Thank you missvictrix for your super timely weecap! Love you!
Man, Sun-woo got the heave ho pretty abruptly. I didn't like how they cut his storyline and got rid of him like yesterday trash. The writers used his character like the mountain god did, as motivation for Woo-yeo to get his juices flowing. Too bad, it would have been nice to see if this first love matured Sun-woo into a better person. Wow, what a hot kiss and bedroom scene, I thought for a moment I was watching an episode of "Nevertheless". Okay, now I really get why people think Jang Ki-yong is hot! He sure heats up a room!

Thank you, @missvictrix, for the weecap! I enjoyed how reluctant Woo-yeo was in the company of Dam's friends. He didn't have a clue on how to deal with the situation. And Dam falling from the couch to Woo-yeo's arms - his reaction was priceless!

No matter how much I try, I am unable to stop myself from nitpicking about Woo Yeo and accept the main leads' love. The drama is such a wasted potential. Why?

1. The second lead was totally unnecessary. @missvictrix one line description of the character is spot on! " Used and abused by this story at its convenience. " Unlike the reviewer, I did not like the last confession as he was still forcing his unrequited love. Lee Dam doesn't care whether he stays or leaves, so the whole point of his goodbye just went over her head. She still thinks he liked her because of the thread, when it was shown way earlier, from Woo Yeo's observation that Seon Woo genuinely like Dam. The writer wrote off his character by killing whatever growth he showed, by constantly bullying him into confessing his love for Dam.

2. Apart from creating unnecessary conflict, the red thread plot did not induce any change in Woo Yeo or help in his quest to turn human. The mountain spirit abused his powers to help his beloved fox, but everything was in vain, as Woo Yeo was never shown to have take steps in the path of becoming human.

3. A level headed female lead is changed into a fickle minded person within a short span of time (or episodes). The first thing Lee Dam says to Seon Woo, when he fills her on the rumour surrounding Professor Seo and Professor Shin, is she would drop Woo Yoo's class. However, she walks back on the statement by continuing to take his class, until the whole college finds about Dam's relationship with Woo Yoo. Even after witnessing Woo Yoo using Professor Seo, Dam asks Seon Woo to keep her love life with Woo Yoo to be a secret, because she does not want rumours about her. Later on, she has no qualms in confronting the whole people in college, accepting the rumour and is portrayed to be unfazed by the whole incident.

4. The major arc in the whole drama is whether gumiho will turn human or not and gets his happy ending with Lee Dam. So, a crucial answer to this big question is "Humanity". As I have been mentioning in previous MRIAG thread, the show should have focused on Woo Yeo learning human emotions. Watching him be empathetic and compasionate to others, failing to socialize is more entertaining than pinning for Lee Dam.

5. His job as her professor absolutely makes no sense and adds zero value to the story. Atleast before episode 8, we could say he was sad of wiping her memories and kept a watch over her out of concern, but after they became an "official couple", why din't he quit? I am not even going to talk about Dam's endearing nickname, "Oroshin", for gumiho. From the next episode preview, I can see they are gonna address all the topics I covered in point 5, but this only makes it more clear that the writer doesn't have enough materials to keep a story going for 16 episodes.

6. The mountain spirit bestowed Dam with strength/stamina to endure and keep up with the gumiho. If it was going to be so easy, the previous...

I didn't like Hyeri at the beginning but am now a total fan, she is so FUNNY. I love the "I Have a Cunning Plan" sequence where she tries to trap Woo-Yeo and he keeps evaporating was extremely amusing. I don't feel that much sympathy for the second lead - he never really knew her that well so he was a bit over-dramatic with his final "confession". There is nothing that is harder to listen to than a man for whom you have absolutely no feeling except mild friendship confessing a burning love, it just creeps you out and its really really embarrassing. And you feel awkward because you didn't push him away harder, and you wonder if it's your fault and you've been sending out the wrong signals. I can only assume this character had found all woman so easy to attract he couldn't accept failure, otherwise it doesn't make any sense at all.

I know the ML and FL are only two years apart in age, and they are both adults, but still .............hmmmmm. But OMG Jang Ki-yong is HOT!

I loved these episodes, as I have the loved the whole series. I appreciate that Dam continues to be a woman who is direct and asserts herself when necessary. We saw Woo yeo becoming more human as he yearned to become closer to Dam, but restrained himself because he was worried for her. I liked Sun Woo's arc: He was a thoughtless jerk about Dam, until he got to know and care about her, then he tried to convey his feelings for her, and finally backed away when he saw that he wasn't the man for her. I believe the experience taught him to grow up and become more caring for women.

Plus, the series continues to have some laugh out loud moments. Woo Yeo whisking himself away whenever Dan tried to kiss him was a hoot.

Can I just again say how much i love Dam's character. My favorite was when she shocked the mountain spirit by literally yanking on the thread as he was leaving to bring him back. The shock on his face was priceless

Woo-yeo and Dam have no personality when they're together. Woo-yeo only has personality when he's with Hye-sun, and Dam is like another person when she's with Jae-jin and Soo-kyung. Their relationship is so prim and proper that even during their kisses, I feel nothing.

I'm so disappointed in Soo-kyung for not figuring out Dam's boyfriend. As soon as she and Jae-jin caught Dam telling Woo-yeo, "See you at home" at the library, I expected her to flashback to Dam telling them about her "friend" living with a guy, then Woo-yeo showing up at the club when she texted Dam's boyfriend. Soo-kyung's big secret about Suk rejecting her confession was anticlimactic.

Hey fellow Beanies! IMO, Hyeri's Lee Dam is going to be one of the most memorable heroines ever. She is unique; not only is she the winsome female lead who will overcome all obstacles in her way, but she will save the day and prevent a true cosmic tragedy (Woo-yeo's destruction) without the benefit of superpowers, social status, money, or high corporate position. Her story speaks to the power of being an everyday normal person with extraordinary character!

The whole "humanity" thing is what turns the bead blue instead of human energy seems like it was put in there for a few reasons.

It's been hinted at the entire time that meeting Lee Dam was special and there was something special about her and their relationship that allowed the bead to turn blue, rather than simply her giving him energy. So, changing it to humanity rather than human energy makes sense in that regard.

I have another big theory about why the screenwriter made it be humanity instead of human energy. Okay, this is just my read on this drama but it has major Twilight vibes. I was not a fan of Twilight and this drama is much better developed and written than Twilight in my opinion. However, the whole him being able to physically hurt her when he is trying to be affection with her is very Twilight like. There had been so much tension about them not being able to have much physical contact because of him draining her energy and yet it has been clear that they both desperately want to... (cue the buddhist nun/priest scene that was hilarious and Shin Woo Yeo commenting for the past episode about why did she ACTUALLY move in again ;)
So in order for them to be physical intimate without him hurting her, they had to make the bead not need human energy. Have to say that I appreciate that these two leads actually sexually desire each other and that there isn't *much* embarrassment about it (though Hye Sun did try to get Shin Woo Yeo to admit his desire for her at one time and he blushed). Their desire or innocence wasn't what was keeping them from being intimate but rather it was his fear of draining her energy.

I also really liked that the warm sunshine is what makes Shin Woo Yeo take his jacket off. At a sentence level, the writing on this drama is really good! When he was quoting Love in the Time of Cholera to her at the cafe, those lines were really well placed and used to good effect.