So, because I live with my family, love spending time with them and I always want to watch k-dramas, I need to come up with a k-drama portfolio that them can enjoy and if any of you would be interested on helping me with that, I'll be very thankful and glad :) And hopefully, the list can help someone else too ^.^
Situation 1: Mom
My mom actually likes k-drama, we watched our first k-drama together (I had watched c-dramas shortly before) - "Crash Landing On You" - and we both fell in love with the story and characters. When I was watching "Healer", she was always super hooked up to. However, when I watched dramas like "Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok-Joo" and "True Beauty", she was uninterested, even saying it was silly. But she loved "A Little Thing Called First Love", it was more juvenile, but she adored the romance. So, my mom's musts: more serious and preferably adult characters that she can develop a crush on, protective and caring male leads (responsible and intense MLs are like bingo), no silly or overly dependable female leads though (the balance in CLOY, basically). She's not necessarily only interested in romances, but when it comes to series mostly yes. We watched the first episode of "Was It Love" and she liked it - I guess, she liked the single woman, trying to make ends meet, family/work/romance combo that woman challenge and she identifies with. She needs a new CLOY, basically ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Situation 2: Dad
So, my father is very resistant to k-dramas. I think he's under the impression that all k-dramas are like shoujos with bland romance - which is like what he watched, you can blame it on me - and probably repetitive too (again, not exactly incorrect, I do go for repetitive and hope they still make the same story over and over so I can watch a thousand times honestly lol) and he doesn't want to try new ones because of that - he only watched like a few minutes, to be honest. He's still very much on the "I don't understand what they're saying, that's all too different" vibe, but we can't do anything about that, just make him watch it until he gets familiar with it lol So, for my father, no romance, maybe one with a more intense or tricky plot, he loves reality shows, so drama and gossip might be baits for him on the genre lol But I'd rather try some action, some police drama or suspense overall. The thing is that he isn't a very patient expectator, so, maybe a shorter format - or long but with quick developments - may be the way to go. I was considering trying "Vincenzo", "Mouse" or even "Flower of Evil", all of which I haven't watched before, you can tell me if it's yay or nay.
So, those are the demanding tastes I have to please - it isn't easy ordering a pizza with them, deciding what to watch is even harder. Obviously, I'm not looking for dramas that can please them at the same time (both of them love historical fiction, for example, but finding a story with the required characteristics would be hard), just dramas that I can have a good time with one or another is perfectly fine. I don't know if anyone will have the time or patience to read all this, BUT if you did, thanks for your time and interest and I'm looking forward to your suggestions <3
