[One True Pairings] Initially undefined OTPs
by Guest Beanie
Answer Me 1988
Since joining the drama world in 2013, I have learned not to make one mistake in particular—shipping the second leads with the mains. I did not even know what Second Lead Syndrome was until I started watching Korean dramas. Now, I find that not making the mistake of having Second Lead Syndrome is vital to my happiness (yes, I am being dramatic) and I intentionally filter out any possible connection of the main with the second ever since my first heartbreak in You’re Beautiful.
Even if I know the second lead is better for her, I decide to spare myself and be in sync with the writers. While this method works most of the time, some dramas surprise you out of the blue.
For instance, dramas in which the expected pair end up not together—I am left wondering, “How can you switch up on me like that? I had perfectly protected myself from heartbreak and now you betray me. Why, writer-nim?”
You’re Beautiful
However, the rare dramas where nothing is clear until the final episodes are the grey area in the world of coupling. There is no pairing foreseen and there is no switch-up on the intended couples. We the viewers just do not know and this gives the drama a layer of excitement. For a long time, reading the synopsis for dramas has been partially to find out who I have to ship, but what do I do when I don’t know who to ship?
The Answer Me series has been really successful in painting stories that are warm and family-oriented, but even more impressive is their ability to keep the mystery of the final partners up until the final episodes. However, the most recent Answer Me 1988 received a lot of mixed reviews on the final OTP, which is why I will dwell on it. This is not a criticism or praise of the drama, but a take on what may have been done differently.
As a viewer, I didn’t particularly think any of the guys was better than the other for Deok-sun. (Taek, though!!! Look how cute he is!!!! Arrrgh!!)
Answer Me 1988
So I was not disappointed at the outcome, but I did think there were some things that could have been done better or explained more.
For most of the series, Deok-sun treated Taek as a younger brother, and although their relationship changed after their kiss, I had hoped there would be little changes before that. She obviously knew he liked her after he kissed her and she was scared of their relationship changing, but we didn’t really see how that affected her while they were still in school. She didn’t show a gradual lean towards him. You really started to see her miss him when they already had jobs of their own. One could argue that she was always protective of him or there for him, but Taek has a childlike personality which made her take care of him more even when she liked others.
Also, we never got to see how they were able to convince their families about their relationship and eventually get married. This would have been a good way to show us the maturity of their relationship and how their love won over their families. She suggested hiding their relationship, but we never got to see how they finally came out and spoke up.
Answer Me 1988
I always thought Taek was cute and we saw a growth in his feelings, but we didn’t see that with Deok-sun. I guess this was what threw off a lot of viewers. It seemed like she liked one guy one second, and was kissing Taek the next. Even with these things, I actually loved their relationship. This is not to condemn shows with initially unidentified OTPs. If done well, when the final coupling is revealed, all the little clues dropped during the drama should finally click and let you see why the main chose that partner.
The relationships in Answer Me 1988 were amazing, but it seemed that in an effort to keep the mystery about her final choice alive, they missed showing us why she made that choice. Whether this is a mistake in the story, acting, or directing is a personal conclusion to be made.
Answer Me 1988
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1 Midnight
February 22, 2018 at 12:08 PM
LIKE! Very very well-written and well-expressed.
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Last episode, I promise!
February 23, 2018 at 8:29 AM
Thanks! I'm glad you liked it.
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2 AC
February 22, 2018 at 12:22 PM
This expresses my exact feelings regarding Deoksun and Taek! I actually really really loved Taek, but I never could get behind Deoksun loving him, not because I couldn't understand him being loved, I just feel they never really showed us her falling in love. It waa just like BAM she is in love now.
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February 22, 2018 at 12:45 PM
your last line is the exact feeling I had even after knowing the ending at 13 episode....
it was very hard to handle myself after crying for JH at epi 18 end.
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luzitania
February 22, 2018 at 2:06 PM
That’s exactly how I feel about reply 1988. She was in love with two guys before Taek and in every instances, we saw the progression of those feelings so it made sense. They didn’t do any of that stuff with Deoksun’s feelings for Taek so it took me by surprise.
