№4. Giving a chanceThis was the FL's entire argument: to give her a chance.- Adults failed to protect her.-…
Ahh, good points. The bully family have more to lose even if they retaliate from a distance later, as the FL's mother will definitely not let it go if her daughter is targetted.
Hmm…it means fear got the best of her at that moment? In a way that makes sense too. When family members are involved, especially children, we easily fold.
I like your insight and analysis. It added a new layer to her mother. Behind the her mask of being a highly successful lawyer, she's as soft as any parent when it comes to their children.
Hmm, I wonder if it extends to her other daughter but because she had to adoid the people talking about her, she hid her? But deep inside it was painful? So, when it came to the FL, she was immediately scared by the threat?
Now I'm more curious about her (mother) story. (Sadly, the show isn't about her. 😅)
I strongly suspect that the FL's father no doubt knew she will time travel back to the past so he taught her everything he knew and made sure she goes home with the magical book.
She's meant to be there. She was the reason the book was written. She did indent many of the cooking wonders of Korea.
And maybe, just maybe, the written history wasn't exactly how it happened (which is often the case) because it was written by their enemies. Or, the history that they know happened after she returned to her own time. The king went insane and the rest is, as they say, history.
Yes, we naturally speak that way.There are two ways we're doieg it:First way: code-switching. This means a person…
Yep. There are many Filipinized Spanish words. And many also evolved to have a different meaning and usage than the original source.
As for the names. It definitely came from the Spanish era when they implemented taxation.
When they first conquered the archipelago, they initially let names be the way they were:
1. First names only 2. Son/Daughter of 3. Clan name and First name 4. First name and clan name
The Spaniards in-charged of taxation gets confused and collections were low, because many were simply saying, "we already paid". Well, their clan did pay already. 😅
So, one day, they implemented a nationwide implementation of:
Given Name Clan Name y Mother's maiden name.
For everyone without an existing family name or clan name, they must choose from the Christian names the Spanish Catholic Church provided.
Those who just want to have a new family name can choose as well.
And the Chinese who were taxed 80 to 100%, toom advantage of it as well. Some those a new one. While some Hispanised their Chinese clan names. (For example, the Xie's changed it to Sese. Some Chines clan branches merged, for example, "Tan", "Sia", "Co" became a Hispanised "Tansioco".)
For many, they chose "Cruz", "de la Cruz". Another is "Santos". So, everyone here knows that Cruz'es and Santos'es are more likely nit related and were descendants of those who chose a new name.
There were also Hispanised local names like Makiling is also spelled as Maquiling by another branch of that clan, which in turn grew large. (But all Makilings and Maquilings are actually one huge clan only).
Manileño, Batangueño, are also Hispanised lical names of Manilenyo and Batangenyo, to mention two.
So, yeah, spellings we use today are a mix of local and Hispanised, we are so used to it, we generally don't notice it. 😁😁
Oh. For counting, it's a mixed of English, Local language, or Spanish. We code switch and code mix naturally.
So, for those not familiar, it does get confusing because our sentences tend to have 2 to 3 different languages mixed in together. Or, we form a pure language sentence and followed it with a different pure language sentence and then followed my mix. 😝
Of course, for us it's natural. It was so natural, even in job interviews, no one cares anymore. If the interviewer wants pure English, they'll say it.
Or, in news interviews, same, mix everything. News reporters even secretly mix in an entirely new word and the whole nation picks it up. (I won't mention names though. 😝)
I feel like there are going to be comments defending him that's what they did last week too 😔
Hah, if they defend this child rapist, they're worst than the worst criminals who themselves won't let go this unpunished. 😉
I mean, even if the suspect was themselves a victim, let's say they were drugged or was under duress. That's fine and understandable. But the deed still has to be paid. Only the severity of the punishment will change.
And generally, a person in that situation would even volueteer to be punished bceause their conscience won't let them live in peace, and probably never even after they paid for it.
Even in that situation, it still must be paid.
