Three guys pining for the same woman.. Isnt it a bit too much??
Well, one of the guys is out of the picture after 1 episode. And the other 2 guys like her different personalities, which are essentially 2 separate people.
Rather than the relationship drama in episode 5, I was more interested in Eunho's past. From those short glimpses, Eunho's grandma and sister seemed like very lovely, kind people. Yet Eunho is often seen berating Hyeri for not thinking about her future, for not making friends, for relying on her and grandma too much. So, basically older sister things. She also clearly loved her grandma but was cautious about taking too much from her, as she felt that she and her sister were indebted to her.
It seems like the guilt and trauma doesn't just stem from pushing Hyeri to go on the trip. I think she deeply regrets not being more caring and understanding towards Hyeri, or not outwardly expressing her love towards her. And the fact that they left her so suddenly made her unable to handle the fact that she failed to truly cherish the time she had with her remaining family after her parents passed. However, I suspect these memories are skewed. Eunho is convinced she wasn't a good sister, so she mostly remembers the times that she regrets.
Another very interesting point is that the actual Hyeri seemed like a perfectly normal teenager, just reluctant to make friends and too reliant on her family. Since SHS is perfectly capable of acting similarly as an introverted but spirited teen (see Still 17); yet she chose to portray the Hyeri alter very differently from the actress playing actual Hyeri, it must mean that it was an intentional choice agreed with the director. The Hyeri alter's demeanour probably reflects 2 things: Eunho's perception/memory of Hyeri - being innocent, unambitious, happy and carefree, plus what she truly desires to be - eccentric, wild, unafraid of judgment, unimpressive but content with her life. I could be off here though.
Episode 5 should be titled as: The Worst Holiday Ever. You're trying to sleep in at home during your holidays to make up for your usual lack of sleep, but your ex-boyfriend pops up in front of you when you wake up everyday, drags you out of the house when you never asked for it, and finally wishes for you to keep getting sick. Sounds like a nightmare to me!
Yes. She started as Hyeri and i don't think she had DID before. She worked as Hyeri on purpose and started developing…
To be specific, her dream job was to work at the parking lot of her sister's company. Hyeri was extremely attached to Eunho and always wanted to be together with her. That's why she specifically went to the parking lot of a nearby company.
Pay attention to the use of visual representation in this show, especially of colours. Many scenes have an intentional usage of red and yellow.
Red - Eunho in her Hyeri alter/when she is going through dissociation. Eunho/"Hyeri" wears red pajamas to sleep every night, and they switch every time she wakes up. She always sits in a red chair at the psychiatrist's office. In the photo frame where they were kids, little Hyeri's face is blocked by a red balloon. The Hyeri alter is somewhat of a "mask", or she is simply a facade.
Yellow - The real Hyeri. In the greyscale flashbacks, traces of Hyeri, such as her diary, are presented in yellow flashes. "Hyeri" works in a small yellow office in the parking lot. However, the yellow office is simply a shell. She's always in a shell of Hyeri, but she is not her.
Red and yellow are near each other on the visible light spectrum, but they are undeniably two separate and distinct colours. A personality can be modelled after or be based on someone, but it cannot be their replacement.
The Hyeri depiction is very tricky. She has to portray a personality that is modelled after her younger sister,…
Yeah, I meant that I knew it wasn't weak acting but an acting choice because we all know SHS is experienced enough for that. But without the context (which wasn't given in the first 2 eps), it can be seen as bad acting.
I've always loved Shin Hye Sun since Mr. Queen and she's been on target even in this drama. Not a fan of the Hyeri…
The Hyeri depiction is very tricky. She has to portray a personality that is modelled after her younger sister, who is implied to be mentally very young/neurodivergent/intellectually challenged - but she can't play her exactly as such. And she has to be endearing enough for the 2ML to fall for her. But with completely no context in the beginning episodes, it was hard to understand why her behaviour as Hyeri was so eccentric. If it wasn't SHS, I would have thought it was just bad acting.
