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A very very promising start

They are not just virgins,
they are tall, handsome, rich, successful, treat the woman they love like a queen and have 8 pack abs..
Some of them are even CEO's..

only downside is that they all have trauma that affects their interactions with women - always.

right about the FL as well.

but the drama does not even mention FL proximity to men or her past dalliances even once.
In fact, her whole demeanor is one of being a normal woman who goes to clubs, enjoys dancing with men etc etc..

ML on the other hand, in every episode at least 10 times, we get confirmation of how virgin he is from everyone around him.
Young master never looked at girls,
he never dated anyone in his life,
he does not even talk to women after sunset,
It's cringy watching drama with multiple people each episode confirming to viewers how pure the ML is...the dude never even clubbed.

Do you see the same kind of repeated confirmation of how pure the FL is in this drama?

Wok of love is another drama I liked.

Not ML
but the FL, writers just turned her into someone who is a doormat.

it;s called Cousin brothers,
If it was a girl, she would be his cousin SISTER.

And there is a reason one can't marry a cousin, because he would be a BROTHER..

The second half was better than the first
and the first half was damn good.

Between all the testosterone, the drama poses a lot of tough questions.

CH and CJO stole the show.

Both actors were phenomenal playing the roles.

Actor who played the ML should do more action roles. He has the body and acting chops to take on serious action roles and do them justice.

Exactly the point.

It's offensive when men do it women. Have no idea what happens in middle eastern countries but I think you are right about it. They can marry multiple women there and I can easily imagine the horrendous violence being perpetrated on women in those countries.

Point is, it should be offensive when it happens other way.

It's just like beating up women, it should never ever happen. A man who lays a finger on a woman in anger is not even a man.
But Kdramas and even Cdramas write scenes where the FL is absolutely giving a thrashing to ML and it shown as comedy.

Again, once in a while it's enjoyable to have a Virgin CEO dedicated to single woman in FL trope...
but when almost every drama is that trope, it is shitty writing.

I have no idea why you are so triggered about my comments to the point of insulting me but I will restrain myself in abusing you back.

but yeah, if you like story lines where the FL is having multiple partners and still expects a virgin man as her husband trope, good for you.

Dropping this.

The writers just turned the FL into complete moron.

She got molested by the 2ML.
And one call she jumps into his car and has a merry go around with him.

The writer must have some fantasy of getting of doing it with brothers but this is just too weird and defies common sense.
If the writer wants to give the FL a threesome with 2 brothers, just do it straight up.

the FL comes across as......shit

As long as it's gripping and done well, showing through actions and emotions can have a much greater impact, especially if the actors doing it are brilliant.

fact remains though, in these dramas we mostly see POV of FL and rarely ML.
In fact I doubt the writers are as much invested in fleshing out ML as they are with FL. That could be the main reason more than anything else.

Don't know why people call them love triangle?

If it's always FL and multiple men, it should be called harem for FL,
A love triangle implies it could be ML and multiple women including FL but they rarely are.

I would take back my comments if that ever happens in this drama.

In fact, ML's role will continue to remain as a support role to the FL.
This is the theme in a lot of romance Kdramas and the tone of this one is similar to all of those.

POV means thought process, instead of telling us what FL or ML feels, we get their thought process from first person point as to how they feel.

As an example, in episode 1 of 'My Demon', the FL goes into toilet and we get a POV of her thoughts.

I don't remember Castaway Diva giving ML a POV.

It's fun to make fun of shit like this and get a raise out of people defending this shit.

You mean there is a drama where the FL does not have an ex or a man chasing her and the ML has ex girlfriend and few other girls chasing him along with FL?

Why not share like 1 drama made this year with ML having an ex and FL never dating anyone.

It's raining virgin ML's in Kdramas and Cdramas this year.
And most important fact, all of them are extremely good looking, successful, rich. and very dedicated.
Oh wait, when they fart it smells like roses and lilies.

This is like the 100th Cdrama this year where the ML who has everything going for him but remains a virgin.

These Cdrama writers really really are determined to pair their experienced FL's with a virgin prince in each and every drama.

lol, even reading the description 'life long singleton' is cringe.
How do these writers write this shit with so much confidence?!

No.

There are very very few Kdrmas in romance genre with male POV.
None in last few years.

The writers simply can't or won't write ML's POV.

Wonderful post.

I have watched almost all dramas of the actors who play the ML and FL, both wonderful actors.

Just one point - I completely agree that people date when trying to move on after a break up. It's probably the most common occurrence in the world.
Heart broken people trying to find love is as old as love itself. It's common, natural and needs to happen.
If people don't try to find love after getting their heart broken, world would be a very sad place.

I guess the point i am making is that in Kdramas and Cdramas, most of the time the only making an effort to move on is the FL, while the ML stays put.
My biggest grouse is that this trope is the only genre in romance Kdramas, there are exceptions of course,
When more than 80% of romance dramas have the same ML and FL, it not a genre anymore...it's the only thing happening around.

The fact that people struggle to name few dramas, opposite just drives home the point I am making - that the writers are lazy and stupid.

As far as the dramas being light hearted and fun, I bet it would not be called such if the trope was reversed and it was ML who has lot of women in his life and the FL was ever only the ML. Now imagine hundreds of these dramas being made with ML having multiple women and Fl having only the ML, pining, chasing and waiting for him.

The reason we watch movies and dramas is because we like to be surprised.
Sometimes the story surprises you, sometimes the action, sometimes the fantasy elements and so on....but in romance genres none of them are present.
Unlike every other genre, romance is all about two people who eventually end up together. You want to be surprised by their characters and their journey.
That does not happen anymore in Kdramas. In episode 1, you know exactly what the ML and FL are. In some there would be an insanely sexy 2ML who be very very close to FL and in some there would be a bitchy 2FL who the ML never glances at.

I mean, come on, even my dog can come up with more variety in ML and FL than this.