She seems very adept at work?who knows why Da Rim is the way she is or why she does things. And the romance… fuelled and sustained only by Jang Ki Yong’s excellent Byronic Hero style pining and very little else.

It’s not ~bad~ but I think I was way too excited to see JKY be in another romcom after My Roommate is a Gumiho, but that show was on a whole other level. Like, this show doesn’t even compare.

Ok plot hole or not it was supremely entertaining and most importantly, non-toxic. I didn’t come here for a tightly written narrative, I wanted all the right feelings at the right time and they did that really well. Sit back, relax, turn your brain off let the feels wash over you.

Wow episode 9 really loses any sense of plot coherency LOL

I guess the emotional thread kinda sorta follows through? Idk I’ve divested from my attachment to any and all characters in the show so I don’t think even the emotional aspect really holds any water.

Hello! I wrote an analysis for Weak Hero and some themes I thought were relevant to the show. Please have a read! : D Please note: its an analysis so they were will be spoilery bits. Although I don't think its too revealing.

https://candidllama.tumblr.com/post/788474424443715584/weak-hero-and-the-language-of-violence

I honestly love PBG and I tried so hard but I can’t take cop dramas seriously, nor the glorification of state sanctioned violence. I just couldnt turn my brain off enough to enjoy it. Why can’t we have police dramas where the police are just happy to help people find their wallets or cross the street? Idk. ACAB forreals

Thank you! I enjoyed writing it! : )

I wrote a review but I also wanted to share a comparison I did and an analysis of the tropes prevalent in both Hongrang and Mr. Plankton! I thought they were super fun to compare so please enjoy reading it : )
https://candidllama.tumblr.com/post/786288763610578944/dear-hongrang-mr-plankton-and-a-new-age-teen

PS: Please note, there are spoilers.

I was hoping she was preggo at the end too. They really should have given us that emotional send off at the very least. I was mildly disappointed by the end ngl.

I'm not one to say this often but this series would have benefitted from a 16 ep run. The editing/directing to get the plot moving at the pace they needed to made the whole experience really janky. Despite all that though, I love it. Even the slightly messed up pseudo-sibling love romance but I love me a messed up forbidden romance, so it's really an acquired taste. The OST is stellar, the mood and lighting is absolutely sublime. My only issue was the pacing.

This comment made me laugh so hard. Thank you.

None of these are questions lol

Nah. Eve is going to abstain because sex without marriage would be improper, but they’re going to magically steal her eggs anyway because that’s what they do now. Steal eggs and sperm and somehow that is not a human rights issue with anyone else. THEN they’re going to bungle it up and suddenly Kang Kang Su’s sperm and Eve’s egg will make a baby which will end up in Dr. Na’s uterus which then she will be forced to carry to term because women should give birth as nature and god has willed it.

I had this thought too! Once again, I think this has been peddled by some very rich pro-lifers so Eve being Eve in space checks out.

They literally made her feel bad, look like a shitty human for following the baseline ethics in science.

I recommend you do some reading into this as I won’t be able to condense all the information very well into a MDL comment section lol.
But generally speaking, it’s a bunch of people who believe that fetal cells are human and ab0rti0n is morally wrong, regardless of the circumstances in which the fetus was conceived. On the other side of the pro-life spectrum is Pro-Choice, which honors women’s rights and their choice in giving birth or not. It’s a very nuanced debate, highly controversial and this show absolutely has NO nuance and NO critical thought. I mean, tbh, I would not be surprised if the Vatican sponsored this drama to push their agenda lol.