Way to go with gender tropes, Asia!
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dangermousieOh God, I've been reading chapter summaries for Summer Bubbles (the novel on which Summer Desire is based) on AF and I just know I am going to ship the "wrong" ship. I almost never do, but this is going to be one of those rare cases.
I mean, who would you pick?
A: your ridiculously gorgeous stepbrother (who joined the family when he was 16 and you 15, so no brought-up-together issues there) who has had a horrifically tragic past (being abandoned by his mother on purpose, almost freezing to death, dumped in an orphanage, nightmares etc), who is now a major superstar. He ecourages your own career in showbiz, tells you things like he loves you and trusts you, rushes to protect you from scandal even if it means ruining his own career, and with whom you have fun. Whom you are dating and with whom you are compatible. Who is actually worried that you may not like he revealed the two of you dating, even though it was to save your career, because after all, he didn't discuss it with you first.
Or
B: Rich guy whom you dated in school who was ridiculously possessive and insisted on making all the decisions for you (to such a degree that you even got used to it), who got so jealous that you actually interacted with someone other than him that he made her family send your stepbrother back to the orphanage or else her Dad would lose his job and the family would be on the street (!!!!!). On the way back from said trip, the family got into a car-wreck with parents dying and younger brother needing medical attention for the rest of his life. As per book's own description, said guy B "was treating her like his doll. Because she was the one he loved, he didn't want anyone to approach her, even her own brother was making him unconfortable...He was a lonely person but after he found her, he wanted her in his life, but he instinctively tried to make her as lonely as he was so that they would only have each other..." Is that classic abuser scenario or what?
She told him to diaf (thank God) but now for various reasons she is part of his agency. It's 5 years later, and he is still doing the same - she gets into a fabricated scandal which is causing huge problems? He can help but decides not to so heroine would get drummed out of show business and be "only his" and is pissed when A steps in to protect heroine and her career because how dare he! He does his best to sabotage A's career and then wants heroine to beg for A so he'd give him the movie role back in exchange for heroine going back to him (heroine being awesome tells him to stuff it). When that doesn't work he tries to sow discord via insinuations to A about how heroine has an understanding with him, B, etc...
Basically, I haven't even seen the drama and I loathe him already. UGH.
Am pissed.
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I mean, who would you pick?
A: your ridiculously gorgeous stepbrother (who joined the family when he was 16 and you 15, so no brought-up-together issues there) who has had a horrifically tragic past (being abandoned by his mother on purpose, almost freezing to death, dumped in an orphanage, nightmares etc), who is now a major superstar. He ecourages your own career in showbiz, tells you things like he loves you and trusts you, rushes to protect you from scandal even if it means ruining his own career, and with whom you have fun. Whom you are dating and with whom you are compatible. Who is actually worried that you may not like he revealed the two of you dating, even though it was to save your career, because after all, he didn't discuss it with you first.
Or
B: Rich guy whom you dated in school who was ridiculously possessive and insisted on making all the decisions for you (to such a degree that you even got used to it), who got so jealous that you actually interacted with someone other than him that he made her family send your stepbrother back to the orphanage or else her Dad would lose his job and the family would be on the street (!!!!!). On the way back from said trip, the family got into a car-wreck with parents dying and younger brother needing medical attention for the rest of his life. As per book's own description, said guy B "was treating her like his doll. Because she was the one he loved, he didn't want anyone to approach her, even her own brother was making him unconfortable...He was a lonely person but after he found her, he wanted her in his life, but he instinctively tried to make her as lonely as he was so that they would only have each other..." Is that classic abuser scenario or what?
She told him to diaf (thank God) but now for various reasons she is part of his agency. It's 5 years later, and he is still doing the same - she gets into a fabricated scandal which is causing huge problems? He can help but decides not to so heroine would get drummed out of show business and be "only his" and is pissed when A steps in to protect heroine and her career because how dare he! He does his best to sabotage A's career and then wants heroine to beg for A so he'd give him the movie role back in exchange for heroine going back to him (heroine being awesome tells him to stuff it). When that doesn't work he tries to sow discord via insinuations to A about how heroine has an understanding with him, B, etc...
Basically, I haven't even seen the drama and I loathe him already. UGH.
Am pissed.
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Date: 2009-12-02 01:56 am (UTC)I agree, the prospect of B as the otp sounds really unappealing. Still, this is just how it is in the novel - for all I know they will (hopefully) tone it down - e.g. I adore My Lucky Star the twdrama but I know book it's based on had a few questionable bits which the drama took out entirely.