Was not disappointed. Cue "the straight couple is eating all the screen time" meanwhile they had a grand total of 5 minutes and 3 seconds onscreen. Let's be fr. And where's all this hate for Heesu coming from? What exactly has he done? Am I watching a cut version?
I hope she chooses him over them. Those brats were all about what they could get when the kid becomes the heir to the group even after what the chairwoman did to their sister. Bloody idiots.
There is a cultural aspect that needs to be kept in mind. A command as direct as he got directly from the CEO…
Baek-ho has been presented as a straight arrow - logical and by the book, not in any way crooked. It was clearly stated that the CEO "asked him a favour" rather than it being a direct command, which even within the cultural context means he was not someone to order around. And from the way he relates to the top brass, he's not under the same pressure to obey without question like a regular employee. "I did as I was asked" might work for Ki-se because he's as bent as it gets but not for Baek-ho.
His character is so well-developed that this deviation, even from six years ago presents a conundrum. Was he capable of this much cruelty and has become a better person over the past six years? Was he still capable of this much cruelty in the present but has become a better person after meeting the FL and the Potato Lab team? Or was he unaware six years that he was meting out such cruelty to an innocent person.
First option - kinda dud because we didn't get to see him grow as a person for six years. Second option - not great because it's kinda late in the game to show us this terrible side of him and expect us to believe he's changed that much in less that three months. Third option - most likely in my opinion and what I hope is revealed before the drama ends.
I wasn't being random with my original comment. I gave it more than a bit of thought.
"Park Ki-se didn't just break the FL's heart, she was ostracized at work and fired from a job she really loved…
Responsibility ultimately lies with him imo. He could have stopped it. It might mean losing the opportunity to marry into the top brass' family. For the others, she was a stranger. She was his lover and teammate. He chose himself over her. Who pulled the trigger is secondary. If we take this complex situation and simplify it, the buck stops at his table.
Park Ki-se is still scum. Don't know where he gets off making demands of Baek-ho. Where was this conscience six years ago? Because he knew what was being done to Mi-kyung.
As for Baek-ho, I think there's a layer to the narrative that's missing - what exactly his superior told him about Mi-kyung, something that made him justify his actions (and even then...). If he knew the true situation and still did what he did, then the writers have ruined this character. There's a level of evil you have to be ruin an innocent person's life that way.
"Park Ki-se didn't just break the FL's heart, she was ostracized at work and fired from a job she really loved…
And Park Ki-se could have protected her if he wanted to. He could have confessed to his wife-to-be and clarified the situation but he chose himself and watched as her life turned into a living hell. Like he watched her suffer and did nothing. A woman he'd loved and been in a relationship with for years. A woman he'd been on the same team with and was friends with. His family knew and loved her. There's no shifting the blame anywhere else but on him. He could have stopped it.
Park Ki-se didn't just break the FL's heart, she was ostracized at work and fired from a job she really loved and was dedicated to for years. Because of him. And he joined in to ostracize her and nary an apology. Back to the heartbreak. He broke up with her by giving her his wedding invite. Do you know how wicked that is? If you're an adult you know how shit like that will mess with your self-esteem and all the self-blame. It's actually a point in the FL's favour that all the anger is directed outwards to Ki-se. Her grudge against him and the company is justified 100%. Too bad the ML had to take the heat for the company in the first few episodes.
To the ML firing her, it makes sense. On paper, she's deadweight. Everything she does can be done by the researchers. She goes above and beyond but doesn't have the professional qualifications. Plus it's a takeover. Corporate doesn't care about heart. And the ML is corporate at its finest. The FL understands why it has to be her which is why she was trying to find a way to show she's indispensable and why she has accepted the inevitable.
So the FL actively hates the 2ML for cheating and getting married. Understood. But she didn’t know who the bride…
But that'd be different story from the one the writers wanted to tell. And the story they're telling works really well.
I actually think it's quite feasible that she never looked the wife up. And even if she did that she doesn't remember her face. I know k-dramas have conditioned us to think everyone has super memory but it's more realistic that she wouldn't. What's more, she was dealing with ostracization at work at the same time. Then she gets fired and moves to the boondocks to heal. The babe was going through a lot.
She does not get better. There are some that have loved her antics since episode 1 and there are those of us who’ve…
She's petty, childish and gets angry easily. She also stands up for herself and others. She has a loving relationship with her brother and best friend and father. She suffered heartbreak and unfair treatment at her last workplace and is rightfully mad at everything that concerns her ex and the company. She apologises when she's wrong and does her best to right things. She's dependable at work. I don't know how all that is distilled into annoying and pitiful. Maybe if you put aside a little of your bias the character might grow on you. If you can't you're just going to hate her more and waste your time.
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I never said anything about Cha yeong in my comment.
I agree the episode wasn't the best because it was slow.
So what's the thing we disagree on? I'm still really confused.
Ep 4 was a little slow but I enjoyed it.
I'm never sure if Hem is smiling or smirking. Pond is just a ray of sunshine. Contrary to my early expectations, he's not even a brat or spoiled.
His character is so well-developed that this deviation, even from six years ago presents a conundrum. Was he capable of this much cruelty and has become a better person over the past six years? Was he still capable of this much cruelty in the present but has become a better person after meeting the FL and the Potato Lab team? Or was he unaware six years that he was meting out such cruelty to an innocent person.
First option - kinda dud because we didn't get to see him grow as a person for six years.
Second option - not great because it's kinda late in the game to show us this terrible side of him and expect us to believe he's changed that much in less that three months.
Third option - most likely in my opinion and what I hope is revealed before the drama ends.
I wasn't being random with my original comment. I gave it more than a bit of thought.
As for Baek-ho, I think there's a layer to the narrative that's missing - what exactly his superior told him about Mi-kyung, something that made him justify his actions (and even then...). If he knew the true situation and still did what he did, then the writers have ruined this character. There's a level of evil you have to be ruin an innocent person's life that way.
To the ML firing her, it makes sense. On paper, she's deadweight. Everything she does can be done by the researchers. She goes above and beyond but doesn't have the professional qualifications. Plus it's a takeover. Corporate doesn't care about heart. And the ML is corporate at its finest. The FL understands why it has to be her which is why she was trying to find a way to show she's indispensable and why she has accepted the inevitable.
I actually think it's quite feasible that she never looked the wife up. And even if she did that she doesn't remember her face. I know k-dramas have conditioned us to think everyone has super memory but it's more realistic that she wouldn't. What's more, she was dealing with ostracization at work at the same time. Then she gets fired and moves to the boondocks to heal. The babe was going through a lot.