It's Okay, That's Love Review

K, let me tryta start this one off nice, slow and calmly.

As of now, I've seen 2 movies and 4 dramas starring Gong Hyo Jin. Impressive huh?
Crush and Blush had me like "what the fuck?" the whole time. needless to say, it's a pretty weird movie, Love Fiction was AWESOME  and I LOVED her character in it, Pasta was mostly bearable with a few redeemable qualities, Greatest Love was super funny and  Cha Seung Won was in it so you know I loved it, Master's Sun was really great but a tad bit overrated,  and now we have, *dum dum dum*... It's Okay That's Love 

FIRST OF ALL,
I would give the OST alone an A+++. I loved the OST to the point where it hurt but felt so good at the same time. very very  bittersweet. the songs just resonated with me for some reason. I feel like the OST alone deserves it's own review. So well thought out with so many interesting song choices. Everything about this drama was well thought out. Like, I want to know the MINDS that created this. (oh gawd, I promised to be calm and take things nice and slow but i'm about to go awf a little. Le sigh.) 

I need a two hour documentary on how they found the songs for the OSTs, why they chose each and every song, the inspirations for the themes of the drama, the inspirations for the characters, reasons why they choice the actors that got casted, what other themes they'll like to explore in future dramas, if they've already started sculpting a new script. Like when I say I want to know everything I.want.to.know

(**EDIT** I referred to the writer as "they" in my overly-excited rambling but after some extensive research, [*cough* wikipedia *cough*] I found out that "they" is 1 person and HER name is Noh Hee Kyung and she also wrote Padam Padam and she's brilliant and I wanna know more about her soo bad! anyway,  back to the review). 


This is probably one of the realest Kdramas ever made. The topic of sex was mentioned like so many times in the first 2 episode alone and that kinda took me by surprise a lil bit. 

I mean, I watch a lot of American TV shows so its not like i'm uncomfortable with sex (I watch Masters of Sex, for goodness' sake!) but this is a KOREAN DRAMA. most times the highest they'll reach is an allusion (i.e bed scene; nothing explicit, of course) or like  one character lightly teasing another character about watching porn but not an honest convo about sex! Anyway, I just found that refreshing so I had to mention it.

The actress that played Hae Soo's mom has been EVERYTHING. I'm pretty sure she was in Master's Sun too. 
Damn that woman is hardworking!! she's been everyone's mom, aunt, relative e.t.c its like she doesn't sleep at all.


It's Okay, That's Love, it just... it just  a bit of a Coffee prince feeling for me. Ya know, Great OST, super great acting, palpable and authentic chemistry between the two leads e.t.c. There was just so many emotions to experience through these characters. It was like my Kdrama cherry was being re-popped; It felt great but my insides felt uncomfortable at the same time. 

 There were just too many heartwarming scenes to count. I literally could go on and on if I had the time. 
So much understanding and sensitivity when dealing with the theme of mental health and PTSD!! 
  
It felt like I was witnessing something timeless. It really sort of showed how beautiful and complicated human beings are.The words that kept popping into my mind while I was watching this drama are: THOUGHTFUL, TENDER. SENSITIVE, OBSERVANT, TOUCHING, WELL CRAFTED.  So it was basically, the perfect boyfriend.

With IOTL I saw something I had never seen in a Kdrama before. In anything, really. 
the dimensions of love and intimacy that the writers explored..?! like, they went to places that most Kdrama writers wouldn't dare go. 

Nothing felt too forced but it did feel deliberate which I noticed and appreciated. 

I know that everything i'm saying sounds rather vague but it's hard to pick one scene and be like "THAT ONE! THAT WAS THE SCENE THAT MADE THIS DRAMA SO FUCKING IMPACTFUL" because everything was just so flipping good!!

All the relationships seemed so organic! Each of their interactions had it's own little quirks and inside jokes and it almost felt like they existed outside the drama. 

There was something so...watchable about Jae Yul and Hae Soo. I got that feeling like I could literally watch them interact for hours. That made me happy but sad at the time. This kinda relates to the bittersweet-ness I got from the OST too. 
Like, I LOVED the lyrics of the OST songs so much and it felt awesome but at the same time it hurt because it somehow highlighted  the feeling of dissatisfaction I have with my love life and friendships.  

