I would watch another 16 episode season of 34 yo SunJae falling for 34 yo ImSol and time traveling too as a parallel story just for them to end up in the same timeline with all their memories.
I need you all— the people who keeps questioning Sol and wondering why she did what she did — to read this…
Agree agree agree. She's watched him die in every timeline and all her actions / decisions have been consistent and with the goal of keeping him safe. All she wants is for him to be alive and happy, even if that means never knowing her, even if that means she has to miss him desperately for her whole life.
I think the biggest disappointment for me is not Sun Jae losing his memories but my uncertainty about the storyline…
"I think the biggest disappointment for me is not Sun Jae losing his memories but my uncertainty about the storyline of this drama from now on. "
This is what I love most about this drama. I love that I never know what's going to happen next. In a landscape full of predictable dramas, Lovely Runner is the only one where I have no idea what's going to happen. I LOVE IT!
Also, y'all keep saying "everything disappeared" but it didn't. Im Sol remembers everything. Even if Sun Jae doesn't remember, it still happened and Im Sol carries it all with her. Her memory matters no more or less than Sun Jae's.
I skipped so much in ep.13, because a lot of scenes were just unnecessary and all this back and forth was just…
My theories / explainations for episode 13:
1. She says "I returned to my time and many seasons passed." My theory is that when she ran forward and pressed Sun Jae's watch (on his dead body), she was transported to right before their first meeting. She then did everything she could to avoid Sun Jae, but many of the other things still happened (like stopping the bullies from smoking, which is how she met Tae Sung and formed a friendship with him / helping him change his future from dropping out of school to becoming a police officer). THEN, "returned to my time and many seasons passed" means she returned to the time where she pressed Sun Jae's watch button on the wrist of the dead Sun Jae, when she was in college ) but he was alive in this timeline because he never met her, and she avoided meeting him that first day in the rain). She then lived the rest of her life from that point forward (in college until current adult), spending 14 years without Sun Jae knowing who she was (but he was alive and she avoided him to keep him safe). Just like in the original two timelines, Sun Jae lived 15 years of his life missing Im Sol and knowing that Im Sol didn't remember him, she spent 14 years of her life missing Sun Jae and knowing he didn't remember her.
Because, think about it! In episode 13, she is in her car and driving BEFORE January 1, 2023. But with the time-travel watch she had in episodes 1-12, she was sent back to the moment she left (in 2023). Which means she wasn't sent back to 2023 with the watch on Sun Jae's wrist. She must've been sent to the moment she pressed the button on his wrist and had no way to get back to 2023.
2. The writer gave us the scenes (in the current timeline's future) with Tae Sung so we as watchers will understand that *some* of the things that happened over the timelines actually did happen (like Im Sol and Tae Sung becoming friendly). So the cigarette and bully thing happened, Tae Sung and Im Sol became friends, etc. But nothing with Sun Jae happened. However, it is possible that since Tae Sung and Im Sol are friends, perhaps Tae Sung thinks Im Sol has always had an unrequired crush on Sun Jae, which is why her crying in the snow about Sun Jae didn't faze him.
3. Since Sun Jae never met Sol, he never wrote any music and never joined the band.
4. Sol never had her accident because Sun Jae wasn't on the bus with her in the first place, didn't ask the driver to stop the bus. Therefore, Sol stayed asleep and went to the end of the line. Therefore, the taxi driver never saw her. The reason Sun Jae felt so guilty and depressed in the first timeline is because he was ultimately responsible for Im Sol getting hit by the car / taxi driver. But since Sun Jae was never on the bus, Im Sol never got off at that stop, etc. As such, she can walk.
If she changed everything, how is she well and not in a wheelchair? Sun Jae is the one who saved her, so if he…
Because Sun Jae wasn't on the bus with her in the first place, didn't ask the driver to stop the bus. Therefore, Sol stayed asleep and went to the end of the line. Therefore, the taxi driver never saw her.
The reason Sun Jae felt so guilty and depressed in the first timeline is because he was ultimately responsible for Im Sol getting hit by the car / taxi driver. But since Sun Jae was never on the bus, Im Sol never got off at that stop, etc.
I mean, it's not really that simple. Even if you can afford a doctor, mental health services are EXTREMELY lacking. Do you know how long it takes to get stable on medication for extreme depression even if you have all the money and resources in the world? Some people never can and never do find a medication that works because there are so few doctors in the entire world who actually know how to effectively treat depression, bioloar, mood disorders, etc. And even if you find one of those doctors, the waitlist is insane. And even if you get in, with all the money in the world, there is no guarantee that the current FDA approved medication will actually work for you at all. So many people with chronic depression self-medicate or commit suicide, not because they lack money, it's because society lacks answers, research, and medical resources for mental health.
