Having to watch 10 episodes now, and looking through some of the comments, I would like to comment on certain…
I believed most people cheat in exams, etcetera at some point of their lives. I believed most of us do. I can totally relate for NDS's case as it wasn't that he didn't know the answer, but it just so happens that during exams or competitions, you just forgot the answer to a question you know the answer, but doesn't remember the answer to it. It's relatable to me.
When you missed a chance, you might not get another. I think this depicts very well to HJP's case to his relationship with SDM for more than just friends in a relationship.
It's a great drama with a great storyline that I enjoyed watching. It shows me that the characters are all humans. Their actings were all great. When they got angry and when they got sad, I really can relate to each of them. I think that's what amazing. Please don't get too caught up with the individual characters or the relationships going on too much that you overlooked what the drama has been trying to convey. The messages and moral of the story are amazing.
Having to watch 10 episodes now, and looking through some of the comments, I would like to comment on certain points which I feel we should all be looking at things in an unbias way, as some comments are way too bias towards HJP, or rather KSH I would say. If today their role would have swop, having NJH acting as HJP and KSH acting as NDS, would people react the same way? Might not be. I felt some comments are bias towards KSH as a person, and thus support his character to be in the relationship with SDM, instead of the NDS whom NJH is acting. I feel that I should recap in some of the incidents that happen, so that there would be able to have a more unbias stand among Start-up fans, that both characters deserve SDM (Bae Suzy) the same.
First of all, the story started with KSH seemingly as the ML as his character, HJP appears and SDM's Grandmother tried to take care of him when she felt he needed her. She gave him her Motherly love unconditionally despite him mistakenly misunderstands her at times. HJP wrote the letters to SDM according to Grandmother. He didn't wanted to use his own name and thus came out with NDS when he saw the newspaper article which Grandmother agreed with. There were no feelings attached when HJP wrote the letters. Grandmother were there when the letters were wrote which she uses her words and feelings and ask HJP to convey to SDM. He and SDM have never met before in person. SDM on the other hand, started to have feelings for this stranger whom she has never met before, and it got her intrigued, because her family became broken and this guy who wrote the letter, has helped to heal part of her wounds. It was only one sided love, prior to the main storyline that sets 15 years later.
When HJP first started to hear SDM's name again during the event, it triggered his memory as he remembered this name somewhere but doesn't exactly remember where, until he follows SDM and saw Grandmother. The following events after, on what he did for SDM were all part of the plot where he and Grandmother doesn't want SDM to feel disappointed and hurt because of the fabricated "friend" Grandmother made for SDM, with HJP using NDS's name and adopting this fake "Friend" persona.
NJH, who came into play as the real NDS, whom didn't know his name was used in part of HJP and Grandmother's play, was innocent in the plot. Although his business require help and assistance, NDS didn't really agree to the terms, and he willingly helped out to act as the NDS HJP requested him for, on his own will because he didn't want to disappoint SDM as well. They have never met before, but NDS understood what it felt to feel disappointed, and hence he didn't want to let a stranger felt the similar disappointment he has experienced in his life. It was accidental, that NDS felt in love with SDM. He subconciously become the NDS that SDM thought her "first love" was. All these lies are coordinated between HJP and NDS since then, but HJP was the one who has stopped NDS from saying the truth when NDS initially at one point, came to the conclusion where he wanted to say the truth. Back then, HJP tried to stop him from doing that, as he could not imagine what would happen if SDM knows the truth and the disappointment of her would show. Before NDS were to speak, he saw SDM's smile and he wanted to continue seeing SDM smile and hence once again, become selfish due to his love for her and ultimately decided to not tell the truth. SDM was NDM's first and only love so far, and this feeling gave him light that he has never experienced with anyone before. Love has often been selfish, I believed most people are able to relate that. NDS just wanted SDM. Even if he wasn't the NDS that SDM knew 15 years ago, he became selfish because of love.
It is later revealed for NDS that he cheated in that prestigious competition and he wasn't a genius which everyone thought he was to be. His life has been trying to keep up to his parents (Father's especially)' expectation and the lies that he tried to keep and uphold his "prodigy" image is slowly killing him. He is actually very good in programming. He might not be a true perfect genius, but every failure that strikes him, he has shown that he have been able to bounce back up to make his best, the better, for every improvement that's possible to be made in this drama. NDS's character has so much growth to be seen in the character, where he displayed many flaws and insecurities and how he eventually wanted to just not live to anyone expectation. His dream was initially to flourish his SanSam Tech, so that he can answer to be the pride of his father, but now his dreams has changed to be SDM's support, to be her one and only right hand man where her happiness would be with him, and when she faced problems, he could help her to resolve and stay strong and confident.