I really enjoyed Hae Soo as the main character. she was super blunt in an endearing way ( but sometimes she did irritate me when she would obsessively ask him about other women he's dated or pester him about the money he was spending on her but at the same time I understood that she had a hard time trusting men so she got a pass for that). 
She is such a modern day woman with her own set of values and belief systems. I found that I could relate to her on certain subjects and it felt pretty good to see that. 

It was really nice to see her step outta her shell and open up to the idea of being in love with Jae Yul. You could tell how much of an inner struggle she was having but it was really satisfying when she finally lets go and admits to liking him. 

I think this is something that a lot of people deal with, which is finding the courage to love and be loved by others. It may seem like nothing to some, but falling in love is fucking scary. But once you let go and let things happen it becomes much, much easier. 

I teared up a bit while i was watching the last  couple of scenes but I was alright. then when it was over, I went into my living room and my older sister (who has watched it already) was there and I started singing the opening song (♫ one apple, one palm fruit ♪). and she was like "wait... why are you singing that song?" and then, I, well... I broke down 

I started sobbing uncontrollably whilst laughing at the same damn time  
and she started laughing and saying "I don't even know how to react to this!"

It was such a hilarious situation but honestly, that has never happened to me before like EVER. I cried ALOT when I was watching Secret but not AFTER. I seriously was not expecting to have that sort of obvious emotional response to finishing this drama. I didn't even know what to expect. I thought I was okay I thought I was alright but now I think that singing that song triggered something in me. 

ANYWAYS, I think I've rambled on waaay too much. Long story short, If you haven't watched IOTL, just drop whatever drama you're watching right now. just drop it! and start watching IOTL because the oxford fucking dictionary doesn't have enough words to describe how breathtakingly amazing this drama is. 

SoYou Features

I'd be lying if I said Soyou is my bias in Sistar because everything about Hyorin is just so... idk.. I just love her and her voice.
but let me tell you... everyone and I mean EVERYONE needs to get into SoYou's musical work OUTSIDE of Sistar because....
bitch can SANG!

When I first go into Sistar my second bias was Bora  (and I didn't even know the difference between Dasom and SoYou. I didn't even know their names. shame on me, I know, But that was like 3 years ago).

But NOW, SoYou is competing with Hyorin for  #1 Sistar bias in my heart. And,umm, You didn't hear this from me but, the competition might get ugly.

But seriously tho, I can't even explain to you how much I LIVE for her collabos! the chorus from Some 

is currently my ringtone and sometimes I just let my phone ring so I can jam to it. That's how much I completely adore this song.

This whole situation has completely taken me by surprise because I totally wasn't expecting it. I'm pretty sure  Stupid Love

came out first and I just listened to it because I was like "why not?" so when I pressed play and the song just kept gettting better and better I was like

Don't even get me started on The Space Between.

DO.NOT.EVEN.GET.ME.STARTED.
shit, you got me started.

This song gives me some typa soulful yet light and and sweet vibe. LIIIKE it feels like a song I've been waiting all my for.

My love for this song is fucking boundless. And i'm a fan of Urban Zakapa so I don't even know why I didn't hear this song IMMEDIATELY when it came out.  I know it only came out a few months ago but STILL.

So after some time had passed and I stopped obsessing over these 3 songs. I stopped and said "Wait, Why doesn't she get more promotion?"

It started to irk me because it feels like miss A and 4 Minute where Suzy and Hyuna seem to get LOADS more attention, music, promotion, CFs e.t.c, than aaalll the other members. and don't get me wrong, I love Suzy and I think she's beautiful and talented and Hyuna's my bad bitch and she already knew that, but it's frustrating to see great, talented girls being pushed to side all in the name of
 "there can only be one star". Why can't they get some goddamn equal attention!!? Why is so much talent being wasted!?

--end rant--

ANYWAYZ,

I'm 110% here for SoYou's SEMI-solo endeavors (cuz these ARE just collabos) and I look forward to discovering and  listening to more stuff from her and other girl group members who have been tragically and brutally pushed to the side just because their company only really cares about the member that they see as the cash cow.
You hear that? Sister MiMie is here for y'all whenever you need me.

