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Yeah, I've only read the first few chapters, and there's clearly a reason for her mutism, and based on the mothers and how they spoke , I feel it's something fucked.

I'm curious to if we will meet her stepsister/half-sister (I don't get full sister vibes) and if we do what role she plays.

But so happy that dramas are back. Ones that I'm rushing for the next episode. It's been a while.

I hate that the novel and webtoon are both not translated. The novel has Prologue + 6 chapters translated, while the webtoon has 3 chapters translated. Because I imagine some of the stuff will be watered down for TV and I imagine the novel in particular is even spicier.

But I can’t wait to see more of ML’s POV regarding his wife. Because the first ep showed something, but at the same time - in those 3 years he never bothered to learn sign language to communicate with his wife (when he talks to the UK Ambassador about his wife).

I think it’s clear that despite whatever he feels for his wife. He never had to change or do anything, and it’s not until now and he learns more about her, and realises there is another side he doesn’t see that will force him to change.

The first episode was great. It’s been a while since a kdrama has grabbed me, I’ve been in a slump cause only Perfect Marriage Revenge and Lovely Runner have stood out for me this year. And apart from Iron Family, there’s been no kdramas for me to watch. So I’m glad to add this on my list.

Just wish I could read the novel.

I never looked for the novel because I like going in unspoiled but perhaps it's somewhere in Korean and you can use google translate or deepl?

But yeah, I've had a great year with cdramas but kdramas have largely been lackluster. (PMR was actually 2023, that's how lackluster!) I've only loved Lovely Runner and Black Out this year. So this is quite exciting.

And yeah, he clearly likes her but he himself hasn't realized it and this is gonna drag him out of the rut.

The trailer shows him learning sign language. (But there is clearly more to her mutism, it's like she was ordered to be quiet, for some reason.)

THIS IS SO DELICIOUS!!!

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I watched Lesson in Love last year. I enjoyed it. Incredibly problematic but the chemistry is too good to ignore.

And the ML falls into what I call the Kerem Bursin group of high schoolers where they clearly look too old to be one but I don’t care.

Korea: student-teacher is out since 2005 and fakecest is out since 2015, sorry

China: fakecest hell no - no confessions or overt thoughts until they know they aren't related, student-teacher is our bread and butter but only in period settings.

Meanwhile Taiwan: we don't think modern day teacher and her underage student is spicy enough on its own, how about we make them think "we are siblings and who cares!"

I mean, they ain't siblings after all, but their willingness to go Borgia is appreciated!

Over in Japan:

So, as you can tell, I decided to check out Lesson in Love, twdrama starring the hottie assassin from Snowy Night and jdrama called (I kid you not) Falling High School Girl and Irresponsible Teacher.

Heh.

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I find kdramas can be a bit ableist when it comes to disabilities. I remember watching Lee Jehoon in an airport kdrama and I enjoyed it although the twist regarding his character did throw me and what I thought the show was about. But spoiler, we learn he’s disabled and paralysed but able to walk due to some fictional armour he wears that makes him walk and move like an abled person.

It threw me cause of the CGI and the robotic genre change. But the way the writers wrote his character regarding to how he felt about his disability and then the ending. It is problematic because it did come off that you can’t truly be happy unless you’re an abled person.

I think Iron Family maybe handled it slightly better and I’m curious to see what happened next for the characters because her blindness has only taken less of a third of the run. Whereas if it was 50 episodes, probably half. But yeah, I do hope they address this with Darim. That she doesn’t see him as an option because of their past and because she believes he’s only like that because she can now see.

And technically at this point - it’s true. Kangjoo doesn’t realise he likes her a lot and this has started before the operation.

But yeah, I think that’s my only main issue with the main couple going forward is that it looks like he only technically starts pursuing her once she can see again and “wouldn’t be a burden” and while their hook up was cute. I hope they address how he didn’t ring back and said he slept with her out of pity. Obviously he’s not a bad person. He’s immature and human. But hopefully that can be addressed, I feel like it makes sense with Darim’s character as well.

Hey, are you still watching Iron Family? How are you finding it? I'm enjoying it and the mains. My only gripe is the tackling of disability. Like I'm shocked and happy they they moved on from Darim's being blind and it's not taking up much of the weekend drama run. But I kinda wish that the MC developed before the operation. Obviously, we started seeing it a bit with the MC, though he's in denial. But it could've been more meaningful if he started actively pursuing her despite her disability. Hopefully, the writers address this. But I'm enjoying Kim Junghyun back on my screen. Touch wood that he'll get more lead roles out of this. Because there are some consistently book lead actors who are way below him talent wise.

