A whole village gangs up against a single woman who dared to *checks notes* move to that area. I wish drama writers dropped that trope. It was not pleasant to see in Hometown Cha Cha Cha and it is anger inducing in Summer Strike.
It’s absolutely infuriating esp. because stuff like this is generally always aimed at women in k-dramas. When the Camellia Blooms had something similar too.
On the other hand, a new man moving into town will be followed by slow-mo montages of everyone swooning over how hot and/or competent he is.
I made a CAMELLIA reference earlier that it took Dong-baek (Gong Hyo-jin) years to be finally accepted by the marinated crab ladies so I expected it would take time for Yeo-reum to be accepted by the locals.
SUMMER STRIKE may come off to some (promo wise) as the biggest bait and switch since THE THIRD CHARM (2018).
That is exactly who I stopped Hometown. When they had to nerve to police what she wore when she was running was enough for me. Then the ML was the absolute worst and the fact they were the end game was really crappy to. When I brought this up, several beanies were telling me I did not get it and were contorting themselves to justify this behavior. But they all changed their tune with the ML was a douche to another male in the series and all of a sudden ML was a problem. Huh.
All of this! I wish I’d had the sense to stop watching Homecha – I despised almost everything about it except the scenery, but especially the judgy local ajummas and the ML. @miso2019, I haven’t seen enough dramas to realize this is yet another misogynist trope but now that you mention it, I’ll add it to the long list of reasons I just dropped this show after ep. 3.
It has been more than a year since I watched Hometown Cha (×3), but I do not recollect the villagers going out of their way to chase the FL from the town or fool her, even though they judged her “city girl” attitude and the ML viewed her as a prickly porcupine that needs to calm down. At least in that show they gave the FL a chance to showcase her skills and capabilities, but in “Summer Strike” the FL gets snubbed even before she gets to hold a proper conversation. Absolutely terrible writing.
I don’t like it either, but I also think it wasn’t that bad for me in Homecha. It’s true I didn’t like the townspeople at first, but the truth is that all of them had a good (or at least a proper) heart. There are reasons behind their somewhat nasty behaviors that will be uncovered later on in the story, but these behaviors were not received well by FL simply because she’s been brought up differently.
I can’t make any comment on Summer Strike because I have no legal access to watch it, which is the case for more and more Kdramas for me. *sighs*
It was mostly tolerable, but there was this episode when the neighbourhood lady starts terrible rumours about FL but the FL is supposed to forgive her & move on cause the woman lost her child and the only instant she feels well is when ~~she gossips~~. That was it. That was literally the shows explanation.
I’d rather not see the trope, but as a small town girl, the townspeople in HomeCha rang pretty true to me. I guess Summer Strike doesn’t bother me too much either. The son and woman with the dog ganged up against the FL, but most of the people have been fine.
The man she rents an apartment from slut-shamed her because her house got vandalized. The kids got into her house and broke the water system.
It is at least half of the villagers we were introduced to so far.
nerdy
November 29, 2022 at 6:11 AM
A whole village gangs up against a single woman who dared to *checks notes* move to that area. I wish drama writers dropped that trope. It was not pleasant to see in Hometown Cha Cha Cha and it is anger inducing in Summer Strike.
nerdy
November 29, 2022 at 6:14 AM
I should be enjoying the scenery, instead of wishing to burn that whole village down.
miso
November 29, 2022 at 6:17 AM
It’s absolutely infuriating esp. because stuff like this is generally always aimed at women in k-dramas. When the Camellia Blooms had something similar too.
On the other hand, a new man moving into town will be followed by slow-mo montages of everyone swooning over how hot and/or competent he is.
owl 🦉 🫰
November 29, 2022 at 12:00 PM
Yes, it was an issue in When the Camellia Blooms – came to mind right away when I read nerdy’s post.
bong-soo
November 29, 2022 at 3:46 PM
I made a CAMELLIA reference earlier that it took Dong-baek (Gong Hyo-jin) years to be finally accepted by the marinated crab ladies so I expected it would take time for Yeo-reum to be accepted by the locals.
SUMMER STRIKE may come off to some (promo wise) as the biggest bait and switch since THE THIRD CHARM (2018).
larelle79
November 29, 2022 at 8:01 AM
That is exactly who I stopped Hometown. When they had to nerve to police what she wore when she was running was enough for me. Then the ML was the absolute worst and the fact they were the end game was really crappy to. When I brought this up, several beanies were telling me I did not get it and were contorting themselves to justify this behavior. But they all changed their tune with the ML was a douche to another male in the series and all of a sudden ML was a problem. Huh.
Elinor, Team Glasses team co-captain
November 29, 2022 at 9:09 AM
All of this! I wish I’d had the sense to stop watching Homecha – I despised almost everything about it except the scenery, but especially the judgy local ajummas and the ML. @miso2019, I haven’t seen enough dramas to realize this is yet another misogynist trope but now that you mention it, I’ll add it to the long list of reasons I just dropped this show after ep. 3.
emsel
November 29, 2022 at 9:46 AM
It has been more than a year since I watched Hometown Cha (×3), but I do not recollect the villagers going out of their way to chase the FL from the town or fool her, even though they judged her “city girl” attitude and the ML viewed her as a prickly porcupine that needs to calm down. At least in that show they gave the FL a chance to showcase her skills and capabilities, but in “Summer Strike” the FL gets snubbed even before she gets to hold a proper conversation. Absolutely terrible writing.
mmmmm
November 29, 2022 at 10:01 AM
I don’t like it either, but I also think it wasn’t that bad for me in Homecha. It’s true I didn’t like the townspeople at first, but the truth is that all of them had a good (or at least a proper) heart. There are reasons behind their somewhat nasty behaviors that will be uncovered later on in the story, but these behaviors were not received well by FL simply because she’s been brought up differently.
I can’t make any comment on Summer Strike because I have no legal access to watch it, which is the case for more and more Kdramas for me. *sighs*
nerdy
November 29, 2022 at 1:57 PM
It was mostly tolerable, but there was this episode when the neighbourhood lady starts terrible rumours about FL but the FL is supposed to forgive her & move on cause the woman lost her child and the only instant she feels well is when ~~she gossips~~. That was it. That was literally the shows explanation.
Elinor, Team Glasses team co-captain
November 29, 2022 at 4:35 PM
Ugh, yes. Isn’t she also the one who constantly hits people, and they’re supposed to tolerate it for the same reason?
miss h
November 29, 2022 at 10:57 AM
I’d rather not see the trope, but as a small town girl, the townspeople in HomeCha rang pretty true to me. I guess Summer Strike doesn’t bother me too much either. The son and woman with the dog ganged up against the FL, but most of the people have been fine.
nerdy
November 29, 2022 at 2:09 PM
The man she rents an apartment from slut-shamed her because her house got vandalized. The kids got into her house and broke the water system.
It is at least half of the villagers we were introduced to so far.
tabong
November 30, 2022 at 10:56 AM
I couldn’t watch Cha Cha Cha because of that. I didn’t have one character I liked besides the FL.