PS: I find it interesting how we all glossed over the fact that she almost committed suicide at one point just because she felt she failed in life. She isn't lying because she wants to work for a fancy company. This literally was her only option given the urgency of her circumstances.
You are referring to ep 9's preview right? It's probably a misdirection. The outfit suggests it's HY. My guess is he might be confronting Hy to tell the truth by invading her space (not to kiss but to threatenher) and DR just witnesses it in the wrong angle.
Alternatively, it could be just JH trying to test DR by faking the kiss because he noticed that she was staring at them.
I don't know why many people think ML is being forceful. He just followed his dad and the girl's family's choice,…
Besides, HY was the one who wanted to get married first (even rather forcefully one might add). She's essentially having a taste of her own medicine.
Even if JH wanted to stop the engagement, it's obvious the parents will force them anyway. JH's mum was smart to fake(guessing based on the preview) an episode during the ceremony since that's the only thing that would distract him.
I KNEW the kid will be the spoiler!! it’s cute tho and it’s about time he knowsalso my girl keeps tripping
I like how they tried to keep it realistic. It would have been irresponsible to have any scenes where JH meets Jun in a professional setting. Asking your very young and impressionable kid to call someone else his mum to save a job is just wrong.
Overhearing it makes the revelation feel more organic.
Wasn't the boat kiss before the charade? FL also told 2ML about the loan sharks and ML paying them off, he knows.…
She knows it's wrong to lie and hates her old life which is why she is trying to change it with the little resources she has. Her crashout feom her past is kind of valid though based on the interview flashbacks we saw. She has potential and like you said even worthy of considering giving her a different position but nobody gave her a chance. Instead most interviewers focussed on belittling her for her mother's marrital status and the fact that she was from a mediocre school. She's tangled in a vicious job hunting circle that keeps setting her up for failure (specially since as she grows older, things become more worse).
I called her a hermit since her reason to become a shut in doesn't stem from being lazy. She did still work part time and tried to do certain exams that could help her. But her trauma held her back. She tried but it just wasn't enough. We've also seen she has a tendancy of getting caught in the moment which keeps backfiring on her.
The problem with Da Rim is she doesn't think she is worthy of love. With JH specially it's shown. She keeps gaslighting herself into translating all his actions as a "caring boss". When SU forced her to see that JH's actions had romantic intensions (+JH's delirious confession of being swayed), she was beginning to believe it but once she found out about the engagement, she gaslit herself into thinking that he no longer has feelings for her and has moved on with the fiancee (it was briefly hinted in ep 8 after he yelled at her for visiting him while she was sick.) I agree that Da Rim should be more aware of her actions.
With SU, she still doesn't get that her friend has a one sided love for her. The way she talks to him is very "bro" like. Not in the same way she talks to any of the other men in her life. They've known eachother since they were kids so it kind of makes sense. It would be nice to know when SU fell for her. I mean was it while she was dating the other guy or did SU realize his feelings only after JH's appearance. If it's the latter, it's understandable why DR didn't notice the signals since it's been only a month since SU became aware of JH.
About my comment about asian culture, I'm not saying I am an expert but it's a very real thing you see in many C/ K/ J/ T/ TH dramas and I've also seen it happen in day to day life.
I agree 6 episodes might be challenging to tranform the characters completely. On the bright side, it looks like ep 9 will be an episode filled with revelations for JH and Da Rim will be on the receiving end of mental torture. The umbrella scene might be at the end of the episode and would be the point where they finally reveal everything to eachother. They can't drag it beyond ep 9.
Ep 10 will probably cover the calm before the storm with the two finally confessing before JH's sister reaks havoc. HY's brother is also upto no good and also JH's mum has to save herself to protect JH. We'll probably also have the usual rich parents vs poor s/o thrope coming in. That should cover about 3 episodes (11-13) right? Leaving ep 14 for their "happily ever after".
I'm still not sure if I really want HY to get together with SU since both need to grow up but perhaps they can have a scene towards the end of ep 14 implying that they will try again (hopefully after a mini timeskip). What do you think?
I feel bad for Ha Yeong but honestly I see what you mean. In ep 2, she pretty much disregarded JH's refusal and…
Exactly. I like her but she really should stop selling herself short. First she tried to force JH into marrying her and now she's doing the same with the SMl. I get that this pattern probably started with her 💩 parents but still🙈
Wasn't the boat kiss before the charade? FL also told 2ML about the loan sharks and ML paying them off, he knows.…
One of the main points of the drama is how devoted both the FL and ML are to their mothers. If she had the mental capacity to gush about her romantic escapes in ep 2 before she applied to the job, it would be going against her character’s expectations (and in most Asian cultures like in South Korea, it would be seen as insensitive). I’m not saying it’s a bad thing to think about something positive during hard times, but we need to be mindful about the drama’s key target audience.