But in this episode's case, they made it clear that the rapist was unrepentant. He even was caught doing it again, he just escaped. The universe, or a G-d, just had enough of him, his condition triggered at that moment where he can no longer escape. Divine intervention. 🤣🤣
Anyone who defends this rapist in this particular case are worst than a single-cell organism. For sure satrn himself will wash his hands and declare he wasn't anywhere near him. 😅😅
In a way today's case can be seen as a silent protest against the current "lax" law pertaining to child…
Yep, exactly. They all just secretly want the dead rapist won't get a twisted "justice". The doctor got lucky everyone hated the rapist. If she actually killed him, she got away very cleanly. 😅
In a way today's case can be seen as a silent protest against the current "lax" law pertaining to child…
Yep. That's why they really have to find ways to ensure it doesn't violate their oaths and ethics.
As long as they can do that, I think even in a corrupt hierarchy, they'll orchestrate it to end up similary.
If anything, what is a stretched for me is how every step of the way, there were at least one person who wants to make sure the death of the rapist doesn't get twisted as "justice". The doctor was lucky so many people hated him. She probably was wishing she actually did kill him. 😅
I had a feeling there was a reason she stepped in at the coffee shop and helped the server. I really didn’t…
I didn't realize it until she stepped in.
I was like, "Wait! She's her daughter? No way carabao?"
And I think the store manager also knew so he didn't step in earlier, he was probably aware of the dynamics between mither and daughter. He only stepped in after her mother did because that's the cue that the situation has gone out-of-hand.
It was a good scene.
Also, the way her daughter stood up to that arse customer. Kudos to her for standing up.
Dissecting the E10 case: https://kisskh.at/discussions/780258-esquire/144746-dissecting-the-e10-case
№4. Giving a chance
This was the FL's entire argument: to give her a chance.
- Adults failed to protect her. - Society failed to set centres for the bullied. - The system failed to address the issue when it mattered.
So, why should she be condemned as a murderer? And especially in her case when it was in fact two separate cases?
The FL isn't justifying her attempted murder, she simply shed light on the bigger picture because everyone was too focused on a very small part of that big picture.
You cannot will never solve the puzzle and see what it is about if you are only looking at one or two pieces if it. We need to put all the puzzle pieces together, no matter how painful it may become to see rnd understand the bigger picture, the message that is hidden.
And that message is, in this particular case, a woman crying her heart out for justice and ended up committing attempted murder because it was the only way for her to cope with her PTSD.
It isn't about justifying the criminal act, it is about giving an appropriate punishment for the given circumstances.
Because if she wasn't bullied: - she wouldn't develop PTSD - she wouldn't take medicines which hampered her education - she wouldn't be working as a delivery driver - she wouldn't commit attempted murder - she wouldn't accidentally hit her while driving
Like what their schoolmate said, and what the FL said, she would have been the top student and the one working as an attorney, or even an associate judge.
The bright future she would've had was stolen from her.
So for attempted murder and road accident, it is only very fair that she only receive punishment appropriate for it and not be branded as a murderer, criminal, which would inly lead to less opportunities later on.
What's done is done. Her future was stolen. She committed attempted murder. She hit someone, ironically the exact same person. She was bullied. No one helped her, not even an anonymous tip. And even if there were, the adults didn't act and the system failed her.
There is nothing else, she alrealy paid for the sins of mankind (figuratively speaking) when she didn't ask for it.
Dissecting the E10 case: https://kisskh.at/discussions/780258-esquire/144746-dissecting-the-e10-case
№3. Bystander
This one is very sensitive.
There are reasons why one chooses to be a bystander and the most common is this: pick the battles you can win smoothly.
If the FL intervened, she wiuld have become another target and there's nothing they can do about it. Again, the bully's father is no joke, they holt so much power and influence at the time. The parents even let their daughter bully others. How can you fight a family like that?
So, people choose to be a bystander because they know it is a fight they cannot win. It is not enough to just win, it should be smooth. It you win and later gets bullied outside of the system or through the system, ensuring this time there is no evidence linking the bullies, then there is no worth to winning.
At the same time, it is also wrong not to do anything. By "anything", they should at least give an anonymous tip. If nothing happens out of that tip, then it's out of your hands. You did your part the safest way possible in a serious situation like that.
It's bad if nothing happens, but again, pick the battles you can win smoothly. And in that particular case, school bullying, that's an adult problem and task. If they don't act on an anonymous tip, then the problem is not you, it is the adults and the system they created.
