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yeah... the pacing for character development and romance made it almost impossible for me to care. they have spent too much time on her being childish for the quick change later, and she was too unsure about her feelings - it took 3/4th of the show before she started to even consider she might like him.

Episode 8 was probably the weakest up till now - it completely lacked direction.

They touched on a few issues, but nothing was truly THE focus of the ep, so it all just felt like a filler. I think they could have made Na Kang Nam potentially leaving a 2 episodes type of a deal, so it would overlap with the scouting offer Seok Ji Hyung got. It would make his role in that incident more complicated, as he would be part of the potential switching companies. It would make the conflict more interesting and even more big/important...

Poome issue kind of... started and went nowhere. How come Joon Young did not tell about it anyone in the webtoon team is beyond me. This is a serious issue.

I also kind of dislike how no one pays true attention to Shin Dae Ryuk's state. He is not just introverted guy, he has serious issues...

This show was for sure nothing new in terms of Chinese costume dramas. Most are same old tropes and stories and it comes down to how well they were executed. Here, it was not that good, especially in pt 2.

pt 1 felt more like a family drama, but they completely changed the tone in pt2 and the transition was just not done well...

I'm emotionally tired after each episode, but in a good way.

What I liked about this 4th episode was the few scenes with the doctor. He does have a point in criticising Seo Yeon Joo. In her behavior she does put her volunteering job ahead of her duties as a nurse. Others are not part of the medical staff, they do not need to care nor worry about the clash of roles they have. With her tho, it is a different story. Sometimes what she is suppose to do as a nurse and what she is suppose to do as a volunteer is not the same.

In the previous situations, while he was against the granting wishes as a concept, he still allowed it, because it did not really affect the patient in a negative way. Whenever someone dies in a hospital bed or in their past house medically speaking makes no difference.

But with Se Hee it is different. They are asking him to administrate medication so she can push through the performance, potentially die. So they are asking him to assist her with potentially dying, to fulfill her wish. And as a doctor, I think it is something he should be able to not comply with. One could say it's similar to assisted suicide, but it's not. She does not want to die earlier because of her pain. She wants to perform and does not care if the consequence might be her death.

Another thing I like about this drama is how technically Kyeo Re is learning how to deal with death (be it with his dog being ill, his conversations with Yeon Joo, interactions with patients), but the truth is, he is learning how to live, how to care, feel emotions, make connections and relationships with people.

Overall, for now a solid drama.

You know what it is? Trash entertainment. It is, what it is.
As long as a show does not try to be more than trashy entertainment, does not try to pretend to be serious, touch serious topics - I'm gonne watch, laugh and enjoy it.

The issue I had with most Mame's stories in the past is the fact she tried to make more out them than just cheap entertainment. She unskillfully added some serious topics, which were grounding the shows more in reality. But at the same time she was not addressing the problematic toxic stuff in it. So it was sending mixed messages - on one had it's "just a drama that should not be taken seriously, so there is no issue with some toxic things", on the other hand it introduced issues that cannot be just taken as a fun simple entertainment.

So, as long as this show will keep to the "over the top, toxic romance" that can be entertaining, I'm fine. And yes, I have a double standard here. Attempted AS is obviously a serious topic too. I guess because the toxic dominant relationship is such a wildly used fantasy in media, and it's undeniable people enjoy watching it, it's hard for me to not see the levels of how it's shown and what I can accept and what is a complete red flag.

Like here, the scene in the bedroom - real life obviously awful. Drama wise? Did not mind it as much because of the "context" aka we knew what Rain was thinking, and Phayu did stop after like 2 kisses on the neck. If it went further, that would be a drop for me.

I know some people say it's slow, but for me, with some dramas and some topics we need to dwell on the emotions and messages a little bit longer. I feel like this drama lets the topics breath a little bit, which encourages me to think about them a little bit more myself.

Personally I loved episode 7. They were able to close one side plot with Dong Hee, while also use it to develop On Ma Eum as a character. Dong Hee never felt like just a background for her, but he also did feel like a part of the overall plot. That's rather skilful presentation. Too many times side plots are completely separated from the main cast, or they feel like a filler with little content that serves the purpose to ONLY support the main cast.

I feel like it was rather painful episode. Especially when Dae Ryuk told Dong Hee how he liked his webtoon and understood the concept. I could not stop myself for thinking - what if he heard these words few days earlier. What if he got the analysis from Ma Eum few days earlier - would it change anything? At the same time they clearly showed that he does not regret his decision, that he feels liberated from his dream and ready to start new chapter of his life.

