They all forgot about the red hand didn’t they? And by they I mean the writers. If spells don’t work why did that disappear? Or does he think it was all in his head like that neural coupling bullshit?

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    My assumption was that the red hand is the shaman in the past life, who may well by Hong-jo in the current life. So I am wondering if the red hand disappeared because of the shared destiny Shin-yu now has with her reincarnated self?

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      This is what I think too! And/or the real cure was something to do with Hong-jo and not the spell book.

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        While I wasn’t thrilled about the neural coupling—I did think it was effective as yet one MORE reason Shin-yu could pretend his feelings weren’t really his. When Hong-jo shouts “why don’t you tell *all* these excuses to Na-yeon!!” I felt that her ability to say “all” made her plea more effective. That’s my take anyway. It was still not ideal.

        As for the Red Hand…I’d be SUPER surprised if it didn’t come back. But then again, I didn’t think they’d do what they did to Taec in HB, so….

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          That’s how I took it as well, it felt like the neural coupling thing was introduced not as the actual reason but to show us another way that JSY was trying to rationalise the fact that he liked HJ.

          I’ve got a feeling it’ll come back too, it’s probably more subdued/temporarily out of action right now than gotten rid of entirely – I’m predicting it’ll come back mayhaps when our leads (and we, the audience) are enlightened a bit more about the past life story! And then it’ll go away for real forever when HJ an SY finally start dating for real or something.

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            I’ve got my recap comment all queued up…I also predict that the hand will return when Joseon-ville arrives :)!!

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      It is my assumption that for the short-term we’re sort of to imagine that he’s “cured” because her “Avert Disaster” (or whatever) spell had worked. His hand doesn’t hurt either…

      However, we’re now in the messy middle where it’s not clear whether or not the spell worked and whether or not he’s still dying or whether or not he’s still engaged or whether or not she actually cast “Fair Skin” or that other one about making Jae-kyung fall for her (like was implied when she was reading) or whether or not Na-yeon is an actual whole character or whether or not those flowers got replanted at the side of the road…

      I have questions, and frankly, I have more, and frankly, I’m in love with them all and am happy still to see where this all goes.

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    Exactly! How come suddenly it is gone and no one wonders why ! I was so disappointed both episodes in this week. I still cant wait for next week tough 🙂

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    The red hand Re: we shall see…

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    I felt something similar to this watching MLL turning into some strange show. I’m glad I ended the day watching Love at First Sight (NF 2023).

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    Can it please come back and start killing off annoying characters? Like the two office ladies and, yeah I’ll say it, his ditzy Mom? For once, I’d be fine if a romcom turned into a serial murder story.

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      Absolutely detest those two colleagues. Problem is I don’t think they will get their cumappence because they are just ‘written that way’.

      Loathing the mum and the young friends storyline. Yuck! If my friend tries to get on with my mother I will cut him! Ewww!

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        Thank you! For one teeeeny tiny second I thought the bun-head girl might be the person taking the pictures but … she doesn’t seem smart enough. Unless she suddenly is revealed to be in love with the 2FL and is trying to break them up without having to kill Sin Yu (sorry, lame riff on MLL there) 🙄

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