Do you guys think the show will get cancelled?

JTBC lied about the leaked synopsis being taken out of context when it is literally word for word. Jung Hae-in is a North Korean spy, while Kim Ji-soo believes he is a protester. They just did the bare minimum by changing the heroine's name from Eun Young-cho to Eun Young-ro.

The SKY Castle cast must be loyal to writer Yoo Hyun-mi and director Jo Hyun-taek. Kim Jung-nan and Song Geon-hee are in this drama. Kim Hye-yoon is practically playing Kang Ye-seo, and Yoon Se-ah's backstory as a protester(?) North Korean defector(?) came as a surprise.

The romance is heart-fluttering, and I do think if Jung Hae-in were not a spy, then the stakes wouldn't be as high. Kim Ji-soo will realize "beschütze deine geliebten" means "protecting my love." Why did the library not hear steps every time she visited him?

Jung Shin-hye is fantastic as Go Hye-ryung. I find dormmate Yoon Seol-hee shady, although she is the first to suspect Kim Hye-yoon. What did Jung Yoo-jin do before to be able to become a National Security Planning agent?

I don't put much stock in Episode 2's rating increase, so next week is the key to whether Snowdrop gets Joseon Exorcisted. If it manages to escape cancellation, then I hope the episodes aren't all ninety minutes long.

I think missvictrix nailed it when she wrote a strange storybook-esque dorm. That’s really how I feel every time I get to see it. It’s pretty, yes, and it also feels magical. However, together it feels strange. We have romance going on with the backdrop of the country with political unrest, both inside and outside the screen. Perhaps, this makes the show uneasy for me to watch.

I don’t know the intentions of the writer: why she intentionally/ or inconsiderately added in many things that would lead to controversies. There are many shady things in and about the show, but I found the most shadiest person is the writer.

I have never found magic in JHI’s acting, so I won’t dwell on this topic.

Jisoo is cute and beautiful. It helps a lot that she seems to be a lovely woman in reality because most of the screen time she is acting cute and clueless. However, the around the end of ep1 when she is supposed to look shocked because she found the ML injured in her dorm room, she looked funny instead. In ep2, she looks so in love and is all giddy around the ML -like a young, innocent woman who has never been in love before. I think this is a bit off-putting because I think it did mention in ep1 and she had written letters to boys before, so it isn’t like this is her first love.

In all, I am staying for the production. It looks beautiful, and I can use some magical background music at the moment.

All the politics past and present aside, the Sky Castle connection is very obvious and, for my taste, not in a good way. For the wives club, their bickering and fake smiles, I can only hit the fast forward button. Same for the men's club drinking their own blood, which is gross and also boring.

The dorm matron on the other hand is fun to watch, I am looking forward to details her story. And I want to see more of Yoo Inna.

What I really like is the way Jung Hae-in is playing his part. At this point he is clearly using the girl and her obvious crush on him, because he needs her. His eyes grow very cold and calculating when she does not see it. Jisoo is doing fine as well so far. I do hope that the drama will continue to be screened.

Jisoo is green but she's doing pretty good. There are times she overreact and sometime she underreact but I think she will improve if she chooses to continue her acting career.

I don't understand the political implications and have no idea why it should be cancelled. I think it's a beautiful production and the acting is great - I'm not a drama critic, I just want to be pulled into the story and to care about the characters and so far I'm 100% there. Can they really cancel a drama because it is "politically incorrect"? Wow, that surely cannot be the case, I think I've missed something important here. I shall read all the comments and hope to understand a bit more about what people find offensive, and why.

I'm not that heavily invested in this drama (or it's actors) one way or another, but folks trying to argue "well this is just a drama it's clearly fictional" or "let's just take it with artistic interpretation". Media has a huge influence on how not only a country's history is viewed within its borders but also internationally. Most int'l folks definitely didn't use Duolingo for 3 years to learn English. They watched sitcoms like Friends or Seinfield or something similar. In watching those, all the American stereotypes and generalizations that are presented in those shows go along with it. Unless you're going to go live in every country in the world, generally your perceptions about that country are based on media consumed.

Dramas are fun to watch and I get it, but if it's not your culture/country, I wouldn't be quick to jump the gun here. Think about in your own country how bad something would have to be to get the amount of petitions that this show has gotten.

All in all, I think JTBC got greedy and instead of pulling the show when there was opposition early on they already made so much money on it that they are unwilling to let it go. They'll make big bucks int'l but I can't say what'll happen to their (and these actors) reputation domestically.

So I was all ready to watch this as my late night viewing ritual and found out that it’s only available on Disney+ Asia!!! Unless you watch through a VPN. I’m not that motivated right now, so guess I’ll catch it later. Will be reading spoilers here!

i am entranced... it has a girl's hogwarts dorm feel to it...

I’m liking this so far. The stuff with the politicians and their wives is so boring I tune out, but the dorm and JHI’s character really pulled me in. The setup of the young people reminds me of early episodes of Reply 1988 with the protests in the background.

