Is it me being an old lady now that I don’t seem to find OTPs in recent dramas these days that appealing? Maybe it’s a me problem. I just prefer something more realistic and overall good-feeling.

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    Is this the come down after Tell me that you love me?

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      I guess the answer is yes.. The show was deep, in emotions and in everything I begin to feel other shows seem shallow. It’s not an objective judgement ofc because I haven’t watched any other show, but I suppose that’s how one can feel after watching a really good show – one is not really interested in other shows because one doesn’t think one would find an equally good show.

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    I think as we mature through experience we will connect with certain qualities and find others to be uninteresting. Like few years ago, I used to enjoy school/college web rom-coms and would consume them like an addict, but these days I just get bored with them and will not even click on them.

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      I guess so. Our experience plays a significant role in determining which shows will pique our interest. Like I have grown up a bit, and now I don’t wanna click play on shows that the main plot is the romance between the leads without any other interesting plot lines. Love, alone, to me doesn’t mean much when everyone knows the feelings of either one of the couple or both can change suddenly one day in the future. I’m more interested in watching something that gives me more than a beautiful hope of falling for a good guy, the good guy also falling for the good girl, and they probably get married and that’s it. Real life doesn’t work that way, as far as I’m concerned, so you can say I don’t watch dramas as an escape from rl, but I want something more than that to pique my interest.

      Right now, for the first time, I’m enjoying Meet Yourself, a Chinese drama. It was very popular when I was first released, but I didn’t watch it that time because I wasn’t in the mood for it. Right now the time is good enough, and I’m enjoying it more than I thought I would.

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        I wish I can get into Cdramas and try out all tge recommendations from beanies, but too many episode count makes me pause 🙁

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          They are different from Kdramas. That’s a fact. I hope some day you’ll give Love btw Fairy and Devil and Meet Yourself a try. ☺️

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    It’s not just you. I like a variety of dramas but the ones I love the most have one thing in common – they feel real and recreate life’s precious moments.
    Real does not necessarily mean an OTP.
    Life is messy and full of bright, dull or sad moments.
    I’m on ep 10 of Tell Me That You Love Me and everything about it feels real. It’s too perfect at ep10 and I’m bracing myself for the show to stab me in the heart with a dose of reality – since nothing in life is this perfect.
    It’s the same feeling after watching My Mister for the nth time where everything else afterwards feels either fake or shallow. Twenty Five Twenty One and Call it Love hit these same notes.

    The shows that draw me in are the ones that recreate those very brief but significant life experiences.

    Some examples:

    When the room is full of people, but you only notice one person and everyone else is just noise.

    The extreme efforts to do one little thing to help out someone you care about. Nobody will know, except for you.

    The hurt and memory of a perfect past relationship – that is just that – a past relationship that is not the present

    The anxiety and doubt that comes with all your life choices as life rarely meets your high expectations.

    The feeling that your decisions are predetermined and controlled by society rules.

    So, it’s not just you.

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      Thanks for these beautiful words, Lostpanda. I smiled reading your comment. I guess we are similar in terms of how we choose Kdramas (though I admit that My Mister is too dark for my liking). In your list, I still haven’t watched Call It Love. Now it’s on my to-watch list thanks to you (and some others, ofc).

      I am interested in knowing how you feel when you finish Tell Me That You Love Me.

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    I suggest a rewatch of MMM. True, it’s not as many m’s as you like, but I’m sure it will grow on you if you watch it a few more times. 😂 Did you try Our Beloved Summer? It wasn’t too angsty and was a little more ordinary and realistic.

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      Because MMM has 3 Ms, so I’m eye rolling 3 times for you. 🙄🙄🙄

      “A little more ordinary and realistic”? Why am I sensing some sarcasm from you??? 🫤

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        That part wasn’t sarcastic. I was trying to remember what he did for a living, and it’s of course not ordinary. It was a pretty easy watch.

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      And, fyi, MMM won’t grow on me basically because I won’t give it a try again! 🤗

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    Dramas can be quite trendy. So many current dramas focus on fantasy, revenge and open endings, or romance with murder on the side. My favorite genre is slice-of-life and drama with romance–like you said, realistic and good-feeling. It is challenging to find something that works, especially after completing a good drama. I just watched “Call It Love” and also feel a little lost so I identify with your comments.

    When I can’t seem to find anything that works for me, I look at different formats, specifically K-drama specials (like “The Red Teacher”-free on YouTube) or K-movies (Have you seen “Classic”–free on YouTube or “A Melody to Remember”?). Somehow the shorter presentation time is more palatable. I have found that the “long dramas” offer more slice-of-life, realistic stories (“Father Is Strange” was 50 episodes but it is SO GOOD and got me out of a drama slump).

    Hang in there @mmmmm !

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    Just as we evolve in life what resonates with us also evolves. Drama watching is also about timing. I’m sure you’ll find something that you will enjoy watching.

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