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[jojotichakorn]

Hiiii, hope you're having a nice day so far.💓

Soo I just discovered your blog and I was stalking it sksksk and I've noticed that you say 2gether and ATOTS? get ruined in act 3 (or sth along those lines I'm sorry i dont remember) and your fear that Bad Buddy would fall in that trap as well. I'd like to know more about your thoughts on that matter, because although I felt like sth went wrong with both atots and 2gether (beyond repair unlike atots), i was never able to put it into thoughts? Also are there any bls that didn't fall into that trap? I'd love to know more!

P.S. if you've talked about this before and choose to not to answer this, it's completely fine!!

hello!! thank you so much, i hope you are doing great as well 💛

first of all, here's a bit of fandom lingo for you, we usually call this act 3 nonsense "the penultimate episode curse", because the second to last episode is when - if shit hits the fan and things are bad - it's usually already irredeemable.

second of all, prepare yourself - this is gonna be the size of an essay:

so, i wouldn't go as far as to say that atots was ruined in act 3, but (controversial opinion incoming) i didn't find the conflict of the finale, in particular, to be believable at all. i feel like they did a lot of telling and not showing, and they also ran with the assumption that we all agreed tian must leave the village and go abroad to study, and that there are no other options for him, which i don't understand to this day. ultimately, they wrapped things up pretty well, and overall i still find atots to be a fantastic series, but the final conflict felt very much like "oh, this thing could potentially be an obstacle to their relationship, but we won't explain how exactly it is an obstacle to their relationship, we just want the angst before the ultimate happy ending".

now, 2gether was indeed ruined for me because of act 3, and though still2gether (while i have some qualms about it as well) did a great job fixing and explaining away those mistakes, it couldn't fix them to the point where i would be satisfied with the last two episodes of 2gether. i don't think anything could do that at this point.

in terms of the specific issues act 3 of 2gether had, i could sum it up as 1) negating all your characters' development, 2) making them act completely out of character, and 3) writing in a lot of nonsense - all in order to make it rain angst before the rainbow happy ending can appear.

sarawat, in particular, wasn't sarawat at all (him going to sleep when tine is clearly in distress and not visiting him at the hospital (which was canon at the time)? like,,, who is this guy, i don't know him); the sudden lack of communication after episode 11, the whole point of which was that they decided they should always talk to each other about what they think and about how they feel; and the whole structure of the finale, the majority of which we spent deep in nonsensical angst, and the conclusion to which was ultimately unsatisfying (also, there were way too many flashbacks taking up space that should have been utilized in literally any other way). there are many more details, and also likely things i am forgetting (because i did - in fact - not watch those two episodes ever since they premiered), but i am hoping the general gist of the issue is clear enough as is.

in general, i think the problem a lot of creators run into when writing act 3 is that it's almost customary to follow this narrative. they think there must be a huge conflict, which leads to absolutely devastating angst, and which is resolved last minute - regardless of whether it actually makes sense or not. which is why, i think, the series that had the easiest time escaping this issue were series with a plotline separate from the relationship/romance plotline.

the best example here would obviously be manner of death, where we did have our huge conflict and high stakes, but all those things were connected with the investigation/police plot point, which allowed tan and bun to stick together through it all, as that made complete sense and overall made for an incredibly satisfying ending. i think another thing that manner of death did really well was that they made a point of settling us into the happy ending if that makes sense? it wasn't just a small "but in the end, they were happy" - they showed us a good bit of tanbun's relationship after the main plot point was resolved, and we were left with a real feeling of "yes, in the end, they are happy".

at the same time, it's fair to say that there have also been instances where the relationship actually had a satisfying ending, but the other plotline was wrapped up in a way that kinda sucked - history 3: trapped case in point. that being said, i feel like the reason why an unsatisfying conclusion to the romance, in particular, annoys us all so much is that most of us are ultimately here for the relationship, and only then for any other plot.

as for your question, i think the majority of mlm kdramas didn't follow this structure (or at least presented it in a very different way) - i would point out light on me and color rush here specifically. and, out of the series that did follow this specific way of narration in act 3, but which have done it in a way that makes sense, and that followed it up with a satisfying showcase of a happy ending, i would definitely point out manner of death (of course) and cherry magic as the series that had the best, most satisfying endings. quite a short list, i realize, but that should tell you why i'm so worried for bad buddy.

[eerna]

I blame it on my anxiety, but since watching the trailer, i can't help thinking about that the crows plot is so similar to the actual book but at the same time, it's completely different and as much as i am excited (!!!) i fear that when they finally get around to doing Six of Crows, the stories will feel repetitive? Does that make any sense? lol

I feel ya!!!! I’m!!!! Very concerned!!!!! 

