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Apr 1Liked by Anisa

Kim Ji Won is peaking here. What an absurdly amazing performance she is putting in. She's so dang good with her eyes that I was actually reading too much into her character at the start, because her eyes just conveyed so much. Her look when she said to Hyun Woo at the elevator "I haven't even told you where we're going", combined with the hindsight that she had just learned that she was ill and felt (for the first time in a while?) like she needed her husband by her side... man, that look broke something in me.

And I completely agree that Hyun Woo and his friend are both awful human beings. I'm almost caught up with all the aired episodes and of course I like Hyun Woo at this point, but still this show has not adequately justified his initial inhumanity. And I don't think that it CAN. Genuine happiness at the death (or inevitable death) of another human, even someone you hate, is a level of terribleness that I don't believe has a justification (outside of being relieved that a mass murderer is gone or something).

That said, one can easily see that the more he viewed Hae In as a person, the less happy he became about her death. So the show implies vaguely that his happiness was a result of feeling free for the first time in years. Her death was just the source of that freedom, and his loathing of the situation blocked his normal human sympathy which we have now seen quickly resurface in the light of his new view of Hae In.

However, you would hope that a kdrama of this quality would do a little more than VAGUELY IMPLY such an important aspect of the ML's journey. But alas, here we are, and all in all this has been such a fantastic ride so far. I'm all the way on board with Queen of Tears and am ready to eat up more and more.

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Completely agree with you on all of this! We needed a moment of human empathy from him to be his first reaction, even if it was fleeting. I agree that I’m on board with where he is now, but this definitely continues to be a flaw (probably the only one that’s really impacted my enjoyment of the drama so far). I’m about halfway through ep6 and it’s getting so good 😭

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All I'm going to say is: the end of episode 8. Just get there.

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We know what caused the big falling out. Hint: 10-31.

I’m loving this drama so far because it’s pretty spot on about marriage. I’ve been Hae-in and Hyun-woo at times. Thanks for the lovely write-up.

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Yeah that gives us a hint! But I feel like it has to be something bigger than just a lost pregnancy—and I really hope it’s not something cliched like “she was working too hard at the time and he blames her”, though honestly as Paroma and I have discussed, we wouldn’t be surprised.

I agree that the relationship between Hae-in and Hyun-woo is so well done. You can feel the unspoken emotion, the tension and the history between them in every scene.

Thank you for reading and commenting! 😊 I’m looking forward to see what develops in this weekend’s episodes.

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"Hong family mausoleum" 🤣🤣🤣

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I mean… 😌

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