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interesting scenarios! i am of the belief that jeongyo and pio on their own would always make it work between them. pio's issues and inner struggles might make it a little hard but they end up choosing each other anyway. for me the biggest hurdle is pio's family and his ability to break free from them. on his own it's kinda difficult but with jeongyo in his life he could do it, certainly not overnight but with time it's possible and we saw it happen, tho briefly, in canon

i agree. some people think they would have drifted apart but i don't believe it. pio's toxic family would make things difficult but as long as jeongyo is present in pio's life, pio would be able to fight against it and decide that freedom and joy in music are his priority. it might take pio and jeongyo just as long but they would always end up choosing each other every time

yes i also firmly believe pio's heart is good and doesn't hold any malice. every ugly thought he might have had or jealousy he might have felt, it was all planted by his toxic family. pio himself might think he would have wanted jeongyo gone at some point but i don't believe for a second he'd ever really do it, it's like an intrusive thought, it doesn't mean it's true. like you said, the moment he's not directly under his family influence he seems to be naturally happy and free with jeongyo. had jeongyo not been kidnapped, their relationship would have depended a lot on pio's ability to break free from his family and i honestly think it would have been very difficult but not impossible, mostly because i have faith in the strength of their bond. the road might still have been long and rocky but they would still find their way to each other

how do you guys think the story would have gone had jeongyo not been kidnapped? we know pio said he would quit if he didn't win the harmonie competition but that was before entering and by the time he went on stage for the final i don't think he was in that same headspace or with the same mindset. i believe that regardless of the result he would have wanted to continue playing and we saw how after he finished his performance he went straight to jeongyo's waiting room, probably to thank him and reconcile with him but we know that never happened because of the kidnapping. ofc i think pio's mother would have still been in his ear again with her poisonous gaslighting and maybe his mental state wouldn't have been stable enough to not relapse into his inferiority complex so i can imagine their friendship going sour again, but i also believe jeongyo wouldn't just sit around and let it happen, he would have continued to pull pio out of his despair everytime tho this might mean their relationship would stay rocky and constantly going through ups and downs

yeah even kfans were surprised https://x.com/piyogurt_/status/2110723611111923767?s=20

i feel like tvn threw all caution out the window now that the drama aired safely. just a day ago they posted a new edit directly quoting the queer movie 'moonlit winter' with its famous line 'ps. i dream about you too' in reference to jeongyo's confession

not as directly as this if i remember correctly. she compared jeongyo to a starving wolf who loves a sheep (the sheep being pio). and she also took inspiration from heathcliff and catherine of wuthering heights who were very much in love with each other tho in an obsessive unhealthy way. so yes it's safe to say pio and jeongyo were in love tho these are not the exact words the writer used.

it's really that complicated and as you said the actors are now 'too big' to take such a risk SIGHS i am so bitter, only a miracle can resolve this

yeah that gives me the tiniest of hopes but i'm not holding my breath too much tbh, every year that passes makes it more difficult to happen

ah nothing depresses me more than the thought of all the adapted danmei we'll never get to see 😭 to think 2ha, sha po lang and sa ye's adaptations are just there existing but never allowed to see the light of day just kills me

ofc here's an example of one of their posts https://x.com/Wandlight/status/2109615019747144135?s=20

we had discussions at length about these topics while the drama was airing, maybe you're coming in here a little too late to have seen it. the last episode left us high on emotions about what this journey meant for our protagonists and especially their bond and so the discussions now are naturally focused on that. as Ano said you could start a thread about the themes and topics that are important to you and we'd gladly join you in on those. it was just irritating that you came in here invalidating what others were talking about with a sweeping it's irrelevant and y'all are missing the point without elaborating further

you're welcome! i've been listening to the ost on loop so that helped. there's a korean account on twt who's been matching the tracks with their scenes in the drama but they haven't posted about these 2, i'll keep an eye on it if they ever find it

the jealous arc always cracks me up, pio was so easy to provoke and jeongyo was enjoying it a little too much

i know! pio's heart has always been good but they kept poisoning his mind😭

the track that plays when pio receives the postcard is indeed included in the ost, it's titled two scherzos. it's hard to tell for the other two, i can't promise but i will tell you if i find the exact scenes

it is relevant because it feeds the characters dilemma and further complicates the conflict. it also explains certain aspects of their behaviors and actions that simply wouldn't make sense otherwise. you can't tell people to dismiss that reading because you deemed it unimportant and it's unfair to say viewers are obsessed when they are just engaging with the material and trying to analyze what's being presented to them

there's this one https://x.com/Autumn_star_xqm/status/2110312732876841151?s=20

there's no kissing or skinship but a queer romance between the male leads is heavily implied so make of it what you will

someone on twt said jeongyo felt the pull of his red string at that moment and i almost teared up