I am and am loving it!!!!

It’s a good point about the pursuit versus disability - they did at least show him start liking her (that movie thruple date) but yeah.

And I am gonna join you in touching wood because he’s soooo good and deserves more roles.

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I was never a big republican era one. And as long as they don’t lean heavily into patriotism, I can enjoy them. But some of republicans dramas have some messy dynamics between the leads that I eat up of have some very 🔥 chemistry that lacks in other cdramas.

I guess Burak is a big name. I kinda want to check it out, but it’s been years since I enjoyed a Burak dizi. And I think I’m still kind icked out by the age of the female actress compared to him.

But I think that’s because I watched her as a kid in Ask Yeniden and in that same time period. He was playing a boss in Ask Laften Anlamaz (never saw it).

Maybe I wouldn’t have the same reaction if she wasn’t a child actor.

I think I might have to watch some old kdramas or rewatch ones I really liked back then.

I haven’t watched many cdramas this year compared to before. I miss republicans dramas.

I think dizis are doing a little better this year. Still not as good as how it was years back but better than last year. Although what’s interesting is a lot of the new dizis are featuring younger/newer actors as leads. Instead of big names or older actors. I think so far the only big names I can think of is Aras Bulent Iynemli and Murat Yildrim - maybe Ebru Sahin, maybe Alperen (but whether you consider him a big name is debatable) but there aren’t many of the regular name actor you see or hear.

I don’t know if that’s a good thing or not.

I want to check out Bir Gece Masali with Burak (so I guess a big name one) but that’s about it. Maaaaaybe Alperen’s drama. We shall see.

I am not a big Republican cdrama fan but they do still make some fun gonzo mini ones (all the proper length ones are patriotism and spies nowadays which is not my bag.)

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That’s the root of it all. Because it’s not hard to have small references to here and there about Lucky. There was a period Liz’s kids were offscreen - they could’ve said oh the kids are visiting their Dad. Or Lucky can’t visit because he had malaria or something.

But no. They continue the unreferenced narrative when quietly they were no longer Cameron Spencer, Jake Spencer and Aiden Spencer - because Lucky wanted to raise them as his own since their birth. But now were Webbers.

And that sucks because it just confirms the unofficial confirmation that Lucky ditched parenting because he’s not with Liz.

On a side note: the only pro to them being Webber is that Webber is one of the legacy families along with the Spencer’s, Baldwins and Quartermaines and it’s nice to see them sorta rebuilding the Webbers after 30+ years. Now they just need to work on Baldwins.

you know GH fans are mad when original actor comes back as a legacy character and no one cares dkjhdfkljflkfjlk

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I think the writers have really messed with Lucky and LnL2. Greg’s Lucky was very insecure when with Liz and used to prop Jason (they couldn’t be equals - he had to be inferior). But he shone with my girl Kelly.

I think JJ’s Lucky was meant to bring back a bit of light heartedness to the character, the “snark” but then you saw what happened.

The problem also with Lucky is Frank and co didn’t keep him on and recast him. They kept him offscreen. I think it’s made people dislike Lucky more because it made Lucky everything he hates - and eye whole narrative was him not wanting to end up like Luke only to do so.

you know GH fans are mad when original actor comes back as a legacy character and no one cares dkjhdfkljflkfjlk

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I think the oldies are happy.

For me I’m a sucker for when an actor has made it prime time (Nashville) and goes back to their roots in Daytime. The problem is, I think no one is invested because no one believes JJ will be on for long because of his previous stints. It does feel a bit waiting for the end date.

Also zero promotion has been made - not like when Steve returned in 2017 - and even that half assed video at the beginning of the year.

Then it gets overshadowed by Kelly’s firing - with the excuse of budget cuts - and the number of new stunt casting and JJ return…

Poor Lucky

you know GH fans are mad when original actor comes back as a legacy character and no one cares dkjhdfkljflkfjlk

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Looking at my old JaSam/Dream posts are wild because Frank and co have killed my shipper heart for JaSam. Like a part of me will still root cause of their peak. But the way he ruined the characters individually so they don’t work (and mainly Jason).

