I just started Episode 3 but paused where L Jane is asking his little brother to use his phone. I was like, WHY?! Why would you implicate your brother like this?! And while questioning B Jane, why wouldn’t you ask about the LOCKETS WITH BLOOD?! Like, that’s my FIRST question. “WTF are these? And WHY do you have them?” Yup. My #1, mos important question. Why does L Jane avoid this question?… And if B Jane isn’t trying to hide anything, why doesn’t he share what the lockers are when he clearly KNOWS L Jane is suspicious about them after their discovery? Clear up the misunderstanding immediately to save the relationship. Clearly, he does not fully trust L Jane, despite the key necklace.
This episode was so loaded. So many what-ifs. I didn’t trust the Dan guy at all, and Put also has his own motives for casting doubt in L Jane’s mind- he clearly likes L Jane and wants him for himself. Of course that would make B Jane jealous and angry. And Dan may also have caught feelings for L Jane, too (E4 teaser). I was suspicious about him from his first entry- first, because Put introduced him, and second, because he is putting in this caring senior act while clearly his motive is to take B Jane down by any means necessary- he’s likely jealous of him or has been put in his place by him at some point.
I don’t know, but L Jane kind of brings some things on himself by jumping to conclusions based on what he’s heard from these two people and from the “victims” whom he actually discovers did the things they were brought down by. Tee embezzled, Joy cheated. Both went back on their contract with B Jane- he has dirt on them from what they asked help for, so why wouldn’t he expose them for breach of contract? And why does he trust Dan MORE than B Jane when he just met him, too? And knew even less about him other than what Put shared? While Put is backing Dan, his other friend Gap has been rooting for and supporting his relationship with B Jane from the beginning. So he is more influenced by Put than Gap?
From the teaser for next week, it appears as if some of what I suspected is true- at least with Dan. I don’t trust that guy. And as soon as L Jane said he would never go to B Jane for help, I KNEW he’d eat those words. Since he was beat up looking when he approaches B Jane in the pilot trailer, it seems like he’s gonna do so pretty quickly for his little brother, who looks like he got into some serious trouble with loan sharks or something- likely to fund his dream of becoming an idol (dance practice and his desire for a car like B Jane’s) or something like that. To save his family, he’s gonna go crawling to B Jane, and sing the called B Jane a piece of shit, and will likely keep rebuffing him, B Jane is gonna want his get-back. But I doubt he’ll truly hurt L Jane because he loves him in his own way. I also believe the turn comes for B Jane (where goes from honestly trying to win L Jane back to being the big bad contract-maker with him seen in the trailer) when he sees Dan and L Jane all cozy- but that’s just my wild guess after seeing the pilot trailer and episode 4’s teaser. I could be WAAAAAAY off base. It’s fun to guess, though.
Either way, it’s gonna be one hell of a ride. Clearky there will be a happy ending, but the road to it will be full of hair-pulling moments and hot af moments because B Jane is seductive af and the way he looks at L Jane… 🥵
Someone shared the link to the novel saying things are more…intense…in the novel 🫣🤫🫢🤭 and now this is my future until I’ve consumed every last chapter…
I’ll share below because sharing is caring and all that jazz 😏🤗
I really dgaf about the age gap. I just want this drama to air already. Hou Ming Hao in another historical 😍I need him in long hair, and those galloping on a horse and sword fighting in armor scenes. No matter how they tone down the romance because of the actual age of the FL, Hou Ming Hao has chemistry with everyone so he will make the chemistry felt. I can separate actors from their roles just fine. I usually wait until a cdrama is done, or close to done, airing because I like to binge watch, but I don’t know if I want to wait anymore with how long this took to get a release date.
Episodes 5 and 6 did NOT disappoint. Our Prosecutor Ju is in denial and has convinced himself of one thing to excuse his actions. Meanwhile Cheaha really hasn’t had a chance to process or make sense of this- those conflicting actions versus words from Taeseon are likely giving him whiplash. But we know Taeseon is down bad for him. That motel scene had me cracking up though. 🤭
I absolutely love this drama. Korea really put in effort with this one. I’m gonna be kinda empty when it’s over tbh. Only 2 more weeks left. I wish there were 16 episodes.
Opinions differ- that’s the beaury of being a free-thinking evolved being. And since you’ve watched it and…
The novel is a bit better in terms of writing- though still very obviously omegaverse. If you’re not used to the genre, it can definitely be unsettling.
