Such a beautiful and relatable write-up, @frabbycrabsis! This reminded me that I still need to start this drama.

Fighting and I wish the best for your exam results! 💛💛💛💛💛

Thank you for such a nice write-up, @frabbycrabsis . There was one scene I remember relating to very much in this show, Seol registering for a course with a preferred teacher, the moment you are allowed to register. Ha! It was a funny memory to recall from my uni days, about how we would decide on which courses to take and we have to register fast...

Thank you Dramabeans for accepting my embarrassingly exposing post, and editing it too! ❤️

Oh that's a great writeup. I count my alevels as the worst level (lol no pun intended, basically education level). It definitely gets better after its done. There is just so much pressure regarding the career we'll take afterwards and how they are so dependent on the grades you get. It doesn't help that it is so so tough. Almost twice as tough as olevels. Many people I know had their first onset/realization of depression or anxiety at this time. But it surely gets better. Don't take so much tension regarding your result. All Work gets done.

@frabbycrabsis I can relate with your write-up 😭😭. I did my A Levels last year and remember not having the energy to even bother sometimes because of how dense some topics could be. And group projects 😱 like uni is hell.

Wishing you good luck on your exam results.

"Everything about the way that my course was set up completely drained me. " this is reminding me a bit of the heroine of A Moment at Eighteen who is so resistant to the academic path that her mom wants for her.

But you got through it even though it was tough. That feeling of either not having anymore to give or not wanting to give anymore of what you have is a hard wall to break through. You should be feeling proud of yourself even before you get back your results.

So...I'm assuming you have a really good wardrobe then? I watched this for the first time within the past year and I loved a lot of the clothes, the colors and textures.

Kim Go Eun style in this drama is one of her best IMO... at times, she looks stunning!. oohh definitely can relate with her potrayal of Hong Seol. Her vulnarability looks so real.

Thanks for your sharing @frabbycrabsis. All the best for Thursday and ever after. It's one exams results but what you do after that is the important thing. Fighting!

I love hong seol and i love this drama no matter what happened behind the scenes. And yes, i know lots of dramas portray life realistically, but after misaeing this show was so darn close to what school life is really about and interacting with others. And being you and overcoming unfairness. Not to mention its’ soundtrack. I loved it and im glad she resonated with you too @frabbycrabsis shes hands down one of my favorite characters and i love her

Loved this drama and I was glad I watched it (i didn't read any reviews prior). It's definitely on my rewatch list.

❤️ your write up and wishing you all the best.

Ah I remember now, that one where Seol fails because of her team members. That was one of the rare instances when cried along. I was in my 2nd year of university and was pretty much going through the same. (for context, I'm not a TV crier and the next time I cried was when Eugene died in Mr Sunshine 2 years later)

@frabbycrabsis, thank you for your essay. I love the clarity in your writing. You've reminded me why I always felt anxious about group projects in school and that specific dread of waiting, waiting, waiting for results. ugh.
I hope that you get really good news on Thursday. You have been working so hard for so long...!
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@frabbycrabsis

This is a great write up, for a great character (who happens to be you!). I related so much to Hong Seol’s self isolation when I watched it while in uni, KGE did an absolutely fantastic job in this role.

I know it’s already been said, but if you and Seol have the same style your wardrobe must be wonderful. I think this all means I must be your fan too ~ 🤗

Hong Seol was so relatable and real...she is the heartbeat of the show and this is a very good analysis on her character's relatability

I’m one of those CIIT fans who more despaired rather than hated the 2nd half but has rewatched the it almost 4 times. There was a long gap between my 3rd and 4th rewatch. It was just little over a year but like the writer, I’d gone through a lot that year and rewatching it was a different experience. Hong seol was why I fell in love with Kim Go Eun, because I’ve seen the movie and while OYS is a wonderful actress, KGE owned HS. Despite me hating InHo, I have to admit that SKJ played him so well, I still find it difficult to watch him anything else because I get the urge to smack him.
And the ost playlist was beautiful. It was the first ost playlist I fully downloaded. It was my intro to SALTNPAPER. I loved, love CIIT despite its shortcomings. It was why I was so disappointed because it had the opportunity to be even more amazing, instead they chucked character development for the sake of a cheap love triangle 🙄. I’m still salty!

I watched this while it aired, and then for whatever reason, I dropped it right before it all apparently went downhill. I'm not sure exactly why I dropped it, as when I drop dramas, it's not often a conscious thing. I just find myself not going back to it, and that's what happened with this drama. But I remember loving what I saw in the first half and being really sad when I heard about all the drama and problems with the script that happened later. Now I could have made this up in a fever dream, but I was always under the impression that the webtoon author was actually really upset by how similar the drama was (in the first half) to the webtoon, because she'd told the PD, etc. that she wanted the two to be different from each other (especially the ending), and that's where the problems started, because the PD was a big head who thought they were smarter than everyone else. (Please correct me if I'm wrong about that.) Either way though, it's honestly a shame what happened to this drama, because the first half was ten stars all the way, and Seol was such an incredibly grounded and relatable character. Like you, I definitely saw some of myself in her and felt for her while she struggled with school and relationships because those moments felt so real in my own life. This was a beautiful write-up. You did a great job.