Soooooooooooo......... Who else was surprised when our story suddenly took a historical turn? I guess the writers are getting all creative and telling 3 different stories, each 4 episodes apiece. Not sure how I feel about that yet, but on an up note, they are keeping all the names the same, and best of all Shi Hoo is alive. WOOT!
So........ This episode happened. I will be honest, I am not one who feels that the original work that a story is based on (in this case a webtoon) has to be followed 100%, but somewhere in the same ballpark would be nice. Things are speeding by so fast plot wise, that I am getting whiplash. And really if you were only going to have the very bare minimum of the story in your drama anyway, why bother even relating the two? I am feeling a tad bit cheated right now. A perfectly pleasant vampire teenage musical romance has been turned into a mesh of rioting concepts.
It's time to get down to the nitty gritty of discussing the actual plot and character movement of this drama. With less sexy skinship time, it is definitely easier to focus and dissect what I like, and what I think could have used some tweaking. So come with me as I chat the good and the bad of episode 3 - with tons of screen caps of Shi Hoo and Jae Min of course. We are not going totally crazy just focusing on things like plot and character development. The Khotties need their time to shine.
Remember the days when you watched a high school kdrama and the extent of the skinship was a wrist grab or maybe an open eyed fish kiss? Well, this is not that type of drama. It is shockingly mature in its mix of innocent sexuality, which is equally titillating & slightly uncomfortable when you consider the age of some of the actors.
Kmuse here, back to recapping with a vengeance. Not only will I be doing a co-cap with Dongsaeng on "Producer", but will also be bringing you my weekly thoughts and observations with this wonderful teen angst vampire drama "Orange Marmalade". And there is a good chance that I will be adding recaps for "Mask" to the pile as well. What? Am I supposed to just ignore great drama and my need to share it, simply because I need to occasionally sleep? Let's just say that if I suddenly start typing in all single syllable words, you will know that I have been taken down by over blogging. Although the phrase "He is hawt" really can describe so much.
I think it is a little amusing that, until now, you would have never known that Orange Marmalade is a vampire themed drama. At least not from most the promotional materials. Makes you wonder if they decided to keep this concept quiet since the flop of vampire drama "Blood" earlier this year. Or maybe they just wanted a lot of focus on Yeo Jin Goo (the bigger name and non vampire character) during promotion. Either way, they finally let the vampire cat out of the bag in the latest trailer.
I will admit that I am completely in love with this webtoon. It was one of those addictions where you start reading casually, and hours later, your eyes are glazed after reading from your tiny phone screen. The eye strain was totally worth it though as I finished a truly well written and deep story about two high school students in a relationship. One of those kids just happens to be a vampire which adds some complication to things.