Dream Kdrama Pairings!

Dear Kdrama writers, please read this blog post and please understand that if you make these potential couples happen in your dramas, not only will you have lots of viewers and rake in that cash, you'll have people fainting and crying over the amount of chemistry they have.Please hear me out and understand that THESE COUPLES NEED TO HAPPEN DAMMIT. thank you.
the following contains pictures, gifs and videos to aid you in you're decision making.


Jo In Sung and Song Ji Hyo aka Frozen Couple
Because their scenes were, um, definitely far from frozen in Frozen Flower. I mean..

(yes, all the pics I posted are pretty tame. there's no way i'm posting pics of the super erotic, nude sex scenes they had. nuh uh. you're gonna have to look them up yourself. I only googled it for research purposes. I'm an innocent, pure young woman who would never post stuff like that.)

But seriously tho, I really want them to play completely different characters preferable in a rom com setting cuz Frozen Flower was HEAVY and DARK. But I still loved it tho.


Lee Min Ho and Yoon Eun Hye AKA Kiss Scene Olymopics Champs
Because they're both great kissers! I've been praying and hoping and praying and hoping they would do a drama together for YEARS!! When Yoon Eun Hye cameo'd on Personal Taste I was like

I started shipping it there and then even though she was only In like two scenes and we got like 10+ episodes of the build up for the main couple. No offense, Son Ye Jin but I totally forgot your character existed when Yoon Eun Hye showed up. But don't worry when she left I went back to normal. 

Now, let's go into the evidence locker and pull out some stuff shall we?

GAME OVER KISS

Lee Min Ho puts his all into his kiss scenes! Like I remember when I was watching Personal Taste  he grabbed her and said "game over mida" I FUH REAKED OUT! I just knew this kiss would go down in history. 

COLA KISS 

Goddammit this scene is so flipping sexy! The fact that they're like all sticky and sweet and covered in cola just adds to it. Of course I'd like to give a special shout out to Kang Ji Hwan cuz he was  holding it down too but Yoon Eun Hye was definitely an equal participant here. In fact, all her kiss scenes have been flawless like IDK how she does this. She's got talent alright. 

Just think about the magic that will manifest if we brought the two kissing champs together. The magic that will ensue. the effortless chemistry. GAH I need this one to happen. I've been wishing for this for YEARS! Make it happen Kdrama gods!! pleeese!

Ji Sung and Hwang Jung Eum

because Secret wasn't enough for me, I need to see them together again! Honestly Secret was a shocker fave for me cuz I did not expect to LOVE it as much as I do. It also made me realize that Ji Sung is sex personified and Hwang Jung Eum is a brilliant actress. Unlike the Frozen Flower couple, I want them to still star in another serious drama but maybe not as sad as Secret cuz I can't stand to see Hwang Jung Eum cry again. Just something that's really well balanced like intense and fast paced but also comedic with lots of romance juseyo. 

Jang Hyuk and Jeon Ji Hyun

I didn't really like their character dynamics in Windstruck that much but they did but they look good together so i'm thinking maybe they can take on a different dynamic. i'm thinking, Lee Gun vs. Cheon Song Yi?? That would be wanjeun daebak! Two big personalities in one one Kdrama!? Sign me up! 

They're both great actors, they're both good looking. have worked together before so the familiarity is already there.. like what are you waiting for? Start formulating a script!

And then there's Lee Gun

Lee Byung Hun and Kim So Yeon

i'm pretty sure I watched Iris like 2/3 years ago but guess what? I'm still mad that (SPOILER ALERT) their characters didn't end up together!! Their chemistry was so fucking palpable like when he would hold her hand or protect her or when she would comfort him and protect HIM?? GAH they were such a good match. I feel like the writers knew it and felt it but they were just like "well... she's the second female lead and we already started on this train with him finding his way back to the 1st female lead so... let's just stick with the original plan and stay on this train".

Shame on you writers! 

