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ok i love how in this version, the mom throws fish sauce instead of rice. it’s much more intense cause it’s harder to clean. soy sauce stains, rice is so temporary. i think it shows the power gorya’s family has, even though they’re poor.

yeah that’s what i was thinking!! like damn i want someone to look at me like that

tell my why there was so much chemistry in the way that lita and gorya just stared at each other when they were on the ground. am i crazy lol

i think it has to do with the differences in the characters as well. jun pyo was truly a jerk -he didn’t really become a better person. thyme is actually becoming a better person - he’s a lot more self aware of what it is that made him violent in the first place, and is taking steps to work on his attitude and self hatred.

im so upset that this version is only 16 episodes. while the series is great already, i feel like it could be so much better if they had more time to develop the plot.

i actually don’t think it’s far fetched. let’s not undermine the writers of this show - literally every single thing is so goddamn intentional. and i mean every. single. thing. even the costumes are indicative of the feelings of the characters. i especially think that the birds can’t be a coincidence because all throughout the show they’ve alluded to animals . i mean think of all the animal print that thyme wears. the show is purposefully using animal symbolism.

are you talking about the ACTING or the plot points/dialogue? i think you’re more talking about what the writers are making them do and not the acting itself. there’s only so much change you can do when you’re adapting a manga that itself is fully of cliches.

i love the scene where ren asks how thyme feels fighting f4, and thyme saying that it sucked. thyme doesn’t LIKE violence anymore. in the final scene, where thyme closes the stadium, it wasn’t merely a ploy to make gorya think he’s a better person, he genuinely doesn’t enjoy violence the way he used to. even beyond this, thyme abandoning the stadium also means that he’s abandoning his need for power - previously, he’s held onto power because that’s all he’s confident about, but now he knows that being kind makes him just as worthy.

this is why i ADORE this adaptation of hyd. thyme is changing his attitude towards not just gorya, but to everyone. gorya is humanizing thyme.

it will open again but not in the hands of thyme - people will think it’s because of thyme but it’s because someone wants to get back at thyme.

i love the comments on here soooo much. it really takes watching this show on a whole different level. i don’t think casual viewers can appreciate the show as much as those who pay full attention to the details of the show because there’s SOO many subtle things that the show has done so far and it’s absolutely brilliant. i’ve been having so much fun seeing how fans have been analyzing the characters’ personalities and actions, and every time i rewatch an episode it reframes the scenes in a whole different way.

“ She will be the ‘collateral damage’ if it all goes wrong, not him.” this is exactly right. we see this with the part where gorya punches the stuffed toy. the stuffed toy is supposed to be a representation of thyme. gorya literally gets hurt while she punches the toy, even though the safety pin was accidentally open. to me, this represents that whether it be intentional or not, gorya will get hurt.

you got that right. we literally see that ren felt useless by mira’s side because mira is doing, for a lack of a better word, grown up things, and ren doesn’t do grown up things. mira wants to be more than her parents’ money, while ren is content with living like that.

i’ve always hated how the SML loved to mess with the FL. if i was gorya, i’d feel humiliated by ren. like in ep 2, when ren pretends like he’s ab to kiss her. and now, when ren jokes that they should date behind thyme’s back. he makes me feel icky.

yep - and you know what? him saying that doesn’t even give me the vibes that he likes gorya, it gives me “i wanna piss thyme off” vibes.

i actually feel the opposite - i feel worse for this ML out of all the versions. his simplicity is the reason why i didn’t feel bad for him - because he acts like a child in the other versions. in the other versions, his utter lack of awareness of how the FL feels is why I don’t feel sorry for him - because he’s so focused on what HE feels. simply but, his feelings for her are so immature in the other versions that it feels like an obsession rather than love. in this version, he actually tries to change for her and has a more mature mindset. i feel worse because this feels like heartbreak rather than a child throwing a tantrum.

you know what really stood out to me in this episode? ren laughing when thyme was making gorya say meow meow. gorya was CLEARLY uncomfortable. i know the aura of the scene was comedic, but it goes to show that ren isn’t as concerned with gorya as we think he is. it furthers pushes the narrative that ren “wants” gorya because he can’t have mira.

i get so confused with this show sometimes. there are times when i get so impressed by the way they’ve tried to make the dialogue less misogynistic (e.g. gorya saying who cares if she’s slept with multiple guys) but then there are times where im like why did they say that?? its like at times they make really bold moves but then theres little parts that they ignore that annoy the hell out of me.

i get so confused with this show sometimes. there are times when i get so impressed by the way they’ve tried to make the dialogue less misogynistic (e.g. gorya saying who cares if she’s slept with multiple guys) but then there are times where im like why did they say that?? its like at times they make really bold moves but then theres little parts that they ignore that annoy the hell out of me.

i think its because some people may not have watched the recent ep yet?