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i started this while looking for something dark to watch during a depressive episode, because sometimes i just need a little depressing drama to take the edge off, y’know. and i gotta say, this show is fucking impeccable.

i have no expectations especially since it’s a coupang series, and they’re not known for a lot of their productions, so i was very delightfully surprised with a gorgeous drama that keeps the tension and balances it out with the family dynamics and some comedy that actually feels appropriate. (like objectively stingray is a fucking hilarious person even though he’s a POS. like saying your gross ass son is cute like a fucking 토끼, IN FULL SERIOUSNESS, 나가 미친 새끼!)

this show does so well blending in reality, the past, and what yeongsu/yeonghui is doing to others without making them seem to be happening all at once. i love how the writing and the actors genuinely bring the story to life, and their chemistry makes everything feel like a dysfunctional family that really love each other but are at odds with each other. the last episode really is a penultimate showing of that dysfunction and breaks down so much more of yungsu as a person.

the “romance” between yungsu and chulsu/chulhui is genuinely heartwarming at times even if it’s fueled by their slight obsession with each other, and the both of them are riddled with memories of their past. chulsu is a wife guy in the worst way possible i love him. like he would follow her to ends of the earth and kill anyone in their path, and die for her continued existence. you don’t get a lot of that with straight dramas, especially with her being notoriously stronger than him. he never once has the upper hand and he doesn’t care about it, he just wants to give her the cute hair pin and live with her the rest of his life.

i also love the twins so much, jihoon is hilarious and jiwoo is so fun. though if i met jihoon in real life i would be terrified of him, but if i met solomon (his actor) i would coo at him he’s so cute. the dynamic between the twins is so nice, because even it jiwoo acts like she hates him, he’s still her brother and she cares about him. while jihoon acts like he wears his heart on his sleeve, the man has a darkness deep within him that he channels in ways that are healthier than they could be. i do love jiwoo slightly a bit more though, she is such a fascinating character because she isn’t trying to be the tough girl stereotype, and she is trying to open up to yungsu after her whole life of believing that yungsu doesn’t love her as much as jihoon, and that it was her mom’s fault she never developed her power. (and lied about her technical epilepsy, i say technical bc of how her powers work)

jiwoo and jihoon do try to heed to yungsu’s words and warnings even if they don’t trust her 100%. they do try to break free sometimes, even though they do deep down know she has their best intentions at heart. i think it works really well especially towards the end, with all of the entanglement with XI.

and oooh i love yungsu so gd much don’t play w/ me. i feel her deeply in my soul, and i understand a lot of her motivations as a person. i’ve lived that apathy before and it is devastating in its’ own ways; she wants to be the happy mom for them, she wants to show how much she loves them. she wants to protect them, and for them to not end up like her. she truly loves them as if she birthed them, and tried her best to raise them to be good people.

all around fantastic show, loved it to bits. can be very gorey at times so not for faint-stomached peeps. i couldn’t directly tell if a lot of the blood was squibs or cg, but if they were squibs they were SO well done!! (the wrist amputation scene had me in awe bc of how consistent it was)