#ji hoo

{BOYS OVER FLOWERS}

Warning: Unpopular Opinion

I hear things like:

Ji hoo was better,

jihoo suited jandi,

Ji hoo and jandi had a meaningful bond

blah blah blah

now i want real talk.

Why tf was Ji hoo given more screentime?

You blink, Ji hoo is onscreen.

Jihoo breathe, the romantic bgm starts playing for jihoo-jandi

Jandi is sad Jihoo appears

Jandi is happy, Jihoo appears

Jandi thinks of junpyo, jihoo appears

Jandi exists, ji hoo appears.

all this, and totally not in a cute way. he was given more screentime, better story, better scenes, better romance, better background story, better everything. (except the hairstyle. it was ugly asf). but the question is.. WHY?

Why was the main male character totally sidelined in his OWN show?

Yes. I am questioning the writers and makers of this show.

Jandi-Junpyo barely had romantic scenes, bonding through understanding scenes and every other thing... all of it was given to the second lead. There was no proper introduction to junpyo's childhood and background story like it was for ji hoo.

The FL spends 80% of her time in the show with second lead and people wonder why alot of people can't connect with junpyo-jandi's chemistry.

I still am traumatized with those scenes where The FL again n again breaks ML's heart, betrays him, and treat him as if he isn't important and he is just playing around with her. ML literally spends his time with her family, tries to make her feel special, is thoughtful about her feelings and family issues, gives her the space she needs and even though he was an asshole first but later it was jandi herself who accepted his approach and didn't deny him... then goes to sml.. then again realizes and still doesnt acknowledges ML's feelings and his efforts , he literally puts his efforts to make her happy and to be with her and she says "i guess he is TRYING"

even till the last episode, unnecessarily, sml was still around. after 14-15 episodes, he just became a nuisance cuz if they are not gonna end up together or jandi has fell for junpyo and junpyo being the main character... WHY WAS JIHOO TAKING SO MUCH SCREEN TIME???

Okay now i am just ranting but my point is.. was it the writers plan? was ji hoo the one who was the ml? why tf would the writers do that?

people like ji hoo because his character was given more screentime, depth, meaning, understanding for the viewers.. and still jun pyo overshadowed.

like,, i still can't believe this is a 25 episode drama . maybe it is longer but they later edited it out for 25 episodes? the sidelining of literally the main character is so fucking terrible . i feel so sorry for lee minho.. but so happy that his talent was recognised with this show.

Maybe the jihoo actor was more famous back then? idk what it is about him that made writers/makers do that but all i can say is the whole jihoo plot, his story, bond with jandi and his unnecessarily too much screentine was a nuisance. Totally annoying. i literally had to skip some scenes and watch it after i ended the drama, and still his scenes hold no value. and still kinda confused why junpyo was done dirty like that.

I don't find the boys that pretty, but I feel them growing on me. But Ji-hoo's hair? Like what? It's so long, and red. And you can kinda see his facial hair. It feels weird. I think Jun-pyo is handsome overall, but again, that hair. Idk if that was fashionable in the 2000s, but it's a bit odd. I get that you want to keep it similar to the source material, but that hairdo is a bit extreme.

It's very toxic and pick me, but I live for that shit. Those tropes are the thing that get me out of bed every morning. It's wrong, but I don't really care. I love seeing a poor (she's not that poor, (i think?)) interacting with upper society. And Jun-pyo's toxic behaviour. Him having so much hubris. Him just grabbig Jan-di. AHHHHH.

I will write a little synopsis first and then my opinion. I will warn if there is any chance of getting a spoiler.

Strong woman Do Bong Soon

× First drama I have ever watched.

The story goes about a girl who is incredibly strong because every woman that’s born in her family is AMAZINGLY strong. Is like a superpower. She doesn’t have a job, so she’s looking for one. There are ladies being kidnapped and they’re trying to catch the person who’s doing it.

× GREAT OST.

× Handsome, funny guy such as Hyungsik acting as Mr. Ahn.

× Great actors such as Hyungsik(x2), Boyoung and Suk ho. Great acting.

× I think there was some empty spaces in the plot SPOILER: like, where the guy who is kidnapping the girls gets his money??

× SPOILER: The whole story they’re trying to make the girl look as if she is powerful, and there are all these men trying to tear her down ONLY because she is a woman and that means she is weak. At the beginning I look at that as a cool sign of hey, women are not weak, look! but when she loses her powers she needs to rely ON MEN to fight the kidnapper. Points down. 

