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same! and then later she starts stumbling and I was like this is why you don't headbutt walls for no reason 😭

So many unintentionally hilarious moments in ep 4, like Mama Kang banging her head on the wall for...reasons? I'm going to give this show a serious chance cos it gives me Handsome Siblings vibes sometimes and I remember enjoying that a lot.

The pace can only be described as light speed and so many things are happening at the same time, and I have no reference cos I've never seen any of the original dramas so idk what all I'm supposed to think except through what I'm shown here. It's still fun though.

As soon as she said it, I knew HZH was going to install that bathtub. I wish Su Su had taken Rose seriously when she told her she needs to see a therapist to deal with her trauma cos it will keep rearing its ugly head and ruining her life.

Of course, FXW has proven to be the exact dirtbag I expected. He literally doesn't listen to Rose and just does whatever he wants, much like ZGD. He brought his mother to the house without discussing it with her, quit her job (meanwhile, what kind of misogynistic idiotic boss accepts a resignation by proxy???), insisted that she stay upstairs in her condition, and just brushes off everything Rose says no matter what. I was screaming at her to run back to Beijing now that she doesn't have a job to go to.

I'm worried about Su Su and HZH cos at least I know Rose will eventually leave that useless husband of hers, but the future is uncertain for my favourite couple 😭

FXW proposing because he's jealous and insecure and worried that he could lose Rose. Rose accepting because he's the safe, direct opposite of her tumultuous relationship with ZGD. This does not seem like a great combo to me. I believe Rose cares about FXW, but I still think she's with him because he's dependable, comfortable and puts her first above all else, which is what she thinks she wants in a relationship. It certainly doesn't bode well for the marriage but we already knew that.

As for ZGD, popping up 5 years later thinking he could just pick up where he left off is actually insane behaviour. Even if Rose was still single, why on earth would he think that she'd be interested in anything with him now? He should've listened to his father and just left her alone. Toxic a**h**e.

I'm loving Su Su and HZH together more each episode. They're so cute and I'm so invested in their happiness.

Random, but hearing the dialect that's so close to Korean threw me off for a second cos the kdrama section of my brain kicked in lolz.

Absolutely do not like man #2. Stalked Rose from school to her job and her hostel, manipulated her into moving in with him, and just won't leave her alone. Not to mention using her mother to get into her home when he knows she wants to be left alone. He makes me very uncomfortable and I'm already looking forward to their divorce.

I felt like the settlement of the Ye family arc was a bit abrupt, especially with all the innocent people who were killed just being swept under the carpet. The Li family is really a cancer that must be removed along with that psycho princess and XFF's evil ex. I'm glad the Ye family is fine though cos they all seem like genuinely good people, unlike the other side of the family. (Side note, why is it always the father's side of the family that's problematic? Lmao)

I don't see XFF reclaiming her identity no matter what, cos there's really nothing left for her in that role. I think she will clear her family's name, expose her ex for the cheating murderer he is, and bring his family down. That's all she can do for her past self now.

Much like Duke Su (even if he won't admit it), I also enjoy hearing Jiang Li say "Xiao Heng". I like that they're fully open to using each other and being used by the other as long as the terms are right. They're really a dynamic duo once they get going lol. I'm curious to watch their next play together and see how they weave the downfall of all our enemies.

I keep going back to ep 11 and the qin exam to keep my impatience at bay. I appreciated the Jiang sisters' performances for the amazing music we were gifted in that segment. I could rewatch that 1000 times and never get tired.

Her father is garbage. He did nothing to protect her but is always first to take credit for her accomplishments.

This release schedule is going to be my villain origin story

maybe you do, since you're here throwing a fit? put your pacifier back in and sit down.

They just had to pull out pictures of 3 random black children as charity cases? Aren't there charities based in Korea or even the general direction of Asia that these kdramas can pull from? Tiresome and lazy.

I finished this in a much better place than I started and I'm glad I stuck with it to the end. Season 1 will always hold a premium spot in my heart and season 2, while not quite there, was still fun overall.

