Don't forget that So Yi is just as emotionally damaged as Chae Yoon. She just hides it better. In a very short period of time, she got everything back... and the guilt was killing her. She's just far too damaged to be able to walk away from everything and just be happy. Not when she hasn't "earned" it. She needs to fulfill her responsibilities first. (And **slight spoiler** she also totally hero worships Chae Yoon and the idea that he might not be able to live up to her expectations never crossed her mind.)
Agreed. I think Chae Yoon and So Yi leaving together was doomed from the moment Sejong proposed and allowed it. Neither Sejong nor CY for that matter questioned whether that was what she wanted, they just assumed it was. But as you said, what she wanted in the end was to finish what she'd started. It was obvious in the flashbacks with Sejong that she only came out of her shell when she found a purpose and a means of penance. And finding her dear orabeoni alive wasn't going to make up for all the others who perished that day, including her own father. If she didn't fully understand the extent to which she mattered to him, he didn't understand she'd poured her heart and soul to this project and needed to see it through the end.
1. He was willing to give up his goal (revenge) for her, while she was not willing to give up her goal for him.
2. I realize that she isn't privy to how fucked up he truly is, the way the audience is, but it's one thing to leave him for a mission and another to expect him to come back asap to be pally with Sejong.
I can understand why she is like that - I agree, she's very damaged. But on an emotional level, I wanted to shake her.
Also agreed, and that while revenge is the thing that Chae Yoon lives for, the alphabet is similarly So Yi's reason to live. She's found a cause to fight for - one that maybe could have saved all those people years ago, if such an alphabet existed - and she can't give it up because she's found Chae Yoon. I don't think she could have lived with that, knowing the struggles the king and the rest of the court are going through.
The confrontation between Sejong and Chae Yoon in ep 14 is pretty much why drama exists
And the perfect parallel to their fateful encounter in ep. 2. They're also some of the longest uninterrupted exchanges I've seen on tv (not just in k-dramas), but whether it's Sejong vs Taejong (eps. 2-3) or Sejong vs Chae-Yoon (ep. 8, ep. 14), they're absolutely riveting. Takes an enormous amount of skill and trust for everyone involved (the actors, the writers, the directors), but I also love that they have faith in the viewers to hang in there.
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1. He was willing to give up his goal (revenge) for her, while she was not willing to give up her goal for him.
2. I realize that she isn't privy to how fucked up he truly is, the way the audience is, but it's one thing to leave him for a mission and another to expect him to come back asap to be pally with Sejong.
I can understand why she is like that - I agree, she's very damaged. But on an emotional level, I wanted to shake her.
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What with it being on Netflix instant and all I think I'm due for a rewatch too.
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And the perfect parallel to their fateful encounter in ep. 2. They're also some of the longest uninterrupted exchanges I've seen on tv (not just in k-dramas), but whether it's Sejong vs Taejong (eps. 2-3) or Sejong vs Chae-Yoon (ep. 8, ep. 14), they're absolutely riveting. Takes an enormous amount of skill and trust for everyone involved (the actors, the writers, the directors), but I also love that they have faith in the viewers to hang in there.
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