 I have nothing against Kim Tae Hee but like... I personally think Kim So Yeon is the superior actress by FAR but that's just me. Anyway, I could go on and go about why I think Lee Byung Hun and Kim So Yeon's characters were soulmates and should've ended up together in Iris but  you know what I would prefer? If they both starred in a completely new drama with new writers, new characters new EVERYTHING! I don't care what genre it is as long as they end up together.

every time I watched this video

 I get so saaaad and then I start singing along with Baek Ji Young's flawless vocals then I have to remind myself that its just a kdrama but I can't help it!! They were just so beautiful together!!So much wasted potential. 

K so that's it so far! I might make a part 2 if more ideas come to me but for now, these are the most urgent cases. I need them in dramas pronto! 

I Hear Your Voice Review

tbqh one of the reasons why I started this drama was, well... I curious about the lucky woman who gets all that Ji Sung loving on a daily basis. Yep, the woman who plays the main character is married to sex personified, Ji Sung (from protect the boss and Secret).

AND Lee Da Hee (who plays Do Yeon in this drama) was in Secret too!! So she has acted with both Ji Sung and Lee Bo Young. Idk I just thought that was pretty cool.

Yoon Sang Hyun has gotten so much better looking with age. Not that he wasn't good looking before cuz he certainly was, but there's just something... hotter about him now I don't know how to explain it. Maybe it's the haircut? There's something about his eyes too. they have this sort of effortless smolder to them they're like mysteriously sexy and it seems like he doesn't notice at all. idk maybe it's just me.

Lee Jong Suk has the most perfectest lips i've ever seen on a living creature. Like, this man is beautiful it's absolutely crazy.
I'd also like to point out that both Jong Suk and Yoon Sang Hyun (Oska) were in Secret Garden! I personally think Secret Garden is an iconic Kdrama for multiple reasons but we're not going to get into that. Anyway, my point is, Jong Suk's character in SG was gay and he had an unrequited crush on Oska!! I find that so hilarious because it's like "since I couldn't have you in Secret Garden, I'm gonna steal yo girl in I Can Hear Your Voice".

Anyway, enough of my ramblings, let's get into the drama.
Our leading lady- Jang Hye Sung 

Lawyer Jang's growth was so beautiful and  important. It was great to watch her slowly find value in what she was for a living rather than just doing it for a pay check.  As much as Lawyer Cha annoyed sometimes, he had a hand in her transformation. I really enjoyed their friendship because you could tell that they LEARNED from each other. It was also great because their personalities were so different. Honestly, I kind of enjoyed Jang's idgaf attitude in the first episodes. Yes, it was wrong but it was also hilarious. But I prefer who she became because she learned to use the skills that came natural to her. She always had the potential to be a kick ass defense attorney. All she needed was just some motivation and a high stakes situation to push her in the right direction. Overall she was hilarious and sassy and she didn't really have to do much to win me over. I was on side from the very first episode.

Our Golden Boy Park Soo Ha 

I have so say, Soo Ha was pretty much perfect. Smart, extremely good looking, caring, great cook AND he can read minds. I felt soo bad for him because he was like a wounded puppy thrown into the rain and forced to fend for himself. He could've turned out to be a lot of things but luckily he found some inner strength and was able to keep his head on straight. Plus, the dream of meeting Jang Hye Sung again kept him going while he faced all the hardships. Whenever he would cry I would have this deep urge to reach into my laptop screen and give him the biggest and longest hug he's ever had. Honestly, It was hard for me to find faults in his character because he literally has none. He was so caring and compassionate and I really wished that after his father died, somebody had given him the kind of love and compassion he gave to others when he grew up. Because like I said, he could've turned out to be a lot of things He could've become a mean, heartless, cold jerk but he turned out to be the complete opposite. 

Mr. Goody Two Shoes Lawyer Cha

I didn't think Yoon Sang Hyun could pull off a character like this but I was totally wrong.
I had mixed feelings about  Lawyer Cha. Like sometimes I would be like "aigoo.. he's so sweet! Why can't she like him!?" and then other times I would be like "Yep, he belongs in the friendzone". He annoyed be specifically when he realized that Jang liked Soo Ha.
In one scene he told Soo Ha to stop "acting" like a man because he's just a "kid in a suit". he also said that Jang was only taking care of him because he's a high school drop out with no future. and he basically told him to not think of it as anything other than pity (aka don't think she's in love with you cuz you're just a pitiful child to her).
anyway I found it annoying because he called Soo Ha a child yet he was the one being childish and delusional.
Like yes, Soo Ha is younger than you but 1) he's been taking care of himself for YEARS so he basically had like no childhood 2) You know damn well it's more than just pity. Don't lie to yourself.

