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if i had a nickel for every time an aspiring swimmer who faced a career-ending injury fell in love with his neighbour, i would have two nickels. which isn’t alot but it’s weird that it’s happened twice

*inhales deeply*

There's spoilers ahead so, yeah, be careful.

This weekend episodes have actually broken my soul.

He didn't even need his feelings to be reciprocate, HE JUST WANTED TO BE WITH HER.

Dear writers, some things to ask, why so much screen time to second male lead? Why create such chemistry? Such backstory? (Spoiler alert: that will make us sympathize with the supposed villain) To just fuck*ing rip his heart out and pulverize it like Grandma with the cow bones, yes, just like that.

Let me get this straight, after having been raised in an environment of violence, pain and God knows what else for God knows how long, he falls in love. He experiences ✨feelings✨ ,he puts all his trust in her like never before, he shares his past and then he gets betrayed.

I swear I never seen someone cry so with so much meaning, feeling, with so much back there.

We made progress for the last (at least) five episodes TO JUST END IT IN A SINGLE ONE.

This could have been handled a lot better in a lot of ways and about a lot of topics that I could actually write an essay.

Let's begin the the main leads.

So, in order to have some sort of feeling about ML and FL loving eachother you need to put screen time ON them. Yeah, they support eachother, they have known far before Si Oh, they are funny and a lot of things more. They even kissed and very passionately, wow.

Just one thing, Why didn't I even blink during that scene but found myself hitting the pillow and blushing when Si Oh did such mundane things as taking her home, opening doors for her, fixing her purse, hair, looking at her with those "I love you" eyes,👏feeling👏guilty👏about👏making👏her👏uncomfortable👏 with👏his👏feelings👏for👏her HELLO??, WAVING HER BACK WHILE HE WATCHED HER GO, SMILE EVERY DAMN TIME HE SAW HER?

I´ll tell you why. Because I know, thanks to you, that Si Oh was experiencing for the very first time what it's like to have human interaction that doesn't involve violence or having to be wary of everything and everyone all the time.

Even after having lived a life of shit, even after still living a life of absolute shit he still wanted to be connect, to be happy, to make her happy, to love and be loved. Moreover, I couldn't help just to feel happy for him, sad, angry, fucking rageous (not more than him, obviously).

Meanwhile, I barely know Hee Sik aka the male lead.

I remember seeing his mother once and I think that's what I understood about his private life. Sorry, I forgot about his deceased brother, that could have been a good topic to develop if it wasn't just mentioned once somewhere in the sixth chapter and left there to rot. Other than that, I know he is a cop, loves his cops friends and loves Nam Soon, also he is really loyal and good person.

Nice👍, very nice. But that's not personality or backstory, that's a job and some general traits everyone should have to live in a society and have a job where you usually do the teamwork thingy.

So, what else??

Or does the man just exist for his job and girlfriend?

It is just I simply don't understand it, you create a seriously complex character that has all kinds of potential and you want us to root for...Yeah, no. He literally could be an extra with how little and simple information we receive about him.

Even Shi Oh had some time to box being a drug dealer and full time whipped for her.

I'm just saying that you want me to suddenly dislike someone you took a considerable amount of time explaining but I have to like this good guy because you just pointed at him 👉🧍, and said, "here's the good guy, please love him"

Sorry, I cant do that.

If you haven't noticed, you just made a character I fell obliged to sympathize.

If you wanted to make him evil and hot you should have just made him evil and hot.

It worked just as well with Jang Han Seok from Vincenzo.

Not have him have "REDEMPTION" written all over him just to go with "Actually, no. He has no chance. 😃". It is for lack of a better term, frustrating. (Pointless)

Instead, maybe you should have dedicated that screen time for the construction of the main leads relationship.

Oh, yes. Another thing since we are talking about the matter.

ML and FL relationship progress got weaker and weaker since she had started to spy on Si Oh. And then one episode it was like "Oh, yeah, forgot to tell you, they are actually dating by now" Bom, a kiss. If I need a kiss to know they are in love, there's something going on back there. If a great amount of people are rooting for a couple that is not the main one, something is going on there.

Something lacking.

Scenes of them in love: well acted, nice, cute, cool, okay. But it is like picking a random romance book and start reading it ten chapters ahead, they are in love, but how did this happen??? Last time I check, they were in a friends-catching-fealings-zone.

Where's their development?

I know where is it. In the fake relationship, that it was being used just to turn Si Oh into a complete monster with probably not chance of going back.

"You have suffered a lot, yeah, I see. Anyway here's more pain. Suffer more and go cause some trouble because if not, there's, apparently, no plot"

Nice job.

I have been saying this and I will say it again, kdrama writers/directors are not ready for traumatized villains. They are afraid of them.

I am not watching any of the two last episodes until Sunday.

meanwhile I can't help but to think that in another universe where he makes himself responsible of all he did, is also recognized as a victim, gets psychological help to deal with his trauma and has someone who loves and guides him, in that universe his love languages would definitely be acts of service and physical affection, maybe words of affirmation.

I doubt of my own mental heath after this weekend.

"Die with dignity"

*flips the table in spanish"

That was not dying with dignity. That was dying after surviving in hell itself with the only hope that some day things would be different. But in the end, nothing changed. They only got worst.

That was dying because there was nothing to live for anymore.

I will never forget the look in his eyes.

He was just so tired.

I am actually crying at this moment while I'm writing.

Writers, respectfully, this is for you, and your brain and for whoever said this would be a good idea:

fuck it all, fuck you all. La concha de la reconferencia. Hijos de la remil mierda, pelotudos, eso les parece morir con dignidad?? Pueden explicarme exactamente que tiene de digno?? Tenemos la misma definición de la maldita palabra??? ESA FUE LA MUERTE MAS MISERABLE QUE VI EN TODA MI VIDA.

I need them to tell me how they came to the conclusion that killing the, literally, most developed character in the show was like a sensible idea.

THEY LITERALLY RUINED THE ONLY GOOD THING THAT THE SHOW HAD.

Like, are you okay? Can I help you? Would you like me to tell you how, when, where and why you Fucked. It. Up. ?

Qué mierda les pasa?

(I'm not)

Anyways.

Hope we meet again, in better circumstances, in better kdramas. Have a good day.

All whats left it's the fics, the edits, the alternatives universes where he is happily living in Hungary after escaping with Binbin, rewatching the show until ep 14 and fucking cry.

This show fucking broke me.

One trying to move on and Pinterest just-

all the second hand embarassment was worth it for that twist.

that being said, this entire show from sun jae's perspective is definitely a came back wrong/monkey's paw shit.

you move in, and develop a crush on the girl next door. despite having a face that looks like yours and being as tall as a fucking tree, she is somehow oblivious to your existence. then, she randomly comes in and hugs you during the middle of swim practice, proclaiming her love while you just stand here cuz fuck how is this real. now however, the girl you have a crush on is acting really fucking weird, and keeps making weird predictions that are surprisingly true and weirdly invasive. she also keeps randomly following you and also appears to be