Also, I understand where the show is coming from but the power imbalance is off. Harin has too much money and…
Harin may have insurmountable influence, but she is far from infallible. She has weaknesses that Suji can exploit, that being her obsession with the pyramid game because of her past. Due to this, Harin hadn't cheated (definitely plays dirty though). By playing by her rules, Suji can use them against her. It may not seem like it on the surface, but there are consequences to the losses Harin takes. The game isn't just losing a toy. She values it so much that she allowed for many losses that could have been avoided if she didn't abide by her own game. It's worth everything to her, and I mean that. Destroying the game destroys her and it shows. I hope this helps!
I’m curious about something, why would Su Ji’s father enroll her kid in a private school? Public education…
It's never actually stated, so I'm going off of speculation. I think Suji's father is compensating for how he can't always be there for her because he's very dedicated to his job. He tries to get the best for her through money. I've also noticed that Suji's house is very nice too which is also as unnecessary as a private school when they're just staying there for 3 months. [Spoiler regarding Harin's background from last two episodes] I come to this conclusion because Suji and Harin kind of parallel each other in a lot of ways that even the drama connects their similarities. They also have parallels in their household. Both parents neglect their children for their jobs and it's seen that Harin's parents compensate their neglect through money, so it wouldn't be far fetched to think Suji's parent is the same way, just different motivations.
Just finished and I really like how ALMOST everyone was held accountable at the end.
What infuriates me is that Harin's parents got little consequence. They place all the blame on their daughter, disown her, and switch their company's field. Their way of repenting was becoming less sloppy by washing their hands of Harin as if that's some huge character development? That's messed up. They adopted a traumatized child and raised her into the monster she became. They didn't show her any love, didn't give her the help she needed, didn't correct her when she's doing wrong, and allowed her appalling behavior to continue. She was their daughter who could have been someone great if they raised her properly. And since they didn't raise her well, they should take responsibility for it by taking accountability and finally parenting her instead of throwing her away before even trying. I agree she should be put in a psychiatric ward for help and to pay for what she did but disowning her is forgoing their responsibility over her. Now that they have the ability to discipline her, that's what they should be doing. All the adults in her life failed her and they get to get away with it. I wish either Baekyeon group went up in flames or they deal with the monster they help create.
It feels like Ye Rim got off worse than Harin's parents despite her playing a big role in ending the game which is so unfair to me.
I wish there was a drama where a character like the villain of this show was the protagonist. I find influential, two-faced manipulators intruiging in fiction and absolutely loved the dynamic between her and Suji. The way they use their smarts to one up each other is just ✨
Anyone know of any dramas where the FL has a personality like the second FL of this drama? The only FL I can think of is An Ancient Love Song which has a near identical air, for example
watching kdramas dubbed is weird to me..but anyways, I think it's subbed on netflix
It is kind of odd, but I still prefer it to reading subtitles lol so I could pay more attention to the visuals than to reading on top of that. Thank you for letting me know!
Idk why I expected the ending to be different from what it was 😭 They made good use of every minute they had and made such a beautiful drama. The reverse time travel concept and the characters had me binging. When I rewatch, I'll watch the episodes in reverse in order of Lu Yuan's POV.
Do you have any specific examples on how the core plot was ruined in the drama compared to the book? I'm interested…
That is such a huge deviation from the book 🤯. I definitely prefer her soul possessing Jiang Li over what happened in the drama. I wonder why they changed it. I think it's a lot better because I found Fang Fei dedicating her life to avenging the real Jiang Li to be unbelievable since they just met and it was so quick. It would have been better if she became more passionate about avenging her through steadily learning about her life by being her than right off the bat after they just met.
If her face is well known to many in the book, apparently it isn't in the drama. The deviation does make it so weird since Duke Su did remember her face and she has an esteemed reputation. Idk how she hasn't been discovered by more people.
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What infuriates me is that Harin's parents got little consequence. They place all the blame on their daughter, disown her, and switch their company's field. Their way of repenting was becoming less sloppy by washing their hands of Harin as if that's some huge character development? That's messed up. They adopted a traumatized child and raised her into the monster she became. They didn't show her any love, didn't give her the help she needed, didn't correct her when she's doing wrong, and allowed her appalling behavior to continue. She was their daughter who could have been someone great if they raised her properly. And since they didn't raise her well, they should take responsibility for it by taking accountability and finally parenting her instead of throwing her away before even trying. I agree she should be put in a psychiatric ward for help and to pay for what she did but disowning her is forgoing their responsibility over her. Now that they have the ability to discipline her, that's what they should be doing. All the adults in her life failed her and they get to get away with it. I wish either Baekyeon group went up in flames or they deal with the monster they help create.
It feels like Ye Rim got off worse than Harin's parents despite her playing a big role in ending the game which is so unfair to me.
If her face is well known to many in the book, apparently it isn't in the drama. The deviation does make it so weird since Duke Su did remember her face and she has an esteemed reputation. Idk how she hasn't been discovered by more people.