There is tho one complaint I have about the show - extremely dramatic previews. It's ridiculous. They made it look semi-makjang, but when the episode happens, most of the drama is resolved right away, or does not really cause that much issue. I know that most dramas use this tactic to make viewers check next episode, but they are doing it on a whole new level 🤣

to be honest, i don't even pay that much attention to family relations unless they indicate they are important. Here, all I had to know which one are her brothers so i did not even notice we saw 2nd and 3rd, but not the 1st 🤣

That's... Quite unprofessional 😂

If Bu Yi told Emperor the truth, he would allow it... BY literally has hidden his identity for years and did everything behind everyone's back. Emperor found out about the truth literally after BY killed his uncle.

The Emperor was so painfully biased towards BY, as long as he told him the truth, showed him the birth mark to prove his identity, the Emperor would probably not have any issues with executing the uncle and allowing the investigation.

I mean, when they gave that info at the end of the episode that the cliff scene was all cgi and props and no horse was hurt. We knew, the green screen was awful 🙃

I feel like I'm in minority of people being greatly disappointed with pt 2.
I feel like they had some major pacing issues.

The thing is, I'm not really interested in the yet again person with ASD with savant like abilities representation. It might be the best take on that minority group among people with ASD, but it's still more or less the only positive representation that's been done quite a number of time and gets boring...

That's why I said the ASD aspect of the show is not the selling point for me, that's not what I would find refreshing or appealing.

I am sorry, but there is so many dramas that start airing, more or less new drama every day (since I don't only watch Korean productions), it would be impossible for me to watch all the show to form the opinion 🤣

I'm not pre-conditioned to dislike the show. I saw good points, which might have been amazing for some people, but were not selling points for me. And I saw few criticism that were not debunked by anyone. With that in mind, I formed an opinion that the show will most likely not be for me. Since dramas are only a piece of entertainment, this quick evaluation seems fair.

Thank you so much for the whole conversation 😊
Have a great day :)

I definitely like the show that make me want to discuss them with others and think about the messages and points it's tries to make. I think the thing I dislike the most, when dramas technically talk about serious topics but without the proper care.

Oh my taste is a complete mess. For example, highest rated shows from me this year:
> Juvenile Justice (harsh reality, gray characters, more on the painful sad reality, but needed to be told, with hopeful but realistic conclusion).
> Through the Darkness (character driven, twist to the typical profiler stories that focuses on the psychopaths. Here is focus was how profiling can affect the actual profiler).
> Semantic Error (real sweet completely romance focused short BL to make me happy).
> Hikaru no Go (youth sport drama, focused on the slow character development and striving to improve, wish great cast of supporting characters).
> Blueming (technically a romance show, but deals a lot with insecurities)
> Twenty-Five Twenty-One (realistic approach to first love and overall teen years)
> The Killer's Shopping List (dark crime comedy with some well tackled serious issues).
> Bloody Heart (character driven historical that focuses on the court politics)

I don't mean "fix it all" plot wise, but criticism to the show wise. If people complain about the lack of character development, the replies are - but YW had character development. If someone criticizes how ML lacked individuality and was poorly written, people say: but he was just a supporting characters, and YW was the main. As if just YW being well written was enough for the drama to be amazing, and all the other issues are irrelevant.

Small correction, I have psychological not medical background (the neuropsychology might be misleading, I know 🤣).

Move to Heaven has been on my ptw, I'm waiting for the right mood to watch it in one go😊

That's because you are replying to things I never said. I never said I want him to have as much depth and development as FL. I said I want ANY. The only way people describe him is "nice and supporting". That's less than what you would good from NPC in games. I expect all characters to be well written, you are fine with just FL being well written. That's the difference.

JongHo should be an individual character aside from his relationship with FL. That's my point. I don't give a fuck about their romance ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ As far as I know there could be no romance, and they could put that screen time into developing him into anything more than just a filler character.

You have issues, because you put some weird world view point into what I said, adding hidden meanings I never put myself.

Perfect example of female driven story that had MLs mostly as the love interested, BUT STILL managed to give them the individuality and personal motivations, and any type of personality - Search: WWW. It's possible, EAW just failed to do that. You can ignore it, I find it frustrating.

And that would be the last reply I am willing to write, because up till now, you misrepresented majority of things I said ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Nie mogę się wypowiadać na temat fabuły, bo nie widziałam dramy, ale jedyne komentarze które widziałam na temat Joon Ho to to, że jest miły i wspiera Young Woo. To dla mnie za mało. Jak dla mnie, dramy są często tak dobre, jak dobrze napisane są postacie wspierające itp. Jest wiele dram, które dają radę przedstawić postaci poboczne w interesujący sposób, a nie tylko jako tło dla głównej.

I znowu, to jest typowa sytuacja gdy każdy szuka czegoś innego - dla mnie takie cukierkowe przestawienie nie daje miłego odczucia, że świat jest jednak fajny, a raczej bardziej nasilają kontrast między tym co w dramie a jak wygląda rzeczywistość.