A specific thought on ep 14 of Sungkyunkwan Scandal
Ep 14 was the first time in the entire drama I felt annoyed with Yoon Hee. I was really unhappy with her, actually.
It's the scene when she asks Sun Joon to help her at the hearing while refusing to explain anything. He asks her for an explanation and she refuses, only saying 'trust me!' WTF? Isn't it a bit much to expect someone to disregard the evidence of his own eyes when you won't give any explanation.
I am VERY unhappy with that - he's helped her out of about a million situations already (she wouldn't even be getting an education without him) and asking for help yet again without giving an inch in return or at least trying to explain is really appalling. IMO.
Especially what does she expect him to do? He saw what he saw and even if he qualifies it by the fact that it's his subjective opinion, none of this helps her unless he lies and says he didn't see what he saw. So she is basically asking him to violate his ethics (which are so crucial to him) and lie for no reason given to him.
Some people were mad at YH back in ep 10 when she basically wanted Sun Joon to become unfilial and expose his father's possible corruption but that did not bother me - she was trying to right a society-wide injustice and also give him a choice.
But his reaction to that challenge should surely have showed her that she can trust him with an explanation later and not keep him in the dark. Yes, I understand Jae Shin's secret is not hers to reveal, but (a) to expect SJ to violate the very basics of his character without explanation is really presumptuous and annoying and (b) she, JS and Yong Ha should know Sun Joon can be trusted - at the very least she can ask Yong Ha and Jae Shin about revealing the truth to Sun Joon. Or at least to give more of an explanation than 'trust me despite your own evidence.'
And the thing that drives me insane the most is that Sun Joon does. Despite it all, he throws himself under the bus (or, since it's a period drama, I suppose I should say 'ox cart' instead), and in such a public, horribly damaging way (drama does a good job of explaining if an upperclass man is fond guilty of homosexuality, his life is basically over). When he told the entire student counsel he was gay instead, I literally screamed at the screen.
Forget a spine of steel. I think it's made of titanium (the one consistent, most driving trait for Sun Joon from beginning though has been his fearlessness once he determined what to do - this is the same man who calmly confronted the King and the entire court and told them he violated their rules). But my problem is that I want to be sure that Yoon Hee is worthy of that sort of thing and her latest action makes me unsure. I don't want SKKS to end up like Coffee Prince, where by the end I just didn't think the heroine was worth the hero at all. (I want to clarify I am nowhere near CP territory, but I want YH to straighten her act out soon and/or to explain the truth to Sun Joon).
It's the scene when she asks Sun Joon to help her at the hearing while refusing to explain anything. He asks her for an explanation and she refuses, only saying 'trust me!' WTF? Isn't it a bit much to expect someone to disregard the evidence of his own eyes when you won't give any explanation.
I am VERY unhappy with that - he's helped her out of about a million situations already (she wouldn't even be getting an education without him) and asking for help yet again without giving an inch in return or at least trying to explain is really appalling. IMO.
Especially what does she expect him to do? He saw what he saw and even if he qualifies it by the fact that it's his subjective opinion, none of this helps her unless he lies and says he didn't see what he saw. So she is basically asking him to violate his ethics (which are so crucial to him) and lie for no reason given to him.
Some people were mad at YH back in ep 10 when she basically wanted Sun Joon to become unfilial and expose his father's possible corruption but that did not bother me - she was trying to right a society-wide injustice and also give him a choice.
But his reaction to that challenge should surely have showed her that she can trust him with an explanation later and not keep him in the dark. Yes, I understand Jae Shin's secret is not hers to reveal, but (a) to expect SJ to violate the very basics of his character without explanation is really presumptuous and annoying and (b) she, JS and Yong Ha should know Sun Joon can be trusted - at the very least she can ask Yong Ha and Jae Shin about revealing the truth to Sun Joon. Or at least to give more of an explanation than 'trust me despite your own evidence.'
And the thing that drives me insane the most is that Sun Joon does. Despite it all, he throws himself under the bus (or, since it's a period drama, I suppose I should say 'ox cart' instead), and in such a public, horribly damaging way (drama does a good job of explaining if an upperclass man is fond guilty of homosexuality, his life is basically over). When he told the entire student counsel he was gay instead, I literally screamed at the screen.
Forget a spine of steel. I think it's made of titanium (the one consistent, most driving trait for Sun Joon from beginning though has been his fearlessness once he determined what to do - this is the same man who calmly confronted the King and the entire court and told them he violated their rules). But my problem is that I want to be sure that Yoon Hee is worthy of that sort of thing and her latest action makes me unsure. I don't want SKKS to end up like Coffee Prince, where by the end I just didn't think the heroine was worth the hero at all. (I want to clarify I am nowhere near CP territory, but I want YH to straighten her act out soon and/or to explain the truth to Sun Joon).