Record of Youth #2:

I liked this episode more than the premiere! I’ll wait for the recap to discuss more, but I guess the things that I’m thinking about the most here were:

1. Do you guys think Haehyo is genuinely naive or more wilfully blind about his privilege? Also, I deeply dislike his mother.

2. As much as I’m rooting for Hyejun, I kind of want him to just go to the army, but I can’t tell if that’s what’ll happen based on the preview for ep 3. Correct me if I’m wrong, but we’re still in the past (2018) now, right?

3. I miss my grandfather 🙁 hahaha.

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    1. I quite like Hae-Hyo’s mother. Although she’s pulling all the strings, she’s so earnest in doing so. And she’s not hateful of vindictive. She’s definitely classist, but I don’t hate her for it. She acts like many rich people act. They want their kid to be successful too. She doesn’t apologize for it. I don’t like her because she’s indirectly against Hye-Jun, but that’s not her fault. I’m sure Hae-Hyo will have a “come to Jesus” talk with her when he realizes how much she’s doing behind the scenes. And I wouldn’t doubt that Hye-jun’s mom wouldn’t be doing the same if she had the means.

    2. I think he does go to army. And we’ll have a time skip where he’ll come back in 18 months-2 years. That would make sense with the time line. I’d like to imagine that he met Du-Jun in the military who encouraged him to continue and becomes his mentor when he gets out. He is the nation’s boyfriend after all. 🤣

    3. I miss mine too.

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      who is nation’s boyfriend Du-Jun or PBG?
      Who is Du-Jun btw?

      And, lol, i thought they would end the whole drama with PBG going to military because (you know he is going to the military 😛 )

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        Yoo Doo-joon is an idol who is part of the band Highlight (formerly Beast). He’s also a pretty well-known actor; he’s been in shows like Let’s Eat and Radio Romance.

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          oh i know him.. i thought this name was of some character in the drama..

          is he also in this drama ?
          lol.. super cool

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            No, he’s not, just in my imagination because he went to military in 2018 and just came back earlier this year.

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          do you think we are going to get the track that
          ML to FL: “Now, that i am famous, you have become my fan” .. if she tells him she has been his fan always ?

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        DUJUN is who I was referring to. http://m.dkpopnews.fooyoh.com/2010/03/news-beasts-doo-joon-is-most-wanted.html

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      lol.. i get it now..

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      I think it’s the classicism for me. I don’t doubt her intentions are sincere, I just wish she didn’t have to look down on Hyejun/his mother. That kind of thing always rubs me the wrong way, no matter how realistic it is 😂

      My ideal army scenario is for Hyejun to become an army sunbae to SHINee’s Key (who enlisted early in 2019). They become bffs and Key recommends Hyejun to tvn for Drinking Solo season 2 (filmed and produced in much more ethical circumstances) and Hyejun becomes part of the Noryangjin trio, LOL.

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    I’m wondering what is in this character that made Shin Ae ra come back to the small screen. There must be sth special but when she’s onscreen I just keep thinking she’s so pretty.

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      ohhhhhhhhhhhh

      that’s who she is..

      i kept thinking i have seen this mother somewhere.. she is glamourous, but couldn’t place her

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        I couldn’t either, had to search but I kept thinking that I’ve seen her somewhere. That was in Master in the house and just generally when I’ve searched about Cha In Pyo.

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    I think Hae-hyo is just naive. I think he probably means well, but, as with most people who have privilege, he doesn’t realize the advantages he has and is so set on believing he earned his success that the thought of his background probably doesn’t even enter his mind as a reason for why he is accomplishing things while Hye-jun isn’t.

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      It is probably the most frustrating thing about rich kids. When someone doesn’t see all the privileges they had, it makes them indirectly disregard other’s efforts.
      “I achieved all this by myself. He didn’t. Thus, he didn’t work as hard as I”

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        @smaltwalt @nerdy I think the reason I was wondering is because he did seem to ask his mum if she knew anyone at the production company or something like that… but then he accepted her shifty answer so easily so, yeah. I believe that he cares about Hyejun and genuinely considers him his best friend. But still, naive.

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    I think it’s part wilfully blind and part naive. He suspects the mum might be up to something but he doesn’t want to bother about it, and he genuinely likes Hye Jun so he wants to be successful together. But if HJ ever found out how he got the Arena job he’d probably be mad at HH.

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      Yeah. I think trying to dig deeper into his mum’s dealings is just too much of a hassle for him at this point, and really, what would be in it for him? He’s riding high right now, so might as well carry on.

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    He seems genuinely clueless and no that doesn’t make me warm up to him to the least bit or make him like me. At least a moderate amount of self awareness is a good thing and can come in handy. The mother at least knows that and is doing everything that she can to help her son succeed which isn’t too off mark. I don’t hate her for that. It happens in reality. She is classist and fake though and don’t like that part.

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      Yeah I’m not sure how I feel about him tbh. I think he’s a good friend and all, but eh. There’s nothing overly wonderful about him right now, to me at least. Agree on his mum as well. I don’t blame her for wanting to make use of everything she can to help her son out. She’s a mother, and that’s normal. But it’s the classicism and the condescension towards Hyejun and his mother that rubs me the wrong way.

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    1. HaeHyo is blind to his privilege and a bit naive on how the world works due to that privilege.
    2. I sorta want Hye Jun to get the enlistment out of the way and come back to prove all his naysayers wrong.

    Shin Aera is really pretty and I understand why her character is the way she is. It doesnt mean I like her classist attitude though.

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