In other words, if there was anything the bullied's schoolmates did wrong, it wasn't so much as being a bystander on the face, i.e. not physically intervening or telling their teachers or parents, it was that no one gave an anonymous tip.
Sure, giving an anonymous tip could also lead to more intense bullying. But at that situation? What more can they do other than what she already experienced? The only thing the bullies can do at that point is to slice her up.
For that particular case, an anonymous tip would not make them bystanders. It will become the problem of the system and society.
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Hmm…it means fear got the best of her at that moment? In a way that makes sense too. When family members are involved, especially children, we easily fold.
I like your insight and analysis. It added a new layer to her mother. Behind the her mask of being a highly successful lawyer, she's as soft as any parent when it comes to their children.
Hmm, I wonder if it extends to her other daughter but because she had to adoid the people talking about her, she hid her? But deep inside it was painful? So, when it came to the FL, she was immediately scared by the threat?
Now I'm more curious about her (mother) story. (Sadly, the show isn't about her. 😅)
She's meant to be there. She was the reason the book was written. She did indent many of the cooking wonders of Korea.
And maybe, just maybe, the written history wasn't exactly how it happened (which is often the case) because it was written by their enemies. Or, the history that they know happened after she returned to her own time. The king went insane and the rest is, as they say, history.
Theories only.
As for the names. It definitely came from the Spanish era when they implemented taxation.
When they first conquered the archipelago, they initially let names be the way they were:
1. First names only
2. Son/Daughter of
3. Clan name and First name
4. First name and clan name
The Spaniards in-charged of taxation gets confused and collections were low, because many were simply saying, "we already paid". Well, their clan did pay already. 😅
So, one day, they implemented a nationwide implementation of:
Given Name Clan Name y Mother's maiden name.
For everyone without an existing family name or clan name, they must choose from the Christian names the Spanish Catholic Church provided.
Those who just want to have a new family name can choose as well.
And the Chinese who were taxed 80 to 100%, toom advantage of it as well. Some those a new one. While some Hispanised their Chinese clan names. (For example, the Xie's changed it to Sese. Some Chines clan branches merged, for example, "Tan", "Sia", "Co" became a Hispanised "Tansioco".)
For many, they chose "Cruz", "de la Cruz". Another is "Santos". So, everyone here knows that Cruz'es and Santos'es are more likely nit related and were descendants of those who chose a new name.
There were also Hispanised local names like Makiling is also spelled as Maquiling by another branch of that clan, which in turn grew large. (But all Makilings and Maquilings are actually one huge clan only).
Manileño, Batangueño, are also Hispanised lical names of Manilenyo and Batangenyo, to mention two.
So, yeah, spellings we use today are a mix of local and Hispanised, we are so used to it, we generally don't notice it. 😁😁
Oh. For counting, it's a mixed of English, Local language, or Spanish. We code switch and code mix naturally.
So, for those not familiar, it does get confusing because our sentences tend to have 2 to 3 different languages mixed in together. Or, we form a pure language sentence and followed it with a different pure language sentence and then followed my mix. 😝
Of course, for us it's natural. It was so natural, even in job interviews, no one cares anymore. If the interviewer wants pure English, they'll say it.
Or, in news interviews, same, mix everything. News reporters even secretly mix in an entirely new word and the whole nation picks it up. (I won't mention names though. 😝)
I mean, even if the suspect was themselves a victim, let's say they were drugged or was under duress. That's fine and understandable. But the deed still has to be paid. Only the severity of the punishment will change.
And generally, a person in that situation would even volueteer to be punished bceause their conscience won't let them live in peace, and probably never even after they paid for it.
Even in that situation, it still must be paid.
But in this episode's case, they made it clear that the rapist was unrepentant. He even was caught doing it again, he just escaped. The universe, or a G-d, just had enough of him, his condition triggered at that moment where he can no longer escape. Divine intervention. 🤣🤣
Anyone who defends this rapist in this particular case are worst than a single-cell organism. For sure satrn himself will wash his hands and declare he wasn't anywhere near him. 😅😅
As long as they can do that, I think even in a corrupt hierarchy, they'll orchestrate it to end up similary.