1 in 35 suicide attempts result in death for the general public, that's a cry for help; for the chronically depressed it's 1 in 3 attempts result in death because they want to die.
So, I guess, should he self-medicate or die? That's really the question.
We're still in the dark ages with understanding how the brain works. I'm very happy for you that you don't have any understanding of this issue. You're so blessed and lucky to be ignorant about mental health. I hope you never have to understand anything about it.
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She's watched him die in every timeline and all her actions / decisions have been consistent and with the goal of keeping him safe. All she wants is for him to be alive and happy, even if that means never knowing her, even if that means she has to miss him desperately for her whole life.
Im Sol is the real MVP.
This is what I love most about this drama. I love that I never know what's going to happen next. In a landscape full of predictable dramas, Lovely Runner is the only one where I have no idea what's going to happen. I LOVE IT!
In the script for Sol's movie, Sudden Shower lyrics are there: https://x.com/notsoautumn/status/1792558781685174578
But there are some of us who will contribute to crossing 30k comments in delight.
So, again: self-medicate or die?
1. She says "I returned to my time and many seasons passed." My theory is that when she ran forward and pressed Sun Jae's watch (on his dead body), she was transported to right before their first meeting. She then did everything she could to avoid Sun Jae, but many of the other things still happened (like stopping the bullies from smoking, which is how she met Tae Sung and formed a friendship with him / helping him change his future from dropping out of school to becoming a police officer).
THEN, "returned to my time and many seasons passed" means she returned to the time where she pressed Sun Jae's watch button on the wrist of the dead Sun Jae, when she was in college ) but he was alive in this timeline because he never met her, and she avoided meeting him that first day in the rain). She then lived the rest of her life from that point forward (in college until current adult), spending 14 years without Sun Jae knowing who she was (but he was alive and she avoided him to keep him safe). Just like in the original two timelines, Sun Jae lived 15 years of his life missing Im Sol and knowing that Im Sol didn't remember him, she spent 14 years of her life missing Sun Jae and knowing he didn't remember her.
Because, think about it! In episode 13, she is in her car and driving BEFORE January 1, 2023. But with the time-travel watch she had in episodes 1-12, she was sent back to the moment she left (in 2023). Which means she wasn't sent back to 2023 with the watch on Sun Jae's wrist. She must've been sent to the moment she pressed the button on his wrist and had no way to get back to 2023.
2. The writer gave us the scenes (in the current timeline's future) with Tae Sung so we as watchers will understand that *some* of the things that happened over the timelines actually did happen (like Im Sol and Tae Sung becoming friendly). So the cigarette and bully thing happened, Tae Sung and Im Sol became friends, etc. But nothing with Sun Jae happened. However, it is possible that since Tae Sung and Im Sol are friends, perhaps Tae Sung thinks Im Sol has always had an unrequired crush on Sun Jae, which is why her crying in the snow about Sun Jae didn't faze him.
3. Since Sun Jae never met Sol, he never wrote any music and never joined the band.
4. Sol never had her accident because Sun Jae wasn't on the bus with her in the first place, didn't ask the driver to stop the bus. Therefore, Sol stayed asleep and went to the end of the line. Therefore, the taxi driver never saw her. The reason Sun Jae felt so guilty and depressed in the first timeline is because he was ultimately responsible for Im Sol getting hit by the car / taxi driver. But since Sun Jae was never on the bus, Im Sol never got off at that stop, etc.
As such, she can walk.
The reason Sun Jae felt so guilty and depressed in the first timeline is because he was ultimately responsible for Im Sol getting hit by the car / taxi driver. But since Sun Jae was never on the bus, Im Sol never got off at that stop, etc.
So many people with chronic depression self-medicate or commit suicide, not because they lack money, it's because society lacks answers, research, and medical resources for mental health.
1 in 35 suicide attempts result in death for the general public, that's a cry for help; for the chronically depressed it's 1 in 3 attempts result in death because they want to die.
So, I guess, should he self-medicate or die? That's really the question.
We're still in the dark ages with understanding how the brain works. I'm very happy for you that you don't have any understanding of this issue. You're so blessed and lucky to be ignorant about mental health. I hope you never have to understand anything about it.