Yep review of flowers8/30/2023 ![]() If they’d just treated those things differently, we could’ve had a MUCH more satisfying ending without sacrificing any of the romance. It was a sudden shift that didn’t ring true with everything they’d built in the beginning, and felt like such a let-down. And maybe, just maybe, I might’ve bought it when I was an impressionable teen, but now. I’m guessing the writers (or SOMEBODY) thought the “you’re my world” thing was romantic. Their lips didn’t even look like they were touching!! It was like an air-kiss, which, bleah. ![]() It COULD’VE been better, even if the PD wanted to go with static lip-press, is what I’m thinking. Despite that, though, I was still massively disappointed with the way the kisses were handled in FBND. I’ve come to sort of anticipate that to some extent, since the static lip-press is such a common kiss in kdramas. Yes, the kisses were a let-down, no question about it. And is in direct contrast with Enrique’s earlier approach, which I much preferred: not to shield her from the world, but to help her be strong enough to step back out into it, and walk tall. I want to actually witness that part of the journey in some way, if the journey is the main point.Īnd if her making inroads into the world is the point, then I kind of think it’s misguided to then have her decide that Enrique is her world.Ĭoz that negates the whole point. If Dok Mi’s growth was the whole point, then I would’ve liked to have seen at least a montage of scenes of what she did after Enrique’s departure, to make inroads into her new world. Enrique’s departure and all that was presented as the rom-com Separation Trope, and that weakened the sense of Dok Mi’s growth that we could’ve enjoyed, if Show would’ve allowed the spotlight to linger on that. I enjoy character pieces, as long as they aren’t dressed up and disguised as rom-coms, coz that just misleads the viewer.ĭon’t point left when you really want me to look right, is what I’m saying. While Enrique seems to be the more proactive one in their interactions, Dok Mi’s gift to Enrique is the way she sees him for his real self, knows him, and still accepts him. ![]() You hide in a space that’s all your own, and close your heart. We see the significance to Enrique in his autobiography, where he writes, “When rejected by the person you love most, when betrayed by the person closest to you – that’s when self-abasement begins. We see this too, when Enrique is most concerned about Dok Mi misunderstanding him, when the handphone thief uploads couply photos of him with Seo Young. He cares about what Dok Mi thinks about him, not what other people think of him. So while Jin Rak was never going to get the girl, he does learn to put away his rose-colored lenses and see love with more insightful eyes.Ĭalling me a hollow shell? That’s a bit harsh. I’ll just take it that you said those words so you can cut me out of your life… so I’ll cut you out of mine too.”Įnrique is more hurt by the notion of Dok Mi not seeing him for his true self, rather than the opinions of others that she throws at him. It is also pretty gratifying to see the outwardly more mature Jin Rak actually learn about the real meaning of love from young puppy Enrique. Jin Rak’s reactive nature, combined with his jealousy towards Enrique’s interactions with Dok Mi, translates into quite a bit of passive-aggressive behavior, like in episode 3 when he draws dark circles and a beard on the webtoon version of Enrique. Enrique seems to genuinely want to be his friend. Well, reluctant from where Jin Rak’s standing, anyway. Jin Rak’s weak attempts at protest are consistently mowed over by Enrique’s eager chatter, and the two become reluctant friends. As the two men vying for Dok Mi’s attention and affection, one might expect them to be highly overtly combative, but Jin Rak’s sense of propriety and decorum, which seems mostly powered by wimpishness, is no match for Enrique’s persistently friendly, talk-a-mile-a-minute, never-give-up, wide-eyed puppy ways.
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