Dal Ja's Spring, ep. 09-13
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oyceterEven though I now have an all-purpose dramas icon (I really need one for TV too), I had to make a Dal Ja's Spring specific one because I heart them so much!
I alternately want to binge on these or spread them out, since each episode leaves me in such a good mood that I want it to never end.
I adore Tae Bong, who's just awesome and knows the value of waiting, not pressuring.
Though I continue to have some gender issues, particularly in the realm of female competition and jealousy, I love that the show has so many women and so many and so many varied female relationships.
I cannot express how much I still hate the Mrs. Eom (do we know her name?) subplot, although I laughed when Dal Ja fed Tae Bong the possibly poisoned pie.
Rep. Eom continues to be boring, though he earns many points by attempting to learn about romance via manhwa. Hee! He even gets caught up in the plots! I feel sort of bad for him, particularly after Dal Ja finally turns him down (I hope it's final, at least, or I will lose a bit of respect for her), but Tae Bong is just so much cuter and more awesome.
I love that Tae Bong does things like communicate and not hold grudges and listen and wait. The bus scene! When he tells her she's cute/pretty in everything she does! The fact that he actually reveals his Angsty Past to her fairly early on! And I love the actor's shuffling and slightly hunched over back; it fits with Tae Bong's lack of arrogance. (I cruelly laughed at his angsty past, and am so amused that instead of making him a jerk, like every other hero, it has lead him to want to make tasty lunch boxes.)
I am really enjoying Kang Team Manager and how she keeps everyone on their toes. I've invented an entire backstory for her in which she could only go higher on the corporate ladder by appearing to not care about her family, but was also penalized personally and professionally for this and is conflicted about "the younger generation should tough it out like me" and wanting to help. Not that she'd show it. And she's Tae Bong's aunt! Bwah! I so expected her to catch Tae Bong there when Dal Ja had collapsed on the couch post-chocolates.
Young anchor girl was extremely annoying, and I particularly hate how the show plays up female cattiness. None of the men really engage in the same backstabbing passive-aggressiveness -- I forgive Dal Ja's Spring for this more because the men are pretty much there are romantic interests and nothing else, but other kdramas, I glare at you! But though the comeuppance was coming from miles away, I like that Seon Joo ends up as a mentor figure to the girl, thereby assuaging some of my grumpiness about the prevalence of female jealousy.
I laughed and laughed and laughed at Dal Ja's grandmother finding out about her and Tae Bong and whapping Dal Ja on the legs and making them set a date! Ahhh, yenta figures for the win.
I want to whap Tae Bong's dad. Yes, his wife is very annoying, but still. I continue to love Tae Bong's grandmother though.
And oh dear, Sae Do was rather dumb for a few episodes, but I forgive him and awww at him for the hug in the hallway. Plus, I am still amused that finally the women get to be afraid of commitment and emotion while the men want more communication and affection.
Then, the pregnancy scares! Did Seon Joo actually sign up for an abortion? Wow. I am betting anything that Sae Do and/or Dal Ja will stop her last minute, although I think it'd be more interesting if she went through with it. I feel I see a loooot more "This baby was unplanned, but I couldn't bear to get rid of it, and we are happy now" than the flipside (in both Asian and USian media). Still, I am just happy to see actual character development for Soon Ae.
I'd love to see a collation of the series' many models of motherhood, particularly how it interacts with class (who works, who doesn't, Dal Ja's mom vs. Soon Ae and Kang Team Manager), but I am too lazy to do it myself.
I alternately want to binge on these or spread them out, since each episode leaves me in such a good mood that I want it to never end.
I adore Tae Bong, who's just awesome and knows the value of waiting, not pressuring.
Though I continue to have some gender issues, particularly in the realm of female competition and jealousy, I love that the show has so many women and so many and so many varied female relationships.
I cannot express how much I still hate the Mrs. Eom (do we know her name?) subplot, although I laughed when Dal Ja fed Tae Bong the possibly poisoned pie.
Rep. Eom continues to be boring, though he earns many points by attempting to learn about romance via manhwa. Hee! He even gets caught up in the plots! I feel sort of bad for him, particularly after Dal Ja finally turns him down (I hope it's final, at least, or I will lose a bit of respect for her), but Tae Bong is just so much cuter and more awesome.
I love that Tae Bong does things like communicate and not hold grudges and listen and wait. The bus scene! When he tells her she's cute/pretty in everything she does! The fact that he actually reveals his Angsty Past to her fairly early on! And I love the actor's shuffling and slightly hunched over back; it fits with Tae Bong's lack of arrogance. (I cruelly laughed at his angsty past, and am so amused that instead of making him a jerk, like every other hero, it has lead him to want to make tasty lunch boxes.)
I am really enjoying Kang Team Manager and how she keeps everyone on their toes. I've invented an entire backstory for her in which she could only go higher on the corporate ladder by appearing to not care about her family, but was also penalized personally and professionally for this and is conflicted about "the younger generation should tough it out like me" and wanting to help. Not that she'd show it. And she's Tae Bong's aunt! Bwah! I so expected her to catch Tae Bong there when Dal Ja had collapsed on the couch post-chocolates.
Young anchor girl was extremely annoying, and I particularly hate how the show plays up female cattiness. None of the men really engage in the same backstabbing passive-aggressiveness -- I forgive Dal Ja's Spring for this more because the men are pretty much there are romantic interests and nothing else, but other kdramas, I glare at you! But though the comeuppance was coming from miles away, I like that Seon Joo ends up as a mentor figure to the girl, thereby assuaging some of my grumpiness about the prevalence of female jealousy.
I laughed and laughed and laughed at Dal Ja's grandmother finding out about her and Tae Bong and whapping Dal Ja on the legs and making them set a date! Ahhh, yenta figures for the win.
I want to whap Tae Bong's dad. Yes, his wife is very annoying, but still. I continue to love Tae Bong's grandmother though.
And oh dear, Sae Do was rather dumb for a few episodes, but I forgive him and awww at him for the hug in the hallway. Plus, I am still amused that finally the women get to be afraid of commitment and emotion while the men want more communication and affection.
Then, the pregnancy scares! Did Seon Joo actually sign up for an abortion? Wow. I am betting anything that Sae Do and/or Dal Ja will stop her last minute, although I think it'd be more interesting if she went through with it. I feel I see a loooot more "This baby was unplanned, but I couldn't bear to get rid of it, and we are happy now" than the flipside (in both Asian and USian media). Still, I am just happy to see actual character development for Soon Ae.
I'd love to see a collation of the series' many models of motherhood, particularly how it interacts with class (who works, who doesn't, Dal Ja's mom vs. Soon Ae and Kang Team Manager), but I am too lazy to do it myself.
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