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alasecond
February 24, 2018 at 3:41 AM
she is caring by nature... and loves to take care of people..
actually notice the thing.. she was never the first one to fall for a boy... its only when she was convinced that the boy was interested in her... she kind of started reflecting the same feelings
1. Sun woo - Hyeri's friends convince her he likes her.. and she starts liking him back
2. RJY - same, friends convince her he likes her.. she starts liking him
3. Taek - well he told her he likes her (kiss :) ) and she started liking him
DS is loyal kinds and non judgemental.... even if some random sunbae from college would have taken interest in her, i think she would have automatically respected those feelings and started feeling the same.. like being in love with idea of being in love
Taek was the only boy.. who approached her genuinely .. was always putting her before others (which is one big issue highlighted in her case.. she is always second) .. so yeah i also kind of understand why this couple is the end game..
it wasn't DS .. it was taek who made this relationship happen... and link it back to the thing that he is used to winning.. and likes winning.. :) .. and is the oldest and most perceptive amongst them
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3 Shahirah
February 22, 2018 at 12:38 PM
So well written! Good God I love Taek, but that's the thing, Reply 1988 isn't about me. It's about Deok Sun. But I wasn't made privy of her inner thoughts as a girl/woman. I would have respected her decision regardless if it's Taek or Jung Hwan, but I need to know her real feelings to justify her choice.
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4 🧛♂️ 💔💔 but 👧💔💔💔💔
February 22, 2018 at 12:40 PM
very well written article chingu ya.
and it clearly shows our dilemma first to believe it and then how to believe DS's all of a sudden romantic love interest in Taek when she had strong crush on JH all this while.
The dynamic shift between DS n Taek was like time leap drama in indian shows where what all matters is end product of with whom DS ends up without actually showing us how that happened with some believable plot development.
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Last episode, I promise!
February 23, 2018 at 8:31 AM
Thank you! I was a bit apprehensive that my message was not clear.
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February 23, 2018 at 8:33 AM
ur most welcome dear. thanks again for writing such brilliant post....
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5 rinny
February 22, 2018 at 1:03 PM
Really great breakdown of this couple and why it made so many of us take issue with the show. I have always approached OTPs with the point of view that I also give to the relationships of my friends: they know best how they feel, and I cannot make them love or not love someone. That being said, with both your friends and couples in dramas, it can get under your skin if you think the person they are with isn't a good match for them. But that was where 1988 left me with mixed feelings. There was nothing wrong with Taek (the opposite actually, he was great). But approaching the relationship considering how Deok-sun felt, as a viewer, there were not enough signs building up to really know how she felt. So it was like your friend introducing you to their new boyfriend and asking what you thought of them, but you being unable to gauge if they were happy or trying to look for a reason to leave him.
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6 javinne
February 22, 2018 at 1:06 PM
Ok. Because @rinny had already convinced me to watch the Answer me franchise, and because I haven't had the time to do it and therefore I don't want to get spoilers, I didn't read your post.
But looks good. I also wish I could have a drama where the Otp is not so clear and to really get a surprise by the end of the serie. I am afraid there are not so many out there, because an OTP is a must in a kdrama, except dramas like Mother or Chief Kim.
But it is different when there is no otp and we already talk about that with the last post by ChinguMode. No no, having a unclear OTP is different and cool. It keeps you just there, totally tuned... finding out by yourself.
If you, beanies, know more of such rare gems, apart from Answer me, please give me a list😀
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rinny
February 22, 2018 at 1:12 PM
Did I really convince you to add the series to your watchlist?
*cheering* *dancing*
That made my day! Really, it is a great show!
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7 Safeenah
February 22, 2018 at 1:27 PM
Actually I love the writing and pics you used. Thanks. I shipped Duk seon with taek without knowing she was gonna end up with him. That been said, but there was a scene where she had a chat with dong ryul; she said nobody loves her and he said to her, than wondering who loves her why cant she check deep in her heart to see who she loves. Also with her interactions with Taek I shipped them together thinking I will have a heart break like with Answer me 1994(Chil bongiee!!!!) but I didnt.....it made me sooo happy.....
