Fantastic Episodes 1 & 2 Thoughts
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iariaEpisode 1
+ The moments that stuck out for me most were quiet character ones.
- So-hye's reaction when she realises the scans are hers and her mostly contained struggle to deal with it.
- Hae-sung in the bathroom before the press conference. He's so serious, thinking of his soon to be reunion with So-hye?, and then he gets this little smile and won me over.
- So-hye's sister's tearful reaction after she told her that she had wired her 50 million won and then when she saw the new shoes So-hye had brought her.
+ So-hye and Mi-sun's scenes were great.
+ Hae-sung clearly knows exactly what everyone says about him - good and bad, and it just as clearly hurts to be called a bad actor even if he acknowledges that he is. He definitely feels like someone with hidden depths behind his pretty boy actor persona, perhaps because he is so earnest and lets his emotions show, and I want to see more. Also he's adorable with his grandmother which is a point in his favour.
+ I'm also interested in whatever went down between Hae-sung and So-hye. He's clearly still very much hung up on her (in love with her?) which I'm enjoying. I feel like this show could give some good pining. His little smile when he realises that So-hye isn't going on a date was great and I liked that his first instinct was to protect her during the crash.
Episode 2
+ I loved the So-hye/Sul scenes. They were my favourite of the episode. So-hye was such a good friend with her supportive words, and getting Sul out of trouble and then in buying the motorcycle for her. I loved them fighting the drunk men together (and Sul's little smirk after she caught the first one mid-slap was great) and them just riding the motorcycle around the countryside together was beautiful. I loved Sul bringing up being So-hye's bodyguard. I can't wait to see more of them.
+ Oh no, I really like Joon-ki. He's charming. He and So-hye being cancer buddies and bonding over their shared desire to visit the salt flats in Bolivia and the adorable texting was too good. They seem so well matched!
+ I felt bad for Hae-sung during the reading. That's nightmare fuel. And then to see So-hye and the lead actress laughing together about him - ouch.
+ The first kiss happening in the second episode, instigated by So-hye, because Hae-sung questioned her ability to write and know kissing and was just being that much an annoying and condescending dick amuses me a lot.
+ The flashback to Hae-sung overhearing So-hye badmouthing him to the director (and basically sabotaging his future as an actor) probably has more context than we, or Hae-sung, have but at face value it was a really shitty thing to do. It makes me wonder why he's so hung up on her if that's in their past? Even if they were friends or she was the only one who believed in him prior to that it should have made the betrayal even greater. Why isn't he angry and hurt, instead of secretly longing and obnoxious to get her attention? I wonder what massive thing we're missing. Did he go behind her back and get her fired only to learn that what she said wasn't what it seemed?
+ Hae-sung really needs to learn that him attempting to get any kind of attention from So-hye is not the best method here. Anything is not better than nothing! He's like a kid pulling pig-tails.
+ So-hye letting herself into Joon-ki's place was rather out of line considering where their relationship is right now. They're not that close yet! That said I'm sure what she saw wasn't what it seemed like.
+ Poor Manager Oh. He puts up with a lot.
+ I loved Director Yoon covering for So-hye.
+ The moments that stuck out for me most were quiet character ones.
- So-hye's reaction when she realises the scans are hers and her mostly contained struggle to deal with it.
- Hae-sung in the bathroom before the press conference. He's so serious, thinking of his soon to be reunion with So-hye?, and then he gets this little smile and won me over.
- So-hye's sister's tearful reaction after she told her that she had wired her 50 million won and then when she saw the new shoes So-hye had brought her.
+ So-hye and Mi-sun's scenes were great.
+ Hae-sung clearly knows exactly what everyone says about him - good and bad, and it just as clearly hurts to be called a bad actor even if he acknowledges that he is. He definitely feels like someone with hidden depths behind his pretty boy actor persona, perhaps because he is so earnest and lets his emotions show, and I want to see more. Also he's adorable with his grandmother which is a point in his favour.
+ I'm also interested in whatever went down between Hae-sung and So-hye. He's clearly still very much hung up on her (in love with her?) which I'm enjoying. I feel like this show could give some good pining. His little smile when he realises that So-hye isn't going on a date was great and I liked that his first instinct was to protect her during the crash.
Episode 2
+ I loved the So-hye/Sul scenes. They were my favourite of the episode. So-hye was such a good friend with her supportive words, and getting Sul out of trouble and then in buying the motorcycle for her. I loved them fighting the drunk men together (and Sul's little smirk after she caught the first one mid-slap was great) and them just riding the motorcycle around the countryside together was beautiful. I loved Sul bringing up being So-hye's bodyguard. I can't wait to see more of them.
+ Oh no, I really like Joon-ki. He's charming. He and So-hye being cancer buddies and bonding over their shared desire to visit the salt flats in Bolivia and the adorable texting was too good. They seem so well matched!
+ I felt bad for Hae-sung during the reading. That's nightmare fuel. And then to see So-hye and the lead actress laughing together about him - ouch.
+ The first kiss happening in the second episode, instigated by So-hye, because Hae-sung questioned her ability to write and know kissing and was just being that much an annoying and condescending dick amuses me a lot.
+ The flashback to Hae-sung overhearing So-hye badmouthing him to the director (and basically sabotaging his future as an actor) probably has more context than we, or Hae-sung, have but at face value it was a really shitty thing to do. It makes me wonder why he's so hung up on her if that's in their past? Even if they were friends or she was the only one who believed in him prior to that it should have made the betrayal even greater. Why isn't he angry and hurt, instead of secretly longing and obnoxious to get her attention? I wonder what massive thing we're missing. Did he go behind her back and get her fired only to learn that what she said wasn't what it seemed?
+ Hae-sung really needs to learn that him attempting to get any kind of attention from So-hye is not the best method here. Anything is not better than nothing! He's like a kid pulling pig-tails.
+ So-hye letting herself into Joon-ki's place was rather out of line considering where their relationship is right now. They're not that close yet! That said I'm sure what she saw wasn't what it seemed like.
+ Poor Manager Oh. He puts up with a lot.
+ I loved Director Yoon covering for So-hye.
