To all my Ye-liner Bean-friends: I send a raft of snacks to your ship for your celebrations! Congrats on meeting a good wind and sailing towards the sunset. There’s nothing better than seeing the characters you love get together. And who doesn’t love some cute secret dating antics? Genuinely happy that a ship sailed and that we get to see my girl Bo-young finally be happy get the love she deserves. Also, I love how comfortable the two are together and that the only awkwardness is from Dr. Ye’s terrible poker face.
To my MinHoYoung Bean-friends: I’ma quote the lovely @isa: There are still four more episodes.
Now, for this Islander’s thoughts:
(Because, yeah, still here.)
I’m starting with our ship that hasn’t sailed today. I’m sort of leaning towards Min-ho less these days, as I’ve come to see him as second lead and I never really get SLS. It’s nice to see him grow and my heart will break for him when he finds out about our Ye-line sailing, but I don’t really feel any strong shippy feelings in this direction anymore. I basically am here for his character arc because that’s more interesting at this point. I appreciate that Bo-young is the one who pushed him into maturing but ultimately he has to walk this road himself and maybe it’s better that he do it alone.
Now, Ye-line.
I’m gonna get into what I feel is lacking here, so feel free to skip this bit if you’re not into it.
I’ve never been able to emotionally connect to Dr. Ye as a character. He’s too flat. As cute as he is as a smitten kitten (so cute), it just feels like he’s checking a box on the lead character sheet rather than actually being a character. (This isn’t me saying that Ye-liners are looking for something that’s not there; there have been plenty of times where I emotionally connect to a character that loads of others haven’t; I’m just pointing out that this was the issue for me.)
We never see him mourn his past losses (other than his mentor and even that failed to land emotionally for me). We get that he was burned, he’s kind of wary, but no follow up. He basically had no reason for acting like a dick in the beginning. We don’t see Dr. Ye forging ahead to overcome his past. There’s just this weird movement from new job to crush to rejection to confession. There’s no emotional through thread that connects the actions. We get a little of all of the possible scenarios but never quite the full flavor of any of them. It’s like a there are too many spices in the pot fighting to be the main flavor and in the end you get a dish that tastes fine but it’s not quite right. (Dammit, I’m back to the food metaphors.)
So, I’m pretty sure I just need to build a hut on the Island and become accustomed to my fate.
Why are your food metaphors so great EVERY TIME? They make so much sense to my foodie brain. I usually have trouble expressing all of my thoughts regarding YWFP so I’ll mainly do a couple squeal posts or cry posts but not much meat or OT stuff, and then I get to your perfectly articulated thoughts and I cry in thankfulness.
Thank you. I always just sort of do a word vomit immediately after watching and then clean up a bit. This week it’s just because I knew what was coming that I had a little more time to reflect. I actually had written a bit before and in the middle of the episode, but scrapped that for a more real reaction. I’m not on the Ye-line by any means, but this episode was the first one that made me understand its appeal.
As for the food metaphors — I think I just like food too much! And food metaphors are some of the most underrated.
SnarkyJellyfish
May 6, 2018 at 7:53 PM
**Peeks out from behind palm tree**
So. Uh, yeah…I only just watched the last episode of Poetry.
You know the drill. See you in the comments.
SnarkyJellyfish
May 6, 2018 at 7:54 PM
To all my Ye-liner Bean-friends: I send a raft of snacks to your ship for your celebrations! Congrats on meeting a good wind and sailing towards the sunset. There’s nothing better than seeing the characters you love get together. And who doesn’t love some cute secret dating antics? Genuinely happy that a ship sailed and that we get to see my girl Bo-young finally be happy get the love she deserves. Also, I love how comfortable the two are together and that the only awkwardness is from Dr. Ye’s terrible poker face.
To my MinHoYoung Bean-friends: I’ma quote the lovely @isa: There are still four more episodes.
Now, for this Islander’s thoughts:
(Because, yeah, still here.)
I’m starting with our ship that hasn’t sailed today. I’m sort of leaning towards Min-ho less these days, as I’ve come to see him as second lead and I never really get SLS. It’s nice to see him grow and my heart will break for him when he finds out about our Ye-line sailing, but I don’t really feel any strong shippy feelings in this direction anymore. I basically am here for his character arc because that’s more interesting at this point. I appreciate that Bo-young is the one who pushed him into maturing but ultimately he has to walk this road himself and maybe it’s better that he do it alone.
Now, Ye-line.
I’m gonna get into what I feel is lacking here, so feel free to skip this bit if you’re not into it.
I’ve never been able to emotionally connect to Dr. Ye as a character. He’s too flat. As cute as he is as a smitten kitten (so cute), it just feels like he’s checking a box on the lead character sheet rather than actually being a character. (This isn’t me saying that Ye-liners are looking for something that’s not there; there have been plenty of times where I emotionally connect to a character that loads of others haven’t; I’m just pointing out that this was the issue for me.)
We never see him mourn his past losses (other than his mentor and even that failed to land emotionally for me). We get that he was burned, he’s kind of wary, but no follow up. He basically had no reason for acting like a dick in the beginning. We don’t see Dr. Ye forging ahead to overcome his past. There’s just this weird movement from new job to crush to rejection to confession. There’s no emotional through thread that connects the actions. We get a little of all of the possible scenarios but never quite the full flavor of any of them. It’s like a there are too many spices in the pot fighting to be the main flavor and in the end you get a dish that tastes fine but it’s not quite right. (Dammit, I’m back to the food metaphors.)
So, I’m pretty sure I just need to build a hut on the Island and become accustomed to my fate.
bam 🐢🐌💖~
May 6, 2018 at 8:09 PM
Why are your food metaphors so great EVERY TIME? They make so much sense to my foodie brain. I usually have trouble expressing all of my thoughts regarding YWFP so I’ll mainly do a couple squeal posts or cry posts but not much meat or OT stuff, and then I get to your perfectly articulated thoughts and I cry in thankfulness.
SnarkyJellyfish
May 6, 2018 at 8:37 PM
Thank you. I always just sort of do a word vomit immediately after watching and then clean up a bit. This week it’s just because I knew what was coming that I had a little more time to reflect. I actually had written a bit before and in the middle of the episode, but scrapped that for a more real reaction. I’m not on the Ye-line by any means, but this episode was the first one that made me understand its appeal.
As for the food metaphors — I think I just like food too much! And food metaphors are some of the most underrated.
bam 🐢🐌💖~
May 6, 2018 at 8:52 PM
Food metaphors are the best. You can never have too many food metaphors, or too great a love for food.
I totally get the appeal, have from the start. But for the life of me, I cannot feel anything for it. Wish I did. Would make it easier for me..
Jenmole🍊
May 6, 2018 at 11:08 PM
I’m staying right here on the island 🏝 with you boss-nim! Will a tent ⛺️do for now ? I can’t find a hut emoji. 😂