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cant believe i've been seeing people hating namgoong for his blow up at mido after finding out about the cheating.. like what do you expect him to do. in

even until the last week, i was rooting for these two, but not anymore.

throughout the episode i just felt so sorry for Namgoong. it does not help that the narrative makes it feel like it is pushing the blame for the Mido's actions on everyone but Mido. especially Namgoong. he clearly tried his best to make the relationship work, but it didn't and Mido ended up withering away or whatever, okay. okay. these things happen. but, i just find it hard to blame Namgoong when it was Mido herself who never communicated things properly with him. dont get me wrong, Namgoong is not the perfect partner either, but Mido is simply a hot mess. i'm trying to understand her character, but she's so unlikeable that i'm at my limit.

she better have some charactef development because if i have to deal with another 7 episodes of Mido being a mess and Namgoong constantly getting hurt because of it, i'm outttt.

i just want sua and namgoong to be happy at the end of all this mess. the other two can revel in their toxic connection idc

this is too funny 😭

this 👏 right 👏 here👏

this is exactly how i feel about the drama too 😭

the sml is annoying the fuck out of me.

now that that's out of the way, i love sua the most so far. as for the main leads, while mido's struggles are more obvious, it's clear that somewhere along the way, namgung has also lost his 'spark', and probably a long time back, at that. it's just not as visible because he is good at covering it up. his interactions with sua definitely stirred something in him, but not necessarily in the romantic sense. when she says that his dream isn't pathetic, it probably made him feel seen more than anything else— is my take on it. like having someone acknowledge your efforts that you yourself may have not given much thought about.

as for mido, it looks like her interactions with the sml have, in a way, helped her let off stress at some level. it'd make sense, because she does not want to take those emotions out on namgung or show that side of herself to namgung, but with this asshole of a man, she does not need to hold back, because, well, he is an asshole. lol

here after watching the last episode and damnn. yoo seung ho absolutely nailed that ending— the showdown in seongwon's exhibition hall and later the interrogation scene. what a phenomenal actor

wow.. seongwon is a psychopath through and through, but his mother is no less. kid was already fucked up and her actions only fucked him up further

same, i'm really hoping they do

this cracked me up omg 😭 but yes.

i wish mido wasn't written so immature. you can write a female lead who is struggling without the exaggerated crying scenes (there are very few, but man is it annoying). it's a shame because other than that i don't really have any complaints about her. i can somewhat understand her actions and i feel bad for her but that's about it.

now, moving on to namgung. his love for mido, while unrelenting, seems to be rooted in some kind of obligation which we'll likely find out about in the coming episodes; it would also make sense why mido feels so suffocated and why namgung himself is terrified to imagine a life without her. probably something along the lines of how his whole life has been spent in her orbit, so even the thought of separating is out of discussion for him— which is exactly where the problem lies. because he fails to realise that this is not really a problem that his efforts alone will solve. mido needs space, to figure herself out.

...which is also why namgung's proposal at the end of ep2.. sigh. big sigh. sir that's a recipe for disaster, what you both need at the moment is space😭 because the gap in how they view each other in the relationship is so wide it's not even funny. the affection is still there, no doubt, but mido feels suffocated and namgung does not even realise that he's exhausting himself by being the perpetual giver in the relationship.

both of them. need. space.

honestly, i don't think i'd mind if the show ended with them going their separate ways..

The Remember mention made me giggle because YSH played the good guy there 😭 but so true!! He is so good in this

seongwon is giving the main characters a run for their money lol. why do i get the feeling that he'll kill himself in the end? in the sense that he views himself as superior to others, so he'd rather just end his life himself before letting people 'beneath' him drag him through the mud. or some twisted logic like that. but a more satisfying ending would be to see both him and his mother behind bars, hm..

speaking of the mother omg. seongwon being crazy is no news to us, but this woman knew her son was going about killing people and basically enabled it. crazy, both mom and son

For real !!! I've never doubted his versatility when it comes to switching between different kinds of roles, but theatre really did up his acting by so much, oh my god. I'm so glad he got cast as Yoo Seongwon, here's to hoping we see him back in main lead roles soon 🤞

The show won't go down this route so it's a pointless discussion, but it would be kind of interesting if it turned out Isoo accidentally killed Younghwan/killed him in self defense. Because then it brings up the debate of to what extent should the blame be on Isoo? His conscience remains clear because he would never truly kill someone, but the guilt of having killed will still stick to him..how is one even supposed to live with that? It could serve as yet another juxtaposition between Isoo and Seongwon: Isoo guilt-ridden over a murder he never intended to commit vs. Seongwon who has killed multiple people and has no qualms about doing so, thus once again dismantling the root belief of Seongwon's interest towards Isoo— that they are similar. When in truth they couldn't be more different.

It'd be a horrible thing for Isoo to go through and he's already been through enough (😭), but it would be a nice deviation from the usual cliche where they tease out the whole //did the mc kill him or not// plot point and all the while we just know it's a red herring because they wouldn't have the righteous protagonist actually commit murder.

That said, I'm glad we're finally getting to the main arc. YSW might just be the most unhinged villain the team has come across yet, like... he genuinely sees nothing wrong with his actions. The way he flips between his 'innocent' side and psychopathic self is creepy as hell.

the last four eps better be about the case with yoo seong won (and perhaps his mother by extension?) or i'm going to lose my mind because of how they've just been teasing at the serial killer case and not actually delving into it

exactly like 😭⁉️⁉️

could have been better.

the day ysh makes a comeback with a lead role in a kdrama is the day i die in peace🙏

i was skeptical about the cast change at first, but jung eunchae as joo hyera is awesome. i love how cool and badass she is🙏 also can't wait for yoo seung ho's character to appear!