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Yeah, the lab is crazy.

After what you've said, could it be that all the "kids" were based on AhYeon? She mixes other genes to make them more perfect? And once she gets 100%, she'll keep that one for herself?

IIRC, there's even a male version of AhYeon. 🫨

> They didn't expect the magnitude of the situation and I reckon seeing it firsthand heightened their emotions. I don't know about others but the concept of baby farming is disgusting.

Ahh, so it's more like the sudden influx of reality, making it no longer undeniable, overwhelmed the mind and body which led to various mix of biological reaction resulting in throwing up?

Like, temporarily, the mind and body was in chaos the only thing left to regain composure is, in this particular case, to throw up?

That makes sense. For other people, they black out and collapse due to facing an undeniable truth that they originally doubted. In the FL's case it's a different reaction.

Thank you for sharing! 🙇🏽 I deeply appreciate taking the time to do so, it's very helpful. 🖖🏽

> puking is a normal thing when you feel disgusted or overwhelmed with emotions. i imagine if i were in her position, even though i already know the act exists, seeing it in real life would make me throw up.

I see, that's interesting to know and a new one for me. It's just so hard to understand the logical connection. It's not like "tears of joy", it appears contradictory but it can actually be explained logically (and thus invalidate it's categorization as "an idiom" since it's actually literal).

Now this is something new to unravel logically. There has to be a logical connection why the outward reaction is throwing up. Hmm… Anyway, I deeply appreciate the knowledge you've shared! 🙇🏽 It's a new thing to ponder upon for me. 🖖🏽

Are you talking about me asking for enlightenment or are you referring to the act?

Good question!

Maybe the older AhYeon is IVF too, her own egg but she picked a "good" sperm/DNA donor.

While the younger AhYeon, the same?

But the way she didn't flinch at using the younger AhYeon as a surrogate mother makes it all suspicious. Maybe she realized the "defect" with the older AhYeon is her own DNA? So, younger AhYeon is not biologically related to her? Hence she was totally fine with using her because she's only a product?

Yep. When she learned that AYeon is still alive, she said, paraphrasing:

"She must be more than 20 now."
"I wonder if she looks like me." (Which hints that they're biologically related.)

Then later in the epilogue flashback, they hinted why her mother kicked her out, she's always number 2.

We also learned in the same episode that the new AYeon is only 14 years old. So, I'm wondering if she gave the same name? And if the second AYeon is also her biological daughter like the older AYeon?

> My dad is also a small business owner, and in some sense I suppose he would identify as a capitalist, but he hasn't done this in the slightest.

Of course "not all are", I think that's a given. 😉

In any case, I apologize. I came from a generation (GenXennial) where we don't have to spell out "not everyone", it's already understood.

To rephrase, "it is more common in the capitalist system even though there are laws protecting the workers".

> It's also the culture that in order for a women to be a good employee she has to be able to do exactly what a man can do in the exactly the same way he can do it.

In Korea, and probably a few other countries (I'll make a guess, it's the same in Japan). Which brings us back to my point why I'm excited for next week's episodes: how are they going to handle it knowing that they'll be attacking a "social norm"? And potentially spark a renewed fight to protect the rights of the workers?

Because, let's face it, South Korea has one of the worse workers' rights in the world by law and by enforcement. It isn't just about women, it's all workers, be it local or foreigner in Korea.

As I've said, that's what they always depict in Korean drama, and this is the first drama where they brought up workers' right, in this particular case, a pregnant woman.

All I'm saying is, this is crucial and a risky move. How brave are the writers and directors in how they'll handle it? Are they going to water it down so as not to offend anyone? Or, are they going to push hard and threaten her superior for violating the labour law?

It's actually MDL only based on my observation.

There's a Pdrama adaptation of "It's Okay To Not Be Okay" and people are complaining hard about the age gap too. Guess what? Only in MDL. I searched FB, X, and other places, no one is complaining. 🤣🤣🤣

I think MDL is the way it is because of lack of moderation and it is far too easy to create multiple accounts. So, I'm thinking, accounts who often complains about the silliest stuff are probably only 10 people with 100 accounts each.

And that's what a synopsis is.

If it's from CJ ENM, I wonder what "official Korean source" the spoiler mini-wiki MDL synopsis came from? Was it really from an "official Korean source"? 😅

Anyway, did you submit it to MDL? That's far better.

Things to remember:

1. Surrogacy is not new since IVF was invented.
2. Buying babies is not new, has been going on since B.C.E. It still is happening to this very day.
3. Ensuring the baby gets the best DNA combination isn't new either. This technology already existed for more than a decade now. We are actually close to 90% in perfecting it.

