kim yoo-jung as baek ajin… i don’t even know how to put this into words, but she 'owned' that role. whoever decided she should play ajin—seriously, you deserve a trophy. she didn’t just act like a sociopath, she 'became' her. that feeling in your chest, that irritation, that “oh my god i hate her but i can’t look away” that’s how you know she did her job too well.
and yeah, i feel bad for the people she manipulated, but let’s be real: she didn’t kill them. she wasn’t walking around with intent to murder people. she was a broken kid who got chewed up by her parents, by the people around her, by literally everyone who should’ve protected her. she didn’t get love, she got survival instincts dressed up as personality. that’s why she’s one of the most complicated female characters out there. i’m not saying what she did was right... she messed up a lot—but when you try to sit in her pain for even one second, you get it.
and then that moment she prayed for the grandma to live? GOD. that was the crack in the armor. that was the moment where you see she’s not just this monster people want her to be. there’s something inside her still fighting, still wanting to exist without hurting people. but life doesn’t care about intentions. it will grab you by the throat and squeeze until there’s nothing left.
and jae-oh… that man. his loyalty? it wasn’t cute, it wasn’t romantic, it was DEVASTATING. he was her one safe place, the only person she could collapse into. and the way he stayed with her until the very end… it hurts. it genuinely hurts. because he would’ve died for her without even thinking. and honestly? he kinda did.
then there’s junseo. all I can really say is… he’s a loser next to ajin. he just is. no depth, no strength, nothing compared to the storm she is.
++ and i don’t hate the actor who played junseo, this is not about him as a person. but some of his acting? yeah, it didn’t hit. his expressions felt off, like he wasn’t fully connecting to the emotion of the scene. it just didn’t land for me, yk?
and yeah, i feel bad for the people she manipulated, but let’s be real: she didn’t kill them. she wasn’t walking around with intent to murder people. she was a broken kid who got chewed up by her parents, by the people around her, by literally everyone who should’ve protected her. she didn’t get love, she got survival instincts dressed up as personality. that’s why she’s one of the most complicated female characters out there. i’m not saying what she did was right... she messed up a lot—but when you try to sit in her pain for even one second, you get it.
and then that moment she prayed for the grandma to live? GOD. that was the crack in the armor. that was the moment where you see she’s not just this monster people want her to be. there’s something inside her still fighting, still wanting to exist without hurting people. but life doesn’t care about intentions. it will grab you by the throat and squeeze until there’s nothing left.
and jae-oh… that man. his loyalty? it wasn’t cute, it wasn’t romantic, it was DEVASTATING. he was her one safe place, the only person she could collapse into. and the way he stayed with her until the very end… it hurts. it genuinely hurts. because he would’ve died for her without even thinking. and honestly? he kinda did.
then there’s junseo. all I can really say is… he’s a loser next to ajin. he just is. no depth, no strength, nothing compared to the storm she is.
++ and i don’t hate the actor who played junseo, this is not about him as a person. but some of his acting? yeah, it didn’t hit. his expressions felt off, like he wasn’t fully connecting to the emotion of the scene. it just didn’t land for me, yk?
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