It wasn't really just the ending that hit me like the white truck of doom; it’s all those micro-moments stacked on top of each other. The words spoken and unspoken. The questions thrown out and held back. It even left me asking myself if I would ever have the courage to say those words to someone who meant that much to me.
Jang Gi-u is one of the few characters I wanna hug and never let go. Just wanna wrap them in a shelter from the world and never let them go back to the cold.
Ep 8 - I was holding back my tears since Ep 7 but the dam burst the minute i hear a very familiar tune playing in the background .. Michael FK - Yearning 😭
I love everything about this drama, and I'm trying to understand where the Ml is coming from, but can he put more…
I guess when your whole world has been upended by illness and you have to rebuild your future from scratch, you learn to measure every single step so you don't fall flat on your face again. May be frustrating to see but unlearning a lifetime of self-protection isn't easy. Baby steps, I suppose. For someone who's so hyper-independent, we can see he's genuinely trying - like when he took that big step of opening up his home to Yu-jin.
I loved this ns so much, there is a huge exchange of emotions even though there is no dialogue at all between…
For close to 9 minutes, not a single word spoken. Instead they just let their eyes and bodies do the talking, with the silence broken only when Wan breathed "I'm close".
My vote goes to messy writing.The writer's intent for the story and the story's execution are misaligned. She…
Yes, we can see the jarring disconnect there. Between what she was (perhaps) trying to build on paper and the on-screen results. So now we the audience are left to do the heavy lifting just to make sense of the character's behavior. For the sake of my sanity, I'm telling myself to expect nothing for the last 4 episodes so I won't end up banging my head on the wall. 😝
I just saw a beautiful comment on "Pretending I Don’t Know You” video, the fan-inspired OST.
"I wish there's an English sub so international fans can experience it to the fullest. Still on its own, it moves you. I can feel the longing and unspoken feelings, the emotional pain of being close to someone who doesn't truly know you, and the heartbreaking distance that grows even as you wish to be closer." - @jooniedimples_95
OK, what if the writer is actually playing long-form psychological chess here?
What if we're supposed to be this frustrated, always wanting to throw things at our screens, because this is exactly what it looks like when someone's internal OS is built entirely around playing the victim? Exhibit A: Mi-do. When you're like that, you literally don't know how to handle direct, honest conflict. Her tears have basically become her weapon at this point - I can practically time those damn waterworks down to the exact second.
I bet all of us know someone like this in real life, just maybe in different circumstances.
If we look at it through this lens, it actually saves the show from just being a cheap melodrama trope and turns it into a pretty sharp character study on emotional manipulation. Anyone else seeing it, or am I just looking for deep meaning where there's just messy writing? 😂
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note that it's an original song inspired by the series.
i feel that it captured it so well.
Park Ji Hoon, I love you.
Took my breath away.
"I wish there's an English sub so international fans can experience it to the fullest. Still on its own, it moves you. I can feel the longing and unspoken feelings, the emotional pain of being close to someone who doesn't truly know you, and the heartbreaking distance that grows even as you wish to be closer." - @jooniedimples_95
😭😭😭😭😭😭
What if we're supposed to be this frustrated, always wanting to throw things at our screens, because this is exactly what it looks like when someone's internal OS is built entirely around playing the victim? Exhibit A: Mi-do. When you're like that, you literally don't know how to handle direct, honest conflict. Her tears have basically become her weapon at this point - I can practically time those damn waterworks down to the exact second.
I bet all of us know someone like this in real life, just maybe in different circumstances.
If we look at it through this lens, it actually saves the show from just being a cheap melodrama trope and turns it into a pretty sharp character study on emotional manipulation. Anyone else seeing it, or am I just looking for deep meaning where there's just messy writing? 😂
teaser - chinese dubbed "fool in love" . can't find it on YT or Spotify. :(
Am still trying to find the bgm during the NC scene
AND NO TROUBLE!