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8 Ally
February 22, 2018 at 1:29 PM
Wonderful write-up. I’m holding out on the Reply/Answer Me series, mainly because I like knowing the end couple before I start and would rather see the development of respect and love between these individuals—it’s not about the destination, but the journey for me. Reading what others have said about rampant second lead syndrome in these series has made me steer away from them. What you wrote hits on the nail on the head and expressed perfectly exactly why I have.
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mindy
February 22, 2018 at 1:50 PM
You would probably enjoy Answer Me 1997! It still had husband-hunting in theory but really, I don’t think ANYONE thought that Yoon Yoon-jae (Seo In-gook) wasn’t gonna end up with Shi-won. Her potential relationship with the second lead, Yoon-jae’s brother, was kinda icky anyway for multiple reasons. He never seemed like a real contender to me, and I laughed at the fact that they dragged it out for so long. We all know who she ends up with, show! You’re fooling no one! But really, it’s just a great, nostalgic coming-of-age story about friendship and adolescence. I think you should give it a go!
But really, I still do recommend Answer Me 1988. I was not bothered by the lovelines at all because I never saw them as one of the main focuses of the show. To me, it was always about the familial relationships. I was never invested in any of the ships (except maybe Bo-ra and Go Kyung-pyo’s character, whose name I can’t remember now) and didn’t feel like I had to be. But maybe that’s just me.
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mindy
February 22, 2018 at 2:10 PM
Rather than saying the lovelines weren’t a main focus, I guess I should say they weren’t an emotional focus for me, personally. And that did not bother me because the familial relationships were more than rewarding enough to make up for the lackluster lovelines.
I feel like this is an unpopular opinion, though...
Anyway, what I’m trying to say is: if you’re looking for a love story then skip it. If you’re looking for a family story then dive right it!
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mindy
February 22, 2018 at 2:11 PM
**right in
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Ally
February 22, 2018 at 2:15 PM
Thank you, mindy!
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narcolepticsmurf
February 22, 2018 at 3:23 PM
I second that. Answer Me 1988 is a family love story; I cried harder looking at the empty alley when Deok Sun returned as adult than the whole angst of who-got-the-girl brouhaha ☺️
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liquidsoap but too sleepy to remember her password
February 26, 2018 at 7:45 AM
I cried the most when Bo-ra was leaving the house because wow, relatable. Reply'88 made me visit my parents 3x more than before. loved the romantic plotline a lot tho
ShinRaeMi07
February 23, 2018 at 8:23 AM
I agree with what you said that Yoon Jae's brother never seemed like a real contender. I guess it's the wrong choice of actor. He doesn't have any chemistry with Eunji. And yes, he's kinda icky. Maybe the feeling would be different if they chose a different actor.
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dosgardenias
February 26, 2018 at 7:01 AM
Wasn't he a teacher at her school? That was icky to me.
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mindy
February 26, 2018 at 7:13 AM
Yep. And then he asked his little brother’s friend, who was also his student, for porn. Which was... weird, to put it mildly.
9 anonybean
February 22, 2018 at 1:52 PM
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10 narcolepticsmurf
February 22, 2018 at 3:31 PM
Very nice write up chinggu.
Answer Me series, 1988 in particular, has a very special place on my kdrama list as I can take the story as it is, not knowing the outcome until it’s there 🙂
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Last episode, I promise!
February 23, 2018 at 8:33 AM
Thank you. I loved all the Answer me series but I preferred 1997 and 1988 to 1994.
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11 Jazz
February 22, 2018 at 5:18 PM
I can include Coffee House in this category
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ShinRaeMi07
February 23, 2018 at 8:27 AM
Coffee House? But Gong Yoo was obviously the main lead of that drama.
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maldita
February 23, 2018 at 8:36 AM
Gong Yoo was in Coffee Prince. Coffee House was a different drama that aired a few years later with Kang Jihwan as the lead actor. :)
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ShinRaeMi07
February 23, 2018 at 8:43 AM
Ow...my bad. Right, it was Coffee Prince. HAHAHAHAA!