And if you really think about it, even if it was a magical romance, the ending was so abrupt and embarrassing to her (she even said “JH probably thinks I’m a wierdo (for ditching him)”. So no matter how amazing the beginning was, it’s a humiliating experience to recall so it’s understandable why she didn’t talk about it *before* posting the falsified job application - she definitely should have told SU after dragging him into the lie.
She is indeed selfish and a liar BUT she isn’t doing it out of spite/ for her personal gain. The loans shouldn’t have been her responsibility. She could have continued her hermit life and just accepted SU’s help when he kept insisting, but she didn’t. She even was willing to quit initially since she understood why JH wanted her to get out of his life but she couldn’t because this job was her only option to help her mum. So while what she did was definitely bad at least we know that Darim too isn’t happy about her decision.
JH is important to her (she literally called him her lucky charm and said that she didn’t deserve him), but her mother is more important to her. The worst thing about her is accidentally sending mixed signals and not believing in herself enough to understand that the reason why JH is so angry is because his feelings back in Jeju were serious.
With SU, she definitely shouldn’t have taken advantage of their friendship and instead should have discussed everything with him before dragging him into the charade. As for his crush. She has explicitly friend zoned him so hard, he’s like a sister to Da Rim. SU’s delusions are on him.
Wasn't the boat kiss before the charade? FL also told 2ML about the loan sharks and ML paying them off, he knows.…
Ah I see- I misunderstood the Jeju comment.
Da Rim is a liar but not telling the SML about Jeju immediately makes sense. She even didn't realize she abandonedJH back in Jeju until after a few days passed since she was occupied with her mum and sister's issues. It would also sound insensitive to mention about her whirlwind romance to SU when her mother nearly died 😅
That being said, I agree that she should have told SU the whole story so at the very least their lie would be on the same page. If JH had directly confronted SU about his wife leaving him for Jeju, their whole lie would have unravelled.
PS: I'm not saying I support Da Rim's lies, I just can see why she did it (if anything the drama is a good example of the consequences of lying)🙈
The ML is a ridiculously wealthy heir who’s had every material advantage imaginable—including the looks. Meanwhile,…
He's a self professed "anti-love" guy (for understandable reasons). The one time he FINALLY risked it all by being vulnerable with this very single girl who completely clicked with him suddenly disappears from his life only to come back as married with a kid. No wonder it screwed him up 🙈
I am only watching clips - will binge once it’s all out. But I’ve just watched the clip where JH sees the…
The FL is sad too (she practically has a meltdown in public after she finds out he's engaged/ she feels unworthy of his kindness and even suffers from stress induced gastritis).
The scene you saw is her just enjoying the ambience since she's there to celebrate Jun's friend's event. She doesn't know that his engagement is at the hktel (probably isn't aware of the engagement day either)
The FL is getting to shine at work and she is smart and clever, as well as understanding and (unfortunately) accepting…
💯 agreed.
The stress induced gastritis adds to the plot and even the kidnapping kind of helps sell JH's meddling with her loan but most of the other accidents are really unnecessary 🙈
Personally I think Da Rim's main problem is that she can't "act"? Even when JH tried to trap her Ex, DR…
He's blind too 🙈
The first red flag was how she took forever to answer that she had a kid during the team induction. In his pov when they showed it, there was no hesitance 😅
Eun jin acting was superb in my dearest she delivered such an amazing acting but here sometime her acting feel…
Personally I think Da Rim's main problem is that she can't "act"? Even when JH tried to trap her Ex, DR kept apologizing for not being able to play the part since she couldn't control her feelings.
It could have been the writer's intention to use the Ex's situation to foreshadow her actions? She's basically a moth to JH's flame (and viseversa with him) no matter how badly she tries to resist it.
Everything about Da Rim is subtle so far. It's not loud like with JH.
Preach! Never have I wanted the living daylights to be punched outta a fictional character. GJH should have set…
I'm still wishfully hoping for it to end by next week. Parents being 💣 about the broken engagement/ inter-class relationship isn't a big deal but I hope JH and Dzr finds peace in eachother soon🙈
I'm honestly surprised that most people are only judging Da-rim for her mistakes, and entirely forget that JI-HYEOK…
TBF Ha Yeong originally wanted to trap him into the marriage first.
Ep 2- JH met HY as soon as he found out about the business marriage to reject it but she rebuffed all his valid reasons by telling him that he has to marry her "just because"🙊
HY's situation is awful but she isn't a victim- it's just karmic at best.
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PS: I find it interesting how we all glossed over the fact that she almost committed suicide at one point just because she felt she failed in life. She isn't lying because she wants to work for a fancy company. This literally was her only option given the urgency of her circumstances.
Alternatively, it could be just JH trying to test DR by faking the kiss because he noticed that she was staring at them.
Even if JH wanted to stop the engagement, it's obvious the parents will force them anyway. JH's mum was smart to fake(guessing based on the preview) an episode during the ceremony since that's the only thing that would distract him.
Overhearing it makes the revelation feel more organic.
