Eclipse debuted in may 2009. I guess before that he went to college. I think Sol will return to the past in March-April…
But that means he did college in a year (the past timeline Sol goes back to is 2008, their senior year)? 🤔 I'm thinking no college for him in the original timeline. His scores are super bad as of now--how could he have caught up? This is the problem with an athelete-only track. (What if you get injured?) Good looks and singing skills it is, then (for Sun Jae, at least)!
Haha, I'm tracking a bit better, I think! I appreciate you trying to explain. :) There is definitely still so much we don't know! And I don't want them to rush in telling us so we don't get too much too fast. It's a perennial issue with Kdramas.
Also another issue I see with your theory (if you don't mind me poking holes) is that in my perspective, it's doesn't seem that original, younger Sol had memory gaps that would suggest another version of Sol had used her body at some point. To me, it seems original, younger Sol just didn't remember clearly things that had happened with the accident and Sun Jae, since when she goes back to the past from the future these memories she lost were triggered and returned (which is why I suggested a memory lapse due to trauma rather than the kind of memory lapses we see with young Sol when older Sol is using her body). Haha, does that make sense? 🤔
It does seem like a recent trend! But True Beauty and Extraordinary You didn't have a serial killer/kidnapper in them. 🤔 I wonder why they felt the need to add it in this? I think it adds an unnecessary, unpleasant undertone; it would have been plenty sad and poignant without it. Maybe the trauma of dealing with the aftermath of something like that happening to Sol is their plot device to explain how she forgot Sun Jae being such a big part of her story in the original timeline?
This is cute. Ep 1 Radio DJ: The weather is amazing today. It seems like a sign of a dazzling summer. Singer Bob…
I love the soothing female voice over the radio; it feels nostalgic as it was common in Reply 1988, too, and feels like a blast from the past. It seems that was a thing high schoolers listened to in Korea when radio was more of a thing? I only have Kdramas as a reference for that, haha. It's very cozy, though, and and I love how dramas that are set in earlier decades do this. :)
Why? Isn't it doing well for a mon Tue drama. I am seeing knetz hyping up the drama.
@coolforthesummer talked about how this screenwriter probably knew it wouldn't do as well domestically (apparently True Beauty and Extraordinary You did way better internationally, and that's also why she probably did the love triangle, as those do better with international audiences as well), so she's writing more for an international audience. QoT is more the Korean audience's jam, as seen by its Nielsen ratings. It makes sense if the Korean audience is primarily women who are 30+ that they wouldn't be as into high school dramas, or the cutesy cringe you get in this. 🤷♀️
I'm not gonna lie, writing episodes around miscommunication in big 2024 is embarassing. It's like the easiest…
I feel like every drama has plot holes like this, they just look different depending on the drama (because almost all Kdramas have elements of weak writing in them). So, the question is, can you stomach them in this one or not? 😂 Like I couldn't do the suspension of disbelief in Weak Hero Class 1, with the rampant violent bullying and bloody fights in classrooms with zero accountability, but a lot of people had no issues with it. So yes, some weak writing here and there, but it can still be enjoyed despite that. Until people who see the plot holes get to write the dramas themselves, we'll still keep getting them (or as long as dramas with these plot holes continue to get popular/make money, we'll probably still see this kind of writing 🤷♀️).
Why HASN'T Im Sol broken up with Tae Sung by Episode 5? 🤔
Also, did it look like Im Sol's forehead was pink/red, like it was hit, in the last scene? Did I miss something? What was the deal with that?
These deets aside, they're SO cute together. I was squealing when Sun Jae came up with the same jacket as Tae Sung; I almost couldn't watch further. 🫣 Good grief, Sun Jae's just a character--but I was so embarrassed for him! 😂
K-dramas often use eclipse as time travel triggers. Any theories on why?
That they do so feels very superstitious and mythological to me. 😄 M
For this drama, though, my thought was that it was because the first day the drama aired it aligned with the solar eclipse in real life (April 8th), and Sun Jae's band was called Eclipse. 🤷♀️
I'd really love watching similar vibe drama, if you have any recs, please share :)
Would You Like A Cup Of Coffee? is one that comes to mind, and Ho Goo's Love (for a similar male lead); When The Camellia Blooms, also (again, for a similar lead), though I'd say the mystery is darker and ends more sadly (not for the leads, it just ends more dramatic as far as the mystery goes). Weightlifting Fairy has a slower pace like this one, too.
Why was the reveal of the culprit so underwhelming?
Cause it was the backdrop for the drama, not the point of it. It was really about friends and relationships coming together after years apart, and the mystery just serviced the plot so this could happen. :)
Also another issue I see with your theory (if you don't mind me poking holes) is that in my perspective, it's doesn't seem that original, younger Sol had memory gaps that would suggest another version of Sol had used her body at some point. To me, it seems original, younger Sol just didn't remember clearly things that had happened with the accident and Sun Jae, since when she goes back to the past from the future these memories she lost were triggered and returned (which is why I suggested a memory lapse due to trauma rather than the kind of memory lapses we see with young Sol when older Sol is using her body). Haha, does that make sense? 🤔
Also, did it look like Im Sol's forehead was pink/red, like it was hit, in the last scene? Did I miss something? What was the deal with that?
These deets aside, they're SO cute together. I was squealing when Sun Jae came up with the same jacket as Tae Sung; I almost couldn't watch further. 🫣 Good grief, Sun Jae's just a character--but I was so embarrassed for him! 😂
For this drama, though, my thought was that it was because the first day the drama aired it aligned with the solar eclipse in real life (April 8th), and Sun Jae's band was called Eclipse. 🤷♀️