Eleison

The married couple is working out their marriage miscommunication in a very strange way! 😅

So then why was she able to speak when she was anxious and upset in the police car? When she can and can't speak doesn't seem to conform to any clear patterns or rules.

Well, I was going based off of how you used feminine as a list of other negative qualities as seen in the male characters in this drama, which is why I asked for clarification. I was confused by how/why you used it since being "emotional" doesn't automatically make a man something akin to weak or irritating, does it? Being too emotional as a man OR a woman does not wear well, in my opinion. And being out of touch with emotions looks equally bad with both sexes, in my opinion.

And to me, being emotional is not something that fits with your description of "feminine" attributes that are appropriate only when seen in women but not when seen in men. But to each his own! Again, I appreciate you being willing to dialogue.

Yes, since we're halfway now, right?

Oh, that second answer was helpful, thank you! I didn't think of that.

And as to the pretense, why start opening up now? It's not like the "kidnapping" changed their situation except that maybe it forced Sa Eon to realize losing Hee Joo was actually a terrifying thought, but that still leaves me with many questions. 🤔

Park Do Jae is playing both sides and working with Mrs. Baek and the kidnapper (Mrs. Baek's REAL son). That's just some of the spoilers, but enough to get you theorizing further? 😅

You're right about those three being involved, but not correct about the kidnapper and Do Jae's identities/relationship to each other (some of it is close!). There's more about Baek Sa Eon's identity that has to be revealed, though, which will be hard to guess from extrapolation without more info. (Though seasoned drama watchers, particularly of makjangs, might be able to figure it out. 😅).

About who the kidnapper is? I'm not sure who pushed the FL (I haven't gotten to that part yet), but I know who the culprit(s) is/are.

So you want me to spoil it or just tell you if you're on the right track or not? 😅

He's always a favorite! He seems to excel at super annoying or incredibly endearing supporting characters. 😅

Only up through Episode 5, but questions I have are, why HAVE these two (the main leads) kept secrets from each other? Why did Baek Sa Eon have to pretend to dislike her (until now)? Why can't Hee Joo tell him her secret and talk to him now? They obviously care about each other despite both not being super aware of it yet (he realizes it more than she does at this point, I think?). They just pretend to be so uncaring IN person, and I'm still a bit confused by the pretense.

And I'm still quite confused by the dynamic between the step sister and the FL, and the timeline around their childhood. The sister is apparently deaf but how does she seem to know what's going on still/well-adjusted (I'm not saying as someone deaf she shouldn't be well-adjusted, I'm saying this because she never learned sign language, or lip-reading, so how did she learn to read? How could someone have taught her, and how could her family let her grow up dependent on Jee Joo?) when she shouldn't be able to? Is she maybe not deaf?

It did/does annoy me that Sa Eon hasn't learned learned sign language up to this point, but it IS kind of adorable seeing him learn it here, ESPECIALLY after he now knows she COULD technically speak. Instead of forcing or demanding her to do it, he's taking a step towards "learning her language" even with knowing that it's technically no longer necessary. Cute. His interactions with her until Episode 5 had all been some spectrum of aggressive, so it was nice to see him tone things down.

I thought the heart eye emoji was great, and the response he settled on was perfect. Just what she needed to see. 😏

I had some of the novel spoiled for me so I already know the answers to your questions! But don't worry, I won't spoil you. 😏 Enjoy trying to figure it out. Even for me, the drama still has SO many questions marks surrounding aspects of the plot for me.

It's also called Sassy Go Go? And the Cheer Up! needs to be followed by 2015 because there's also one from recently.

This feels very much like the sort of Kdrama that will not stop at pecks... 😅

She's also great in the 2015 Cheer Up! I'm mean, she plays a terrible person in the first half but she does a great job and has a nice character arc. She's also lovely in Rebel: Thief Who Stole The People. :)

Agreed!!

Yes, this detail bothers me, too. My biggest issue with him so far. Why not learn sign language? And even secretly would be better than not at all!

It's just that the way it was used in your original comment doesn't seem to be describing men in any of these ways, since I think being a bringer of peace, being wonderful, caring, gentle, kind, and nurturing would also be attributes of good men, or even just good people; instead, I was picturing you meant things like "weepy," "whiny," "petty," "shallow," "sentimental," "emotional/volatile," or "pushover/doormat," etc. which is usually what people mean when they describe men as "feminine." Though I wouldn't consider any of these to be positive aspects of women at all either, which is why I find the word "feminine" when describing a man's behavior to be a negative descriptor of females, too. So, then, in my mind a negative use of feminine would really just be negative HUMAN traits, not femininity specifically. Anyway, I know I'm being nitpicky and splitting hairs, but I just thought the use of "feminine" above was not very accurate or edifying, and said in a way that reinforces negative stereotypes of women. But thanks for dialoguing as I realize I'm kind of pulling your comment apart! 😬 I appreciate your respectful responses.

Also, did you watch the entire drama? The characters all have arcs, and all of them (men and women) improve vastly by the end.

Yeah, that makes sense! I don't think it makes sense for him to know until recently that she can talk, let alone know she was 406. :)

I wonder if they're referring to the dashcam footage from the car she was kidnapped in?