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TAZ-Mania
February 23, 2018 at 10:12 AM
I agree about Coffee House and in my opinion the H ended up with the correct person. Kang Seung Yeon seemed like the typical "candy" character but I was really happy that the H ended up with Seo Eun Yeong.
I think "The King in Love" is also in this category as the OTP was always the h and the second male lead.
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12 kaylaa
February 22, 2018 at 5:53 PM
Let me preface my comment by saying that this pairing still hurts me, TO THIS DAY. I am team junghwanXduksun till I die but I am also team taek and I am team junghwan and team duksun. I wanted them all to be happy.
In reflection, these are my thoughts:
1) I think Duksun chose Taek because he was right for her. As the forgotten middle child, she was never prioritized and always overlooked. Due to this, I think Duksun needed to be needed and above all, she needed someone who could show her CLEARLY--through his actions, his words--that he loved her. Taek was shown to be capable of this but it was never depicted that Junghwan was. Junghwan was too much of a quiet lover. Someone who did a lot for Duksun and cared for her but was content to do so in secret. He was never able to tell her the words and show her his love in the way that SHE needed it and because of this, I do not think he could've given Duksun the type of attention and love that she needed. Ultimately, Duksun and Junghwan express love too differently to be compatible and because of her upbringing, I think she would've felt very unsure and insecure with him as a partner.
2) That being said, I still think us viewers got shortchanged in order to prolong the husband mystery. It still blows my mind that they dragged this out alllllll the way to the last couple episodes. That is just unnecessary and cruel. But we weren't the only ones sacrificed for the sake of maintaining the husband mystery, Duksun and the narrative was sacrificed as well. Duksun's feelings was intentionally kept away from viewers which made it hard for us to connect with her and (for me, personally) take her romantic feelings seriously. Because we were kept in the dark with her for so long, her feelings for and decision to ultimately choose Taek held less weight than they could've.
3) THE MISLEADING ROMANTIC NARRATIVE. I maintain this statement and belief when I say Taek is the second lead who got the girl. Narratively, Junghwan IS FIRST LEAD. From the beginning and throughout the drama we were in his head, we saw his pain, saw his love for Duksun. We were always with him and because of this narrative and focus, led to believe he was the endgame for Duksun. The cynical part of me say we were tricked and the other more forgiving part rationalize that he was the first male lead that just didn't get the girl at the end.
Regardless of my sunken ship, this drama (minus the last maybe 5 eps) remains one of my favorite dramas. It made me laugh, made me cry, made me hella nostalgic and hit me right in the feels. Definitely one of the dramas with the most heart I've ever come across.
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op
February 22, 2018 at 7:56 PM
gah,
the 1st lead is Dukseon, jungwhwan and taek is 2nd after her.
That's how AM series hirearchy, the girl is put on top no matter how much you like the other boy and the boy is all below her, it's about her.
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February 23, 2018 at 12:46 AM
ok so your #3 makes perfect sense to what all happened to our "supposed to be sailing but eventually sunken ship"
we were all about JH and his love for DS.... and the attention, narrative and screentime he goti completely agree he was the lead who did not get the girl at last... cause this story was his to let us know how he missed the timings, how he accepted his mistake and took responsibility on his own instead of blaming it on someone else.
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13 alternator
February 22, 2018 at 8:03 PM
If people see junghwan 1st love story just as his story and no attempt while seeing dukseon no love (family setting) to taek as the beginnings of her love and relationship, it all falls right.
Isn't the idea is that she loves him all this time, she does all the gf romance with him but neither realised that it was a relationship?
They are people who eats popcorn while watching movie only to realised that the flavor is hot at the end of the movie.
It was always there, it just need to be sealed.
Also junghwan story is sly, sympathy based on the 1st half with no action while take story is all based on action that you may think as coincidence, this just how blind most people on affectionate relationship and always want the sugar high mind reading romance even with no real action involved.
