i'll be honest, i wasnt expecting much after reading the description (i need to stop being so judgy!) but this ended up hitting too close to home.
i also flunked "the most important exam of my life", an exam which is equivalent to KSATs, and i remember wanting to disappear so badly that day. dan bi's and my brain worked the same way - we had never worked on anything like our life depended on it because if you try your best and fail, doesn't it mean you're useless? another one - "there isnt enough time to learn this but even if there was more time it wouldnt make a difference" and literally so many of our other thoughts. never did i imagine that i'd see a character this similar to me because i always thought of my inability to work as obscure. no one was able relate to me irl when i told them of this problem but yayy fiction <3 my comfort as always
unfortunately (fortunately?) i did not end up in the joseon era or fall in love with the king (maybe because im a lesbian hmm. maybe the queen then?) but my life still continued after that one exam. im slowly correcting my bad habit of running away from things that terrify me. it won't be fixed overnight but im getting there and this drama really boosted my spirits.
a slightly modified quote from this mini-drama: “don’t abandon today and run away in fear of a tomorrow that hasn’t come yet.”
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i also flunked "the most important exam of my life", an exam which is equivalent to KSATs, and i remember wanting to disappear so badly that day. dan bi's and my brain worked the same way - we had never worked on anything like our life depended on it because if you try your best and fail, doesn't it mean you're useless? another one - "there isnt enough time to learn this but even if there was more time it wouldnt make a difference" and literally so many of our other thoughts. never did i imagine that i'd see a character this similar to me because i always thought of my inability to work as obscure. no one was able relate to me irl when i told them of this problem but yayy fiction <3 my comfort as always
unfortunately (fortunately?) i did not end up in the joseon era or fall in love with the king (maybe because im a lesbian hmm. maybe the queen then?) but my life still continued after that one exam. im slowly correcting my bad habit of running away from things that terrify me. it won't be fixed overnight but im getting there and this drama really boosted my spirits.
a slightly modified quote from this mini-drama: “don’t abandon today and run away in fear of a tomorrow that hasn’t come yet.”