JayBird

I agree, she's still only a teenager and yes, she did something absolutely awful but it's not like she's getting off easy (if this were a longer drama I'm sure they would have made her work even harder for her "redemption"). It is a realistic outcome and it's also a good out come, because it shows people's potential to learn and grow from their mistakes and become better, more accepting people in the process.

I think that while Da On and Taekyung will talk and reconcile as friends, they're not going to be anything more than that at this point. As Da On said himself, he needs to start again from the beginning (i.e. rebuild their friendship) meanwhile Shinwoo and Taekyung have been building their relationship consistently throughout the drama and there are some pretty solid signs that Taekyung is starting to like Shinwoo (his "he knows how to make a person's heart flutter" line and the fact he got annoyed when Shinwoo didn't reply to his texts come to mind).

Idk, I think it's pretty obvious Shinwoo likes Tae, you could see after his botched confession that he was already kicking himself for not saying what he meant to say and instead talking about getting "fired".

Shinwoo not straight out confessing his feelings is very in character, throughout this drama he's consistently been able to show how much he cares through his actions and through the way he speaks to Taekyung, but he's never been able to actually name why he's doing it because he's shy and awkward that way.

Yeah I don't think they have time to throw in the dead parents storyline at this point so I agree, they're probably supportive or at the very least not going to disown him. Personally I hope that's the case because we need a case of good and accepting parenting to counter Da On's terrible parents.....

A random thought but I wonder if Shinwoo's parents know he's gay? I mean they clearly know enough to transfer schools and Shinwoo doesn't seem overly worried about what will happen if he does start dating Taekyung (in fact he seems more worried about the actual confession than what will happen after)....

I know we'll probably never get an answer to this (and I'm aware of the battle for acceptance members of the LGBTQ+ community still face in Korea) but I'm choosing to believe that they know and that they're supportive of him and that they would be overjoyed to meet the boy he wants to spend his life with (because that's what I would wish for anyone).

That's why when Shinwoo was looking like he was about to start crying I just wanted to be like "noooo! He means it differently now! Don't cry" 😅

Is it just me or has the way Taekyung talks about Da On changed? It feels like before he would always wonder where Da On was, how he was doing, what he was doing and would be reminded of him at every moment. Now he simply wants to know that he's doing okay after everything that's happened.

To me that reads as someone who's gone from being hung up over someone and thinking about them 24/7 to someone who knows their friend is going through a tough time and worrying about them.

I'm guessing Taekyung is panicking next episode because he can't find the keychain Shinwoo gave him? It looks like he's desperate to find it and that he doesn't want Shinwoo to find out.

Also I like how both Shinwoo and Taekyung had moments where they got to "judge" each other (taekyung eating his spicy ramyeon in about 5 seconds/Shinwoo singing his Karaoke song), followed by a clear moment of "ah whatever, they're still adorable and they make me happy".

An adorable moment of mirroring and also an important moment in any developing relationship (i.e. finding out that everyone has weird habits/does cringey stuff sometimes, even the people you like)

In fact the texts basically show that while Shinwoo and Taekyung didn't share much time on screen together at the start, Shinwoo was constantly reaching out to him (and thinking about him "yesterday, today, and probably tomorrow as well") and openly expressing his feelings for him. That means the little time Taekyung and Shinwoo DID spend together weren't just short, isolated moments (as they seemed to be before we saw the texts) but instead a brief moment in a continuous build up and expression of feelings on Shinwoo's part.

I loved how the text messages were done. It was such a simple yet effective way to show that, even in the moments where Shinwoo wasn't on screen with Taekyung, he was still by his side.

It's also interesting that a lot of the texts were sent when Taekyung was on screen with Daon, it's a really good way to retrospectively write in Shinwoo's presence in those scenes and it adds a whole new level of depth and meaning to the little time they did spend together in the first half of the drama.

I wonder if that means Tae bought the other keyring in the same shop to give to Shinwoo? After all he knew Shinwoo liked it and at the time they were having a nice bonding moment so maybe he thought it would be a nice gift?

That or he buys it later in return for the one Shinwoo gave him....

I think the girl in Where Your Eyes Linger managed to avoid being the villain (even though she liked one of the leaders) but other than her I can't think of many....

I normally hate love triangles with a passion so to say I'm surprised that I love this show as much as I do is an understatement. The writers have done an amazing job at crafting 2 compelling love interests for Taekyung and for once I don't feel like skipping the SL's scene out of sheer frustration and annoyance.

Ah just remember that every episode ends with the same thing: Shinwoo's key charm! I think it's a big hint about how things will go in the end.

And really no problem ~

Awww no problem! It was fun getting to find out a little bit more about the game. I've read the spin off webtoon as well so I was extra interested to see the source material ~

Also I'm 99.9% sure it will be Shintae end game unless the writers are doing the biggest misdirect of the century, so keep your hope up :)

I have a prediction that, when Taekyung finally develops feelings for Shinwoo (which I do think is going to happen, he already seems to be getting a little flustered at points and he keeps staring at Shinwoo), Shinwoo is going to be so far in the friendzone that he won't even realise his crush likes him back.....

Also in the game Shinwoo apparently doesn't realise at first that Taekyung/Taemin actually likes him back so that was interesting when you think about the teaser for ep 13 and the "no matter what I do he'll be thinking of you"

Thank you, I'll see if I can dig it out ~

I was poking around seeing what I could find out about the game Light On Me is based on and apparently Noh Shinwoo's favourite thing in the game (apart from Taekyung/Taemin) is singing? And he wanted to be an idol?

I wonder if they're going to bring this in to the Karaoke scene and have him be surprisingly good at singing XD