I was glad that they had the student protestor say out loud: “No, he’s probably not a NK spy. That’s what they always say about us in order to arrest us.” It gives the girls motives for believing he’s a protestor (i.e., the NSP are liars). We also never see JHI involved in any protest activity—it’s an assumption the girls make because he’s being chased by the cops. Those are small but important elements to distinguish his activities from the protests.
Still, the fact that he really is a NK (spy?) involved in kidnapping and who knows what else seems like a tough problem to get out of later on as far as the leads are concerned. (Though, judging by JTBC’s latest statement, JHI is caught up in something that was orchestrated by the NSP themselves. My guess is that the main NSP agent who was characterized as a ‘good guy’ in early posters will end up fighting against his own organization when he realizes who the real bad guys are.)

the "good news" is that they will be broadcasting THREE EPISODES on dec 24, 25 & 26 to try to straighten out the controversy regarding the storyline that have netizens up in arms... i think i read some commercial sponsors have resumed their ads, also?

gosh, so much hollering about a FICTIONAL story, this isn't supposed to be an historical documentary for pete's sake...

https://www.soompi.com/article/1505238wpp/snowdrop-to-air-the-next-3-episodes-for-3-consecutive-days

Seeing a lot of ignorance in these comments... The actors in this drama (especially the leads) are gonna suffer a lot of hate and this will literally follow them everywhere. Blackpink fans are making it even worse by literally mocking the victims and causing a ruckus. Will definitely not be watching and I feel no remorse for the actors/production as they chose knowingly to star in a drama that distorts their history.
Hope it gets cancelled, but it probably won't be likely.

Ok, the ML has pointed a gun at the FL’s head too many times. I don’t see any believable way toward romance in the story after this.

I've finished EP 5 of Snowdrop and honestly I'm not sure what we were supposed to see in this episode to ease the citizens concerns about this drama.
Young Ro's father Changsoo was the former head of the ANSP and now runs the campaign of the ruling party. He and Tae il are rivals and have devised a plan to discredit the opposition by working with the NK government spy agency led by Soo ho's father. They demand 400 million for kidnapping a prominent member of the opposition Professor Han and bringing him to NK as a defector. The SK party would then spread this information to ensure a win in the upcoming elections. The head of the ANSP Kyung Hee is busy sucking up to the two campaign leaders and has no knowledge of this secret deal. his orders are that his spies should not pursue Soo Hoo.The power struggle between the politicians has also affected their wives who have ambitions to become the first lady.I guess the dark comedy comes from their scenes as they are exchanging insults over afternoon tea but things get stranger as they go to a fortune teller who says to Changsoo's wife, that his fate will be changed if 13 virgins are killed. The other women laugh it off but Changsoo's wife seems to be thinking of ways how this can be done!
I feel sorry for Young-ro, her father sent her away to her grandmother after his remarriage. The Changsoo's wife is greedy for power and has no affection for her stepchildren. We see her faking the tears once she finds out about the hostage situation at the university and that Young -ro is inside.
I do think the villains of the story will be the politicians who have endangered the students and made corrupt deals for power.
Tae-il seems to be greedier of the three, he doesn't seem to care about the repercussions of his actions. Changsoo, I think will continue to go against what is right to save his own neck. In EP 5, it seemed like his son may have been killed by the rest of the Taeryung team at the docks and his daughter is a hostage in the school.
I'm intrigued about Han-Na, it seemed like she joined the spy agency just to find Kang Moo after he jilted her before their wedding? I forgot how much of a good actress Jung Yoo Jin is!
Kang Moo is another interesting character, he disregards the leaders command and continues to investigate and find Soo-ho. I wasn't expecting him to be so forgiving with Young-ro after he found out she hid Soo-ho in the school. I also want to know more about the case in Germany, as it seemed like he had been hunting Soo-ho for some time.

I'm now convinced that Yoo Inna's character is a NK Spy, mainly because I see no reason for the attraction to Tae-il lol
but I noticed her expression when he mentioned Soo-ho is in the school, I'm not sure if she is a relation of Soo ho, is she his sister?

Soo-ho- I can see why JHI has picked this character and I understand why people rate his acting so highly now. He is menacing and unemotional now that his true identity...

The romance part is just to entice viewers!. All i have been watching is history!.just like youth of may

I think i'm one of few people who still watching snowdrop. To tell the truth, its controversy is the one that makes me watch it.

Put it aside. Before snowdrop, i'm someone who like details in storyline. I like to see stories from many people's perspective cuz it might change my mind about the issue and also about them.
But snowdrop shows me that, you don't really need to know things that detail.
I skip so many scenes. There are many characters i want to throw away cuz they're wasting time.

Do they really need to show all 23 characters getting involved in the same matter? And few of them couldn't behave like adults?
And what's with this father who abandon his children by sending them off but suddenly cares about their lives 10 years later?
Are those things called black comedy?
I'm seriously asking because i don't know what this show is trying to aim and i don't know what is black comedy.

I acknowledge there are great actors here.
Jung Haein, Yoo Inna, Yoon Seah, Jung Shinhye, and the late Kim Misoo are putting their best efforts here. Especially Yoon Seah who acts like breathing.
It's unfortunate that their performance are overshadowed by the poor storyline and execution.
Am i too harsh?

I'm still going to watch this to see how this will end

This show has such a fairytale feel to it. I think it's a mix of the tragic romance, the beautiful music and the color palette.