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Sarah Abdulaleem
February 22, 2018 at 8:57 PM
While they all chilled and eat popcorn together, so i don't know what your talking about. To me it felt like she end up with taek only for the surprise factor because I felt no romantic chemistry between them. I personally felt like her relationship with him was weaker with taek than the other boys. Also seemed i deuk sun was i me be romantic with the person just because he's the only one that likes likes you, but that just me.
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BJPT
February 23, 2018 at 9:48 PM
Wait what? It was weaker with Taek than any of the guys? Now i don't know what you are talking about. She literally spent most of the time in his house, quite ironical while it was Jung Hwan who was her direct neighbour. She ended up shooing away people from his house in order to not disturb him.
It's funny how we all see the same show and perceive it not beyond our favourite otp and i say it for both the ships.
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14 Tizzy
February 22, 2018 at 11:48 PM
The pairing was ok with me EXCEPT that the personality of the guy Deok-Sun ended up with is no where near Taek’s personality. He acted more like Jung Hwan. This really made me think that the writers switched the OTP somewhere along the way.
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February 23, 2018 at 12:48 AM
EXACTLY...!!!
the Husband had all mannerisms, body language, talking ways exact like JH. so the writers deliberately switch the husband from JH to Taek to trick - fool - cheat us.
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Tizzy
February 23, 2018 at 3:18 PM
Or because people in social media loved Taek! You know how scriptwriters adjust the story line to please the audience....
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February 23, 2018 at 7:19 PM
i'd not consider it just as Love but rather 'sympathy' for character and 'love' for actor which made writers to change the ending.
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modestgoddess
March 1, 2018 at 12:07 PM
In the 2nd episode Deoksun tells Taek to drink his milk so he can grow up and marry her. Deoksun's mother also says she wants Taek as her son in law in the same episode. He was always end game. Stop pushing this ridiculous conspiracy theory.
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BJPT
February 23, 2018 at 9:54 PM
Which mannerisms? The fact that he smoked? Or the fact that he carelessly dressed in winters, which lead his wife shoot a concern at him?
This whole assumption that a person will be the carbon copy of his teenage self in his late 40s-50s is so funny.
Also anyone saw the show properly there are many instances of Taek making fun of Deoksun and getting glares and hits, albeit it was very rare so it goes unnoticed
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15 Alena
February 23, 2018 at 6:30 AM
I agree completely! My problem with Deoksun and Jung-hwan though, was that it seemed that she liked him just because he liked her. She wanted someone to like, and I think she liked the idea of Junghwan more than the realities of him as a person. That's my personal opinion anyway.
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ShinRaeMi07
February 23, 2018 at 8:42 AM
It's not important how you started to love a person, what's important is how you loved him in the process. DS started to like JH when her friend told her that JH seems to like her. But we saw all the efforts she did for JH. For me, they are each other's first love. The problem with DS and JH is that JH hesitated and didn't have the guts to confess how he felt for her.
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16 Anigeek
February 23, 2018 at 11:07 AM
I was a Taek fan through and through. However, the other guy did do a lot of things for the female character that I wish she knew about so she can properly thank him. I just wish he wasn’t so scared to show her how he felt so he could have ultimately left the decision with her instead of just backing away. Poor thing.
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17 BJPT
February 23, 2018 at 9:43 PM
I have never got the opportunity as such to discuss about reply88 in this site (or anywhere as such), so i might just go beyond the point the article is trying to make.
While i agree that this show left me wanting for more in terms of Taek and Deoksun like how they convinced their parents. Or at least how the other guys in the group reacted to their dating. But thenthe show is very subtle. Sun woo obviously knows and by that extension Bo Ra (remember the time she scolds No wul to mind his own business when Dokseon runs to meet Taek in middle of the dinner)
However i never felt like she liked one guy this moment and jumped to the other the next. This is something which, for me, the show handled quite well. And on many levels i can relate to how Deoksun reacted as a teenager. She had this once bitten twice shy attitude post Sun Woo, when her friends were trying to convince her that Jung Hwan was totally crazy about her. But she eventually pursued it and crushed on him. But Jung Hwan never confessed head on, and which is very important for girls of her age (or any age) - to have a clarity. Which is why we see Deok Sun angry and frustrated for falling in that trap again while Jung Hwan did nothing to clear the misunderstanding (regarding the shirt). Yes it was anger more than heartbreak, i mean remember how she bawled with Sun Woo fiasco. Hence, its the idea of being loved, rather than actually having concrete feelings for the other is how i took the whole thing from Deok Sun's point of view. People however saw it much from the Jung Hwan's (or Taek's in other cases...it's always the guy's pov) point of view of how much he pined for her and got heartbroken.
