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I think that unlike in the webtoon there will be a clear reason for Seo Woon paying for undoing the curse with his memories in the drama. In the webtoon, it was just the god's temper tantrum, pretty much, him being angry that he had been stuck for so long and he let Seo Woon pay for it. But I think that in the drama, they will use the tried and true method of equal measure exchange: something precious given for undoing the curse, Seo Woon's memories and his love. But the god will do it knowing that it can be undone if their love was strong enough, Seo Woon will just have to suffer for it physically and Hae Na emotionally. Because he actually likes them fools and doesn't want to hurt them.

Spoilers for the webtoon...

He put the curse on her family by mistake. He thought her family hurt someone he loved but it wasn't so, just the opposite. He's been pretty much trying to undo what he had done ever since.

No, baseball is happening, that's all. And why there are two eps this week? Who knows, either the uproar about the schedule was worse than they expected or they expect another hiatus in the upcoming weeks, one they didn't account for, and the finale on Jan. 17 couldn't be shifted so they needed to "burn" one episode and they presented it as a "gift" to the fans. Who knows ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

They stole the names of dead people and that's a crime.

I love the relationship between Woo Hak and Mok Ha, that he accompanied her to the island and to Ran Joo's concert, that she came down to him when she saw him sitting in his car, so exhausted, that she came to sit with him when she couldn't sleep and found him on the roof, also unable to sleep, that she brought the dried persimmons for him, that he always follows her wishes - in trying to find Ki Ho, in leaving her father's shop to those two goons, in asking her what she wants, if comfort or honesty... It's like warm fuzzy slippers on a cold day, this warmth between them.

I think that's how they got their new identity. Like Bo Gyeol told Woo Hak, back then, it wasn't as easy to get a new identity, you couldn't just apply for it with the authorities and get one. People took the identity of dead people, bought it on the black market. And that's a crime. It's why both Daddy Kang and Bo Gyeol are trying to stop Woo Hak from digging into it.

I also think that daddy dearest might think he killed Woo Hak. He hit him, saw him collapse, covered in blood, mom is screaming, Ki Ho is screaming, daddy dearest panics, grabs Ki Ho and runs away, ends up on that island where he realizes that no one is after him so he gets a job as a cop again, hanging obsessively tight on his remaining son. But Ki Ho believes that his brother isn't dad and he's determined to find his mom and his brother again.

Or something, heh ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

It's the real Kang family, I bet, the one they took their names from. IMO, Woo Hak and Bo Gyeol's mother and step-father will be blamed for their murder or at least for impersonating them. Woo Hak and Bo Gyeol can't be blamed, they were kids at the time, but I think it'll ruin their reputation. Maybe they will lose their jobs or something since no one in the media or entertaining industry will even come near someone touched by such a scandal, not in Korea.

The thing is, it doesn't really matter if her choices are right or wrong, they are her choices. She spent 15 years on an island, not of her own choice. So taking any choice away from her now is simply cruel. He shouldn't have put her on the spot like that. He should've gone to her and told her, I can do this and this and it will give you what you want at this and this expense. The choice is yours, we can do it or not. Just like Woo Hak told her when she asked for his opinion: do you want comfort or the truth?

She also keeps saying from the beginning that she wants to do it with Ran Joo, not at her expense. Helping Ran Joo make a comeback became more important to her, that's why she became her manager, setting her own goals aside for the moment. What Bo Geol did might completely ruin everything Ran Joo and Mok Ha have been working towards since the beginning and cost Ran Joo every chance to win against her ex-manager. You think this will make Mok Ha happy? Mok Ha would never stomp on someone to get forward, especially not her idol. And if Bo Geol thinks she would, then he really doesn't know her and never had.

I'm not so sure Mok Ha will be grateful to Bo Gyeol for what he did, setting her up against Eun Mo Rae, because Mok Ha wants to be a singer but not at the expense of Ran Joo. And what Bo Gyoel did, forcing them to admit that Ran Joo didn't sing, that it was Mok Ha... no matter how they twist or turn it, it will destroy Ran Joo's career.

I think that's the difference between Woo Hak and Bo Gyeol. Woo Hak wants to help but he respects Mok Ha's wishes but Bo Gyeol does what he thinks best, just like all those years ago. He has a good heart and good intentions, certainly, but he should actually ask Mok Ha what *she* wants before stepping in.

So, there's going to be a body/bodies in the lake and it's going to be the people whose names the Kang family is using now. And the parents will be jailed for murder and that is how daddy dearest will find them. And Woo Hak and Bo Gyeol will lose their jobs because of this, especially Woo Hak, because no producer will allow people on-screen - or behind the screen - who are entangled in murder, even by proxy.

That's why Daddy Kang is insisting on not telling Woo Hak anything and why Bo Gyeol appeals to Woo Hak not to dig into it. They are STILL keeping secrets from him. Because he might be quirky and whatnot but he's the straightest arrow in this family and the Goodest Boy and he wouldn't be able to handle this, them having the names of murder victims. It would destroy him.

I think the dad thinks he killed Woo Hak when he hit him in the head - that must've been a terrible injury since had to have brain surgery done. I think that's why he's been hanging onto Ki Ho so obsessively because he was the only son he thought he had left.

You know what would be an awesome twist with the brothers? If Bo Gyeol were Ki Ho, sure, but if it never actually was about Ki Ho but about Woo Hak. Because they all do their damnest for Woo Hak not to remember. Like, the lengths Bo Gyeol went to to stop Woo Hak from digging deeper! I mean, he knows his brother, he knows him, his tendency to obsess. Woo Hak is a reporter, for cryin' out loud. What did he think Woo Hak would do? And since everybody keeps going Ki Ho, Ki Ho and the dad is all about Ki Ho and not even mentioning his other son while in the family portrait we see him standing proudly with Woo Hak, not Ki Ho, and considering that, despite all the abuse, Woo Hak had been hurt the worst of all of them in the past... It would be a great twist if Bo Gyeol wasn't keeping mum to protect himself, Ki Ho, but to keep Woo Hak safe from his dad.

Well, Ki Ho also was Jung Ki Ho and is now Kang Bo Gyeol, having changed his name, so it is possible ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

I think that, at this point, I would prefer this drama to end romance-less just with the Kang basically adopting Mok Ha as their third kid and the brothers as their sister. Because for me personally, the romance part is the least interesting thing here. I'm mainly interested in the relationship between the brothers and the nutjob dad's chase. It makes for a great family thriller!

I think their mother pretended to be dead and changed her name. It's even possible she and her current husband aren't actually married, just saying so. I mean, if she had kept her name, the dad would easily find her with his resources.

Yeah, but he wasn't aware of any of this before, of having a different father etc. The dad might think Woo Hak sympathetic to his cause because his wife "stole" Woo Hak away from his father by not telling him the truth. The dad is nuts, after all.

Me thinks that their father is convinced that he killed Woo Hak. It's why he's hanging onto Ki Ho so hard, because for him Ki Ho is the last of his family. Wow, when he finds out that his other son is still alive and that his wife hid both of their kids from him... Yikes.

My prediction: He kidnaps Woo Hak to try to make a "new" family, take him as a replacement for Ki Ho or as a leverage to make Ki Ho come to him, while also trying to end his wife once and for all for her betrayal. Because, really, in all this? In the dad's eyes, Woo Hak is the only one "blameless" thus "worthy" of being his family again since he lost his memory. But his wife and Ki Ho betrayed him.

Cha Hak Yeon. His stage name is N, he's an idol, a member of VIXX.