My position on Dream is still the same. But I’m easing up on what Killy created. But it was dead in the water as soon as Steve came back because not enough was spent built up on them to stand outside of Jason.

Also it’s fully seeing some former moots reply to the OG post. How are you @gemleilou? Still alive?

An average JaSam episode:

Current Episode:

Me:

The beginning of the next episode:

Sam to Jason:

Me:

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I may have found somewhere that has all or most of the Mischief Movie Night In episodes in full.

I’m going to check them all (that they work and are it). As I want to reminisce to simpler times.

I don’t know if there is still a mischief fandom on Tumblr? But how many would be interested if put them on google drive or something like that?

For record, I found them on a public domain if anyone is concerned. My intention is not to steal but to increase access for people.

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I recently discovered that there’s a Chinese remake of this. I don’t know how much they will adapt because the cast is younger (the men are portrayed as being in their 30s as opposed to 40s), so I would be highly surprised if they go the surprised kid route.

Also the fact it’s 40 episodes, I think the tone will be different. Less rom-com more drama.

But honestly, seeing the comments on MDL (because I’m always curious how remakes go) made me realise how lucky A Gentleman’s Dignity was to air at the time it did because the characters would have gotten obliterated (by foreign viewers). Because the comments are hating FL for her feelings for another guy. Hating on ML for not moving on. If AGD came out now…

I love how fearless and take-charge she is, and how she manages to somehow address each one of his worries and OMFG his eyes…I am pretty sure he won’t be able to resist and cling to his noble idiocy for much longer…

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Fuck me. I think I’m closer to Antarctica 🇦🇶 than Australia. Daylight or death?

go to this random coordinates generator and say in the tags how you would fare if you were dropped where it generates without warning. i’ll go first i’d be dropped in the middle of the fucking south atlantic ocean and perish

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Yeah, even the Summer shows haven’t clicked in years. There hasn’t been a hit for a while and I find comfort in some older 10s summer shows.

What’s your opinion on dramas where there is an apparent age gap between the leads.

Personally I think writers do well with noona romance kdramas. Of course chemistry between leads matters as much as the writing. The other way round, older guy and younger woman is harder to achieve but I do see it occasionally if the characters look the same age or if the writing is EXCELLENT (not just good) it may work again.

But I have had issues with Turkish dramas pulling it off. Why don’t they cast people around the same age. I hadn’t realized HOW MUCH younger Asiye was than doruk.

And the fact that I’ll see an actress as a teenager in one show and in the next, she’s cast against a guy in his 30s

It’s just a personal thing of mine, I’m sure everyone has their own opinions about it but I am curious to hear yours

In Kardeşlerim two characters are around the same age, the couple itself doesn't represent age gap romance. Whereas the aim of noona romances is to show that age gap isn't an obstacle for two people to have feelings for each other and older single women who usually are labelled by society as not suitable for marriage and childbearing can have romance and find their true love at later ages.

So the feelings are different, there isn't any similarty between these.

If you ask my thoughts on the age gap between the actors in a tv show whose aim isn't to tell an age gap romance story, I can say yeah, it depends on writing and chemistry. Tbh we always call chemistry but tv show is just a product. Our personal preferences, likings make us choose what we want to watch. So "chemistry" is more like an ability (acting?, writing?, physical features of actors? a mix of these? I don't know, there isn't any definition) to sell the show or couple. Some find a couple looking good together and some don't. If the majority enjoy it, then it means they are good at selling the show. But still, you can't put a 50 year old actor next to a 20 year old actress and wait for people root for them. No matter what they show their ages. I am talking about lesser age gaps.

Of course some people look younger or a good make up can make a difference. Korean dramas can pull it off thanks to that. In Turkiye, you need to be more careful for the same reason and also acting and writing is not as good as in kdramas. So in the end it's all about how you market your story, how you write your characters and how the actors play the characters.

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I’m still waiting for a good dizi to pull me back. Right now I see some with actors like like and plots that are okay. Like they are interesting but familiar but nothing is making me want to immediately watch it.

What’s your opinion on dramas where there is an apparent age gap between the leads.

Personally I think writers do well with noona romance kdramas. Of course chemistry between leads matters as much as the writing. The other way round, older guy and younger woman is harder to achieve but I do see it occasionally if the characters look the same age or if the writing is EXCELLENT (not just good) it may work again.

