Extraordinary You: finally got some time to type up something about this drama. I’ve been really enjoying it – Kim Hye Yoon is a revelation (sad that I can’t finish Sky Castle, it’s just too stressful!) And of course Lee Jae Wook!! Puppy needs to work a bit on varying his scowling face 😛 but he’s been so good otherwise!! Tender moments (however rare) are tender, and when he’s being a jerk he’s being a real jerk, with charisma. But here comes my problem with the drama: can we please, please, get Baek Kyung’s backstory now? -_- it’s 5 episodes too late now to redeem him. It makes me sad knowing that webtoon Baek Kyung (the actual webtoon, not the in-drama webtoon) is so much more layered and so much less of an a*hole. Webtoon BK is most often indifferent to Dan Oh; he doesn’t really shout at her or constantly dismiss her rudely. Their relationship is super interesting because- like Dan Oh said (in the webtoon), whether by choice or not, Baek Kyung HAS been the only one by her side throughout her life. When Baek Kyung gains awareness, he also becomes aware of his feelings for Dan Oh, and on top of that comes to like her Shadow personality. He doesn’t actively provoke Haru (besides some snide comments here and there), and actually partners with Haru to save Dan Oh. I honestly don’t understand why all of this interesting development is taken away from us. Maybe because compared to webtoon Haru, drama Haru has a lot more development and personality? Must we give up one character development for another? 🙁 Writer-nim, why can’t we have it all?

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