MadelineMaureen

So I think I found the next drama for Stephanie Soo to recap on her MissMangoButt chanel. I need her to watch this cause I can already see her kicking her feet and punching the air.

I am adoring him. But I know he's a mischievous little shit. You can't help but like him, but that doesn't mean he doesn't deserve to be hit upside the head every now and then for his dumb decisions.

I used a secret mathematical code with my friend in a notebook that we would pass back and forth in class. The only way to decode it was the correct numbers in an equation. Do I know what those number are? no. Do I even remember the equation we used for this code? Absolutely not. Did I ace my math class that year? You bet your ass I did.
I found the notebook and was just like "what the fuck Madeline, WHY?" then I remembered I've always been neurodivergent as hell. This wasn't the only secret code I made. There was a personal one that an entire journal is written in. I have no idea what I wrote, nor how to decode it.

Oh I'll be rewatching the crap out of these episodes because I enjoy the show so much and trying to pin point timelines. So it WILL be seen in full...I'm just going to be squeezing my pillow really tightly so I don't break anything.

The production's Uno reverse card in the 11th hour because the LEAD actor Choi Jin Hyuk had made a prior engagement(fan event in another country) with the original end filming date in mind. But because the show was so popular with viewers(BECAUSE OF HIM) the show got an extension to add more episodes. You can almost tell the moment they knew he wasn't going to cancel his prior engagements for them. If it's not in the contract he was allowed to make other plans post show wrapping.
They made a psychotic villain into a simp puppy man...gave me whiplash when I watched it. I was watching this as it was airing which is why I remember all the drama surrounding it. If I remember correctly the original episode count was either 30 or 36 episodes 40 at most. So when I tell you they pivoted the plot hard in the back half they pivoted HARD.
Choi Jin Hyuk's character and the Empress were supposed to have a romance. Cause he was the actual lead of the show. It's why we follow HIS character the most in the first part of the story.

I think having second lead syndrome only happens for me in the writing and acting are good. Also the character has to be a good person....looking at you 'The Last Empress' LOOKING AT YOU!(as how to mess up a second lead that then became the main lead) They literally did an Uno reverse card on the cast when they got picked up for more episodes and the LEAD actor couldn't/wouldn't cancel a fan event in another country to accommodate the production's last minute filming schedule. They even went back and change the character/cast order to make the second lead (who was a villain) the main lead. I'm sorry this conversation apparently triggered something inside of me that needed to be released. my bad.

Spoilers for Twinkling Watermelon, Marry My Husband, and The Story of Park Marriage Contract below...using their stories to make a point of possible endings.


I'm wondering the same. I don't know if we're going to have a 'Twinkling Watermelon' situation where she's still paralyzed but everyone has a much better living situation than when the timeslip started. Or if we're going to have a 'Marry My Husband' situation where someone else takes on the tragedies and she relives her twenties again. Also could throw in a secondary traveler like in both of these shows mentioned. I just hope it's not the same as The Story of Park Marriage Contract, because I felt they kind of fumbled at the very end.
'Marry My Husband' had a more satisfying ending because they took the time on the Epilogue for the main couple. The other two were a bit rushed at the end imo as the didn't spend much time post climax of the the story.

I really like him too. My nickname for him at the moment is 'Adorable Little Shit'. He's giving major Aquarius energy with those smirks you want to slap off his adorably hansom face. 😊

I have never hit the skip button so fast in my life. I was turtling into myself from the cringe so hard I made like Somi and fast-forwarded that real quick.

I'm honestly not 100% sure if we are seeing a new POV from him or if it was always his POV in 2022 in all of the flashbacks in the front end of episode 4. It's a bit open for interpretation at this point.

Read the thesis level comments and speculate.🥰🫠

So is she a Western Magpie or an Eastern Magpie....two completely different connotations. One is a bad omen the other is a positive one. I had to look it up because I was like she did NOT just refer to herself as a harbinger of misfortune...https://binocularbase.com/magpie-symbolism/#:~:text=Magpies%20symbolize%20different%20things%20depending,bridges%20and%20the%20fantasy%20world.

