the thing is he was her bully, he made her school life living hell, she tried to commit suicide at one point and eventually left the school.
I get bullies can change and that true but if he was just a bully to someone else I could have given a second thought but he was her bully and then they meet years later when he realized who she was he still addressed as (naem-sae) still talked down while reminding who her father was. Maybe they most they can get to is acquaintances at same workspace kinda.
I was not a bully in school but was a victim of bullies who emotionally bullied me and made me feel invisible every day, while calling me their friend. I decided to never keep them in my contact once I'm out of school. I met her in reunion she is studying to become a doctor, entire time she still made me feel invisible, talked down to me on how the career I choose is meaningless. Felt like I was back in school sharing my desk with her, while being so polite and posh in front of others.
At the end of episode 10, when he took out that earring, my jaw was on the floor, and then I was like, " Yes,…
Okay, so let give all the bright side of this spectrum first, (through my POV)
Hye-joo seems a bit too off to me at a few places; even in the flashback, I find her a bit off, as well as every time she meets Maeng Sena.[I honestly don't want to use the word unhinged because that doesn't truly fit here, so bit off it is.]
Now I do think her father knows about this to some extent. He[the dad] is aware of all of her activities, and maybe that’s why he went ahead, before the investigation even started properly, to contact the chief prosecutor, and asked to manipulate the investigation, which makes me believe the CP also somewhat is aware of the real culprits. [This is subtle sub context here is she was a chaebol and he was just an idol, yes through cultural norms idols and actors are still low in the hierarchy level in Korea even though they have millions of fans as power is often manipulated by chaebol very easily so the CP is again ready to do this to be on Imhwa group's good side].
So her father's manipulation of investigation and evidence, as well as reports, makes more sense than what episode 11 has shown [I mean ep 12 is still left, so let's see]. But honestly, police not doin their job properly will not be the first time wonder in kdrama; they saw a well-loved artist alone in his house with a dead body proving him murder would have gotten the publicity, name, and maybe promotion too, and then the prosecutor is also supporting the same thought process, it not a huge flaw that they did a lousy investigation.
CP kept forcing his son to blame on Do Laik to dive down the same publicity, was the surface truth but in reality it he was doing what Imhwa chairman is asking: proving Laik as murder will not only keep his daughter safe but also this way he will create a proper wedge between her daughter and her first love and hide the fact that she was in psyche ward + it will definetely help CP in future when it comes to elections.
Now the flaws that can't be missed;
1. Do Laik's reaction after learning Hye-joo had killed his best friend and still went ahead with killing Jae-hee was way too plain, my guy. 2. The writing could have been tighter [better and at least logical in some places, dude who creates passwords like that?], the screenplay should have been better, but it is not. 3. the entire cleaning scene 🤦🏻♀️
At the end of episode 10, when he took out that earring, my jaw was on the floor, and then I was like, " Yes, it made so much sense." The person is always present, and even misguided the investigation, but then I watched episode 11, and it was laughable. More in the reply with a spoiler tag
Yes, he got scouted at 4 years old and was a part of an ad (I read this somewhere), and basically began as extras or supporting roles. He also played the young version of ML in a few dramas. When he was 14, he did a supporting role in "Under the Hawthorne Tree" movie and was recognised for his acting skills.
I just found out this; "Chen Xing Xu is only 29; he is, in fact, a seasoned actor with 25 years of experience." And it made me chuckle so hard. Apparently, at the age of 4, he was scouted and acted as an extra and in supporting roles. It reminded me of those job application memes, "I'm 26 years old and have 25 years of experience. 😂🤣 but it's true for this dude
Also, who is watching his new drama - My Page in the 90s; it's airing RN and 10 episodes are out, and it seems good, but the chemistry I felt here is so hard to get over.
This is going on the same list of shows I love to rewatch - Hidden Love, When I Fly Towards You, The Best Thing, Everyone Loves Me, The First Frost, Only for Love, A Dream within a Dream
I was secretly shipping Xiaorou and mr.Gong a while but feel bad because she's already married. Now I really want…
Honestly even if they become friends who rely on each other I'm happy with that cause they have so much chemistry that it will be waste to not get them together
Just a question.Are kdramas better as a binge or two a week format?Personally, I'd say two a week is better.
I tried both and and hands down binge is the best way when it comes to kdrama there are so many drama I think I would have enjoyed if I had just binged it rather than waiting 2 episode per week and the 2 episode per week only work for a very few kdrama in my case.
While leaving canada, did she say Dorami was taunting her so she just tried to make him fall for her for fun?…
Hi, I hope to explain it to the best of my ability. So here I go; The conversation was certainly confusing, but I understood it much better after watching later episodes.
We see Mu Hee see Ho Jin and Ji Sun talking and smiling, and she ASSUMES that they are back together.
That is the biggest flaw in Mu Hee's approach in that conversation. Rather than clearing things up, she assumes things and then begins to distance herself completely.
