I think I stopped at the 2nd or 3rd episode of Itaewon Class so I didn’t get to meet Kim Da Mi (?) but from my fast scrolling through the wall, (which was clearly not fast enough 😝) I gathered (probably inaccurately) that people weren’t exactly happy with her character and that she was manipulative? Not sure but anyway, the little bits I unintentionally retained has somewhat morphed her character into this cold, non-smiling, emotionless and manipulative person or something of the like. For the first time today, I watched a clip of IC recommended on YT and I was shocked to see the actress wasn’t stiff and the character emoted – a lot! It wasn’t somewhat disorienting because I’d imagined her in a very different way. I guess all I saw were Beanies’ rantings and only took the bad or mean aspects of their descriptions and made the character into that. Lol

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    I really liked her character. She was strong and independent. Not my all time fav but I will always remember her.

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    I think a lot of people had trouble reconciling the fact that a female lead was explicitly a sociopath and that meant that yes, she was manipulative, when that was literally that was the point. Sociopaths are manipative. Lots of people seemed too ready to write her off as “bad” when it was literally her character description to act selfishly. I personally loved her and thought she was a great character and female lead.

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      And her acting was top notch.

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      That’s something I’ve noticed. People complain about the ‘candy’ character often and demand a different character but the different character they want seems like she should fit into a mould they’ve created. I personally appreciate ‘different’ female characters. I might not like what they do, agree with their moral compass or even like the characters themselves but I appreciate how different they are from the typical candy or crazy possessive ex that dramaland gives. Why? Because people like that exist in real life. People aren’t one dimensional and can encompass good and bad at the same time. I love complexities in characters. Female or male but male characters often get to explore that more often.

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        Exactly this. Yes, the candy is frustrating, but you can’t complain about that and then also dislike the other options you’re given. Women are complex and allowed to be imperfect beyond just being poor. I love the character here because she was explicitly something that was not really able to ever be “good” but who instead had to learn to adapt and had to learn to be empathetic since she literally did not have the capability to be these things naturally. So many people were like “She’s not doing X for the right reasons” or “How do we know she’s really changed/learned” when that was the point. If a character is a sociopath you don’t know. And that’s OK because she’s still interesting and has a whole character arc which is related to those very ideas.

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    I wish I was here back then to back up my girl! I LOVED Kim Da Mi. She is he epitome of a bold responsible young girl who had trouble empathizing. And the actress was so good at being Da Mi. I would’ve dropped the show if it was not for her.

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    I didn’t dislike her character as much as I didnt like how they used her. 🤷‍♀️
    But I also dropped IC and never quite get the hype past the first couple eps.

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