ponnu

To start with having an exchange of different pov is not an argument. This is an open forum where people exchange their different pov and debate on it and that's how I see it. Why would I argue with someone who i never met and might never meet in the future. I type more than half of my comments without any sort of emotion. Its all cool and chill from my side.
Then i never said people that want doil and in Joo together are shallow.
My first reply to you was more about why in Kyung ending up with hong Jo made more sense than in Joo ending up with
doil. The writer didn't randomly chose one
of the sisters to have a boyfriend and the
other didn't. There is more history and an
already well established relationship b/w in Kyung and hong Jo. So it makes sense they ended up together.
Its the over all experience that doil and in Joo went through that changed their perspective of life and not just each other's presence in their life. Maybe in Joo had more influence on doil but it's more about what she went through that changed in Joo's perspective than doil's presence in her life. Sanga and HW had more influence than doil on in Joo.
Just because the writer showed sexual tension b/w two characters doesn't mean it need to be followed up. You have all the right to feel dissatisfied but there is nothing wrong with showing that. Almost everyone who saw Titanic wanted rose and Jack to end up together and didn't want jack to die. That didn't happen but does that mean the writer shouldn't have started a love story between them in the first place if he didn't had an intention to make them end up together? The writer has every right to make her characters feel and act the way she wants them to feel. Similarly the audience have every right to like it or not, feel satisfied or not. What the majority of the audience feel towards a movie or a drama at the end is what decides the faith of that product. Nobody can make a movie or a drama that satisfy every single person who watches it.

There was only 'something' between them. They are two attractive looking people who are in constant contact. Also as you said it's open to interpretation. If you want you can think that in the future they ended up together.

They didn't take any step towards each other because they both wanted time with themselves. Not everyone that looks good together and has chemistry needs to end up together. In memorist drama also the leads went through a lot together and learnt from each other and had good chemistry but their relation was platonic.
If doil was a middle aged man with not so much chemistry with in Joo and they went through the same stuff majority won't be shipping them. People like to watch two good looking characters get together. It has a lot to do with the actors than the characters.

The drama was never a love story. Doil and in Joo had chemistry but that doesn't mean they are 'in love' with each other. They never went deep into it to give a happily ever after unlike in Kyung and hong Jo. They have known each other for a long time and already have a strong friendship and understanding and one of them was always in love with the other. That's not the case with in Joo and doil. They were more like crime partners with sexual tension.
The writer's job is to tell the story she wants to tell. we don't go see movies and ask the writers to change it according to our likes. There are tones of movies that are classics without the leads getting together or don't have the conventional happy ending. This drama clearly
don't belong to
the category of fan service. Also
it's pre produced.
They cannot change it
according to the
likes of audience
anyway.
I have watched American series sacrificing the main story for the sake of fan service and i like the fact that kdramas( except rom-coms) don't do that.
In Joo and doil both were happy in their respective lives at the end. So it's clear that whatever attraction was there b/w them didn't hold that much importance to them.

I guess she was more like her grandmother and uncle than mother and grandfather.

Exactly. Putting money in these countries are legal but ethically wrong.

Do hwan is not supposed to be funny. He is a cold calculative person. The lead guy's name is jin jung and d.o is doing a good job. He is reckless and funny. My comment was about kyungsoo's character similarity to Kim nam gil's in the fiery priest. Don't know from where do hwan came in.
The only popular face in this drama is do kyungsoo. It don't seems to be overly hyped up either. It started with a decent rating for a public channel.

It cannot be traced. Countries like Panama, Singapore, Switzerland have laws that safe guard these kind of money. That's why we often hear rich people having Swiss account and people having paper companies in Panama. Its pretty complicated and i don't know how to explain it properly. If you know someone who is good with economics they will explain it to you.

Its not criminal money. Almost all the rich people in the world have slush funds/paper companies under them. Esp people from countries with huge taxation laws. Its like using the loopholes in the law to stay wealthy. That cannot be considered to be criminal money. No business can survive if they follow the law of their country as it is. Some country's laws and bank system limits the growth of the business and they will have to be crooked to survive.
Sanga's family have a huge conglomerate for years and that bank case happened 4yrs ago. Obviously all their money isn't made from that bank loan.
Its pretty complicated and not very black and white

They kind of reminds me of the handmaiden.

Jo is actually in Kyung and they finally made her end up with Laurie. 😂

Its not made through criminal schemes. Slush funds are money that the company hide to manipulate the taxation. They manipulate the profit they make to give less tax to the government. Countries like Singapore, Panama, Switzerland etc are like safe heaven to keep these money. That's why they keep mentioning sanga and the company having accounts in these countries. They invest these money in paper companies that don't exist for real but will have legal existence.

Some expected it to be like the book and some expected the FLs to be badass kick-ass type. Its not really the writer's fault. Getting inspired by the book and being an adaptation are two different things.
I agree that the characters were well established from the first 2 episodes itself. They were reckless and emotional at times but not dumb.

There is a cute and handsome penguin. Will that do?

I guess that's why they cast him and uhm ki joon. Their past character left such an impact that we kept suspecting them more than anyone else. Jong ho ended up being an out an out nice guy and pjs was a mere puppet at sanga's hands. 😂

He don't need a share in the money. He is already rich😂.

I think people suspected his every move more than pjs or sanga's 🤣.
Every twisted drama will have that one character who is one dimensional and jong ho was that character in little women 😂

In Hye is a spoiled brat and ungrateful at times but what else do people expect her to contribute to the story? She is a teenager. She cannot go around exposing people and be actively involved in the craziness going on.
Still she did whatever she could to help her sisters. She was the only one that never got intimidated by psycho sanga and sanga or pjs could never get inside her head like they did with in Joo or in Kyung. Her being too practical and emotionless worked in her favour.
Anyone will want kids out of all this craziness and that's why injoo was fine with in hye and hyorin running away. The farther they are from sanga the better.
On one hand some had problem with in Joo and in Kyung being too emotional and reckless and then they also have problem with in hye for not being emotional or reckless?
She isn't the type to express her feelings and like the aunt is a harsh personality. In a way all 3 sisters had some or the other personality of the great aunt.

Yes

She went to the US to study further on journalism. She wanted to better herself in a field she liked. If she stayed she will only be a reporter in a local channel. If she goes out and study more she will have more opportunities on the international platform.
If she wasn't passionate she would have left the profession when her boss was trying to bring down her spirit for almost 4 years.
She said she was happy doing what she liked because jong ho was with her when she needed a support.