When Ho Jin asks her to tell him why she came and what is actually going on in her mind, she says, "Congratulations to him", and says she is happy that they can now be together without even hearing him out. [This aches Ho Jin because, just a few hours earlier in his car, he had promised to call her back once things were sorted, and clearly said that after the kiss, it's hard for him to sleep as well. It was already hinted that he had started falling for her.]
Then she kept going and tells how, throughout this entire trip, Do Ra Mi kept talking to her about how he doesn't love her, and we see how that emotion changes her behavior toward Ho Jin throughout the Canadian trip. Whenever she feels more insecure, she tries to prove Do Ra Mi wrong so her pride can stay intact. - Example of her asking Ho Jin to stay longer, then, while watching the Northern Lights, she realizes what she is doing and says let's go back, even when he asks her to stay a bit more.
That is why she says Do Ra Mi wins, because when she assumes the situation between Ho Jin and Ji Sun in the library, she listens to her to shut things down and run, as of course, no one loves her. She completely takes agency away from Ho Jin, who clearly promised her to contact her back or even tell his truth.
But the twist comes when Ho Jin addresses that he was falling for her until now, which means he wants to stop that feeling because the person in front of her uses Do Ra Mi to manipulate his emotions. She clearly doesn't respect him enough to wait for him to talk, but lets her assume things, and keeps testing intimacy instead of building it, keeps pulling him in and then pushing him away to reassure herself that she still has power. That is how she fell for him to begin with, and she refuses to accept the distance and boundaries he clearly sets.
And he finds that he can't deal with someone who, rather than relying on real conversation, relies on assumptions and is in a constant fight of proving Do Ra Mi right/wrong because of her pride, and that it not only affects her emotions but also the others who are directly connected to her.
In short, Mu-hee didn’t intentionally play with Ho-jin’s feelings, but by relying on assumptions and her inner voice instead of direct communication, she unintentionally hurt him. Ho-jin stepping back wasn’t rejection. It was a boundary.
Few things, I watched the entire show in 1 sitting cause honestly to me it didn't felt dragging. It fold gradually,…
Now Do Ra Mi, every time she is on screen, it feels like drama is breathing freely, but when Cha Mu Hee was there, it felt hard to breathe, which is the exact emotional weight writers were going for and nailed it really well.
It starts as a horrifying element with Do ra mi as we(viewers) and Mu hee shi both are introduced to then she kinda accepts Do ra mi, and then we collectively realise that Do ra mi is not per se there to hurt Mu hee though her actions looked like that. But in reality, she acted as interpreter between Mu Hee and Hoo Jin and the viewers.
She surely does help when it comes to deepening the chemistry with Joo Ho-jin because she was able to do what Cha Mu hee couldn't openly cause she assumed and overthought everything, and denied her permission to see good at the end of the conversation.
I did like that the writer chose to personify Cha Mu hee’s anxious thoughts and represented them as another person who is not completely opposite, because that's bold behaviour we see in very 1 episode when she was not a public figure and spoke what her mind said.
The ending god, what is happening with kdrama endings in general is like the drama starts strong, then they can go either good or mid in the middle, and by the end it is always the same story in romcom, one of the lead will leave out of nowhere, and then like 5-8 minutes before drama ends will comeback with a time gap.
Few things, I watched the entire show in 1 sitting cause honestly to me it didn't felt dragging. It fold gradually, next the genre romcom fosho doesn't fit properly here cause there is melo in mix and sort of horror elements too. That why I came back to check the tags. The rest will have spoiler tag so...
I get bullies can change and that true but if he was just a bully to someone else I could have given a second thought but he was her bully and then they meet years later when he realized who she was he still addressed as (naem-sae) still talked down while reminding who her father was. Maybe they most they can get to is acquaintances at same workspace kinda.
I was not a bully in school but was a victim of bullies who emotionally bullied me and made me feel invisible every day, while calling me their friend. I decided to never keep them in my contact once I'm out of school. I met her in reunion she is studying to become a doctor, entire time she still made me feel invisible, talked down to me on how the career I choose is meaningless. Felt like I was back in school sharing my desk with her, while being so polite and posh in front of others.
Hye-joo seems a bit too off to me at a few places; even in the flashback, I find her a bit off, as well as every time she meets Maeng Sena.[I honestly don't want to use the word unhinged because that doesn't truly fit here, so bit off it is.]
Now I do think her father knows about this to some extent.
He[the dad] is aware of all of her activities, and maybe that’s why he went ahead, before the investigation even started properly, to contact the chief prosecutor, and asked to manipulate the investigation, which makes me believe the CP also somewhat is aware of the real culprits. [This is subtle sub context here is she was a chaebol and he was just an idol, yes through cultural norms idols and actors are still low in the hierarchy level in Korea even though they have millions of fans as power is often manipulated by chaebol very easily so the CP is again ready to do this to be on Imhwa group's good side].
So her father's manipulation of investigation and evidence, as well as reports, makes more sense than what episode 11 has shown [I mean ep 12 is still left, so let's see].
