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Deserved Better - Loser's Bracket Round 2: Sin Juyeong (Let Free the Curse of Taekwondo) vs Fongkaew (I Feel You Linger in the Air)

[Submitted Reasons Under Cut]

Who deserved better?

Sin Juyeong (Let Free the Curse of Taekwondo)

Fongkaew (I Feel You Linger in the Air)

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Voting ended onFeb 12, 2025

Sin Juyeong: "He loved him for 12 years and Dohoe really didn't appreciate him at all"

"This man waited a decade for the boy he loved, only for the boy to grow up and be a jerk to him! Sin Ju Yeong was kicked out of his Christian household probably for being gay, abandoned by his adoptive parents, and sent to the middle of nowhere, yet tried to protect Lee Do Hoe from his abusive father only to be punished further! He took care of Lee Do Hoe's dad in hopes that Lee Do Hoe would eventually reappear, then when Lee Do Hoe did, it was at his father's funeral, and he was completely dismissive and very rude to Sin Ju Yeong. Then he just continued to be mean! He tried to embarrass Sin Ju Yeong at dinner. He talked about the restaurants he ate at, the wallet he used, and everything else about Sin Ju Yeong. And then he had the audacity to yell at Sin Ju Yeong that Sin Ju Yeong's life was easy so he wouldn't understand his pain when Ju Yeong was trying to help him. Sin Ju Yeong is a saint for trying to help a man who was hellbent on hurting him, and for that, Sin Ju Yeong deserves better than that mean little man."

Fongkaew: "Her story breaks my heart still"

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Deserved Better - Loser's Bracket Round 2: Big (Kinnporsche: The Series) vs Taemrak (Wandee Goodday)

[Submitted Reasons Under Cut]

Who deserved better?

Big (Kinnporsche: The Series)

Taemrak (Wandee Goodday)

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Voting ended onFeb 12, 2025

Big: "The only crime that boy ever committed was falling in love with his boss and picking the wrong friends (y'know other than the mafia thing, but who cares). Was his death suitably heroic and tragic? Sure. But I needed him to stay alive."

"Big is replaced by Kinn’s new boy toy despite said boy toy having none of the qualifications to run a security team. He’s regularly insulted by Kim who reminds him of his unrequited love for Kinn. He dies and they just leave his body behind to get exploded."

Taemrak: "She was awesome and so cool and a great person who was always there for yoryak and the kids at the hospital. In the show, she gets almost sexually assaulted by a friend and classmate, has her crush choose someone else over her, and. worst of all. At the end. She’s paired with Ter who is a disgusting manipulative jerk"

"She was assaulted only for the show to pair her up with a different man who also assaulted someone. Make it make sense."

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Deserved Better - Loser's Bracket Round 2: Xiang Haoting (HIStory 3: Make Our Days Count) vs Khaimuk (Love Sea)

[Submitted Reasons Under Cut]

Who deserved better?

Xiang Haoting (HIStory 3: Make Our Days Count)

Khaimuk (Love Sea)

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Voting ended onFeb 12, 2025

Xiang Haoting: "Xiang Hao Ting is a himbo with a heart of gold, started off on the wrong foot with Yu Xi Gu but fought to earn his trust and love, fought to be together with him and stay with him, earned his way into a top university (from being one of the worst students) just because that's the only way his parents would approve of his relationship, went from being completely wild to being in domestic bliss with Yu Xi Gu just for Yu Xi Gu to die and in a random accident just as their lives together started, right after they overcame all obstacles. Xiang Hao Ting did all the right things, grew to be someone deserving of Yu Xi Gu's love, was unwavering in the face of wave after wave of the world against their relationship, just for his love and happiness to be ripped away from him. All because of a bag of sugar and a forgotten wallet. He definitely deserved better than that."

"They deserved happiness, damnit"

Khaimuk: "Terrible love interest"

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Deserved Better - Loser's Bracket Round 2: Gu Xiang (Word of Honor) vs Porchay (Kinnporsche: The Series)

[Submitted Reasons Under Cut]

Who deserved better?

Gu Xiang (Word of Honor)

Porchay (Kinnporsche: The Series)

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Voting ended onFeb 12, 2025

Gu Xiang: "All she wanted was a normal life where she and her boyfriend could go run off and have a bakery together and look what she was dealt instead"

"She was Wen Kexing’s sidekick, daughter, maid, cook, and guard for most of the show. She provided critical eye rolling when Wen Kexing’s flirting went overboard. She finally got her chance to break free from Ghost Valley and was brutally murdered on her wedding day devolved into a full on battle (as usually happens in wuxia drama). She deserved to get her HEA."

