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Exactly. Their relationship is not healthy at this point. And I believe Doha has a huge part in that. His character needs serious development. He can't remain wanting things his own way till the end of the show

Hakyung may be right in a way when she said they are both toxic for each other.

And you are right about Doha's attitude, he always wanthings to go exactly as he wants, he thinks everything can be fixed by his own method which is dominance.

Their relationship is such a complicated thrill, 😅. I wonder how the writer plans to end this

Yeah the preview is what concerns me. After she made that decision, Doha is suppose to give her the space she desire, then she will realize and come to terms on her own she still wants to be with Doha. Making Doha overly jealous and tagging along in her relationship with the lawyer is not good plot development at all and will degrade his character, cause at the end, if she finally give in to Doha, it will seem like a forced and manipulated love. She is to come back to Doha on her own will not the other way round.

Giving we never know how things will turn out in this drama, I'm hoping as well Ep7/8 will do justice

What do you think of the lawyer? To me, he seems to already solved the puzzle between Doha and Hakyung in earlier episode. I think he is aware they both like each other or at least they mean alot to each other. He is smart enough to know that.

Do you think he has other reasons for asking Hakyung out or he really likes her and didn't let Doha know on this before making a move on her. Considering he likes to be professional, don't you think it's out of character for him?

On the lawyers part, I will still hold my breath till Ep7 to conclude on his character. He is smart and intelligent enough to know Hakyung likes Doha and enough to know professional it is wrong, so that proposal felt a little off to me. Once it's confirmed that he actually means going out with hakyung in Ep7, it means they are ruining his character

That's one of their biggest issue now, while putting the narrative on the FL, they are overdoing to the point they are yet to give the ML the development he deserves.

Okay I get you now. Your take is on why viewers are displeased. Using the lawyer guy as a distraction and lawyer guy being the one that even suggested they go out is not okay because of the professional aspect to it. You are right on that, that's why I say I hope he has his reasons cause his character is too intelligent for that and the FL seems only to be making flawed decision/judgement.

My write up was to address the story narrative as a whole to provide perspective to aspects of the show we wonder why it's like that

I think you didn't get my point. Firstly, we are not in the healing part of the show, I believe that will happen in the second half. Now about the lawyer guy, remember where I said every character seems to play part in FL development and I also said her fear of abandonment has scarred her till the point her judgement is flawed.

The lawyer guy is her excuse not to give in to Doha, for her, he is the right distraction she needs not to get attached to Doha and that is all because of that fear that Doha will one day leave her. her deciding to go out with lawyer guy actually proves my point.

Let me also add this, I believe the lawyer have a different reason why he want to date hakyung because he doesn't seem like that guy who will just fall in love with his clients at an instance. He's character is too intelligent not to know Hakyung likes Doha. So I believe he has his own reason but we will see.

Finally got to watch Ep5and 6. I definitely should watch each episode before commenting cause this drama is such an emotional thrill. Once you are able to relate with it emotionally, you get to understand everything.

I believe where the production did bad is how they presented the story to us even before the drama started airing: what they made us believe we are getting into is sorely different from what the show is about and now I get why alot of people are so mad. It's like you were promised an apple fruit but you got orange instead, and the choice of execution for the first 4 episode did not help it either. For me, last summer is that drama that hits hard when you sit down to meditate on the narrative, it's a rare hidden gem.

From the beginning, we were meant to believe this story is about twin brothers and this girl that they grew up together with, how the girl fell in love with one of them, how the other twin died and she became angry at Doha for impersonating his brother and how she will heal from that, forgive him and they find love again. But in reality, that's not what this drama is all about, all those aspect were just subplots. The main story of this drama is mostly on the character Song Hakyung; if you notice the pattern, the narrative focus on her, her perspective, her struggles, her everything. And that's why it seems everything revolves around her, that's why every other character revolves around her. This is actually her story and everybody that comes into her life, it's meant for her character development.

Why is she like that? Why does she push Doha away? All this was birthed from her childhood and how she grew up, it's a scar that cannot easily go away, her fear of loneliness is eating her up. She is afraid everyone she loves will one day definitely leave her, so she try to avoid that by pushing them away, not getting attached and keeping her distance. That's what all this bickering with Doha is about. It's not because of Do young or because Doha pretended to be him. If you think she is pushing Doha away becus of him lying about his brother's death and impersonating him, then it will seem unreasonable and that's why many of us are frustrated cause we expect her to be over that already.

But the real reason for why she is the way she is is because of that fear of seeing the ones you love leave you. It's now like a disease and it has affected her mentally and emotionally that even her sense of judgement is now flawed. Did we noticed she was gradually getting whole when she started living with Doha, her hardened attitude was getting softer everyday and she started getting herself cause she realized Doha really came to stay, finally someone she loves will not leave her and that is the healing she was looking for since.

Then suddenly, Doha's New York friend came back and destroyed that hope. With that conversation she had with her. It now felt like Doha was giving alot away while staying with her and eventually he will leave again as usual. That's what led to her actions in Ep6. The same person that was giving in and letting herself being vulnerable with Doha yet again closed that door and pushed him away once more because to her it's like why should I get attached and let him in when he's going to leave me at the end.

This is a powerful story that got wrongly executed from Ep 1- 4, therefore the reason for the backlash. Ep5 finally start giving the right idea of the story. The sypnosis above is bullshit. It was not necessarily about the twins but this one soul who has been scarred from fear of abandonment and how her character will develop and heal from it. Doha as a character got a little going for him too that we are yet to know about but the narrative of the story is more on Hakyung

I kind of wanted that too. Doha should back out for a while, let's see her thought process after that. Making Doha tag along untill she finally gives in seems like a weak development.. She is suppose to realize herself that staying away from Doha won't end what she feels for him, but if Doha keeps pressing her till she discovers that. I don't know, for me, it will look forced or manipulative

Let's see how things unfold though. My biggest issue now is why she just want to cut ties with him by all means like he is her worst enemy. In Ep4, she agreed to the co habitation deal untill the project is complete and suddenly, she goes back to, he should go back. Maybe is the jeolousy over the new girl. But I want to believe they will continue to put things in place as the story unfolds. 6 more episodes to go.

