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Tbf, I really became aware of HJM in Love Scout even though I already enjoyed her in The Light in Your Eyes (then again, the true female star in that is Kim Hye Ja).

YMMV re: One Spring Night, but I just enjoy it as a breath of fresh air after so many flashy, dramatic K-romances. People work ordinary jobs and talk about things (even if conflicts take time to be resolved), and no endless, dramatic rich guy tantrums. Plus, I really, really like the ML here. Didn't get the Jung Hae In appeal before (even while watching Love Next Door where I found him cute) but this totally hits the spot for me!

Haha, I gave up on The Light in Your Eyes about six or eight episodes in. I can't remember if I actually watched the reveal or just learned about it afterwards, but it made me really mad. I was there for time travel, dammit! ;-p

but I just enjoy it as a breath of fresh air after so many flashy, dramatic K-romances.

*nodnod* That makes sense!

Didn't get the Jung Hae In appeal before (even while watching Love Next Door where I found him cute) but this totally hits the spot for me!

*nodnodnod* Love Next Door wasn't my favourite flavour of Jung Hae In, though he was fine in it. Have you seen Something in the Rain or While You Were Sleeping? The former made me lose my mind for weeks (though I wasn't super happy with the back quarter), and the latter is one of my favourite dramas of all time (JHI plays the second male lead, and he stole my heart).

I can't remember if I actually watched the reveal or just learned about it afterwards, but it made me really mad. I was there for time travel, dammit! ;-p

I don't think I had any particular feelings about the reveal. Just thought it was moving in combination with the recontextualization of Hye Ja's relationship with her father. However, I can understand the upset!

Have you seen Something in the Rain or While You Were Sleeping? The former made me lose my mind for weeks (though I wasn't super happy with the back quarter), and the latter is one of my favourite dramas of all time (JHI plays the second male lead, and he stole my heart).

Honestly, I have been reluctantly eyeing Something in the Rain for the past few days but the reviews make certain secondary characters sound horrendous. Is the OTP worth it?

Haven't seen While You Were Sleeping. Fantasy dramas are always a bit of a gamble. Even if I like the beginning, I rarely like the conclusion. I also feel a little ambivalent about Lee Jong Suk. While he's been fine in everything I've seen, I find him almost distractingly pretty in most stuff. His role in W (the only drama of his I've managed to finish) was therefore perfect for me simply because his character felt like a Gary Stu incarnate.

I feel like every second show featuring old people is about Alzheimer's, and I'm pretty DNW about it. (I stopped watching Navillera because of the memory loss.) So yeah.

Honestly, I have been reluctantly eyeing Something in the Rain for the past few days but the reviews make certain secondary characters sound horrendous. Is the OTP worth it?

The OTP is so good!!! (I actually stayed up too late last night rewatching some scenes.) The thing is, the show itself is a weird mash-up, with grinding workplace drama (like Misaeng or My Mister) as the setting, and a complicated romance kind of pasted into the middle of it. And the two parts don't really work super well together, and the unpleasantness of the workplace part never really gets resolved: the show is more about escape than reform. But it's ABSOLUTELY SO WORTH IT for the first 12 episodes, and it's a lot less cartoony than your average drama romance. More like the vibe of an indie film. I was watching it week by week as it came out, and I was obsessed.

Haven't seen While You Were Sleeping. Fantasy dramas are always a bit of a gamble. Even if I like the beginning, I rarely like the conclusion. I also feel a little ambivalent about Lee Jong Suk.

Absolutely fair on all counts! The highlight of WYWS for me is the threesome vibes (though the second lead remains the second lead, he doesn't get paired off with anyone else, and all three very clearly care about each other a lot). The fantasy part is more of a plot mechanic thing, and I like how it's handled, but obviously that's a personal preference.

Haha, I totally hear you about Lee Jong Suk. He's way too pretty, and I don't feel like he has a huge amount of range? I've seen a few of his dramas, but he's definitely not a draw for me. In WYWS, he plays new prosecutor who's a bit out of his depth and tends more dorky than cool, and that worked for me, but again, YMMV. :-)

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I have similar feelings re: Alzheimer's and Navillera. :/

The OTP is so good!!! (I actually stayed up too late last night rewatching some scenes.) The thing is, the show itself is a weird mash-up, with grinding workplace drama (like Misaeng or My Mister) as the setting, and a complicated romance kind of pasted into the middle of it.

I sometimes thought I'd loved My Mister to have a central romance. (No, I don't care about age gaps. Much.) I already watched the first couple of minutes but I don't think I can fully commit until either Love Scout has finished or I've completed One Spring Morning. JHI has such a cute smile. That's the way right into my heart.

The highlight of WYWS for me is the threesome vibes (though the second lead remains the second lead, he doesn't get paired off with anyone else, and all three very clearly care about each other a lot).

Sounds good! I might give it one or two episodes. I guess I'm still a little traumatized from I Can Hear Your Voice, also a legal-fantasy drama starring LJS. ;) But "threesome" and "dorky LJS" make me curious.

I really liked the emotional ambiguity of My Mister, and spent quite a lot of it chanting under my breath "don't get together! don't get together!" though I can enjoy post-canon ship fic.

but I don't think I can fully commit until either Love Scout has finished or I've completed One Spring Morning. JHI has such a cute smile.

Haha, entirely fair!

I guess I'm still a little traumatized from I Can Hear Your Voice, also a legal-fantasy drama starring LJS. ;)

LOL, man, that was so bad but so watchable! I guilty-pleasure re-watched it a year or two back, and yeah, still really bad. Have you seen Secret Garden? LJS as a sulky young gay indie musician. That was pretty great.

I really liked the emotional ambiguity of My Mister, and spent quite a lot of it chanting under my breath "don't get together! don't get together!"

I mean, I'm not greedy. It was a warm, loving relationship with amazing chemistry between the leads, and that was enough for me. But would I've watched a romance with them? Yes! Simply because these were two talented, attractive actors. (That said, I remember the Jang Hyuk/Park So Dam pairing in Beautiful Mind feeling a little weird, even though that was probably the least of this show's problems. It was a similar IRL age difference but with fewer interpersonal complications, afair.)

though I can enjoy post-canon ship fic.

Did you see anything worth reccing?

Have you seen Secret Garden?

Never finished it! It's one of the reasons why I never got into Hyun Bin (or why I watched way too many dramas starring Yoon Sang Hyun, expecting him to be the ML when he was only 2ML).

I haven't seen Beautiful Mind. Would you rec it?

And I haven't read much My Mister fic, but I saw this in Yuletide and liked it.

I found Hyun Bin's character in Secret Garden incredibly annoying and objectionable, but equally, I adored Ha Ji-Won. I fell for her in the first episode, because this:

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And I hung in there for the bodyswap, because bodyswap. But yeah, I totally get what you mean.

Overall, I wouldn't rec it. I liked the workplace comedy elements and the OTP, but I remember the story (including the ML's medical issues) being more than just a little messy. That wasn't helped when they cut the drama down from 16 to 14 episodes.

Thanks for the rec!

I loved that HJW's character was a stunt woman, but I felt she was way too good for the annoying ML. M/F bodyswap always holds lots of potential but either it works for me or it doesn't. In this case, it mostly didn't simply because I disliked HB's character too much.

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