Porchay: "Come on! He just wanted his wattpad moment and all he got was heartbreak. Yes, Kim is emotionally constipated, but look at chay! How could you lie to him and say you never loved him! And then try to apologize to him by stealing a song he originally wrote about his brother?! Chay deserved so much better than what kim put him through. (Also wtf Porsche. Now that you’re the head of the minor family, you’ve gone and gotten your brother even more involved in the mafia. What happened to protecting him?)"

"He’s a sweet baby Angel of a boy who was orphaned at a very young age and raised by his older brother who was also a child and an uncle with a serious gambling problem that pit them in major debt to loan sharks who regularly show up and trash their house. Then when things are finally looking up his brother suddenly disappears in the middle of the night with only a note saying he’s working on a private island and his uncle has seemingly vanished too. He’s left alone and the only bright spot is that he gets to meet his famous idol/crush who starts to tutor him and flirts with him and they start some form of relationship. He even shoots his shot and admits his feelings and gets a kiss and a cuddle on the couch in return and things are looking great, except oh no! He gets kidnapped by a mafia because it turns out his brother works for the mob now and Chay’s entire life gets uprooted out of nowhere and he has to go live with the mafia where he finds out that actually his idol/crush/almost boyfriend is actually a mafia heir who is spying on him for info on his brother. He confronts him and gives Kim a chance to fix things by saying any part of their relationship was real but he just says he wouldn’t have bothered to spend time with chay if he didn’t need info on his brother and leaves him sobbing on the ground. He’s so destroyed by the whole thing he gives up the university dream he’s been working so hard for, dyes his hair blue and goes on a partygirl spiral in an attempt to move on only for Kim to show up and get angry acting like he has any day in chays life and when he confronts him (giving him yet another chance to fix it if he just admitted his feelings) he gets angrily dismissed and left behind by Kim AGAIN. He blocks him but Kim keeps trying to contact him, not letting him move on. Then his brother suddenly grabs him in the middle of the night and hides him at a bar during a mob war where he eventually turns around to find the traumatizing sight of dead bodies everywhere. After all that is done he finds out his mom isn’t dead but has been atticwifed by the crazy mob boss whose apparently his uncle and he actually could have had a parent his whole life, except she’s essentially in a waking coma and doesn’t even really react to him. Oh and Kim is still trying to contact him and sends him a YouTube ukulele apology video that doesn’t actually include the words I’m sorry or I love you. To top it all off the show ends without him ever getting a happy ending. My poor, sweet boy."

"Chay was just living his life (occasionally getting beaten up by loan sharks) and got to experience the joy of a Wattpad fanfic by dating his musical idol. Unfortunately for him his idol started dating him to get dirt on his brother. And he also gets kidnapped because he’s evidently the most kidnappable man in Thailand. Said idol also breaks his heart."

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Deserved Better - Loser's Bracket Round 2: Yu Xi Gu (HIStory 3: Make Our Days Count) vs Phob (Something in My Room)

[Submitted Reasons Under Cut]

Who deserved better?

Yu Xi Gu (HIStory 3: Make Our Days Count)

Phob (Something in My Room)

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Voting ended onFeb 12, 2025

Yu Xi Gu: "this man has traumatized a generation. I watch other shows from Taiwan and get nervous when they're near roads at the end of the series. he truly did deserve better"

"Look, either him or his boyfie Hao Ting, but they were DONE WRONG. No one needs to be reminded of that clusterfuck of an ending."

"If there is one person who deserves to win, it is him. He suffered losing both his parents, abandonment by his aunt, and poverty before even graduating high school. And the second he’s able to move in with the love of his life and find happiness, he gets hit by a car and dies. Which he survives in the source material, mind you. Changed my life for the worse"

"they fucking mowed him 😭"

"They deserved all the happiness and it was robbed"

Phob: "ya know how tragic is to finally find someone you click with, someone you love who isn't using you or mistreating you or whatever, but you only meet them when you're a ghost and only have like 40 days left before you disappear forever. like phob finally someone he wished to spend the rest of his life with, but only after he killed himself. and the thing is, they were going to be entering the same competition thing. like there was a world where Phob and Phat would have met normally. but they didn't. so Phob dies tragically young only ever getting to spend a couple weeks with the love of his life."