I wonder if the conversation between Jun Ho and the counselor is foreshadowing the eventual end of the drama. I've always said I don't want Hye Jin to stay at this academy but I also don't think she should go with the white witch. It seems like the counselor is the perfect person to help establish an academy that actually cares about people rather than just grades and attendance figures.

I loved that Hye Jin told the director where to shove his half hearted apology. I think it's so funny how the other tutors believe the director gives Hye Jin all these amazing things in private but he couldn't even be bothered to treat her to one fancy meal when he wanted to apologize. Instead he was trying to use emotional blackmail to make her feel bad on top of everything else. What a jerk. I also don't get what the vice director's beef with Hye Jin is cos she seems to be the one driving the 'get rid of Seo Hye Jin' agenda. I hope she enjoys life with no students once Hye Jin leaves.

I really understand SHJ's hesitation to leave the academy and while I do want her to escape that ridiculous environment, I don't really want her to join the White Witch cos while Hye Jin's current place is terrible to tutors, the witch's academy is just nasty for students. The way they tried to coerce that poor child first with the scholarship, and then trying to neg him into staying really made me dislike them even more.

I'm curious to see what her next step will be though. I also enjoyed the way Si Woo talked about his feelings towards learning Korean even as a top student. I remember feeling that way about chemistry in school and all it took was one teacher to make the subject actually feel comfortable to learn rather than simply necessary. I'm glad that Hye Jin seems to be rediscovering her old self rather than Jun Ho turning into another cutout of an academy tutor. His idealism and enthusiasm are rubbing off on her and chipping away at the formulaic shell she grew into while becoming a top tutor.

Now I can see that Jun Ho is going to be the trigger for Hye Jin to rediscover the joy of teaching for the sake of teaching rather than passing a test. I like that trope.

I felt so uncomfortable watching that jerk from the witch's academy blackmail that child into attending the joint lecture as a spy. I hope it really does backfire and that kid becomes the one that leads all the other students to the joint lecture. That scene alone made me hate the witch's academy. If they're treating children like this instead of just upping their lecturing game, they don't deserve to be in business.

As for Cheong Mi, I still don't understand what her problem is. Hye Jin works there. She's not her mentor or her mother. If she wants to make it then she should come with ideas like Jun Ho or just be a good teacher. I was so irritated watching her whining to Hye Jin cos when did SHJ ask? If she wants SHJ to mentor her, this is certainly not the way to go about it but I'm sure she'll figure it out on her own.

Next week's teaser seems quite extreme but I'm very curious and I can't wait to see what happens next.

I didn't rewatch the first season but this season feels very unserious somehow. It feels like the vibe is off with the performances and I can't really take anything they're doing or going through seriously. It's still funny but now it's like they're winking at the audience every 5 mins and that's just too much.

Okay, that makes sense. The way they kept saying it wasn't fair confused me cos they haven't don't anything unreasonable. It's a strategy to boost enrollment which ought to be a good thing. Why care who's the face of the academy when it's not your family business? Lol.

I found the reactions to their new campaign from the teachers very curious. I can see the new teachers feeling like there's some favoritism going on, but why are the other teachers upset? I don't really understand the dynamics in the academy cos I thought everyone has a school or subject they teach and Hye Jin and Jun Ho aren't taking anyone's classes.

I'm enjoying the academy rivalry but I have no interest in the possibility of colleagues trying to undermine each other out of some misplaced jealousy.

The public school teacher was so annoying to me because she told the students to talk to him and instead of listening to his students and accepting that he made a mistake, he wanted to bully them into silence. You don't set a question with 2 correct answers on an exam and then reject one of the correct answers based on vibes. Seo Hye Jin may have overstepped by going to see him but something needed to be done because that kind of behavior harms students ultimately. Clearly though, the man refuses to learn from his mistakes and will continue to be a problem.

I really enjoyed the first episode, especially the end when she kept trying to convince Jun Ho not to change career paths like that.

That explains so much