Bioengineering is not against any laws. We've been doing that to some embryos, removing defects which were detected early. We actually have a DNA map which helps in identifying which DNA sequence should be fixed. The next step and the one that's being perfected already is creating an embryo with only the best DNA sequences.

The premise of this series is that someone got the latest technology on DNA bioengineering and thought of "reviving" an ancient practice: baby farms through surrogate mothers.

The "villain" part as far as human history is concerned are:
1. Discarding them as defects. (Although this probably happened even in the past.)
2. Kidnapping people with the best DNA so they can farm them anytime.
3. Forcing women to become a surrogate mother.

We're not counting the "buying" since that's what humanity has been doing since the ancient times. In other words, it's very subjective.

But forcing to become a surrogate? Kidnapping people so they can easily farm their DNA? Discarding "defects"? Truly villain/evil.

The best thing with E03 is they revealed AYeon's age, she's over 20 as per her mom.

They are not "kids". They are young adults. In their early to mid 20s.

The only kid is the boy.

Another thing that confused me. They already know they were bought/sold when they listened to the recording about being refunded. In addition, the years they spent with their saviour told them the truth.

So:

1. Why is SoMi always repeating the same question?
2. Why were all of them surprised, cried, angered, puked, when they witnessed the auction?

In addition to the above, what was with the puking reaction? The babies weren't eaten or murdered. And the babies were lab babies and/or from a baby farm where they were conceived through a surrogate mother, not some animal or something inhumane. Anger I understand. But puking?

The FL is a fighter, and she was so disgusted by the auction and babies born from a baby farm that she puked? Like, umm, there are historical records of baby farms in various cultures all the way back to B.C.E., the villain simply did it in a more advanced way: guaranteeing the best DNA.

Can someone enlighten me?

I got confused there, so there are two AYeon's?

The original AYeon is the villain's biological daughter.
And the new AYeon is what? Adopted daughter or also biological?

😅😅 Indeed!

If anything, Korean writers are getting bolder in their episode stories. Either they depict about major social issues and corporate corruption, or they are pushing the boundaries, testing how far they can go with depicting real stories and issues before the powers-that-be becomes uncomfortable.

For context.

In Japan, there are mangka women who often tell stories about women's rights. They are crying loud to the world to help them. But their men-dominated systems are so organized, foreigners dismiss it as "fiction" and even have the audacity to tell Japanese that "we don't believe Japan has issues with women's rights and sexual abuse".

In the US, whenver the powers-that-be starts to feel uncomfortable, they cancel a show. I can't even count how many excellent shows were cancelled because of it. It actually became a tell-tale sign if a show is going to be cancelled or not. 😂😂 "Ooooh, they're pushing the boundaries now, everyone can guess their 'inspiration'. This is definitely the last season, they'll be cancelled." 🤣🤣🤣

So, Korea, I wonder how far you can push the boundaries before the powers-that-be unleash their social media keyboard warriors. 🖖🏽

"Fiction is the best platform to put social issues to the front."

They always depicted Korea as a country without maternal and paternal leave, so they just quit. It's surprising to see the first Kdrama where they mentioned it's covered by their Labour Laws.

But, as usual, the powers-that-be is forcing them to quit, or at least explain it in a way to make them guilty for using their leaves which in turn makes them to voluntarily resign.

Now in "fairness" (if we can call it that) it is also happening in other countries. Capitalists will make you feel guilty and unfair, so either you don't us your law provided rights and benefits, or voluntarily quit.

Quitting voluntarily is important because labour laws often have clauses on who can be fired (rank and position) and what type of violations warrants immediate termination or forced resignation. So, they find ways to make people to voluntarily resign, that way the employee can never sue the company for unfair and unjust termination nor claim they were forced to resign.

I can't wait for this. Since she became pregnant, I've been waiting for them to address her maternity leave. Finally, it will be in next week's episodes! I'm excited!

Ahh, very good point too!

You only reworded my point. 😉

If we accept that we cannot compare the Philippines and the US, then the entire show is meaningless because it **is** comparing Korea and the US.

The entire message of this Netflix show is that guns is the primary cause, which is not. If they truly are unbias and not sending an anti-gun rhetoric, then they should've acknowledged that the school shooting was not because of the guns but because of (1) bullying, (2) teachers ignoring reports of bullying, and (3) potential power/money protectieg the bullies. Without bullying, there won't be school shooting even if there are guns.

But did they do that? Of course not, because they want to focus on "it's the fault of the guns, if there are no guns, there are no school shootings evee if there are school bullying".

> It's a mix of factors.

What I said. 😉

Hahahaha.

He really pulls the role perfectly. 😅😂

Ahh!

Yeah, they looke familiar. Sometimes there are cameos that becomes an easter egg, and I'm wondering if the reporters were. 😁