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I agree, the author should just drop this whole HJP torturing at this point if she is so adamant on DS/DM endgame...as i said i don't really care about the main couple either so i am just looking forward to other aspects and mainly HJP other plots that don't involve the love triangle trying to salvage most of the drama for me in the process

Same way you want to enter the winning ship, i want to enter the one who feels right for me. It's not about the lie, it's about the manipulations and exploitations of a lie for personal gain. I feel uncomfortable whenever NDS is shown touching DM and whenever he let's DM touch him thinking he is another person, no amount of endgame certainty can change the fact that i don't connect with the couple at all, hard to support a ship i literally skipped the kiss too... If that means i will not enjoy the full experience so be it, i blame the writer not myself. As for the letters, i have nothing to say, i am tired of repeating the same thing over and over. Honestly, can DM pick DS (since the writers made the endgame so obvious) so we can get done with this? The romance is not the reason i am still watching anyways...

*Totally pretends i didn't searched up edits to remember the lines*

At this point i just want no loose ends on any of the plots lol

Making less obvious would help for sure. Not only the advertising but the slow panning shots, long stares and music all make the endgame highly predictable. Despite all the drama is still a success

"NDS only started this for HJP" true, yet when given the chance to walk out by saying he has a girlfriend...no matter what you guys say, him falling in love at first sight on the first day is as cliche as it goes. I loved the "kiss kiss fall in love" type of romance you see on Disney when i was a kid but grew out of it, i prefer the slow burning, raw, complicated, messy and unpredictable romance you often see in adult relationships now. I do respect your opinion regardless, we all have different tastes and it's okay.

NJH seems to be a well liked actor so i am sure he has his own merit. I am still picking Kim Seon Ho in this drama any day of the week tho

Yeah, it's a shame...also i don't think is as much agressive preventing the second lead to reach HJP since virtually all love triangles have competitiveness in it. I think he just has a bad spot on the lie thing along with said agressive ways, like everything is placed in a such a way that he gets the short end of the stick... honestly i skipped any scene were he was shown overly physical with DM to avoid getting annoyed by it even though i knew it wasn't the writer intentions to convey that message (or it was?)

Those two dialogues are my favorite tho i liked most of them:
HJP- "Honestly, Seo Dal Mi is a weird person. What's with her? She awfully unpredictable!"
Grandma- "I am afraid she will fall and get hurt"
HJP- "She won't get hurt, i will make sure she doesn't" sandbox reference anyone? lol

By making NDS actively participating on the lie the author draws unwanted attention to his motives, wich it wouldn't be a problem in itself: NDS likes her, that's why he follows along, no problem here if he were to keep the lie going out of other people's wish, and not his (being a passive factor). But when NDS gets anxious about DM asking HJP it highlights the following reasoning: why is he so worked up? The obvious answer that follows is: because he likes her. So he likes her and gets worked up... hum, okay so what is the logical jump? He likes her and gets worked up because he sees in HJP a threat, especially if he were to say the truth. How he deals with that threat? By intercepting the conversation and doubling down the lie (active participation on the lie). On the 15 years scene the very same thing happens: DM mentions how much the letter meant and he says he has changed and he wishes she hadn't knew him back them: again actively participating on the lie and compelling the audience to dig deeper on it. You see the problem with digging deeper in my previous reasoning

"He stops her from going to find HJP and tells another lie" this particular scene shouldn't have been included, same with the scene were NDS says to DM he has changed in the last 15 years...along with a few rivalry dynamics with HJP, those scenes were counterproductive for NDS i think. But here we are taking the idea that the author didn't did on purpose as a given...i still keep the other hypothesis at the back of my mind: the author is doing all this on purpose as a set up for a plot twist later on.

Can we just take a moment to appreciate how Bae Suzy chemistry with Kim Seon Ho is off the charts? At this point the chemistry alone is selling the couple to the audience. Their scenes are nothing at face value in romantic terms, yet look at the ruckus HJP is causing on the fandom with just those simple scenes. I think Kim Seon Ho and Bae Suzy are nailing the dynamics pretty well all things said

Thanks! As for your comment: i am not ready for the angst T.T

I need a link asap please lol

Oh i see, thanks for clarifying

It is confirmed there were going to be a timeskip? Like, it was hinted somewhere? My memory is failing me. By the way, i share the sentiment on the timeskip: it could help the plot but it wouldn't greatly improve

Oh i see what you mean...but in that case, do you think NDS is a lost cause from a writing POV? Or rather, if the writer were to go about it, how do you think she could fix the mess?

No physical attraction? Out of all the arguments i have seen this one is the most convincing to be honest. I am not sure the physical attraction isn't there but i can see how that could be a deal breaker (not being physically attracted)

I thought they would butt heads because NDS agrees with everything DM says and his friends not so much, so by picking DM over his friends they would become enemies. I never thought about one of the friends beind the culprit but that would be interesting

When HJP took advantage of the lie? Please point out to me how he intentionally exploited the letters to further his own interests (not grandma, or dm...but his own) and what does he personally gains by lying. I am with a open mind here, so please make your point. Just don't forget that for him to be manipulative he MUST gain something