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Yep that's it

Omg I cried so hard through the whole episode. I can nitpick certain things but wow when the time finally came for the rescue and it unfolded so unexpectedly I completely lost my shit. This is absolutely my top drama of the year and one of my favorites ever. The ending could've been a disaster but they pulled it off.

There are some nitpicky complaints I can make about the ending but the narrative arc came full circle, everyone got their character development and the themes of living in the present and loving the people around you came through loud and clear in the end.

The writing in this series was absolutely incredible. We've seen so many time travel dramas go off the rails with plot holes and unresolved threads but TAF was put together like an expensive watch with every element working in sync. The writers clearly understood the story they were trying to tell and the role every character played in the narrative and that vision carried through to the end (which is sadly rare in Kdramaland). It wasn't perfect but it came damned close.

The cinematography throughout was amazing but especially in those final fire scenes. Stunningly beautiful and I wish I had a better TV to watch it on so I can get the full effect of the visuals.

Of course I also have to shout out the OST and BGM as well, it may be the most creative score I've ever heard in a Kdrama. It added to the eerie beauty of the story. Kudos to the composer.

Jang Ki Yong's performance was incredible in that last episode, especially when the final arc at the fire began. The subtle emotions playing across his face as he met his destiny head on made me sob my heart out.

Big kudos to Chun Woo Hee for pulling off a complex character. A lot of people hated Da Hae in those early episodes and I saw a lot of ugly and misogynistic comments directed against her but CWH managed to win us over to her side. I appreciate that the writers didn't soften her character too much and late in the game she was capable of doing things like stage her own death.

Park So Yi was absolutely brilliant in a pivotal role and more than held her own with the adults. Ina was neglected, lonely and vulnerable but also piercingly intelligent, strong and resilient. I'm looking forward to what PSY does in the future as she grows into adulthood.

Claudia Kim so good as Dong Hee and I am grateful that the caricature of a fat woman we met in the first episode evolved into a nuanced portrayal of the pressures women face around their appearance. Her scenes in ep 11 with Gwiju made me cry really hard. I just wish she'd ended up with Grace!

I love that he didn't shave her when he found her Benji and he told her that she was the prettiest one she was enjoying her food, that scene made me bawl 😭😭

People think he owes them money but I think he's using his fighting skills to work for loan sharks to pay for the gym, let's see if I'm right

I'm treating it as pretty wallpaper and I am not saying that as an insult, it's just a lot of eye candy and cute moments and that's good enough for me

I'm glad I'm not the only person who noticed the bloodless gloves 🤣🤣🤣

I honestly don't think I've ever been so nervous about the ending of a drama in my life. This one feels so personal. The writing has been exquisitely good from beginning to end and I haven't been bored during a single moment of a single episode. I care about all of these characters and I'm not ready to have my heart broken if one of them dies tomorrow.

When I saw the scammer family there too I bawled 😭😭😭

A lot of people dropped it early and down voted it because of the FL and scammer family

In an earlier episode they talked about powers evolving and how the outcomes are unpredictable when that happens so it's Gwiju's power evolving

I retweeted a thread discussing the issues, it's not the brightness that's the problem. It's the desaturation, the overexposure, the inconsistency in color grading within the same scenes, the poorly lit faces, the lighting of outdoor scenes. It's a mess. https://x.com/daebakpodcast1/status/1799526672565424251

Good thread. A couple of things I want to add is the color grading not matching between cuts in the same scenes and the janky opening and closing credits which look like they could've been made in Canva https://x.com/daebakpodcast1/status/1799526672565424251

I've seen the Japanese version and I liked it but don't think it's a masterpiece. MLM is fun so far and the changes to the characters mostly worked for me. The only truly bad thing is the cinematography. It has so many sponsors that there's no excuse for it to look this bad.

I agree that the writing for Atypical Family is dramatically better than Lovely Runner. I enjoyed LR but it was basically a trope machine feeding little crack hits of romantic feelings like serotonin to the brain with a plot stitched together with glue and a prayer.

By contrast Atypical Family has been so incredibly well constructed with every plot point put together like a fine watch. The writing of the characters is brilliant with everyone having shades of gray and the women in particular being strong, smart and a little (or a lot) ruthless yet also vulnerable and in need of love and family. Assuming tomorrow sticks the landing this one is going to be my #1 kdrama of the year.

I absolutely loved the bonding moments between Dong Hee and Gwiju, especially when he said she was most beautiful when she was enjoying food. He also didn't shame her for binging, he just said she shouldn't hide to eat because there was nothing wrong with it. And having Dong Hee enjoy the special dish her brother made for her really brought their love for each other full circle.

Dahae scamming to get Dong Hee out of a shitty marriage and being joined by her whole family to do it was love. AND WE GOT THE SUPERMAN AND LOIS MOMENT 😭😭😭

Dahae reconciling with her Eomma didn't quite work for me and I thought it got too sentimental when Grace and Samcheon smiled at them while they hugged. I would've preferred a little snark in that scene since lbr they are all still scammers and kind of savage.

I loved the moments between Ina and Gwiju because they were together without Dahae which was needed (in fact I wish we'd had more of that). But I also loved that Ina said next time she wants Dahae with them and they are all explicitly referring to each other as family.

The scenes with Gwiju and Dahae were lovely and had a beautiful undercurrent of melancholy as everyone knows what's coming. Well played by both actors.

The scene where everything turns to color in the past freaked me the hell out but they set us up for it by saying when the powers evolve things get unpredictable. So we dont' exactly know what's going to happen tomorrow except I'm absolutely convinced every member of both families will be involved in saving Gwiju.

Episode 11 went a wee bit too sentimental for me at times but I still cried in a lot of parts and overall this is what I wanted to be seeing at this point of the drama. Spoilers below.

I think they cast older actors to make Ina look more vulnerable in the earlier episodes but now that they are a couple it's not really working visually

That was honestly one of my favorite parts of the story.

The viewers

Predictions below