AOS was so huge and raised his standards plus the guy is deviously talented, so I understand why fans expects hit marks from him. For me, impossible heir is so far the only show I questioned why he picked it. Deaths game was a brilliant choice, and so was his cameo in kill bookson, as for dear hongrang and the ongoing last summer, I dont think they are bad, they are just not masterpieces. Jaewook is still young, his career is still ahead of him, let's just hope he is able to get on hit scripts again more than the average ones. And yes, he should become more critical on choosing his scripts in order to achieve that.

Okay. I think in the coming episodes, they really have to convince us that FL at least care about the ML. And I don't mean the normal she likes him because we all know she likes him, she just doesn't want to accept it. I want them to show us practically that she at least care about ML in her attitude and behavior towards him. Cause I get it, Hakyung is very stubborn, she doesn't want to accept reality that she feels something for Doha, so she is doing anything to stay away from him, making excuses that they only fight while most atimes, she is the one instigating those fights. I also get the other fact that Doha is the one that is consistently forcing himself into her life no matter how many time she says she doesn't want him. So he deserves the I'll treatment too, I get that also.

But then the show have established it to the audience that she does like him or at least they were once close at a time as friends. she is suppose to show even a little hint that she at least care about this man's feelings. Cuz Doha is an open book as regards his feelings for Hakyung and she knows that better than anyone. The way she behaves with him and the decisions she takes, she doesn't even consider even a little how he will feel or how it will hurt him, he is also human. I know she got the highest blow of their shared trauma, but she should also know it affected Doha too. They have showed us Doha understanding Hakyung pains and his effort to help and support her cause you know let's forget about them liking each other romantically for a minute, they literally grew up together, they are like family. But for Hakyung, we only got to see her looking after Doha in the past, in the present, she only sees her pain, she doesn't care about his or how he was also holding up all those years. or at least they are not showing it as for now. I get she wants to move on, but she doesn't need to totally cut ties and loathe him so much to do that. Anyways let's see how things unfold cuz they seems to be taking the plot gradually

Exactly. That era of watching a show for it's message is gone. Finding the faults has now become the priority. Like they want it to soothe their every taste and if it doesn't, then it's a bad drama. I mean you can't expect a show to be perfect in all areas all the time. For me, if they are still getting the message of the story right, it's very much worth it

I think that has been happening recently over the years and it's a concerning subject. People complain about kdramas being not the same anymore and has left its peak era, while I agree to this, I also believe viewers are also losing the essence of why they are making this shows, I don't know if it's low media literacy or it's now the current trend of expressing ones emotions online.

It's true there are many kdramas made these days that deserved not been liked, but at the same I believe they are many kdramas that are hated and rated low cause it was taking out of context and viewers didn't really get the message.

While truly, there were great kdramas made back in the early days, it's reasonable to say those early dramas all flourished because viewers at that time were reasonable and more understanding

Love triangles is like a culture in kdrama now. In this drama, I don't think any love triangle that will come will be a toxic one

Exactly, making them twins kind of weirded some people out 😅, especially those that thought she was in love with both of them.

That's true. I still believe and expect them to explain that whole sequence in flashbacks though.

Hakyung is blaming Doha for lying and also she is feeling guilt herself cause she thinks telling Do young that she likes his brother is what made him go to the expedition that led to his death, but most importantly,it is personal guilt from Doyoung, her mother and the fact she had to leave alone in the house for a long time reliving those pain is what ruined her.

As for Doha, I don't think he is forcing a relationship with Hakyung, I believe he wants to help her heal from that pain, guilt and regret of the past. You may be right, maybe he shouldn't force her to face the past and accept it on the other way, maybe he should. The idea of the storytelling at this point is to present it to us as raw and humane as it is, Doha believes facing the trauma and forgiving herself and healing from it is what will grant her true happiness cause they have handled it over the years by staying apart and still it didn't work, non of them is truly happy, as for Hakyung, she believes changing location, staying away from Doha and keeping the past locked up will help her to move on. I believe the idea of the writer is for us to look at this holistically and found out which step is right as the story progresses. They are both right and wrong at the same time , that's the beauty of it. I would have been sold out to the idea that Doha should listen to her and let her be if she maintained that anger and hostility towards Doha from Ep1, but on the contrary, as the story progresses, we can see Doha forcing her to confront those traumas is kind of having a positive effect also. Ep4 was the proof of that. For the first time ever since the past tragedy, she could be herself again, laugh and play games showing true happiness unlike we have seen since the show began and she was even able to talk about her mother, someone she has kept locked up in a box all those years.

This hints to us that maybe, facing this trauma is indeed necessary, maybe to rediscover herself and be truly happy again, she has to face those wounds before she can heal wholly. Or on the other hand, maybe it wouldn't change anything. That is where the ended Ep4, the both of them finally agreeing to give it a try of living together, facing those pain together till the end of the season and discover if it will help them rediscover themselves and heal or not.(and Doha promised to back out totally if that still doesn't work in the end) Ep4 for me settled all the laggings of the the first 3 episodes and set the story back on board

Haven said this, the drama may actually go on and build this characters and develop them and the story till the end OR the writer may destroy the shows potential and mess it up at the end. All will depend on how the show will unfold.

I hope it has a fitting conclusion.