Then again I know he was jealous and jealously tends to bring out the worst in all of us but for someone who always acted like he was some big ball of positive energy, he was being a real asshole.

BUT on the other hand, I still liked Lawyer Cha because he was a damn good lawyer. He really shined in court and made me go "ahhh.. you've got a point there" a lot. Despite the fact that he was in love with Jang, he was still able to be a good friend to her and he also had  lots of great advice.

Ice Queen Do Yeon 

I really disliked Do Yeon for the most part because of her overly smug attitude. Especially after what she made Jang go through. I feel like their first conversation should have involved her at least addressing what happened. Instead she acted like she and Jang were like rivals or something. I wanted to grab her and be like "YOU HAVE NO REASON TO BE SNIPPY WITH JANG! YOU WERE THE ONE WHO WAS IN THE WRONG NOT HER, YA STUPID BITCH!". I know it happened when they were kids but I still felt like her reluctance to even address made it worse. but then again that was something she got from her father (the unwillingness to admit when you're wrong). I started to feel for her during the last 2-3 episodes tho, because it was just an awful situation to be in and I don't know how I personally would've handled it. I think it was really sweet how she eventually handled the situation and she also eventually apologized to Jang which was basically what I had been waiting for since the first episode. She finally allowed the ice around her heart to melt and she started to become a warmer and more open person which I appreciated.


In conclusion, I really really really liked this drama. It was mostly lighthearted and cute but also really well written.
My heart felt like it was going to pop out of my chest when the last scene was over and the OST started playing. I wanted to talk about the last scene in more detail but this is already too long so i'm going to end it here.

Incarnation of Money Review

I feel like a born again Kdrama fanatic.This drama totally made me want to become a more clever person. 
Just like Salaryman, it has this brilliant mixture of crazy intensity and satirical hilarity. 
Cha Don/Kang Seok was like "A" for all them Fugly Little Liars and I.COULD.NOT.GET.ENOUGH.OF.IT. 

I literally used to rush home from school just to make sure I had enough hours to watch it. It inspired me to get all my homework done as soon as I got home just so I wouldn't have to worry about it while I was watching this awesomely scripted/acted/directed show.  
K lets begin:

Lee Cha Don
I have to say I really liked this character for unconventional reasons. A lot of comments on Viki were about their dislike for his corruptness but I loved it! Sometimes you just get sick of the super perfect, always doing the right thing, knight in shining armor lead characters. Sometimes you just want someone who is HUMAN. Characters who live in the gray area. Crazy, sarcastic, rude, 3 dimensional lead characters.
Sometimes he irritated me (especially when he was kinda mean to Jae In) but I appreciated the fact that he wasn't completely likable. Plus, He was so intelligent and cunning in the most satisfying ways! 
A bunch of times he really had me like...

One scene in particular totally gave me goosebumps. I don't want to spoil it but all i'm going to say is, it involves a note and a bible quote. the end. 

Kang Ji Hwan was looking so damn sexy being all smart and shit; like even with that questionable hair cut, I was still swooning over him. I was like "I have a list of people i'd like to get revenge on! Teach me your ways, Professor! I'm just so thirsty for knowledge!"

 I felt like the thirst mobile pulled up right in front of me and snatched me up real quick.

Bok Jae In

Jae In totally started out as the character that most viewers probably underestimated. But honestly out of all the fierce female characters on the show, she totally took first place in the Baddest Bitch Contest. Her transformation (not just the physical one) was simply amazing. I just LOOVED the beautiful,independent, strong, brave, adorable and hardworking swan she turned out to be. I also want to add that her character was pretty sassy and no-nonsense from the beginning, but I think what really changed was her drive and her goals. She became a more realized character. Anyway I could go on and on about her so I'll stop. 