If anything, what is a stretched for me is how every step of the way, there were at least one person who wants to make sure the death of the rapist doesn't get twisted as "justice". The doctor was lucky so many people hated him. She probably was wishing she actually did kill him. 😅
Usually it goes like this: "Aww I can still smell him months later!"
Reality: It's gone 14 days later.
Any smell left there is simply the smell of the wooden drawer. 🤪🤪🤪🤣🤣
I was like, "Wait! She's her daughter? No way carabao?"
And I think the store manager also knew so he didn't step in earlier, he was probably aware of the dynamics between mither and daughter. He only stepped in after her mother did because that's the cue that the situation has gone out-of-hand.
It was a good scene.
Also, the way her daughter stood up to that arse customer. Kudos to her for standing up.
THEY WILL NEVER KISS!
THEY WILL NEVER KISS!
THEY WILL NEVER KISS!
Hahahahaha. They've been teasing everyone for 8 episodes now, enough! They must never kiss! 😅😅😅🤣🤣🤣🤣
This was the FL's entire argument: to give her a chance.
- Adults failed to protect her.
- Society failed to set centres for the bullied.
- The system failed to address the issue when it mattered.
So, why should she be condemned as a murderer? And especially in her case when it was in fact two separate cases?
The FL isn't justifying her attempted murder, she simply shed light on the bigger picture because everyone was too focused on a very small part of that big picture.
You cannot will never solve the puzzle and see what it is about if you are only looking at one or two pieces if it. We need to put all the puzzle pieces together, no matter how painful it may become to see rnd understand the bigger picture, the message that is hidden.
And that message is, in this particular case, a woman crying her heart out for justice and ended up committing attempted murder because it was the only way for her to cope with her PTSD.
It isn't about justifying the criminal act, it is about giving an appropriate punishment for the given circumstances.
Because if she wasn't bullied:
- she wouldn't develop PTSD
- she wouldn't take medicines which hampered her education
- she wouldn't be working as a delivery driver
- she wouldn't commit attempted murder
- she wouldn't accidentally hit her while driving
Like what their schoolmate said, and what the FL said, she would have been the top student and the one working as an attorney, or even an associate judge.
The bright future she would've had was stolen from her.
So for attempted murder and road accident, it is only very fair that she only receive punishment appropriate for it and not be branded as a murderer, criminal, which would inly lead to less opportunities later on.
What's done is done. Her future was stolen. She committed attempted murder. She hit someone, ironically the exact same person. She was bullied. No one helped her, not even an anonymous tip. And even if there were, the adults didn't act and the system failed her.
There is nothing else, she alrealy paid for the sins of mankind (figuratively speaking) when she didn't ask for it.
This one is very sensitive.
There are reasons why one chooses to be a bystander and the most common is this: pick the battles you can win smoothly.
If the FL intervened, she wiuld have become another target and there's nothing they can do about it. Again, the bully's father is no joke, they holt so much power and influence at the time. The parents even let their daughter bully others. How can you fight a family like that?
So, people choose to be a bystander because they know it is a fight they cannot win. It is not enough to just win, it should be smooth. It you win and later gets bullied outside of the system or through the system, ensuring this time there is no evidence linking the bullies, then there is no worth to winning.
At the same time, it is also wrong not to do anything. By "anything", they should at least give an anonymous tip. If nothing happens out of that tip, then it's out of your hands. You did your part the safest way possible in a serious situation like that.
It's bad if nothing happens, but again, pick the battles you can win smoothly. And in that particular case, school bullying, that's an adult problem and task. If they don't act on an anonymous tip, then the problem is not you, it is the adults and the system they created.
In other words, if there was anything the bullied's schoolmates did wrong, it wasn't so much as being a bystander on the face, i.e. not physically intervening or telling their teachers or parents, it was that no one gave an anonymous tip.
Sure, giving an anonymous tip could also lead to more intense bullying. But at that situation? What more can they do other than what she already experienced? The only thing the bullies can do at that point is to slice her up.
For that particular case, an anonymous tip would not make them bystanders. It will become the problem of the system and society.
Which brings to: