Yummy yummy angst...
Am through ep 15 of Spring Waltz and am glad to report that Secondary Girl has gone well and truly insane, an event happily predicted by me. YES. Now she is busy causing incredibly photogenic misery to the hero (mmmm...angst more, sexy one!). Scarily, I actually get where she is coming from and can see why she is acting the way she is. It's not reasonable, of course, but understandable - she is lashing out and he is the best and most convenient target. Her castle of dreams ended up just that and he is an impostor and her childhood love is dead etc etc - creating a "perfect Jae Ha" is the closest she can get to fulfilling her lifelong fixation. I don't hate her at all and still find her sympathetic. I do still think she should go after Crazy Evil Parents instead - that way I'd cheer her on and on and ON (I totally get sick every time I see them). The one thing I find irrational is her insistence that the real Jae Ha would not have fallen for Eun Young. Why? This Jae Ha fell for her without knowing they were actually childhood sweethearts and I hate to break it to Secondary Girl, but Eun Young has a fun personality and is prettier than 10 Secondary Girls put together.
The OTP continued to be gorgeous and compatible and oh-so-happy until the big reveal. The scene where Jae Ha sees Eun Young at the island and realizes she is his Eun-Young and turns away, trying his best and failing not to fall apart, burying his face in his hands and shaking, and she is so giddy to see him, running and hugging him from the back? EEEEEEEE! There is also adorable bycicle riding. But of course Jae Ha has finally achieved that epic nervous break-down he was heading for the entire drama because he feels so much love and guilt towards Eun-Young who he cannot reveal his true identity to for the justified fear she will hate him, not to mention his nasty identity crisis has reached critical mass, and Secondary Girl is making it all worse. I do love that he tried to push Eun-Young away but it was a sad little short-lived attempt that didn't work at all - he could not make it work (the scene with her hands in the door! Or umbrella!). Now he discovered his evil birth daddy is alive so I foresee the misery of ep 15 will be like nothing to what's to come.
Also, I am confused by the nightmare he keeps having - it's pretty clear it's evil birth daddy who stole EY's Mom's $$$ so why is Jae Ha the one taking it in the dream?
I am addicted to this. I am seriously considering dling the eps just for capping purposes.
And now the drama that has shot to my most anticipated list is Friend. I have no idea who the female leads (if any) are but the male leads are Hyun Bin (Snow Queen), Kim Min Jun (Damo) and Suh Do-Young (our hero in SW). It's like the trifecta of gorgeousness!
Now I must watch Black and White eps 9 and 10!