Because I have a psych degree, I could dive deeper into why these kinds of s/a or dubious consent only to fall in love later stories are so popular, both being authored by mostly women and watched by mostly women- that is, if you want to try to dive into the XX Chromosome mind-
A 2008 study by researchers for The US National Institute of Health stated that between 31-57% of women have fantasized about this at least once in their lives, and that this is actually a very common fantasy (reasons vary, from the freedom of relinquishing control and from having to make decisions, safe exploration of a taboo *cough cough ‘crime’*, them fantasizing about being irresistible to the aggressor that they couldn’t control their lust/desire, and showing greater imagination and openness to sexual experiences, as well as greater positivity towards sexuality, strangely enough.) This is contrary to reality, which the same women would say this happening in reality would be traumatic and expressed aversion to the same. They are adamant that consent in real life is mandatory- and I agree with them, of course. For my psychology-wired brain, it’s an interesting read, and makes a lot of these genres more understandable. It is fantasy, after all. Though how much it perpetuates a dangerous male-centric precedent is still up for debate.
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This episode was so loaded. So many what-ifs. I didn’t trust the Dan guy at all, and Put also has his own motives for casting doubt in L Jane’s mind- he clearly likes L Jane and wants him for himself. Of course that would make B Jane jealous and angry. And Dan may also have caught feelings for L Jane, too (E4 teaser). I was suspicious about him from his first entry- first, because Put introduced him, and second, because he is putting in this caring senior act while clearly his motive is to take B Jane down by any means necessary- he’s likely jealous of him or has been put in his place by him at some point.
I don’t know, but L Jane kind of brings some things on himself by jumping to conclusions based on what he’s heard from these two people and from the “victims” whom he actually discovers did the things they were brought down by. Tee embezzled, Joy cheated. Both went back on their contract with B Jane- he has dirt on them from what they asked help for, so why wouldn’t he expose them for breach of contract? And why does he trust Dan MORE than B Jane when he just met him, too? And knew even less about him other than what Put shared? While Put is backing Dan, his other friend Gap has been rooting for and supporting his relationship with B Jane from the beginning. So he is more influenced by Put than Gap?
From the teaser for next week, it appears as if some of what I suspected is true- at least with Dan. I don’t trust that guy. And as soon as L Jane said he would never go to B Jane for help, I KNEW he’d eat those words. Since he was beat up looking when he approaches B Jane in the pilot trailer, it seems like he’s gonna do so pretty quickly for his little brother, who looks like he got into some serious trouble with loan sharks or something- likely to fund his dream of becoming an idol (dance practice and his desire for a car like B Jane’s) or something like that. To save his family, he’s gonna go crawling to B Jane, and sing the called B Jane a piece of shit, and will likely keep rebuffing him, B Jane is gonna want his get-back. But I doubt he’ll truly hurt L Jane because he loves him in his own way. I also believe the turn comes for B Jane (where goes from honestly trying to win L Jane back to being the big bad contract-maker with him seen in the trailer) when he sees Dan and L Jane all cozy- but that’s just my wild guess after seeing the pilot trailer and episode 4’s teaser. I could be WAAAAAAY off base. It’s fun to guess, though.
Either way, it’s gonna be one hell of a ride. Clearky there will be a happy ending, but the road to it will be full of hair-pulling moments and hot af moments because B Jane is seductive af and the way he looks at L Jane… 🥵
I’ll share below because sharing is caring and all that jazz 😏🤗
I absolutely love this drama. Korea really put in effort with this one. I’m gonna be kinda empty when it’s over tbh. Only 2 more weeks left. I wish there were 16 episodes.
Also, the bomb drop at the end of E5 was like, wait what? This drama feels like it’s all over the place. I keep getting whiplash.
Because I have a psych degree, I could dive deeper into why these kinds of s/a or dubious consent only to fall in love later stories are so popular, both being authored by mostly women and watched by mostly women- that is, if you want to try to dive into the XX Chromosome mind-
A 2008 study by researchers for The US National Institute of Health stated that between 31-57% of women have fantasized about this at least once in their lives, and that this is actually a very common fantasy (reasons vary, from the freedom of relinquishing control and from having to make decisions, safe exploration of a taboo *cough cough ‘crime’*, them fantasizing about being irresistible to the aggressor that they couldn’t control their lust/desire, and showing greater imagination and openness to sexual experiences, as well as greater positivity towards sexuality, strangely enough.) This is contrary to reality, which the same women would say this happening in reality would be traumatic and expressed aversion to the same. They are adamant that consent in real life is mandatory- and I agree with them, of course. For my psychology-wired brain, it’s an interesting read, and makes a lot of these genres more understandable. It is fantasy, after all. Though how much it perpetuates a dangerous male-centric precedent is still up for debate.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18321031/