I personally liked it. The first half much more than the last. I also love whenever JCW plays the 'less than perfect, regular guy'. But I'm sad the script got derailed pretty badly, eventually. Also, common consensus among netz was LSITC wasn't a 'good drama' :/ Can't make everybody happy, I guess!
The webtoon revolves around Nabi like completely from her perspective just like in the drama. We are not given…
Can't wait for his reveal as the psychotic serial-killer. Lol... jk!... I'm bout to sell a kidney just to get his PoV, so I'm manifesting what you just said <3
The webtoon revolves around Nabi like completely from her perspective just like in the drama. We are not given…
Completely agree with you. However, giving us a FULL PoV would mean his character and his intentions are no longer a mystery to us. The ambiguity keeps it interesting, as much as we hate it, lol! But I can see some efforts from the directors who give us some solo shots of Jae-Won... atleast you can get an idea what goes on his head when he's alone, and (probably) not putting up a front for the benefit of Nabi's eyes :)
Sounds like a 'Serious-actor' script choice. I know JCW will act the shit out of this role!! ^^ I pray to drama-gods this one turns out to be good, because heaven knows it's been long! :')
He felt possessive of her initially, BEFORE being told to back off by Nabi on the rooftop. This was the scene…
Have you noticed how the solo, unscripted scenes of JE are accompanied with eerie music and unsettling camera-angles, even when he's tenderly recalling his moments with Nabi in is head? While his borderline stalker-y scenes are alwayssss paired up with swoony music and romantic, sakura-tinted filters and gaussian blurs? The tension & contradiction captured through the cinematography is precisely why I cannot put my finger confidently on either possibility, and keep switching my stand on the guy. Heh. The production-team is doing a great job of keeping us on our toes :3
I guess they won't. Because it will be contradicting to what they say about the drama being hyper-realistic.
But it has been done for dramas with low-ratings before. Because they think public-appeasement would prevent the show from getting cancelled. Might as well make it senseless and go on, than getting axed for being true to the initial idea.
If the writers try to sabotage this by shoe-horning in some hilariously unrealistic and incredibly contrived 'redemption-arc' for Jae-Eon on the finale episode, I'm straightaway docking my rating to a 5.5!!! -__-
He felt possessive of her initially, BEFORE being told to back off by Nabi on the rooftop. This was the scene…
For me, the bottom-most pit of negativity on JE's moral-spectrum was precisely this scenario (and not him being some evil-doing, 1-dimensional, sociopathic villain)!... Yet I could never word it so logically, as you have. Also, thanks for pointing out how flawed my argument was when I said allowing her '(just) enough space' was an evidence to how he 'genuinely cares'. I never realized that while on paper, it appears as if he's letting her make the final choice, but his manipulation prevents her from ever really having any agency. WOW..... I'm mind-blown.! Thank you for wording it so coherently, and cogently. Now, MDL... please tell me how do I bookmark this comment? :D
You have given me fresh perspective, but I still believe he does all these things unconsciously, so he can pass on the buck, later on. Also, is this drama secretly a litmus-test for 'who's the most likely to get axed by a serial-killer?' Cuz some us are wayyyyy tooo trusting, lmao!! xD
The first instance we see is when he notices her talking to the junior outside the convenience store. Given, he's…
I keep swinging between an 'unconscious manipulator' and a 'damaged boy with commitment issues'. If he was indeed doing it consciously, with every move calculated and deriving some sadistic pleasure along the way, he would be a sociopath. But like you said, the candid, solo moments rule out that possibility. I keep wanting to box him under a specific label, but I can't come up something accurate, because the writers keep confusing us. A player wouldn't waste his time on a girl who keeps giving him mixed signals. I think at this point, he's as (unhealthily) obsessed with her as she is with him, and it has nothing to do with his character being a player. I think the toxic part isn't supposed to be either of their regular dating styles (commitment versus flings); rather it's how they relate to each other, what they do to each other, and how instead of accepting their incompatibility, they keep engaging in questionable/ problematic behaviors and actions around each other.
Anyone above 31 is always appealing to me so even he's 35-40-45 I still love him. Age is only a number. I have…
I meant the age comment, wrt how time goes by so fast!! ;) also, istg, he looks not a day older than 27 :D agree, with everything else you said about him though!
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I'm bout to sell a kidney just to get his PoV, so I'm manifesting what you just said <3
The tension & contradiction captured through the cinematography is precisely why I cannot put my finger confidently on either possibility, and keep switching my stand on the guy. Heh. The production-team is doing a great job of keeping us on our toes :3
Thank you for wording it so coherently, and cogently. Now, MDL... please tell me how do I bookmark this comment? :D
You have given me fresh perspective, but I still believe he does all these things unconsciously, so he can pass on the buck, later on. Also, is this drama secretly a litmus-test for 'who's the most likely to get axed by a serial-killer?' Cuz some us are wayyyyy tooo trusting, lmao!! xD
I keep wanting to box him under a specific label, but I can't come up something accurate, because the writers keep confusing us. A player wouldn't waste his time on a girl who keeps giving him mixed signals.
I think at this point, he's as (unhealthily) obsessed with her as she is with him, and it has nothing to do with his character being a player. I think the toxic part isn't supposed to be either of their regular dating styles (commitment versus flings); rather it's how they relate to each other, what they do to each other, and how instead of accepting their incompatibility, they keep engaging in questionable/ problematic behaviors and actions around each other.