I wasn't sure about this show as an adaptation of one of my favorite childhood books (yes, I am old), but gosh darn it, I really liked the first episode. I'm going to stick with it for now.
Ok, message to the show's fashion consultant... is Sejeong going to wear those stupid pantaloons for the whole…
I have to make a pitch for her outfits. I think she's a tomboy and she's comfortable. It makes sense to me for her character. It is such a bonus to see a FL in a kdrama consistently wear shoes with no heels and clothes she can easily move around in. I don't think the clothes are meant to convey she's a geek, it's more related to her athletic career.
I am actually reading this right now! 👀👀 Haha. I finished the first book and am somewhere in the middle…
Probably a little too niche to be banned here. I'm in the US and book banning is a real thing, but my library in northern Michigan does a great job. I'm so glad to hear that you are liking book two. I will pick that up this week.
For all the Vegas/Pete fans out there - have you read the Captive Prince series by CS Pacat? It's fantasy and not mafia but it's sexy, has a prince who's been turned into a slave, our other prince (i.e. Vegas) is trying to get out from under the thumb of his uncle who is running the kingdom until our prince comes of age, treats the slave/prince like a thing until... not sure what as I haven't gotten that far. I'm really liking it and thought some of you might, too. Three books in the series, all out and I got them from my library!
OK, the scene where On Ma Eum's mom is distracting the dad with her sexy bathrobe and falling off the couch - laughed so hard. So hard. That shit is what I love in kdramas.
Any thoughts on Goo Jun Yeong's comment in the 4th episode about On Ma Eum reminding him of someone? When they were drinking coffee after their run. When first went to work I thought he was married because that woman was in the window waving at him. Is his mom dead or something?
OK, so I've been wondering about something for a while and writing all this out will likely make me seem like a dope, but I'm going to do it anyway because you all will know the answer.
So Korn has known all along about Porsche and Porchay. In fact, the gambling uncle was Korn's plant (or is that also a lie?). And Korn just leaves them alone until Kinn accidentally meets Porsche. But when Chan shows him the videos of the fight in the bar, Korn goes to Kinn and says - hmm, this guy looks interesting, maybe he could be a bodyguard for you? Was the KP meeting the impetus for all the rest of Korn's nefarious plans? Or was Korn waiting and watching, looking for the perfect time to ensnare Porsche some other way?
That VP scene just before Vegas got shot - my heart was pounding. Pete asking Vegas to just look at him. And all the times Pete said - I'm here, I'm here.
@velagirl1147 recommended to me right here yesterday that Vegas and Pete seemed similar to Jane Eyre; I went back…
And this one, too:
Vegas: Just promise me you won't leave me.
What he might also have said: “I sometimes have a queer feeling with regard to you – especially when you are near me, as now: it is as if I had a string somewhere under my left ribs, tightly and inextricably knotted to a similar string situated in the corresponding quarter of your little frame. And if that boisterous Channel, and two hundred miles or so of land come broad between us, I am afraid that cord of communion will be snapt; and then I’ve a nervous notion I should take to bleeding inwardly. As for you – you’d forget me.”
So many people are wondering why Vegas is loved despite what we know about him -- I have a question for you. Why…
We love Vegas because we have to believe in redemption. We want to know that the darkest parts of us will be accepted by someone. And FICTION sometimes takes us on a big journey with outsized and improbable actions that don't necessarily look like real life. But the feelings beneath all of it, those are just human- fear of being alone and unloved, fear of disappointing someone we revere, shame at hurting someone we care for, yearning for peace when we look in someone's eyes, anger at being left behind.
And this is from someone who primarily is invested in the KP story. But with this last episode I joined the VP train and am rooting for them hard.
So Korn has known all along about Porsche and Porchay. In fact, the gambling uncle was Korn's plant (or is that also a lie?). And Korn just leaves them alone until Kinn accidentally meets Porsche. But when Chan shows him the videos of the fight in the bar, Korn goes to Kinn and says - hmm, this guy looks interesting, maybe he could be a bodyguard for you? Was the KP meeting the impetus for all the rest of Korn's nefarious plans? Or was Korn waiting and watching, looking for the perfect time to ensnare Porsche some other way?
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Vegas: Just promise me you won't leave me.
What he might also have said:
“I sometimes have a queer feeling with regard to you – especially when you are near me, as now: it is as if I had a string somewhere under my left ribs, tightly and inextricably knotted to a similar string situated in the corresponding quarter of your little frame. And if that boisterous Channel, and two hundred miles or so of land come broad between us, I am afraid that cord of communion will be snapt; and then I’ve a nervous notion I should take to bleeding inwardly. As for you – you’d forget me.”
“That I never should, sir: you know”
And this is from someone who primarily is invested in the KP story. But with this last episode I joined the VP train and am rooting for them hard.