Truthly speaking, SDM is the real victim here. Having to surround herself with the white lies of her Grandmother and HJP, and later, NDS. But because of how NDS and SDM met, their character have grown alot together, because they have experienced a lot of things together even though they only knew each other for a few months. Even if their story may be due to some lies, but their love for each other is true. The lie 15 years ago made SDM stronger today to be the present which we see in the first episode, but their encounter with one another made SDM stronger which we could see her in the later episodes as compared to when they didn't met. It's due to their own characters with flaws that they are able to overcome certain obstacles. Without the NDS we see now, SDM wouldn't be that successful leading as a CEO. Without SDM in NDS's life, NDS would still be that nerd and his business would go nowhere.
HJP grew up to be a Financial Genius I would say, where he knew how to invest to grow his own money at a young age, and later be a successful mentor to businesses in the present life. However, his attitude is flawed as he became a little self-centred until he met Grandmother again. It is understandable, as he has been alone throughout most of his life and thus he wouldn't care much to anything else, other than to repay Grandmother's kindness when he needed her the most. Where HJP plays well as a support main role, in giving useful financial advices for SDM and NDS to grow their SanSam Tech business, HJP didn't grow much as a character other than realising what is love to a relationship. Without the lie he made for Grandmother to SDM as NDS, he wouldn't have pushed, cover up and support the real NDS and his business to grow to what you have seen in the latest episodes. SDM wouldn't have been part of the journey since, and neither of them would have fallen for one another. There wouldn't be a love triangle either.
HJP's intention initially was to solely help the graceful Grandmother. Falling in love with SDM was also accidentally, and he didn't fell for her before NDS. He fell for her after NDS expresses his feelings towards SDM which got himself tangled in a confused situation where he wasn't sure what he was doing or what he was feeling. It's only when he was sure he fell for her that he wanted to change the things and say the truth, which could have hurt SDM but he didn't care much for until he really felt that SDM was in pain, which he regretted it. But since things has already been done, moving ahead, HJP has decided to express his feeling and let SDM decide for herself - whether she is in love with the person in the past or the person in the present while losing her self-confidence in a dilemma on what are the things that are true and fake.
All in all, I can say that the letters express not much significance for HJP at the start because he only did it when he was asked for a favour by Grandmother. He didn't write it with the same feelings that SDM had when she received every letters of the NDS with fake persona. The present NDS genuinely felt for her as a person even when they didn't really know each other from the start, but only due to the letters that they met. The fake NDS gave her strength in her teenage years. The present NDS builds her strength in her adult years. I believed that's also a reason why both are the Main ML and FL. They have many obstacles that they overcome because of one another. They might be entangled in a fake story, but what happens in their present lives that build their love relationship are what's real.
It might sound sad for HJP. It's not that he don't deserve SDM or who deserves SDM more. But it's the truth which he missed the chance. Instead of admitting that he is the fake NDS stated in the letter initially, he went on to find the present NDS to continue to lie till the end, which gave SDM the opportunity to fell for the NDS she knew in the present. That was the chance he gave up on, for not realising he fell for SDM sooner.
When you missed a chance, you might not get another. I think this depicts very well to HJP's case to his relationship with SDM for more than just friends in a relationship.
It's a great drama with a great storyline that I enjoyed watching. It shows me that the characters are all humans. Their actings were all great. When they got angry and when they got sad, I really can relate to each of them. I think that's what amazing. Please don't get too caught up with the individual characters or the relationships going on too much that you overlooked what the drama has been trying to convey. The messages and moral of the story are amazing.
First of all, the story started with KSH seemingly as the ML as his character, HJP appears and SDM's Grandmother tried to take care of him when she felt he needed her. She gave him her Motherly love unconditionally despite him mistakenly misunderstands her at times. HJP wrote the letters to SDM according to Grandmother. He didn't wanted to use his own name and thus came out with NDS when he saw the newspaper article which Grandmother agreed with. There were no feelings attached when HJP wrote the letters. Grandmother were there when the letters were wrote which she uses her words and feelings and ask HJP to convey to SDM. He and SDM have never met before in person. SDM on the other hand, started to have feelings for this stranger whom she has never met before, and it got her intrigued, because her family became broken and this guy who wrote the letter, has helped to heal part of her wounds. It was only one sided love, prior to the main storyline that sets 15 years later.
When HJP first started to hear SDM's name again during the event, it triggered his memory as he remembered this name somewhere but doesn't exactly remember where, until he follows SDM and saw Grandmother. The following events after, on what he did for SDM were all part of the plot where he and Grandmother doesn't want SDM to feel disappointed and hurt because of the fabricated "friend" Grandmother made for SDM, with HJP using NDS's name and adopting this fake "Friend" persona.