Jeon Ji Hoo
I loved that she was such an investigating ass bitch. she always asked all the right questions plus her entry into the show was pretty bad ass.She had that one little downfall towards the end but hey! nobody's perfect so don't judge her! Yes, she did falter a bit but she eventually sucked it up and did the right thing.

 Ji Se Kwang 

Unfortunately, I hate to admit this, but found ji se kwang soo attractive.I'm sorry I'm a sapiosexual! He was just so smart and such a quick thinker and I really liked it but at the same time I HATED him. It was was so frustrating cuz he's not even hot! arrgh chincha. I have issues.
 He was a great villain tho. I wouldn't feel as satisfied to see his downfall if he was a slow and stupid villain. He also had THE biggest god complex ever. he really thought he's like the alpha and the omega. the divine decider of what is good and bad.It's crazy but people like that actually exist in this world. 

Eun Bi Ryung

Her love for Se Kwang is the type of shit you pray against. like baptize yourself multiple times a day, sleep with the bible under your pillow every night and do that 40 days 40 nights fasting... because that kind of love is a fucking curse.

this is the type of shit that'll have you in church 8 days a week, sipping that holy water. you'll find yourself praying against it like

I named Cha Don/Jae In The Hideous Hairstyle Couple because those hairstyles were just...no. There's no way I was going to end this review without addressing the elephant in the room. 

Some days her bowl cut looked alright but other times it looked liked it was 2 seconds away from levitating off her fucking scalp. 

And I don't even know where to begin with Ji Hwan Oppa's hair cut. Luckily he's good looking so it didn't look as bad as it COULD'VE looked.

  That hairstylist did not know what s/he was doing at all. You have two good looking actors and you give them THAT?! They really could've benefited from a better hairstylist.

ANYWAY, This drama totally set the bar for what i'll be expecting from dramas henceforth.

I can't deal with anything less than spectacular after this. The bar has been set too high.

Ailee "Don't Touch Me"

Ailee is hand downs my favorite solo singer/vocalist in Korean music right now (well, she's kinda tied with Hyorin cuz I just I cannot choose one).

I just love how vivacious her music has become is. This songs is so in yo face like "don't touch me. we done. good riddance. buhbye" and I LOVE IT!
 We've seen her grow so much as an artist in such a short amount of time and she has really come into her own.
she's certainly made a name for herself in Korean music cuz HER VOICE. It literally gives me goosebumps and I know i'm not the only one. Its not easy to find a singer that can make you have an emotional response to their music but she does it so (seemingly) effortlessly. DON'T EVEN GET ME STARTED ON HER OSTS! Even her covers are sooooo good. Like, her cover of "Stand Up For Love" and "One Night Only" gave me so much life.

I'm also glad that Ailee has remained a vocalist till this point. no matter how pop-y her sound gets,  you can still hear that VOCAL TALENT.
I was so disappointed when G.NA went full pop on us. cuz when I heard I'll Back Off So You Can Live, I fell in love with her voice INSTANTLY. I couldn't wait to hear more of her songs. But then she started releasing more Pop oriented songs and I got it; You gotta appeal to the masses but the songs just didn't do anything for me. They weren't really catchy or relatively fun to listen to for me. and..lets just say, it kinda went downhill from there.

Now, Back to Ailee.
one of the top rated comments on the Don't Touch Me MV was talking about how he/she "lost respect for her" because "her dancing was awkward and she's too skinny now".
After reading that I was just like

its one thing to be concerned for her health and safety as a FAN because her method of weight loss was unhealthy. but its another to claim you "lost respect for her" just because she went on a strict diet. EVERYONE has tried one extreme diet or another. It doesn't work for everyone but apparently it worked for her. Are you mad because you once tried it and it didn't work for you??

second of all, ITS HER BODY. let me say it again for the people in the back, ITS HER BODY. Yes, like I said before, the diet she described was unhealthy and risky but if you're on short time budget and you have a comeback coming up,  you're not going to be sitting around eating 6 times a day, drinking tomato juice and spending 3 hours at the gym. NEWSFLASH: that shit is hard! which leads me to last my point:
She.Is.In.the.music.industry! And not just ANY music industry, The KOREAN music industry. Which means the pressure to become a certain size or REMAIN a certain size is very high. do not blame Ailee for the way  the world works. unfortunately,  this is part of it. yes, you get the fans, the endorsements, the CHEDDA e.t.c but there is always a lot you have to give up, like eating delicious food and having a normal love life. Lawd knows I could never deal with that but that's why its HER life and not mine and guess what?  I respect that.

