Aww... Thank you DB for posting this and also for the wonderful editing. Now my life is complete. *hugging Sun-woo tight*

Beautifully written. I haven't had a chance to check out Life yet, but I definitely want to now.

I particularly loved your last line: "it’s not his job to be an inspiration for others." You definitely brought up some excellent points to think about.

Aw amazing! I love this epilogue @gadis!
Especially your last line- it was actually in the drama and I can't remember much about that scene except Sun-woo saying "why?" "why must I be an inspiration for others?" That really made me think and reflect on the times I myself would look toward people who for example would play basketball in wheelchairs and wonder why I'm not as motivated as them. Turns out that's not the right way of thinking. They're playing it simply because they want to and not for others sake.

One hundred likes. Beautifully written and beautifully expressed.

I love your epilogue @gadis I dislike that the writer had to give Sun Woo a 'death sentence'. If Sun Woo live his life the way you wrote it, it would be so perfect. Sun Woo had punished himself more than enough.

Teared up a little reading this, thanks gadis!

Thank you @gadis. I know you're a fan of Lee Kyu-hyung, and he did an amazing, amazing job with this role. You're right - this is not a character we see often in dramaland or in television generally.

What a wonderful write @gadis , I almost thought that this is a post of another drama called Good Doctor 😂 I have not watched Life but I will give it a shot.

Based on your writing, Sunwoo is one step ahead than anyone if he already found his own happiness. Not only he found it, he made it by fighting his own demons. If he already found peace in him, being comfortable in his own skin, then only happiness and love that he will receive later.

This is a very well-written ode to Ye Sun-woo, whose physical disability didn't stop him from being a filial son, a loving brother, and a competent doctor; but most importantly he's just a really good man and he deserves all the happiness.

This drama is staring at me from my watchlist on Netflix, and I plan to watch it soon. This epilogue was beautiful and I may just incorporate it into the drama when I finally see it! Thank you, @gadis!

@gadis - thank you for this beautiful and eloquently written plea for the world to see people with disabilities as - well just people. I haven't seen the show (too many to watch right now) but it is on my list for sure now.
When I was 18 I met a woman who was like Sun-Woo and was a paraplegic from an accident when she was young. She was a fighter and took me under her wing so to speak and taught me to be more aware of people with disabilities and to be more respectful. I don't know how to explain it, but she was a gift to me as a friend and mentor so to speak.
I'm glad that kdramas use stories about dementia and now a wheelchair to show that this is a part of our lives.
It sounds like sort of a cop out on the part of the writer to leave him with an almost death sentence at the end, but hey it's a start.
Thank you for this for my first thing to read this morning. A+++

Right... I'm gonna watch Life when I get home, then.

Wow, your article made me want to watch that drama!!! 😀

beautifully written! 🌟🌸🌈 it’s making me want to (re)watch Life again.

@gadis,

I didn't watch LIFE, but after reading your epilogue and thoughtful comments, it sounds like a show I would enjoy. Thank you.

I do not understand the compulsion of Kdrama writers to inflict horrible conditions on their characters, especially in the eleventh hour. I'm looking at you, MARRY ME NOW. It's as if no good deed goes unpunished. Plain old garden-variety dementia and memory loss is bad enough, especially for viewers with kinfolk afflicted with Alzheimer's, Lewy body dementia, etc. Have mercy, dang it.