I should have read down first before posting because I've duplicated what you said.I agree, but don't think it's…
I'm not a fan of the flashbacks. I generally don't like them. Sometimes here it's like Mean must think we have the attention span of a goldfish. In this episode there was a flashback that occurred almost immediately after the scene it was flashing back to.
The only thing I'd change is how long the scenes feel drawn out. I think Mean is like a novelist writing their first novel -- lots of words, and more descriptive prose and dialog than necessary. In Mean's case it's him feeling so invigorated to be directing -- and loving the material so much -- that he indulges himself and can't bring himself to trim it down. To me it's an endearing quality but it can stretch the material a bit too far.
So Hee has finally been unmasked as the heinous, hateful homophobe that she is. Even Shiwoon can't keep smiling around her. As for Daon, she can have him. She loathes gay people and he is self-loathing. The perfect pair.
I can't recall another drama where the "slow burn" between the leads was handled so well. The way the walls come down is gradual and believable -- and the walls were pretty strong to begin with. Very impressed with this series.
It seems like Shinwoo's first love is someone else. Maybe the bully? So, if Taekyung's first love is Daon, and…
Depends on whether the series will allow for a first love to be one-sided. For me, a first love would be a mutual thing. So if Daon rejects Taekyung it opens the possibility of Shinwoo eventually being TK's true first love.
Tae is wearing that EXACT bracelet in the opening scene of episode one. 🙊
When I thought about it more after my earlier comment I realized there might be two bracelets ... one that Taekyung bought for Daon and one that Shinwoo bought for Taekyung.
Other's have speculated that Shinwoo was attracted to Taekyung before the incident in the hallway, and Shinwoo finally hints at that in Episode 9.
Meanwhile the piling up of evidence that Daon is Taekyung's first love is so relentless that I'm more and more convinced that it's a diversionary tactic. But for Shinwoo to be endgame I think the bracelet has to find its way to him instead of staying with Daon, so now that Taekyung has given it to Daon I'm guessing that So Hee will end up taking it and giving it back to Taekyung.
(And my problem with that is: would Shinwoo really want to own a bracelet that Taekyung bought when he was thinking of Daon?)
Say what you will about the acting, etc. -- the script for this series has done a great job of establishing two plausible guys for endgame. The main reason I think Shinwoo will prevail is that Daon's advantage seems so strong now. A writer with this kind of talent won't keep things simple like that.
Mmmm … I think you don’t like pretty boys very much
On the contrary. I've fallen for a couple of them myself, including one with similar habits to Jae Eon. But I take your point -- maybe I'm just a little biased.
It's become not a "hate watch" but a "curiosity watch" ... I feel charitable towards it despite its many flaws.
I think the bottom line is that if you have terrible writers then a series like this is doomed. "My Boy" seeks to leverage the usual tropes but does so in such a lazy way that it makes the tropes look sillier than they need to ... such as becoming bitter enemies with the new guy because he happens to sit down at your lunch table without realizing it.
I like most of the actors, though, and the older/younger theme is a nice change.
The conversation with his mom felt like a turning point. I do sense that Jae Eon will now kid himself into thinking that he loves Na Bi and can be committed to her, but for a guy like him what hurts the most is the feeling that he's lost the game. Now he'll be fighting to regain the upper hand and win against Do Hyuk, not to win back Na Bi herself. He can't stand that someone has walked away from him, and it drives him even more crazy to think that another guy has taken his place.
Once he does get her back he will become restless again. Just like in Episode 6 where he returned to the scene of the crime, so to speak, and went to the same bar and took the same seat as when he met Na Bi ... he'll always need the reassurance of knowing he still "has it", because that's the primary thing that drives his self-esteem.
That little interlude at the bar was *also* a turning point, hinting that he's incapable of change. When a guy like him feels the most emotionally confused or defeated he will seek to get laid.
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Meanwhile the piling up of evidence that Daon is Taekyung's first love is so relentless that I'm more and more convinced that it's a diversionary tactic. But for Shinwoo to be endgame I think the bracelet has to find its way to him instead of staying with Daon, so now that Taekyung has given it to Daon I'm guessing that So Hee will end up taking it and giving it back to Taekyung.
(And my problem with that is: would Shinwoo really want to own a bracelet that Taekyung bought when he was thinking of Daon?)
Say what you will about the acting, etc. -- the script for this series has done a great job of establishing two plausible guys for endgame. The main reason I think Shinwoo will prevail is that Daon's advantage seems so strong now. A writer with this kind of talent won't keep things simple like that.
I think the bottom line is that if you have terrible writers then a series like this is doomed. "My Boy" seeks to leverage the usual tropes but does so in such a lazy way that it makes the tropes look sillier than they need to ... such as becoming bitter enemies with the new guy because he happens to sit down at your lunch table without realizing it.
I like most of the actors, though, and the older/younger theme is a nice change.
Once he does get her back he will become restless again. Just like in Episode 6 where he returned to the scene of the crime, so to speak, and went to the same bar and took the same seat as when he met Na Bi ... he'll always need the reassurance of knowing he still "has it", because that's the primary thing that drives his self-esteem.
That little interlude at the bar was *also* a turning point, hinting that he's incapable of change. When a guy like him feels the most emotionally confused or defeated he will seek to get laid.
When he turns up it's like seeing an old friend again.