Sunjae never committed suicide, right? It's Kim Young Soo's fault since the first death of Sunjae, right? Or am…
In the original timeline, he was pushed by the serial murderer. It just was not clear why the serial murderer wants him dead.
In the 4th timeline, the relationship between the serial murderer and Seonjae, one that is unknown why the serial murderer wants him dead. Only this time, he didn't have an opportunity to push him.
Basically, the original and 4th timelines are the same, as far as the serial murderer and Seonjae are concerned.
I've watched Baek Hyun Jin so many times but his role in The Devil Judge still comes to my mind. For me, it's a sign it was his most memorable and best performance to date.
Oh-em-gee. Heo Sung Tae doing comedy is sooooo funny.
Serious face + known him for serious roles + trying to be funny even though it was not = super funny LOL
He knows how much action he should do to make it funny. If he did it less, it would be weird. If he overdid it, will appear forceful. A veteran actor indeed.
It's fun learning languages, even if we won't be using it. It also affects the way we think, because each language developed based on the culture it came from. :D
For example, here in the Philippines, we don't have an issue about LGBTQ+ because Philippine languages have always been gender neutral. Which was reflected in the country's pre-colonial history where no one made any distinction just because of their orientation.
However, things started to change during the colonial era when Western languages were introduced, which is gender-specific. And the Western mindset about gender orientation, gender roles, and so on, got mixed up in the process.
So today, while there are, sadly, some form of discrimination, it isn't as big as in other cultures, because Philippine languages are still the primary language which are gender neutral, because it was the original culture during the pre-colonial times.
Languages are awesome as it reflects the original and deep culture of a nation before all these colonialism globalisation changed everything. We may forget and fail to see our culture, or someone else's culture, today because of modern technology and how we easily share things now, but those are still preserved in our respective languages (and writing script for that matter). ^_^
The tvN version, I haven't found any yet, not even from the official tvN OTT for foreign broadcast.
The different between the two, the YouTube version have less cuts, while the tvN version was edited to fit a TV broadcast length, and well, more appropriate.
I don't think she liked it, she waited just because she wanted to know the reason why he kept the poster.
Yep. In the following episode, that slight smile wasn't there. LOL, probably it was editing, she was about to laugh and stopped herself. Then in the following episode, they used a different scene. Heheheh.
Oh well! I guess we have to wait a few more weeks.
The avatar is the Baybayin-Tagalog script of the Japanese name “Yuki”, written vertically.
Horizontally it's:
(might need the Noto Sans Tagalog font to display properly on desktops; but should work fine in Android 10 onwards)) Yu: ᜌᜓ (there's a dot diacritical mark below that makes is 'yu' instead of 'ya' [default]). Ki: ᜃᜒ (there's a dot diacritical mark above that makes is 'ki' instead of 'ka' [default]).
Horizontally, I matched aligned the two diacritical mark dots together in the avatar. ^_^
The meaning is the same, “snow”. To be exact, it was originally “Yukino”, which I used since the early 2000s. A few years back, I switched to 雪矢 (yukiya) which means “snow arrow” in both Japanese and Mandarin.
Also, with 雪矢 (Yukiya), no one's raising their eyebrows. Hahaha, since it's a guy's name, while Yukino is a woman's name.
Yep! It was a very good, and timely story. Deep and filled with lessons. I guess audience like us are an endangered species. Audiences who find meaning to stories! LOL!
LOL. Suji caught on and it seems she like how Uri likes her.
1. She waited for him. That was a suddenly 180° change. 2. She was partly smiling. 3. She was a bit shy. 4. She had that soft look, hoping to hear a good thing. Which she'll probably pretend to react badly.
It seems she is entertaining the idea of a potential leveling up of their relationship beyond being just colleagues.
From a time travel perspective (instead of just pure romance), “Lovely Runner” is about a couple who is trying to defy time by finding ways to change the “fixed time”.
In time travel, the “fixed time” trope is about an event that _must_ happen at all cost because it is a very pivotal moment in history. If it doesn't happen, literally everything will change and once it changes, it will be impossible to fix it… possibly unraveling time and destroying all existence.
In this story, Sunjae dying is a “fixed moment”. He needs to die no matter what, because the future depends on him dying, otherwise, there won't any future. So, “time” itself is _naturally_ fixing things, ensuring that Sunjae will die no matter what the time traveler tries.
