metrikfire

omg finally. Yes I am here too. I'm going to watch it just so I can cringe. But maybe I'll be able to acclimatize to it by sheer force of will or something. At least that's the hope.

Just read that summary and I gotta say... what on earth lmao

This may change later, but the pilot episodes for this show are pretty milquetoast. It’s hard to pinpoint exactly what falls flat in the beginning, but I realized it later into the second episode that it’s the script. The writing is extremely… on the nose. A crapload of exposition and very little “discovery” for the audience. Whatever Eun Ho thinks or feels, she says it out loud. Same with the other characters. The script isn’t organic. But idk. Things might change. Sometimes really strong shows that start really well end up in this end of the blandly plot pushing spectrum so maybe the opposite can be true as well.

Very polished and slick storytelling, cinematography and general direction. It was really well put together. Did NOT an appreciate the cultural appropriation of the tatreez in episode 6 by “the bad guys”. Like wtf is it with these people taking other people’s cultural clothes and making a political statement out of it. Ignorant and uneducated.

Anyway, other than that, Lee Dong Wook was pure eye candy loved that, at the very least.

It's because it started out really high and enouggh people haven't changed their ratings for it to dip low. Everything from ep 11 onwards was a flaming dumpster pile

I came here straight from Dynamite Kiss to say that this show has way more snap and excitement than DK and I freaking LOVE AND ADORE Kim Se Jong and Kang Tae Oh oh my god they are so good together more chemistry than whatever they’re doing over at DK forreals.

I agree. It is the fault of the director-editor team. The edits/cuts are random and mistimed, the set up for romance is lame. Pacing and dialogue has also gotten awkward/janky. Either the director-editor team got changed or they suddenly forgot to do their jobs. Either way, it's not good lol

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.