VIsualChaos31 wrote: I might be in the minority here when I say that I don't think Gi Joon is still in love with Yoon Joo. I think he still cares for her the way one does wistfully for a past love, but nothing really beyond that. He didn't take her up on her invitation to dinner; instead he attended Ah Jung's party. She accused him at one point of ignoring her calls, while he always attends to Ah Jung's calls or texts despite his struggle not to do so. And he basically all out confessed to Ah Jung during the Cola kiss, saying that the kiss was for real and not an act. The beach scene that followed the aftermath of the aunt's trap, Gi Joon did lift his arms as if to embrace Yoon Joo, but he never actually hugged her. (I take full credit for that, since he obviously heard me yelling at my laptop screen that I would break his kneecaps if he dared to follow through with that.) And then with the mini-confrontation at Yoon Joo's place, he wanted to talk to Ah Jung alone, but Yoon Joo made it into a group chat over tea, and when Ah Jung left, he followed her out only again to be unable to speak to her because she was busy putting on a brave front and not letting him talk. Basically, we're in the dark when it comes to what Gi Joon is actually doing here.
He might have been really affected by his aunt's plan to intentionally hurt Yoon Joo, and he ran after her to comfort her because of the residual affection that he had for her. Beyond that, we don't really know under what terms they reunited, especially since it was Yoon Joo who announced to Ah Jung that they were back together while he looked like he desperately wished Yoon Joo would shut up (as we all do), so I'm holding off on entirely hating Gi Joon---I still hate him just a bit though. I think he's confused about how to resolve his past with Yoon Joo without hurting her further, and that's led us to where we are now. However, I don't think that's confused about which woman to choose. Yoon Joo could fulfill her part in bringing about a resolution by hopping on the next flight back to Paris. Or the next bus to Daegu. She needs to get gone, so's I can have more kisses.
Well said! I totally agree with you and your post, BaT. You managed to express very nicely all the emotions that I, too, saw in the episode 8.
No, Gi Joon doesnâ??t love Yoon Joo anymore, three years is a long time after all. He was just put in a very difficult situation suddenly: He has just discovered his feelings for Ah Jung but those feelings haven't had time to develop into a strong love yet - and then his aunt interfered. I guess he is now feeling quite troubled and messed up. He still cares for Yoon Joo, as you said there are all the echos of their past love. And then I think he also feels guilty because it was after all he who chose his brother over her. He doesnâ??t want to hurt and disappoint her again. All these mixed up feelings of guilt and past love made him go with her lead.
Now, Gi Joon obviously also feels guilty because he caused Ah Jung pain and mislead her. His love for Ah Jung just isnâ??t strong enough yet to clearly overcome his feelings for Yoon Joo. So I do feel sorry for Gi Joon and I understand him - heâ??s having hard time. Still, since the main character is Ah Jung who I already love and the drama hasnâ??t given me any possibility to develop that sympathetic feelings for Yoon Joo (that's her part in the play), I still want to scold Gi Joon a bit. :)
And BaT, thanks a lot for the song! :) I searched for it a few days ago but just couldn't find it. Thank you for your trouble!
