MadelineMaureen

thank you!

okay. so im only 15 minutes into episode 2 so far & I have some questions.
How does such a poor family have 3 children? I'm assuming their births were during the stricter one child policy times. the eldest daughter seems to be at least 6 or more years older than the FL & the brother is either the FL's twin or younger brother(can't figure this bit out). so did the one child policy just not matter in certain areas? am i getting ahead of myself & they were wealthier at one point? is the older sister actually an older cousin? I am confused. send help.

naw. that's day time inside. that scene reminded me of one that I had already seen. it's a night scene outside in a courtyard, all the women walk over to a basen with their backs turned. I know the ML is present. they were trying to set the FL up for something, like she gave a gift & it was damaged. like a painting or map but it's not there when they open the scroll.....Im seeing the scene but not a single face is forming. there were a lot of people in the scene so im not sure it's one of the lower budget ones....
I have watched or started so many dramas & they tend to repeat troupes & story points. the messed up part is I have a distinct memory of thinking...oh they are smart & trust each other. so I think it was the ML's idea to have the women put their hands in the liquid.

dont think I've ever even seen a clip of that show. im leaning toward something made beyween 2015-2019 so maybe one of The Eternal Love seasons or something else I watched around that time. I can normally recall things better so that's why I think it's something I watched once or twice years ago.

maybe. I didnt finish that one so it wouldn't be on my completed list that I was using as a reference guide. you wouldn't happen to remember which episode?

no not this one. it was night time outside with a stage for dancers(performers) for the banquet. they walk to a large basin of water with their backs turned & then line up to show that all of their hands have changed color except for one girl. I think the one from Are You the One triggered the memory & I've been racking my brain ever since. for all I know it could have been a Kdrama....but thank you so much!

S.O.S
need some help from fellow period drama watchers.
I'm trying to remember a show & need help. I just remember a scene at a banquet where someone/something is tampered with. They know it has to be one of the women so they all have to put their hand in a bowl of liquid. if their hands change color they are guilty. but the twist is the liquid will turn everyone's hands bluish(I think) so they actually found the culprit because she didnt put her hands in the liquid.
I can not even remember if it was a cdrama or a kdrama, but im leaning toward cdrama. my brain can't put up a single costume or face...(my brain keeps switching out all the FL's & ML's ive ever seen in a period drama)
I know someone must know what scene im talking about.

I think it shows how desperate Mi Rae was for love/attention/safety. The last time she felt that love was with her dad. When Park shows up looking like the spitting image of the last person she felt truely loved her unconditionally, she just wanted to be closer to that.
If they are doing what I think they will, he abused that paternal connection she had for him. I think she was honest with him about her connection being platonic/paternal & he liked a younger woman's attention & pushed passed what is comfortable.

Oh shit....it's father's day....akldfj lakdfjl kdsflak j *runs to make brunch for za papa*

Have your tissues on standby for this one....the snot cries I've been having watching all the episodes...don't know if it's because I personally resonate with some of the characters or what, but I look like Mr. Napkin Head(The Holiday) trying to watch this show with my glasses on.

That is 100% Mi Rae at the end of episode 8.
Also I think that Kim Ro Sa's son is in the hospital & that's the bills "Kim Ro Sa" was paying and why she wants an adult guardian. He might be in vegetative state of some kind and need constant care. As Kim Ro Sa's best friend she would want to protect him as family for as long as possible. Or he might have gotten hurt and they wouldn't let her see him without being family. I hope we get a full flashback to flesh out her and her bestie's story.
I love the little insights to the older generation and how they work in the multi perspective of the different characters. How misunderstandings can start very small like a seed. If they let it stay inside them it grows and grows like a weed infesting the relationship. Only by addressing the root cause of the misunderstanding will they be able to weed out the hurt.

All I know is that if Korea ever wanted to adapt Orphan Black, Park Bo Young, Park Eun Bin, Kim Tae Ri should be the first actresses in the running for the lead.

Did anyone else notice that it was the first time he called her by either of the sister's names...I can't remember him ever calling her Mi Ji prior to correctly calling her Mi Rae. Am I remembering incorrectly? Cause it was always Mi-Something or Ms. Yoo.

Doesn't hurt that one of the actresses is the same as well.

Dear editors of show,
Please for the love of all that is holy do not do Yang Yang dirty and please edit out any mishaps with potential(definitely spotted them in photos already) shoulder pads. Last one(drama) I saw of his there were a few scenes where I was like....."noooooooo, they wrong for that." There is nothing wrong with not being naturally Dorito shaped(ex: Bai Jing Ting). But for the love of all that is good, stylists, directors, editors....save the performances by not making helpmates obvious in the final edit.

For context...My vision is so crap that I naturally notice how people move/overall body shape more than details of a face. I'm more likely to recognize someone when they are walking than if they are standing still. So there are certain aspects of acting performances that I can't help but notice....when someone is wearing lifts, shoulder pads ets it changes the movement of the actor. The poor actress from Youthful Glory(the half sister of the FL) had me in stiches because the shoulder pads kept slipping and I couldn't take her character seriously because of it.

It depends on which platform/format you are watching it. Sometimes audio files are set up for a multi speaker system, so you need to make sure that it's set to your set up. Not all platforms have different audio settings or enhancers. I've noticed that Tencent and Viki sometimes have this issue. I'm currently rewatching on prime and it sounds fine on both my cellphone and my TV.

Mi Ji's ex is gay. He as bullied by the guy he liked into confessing to Mi Ji. Ho Su isn't an asshole and didn't want to out the ex to anyone so he kept what he knew to himself. I believe he was going to tell Mi Ji at some point, but she isolated herself shortly after this.
The ex was honest with her, whether it's because he didn't want to lie or because he was influenced by Ho Su, we don't know. But Mi Ji, like Ho Su, knows how to keep other's secrets. Well, not so much company secrets, but....

Mi Rae was born sick. She was told from a young age to not do certain things, that she CANT do certain things. She could see the financial burden on her family because she was always in the hospital. So she became hyperfocused on getting scholarships so that her family wouldn't need to pay for university. She wanted to become a civil servant so that the pay was stable. Anxiety and depression are bound to happen under such circumstances. She was isolated a lot growing up...othered....this was one of the factors to her closing herself off to others, even her twin.

I tripped over my own foot once at work onto a thinly carpeted concretefloor. fell forward onto my cellphone(the edge) that was in my front pocket...ended up with a nasty bruise that covered my entire hip. im all of 5ft tall....so 3 stroies....yeah, they'd still be limping or massaging bruises out at minimum.

or younger brother. but I definitely feel he is connected to the senior in some way.