NJH, who came into play as the real NDS, whom didn't know his name was used in part of HJP and Grandmother's play, was innocent in the plot. Although his business require help and assistance, NDS didn't really agree to the terms, and he willingly helped out to act as the NDS HJP requested him for, on his own will because he didn't want to disappoint SDM as well. They have never met before, but NDS understood what it felt to feel disappointed, and hence he didn't want to let a stranger felt the similar disappointment he has experienced in his life. It was accidental, that NDS felt in love with SDM. He subconciously become the NDS that SDM thought her "first love" was. All these lies are coordinated between HJP and NDS since then, but HJP was the one who has stopped NDS from saying the truth when NDS initially at one point, came to the conclusion where he wanted to say the truth. Back then, HJP tried to stop him from doing that, as he could not imagine what would happen if SDM knows the truth and the disappointment of her would show. Before NDS were to speak, he saw SDM's smile and he wanted to continue seeing SDM smile and hence once again, become selfish due to his love for her and ultimately decided to not tell the truth. SDM was NDM's first and only love so far, and this feeling gave him light that he has never experienced with anyone before. Love has often been selfish, I believed most people are able to relate that. NDS just wanted SDM. Even if he wasn't the NDS that SDM knew 15 years ago, he became selfish because of love.
It is later revealed for NDS that he cheated in that prestigious competition and he wasn't a genius which everyone thought he was to be. His life has been trying to keep up to his parents (Father's especially)' expectation and the lies that he tried to keep and uphold his "prodigy" image is slowly killing him. He is actually very good in programming. He might not be a true perfect genius, but every failure that strikes him, he has shown that he have been able to bounce back up to make his best, the better, for every improvement that's possible to be made in this drama. NDS's character has so much growth to be seen in the character, where he displayed many flaws and insecurities and how he eventually wanted to just not live to anyone expectation. His dream was initially to flourish his SanSam Tech, so that he can answer to be the pride of his father, but now his dreams has changed to be SDM's support, to be her one and only right hand man where her happiness would be with him, and when she faced problems, he could help her to resolve and stay strong and confident.
Truthly speaking, SDM is the real victim here. Having to surround herself with the white lies of her Grandmother and HJP, and later, NDS. But because of how NDS and SDM met, their character have grown alot together, because they have experienced a lot of things together even though they only knew each other for a few months. Even if their story may be due to some lies, but their love for each other is true. The lie 15 years ago made SDM stronger today to be the present which we see in the first episode, but their encounter with one another made SDM stronger which we could see her in the later episodes as compared to when they didn't met. It's due to their own characters with flaws that they are able to overcome certain obstacles. Without the NDS we see now, SDM wouldn't be that successful leading as a CEO. Without SDM in NDS's life, NDS would still be that nerd and his business would go nowhere.
HJP grew up to be a Financial Genius I would say, where he knew how to invest to grow his own money at a young age, and later be a successful mentor to businesses in the present life. However, his attitude is flawed as he became a little self-centred until he met Grandmother again. It is understandable, as he has been alone throughout most of his life and thus he wouldn't care much to anything else, other than to repay Grandmother's kindness when he needed her the most. Where HJP plays well as a support main role, in giving useful financial advices for SDM and NDS to grow their SanSam Tech business, HJP didn't grow much as a character other than realising what is love to a relationship. Without the lie he made for Grandmother to SDM as NDS, he wouldn't have pushed, cover up and support the real NDS and his business to grow to what you have seen in the latest episodes. SDM wouldn't have been part of the journey since, and neither of them would have fallen for one another. There wouldn't be a love triangle either.
HJP's intention initially was to solely help the graceful Grandmother. Falling in love with SDM was also accidentally, and he didn't fell for her before NDS. He fell for her after NDS expresses his feelings towards SDM which got himself tangled in a confused situation where he wasn't sure what he was doing or what he was feeling. It's only when he was sure he fell for her that he wanted to change the things and say the truth, which could have hurt SDM but he didn't care much for until he really felt that SDM was in pain, which he regretted it. But since things has already been done, moving ahead, HJP has decided to express his feeling and let SDM decide for herself - whether she is in love with the person in the past or the person in the present while losing her self-confidence in a dilemma on what are the things that are true and fake.
All in all, I can say that the letters express not much significance for HJP at the start because he only did it when he was asked for a favour by Grandmother. He didn't write it with the same feelings that SDM had when she received every letters of the NDS with fake persona. The present NDS genuinely felt for her as a person even when they didn't really know each other from the start, but only due to the letters that they met. The fake NDS gave her strength in her teenage years. The present NDS builds her strength in her adult years. I believed that's also a reason why both are the Main ML and FL. They have many obstacles that they overcome because of one another. They might be entangled in a fake story, but what happens in their present lives that build their love relationship are what's real.
It might sound sad for HJP. It's not that he don't deserve SDM or who deserves SDM more. But it's the truth which he missed the chance. Instead of admitting that he is the fake NDS stated in the letter initially, he went on to find the present NDS to continue to lie till the end, which gave SDM the opportunity to fell for the NDS she knew in the present. That was the chance he gave up on, for not realising he fell for SDM sooner.