Glad I was not the only one disturbed by this fact. I can't believe how the story just slipped after such wonderful narration for the first 14 eps. Not only does Hae Won behave as a brat, she breaks up with Eun Seop as well. I just can't wrap my head around it. As the eps drew closer to the ending, they seemed to hint that they would break up when she would leave and it was confusing because why should it happen that way? What abt long distance or one moving to the other's place? This is important because this makes Hae Won not only cold and cruel (regarding her family issues) but also incredibly selfish. She had no right demanding Eun Seop's answer to her confession or asking if what they had was love if she was always planning on leaving. She was leading him on? She wanted a distraction while she recuperated at her hometown? What was it? I also totally lost it when she said that she understood why her mother hated her father but he was her father! I can acknowledge the good memories she shared with him and understand her pain and suffering when she was bullied at school but they are no reason to not recognise her father for who he was. At least as a grown up woman. That said, I think the writers themselves didn't know what abuse is (and that is unforgivable). There is a high possibility that the father would hv turned on Hae Won as well. Everyone seems to be ignoring or forgetting this fact, including her aunt who has dreams of her B-I-L being a nice man🤦🏻♀️ Through several characters and flashbacks to the good times btwn Hae Won's mother and father, the father (abuser) is made out to be a human with a flaw. Abuse is not a flaw. It is a full character trait! There's a reason abuse is criminal and punishable! Hae Won is cold and not emotionally mature. She never empathised with her mother bcz in spite of seeing her bruises as a kid, she didn't think they mattered (bcz her mother didn't complain/stayed with her abuser/went on picnics with him). Even if that is acceptable in a kid, Hae Won seems to carry that same EQ well into her adulthood. She is self centered and made the whole thing about her. Eun Seop is also cold. But he has the warmth of empathy and emotional maturity that HAE WON DESPERATELY SOUGHT! How did she not realise that empathy is give and take?!
Your Editorial is as excellent as the actors/resses you've included. Looking forward to more Editorials from you…
Thank you so much! Like I told my editor Tine, I've exhausted my vocabulary trying to describe these excellent performances. That's where most of my effort went😆
I'm only half way through and can totally relate to what you said. One point I'd like to add is how repeetitive the scenes are. The scenes where the ML and FL interact in the beginning as well as the discussion scenes with ML and his colleagues/share holders/friends/family. It didn't feel like we were watching a drama; more like a work meeting of the senior officials where we join as silent team members. I also have a lot of choice words to say abt the characterisation of FL and her BFF but you've said a few of those for me already. Where I am in the story, I feel like ML's niece is the only one written appropriately.
I also totally lost it when she said that she understood why her mother hated her father but he was her father! I can acknowledge the good memories she shared with him and understand her pain and suffering when she was bullied at school but they are no reason to not recognise her father for who he was. At least as a grown up woman.
That said, I think the writers themselves didn't know what abuse is (and that is unforgivable). There is a high possibility that the father would hv turned on Hae Won as well. Everyone seems to be ignoring or forgetting this fact, including her aunt who has dreams of her B-I-L being a nice man🤦🏻♀️ Through several characters and flashbacks to the good times btwn Hae Won's mother and father, the father (abuser) is made out to be a human with a flaw. Abuse is not a flaw. It is a full character trait! There's a reason abuse is criminal and punishable!
Hae Won is cold and not emotionally mature. She never empathised with her mother bcz in spite of seeing her bruises as a kid, she didn't think they mattered (bcz her mother didn't complain/stayed with her abuser/went on picnics with him). Even if that is acceptable in a kid, Hae Won seems to carry that same EQ well into her adulthood. She is self centered and made the whole thing about her.
Eun Seop is also cold. But he has the warmth of empathy and emotional maturity that HAE WON DESPERATELY SOUGHT! How did she not realise that empathy is give and take?!