Tia

Damn, Woo-Jung is STILL annoying! How do you have zero growth and you're the second FL?! It's episode 93, too 😭

Just skip about 20-30 episodes in, jump to episode 47 (and watch it up to ep 90-95-ish), more skipping... then get to the last 5 to 10 episodes. Perfect.

Kang-Jae was wildin out 24/7, it was almost hilarious to watch 😭 chaos incarnate!

I loved Eun-Jae's training revenge arc. Hyun-Ju was a great mentor to her, and I think you'll LOVE the revenge arc! I'm surprised you didn't watch this earlier lol (Edit: You're rewatching it. Okay, so I was wrong... sorry!)

Jang Seo-Hee always slays these makjang revenge dramas. I love her.

I like the BGM better, honestly.

Nan-Suk is all bark and no bite... when it comes to actual murder 😂

Bong Sun-Hwa did it in The Second Husband, so can Jung-Won! Lmao

But Tae-Seok pursued her first? And framed Ki-Bum, covered up Sang-Chul's death... how's that Hye-Ra's fault lol all she did was leave Ki-Bum, which, again, helped fuel the fire. Hye-Ra played no role in the framing of him, nor did she ask for Tae-Seok to be obsessed (and blaming her for THIS part specifically is insane, no matter how much you hate her 😭 let's be sensible here, nobody asks to be stalked, harassed, and gaslit!)

Does she suck? Hell yeah. Should she pay for her sins? YUP. *Was* she a victim of Tae-Seok? Also, yes. She's terrible, but complex lol. Nonetheless, HR has GOT to cut him off for good. Divorce him. Cheat on him. Something! 😂

Okay... so I'm still processing the finale myself, personally, I have a lot of thoughts about it + the show in general. I will be honest here.

I did NOT like Jun-Seo. I thought he was a selfish hypocrite. Then I realized that... kinda the point of his character? He wasn't meant to be likable and I think Kim Young-Dae pulled his character off very well. Him being a plot twist villain, now, in hindsight, somewhat makes sense to me...

You being all over the comment section hating on Jun-Seo doesn't change the fact that Ah-Jin IS a villain protagonist. Accept it. The show was about Ah-Jin and I don't even think Jun-Seo was the narrator (or at least, I never interpreted it that way.) Ah-Jin is a villain protagonist AND you can still root for her. She does terrible things, she isn't an anti-heroine. To ignore her complexity is to undermine the whole point of the series: "Monsters aren't born, they're created." (Also, villain protagonists and anti-heroes are COMPLETELY DIFFERENT.)

Ah-Jin DID hurt people. Mostly, yes, they deserved it (her father, for example.) But what the hell did In-Kang do to her specifically? Genuine question. Yet she hardly even targeted Ji-Sun (the stepmom), I wanted Ji-Sun to die too. The grandma was an unlucky casualty. People just refuse to focus on the plot/characterization in favor of the supposed romance... that didn't exist. The fact that's most people's takeaway is who Ah-Jin should've ended up with is insane 😭

Even in the manhwa she's a villain, from what I read on NamuWiki. AND I heard Jun-Seo was way worse there. I'm personally not into manhwas/webtoons, I really only read manga. Also, Ah-Jin is still a sociopath... Jun-Seo wasn't there when she married Do-Hyuk and was getting tormented by him. He wasn't there when she killed her father. He wasn't there when her mother died. And he wasn't there when she blackmailed Do-Hyuk either. Does this mean Do-Hyuk never existed in the first place if Jun-Seo is SO unreliable and evil? Jun-Seo is definitely obsessive, but I guess he's better at hiding it. Are you saying the actual author is incorrect, too?

Ah-Jin hardly showed much emotion either. Let's be serious here. She was a cold-hearted bitch and I loved it. Savored every second of it. Does Jun-Seo telling her story erase what she's done? No! She's still a sociopath, it's just a twisted interpretation of events from his perspective. Jun-Seo and Ah-Jin are both AWFUL people, period.

In conclusion, I found my interpretation of Dear X to be the classic villain origin story. We see how Ah-Jin is shaped and turned into a monster through her circumstances and trauma, and how she'll do *anything* to get to the top and stay in power. The one guy that "loved her" (Jun-Seo) wanted to own her, and her other best friend (Jae-Oh) was nothing but a tool for her ends. That is fascinating and thrilling. And in the end, she did reach the top, but had no one and nothing left. Beautiful.

Also, we might get more revenge out of it lol

Never watched Love Twist, but I haven't watched any of the family/sitcom-like daily dramas on KBS2. I plan to watch Love To The End, and I think the only KBS1 daily drama I've seen (or completed) is Sunny Again Tomorrow. I did enjoy it from what I saw. I think if KBS2 daily dramas have good writing and actors (+ a great plot), they'll also maintain their ratings and continue to get even better ones!

The concept of this show sounds so cool, I love superheroes and I'm really into comic books as a nerd, so I plan to check this out! Is it a good drama?

What's with people calling this a makjang? It's very much a crime/legal & mystery drama lol

Ju-Won was faking her amnesia? Damn, that was unexpected! 😂

I've never been a fan of KBS1 daily dramas, not my preference. I've always liked KBS2/revenge daily dramas more. Although KBS1 dailies still get the highest daily & evening drama ratings for the most part...

Most k-dramas (non-dailies included) do this. Extensions lowkey ruined Penthouse, for example... lol season 3 was unnecessary!

Watched episode 68 and I LOVED it!

I think a time-skip is definite. If she's gonna heal and come back powerful somehow, then this is the perfect time!

100% agree. I wish we had more of these, for sure.

SO annoying... also, she didn't cause any of this, she did fuel the fire, but she didn't start it (it's obviously Tae-Seok and Nan-Suk's fault.) Screw Hye-Ra though. Hypocrite.

Redhead lives... for now. 😂

So 2 years. This is drama-land, she'll pick up on self-defense in a year or 2 lol. Semi is just pathetic. Never cared about her, never will.