If you ask me, Hyeri's age doesn't matter, they would never be a plausible pairing. That is out of the question.…
Yeah, my point is unless Eunho really plans to live this way forever (aka barely sleeping a few hours a day, working two jobs and dying of exhaustion, probably worsening the symptoms as the days go by), there is no way for Hyeri and Juyeon to be long time partners, romantic or not. "Hyeri" is basically a part of Eunho, so there is still a possibility that Eunho and Juyeon can form a connection (when her symptoms have subsided). Ofc, they will never be a romantic pairing though.
I'm not insulting the show, but I see why the ratings are currently low. I'm 44 minutes into the first episode…
Personally, I thought the first episode was a bit hard to get through because it was basically like a loud rom-com with a disorder inserted in. However, I think it's getting MUCH more interesting and well executed in the recent 2 episodes. Things start to get explained in episode 2.
It's actually insane if your other personality writes a letter to you asking you to leave a part of your body to her, with the reasoning that she is "happier than you". I would be freaking out like hell if I were Eunho in that situation.
So my hunch was right (she was a kindergartener to highschooler at best), hence to me Hyeri & Ju Yeon was never…
If you ask me, Hyeri's age doesn't matter, they would never be a plausible pairing. That is out of the question. The question is whether Eunho and Juyeon would possibly be good for each other. Besides, Hyeri's "age" is very debatable - the real Hyeri's (mental) age and personality traits can be found on the Hyeri alter, but they aren't the same. They are two separate beings (if you even consider a manifested personality a being).
I think he believes that she under-performs, acts recklessly, because she never got over him. He acts like a jerk…
Technically, he was the one who pushed those gigs to her though. Yeah he's probably pushing her away for that reason but his character is almost impossible to like as of now.
well we didn't get to find out why, bec the FL walked out before he could finish and in typical kdrama fashion,…
Saying that his ex "embarrasses him" and that everyone around him thinks she wasn't good enough for him, is a pretty big insult. Hearing that will be a blow to anyone's self-esteem, and much more to someone who's already struggling. Is there anything else he could have added to reduce the damage he did?
She ends up with the ML >= Open ending where she ends up with no one romantically >>>>>>>>>>> She ends up with Kang Hoon
It seems like the guilt and trauma doesn't just stem from pushing Hyeri to go on the trip. I think she deeply regrets not being more caring and understanding towards Hyeri, or not outwardly expressing her love towards her. And the fact that they left her so suddenly made her unable to handle the fact that she failed to truly cherish the time she had with her remaining family after her parents passed. However, I suspect these memories are skewed. Eunho is convinced she wasn't a good sister, so she mostly remembers the times that she regrets.
Another very interesting point is that the actual Hyeri seemed like a perfectly normal teenager, just reluctant to make friends and too reliant on her family. Since SHS is perfectly capable of acting similarly as an introverted but spirited teen (see Still 17); yet she chose to portray the Hyeri alter very differently from the actress playing actual Hyeri, it must mean that it was an intentional choice agreed with the director. The Hyeri alter's demeanour probably reflects 2 things: Eunho's perception/memory of Hyeri - being innocent, unambitious, happy and carefree, plus what she truly desires to be - eccentric, wild, unafraid of judgment, unimpressive but content with her life. I could be off here though.
Red - Eunho in her Hyeri alter/when she is going through dissociation. Eunho/"Hyeri" wears red pajamas to sleep every night, and they switch every time she wakes up. She always sits in a red chair at the psychiatrist's office. In the photo frame where they were kids, little Hyeri's face is blocked by a red balloon. The Hyeri alter is somewhat of a "mask", or she is simply a facade.
Yellow - The real Hyeri. In the greyscale flashbacks, traces of Hyeri, such as her diary, are presented in yellow flashes. "Hyeri" works in a small yellow office in the parking lot. However, the yellow office is simply a shell. She's always in a shell of Hyeri, but she is not her.
Red and yellow are near each other on the visible light spectrum, but they are undeniably two separate and distinct colours. A personality can be modelled after or be based on someone, but it cannot be their replacement.