Sol fixing her legs is not a “fixed moment”. While time tried to ensure it happens again, for three times at that, time eventually adjusted to a version where she can walk fine. Those three “opportunities” where she would've lost her legs, eventually superseded that one timeline where she did.
Unfortunately, for Sunjae, no matter how many attempts they do, him dying is integral to something. That something will happen in the future, maybe a new law was passed giving more protection to celebrities; or a new law was passed criminalising keyboard warriors. Whatever it will be, that's beyond the story.
However, there is hope. While Sunjae's death is vital to ensure the continued existence of the universe, there is one factor that can change that “fixed moment”. Love.
In many cultures, both historically and present, “love” is the ultimate power that can make even the impossible possible. “Lovely Runner” is showing us that. Their love for each other transcends all times/timelines. No matter what, they will always find each other, and love each other, and die for each other.
This was also demonstrated with Sol's brother and bestie. Though her bestie and brother did not get together in the original timeline, they had a spark, the spark just did not flame (think starting a campfire). When Sol started to change things, and even _without_ doing anything related to his brother and her bestie, the two eventually got a chance to flame that spark. Thus, every succeeding time travel by Sol, she doesn't have to do anything, in fact, she even tried to separate them, but they still got married.
The way I see it, this is what Sunjae and Sol needs to prove:
* Is their love for each other strong enough to change Sunjae's “fixed moment”? * Is their desire to be in each other's arms powerful enough to reshape time?
Well… we'll find out next week in the finale episodes.
I really like how they played the dementia plot device. There is a [fictional] theory that dementia, and a few others, are actually caused by multiple timelines. In this [fictional] theory, or trope, the cause of the dementia is either:
(1) the person has some sort of strong protection against timeline changes, so when they catch-up to the _origin_ time of the time traveler, all those memories floods in and they get confused, and the brain goes on self-preservation mode by only remembering the stable years; and
(2) as a person grows older and our body functions get weaker, people start to access the experiences and memories of their counterparts in other timelines. Since they are technically the same person (i.e. just a split timeline), they are quantum-entangled. If all of their versions gets dementia at around the same time, the more they are quantum-entangled (aside: quantum entanglement is a real physics science). Thus the person seems to “know”.
It's not really a redemption arc. It's saving Suji from Hyunsung. If Nayoung successfully steals Hyunsung, then Suji will never end up with him. No matter how good of a person Suji is, I doubt she'll still marry Hyunsung. Specially if Nayoung is involved, she'll just use it as another bullet against Suji.
So, it is better for Nayoung to steal Hyunsung successfully. It is not a redemption for Nayoung, because there is no good outcome that will come from Nayoung and Hyunsung being together. One, scandal. Two, Nayoung will use it. Three, as far as Nayoung is concerned, their relationship is fake. Fourth, once Hyunsung's parents learn the relationship of Nayoung with Suji, his father mostly will go nuclear.
That karma you're hoping for will come out of that Nayoung+Hyunsung relationship. ^_~
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In the 4th timeline, the relationship between the serial murderer and Seonjae, one that is unknown why the serial murderer wants him dead. Only this time, he didn't have an opportunity to push him.
Basically, the original and 4th timelines are the same, as far as the serial murderer and Seonjae are concerned.
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Serious face + known him for serious roles + trying to be funny even though it was not = super funny LOL
He knows how much action he should do to make it funny. If he did it less, it would be weird. If he overdid it, will appear forceful. A veteran actor indeed.
It's fun learning languages, even if we won't be using it. It also affects the way we think, because each language developed based on the culture it came from. :D
For example, here in the Philippines, we don't have an issue about LGBTQ+ because Philippine languages have always been gender neutral. Which was reflected in the country's pre-colonial history where no one made any distinction just because of their orientation.
However, things started to change during the colonial era when Western languages were introduced, which is gender-specific. And the Western mindset about gender orientation, gender roles, and so on, got mixed up in the process.
So today, while there are, sadly, some form of discrimination, it isn't as big as in other cultures, because Philippine languages are still the primary language which are gender neutral, because it was the original culture during the pre-colonial times.
Languages are awesome as it reflects the original and deep culture of a nation before all these colonialism globalisation changed everything. We may forget and fail to see our culture, or someone else's culture, today because of modern technology and how we easily share things now, but those are still preserved in our respective languages (and writing script for that matter). ^_^
The YouTube version official playlist is here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLr0T5CaHaPwVYbMcyvGZo0yPIP50T8yzM
The tvN version, I haven't found any yet, not even from the official tvN OTT for foreign broadcast.