I always have to put a location or association in the saved name so I remember how I like a person. I have 5 or 6 Ashley's all different spellings 7 different Ben's & ridiculous amount of Lauren's and variations of Catherines/kate/katie/Catlin etc. 🫠

yeah, so i think she probably forgot people associated with that night.
I don't think he took his life. They really lingered on that doorbell. But I do think that it majorly affected his mental health. I feel like he was supposed to be with her that night but was late & she was taken by Taxi man & when she got free & running away she was run down & he was too late to save her from the impact, but was able to prevent her from drowning.

I'm 34. I just looked back on an old journal recently when I was cleaning. I had a moment like hers when I saw a name written down of a boy I had "dated" in high school...I had completely forgotten about him. Made me feel old.
I think because Sun Jae was there the day she had her accident her brain might have wiped anyone associated with that night that wasn't family. We don't even know if she remembered her mother when she first woke.

I'm going to rewatch this week's episodes again after work & look at the keychain with my detail.
Has truly changed was the fire. she could have always had the photos. Though the photo appears on the coffee table I'm not sure if it's a case of past changing or if it wasn't out & a scene happened & he had taken it out before the fall.
She's always going to be an unreliable narrator because of the accident. With memory loss any number of things could be wrong or out of order in her mind.
As far as Im Sol knows the accident happens on September 1st 2008. She remembers seeing Sun Jae in different clothes running toward her & pulling her out of the water. but she no knows he was present for part of that night.

So the accident happens a little less than a year before the radio phone call. And we really don't know enough to say for sure, but I have some theories.
If Im Sol from present day is actually affecting the future while in the past things can change. But that means that her younger self doesn't remember the times older Im Sol is present. aka she wouldn't have been around Sun Jae as young Im Sol.

But if we are saying she hadn't already traveled and future Im Sol has no barring on her past...Im Sol wouldn't have been as close to Sun Jae as she is currently is.

In the past past, Im Sol did not see anyone but Tae Sung, with her rose colored glasses. Sun Jae was just a delivery guy/neighbor/possible music rival to Tae Sung. If they did get close it would have been after his swimming injury and while he was trying to get closer to her. Possibly joining a band to get her interest as she had a thing for musicians. Her house would have possibly burned down and she would have had to move away from Sun Jae as a teen.
If she was kidnapped and then rundown by the man who took her that could be enough to make her brain go into self defense mode and block not only that night but anyone associated to that night from her mind including the person who saved her life. They might have been close for at most a month prior to her memory loss.

Theory about what might be the accident on September 1,
If Im Sol was kidnapped by the taxi driver and taken to a secondary location near by she might have escaped and was running toward the main road. Taxi driver sees she got away and goes after her, hitting her from behind with his car and she falls into the ravine. Sun Jae, who was already looking for her is too late to save her from being hit, but able to pull her from the water and prevent her from drowning. But the hit by the car and fall into the water messed up her spine.

This would explain why the mom was so cagey about the details. If she had been kidnapped and held for any amount of time it could have been more traumatic for her to remember. As Sun Jae wasn't able to get to her before being hit he feels guilty. We see Im Sol didn't want to see anyone at that time as well after learning she could no longer use her legs. Maybe Sun Jae was supposed to be with her when she was taken adding another layer of guilt and distance.

I have a theory about what might be the accident on September 1, I wrote it below someone else's comment but I wanted to hear thoughts and other ideas from people so theory in spoiler tag below. Please use the spoiler tag when responding as these are theories and they are sometimes correct and can frustrate other watchers.

I have a theory about what might be the accident on September 1,
If Im Sol was kidnapped by the taxi driver and taken to a secondary location near by she might have escaped and was running toward the main road. Taxi driver sees she got away and goes after her, hitting her from behind with his car and she falls into the ravine. Sun Jae, who was already looking for her is too late to save her from being hit, but able to pull her from the water and prevent her from drowning. But the hit by the car and fall into the water messed up her spine.

This would explain why the mom was so cagey about the details. If she had been kidnapped and held for any amount of time it could have been more traumatic for her to remember. As Sun Jae wasn't able to get to her before being hit he feels guilty. We see Im Sol didn't want to see anyone at that time as well after learning she could no longer use her legs. Maybe Sun Jae was supposed to be with her when she was taken adding another layer of guilt and distance.