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cranberrysheep

My Girl

Aug 09, 2012 14:11

Cross-posted from my tumblr, because I'm lazy about blog entries and had a random bit of word vomit over there.

I have been such a sourpuss when it comes to dramas recently. Nothing pleases me… mainly because everything I’ve watched has been mediocre at best. Rooftop Prince switched from a comedic time-traveling murder mystery to a pointless ( Read more... )

kdrama: my girl, kdrama: big

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ladysaotome August 9 2012, 22:23:28 UTC

I know what you mean. I really liked My Girl but there were aspects...
I liked secondary guy but only cause he angsted very hotly. I sympathized in a "sucks to be in one-sided love" way but he put himself in that position by being a confidant of her when he knew she loved someone else. And the "first-dibs" thing at the end I just thought was sad/pathetic. Like clutching at pointless straws.
I mainly hated the entire time-skip, her-in-exile, ending. What the what? Grandpa spends the entire series regretting alienating his family only to literally repeat himself again. And finding the real granddaughter and keeping it secret? Oh, I was so pissed.
(But what did you think of the side-couples? I thought they were pretty cute.)

cranberrysheep August 10 2012, 15:08:08 UTC

I didn't even want to get into my issues with the Grandfather. Because, honestly, he was just so awful and selfish... it almost leaves you speechless.

Oh the side couples were fine, but I never got invested in them like I have with other side couples (Hana Yori Dango, I'm looking in your direction). They were cute, but I wasn't clamoring for them to get more screentime or anything.

village August 9 2012, 23:40:34 UTC

I absolutely never understood the love of secondary guy either. It actually boggled me. I thought he was selfish and a terrible friend. I swear he's one of the reasons I'm so fixated on canon OTPs and generally can't get into secondary guys at all, lol. ;)

My Girl was cute in its way but it's not a drama I loved. It's not on a favourite list but it's one of the few Hong sister dramas that I can say, for the most part, I liked. I haven't seen My Girlfriend is a Gumiho but for me as well, HGD and Fantasy Couple, were the other two with HGD being the clear cut standout for me. I just don't care for how they tell their stories. And lately they don't even seem like they're trying at all.

cranberrysheep August 10 2012, 15:09:47 UTC

HE WAS A TERRIBLE FRIEND!

MGIAG isn't spectacular, I just adored the character of Mi-ho a ridiculous amount. So, anytime she was on screen I was a happy camper. But I feel like the storyline made a lot more sense than say... Big. Which... didn't...

ladysaotome August 10 2012, 15:48:01 UTC

Maybe you can explain something to me, then. Why the timeskip disappearance thing at the end of MGIAG? I kinda understood why she disappeared. But I did not understand what changed for her to be able to come back?

spunspider August 10 2012, 23:11:30 UTC

- butts in -

it was the three gods grandmother lady who appeared at the end. she was the one who put miho in the drawing; according to her bc miho was trying to screw with the natural order of things she couldn't just let her stay, but since the original condition was to find a mortal who loved her and she had, she was eventually allowed to come back after a sort of purgatory period. it was very deux ex machina lol, but they were so adorable how're you supposed to care.

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spunspider August 10 2012, 01:48:32 UTC

i love this show, a lot, although i think partly that's bc when i watched it i was young and watched things a lot less critically and i imprinted. however. i can easily answer this: lee junki ('s tears/earring/smile/everything).

cranberrysheep August 10 2012, 15:12:00 UTC

Oh, I know there are plenty of things I watched when I first got into dramas that if I watched them for the first time now I wouldn't be nearly the fan of them as I am. I was way easier to please.

Also, I just do not find lee jun ki that attractive...

spunspider August 10 2012, 23:10:36 UTC

that's true for me, but i also find my purview to have changed in general, so i've also seen character behaviour differently and liked things more than i used to. my love for my girl actually held up when i rewatched it around early last year.

gasp. :o augh, i love him dearly and i love his face. have you seen him in anything else?

singing_tree August 10 2012, 07:17:33 UTC

I never liked Jung Woo either. He became MUCH too possesive near the end and I could not understand why everyone loved him so much!

cranberrysheep August 10 2012, 15:14:41 UTC

And much too whiny. Boo-freaking-hoo.

sisterjune August 12 2012, 23:38:32 UTC

Hong Sister's seem to have a knack for writing truly appalling secondary guys, except they are "Nice" guys and fandom loves and laments for them and I instead am left alone to be consumed with hate. Shin Woo from YAB was a classic example of this as well. Honestly with Hong Sisters they can really be hit or miss with me. I loved Delightful Girl, Best Love, and You're Beautiful but I wouldnt call any of them "good" dramas just mindless silly fun. I couldnt get into My Girl no matter how hard I tried, I just didnt like anyone and felt rather bored tbh. I couldnt get into Gumiho either, even tho it was v cute but I just couldnt get emotionally invested in a drama about a buffoon falling in love with a fox demon of all things ( ... )