The different between the two, the YouTube version have less cuts, while the tvN version was edited to fit a TV broadcast length, and well, more appropriate.
Oh well! I guess we have to wait a few more weeks.
The avatar is the Baybayin-Tagalog script of the Japanese name “Yuki”, written vertically.
Horizontally it's:
(might need the Noto Sans Tagalog font to display properly on desktops; but should work fine in Android 10 onwards))
Yu: ᜌᜓ (there's a dot diacritical mark below that makes is 'yu' instead of 'ya' [default]).
Ki: ᜃᜒ (there's a dot diacritical mark above that makes is 'ki' instead of 'ka' [default]).
Horizontally, I matched aligned the two diacritical mark dots together in the avatar. ^_^
The meaning is the same, “snow”. To be exact, it was originally “Yukino”, which I used since the early 2000s. A few years back, I switched to 雪矢 (yukiya) which means “snow arrow” in both Japanese and Mandarin.
Also, with 雪矢 (Yukiya), no one's raising their eyebrows. Hahaha, since it's a guy's name, while Yukino is a woman's name.
1. She waited for him. That was a suddenly 180° change.
2. She was partly smiling.
3. She was a bit shy.
4. She had that soft look, hoping to hear a good thing. Which she'll probably pretend to react badly.
It seems she is entertaining the idea of a potential leveling up of their relationship beyond being just colleagues.
In time travel, the “fixed time” trope is about an event that _must_ happen at all cost because it is a very pivotal moment in history. If it doesn't happen, literally everything will change and once it changes, it will be impossible to fix it… possibly unraveling time and destroying all existence.
In this story, Sunjae dying is a “fixed moment”. He needs to die no matter what, because the future depends on him dying, otherwise, there won't any future. So, “time” itself is _naturally_ fixing things, ensuring that Sunjae will die no matter what the time traveler tries.
Sol fixing her legs is not a “fixed moment”. While time tried to ensure it happens again, for three times at that, time eventually adjusted to a version where she can walk fine. Those three “opportunities” where she would've lost her legs, eventually superseded that one timeline where she did.
Unfortunately, for Sunjae, no matter how many attempts they do, him dying is integral to something. That something will happen in the future, maybe a new law was passed giving more protection to celebrities; or a new law was passed criminalising keyboard warriors. Whatever it will be, that's beyond the story.
However, there is hope. While Sunjae's death is vital to ensure the continued existence of the universe, there is one factor that can change that “fixed moment”. Love.
In many cultures, both historically and present, “love” is the ultimate power that can make even the impossible possible. “Lovely Runner” is showing us that. Their love for each other transcends all times/timelines. No matter what, they will always find each other, and love each other, and die for each other.
This was also demonstrated with Sol's brother and bestie. Though her bestie and brother did not get together in the original timeline, they had a spark, the spark just did not flame (think starting a campfire). When Sol started to change things, and even _without_ doing anything related to his brother and her bestie, the two eventually got a chance to flame that spark. Thus, every succeeding time travel by Sol, she doesn't have to do anything, in fact, she even tried to separate them, but they still got married.
The way I see it, this is what Sunjae and Sol needs to prove:
* Is their love for each other strong enough to change Sunjae's “fixed moment”?
* Is their desire to be in each other's arms powerful enough to reshape time?
Well… we'll find out next week in the finale episodes.
^_^
(1) the person has some sort of strong protection against timeline changes, so when they catch-up to the _origin_ time of the time traveler, all those memories floods in and they get confused, and the brain goes on self-preservation mode by only remembering the stable years; and
(2) as a person grows older and our body functions get weaker, people start to access the experiences and memories of their counterparts in other timelines. Since they are technically the same person (i.e. just a split timeline), they are quantum-entangled. If all of their versions gets dementia at around the same time, the more they are quantum-entangled (aside: quantum entanglement is a real physics science). Thus the person seems to “know”.
Well done there.
So, it is better for Nayoung to steal Hyunsung successfully. It is not a redemption for Nayoung, because there is no good outcome that will come from Nayoung and Hyunsung being together. One, scandal. Two, Nayoung will use it. Three, as far as Nayoung is concerned, their relationship is fake. Fourth, once Hyunsung's parents learn the relationship of Nayoung with Suji, his father mostly will go nuclear.
That karma you're hoping for will come out of that Nayoung+Hyunsung relationship. ^_~