[kdramaxoxo]

Hiiii, I hope you're having a great day!!

I've recently started watched The Uncanny Counter, and I'm enjoying it so muchh, but there's one thing that I really can't handle: the bullying plot. It's triggering and just makes me so uncomfortable. So I was wondering, since you watched the drama, can you tell me if this is recurrent throughout the whole thing? I'm already on ep 4 and it's stil going strong 😅

Thank you!!

OK I totally suck for taking so long to answer this ask @hkm2!

I'm so sorry cause you're probably on episode 10 and thinking like, "thanks a lot!" And I hate bullying stuff so I know how triggering it can be :(

If you haven't gotten any further, the bullying plot line does ease up a little, and actually becomes less awful. I don't want to spoil it but it's nothing like the beginning and actually...well I don't want to say but The Uncanny Counter is so so good!

[realstraykids]

Hi! A new STAY here🙈 I started stanning after watching & falling in love with God's Menu (the boys' visuals, vocals, rap.. chef's kiss!) anyway, I've done nothing but watch every thing i can find on them these past few days, yet I'm still a bit lost, so i was wondering if you could guide me a little. Like other than their mvs and the occasional interviews/vlives, is there anything else I should keep my eyes on/watch? I know they have a lot of variety/reality shows but idk from where to start🥺

welcome to the stay family! 💖🌸 we’re super spoiled in that skz put out SO much content but it can make video recommendation posts like this very hard to put together :’) i myself have not watched all of their videos (i’ve prob seen like ~80-90%?) but i’ll do my best to rec some good ones!!

honestly I would probably start with one kid’s room - it’s a really good way to get to know their personalities a bit more (i linked the playlist but it’s in reverse order so start from the bottom and go up!)

they also have two kids room which puts two members together in a room and lets them talk about basically whatever they want (they’ve also done a spinoff with 3 members) - personal favs of mine are hyunjin & han / lee know & seungmin / bang chan & felix / lee know, han, & felix but all the eps are really good and good to get to know the members better!

their after school club episodes are also very fun and good for beginner stays - you can watch them on demand here - skz are on episodes 310, 318, 329, 340, 363, and 398!

their series finding skz is also very funny - there’s several seasons of it but i’ll link the first one here and the most recent season here

i also really like weekly idol a lot - ep 381 / ep 401 / ep 428

other recs:

two kids song - they broke up into 4 duos and wrote a song per duo! it’s very recent too; episode one is here

idol room

each member has a solo vlive segment & there are duo vlive segments as well if you’re interested in watching vlives of a particular member: channie’s room, minho’s “lee know ri bang”, changbin’s rap classes (idk what the segment is actually called LOL), hyunjin’s counseling center and hyunjin’s practice room, jisung’s vlive (hasn’t named it yet), felix’s “9.15 felix fm,” felix & seungmin’s dogcat school, seungmin’s “small but certain happiness,” seungmin & jeongin’s “this again” and jeongin’s “the youngest’s private life”

minho’s 2.5-hour vlive (feat. seungmin and jisung at the end)

older vlives that i love: hide and seek, skz barber shop (pt 2)

skz & skz and honey tips are good shows from a while back that have fun concepts

there are also TONS of links and recs here!!

side note - some people might recommend you watch the survival show. while it’s the show that got me into stray kids, I honestly don’t think it’s a very good show for new stays to watch bc the boys are very stressed in it and sad in a lot of episodes and why watch something like that when you could just watch them having fun post-debut 😭 but if you do want to watch it i’d recommend the yg vs. jyp battle episodes (eps. 6 and 7)

[monogradation]

ほんの少し話しただけで僕のことをわかったと言われると、そんなに自分は浅いか、と思うけど、人間はそんな風にできてる。正しいよ、その感覚は。なぜならわかった部分だけが真実だから。真実は人の数だけあるとはよく言ったものだ。

僕のこの日記を読んでくれてる人はたぶん僕のことをとてもよく知ってて、僕のバカさ加減とか、前進性のなさをあるときは哀れみを、ある時にはうんざりした目で見てくれてるんだろうと思う。それは正しい。僕もそう思ってるしかなりそこには合意性がある。

今体調が悪くて、横になってるけど、横になっていたくなくて、なんか少しタンブラーでも見ようと思ってスマホをスワイプスワイプしてる。捧ぐ愛には形こそ違えど何物にも変えがたい美しさがあるのだな、なんてことを思いながら。

部屋がなんだか油臭い。この部屋は隣の家のキッチンの換気扇の排気口とこの部屋の空気の給気口が近くて、本当にそれにはうんざりする。

眠ったほうがいいのに、体調が悪くて。いやまだまだ大丈夫。

[joseg90]

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[ritthigraik]

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