This isn’t RomCom: Toxic relationships and questionable consent in Chinese dramas

From Well-Intended Love to Professional Single, whenever I stumble across a comment about toxic relationships or matters of consent, these dramas come to mind. While this post is mostly focused on one show, my issue is with how some of these troubling behaviours are common enough to be considered tropes — even in the dramas we love — and the message that sends to viewers.

Guys with Kids, a checklist of annoying tropes, frustrating characters

Have you ever watched a show so terrible you were compelled to actually write about it? This was that show for me. Guys with Kids was relentlessly, unmittigatingly, thoroughly frustrating from the get-go. The urge to share how ghastly it was, was so strong that I actually created a MyDramaList account just to pen this review.

Asian Dramas, C-Dramas, China, Friendship, Review, Romance, TropesS HoJune 3, 2021Guys with Kids, Luo Yunxi, Leo Luo, Unrequited Love, Redemption Arc, 奶爸当家Comment