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Same, the pacing was really off for me in the first episodes too

What part of ‘none of this is a romance of any sort’ was ambiguous?

I’ve been saying since Ep 4 or 5 the tags in this are so misleading!

But he did cry afterwards, but no one who wants this to be a BL (or even any sort of romance) is going to mention that. None of this is a romance of any sort.

Death is not the only form of tragedy.

I feel like this is going to end in a tragedy. I is certainly no longer a bromance or friendship story.

Desperate people don’t often make the best choices, we can see that play out irl all the time

Most of these comments sympathize with both of them. They are asking for Jeongyo to stop attacking Pi-O because both of them are in an awful situation because of Pi-O’s mom, so it feels wrong for them to be at odds with each other.

And in their prior friendship, it was not Jeongyo only picking up Pi-O. They definitely helped eachother, which is why so many people ate frustrated right now.

Note - none of that excuses her behavior, just changes the motive behind it. She has definitely become a monster in her own right.

She is a very complex character. I don’t know if ‘jealous’ or ‘desperate’ is the right word here.

Look at her history - she has a very demanding father whom she is scared enough of his reaction that she cannot tell him who Pi-O’s father is. From the time she was pregnant, it is clear she suffered psychological abuse for her choice to drop out of ballet for Pi-O. The Grandfather had not once acknowledged Pi-O as his grandson, but her stepmother and father takes interest in Jeongyo from the time he is a child, further adding to her deep sense of isolation. She pushes Pi-O, and Pi-O pushes himself too, to try to gain her father’s favor, but he keeps putting Jeongyo first and shunning Pi-O.

Then she made the choice to try to prevent Jeongyo from competing in Harmonie and further to ruin his ability to play piano, but he comes back anyways right as her father is starting to acknowledge Pi-O somewhat. She feels like Jeongyo is both a threat, she feels guilty towards him, and is frightened of what would happen if she is outed as the reason why Jeongyo went missing.

Given all of that - is she jealous? Or is she desperate and afraid?

That’s because that’s not an aunt. That was Grandpa’s secretary that he left Kang Pi-Os Grandmother for. She is married to Grandpa

Navarilla was deep in a completely different way though - This easily could have been a heartwarming tale of two lonely and abused guys against the world from the first few episodes. I have learned over the years to expect absolutely nothing when Song Kang is involved though 🤣

I have learned not to expect anything when Song Kang or Jang Ki Yong are involved 🤣 Will it be a romance? Will it be a heartfelt tale about life? Will it be a murder mystery? Will it be a melodrama? Are they really the bad guy? Are they actually the good guy? Who knows!

He could have been talking about the time since he came back, it has been awhile and JeongYo has been pushing Pi-O the whole time

He is getting noticeably skinnier from the beginning of the series to now - I think it is intentional, so he appears more gaunt, more stressed. Like he has been slowly going crazy since the Harmonie competition. His makeup is more contoured and the shadows under his eyes are getting darker too.

I am convinced whomever tagged this drama is straight trolling 🤣 If you’re thinking about watching this - it is definitely not some warm and fuzzy coming of age story with some bromance and family drama thrown in.

I feel like they wrote this for 16 episodes, had to cut 4, and they decided her arc wasn’t as important as the rest but still has to fulfill contract obligations for screen time. The move to 8/10/12 episodes has been awful for character development outside the main protagonists I have noticed, across the board.

Tension and jealousy are nowhere near indications of romance. This whole drama has been giving loneliness and isolation, not romance. Add to that, what you think is ‘jealousy’ with Pi-O choosing to do the concerto can be more easily explained by perfectionism and conceit. Wanting it to have romance is not the same as there being actual romance.

Really have no idea at this point - it could be, or it could be that he thinks Pi-o did wrong by not protecting him.

This is bugging me too, there is no explanation at all as to why Jeongyo is specifically targeting Pi-O, and not enough in their history to make a reason. It would make much more sense if Jeongyo was using as amnesia as a cover to find out who did it.