Trouble-chan

What I really liked is that so many of these 'special episodes' are just BTS and outtake reels; interesting to a few, but not to most fans. However, this was a GENUINE (very) special episode and, though a recap in some ways, it was also good to see how everyone dealt with Aya's passing and how their own lives have changed/moved on/developed in the time since.

So many dramas, nearly all really, just end.Full stop.No more - the tragic dramas/movies are the worst offenders for this kind of finale. They leave you in a puddle of snot and tears of your own making; with a broken heart wondering how the other characters survived when you, merely a watcher of the unfolding tragedy, are in this state.

So to have a recap (cue another river of tears with an additional waterfall of sobbing induced snot) and yet also a TRUE ending - that was DEFINITELY deserving of the title 'special'.

It was why, when they made the series, her mum asked that there be a 'love interest' side story as her daughter never actually got to experience that in real life, and it's the one thing the mum wished she could've.....which just made me cry even harder when I watched it.

What I would say is I dislike the comment made about Marriage Contract - (quote) "despite the age differences between Uee and Lee Seo Jin," (end quote)........ Age differences don't always mean a lot. My aunt and late uncle had a sixteen year age gap between them (my uncle being older). Yet they were very much in love and happily married, having two great kids, until he sadly died of a brain tumour (which, as this drama proved, could happen at ANY age). My aunt nursed him right to the end. Even when he could no longer see,walk or talk, he would squeeze her hand when she told him she loved him - his way of saying it back.

I just think that we put far too much importance on the WRONG things - love is love; staying with a person until death literally does part you, is THE most important thing. Having another soul that is your 'safe place' when the whole world seems against you, to have a loving and supportive relationship that you can both turn to in your darkest moments; that your kids can rely on to come home to when the world seems out to get them too, is THE thing to focus on. NOT anything else like age gaps or sexuality.

Age, gender, sexuality, skin colour, religion, looks, intelligence, nationality, income, social status, career path.....it's all just interference that NEEDS to be IGNORED. So long as two people are consenting adults and GENUINELY love each other, who gives everyone else the right - even family - to object and make noise about 'age differences', 'right careers', 'can't be gay/lesbian/bi/trans'?

I have a wonderful, supportive and loving relationship with my husband. He is everything to me; if someone told me that I would have to give him up or die, I would use my last breath to say 'I love you'.. He's also five years older - to some even that small age difference would be still be too great. Yet we have been together 26 years and married for 24 of them. We have a wonderful daughter, who turns 19 next month - and who makes our sun come out.

My husband is 56 and I am 51 - MY health broke badly when I was 40 and had my first stroke; it's only worsened since then. So, again, age gaps are not something to think might impact your future. The younger partner (of either gender) can often be the ones who gets very sick.....my own is long-term and incurable - this is also shown in this drama; hers is basically life limiting; mine is more diminishing mobility and long-term health limiting. Though, thankfully, I'm in remission at the moment.

So DON'T look at someone who you think could well be your soulmate and dismiss them because he/she is older than you/on a lower income/a different nationality/religion/skin colour or is the same gender - you could be turning your back on the love of your life...and, for me at least, society's acceptance of me isn't that important; which is why such comments about age gaps irritate the hell out of me.

I pass that mindset on to my daughter - I've told her, often, that so long as she has a partner who she loves and is love as much in return as me and her dad love each other,I couldn't wish for more for her.

Is that Scarlet Heart: Ryeo? If it is it's on KissAsian and is subbed.

He DEFINITELY fell for her whilst he was blind - he was very protective of her and taking her to see that meteor shower when her (deadbeat, scheming) boyfriend wouldn't showed (to me at least) that he liked her even then. However, I think he actually fell in love with her when she taught him to dance even though he was blind, and went to such lengths to help him on the day, so he could dance with his mum on her birthday. I can see why so many worry because of the looks thing, but whilst her singing the same song his fiancee used to in the very beginning of the drama was what initially snagged his attention, he ended up loving her for HER. :)

I liked it too and the acting was excellent - but I also did a double-take on reading that it won best romcom. I can only assume I must've blinked and missed the 'romcom' section of the movie. All I know is the river of tears I cried at the end were NOT of the #HEA type you cry at weddings and other romantic events.

I thought that - it's only RomCom if....well, no, not even then actually......

Saito Takumi - *swoon*

Was Tony, Candy's boyfriend, gay? I only ask as it was clear throught the film she wanted a physical relationship with him which he repeatedly said he couldn't give her - then, at the hospital, Tina was talking to him about not breaking things off because he didn't want to be the 'bad guy'.....at the end she said "I still believe you love him." So I wondered if it was just a typo in the subs, or whether the other 'girlfriend' was actually a man.......or maybe I just really need to get out more......so does anyone have a clue?

The character Han Jang Soo is little more than thug - I really hope he suffered before he died.....However, I did feel a little sorry for her Japanese husband (played by the ever wonderful Kim Jae Wook) - he seemed to really care for her and did her best to make her happy. It's just sad that, by that point, her hatred of the Japanese was too deep-rooted to see beyond his nationality and her mind was pretty broken too.

'Orange' was really good as was 'Beyond the Memories' - I found 'Love Letters' to be a bit slow compared to the other two.

Sorry, I couldn't be more help.....I'll have a search of the net, if I find anything I'll let you know. You've got me wanting to read it now! :D

Likewise - looking forward to both of those. :)

I've requested it on KissAsian too.....

have you tried Wattpad? There are a lot of really kind people on their translating books for we foreign readers to enjoy.

I think Allen exists - BUT as a protector for Simon's sanity. I think Allen surfaced when Simon was a captive of Tommy to ensure he survived the ordeal and now he exists to protect Simon from the worst mental stresses of the cases and also to find the most elusive of clues to catch the killers.

I thought the same thing - as I was reading the description I thought "ooh, so being kidnapped by the Flower Cannibal and losing the girl of his dreams has really messed with his head then!" before THEN realising it was a completely different drama! XD

Toyama Kinshiro - That name.....I'm IN!

"What no one knows is that the father's wish is for his two sons to co-operate and to take over the business together......." Well, here's a radical idea....TELL them. Open mouth and SPEAK! I really cannot stand this sort of 'misunderstanding' ruins a once loving family' scenario - ALL because one of them just refuses to open their mouth and speak.

I've watched Platina Data and Brain Man - both were excellent. :)