But I have had issues with Turkish dramas pulling it off. Why don’t they cast people around the same age. I hadn’t realized HOW MUCH younger Asiye was than doruk.

And the fact that I’ll see an actress as a teenager in one show and in the next, she’s cast against a guy in his 30s

It’s just a personal thing of mine, I’m sure everyone has their own opinions about it but I am curious to hear yours

In Kardeşlerim two characters are around the same age, the couple itself doesn't represent age gap romance. Whereas the aim of noona romances is to show that age gap isn't an obstacle for two people to have feelings for each other and older single women who usually are labelled by society as not suitable for marriage and childbearing can have romance and find their true love at later ages.

So the feelings are different, there isn't any similarty between these.

If you ask my thoughts on the age gap between the actors in a tv show whose aim isn't to tell an age gap romance story, I can say yeah, it depends on writing and chemistry. Tbh we always call chemistry but tv show is just a product. Our personal preferences, likings make us choose what we want to watch. So "chemistry" is more like an ability (acting?, writing?, physical features of actors? a mix of these? I don't know, there isn't any definition) to sell the show or couple. Some find a couple looking good together and some don't. If the majority enjoy it, then it means they are good at selling the show. But still, you can't put a 50 year old actor next to a 20 year old actress and wait for people root for them. No matter what they show their ages. I am talking about lesser age gaps.

Of course some people look younger or a good make up can make a difference. Korean dramas can pull it off thanks to that. In Turkiye, you need to be more careful for the same reason and also acting and writing is not as good as in kdramas. So in the end it's all about how you market your story, how you write your characters and how the actors play the characters.

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Ozcan was the first one I spotted it, but then I noticed an increasingly alarming pattern in recent years.

I forgot about Omer. I’ve not watched it. I remember seeing some gifs and clips of the sister, because I like Merve Dizdar in Masumlar Apartmani. And it was her and some chef.

But never gone round to actually watch it.

What’s your opinion on dramas where there is an apparent age gap between the leads.

Personally I think writers do well with noona romance kdramas. Of course chemistry between leads matters as much as the writing. The other way round, older guy and younger woman is harder to achieve but I do see it occasionally if the characters look the same age or if the writing is EXCELLENT (not just good) it may work again.

But I have had issues with Turkish dramas pulling it off. Why don’t they cast people around the same age. I hadn’t realized HOW MUCH younger Asiye was than doruk.

And the fact that I’ll see an actress as a teenager in one show and in the next, she’s cast against a guy in his 30s

It’s just a personal thing of mine, I’m sure everyone has their own opinions about it but I am curious to hear yours

In Kardeşlerim two characters are around the same age, the couple itself doesn't represent age gap romance. Whereas the aim of noona romances is to show that age gap isn't an obstacle for two people to have feelings for each other and older single women who usually are labelled by society as not suitable for marriage and childbearing can have romance and find their true love at later ages.

So the feelings are different, there isn't any similarty between these.

If you ask my thoughts on the age gap between the actors in a tv show whose aim isn't to tell an age gap romance story, I can say yeah, it depends on writing and chemistry. Tbh we always call chemistry but tv show is just a product. Our personal preferences, likings make us choose what we want to watch. So "chemistry" is more like an ability (acting?, writing?, physical features of actors? a mix of these? I don't know, there isn't any definition) to sell the show or couple. Some find a couple looking good together and some don't. If the majority enjoy it, then it means they are good at selling the show. But still, you can't put a 50 year old actor next to a 20 year old actress and wait for people root for them. No matter what they show their ages. I am talking about lesser age gaps.

Of course some people look younger or a good make up can make a difference. Korean dramas can pull it off thanks to that. In Turkiye, you need to be more careful for the same reason and also acting and writing is not as good as in kdramas. So in the end it's all about how you market your story, how you write your characters and how the actors play the characters.

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My issue with age gaps and dizis is that it’s always the men paired with younger women.

And it’s trend that highlights the sexism in the industry because you can have a male leading actor that’s been in leading roles for years while the female leading actors change more. Because newer younger actresses are cast against much older male leads.

And there are some actors who are consistently cast against younger female actresses and the gaps are getting wider and wider - I’m looking at Ozcan Deniz, the biggest “guilty” party of it and I struggle to believe the female leads would be attracted to him. And the chemistry is rarely there with him.

