#YJGS ep.8

I don’t get those people who broke up with you but came back x number of years later professing undying love and claiming to never forget about you. Sorry sir, you are history, and history is always about the past and stays in the past.

Zhaojun’s mom is one of the worst in dramaland. She made her daughter’s life miserable for her own stupidity. She kept her for her own emotional punching bag. She got no tears nor sympathy from me.

All my tears and sympathy goes to Zhaojun. I am glad Junlong is there to give all the hugs she needed.

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    My views are different from yours though. What I liked best in this episode was how they gave the humanness to the evil characters as well. I have a soft spot for shows that make you realize that even the evil characters were human after all and they had their side of story as well that made them vulnerable, hateful and pitiful at the same time. Reagrding Zhaojun’s ex, I loved how politely all that was resolved. She just had to say no and it was over. Had it been a kdrama we would’ve seen a long confrontation scene and anger. But here it was just over with a no, I’ve moved on. I did like her ex, he was a noble idiot, he left her because she could live her life when he sacrificed his for hers and when he came back he found her. But here Zhaojun’s monolgue is my favorite dialogue that everything in the world has an expiry date, so does love. 10 years is a long time, junlong had to appear in that as Zhaojun’s perfect match.

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      I am also glad that the ex wasn’t clingy and was mainly there to get rid of mom. Definitely agree and am glad this is not a kdrama.

      No sympathy nor pity for mom whatsoever. Those emotional scars she inflicted to Zhaojun negate all her humanness and supposed love. We’re lucky Zhaojun grew up alright. If this is a kdrama, … In this case, it’s probably better for her to leave baby daughter at the church.

      All that said, I do like the humanness and that love coming from a community that this series portrayed. I had similar background to JunLong and grew up in such community, so I was extra invested in the story.

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    “Zhaojun’s mom is one of the worst in dramaland” totally agree !

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