I called her a hermit since her reason to become a shut in doesn't stem from being lazy. She did still work part time and tried to do certain exams that could help her. But her trauma held her back. She tried but it just wasn't enough. We've also seen she has a tendancy of getting caught in the moment which keeps backfiring on her.
The problem with Da Rim is she doesn't think she is worthy of love. With JH specially it's shown. She keeps gaslighting herself into translating all his actions as a "caring boss". When SU forced her to see that JH's actions had romantic intensions (+JH's delirious confession of being swayed), she was beginning to believe it but once she found out about the engagement, she gaslit herself into thinking that he no longer has feelings for her and has moved on with the fiancee (it was briefly hinted in ep 8 after he yelled at her for visiting him while she was sick.)
I agree that Da Rim should be more aware of her actions.
With SU, she still doesn't get that her friend has a one sided love for her. The way she talks to him is very "bro" like. Not in the same way she talks to any of the other men in her life. They've known eachother since they were kids so it kind of makes sense. It would be nice to know when SU fell for her. I mean was it while she was dating the other guy or did SU realize his feelings only after JH's appearance. If it's the latter, it's understandable why DR didn't notice the signals since it's been only a month since SU became aware of JH.
About my comment about asian culture, I'm not saying I am an expert but it's a very real thing you see in many C/ K/ J/ T/ TH dramas and I've also seen it happen in day to day life.
I agree 6 episodes might be challenging to tranform the characters completely. On the bright side, it looks like ep 9 will be an episode filled with revelations for JH and Da Rim will be on the receiving end of mental torture. The umbrella scene might be at the end of the episode and would be the point where they finally reveal everything to eachother. They can't drag it beyond ep 9.
Ep 10 will probably cover the calm before the storm with the two finally confessing before JH's sister reaks havoc. HY's brother is also upto no good and also JH's mum has to save herself to protect JH. We'll probably also have the usual rich parents vs poor s/o thrope coming in. That should cover about 3 episodes (11-13) right? Leaving ep 14 for their "happily ever after".
I'm still not sure if I really want HY to get together with SU since both need to grow up but perhaps they can have a scene towards the end of ep 14 implying that they will try again (hopefully after a mini timeskip). What do you think?
Let things happen naturally🥲
And if you really think about it, even if it was a magical romance, the ending was so abrupt and embarrassing to her (she even said “JH probably thinks I’m a wierdo (for ditching him)”. So no matter how amazing the beginning was, it’s a humiliating experience to recall so it’s understandable why she didn’t talk about it *before* posting the falsified job application - she definitely should have told SU after dragging him into the lie.
She is indeed selfish and a liar BUT she isn’t doing it out of spite/ for her personal gain. The loans shouldn’t have been her responsibility. She could have continued her hermit life and just accepted SU’s help when he kept insisting, but she didn’t. She even was willing to quit initially since she understood why JH wanted her to get out of his life but she couldn’t because this job was her only option to help her mum. So while what she did was definitely bad at least we know that Darim too isn’t happy about her decision.
JH is important to her (she literally called him her lucky charm and said that she didn’t deserve him), but her mother is more important to her. The worst thing about her is accidentally sending mixed signals and not believing in herself enough to understand that the reason why JH is so angry is because his feelings back in Jeju were serious.
With SU, she definitely shouldn’t have taken advantage of their friendship and instead should have discussed everything with him before dragging him into the charade. As for his crush. She has explicitly friend zoned him so hard, he’s like a sister to Da Rim. SU’s delusions are on him.
Da Rim is a liar but not telling the SML about Jeju immediately makes sense. She even didn't realize she abandonedJH back in Jeju until after a few days passed since she was occupied with her mum and sister's issues. It would also sound insensitive to mention about her whirlwind romance to SU when her mother nearly died 😅
That being said, I agree that she should have told SU the whole story so at the very least their lie would be on the same page. If JH had directly confronted SU about his wife leaving him for Jeju, their whole lie would have unravelled.
PS: I'm not saying I support Da Rim's lies, I just can see why she did it (if anything the drama is a good example of the consequences of lying)🙈
SML doesn't know about Jeju because the ML specifically asked Da Rim to not to tell anybody about Jeju because he felt humiliated by his faux pas.
The scene you saw is her just enjoying the ambience since she's there to celebrate Jun's friend's event. She doesn't know that his engagement is at the hktel (probably isn't aware of the engagement day either)
The stress induced gastritis adds to the plot and even the kidnapping kind of helps sell JH's meddling with her loan but most of the other accidents are really unnecessary 🙈
The first red flag was how she took forever to answer that she had a kid during the team induction. In his pov when they showed it, there was no hesitance 😅
It could have been the writer's intention to use the Ex's situation to foreshadow her actions? She's basically a moth to JH's flame (and viseversa with him) no matter how badly she tries to resist it.
Everything about Da Rim is subtle so far. It's not loud like with JH.
Ep 2- JH met HY as soon as he found out about the business marriage to reject it but she rebuffed all his valid reasons by telling him that he has to marry her "just because"🙊
HY's situation is awful but she isn't a victim- it's just karmic at best.