Secret/Secret Love Review

There's a thin line between love and hate - I don't know who originated this quote but they were right!

It takes about 4 episodes for you to get into it but once you're in, YOU'RE IN.

this drama should have been called the devil beside you because DO HOON. That's all i'm all going to say.

there are just some dramas that hook you and they don't let you go until its over. this is one of them
just the intensity of the emotions, all the mixed feelings (that were very well portrayed), just made it so addictive to watch. like everyone is losing their minds but you can't help but want to see more of it.
it took me like 3 days to finish this drama which is record! it usually takes me a month to finish a drama (because of school).
But since its summer I can just marathon it which is a fucking luxury that i'm going to miss so so so much when school starts again

Damn Ji Sung. That man is sex. not sexy, just sex. the way he talks and moves and smiles screams HOT DAYUM. And to be completely honest, At first glance, he's not THE most facially attractive Korean actor  (i don't even think he's in the top 20) but that doesn't mean he isn't good looking because the more you look at his face the more you realize how unique and handsome he is. I mean, dem cheekbones!  plus his brown eyes would make any woman melt. okay, maybe not ANY woman but certainly me.

in the last episode one of her prison bffs is pregnant (and married maybe? dunno) anyway, the father was Nigerian! that surprised me and cracked me up cuz I have never ever heard Nigeria being mentioned in a drama LOL. it was so cute hearing her say "naiigeeriahn". All the timed comments on Viki were like "I'M NIGERIAN, I'M NIGERIAN" and I wanted to be like "bitch me too!"

I watched the last scene like 50 times. i don't think I've felt this way about  a particular scene since Coffee Prince (my first drama aka my first love aka the drama that popped my Kdrama cherry).

 this is a bit of a SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER
But when they were about to make sweet passionate love and he sensually kissed her burn scar that
 did something to my heart like i don't even know where to begin exactly. I got kind of emotional. it felt so symbolic. like he was accepting and loving her physical scars but he was also accepting her emotional scars, her mental scars e.t.c. it was like he was telling her "you don't have to hide this from me the way you hide it from other people. I love everything about you even the things you think is ugly. No scar will turn me away from you no matter how big or ugly it is. and I think she REALLY needed that. I was just so moved by the way he kissed and caressed her skin like even if she was covered in scars he would kiss every one them because it just won't change the way he feels about her. and he needed for her to know that.

I know some people were like "he shouldn't be with her cuz he 'abused' her" but i'm not sure i can agree with that; their situation was just too complex and complicated. when he met her, she was the person who killed his girlfriend and the unborn child he didn't even know about until it was too late. I personally think the way he reacted was completely real and expected. Anyway, after months of creepily stalking her, he realized that she was a strong, kind hearted and loving woman WHO DIDN'T KILL HIS GIRLFRIEND and then he got infected by that pesky virus called love. He never abused her when they got into a relationship.

 I just want to say, it quite extraordinary  to find someone that loves you so wholeheartedly and really sees you in a light that nobody else sees you. it's such a blessing because you come across thousands of people every year and its like, how many of them would really understand you? how many of them would really care for you, like the real YOU, not the you that kind of wish you were? For me the answer is, if any, it would probably be very few.

I'm pretty sure i can go on and on about that scene but you get what I mean.

lastly, brilliant acting by everyone but specifically Hwang Jung Eum. I mean she was flawless!! She cried in like everyone episode (multiple times) and she was ON IT every single time in every scene. I've loved her since Little Mom Scandal and I'm so glad I got to see her in another drama. Cant wait see her other works

LASTLY AGAIN, I think everyone should watch this drama because it's fucking heart wrenching in the most beautifully satisfying way. Yes, you will cry, yes, you should invest in a new tissue box but also get ready to get invested in the characters cuz like I said before THEY WILL PULL YOU IN.