YI-SEO… YI-SEO…! 😡😠😡

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    These last two eps….wow. I already said it but she was a tornado of destruction.
    Have you finished the ep?

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      Omg I juuuuuust finished the episode and whyyyyyyy is she in CEO Jang’s office????
      This smells of betrayals and fake outs and… 😡😡😡😡

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    I yelled at my TV so much, my husband asked who I was talking to. Itaewon Class, no no no no no no!

    Let me explain: I am glad that the Show addressed the some of discrimination that Kim Toni faces. Not getting accepted into the club? I saw that turn out from a mile away! It was expected and what I was waiting for was the others’ reaction to this, which went well, except for our Fav Annoying Sociopath (more on that later).

    The issue: the discrimination is, in fact, within, and veiled as cuteness. Why would Kim Toni have to learn English????? Sae-ro-yi and the other knew damn well he didn’t speak English when they hired him and yet, because he’s Black, it’s expected that he should. To the point that they even have a meeting about it, for Toni to explain that he speaks fluent French instead. Like, isn’t THAT racist? Micro-aggression much?? And yes, I know, I know, it’s a Korean show and blah blah 99% homogeneous population, yadda yadda ya… It’s either you do or don’t. Having a Black character is not mandatory (clearly). They could have done without it, if they were not going to spare our poor Toni having to deal with micro-aggression at work that gets swept under the rug. The Show makes a big deal about Toni getting kicked out of the club but his colleagues asking him to learn English SPECIFICALLY because he’s Black? Let’s brush that off real quick, non ?

    As for you, Yi-seo… “You’re not Korean because you’re Black and you haven’t been naturalizer yet, but sure, I’ll help you find your grandma and your father, and that should brush off all my racists misgivings because the Show will make it look like it’s because I’m a sociopath and I don’t understand empathy for people I don’t love and I only love Sae-ro-yi, so it’s ok to help his people”?

    F**K that!

    I now see the sociopath traits that seemed sooo cute and bratty at first but now, yeah, glad she’s in therapy because the things she said and did to both Kim Toni and Geun Soo made me sooooooooooooo mad! The level of coldness and apathy… GAAAAAAH !

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      I thought he did know English, this made me laugh at myself. He said he’d been in Korea only a year and I made the assumption that he was American. I guess I saw the meeting as cute (especially the hand holding) because I though that was why she hired him that she’d made the same assumption which is still problematic. But you are right why does he have to be the one to learn english now that they know he speaks French whic would also be a plus?

      So, that moment when she decides to help Kim Toni find his family. I had to turn it off because I thought it would be the same as the “Unnie”. That it would make it all better and to the team it did, but then I thought we are still supposed to see that nothing changed she is just acting to fit what she thinks Sae ro yi wants.
      Now I’m worried that we are supposed to see her sociopathic nature as a reason for it, and I really hope not.
      At this point in a show I’d expect to see glimpses of growth or a hidden better nature and instead we are getting the flip of that.

      There was a moment in that scene when Yi-seo is getting patted on the head and Geun-soo looks at her and i really hope i read that look correctly as him finally being over his crush.

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        I like the show too much to even bother pretending that I’m gonna drop it over the microaggressions they are inflicting on my Toni. 😅😏

        it’s the “Unnie” issue again and yet, now that my eyes are clear and that I see Yi-Seo as the actual 69% sociopath that she said she was, her behaviour is indeed pretty consistent 😒😒😒. Still mad at her though.

        I actually thought Geun Soo would say something along the lines of “you know she’s only being nice because she likes SaeRoYi, right? She definitely didn’t mean that apology!”

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          Yes, I’m looking at the “unnie” issue with new eyes. The way it was resolved seemed to pat and now I think it was supposed to seem that way to the viewers. The same with her making that post about the club and the crew are all happy with her. It was just framed a different way. At least I think this is what the writer wants us to see.

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