Also i disagree with the fact that Deoksun's feelings for Taek (or their relationship) started changing post the kiss. Of course that was the last nail and a turning point. But for me it started changing the day Taek said Deoksun knows nothing about him, when she claimed so after reading his fan mails. The first jolt for her. That there can be a possibility in Taek's life were she is not the only one. Who does he like? Why doesn't she know? Is it her? (Although i do believe she saw Taek in a different light in multiple occasions beyond the little brother perception - the baduk championship in china or the flashing incident or 'being a man' protecting her from the basketball). Explains the disappointment when he cancels on their movie date post that. By the time he lifts her up and runs while the watchman threatens to get them, it is clear where her heart is moving. And the fact that she has always been closer to Taek than anyone in the group, was in fact a catalyst to this fact.
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modestgoddess
March 1, 2018 at 12:13 PM
I agree. She clearly started seeing Taek differently after the baduk championship. They had several unofficial date like moments where it was just the two of them hanging out. Like that time at the beach.
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18 junah
February 25, 2018 at 7:19 AM
I am not on Taek defense, cause i am jung-hwan's team all the way. jung-hwan and deok-sun love story is the bittersweet one, while taek and deok-sun is just the thing that happen in real life. you may fall in love with your first love, but just because both of you miss your timing, you end up with someone else. of course, i do believe along that time, deok-sun did like jung-hwan that much. so i didn't expect she would show some interest toward taek. i would have had a hard time favour my girl if she juggled her feeling between two man, but she wasn't. and her feeling was not changing after the kiss, or changed overnight. what people may miss out that deok-sun did have a broken heart, she thought she had rejected by Jung-hwan, and that time, the one that 'console' her is Taek. and slowly after that, she started 'notice' him. but unlike Sun-woo or jung-hwan case, she did not see Taek as possible partner, yet. that's why she did not say anything after the first kiss. i think it's the most honest feeling i've seen in kdrama so far. what i mean, you just head over heel over this one guy, then he break your heart, make you feel unwanted, and when you think you at low point, the other guy shows you an affection. i don't know about other people, but i definitely will feel something (even if it is not love) about that guy, and of course get confuse with my own feeling if he turn out to be my dearest friend. and i think deok-sun took the best way to handle the situation, she didn't reciprocate that feeling or explore her own feeling more, make her the most respectful female lead in kdrama where the female character mostly get fickle easily. instead, it took a while, after they long graduate from college, and one crucial moment (the concert) as a turning point for relationship between deok-sun and taek while jung-hwan was long out of picture during their separation. so for people who didn't feel satisfy enough with or how deok-son should or ended up 'fall in love' with Taek, should realize two things, that 1. Reply 1988 is about bittersweet first love story between two childhood friends (jung-hwan and deok-sun) , 2. Reply 1988 is about first love story of a young man named Taek who due to his determination, his story ends up with 'he got the girl'. so, it's never about deok-sun and taek love story, but it just ends up like that. still, kudos for the writer who messed up with our heart.
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19 Fatcat007 (Kitty 💜)
February 27, 2018 at 10:59 AM
absolutely correct. I felt underfed regarding deok sun's growing feelings. I shipped those 2 so of course I was happy they ended up together, but what happened??? I didn't get the proper closure.
And I was also irritated by the fact that the show focused so much on her sister & her relationship which was a bit too much, I mean I know this season was focused on family ties but I didn't want to see so much of that. Instead I could have done with so much of deok sun's pov after their first kiss.
I felt that was essentially missing from the second half of the show.
It would have been so good to see a warm hearted character such a deok sun's feelings a bit before the final episode.... T.T still loved the show though. *sigh*
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