But honestly, police not doin their job properly will not be the first time wonder in kdrama; they saw a well-loved artist alone in his house with a dead body proving him murder would have gotten the publicity, name, and maybe promotion too, and then the prosecutor is also supporting the same thought process, it not a huge flaw that they did a lousy investigation.
CP kept forcing his son to blame on Do Laik to dive down the same publicity, was the surface truth but in reality it he was doing what Imhwa chairman is asking: proving Laik as murder will not only keep his daughter safe but also this way he will create a proper wedge between her daughter and her first love and hide the fact that she was in psyche ward + it will definetely help CP in future when it comes to elections.
Now the flaws that can't be missed;
1. Do Laik's reaction after learning Hye-joo had killed his best friend and still went ahead with killing Jae-hee was way too plain, my guy.
2. The writing could have been tighter [better and at least logical in some places, dude who creates passwords like that?], the screenplay should have been better, but it is not.
3. the entire cleaning scene 🤦🏻♀️
"Chen Xing Xu is only 29; he is, in fact, a seasoned actor with 25 years of experience."
And it made me chuckle so hard. Apparently, at the age of 4, he was scouted and acted as an extra and in supporting roles. It reminded me of those job application memes, "I'm 26 years old and have 25 years of experience. 😂🤣 but it's true for this dude
Also, who is watching his new drama - My Page in the 90s; it's airing RN and 10 episodes are out, and it seems good, but the chemistry I felt here is so hard to get over.
This is going on the same list of shows I love to rewatch - Hidden Love, When I Fly Towards You, The Best Thing, Everyone Loves Me, The First Frost, Only for Love, A Dream within a Dream
Also it's 8.8 now started with 8.1 I hope the rating gets to 9 and stay there
So here I go;
The conversation was certainly confusing, but I understood it much better after watching later episodes.
We see Mu Hee see Ho Jin and Ji Sun talking and smiling, and she ASSUMES that they are back together.
That is the biggest flaw in Mu Hee's approach in that conversation. Rather than clearing things up, she assumes things and then begins to distance herself completely.
When Ho Jin asks her to tell him why she came and what is actually going on in her mind, she says, "Congratulations to him", and says she is happy that they can now be together without even hearing him out. [This aches Ho Jin because, just a few hours earlier in his car, he had promised to call her back once things were sorted, and clearly said that after the kiss, it's hard for him to sleep as well. It was already hinted that he had started falling for her.]
Then she kept going and tells how, throughout this entire trip, Do Ra Mi kept talking to her about how he doesn't love her, and we see how that emotion changes her behavior toward Ho Jin throughout the Canadian trip. Whenever she feels more insecure, she tries to prove Do Ra Mi wrong so her pride can stay intact.
- Example of her asking Ho Jin to stay longer, then, while watching the Northern Lights, she realizes what she is doing and says let's go back, even when he asks her to stay a bit more.
That is why she says Do Ra Mi wins, because when she assumes the situation between Ho Jin and Ji Sun in the library, she listens to her to shut things down and run, as of course, no one loves her. She completely takes agency away from Ho Jin, who clearly promised her to contact her back or even tell his truth.
But the twist comes when Ho Jin addresses that he was falling for her until now, which means he wants to stop that feeling because the person in front of her uses Do Ra Mi to manipulate his emotions. She clearly doesn't respect him enough to wait for him to talk, but lets her assume things, and keeps testing intimacy instead of building it, keeps pulling him in and then pushing him away to reassure herself that she still has power. That is how she fell for him to begin with, and she refuses to accept the distance and boundaries he clearly sets.
And he finds that he can't deal with someone who, rather than relying on real conversation, relies on assumptions and is in a constant fight of proving Do Ra Mi right/wrong because of her pride, and that it not only affects her emotions but also the others who are directly connected to her.
In short, Mu-hee didn’t intentionally play with Ho-jin’s feelings, but by relying on assumptions and her inner voice instead of direct communication, she unintentionally hurt him. Ho-jin stepping back wasn’t rejection. It was a boundary.
It starts as a horrifying element with Do ra mi as we(viewers) and Mu hee shi both are introduced to then she kinda accepts Do ra mi, and then we collectively realise that Do ra mi is not per se there to hurt Mu hee though her actions looked like that. But in reality, she acted as interpreter between Mu Hee and Hoo Jin and the viewers.
She surely does help when it comes to deepening the chemistry with Joo Ho-jin because she was able to do what Cha Mu hee couldn't openly cause she assumed and overthought everything, and denied her permission to see good at the end of the conversation.
I did like that the writer chose to personify Cha Mu hee’s anxious thoughts and represented them as another person who is not completely opposite, because that's bold behaviour we see in very 1 episode when she was not a public figure and spoke what her mind said.
The ending god, what is happening with kdrama endings in general is like the drama starts strong, then they can go either good or mid in the middle, and by the end it is always the same story in romcom, one of the lead will leave out of nowhere, and then like 5-8 minutes before drama ends will comeback with a time gap.