Now give me a dizi where the woman is older than the man…

What’s your opinion on dramas where there is an apparent age gap between the leads.

Personally I think writers do well with noona romance kdramas. Of course chemistry between leads matters as much as the writing. The other way round, older guy and younger woman is harder to achieve but I do see it occasionally if the characters look the same age or if the writing is EXCELLENT (not just good) it may work again.

But I have had issues with Turkish dramas pulling it off. Why don’t they cast people around the same age. I hadn’t realized HOW MUCH younger Asiye was than doruk.

And the fact that I’ll see an actress as a teenager in one show and in the next, she’s cast against a guy in his 30s

It’s just a personal thing of mine, I’m sure everyone has their own opinions about it but I am curious to hear yours

In Kardeşlerim two characters are around the same age, the couple itself doesn't represent age gap romance. Whereas the aim of noona romances is to show that age gap isn't an obstacle for two people to have feelings for each other and older single women who usually are labelled by society as not suitable for marriage and childbearing can have romance and find their true love at later ages.

So the feelings are different, there isn't any similarty between these.

If you ask my thoughts on the age gap between the actors in a tv show whose aim isn't to tell an age gap romance story, I can say yeah, it depends on writing and chemistry. Tbh we always call chemistry but tv show is just a product. Our personal preferences, likings make us choose what we want to watch. So "chemistry" is more like an ability (acting?, writing?, physical features of actors? a mix of these? I don't know, there isn't any definition) to sell the show or couple. Some find a couple looking good together and some don't. If the majority enjoy it, then it means they are good at selling the show. But still, you can't put a 50 year old actor next to a 20 year old actress and wait for people root for them. No matter what they show their ages. I am talking about lesser age gaps.

Of course some people look younger or a good make up can make a difference. Korean dramas can pull it off thanks to that. In Turkiye, you need to be more careful for the same reason and also acting and writing is not as good as in kdramas. So in the end it's all about how you market your story, how you write your characters and how the actors play the characters.

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Yeah it’s rare for a dizi to be consistent throughout and last so long. Like with Yasak Elma you have to adjust your viewing lens but it’s clear what it became was not it’s intention.

With Kardeslerim…I’m surprised it became a hit because not many teen led dizis become hits, let alone run for so long.

It’s a shame because there hasn’t been a hit dizi for me lately. The summer dizis have done nothing for me and the new and existing crop of dizis. Nothing.

So they are really killing off Doruk? AsDor are the main reason (on social media) that people watch and care it seems? I know the show isn’t about them, but still… I think it’s clear this season will likely be the last. I get why the actor quit. This show is running longer than probably expected and he’s much older that Su Burcu. He’s 28. I think she is 18. He’s nearly 30 and his character is STILL in high school.

Yeah. I think it's really happening. I remember I wrote that the writers wouldn't kill off Asiye or Doruk unless the actors wanted to quit the show when Kadir died. So the actor who plays Doruk wanted to quit which is a good decision btw, and they had to write an ending by killing off the character. Sending a hug to anyone who needs it or is upset about the news but honestly I think there wouldn't be a good storyline for them even if he stayed in the show, I lost my hope about that months ago. If you take away secrets or main plot from the couple, Asiye and Doruk are just an ordinary high school couple. In S3 there was no progress, no conflict, no good type of angst written for them. The show turned into a mess (it had always been a mess, I know but I couldn't put up with the nonsense they wrote last year anymore) And now Doruk won't be there, so the whole Romeo & Juliet kind of love story is built up in vain. I'm sure that the problem is the production company. I think the company just wanted to milk the show until the very end and the writer team had no choice. Because the quality of the sets, the spending for the show seems low but the ratings and the sales to the other countries are good. So when there is an easy way to make money (which is to increase the amount of the episodes with spending less money) why would the producer care about the story? We have to remember this every time, this is an industry where people make decision not by thinking the quality but quantity -more episodes, more ratings etc. So I am adapted to the system, when things don't go in the way I like I just quit, don't do hate-watching and remember the times I have fun happily. That's it.

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Looks like the Mr and Mrs Chen poster has been released.

I’m torn cause I’m a sucker for Republican era CDramas but it sounds like it’s the latter part of the era. Not the era that I’m a sucker for.

But Elvis Han was dishy in Siege in Fog…

@dangermousie My resident (period) CDrama expert…will this peak your interest?