LucyL

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There are plenty of simpletons in our world.

People do the best they can after their Beloved has died. It isn't unusual for a spouse to follow their spouse shortly after or within a few short years. It's called 'widowhood effect' and I've seen it with couples in my own life. We just say they died of a broken heart. There's no sense in deliberately ending one's life after a death simply bc everyone knows everyone will die eventually, and people go into a marriage with it their thoughts. If not, they're simpletons. "I want to grow old with you" doesn't become "I refuse to marry you knowing you will die someday." It's a blessing for a couple to reach their elder years together. Life goes on.

My heartfelt condolences to you, Stacey. May the memories of him comfort you going forward.

I haven't watched the last 4 episodes. I guess I'm bracing myself. You'll find out real quick this isn't a drama one can binge.

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Every time a parent looks at their children they see the entirety of their lives. It's hard to explain this so others who don't have children can understand.

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Ep 6 @ the 29:19 timestamp is when the FL confirms he is an NIS agent and adult. After that we see several characters had already known he was an agent. Not everyone finds out at the same time.

First, no you weren't hating on the drama. Secondly, "do it with correct english" is a very arrogant statement, and says a LOT about the User.

I hope you can give it another try someday. Maybe it took being in the miltary for SKJ to embrace new skills in his acting. He's leveled up from just being an idol to full grown adulthood. Could be when he hit 30 yo. I've noticed other idols in recent dramas who have reached the same age and their past performances are nothing compared to what they're showing now. I didn't like the first 5 episodes. Mid way in the 6th, it changed for the better.

lana, just wait until they start calling anyone who loves a drama a cultist, spurned on by the words in the newest article by the writer of said article.

"is a sensation among the K-drama cult"

Question: What is a "black company" referenced in the synopsis?

Edit: Last resort, thinking if I searched the meaning it wouldn't offer anything of use. I was surprised to see it's what the Japaneses refer to as a sweatshop, or unethical place of business that treats its employees poorly.

You could include the OTT where they're dubbed.

It's funny how little things one has learned in the past can be brought to the surface when watching a drama. I was sent to 'charm school' when I was 12 years old. Rather than others in the family teaching me the proper use of utensils, how to walk, how to stand gracefully as a woman, how to sit with dignity, how to respond to the 'servants' in a respectful manner, etc. the 'charm school' provided a crash course I've never forgotten.

I wondered how neglected Lee Ye Na must have been on the basics by her mother, Seo Myeong Ju. Yes, her mother controlled every aspect of her daughter's life (or so it would seem). The mother's focus seems to be on the daughter's academics, and not causing 'trouble'. Yet, she neglected to teach her the basics of what was expected for a young woman in an elite, rich environment who would eventually be placed in contact with dignitaries, assemblymen, etc. Not knowing the basics would be seen by those same people as uncouth.

It was in Ep 5 when I questioned her mother's neglect when I watched her exit the car she had been chauffeured around in for the entire drama. In the Notes section I left Rich snobby daughter of chairman of the school, getting out of the car with legs spread apart one foot at a time onto the pavement.

What I was taught as a young 'lady': To exit a car with grace and show class, keep your knees together, swing both legs out simultaneously, keeping one's feet together at all times, and turn your body away from the car, using the seat or door frame for support as you stand, and enter a car in the same way (following the steps). In the 'charm school' we had to practice everything we were taught over & over until each movement was up to the teacher's standards.

This was when I started feeling empathy for the daughter, aside from the self-harm implications from her mother's control.

The amount of gold couldn't possibly be melted down into the size of the real statue IF it was the same size as the 'inauthentic' statue.

Sometimes someone has to leave their trauma at the door and venture in so others who are confused don't have to.

I wasn't going to watch at all when I found out the mains were a Teacher/Underage student placed in situations that called into question their 'relationship'. I watched to lay my question to rest. I watched to the end of Ep 7 last night and from a personal pov of someone who is extremely sensitive to this dynamic (hypervigilance). I mention this bc unless one has first hand esperience, the majority of people (how blessed are they!!!) don't see the clues.

From my Notes last night:

Ep 1 @ 59:49 when the teacher realizes she has the hots for a student

Ep 3 @ 32:15 Teacher said outright "you're a student and I'm a teacher."
@ 57:15 Teacher calls student on her cellphone

Ep 4 @ 15:47 Teacher clearly feels something for her student, the gaze
@ 16.31 Teacher still confirms he is her student. "How dare you, a kid, compliment a teacher."
@ 23:51 Teacher thinking about him, says her heart is jumping. Mother questions the dif from a beating heart. Teacher says it's dif from a beating heart.
@ 25:25 Teacher dreaming about him taking the petal out of her hair and semi-imposes the childhood boyfriend
@ 38:25 Teacher says out loud "I don't know why I'm like this"
@ 46:36 Convo between the teacher & the student about who didn't say Hi, first. In a real life scenario it would be considered flirting.
@ 51:23 Teacher calls to see how he feels
@ 52:43 Teacher calls again to see how he's feeling. To tell him she's bringing porridge and medicine
@ 1:01:Student stopping the teacher from opening the closet door by grasping her shouders and romantic music starts
@ 1:02:08 the 'accidental' kiss when falling, see next episode timestamp.How would she have handled the kiss if the co-workers weren't there?

Ep 5 @ 2:18 Teacher still thinking of him as a student, tells his co-workers she's his homeroom teacher
@ 8:26 If the ml is a perp who's guilty about something (when thinking about the kiss) then what does that make her?
@ 8:56 Teacher starting to question if he's really a student
@ 10:11 From student records the teacher has known he was 17 all along
@ 14:31 Teacher paying too much specific attention to him and not other students
@ 40:06 Co-worker "it never made sense that he was not a student

Ep 6 @ 27:05 Teacher asks him directly "what is your identity?"
@ 29:19 True identity confirmed.
From this point forward the Teacher/Underage student became Teacher of a person posing as a student for undercover purposes. Both can be viewed as adults going forward.

This isn't to dissuade anyone from watching. I'm merely pointing out how the entertainment industry normalizes situations for the viewer into accepting what otherwise could be, and for those of us traumatized, would be unethical behaviors.

The KSR/KSH controversy has awakened me to the fact in my past viewing I gave the dynamics, otherwise regarded as unethical, a pass all for the argument that "It's a drama. It is fiction. It isn't real." even while such dynamics were playing out in real life.

My future formula: Envisioning the dynamic using a male of about 53 years old with a female of about 17 (the age of the student in this drama up to the 1/4th mark in Ep 6).

The comment below contains major Spoilers. Do not read unless you've questioned the Teacher/Underage student dynamic you've read in this comment section.

To back my comments, or to disprove my comments, I decided to watch up to Ep 7 (in reference to "she finds out BY the 6th Ep many have said) last night for myself. I'm posting a long comment with Spoilers for anyone who is hesitant in watching, or who don't understand just how the entertainment industry helps push the normalization of something unethical.