Lost in Limbo

Here’s a typical Korean drama setting:
Main characters: 4
Episodes: 16, 20 or 24

A is in love with B (more often than not, they start off hating each other),
who’s actually in love with C. D loves A, but it’s one-sided.
Usually A is average-looking but has a certain quality that makes her
endearing (although, being dramas, they are usually pretty, but will only reveal their beauty later on).

B has a hidden past that is usually revealed midway, which brings A and B
together.

C is the hot babe. Looks perfect, gives A an inferiority complex, but has a mean streak.

D is the chingu (friend) who’s always there for A, and seems compatible
with A, but A sees him only as a friend.

When it comes to confessing their love, A and B would either confess very early
on, but get separated, or will only reveal their love for each other towards
the end of the show, with lots of misunderstandings before that.

The ending: A & B get to be happily together in romantic comedies, but get
torn apart in heavy dramas, either from illness or accident.

So what happens to C & D? Being the losers to that Epic Romance, they fade
away, usually running away to other countries. Very rarely they end up snogging
one another.

That sorta sums it up. Yep. It takes the fun from watching these shows, knowing
what to anticipate. But some scriptwriters are good; they think of twists along
the way.

But all in all, the chemistry between A & B is usually so great that leaves
me yearning for their kind of romance. Why can’t it exist in real life? Or does
it?

Then again, these dramas are not unlike fiction novels. They exaggerate real
life, they are filled with the hope, dream and fantasy of the authors who long
for that kind of romance in their own life.

Sigh. If only.
In the meantime, Mama’s going "Fadz, go out on a date already! You’re like
your sister at your age, wallowing alone at home."
She’s out there. I know that deep in my heart. But will I have the courage I
need when I finally meet her? Or am I gonna let her go?

By the way, I have on occasions been D. Only I stay friends with A(s) and don’t
run away overseas.

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