Eleison

Oh, well, it's called Cloud Cytoma and it doesn't exist, apparently. 🤷‍♀️ So yeah, easy to come up with a cure for a made-up illness, I suppose.:)

Also lost steam with Business Proposal and didn't like Run On much. 😂

It's also a made up illness, if that helps! :)

Yes, very possibly!

I think this is a common pitfall of most reunited lovers plots, and why I generally don't like them. I've felt the way you described feeling with this drama with other dramas (like in Our Beloved Summer and Welcome To Samdalri), but not with this one so far. There's too much interesting stuff going on in the present to keep me engaged. :) Honestly, my theory is they were never properly in love to begin with, just allowed themselves to run away with their emotions impulsively and then discovered who the other was after marriage and grew apart (which wasn't hard to do with their unhealthy family/work setup). So this might be their first time falling in love with the actual person rather than some idea of them. 💁‍♀️

No worries. :)

I don't think we're supposed to care about them together yet. Cause you're right, we have no reason to root for them yet. That's what the drama is gonna do. Get us to care about them as a couple. :)

I liked them better than the main couple. :) Doesn't happen in dramas for me often, but in that one it did (to like the 2nd couple better).

Well, if they didn't do the time jump, this would be a different drama. This is about them falling in love for a second time, which means they can't spend reams of time showing us their first love except in hindsight because the nature of the plot and premise. They will show us how he got here, but it will take time for them release all the details.

How so? No one is Avatar is white, though?

Are you talking about the Avatar movies with James Cameron? We were talking about Avatar: The Last Airbender. :)

I've heard One Piece was good but I haven't seen it yet. I'll have to give it a shot. :)

Well, he is, isn't he? His lowest point? But I totally get that you think the comedy doesn't sit right. I mean, it's not supposed to. :)

It's leaning into makjang tropes and characters but it's no makjang. It doesn't feel petty or dramatic enough. This feels much more grounded. I feel more like it's poking fun at makjangs, no?

Makjangs use sad and horrifying stuff to shock the viewer into watching sordid human behavior just because. In my opinion, this drama isn't gonna ultimately make light of hardship or treat it as a plot device for dramatic effect. It's going to say something meaningful about people and their relationships. My prediction, at least. May be wrong, of course!

Ah, I LOVE Zuko. Also my favorite character. Shows/movies always kill off the character after they "turn good" and instead, Avatar did the harder, bolder move and showed him change into a good person. One of my favorite redemption arcs of all time!! I fell in love with his character when I discovered Avatar a few years ago (much too late!). I feel a bit bitter his story wasn't a part of my childhood, honestly, cause he's just the coolest.

Yes, this ☝️!

Yes! And I love when Kdramas do character growth well, starting with flawed characters. It makes for such a fun journey! As long as they don't stay messed up, I'm here for it. 😏

Yup, very much so, I think! I also love the big cast/family, too. All the in-laws and cousins and family at the memorial made it feel more realistic to how I would picture a family like this might be. The extended family vs. the "direct bloodline"... It's a large, chaotic mess, with everyone trying to get their moment to climb the ladder in the family and angling for more power. It helps widen the scope of the story, I think, and the stakes involved.

Yes, that might be true, too! And her being socially oblivious might be her version of the "misunderstood, rich chaebol" that we've seen so often; people have been calling her a tsundere, and I think that's true. She seemed oblivious as an intern, too. It helps me to think about her character in terms of chaebol ML portrayals and then what she does/how she acts makes sense. It's fascinating me how different it feels for a FL to be portrayed this way. I don't know what I think of it yet!

I kinda liked it cause it felt less relatable, and since I am a hypochondriac I avoid shows that have characters with "symptoms" for illnesses so I don't freak myself out, haha.

But, also, I think the illness is made up, so that's interesting in itself. She chose to go that route rather than use a real illness. Huh. Then add on the unusual way of portraying her lapses and the picture gets even more puzzling. I feel like there must be a reason for the writer doing it this way, and while I have no theories, it seems significant. All her other dramas (except Producers? Not sure, cause I haven't seen it) have a fantastical element to them (the alien from MLFAS, the tornado in... Korea 😆, in CLOY, and the mermaid in LOTBS). Will this be another "fantasy" edition that's just not featured in the first episode like her other dramas? If so, how will it feature? I'm probably overthinking it, haha.

I think it's very well-written so far. I have so many questions that need answers! 😅