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neither do i; there could be a twist. they often use misleading previews. although i have a feeling i'm simply in denial... sigh.

1 - hwayoung only remembers that seorin is acting strangely when she's not around. the people she sent must have arrived in time to see only a "seorin" hesitating to enter the house and nothing more.
2 - since they only agreed to switch places for one day, i don't think it's a big problem. jangmi wouldn't do anything, and neither would seorin. but, in the long run, jangmi might start wearing contact lenses, and seorin could use the same excuse to avoid glasses.

and i really get it. i can't stand looking at baekho's face anymore either. i've reached a point where, even knowing his good intentions, i can't help but skip some of his scenes.

the aftertaste is bittersweet. seorin truly cares about jangmi; her fear of her doing something wrong and digging her own grave even deeper is palpable, and her concern isn't unfounded. it's obvious that jangmi wouldn't have the necessary emotional control to deal with hwayoung so soon, but even so... huhu...

seorin-ah! ㅜㅜ
look both ways before crossing the street, don't leave home late at night, lock all doors and windows securely, sleep with one eye wide open...

yes! she thinks she has everything under control, and seorin's sudden change in behavior will reveal that she must have discovered something worse than jangmi's existence. the feeling of imminent danger will destabilize her for a moment, and it may end up being the only opportunity for the twins to fully unite.

that's right, the summary of the next episode says that in contrast to jangmi's anger, seorin will feel strangely connected to her "family" after spending time with them ㅜㅜ

he already said that his purpose is to use her and hongju to pressure hwayoung, but they only care about money, they aren't the right people to do that.

seorin is conflicted; perhaps going through with the plan to switch places for a day was the decision she made? she heard hwayoung threatening to end jangmi's life once and for all again and was scared by how far she's willing to go. we have two options: she's throwing jangmi to the lion's den, or she's doing this for the greater good so that jangmi can discover who her "mother" is and they can decide how to proceed.

they're so cute ㅠㅠ i love eunjung's smile.

it's gonna be awful when something happens to seorin. jangmi is firm in her decision to bring seorin to her side above all else. but it's true, no one in their right mind would trade a life of luxury for a mediocre one.
ah, i don't know. all i know is that the blow will be unbearable when jangmi sees who Seo Rin's "mother" is.

in korean, the pronunciation of "twins" is "ssangdung-i". bokgil was interrupted before finishing the sentence, so she only heard him say "ssang-", which led her to conclude that he was trying to warn her about the existence of seorin (her twin) !$?&!_ it's better that she misunderstood this time, but it's also a shame that bokgil died without knowing the whole truth ಠ⁠ಗ⁠ಠ

that intrigues me too; it's not logical, but it could work. seorin might conclude that it will be easier to control the situation if she acts in the shadows... who knows? they'll need a reason anyway, and we'll find out soon enough :p

yes, yes. seorin is fully aware that revealing the truth to jangmi is the same as pushing her sister off a cliff. if jangmi confronts hwayoung, who already wants to get rid of her, her chances of escaping unscathed, let alone alive, would be minimal.

"how about we trade lives?" so soon?!

i'm intrigued. i don't think seorin will be okay with keeping the truth hidden for long; she seems to enjoy jangmi's innocent nature, and i can imagine her feeling bad for lying to her. and, actually, there's no reason for her to lie; jangmi is quite obedient, even without a concrete reason to believe/obey seorin, she obeyed anyway.

now, the real question is: why would seorin agree to "trade lives" with her after today's episode? they might be following a completely different path than i imagined.

that would be too easy, right? :p
seorin is clever, but i think for her to feel threatened, she would need to find out that junho is hwayoung's biological son and her plan to ascend him to the throne, which may take some time, since her focus now is on finding out what happened 30 years ago.

jangmi's unexpected encounter with seorin, just when she was about to ignore all the signs again and succumb to hwayoung's kindness, was a divine intervention. but i must say it's a little surreal to see them face to face like this lol

i'm glad that seorin, despite everything, knows that what REALLY matters is not letting her heart soften. the affection she still feels for hwayoung isn't the most important thing, but rather the painful truth: she was ripped from her mother's arms at birth, separated from her twin sister, and the person behind it all is the one she always blindly called mom.

if seorin were to take a DNA test, she would lose interest in gathering evidence to implicate hwayoung. if the chairman interferes, he can get rid of hwayoung in a snap.

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i prefer a shorter revenge arc to an absurdly long one where they just go around in circles. being twins, they already have a certain connection, the famous twin telepathy that leaves poor seorin in tatters every time, but they need to create an even stronger bond, driven by the resentment they both feel towards hwayoung. not to mention that only by interacting and observing how each acts and behaves in their daily lives will it be possible to devise an effective plan. we still have 77 episodes to go, there's no reason to rush. i really wanted to see them working together for a while, even if that doesn't prevent a tragedy.

fortunately, yesterday seems to have been the turning point. if she continued giving second chances and the benefit of the doubt to people she barely knows/who clearly don't have good intentions towards her or her family, then she would be a lost cause, and letting her lead such a complex and risky revenge plan would be a total mistake.

little by little, the bird builds its nest; i think we've finally reached the point where the gears in her brain will start to work! :p

the hair scene... #$!&!& you can judge seorin's methods, but NEVER the results! now jangmi is missing a lock of hair because of a random pregnant lady, but at least in a few episodes she'll discover the existence of her twin sister. what's one less lock of hair?

i can't believe it took jangmi so long to realize that there's definitely something wrong with how sukhee reacts to kanghyuk. she even recognized him in a police sketch, which means that, despite being confused, his image remains intact in her memories. she wouldn't have reason to be so afraid of him if he didn't at least resemble the person who hurt her.

as long as seorin doesn't die, i would gladly accept this scenario where she gets hurt trying to protect jangmi. however, seorin's character is too good to be wasted like that; i don't wanna accept that she was simply written not to last long.

life is very unfair to both of them. they were separated at birth and won't have a chance to get close before revenge is put into practice. not to mention the possibility of one of them losing their life or being seriously injured in the process.