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Deserved Better - Loser's Bracket Round 2: Sky (Love in the Air) vs Mark (Love Mechanics)

[Submitted Reasons Under Cut]

Who deserved better?

Sky (Love in the Air)

Mark (Love Mechanics)

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Voting ended onFeb 12, 2025

Sky: "Sky was horrifically abused and traumatized by his ex. Sky was beaten and sexually exploited by Gun. Without getting into too much detail Gun would beat Sky and share him sexually with his friends without Sky’s consent. The moment Sky is back on Gun’s radar he plans to assault and control him all over again. Sky suffers from constant nightmares and PTSD as a result of his trauma."

"He was abused by Gun when he was young and vulnerable! He’s such a sweet and lovely guy and only deserves good things ever! >:("

Mark: "Mark has an unrequited crush on Bar and gets drunk about it and falls in bed with his senior Vee, who has a girlfriend, is sober, and knows Mark is drunk and mistaking him for Bar. He is then surprised Mark reacts badly when he wakes up and threatens him not to tell. He also acts like it was Marks idea to go for him??? Vee then continues to act like Mark is his, getting angry with him for fooling around with other guys and just in general. He wants Mark to act as his lover while he goes around with his girlfriend and his own life. He wants Mark to *wait*. And then promptly forgets about making wait. He also always assumes the worst about Mark, because go figure. He assumes Mark goes after Bas because he wants to harass him, he assumes Mark was going to fuck Nuea when they where together because "[Mark] was easy for [Vee]", yknow, when he was so drunk he almost blacked out. He assumes Mark is lying about Vees girlfriend cheating on him because he's jealous or whatever. Vee is just a continuous asshole towards Mark who doesn't get to say no or refuse him. He doesn't get to choose someone else, and while he doesn't want to in the end, he really did in the beginning. Mark just want Vee to choose and trust him and he just doesn't."

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Deserved Better - Loser's Bracket Round 2: Boston (Only Friends) vs Jack (Jack & Joker)

[Submitted Reasons Under Cut]

Who deserved better?

Boston (Only Friends)

Jack (Jack & Joker)

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Voting ended onFeb 12, 2025

Boston: "He had his flaws but he also had his reasons! He deserved some of his ending, because of his actions, yes. But it was way too much just for not having the same view on relationships as everyone else."

"I mean one could argue that Boston got the best ending out of them all because he's living his best life slutting it up in the US away from his shitty friends while they still have to deal with each other, but like... why did they have to revenge porn my guy TWICE"

"Sure Boston was a bit of a dick (sleeping with a friend’s boyfriend) but he didn’t deserve the treatment he got in the show. He got non-consensually recorded for porn and then was blackmailed by a friend with it. Pretty much all of the Only Friends characters did shitty things but only Boston is unfriended by the group because he was being a bit of a slut. And arguably what Boston did was actually less worse than a lot of the other characters on the show. The retribution he received was incredibly disproportionate."

"Look... was he an asshole? Sure. But the only person he actually deserved ill treatment from was Mew. He did not owe Nick, Top, Cheum or Atom ANYTHING. His privacy was violated multiple times, even though he was always clear about how he wanted things and how important consent was to him. He did not ask Nick to fall for him either, and it was Top who was in an actual relationship and went behind Mew's back to cheat on him. Yeah, i do think that he shouldn't have gone for a guy his friend was interested in because bro code, BUT HE GOT WAY WORSE THAN HE DESERVED."

Jack: "To be fair I’m only halfway through the series but Jack was not deserving of the trauma and betrayal he received thus far. The guy is basically a saint and his life’s goal is to start a school for underprivileged children. Thus far I’ve learned his parents committed suicide in hopes of eliminating their debt for him but the insurance didn’t pay out. He was nearly sent to jail for a crime he didn’t commit. He was forced to work for a shady debt collector as essentially a hired goon. And when he’s finally out from under the boss’s thumb his grandma gets poisoned and he has to then go back to debt collecting to pay off her medical bills. Not to mention having his savings swiped by a friend. Basically the man is a sweetheart but he’s just getting a terrible hand dealt to him at every turn."

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Deserved Better - Loser's Bracket Round 2: Oh-Aew (I Promised You the Moon) vs Eugene (Not Me)

[Submitted Reasons Under Cut]

Who deserved better?

Oh-Aew (I Promised You the Moon)

Eugene (Not Me)

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Voting ended onFeb 12, 2025

Oh-Aew: "I couldn't even watch this, he was done so dirty by Teh. He didn't deserve that treatment"

Eugene: none submitted