Part time idol

This is about a man who is in charge of a kpop company, and he wants to put together a group. He creates a mixed gender group, but the thing is that all of the members have a flaw that has to be fixed.

× Really short drama. (This is a good point haha)

× Funny. 

× In five chapters you get to see a full evolution in the characters.

× It also has a back story that helps us to understand why the present is like it is. 

× Helps us to see how ppl can get through problems in life. 

× Talks about friendship and loyalty.

× But I don’t think that’s actually how companies work tho.

× Handsome actors and beautiful actresses.

× Actually not great acting but it’s still okay.

Boys over flowers 

This is about a girl who gets into a rich ppl school, and she starts to ‘challenge’ the bad arrogant boys in the school, f4.

×I didn’t like it.

× It speaks about friendship. SPOILER: When Jihoo had to let go Jandi because Joon Pyo loved her. 

× They did a great job making us see how the character was feeling without actually saying it. Not great performances/acting, but still good.

×A little extremist. SPOILER: Jandi’s parents, for example. The mom was terribly dramatic and the dad just followed her lead as their son. 

×SPOILER: I just didn’t like it because, you know, you’re Jandi and instead of going with the good boy who treats you like a queen, you go with the other guy joonpyo. get out joonpyo  

× SPOILER: so cliche that Joonpyo falls in love with Jandi cuz she is the only girl that has been rude to him. Also cliche that the rich parents don’t pay attention to their son. Cliche that the mother doesn’t want his kid to marry the poor girl. Cliche that the mother wants to control his kids life. Cliche that two guys are in love with the same girl, but she does only love one of them although at some point she liked the other one, or both of them. Cliche the part where they travel to joonpyo’s beach and that little girl gives Jandi something that she has to give to someone she loves. All that sentence was SO cliche. 

× SPOILER: cliche that the rich kids have parents issues, but Jandi, who is poor, doesn’t. 

× It really doesn’t have a sense of time, like in the last chapter five years past in twenty seconds. 

Choco bank 

Chocolate and financial advising combine. Jongin studied to work in a bank, but he has no job. Suddenly he runs into HaChoco, who has a chocolate business which is broke. 

× Short drama. 

× Really cute 

× Kai from exo is in it. 

× Teaches you that you have to live your dreams and not your parent’s 

× Easy to watch. 

× We get to see the characters transformations in five chapters only, fifteen minutes each. 

Hwarang

× My favorite drama. 

The story goes about a queen who has had her child hidden from the enemies: the guys who killed her husband. He wants to have the power, but his mother is not willing to give it. Also, she kills everyone who sees his son. On the other side, there are two friends who go to the capital to meet the family of one them.

× Historical drama. 

× Good OST GREAT OST

× Really good actors as Seojoon, Hyungsik, Go Ara, just to name some.

× All of the acting was awesome.

× All of the characters have turns and transformation archs, which means that at the beginning they were at some point (like their thoughts and lifestyle) but as the plot advances and the characters go through experiences, they change. SPOILER: As Ji Dwi, when he realized that if he didn't do anything to get the throne, his mother was not going to give it to him. 

× A lot of things get explained, it doesn't just happen. SPOILER: Hansung loves Sunwoo so much cause he makes Hansung feel like he can be strong and stop the abuse of his hyung from his grandfather.

× It always keeps you waiting cause you don't know what's going to happen and how are they going to solve their problems 

×I think it was kind of cliche, but they did know how to go on with it. SPOILER: the love triangle between Ji Dwi, Sunwoo and Ah Ro, but you don't usually see a love triangle where you think the girl is iN lOvE wItH hEr bRotHr. Also, the powerful mom who 'hates' her son. That's pretty much what I have seen until now, so just keep on waiting and I will keep on re-updating this, and I wil upload them with the tag #crisskpopedits with my kpop edits ♥

Day 4: Your favorite male third wheel character?

Ji Hoo from “Boys Over Flowers”

Ji Hoo was SOOOO much better, let’s just be honest. He was sweet and kind to her nearly from the get go...after he let go of his first love. He was always there to rescue her and give her a shoulder to cry and lean on even after he knew he had no hope of her loving him back. He still remained by her side until the end. I just can’t see why she would choose Jun Pyo over Ji Hoo.