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I loved Byeon Woo-Seok in Lovely Runner, and have eagerly been awaiting his next drama. I don’t wanna shame people based on their looks, and I might be wrong, but is it just me or is he looking a little too smooth and plump, like a baby??😭 without being able to tell for sure, it looks like going a bit overboard w the botox/fillers, which really distracts me a lot. i feel like i have noticed them going overboard esp in male actors??? just want to emphasize that this is not me hating on him, and i might be 100% wrong, but its a shame if they feel pressure to overdo it

me too!! it’s so annoying. miss the 16-20 episode runs. esp the dramas airing on disney have been notorious

some of us just be yearners like that😭😭

tbh i thought that pregnancy line was just a bad translation for c-section scar lmao, and then i kind of forgot about it in time for when they showed how she gave birth. tbh, ive never heard anyone speak about such a thing as a pregnancy line where im from. its KIND of giving the same pseudoscientific patriarchal vibe as virginity checks where they check if the «hymen» is «intact» (aka it varies from person to person how it looks, not depending on if u have been intimate)

this was reeeeally slow start to for me. i think i tried watching the fist ep on and off for one month lmao; partly bc im finding myself in a big kdrama slump, but also bc i feel like the good shows are far and few between currently so i set my expectations accordingly. either way, am i glad i managed to make it past the first ep!! this tv show truly has amazing characters and acting, and highlights the situation of marginalized groups in korea in a way that feels natural. itaewon class is the only one i have seen attempt this in a serious manner before, and its been a while since that came out. what REALLY stands out to me here tho, is that these topics are not raised in a clumsy and insensitive way. even in itaewon class there were some moments where i was like yikes😐 but i feel like this one holds up in terms of discussing these topics in an emphatic and more respectful manner, while also showcasing opinions that are unfortunately very prevalent in society

i saw this pic and naively thought: is this finally a sapphic korean drama……

i havent watched the two last eps, but imo this is def not an 8. some great characters and funny moments, insane chemistry between the main couple. the two first episodes really caught me by surprise. HOWEVER, it went downhill from there and idk if it was just me, but the extensive use of slomo and unnecessary filler moments? i constantly had the remote in my hand so this would be a bit more efficient (I usually never do that??)

im very curious as to how hyun bin’s japanese is?? is he supposed to be one of those koreans that emigranted to japan before wwii?

hyun bin’s charisma is acc insane. he is def living up to his hype

where can I watch this? I’m in Norway, and it’s not available on Viki in my region nor on prime??

wooow jung hae in’s acting in this? for me, this is acc one of my top performances by a male actor. his expressions carried so much. both pain, longing, sorrow, regret, shame, innocence, love, happiness, often managing two convey two conflicting emotions at the same time. ouf this performance really hit me right in the heart

pls give us some more of um tae goo!! they gave us a pic of him in this ep, it’s so mean😭😭

it was so tender and beautiful, wooow!! i sincerely hope this wont be the only scene

they have to make some explanation of that one fictional country and tie it back to real countries, bc all the other ones are real countries?? if they dont it will be a gaping plot hole

this is a case where the numbers add little value cuz as @ivy pointed out there are iraqis living outside iraq lmao. and considering the global iraqi diaspora makes out 3 to 5 million people with at least 1 million in the west, the data says very little. the only data that would have been of value is to see what percentage of 1-star reviews mention iraq

chile…. anyways, didn’t know Europe was a country?? or did u live in the many separate
parts of Europe. I think the term ur looking for is the West - Western Europe? cuz I’m assuming u didn’t live in one of the European muslim-majority countries? or wartorn Ukraine? or Romania?? this comment is wild, bc it’s like me saying “Why are Asians so [insert negative characteristics here]” bc I lived in Lebanon for a hot sec. meanwhile the only thing Lebanon and Japan have in common is that they’re both in the continent Asia😭😭 people are so exhausting with their small mindedness. there are a lot of good people in Western Europe too for the record. bc who built those governments? the people. if the people sucked as much as u say here, they wouldn’t have built governments that aspire to protect the weakest

u want someone who looks like they’re fresh outta the military playing a role like this?😭

went on imdb to check something and was surprised to see a 6 rating. realized it was bc iraqis who were having a collective effort and giving it 1s. while i dont appreciate the orientalism and laziness of using iraq as a place so dangerous to set up the ML’s superior credentials in high risk situations; it’s nothing compared to how they present the US?? they present it as a country who would send assassins to south korea to kill a presidential candidate lmao. it seems insane, but 100% they’ve done stuff like this and meddled in elections in the past (and probably in the present too in global south). if something, the iraq mention is laziness, while the picture painted of the US is actual critique of their real world conduct. also, it becomes very clear very fast that this is set in a fictional world order where things developed differently. and honestly? it would be even worse if they used a place of active conflict as opposed to iraq to set up the ML’s experience

the way i audibly gasped when i saw that familiar side profile of the North Korean leader. hope we’ll see (and hear lmao) more of um tae goo in this drama🥹

yeess, that was my impression as well. that she spoke it better. did i hear accurately in the last episode that esp the actor who plays the guy with the long hair was trying to speak korean w a chinese accent?😭 how did that go?? lmao