A Sudden Attack of Lazy, Stupid Screenwriting

Sigh. I just suffered through this idiotic "plot twist" with Plus & Minus, and it ruined what could have been a decent drama.



Yeah, yeah, blah, blah... I get it. Kim is sacrificing his own and Mek's happiness because He. Knows. Better. and does so without a single word of consultation with the man he (supposedly) loves. Instead he serves him up a heaping helping of utter dishonesty, with a big side order of uncomprehending, dumb misery, just so the screenwriters, bankrupt of talent and imagination, can insert the obligatory Ep-10/11 disastroust plot twist.



So from the Ep 11 preview, it looks like they will separate, Mek remaining not just clueless, but utterly deceived by the man he was ready to sacrifice everything to love.



In the real world, Mek would go overseas, find somebody decent to love, and build himself a good life without a man who manipulates him "for his own good." But this is soppy, sappy BL world, so the fujoshi army will be able to coo and moan over how their "love" for each other survives all travails, including vicious rejection, lies, time, and distance, and puts them back into each other's arms again."



Spit. I wish they'd put an up-front warning on these things: Stupid and despicable plot twist ahead.

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