dangermousie | If it makes you cry to dump her, don't dump her! Stop using my nerves as your cello strings, kthnks

So, was sufficiently ~~obsessed~~ curious about the Plot Development of Doom in ep 16 of New Gisaeng to check it out raw and look what we have:

Am madly puzzled right now! Soompiers seem to be just as puzzled as I am as everything points towards (a) Damo is madly in love with Saran (b) he's horrifically miserable to dump her (c) it's not as if he presented her as prospective bride to his parents and they said nope.

So - whaaaaat? Whyyyyy? Why would a seemingly un-insane young man dump his girlfriend without any warning and without any good reason, seeing that he's totally in love with her, their relationship has been progressing swimmingly, and he's completely devastated to let go and that obviously his "well, I dated to get into your pants but you are not letting me into them fast enough so buhbye" excuse is clearly a 100% lie.

Soompiers are saying he's been weird since his trip to Japan. If this was a 1990s melodrama starring Choi Ji Woo, I'd be guessing there is a deadly illness involved, but clearly not the case, so what?

Am so very curious!

Bonus, here is awesome Saran post break-up. She's definitely my favorite character in the drama and one of my fave heroines in general because she's this rarity in kdrama land - she's very contained and reserved and nothing is going to break her in public. Her self-posession and maturity are amazing.

Damo, you are such an idiot to let her go!

P.S. I know I am way behind on replies, I promise to get to them soon.

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Well, if the writer wanted a sure-fire way to get people to tune in now, she's certainly got her wish. I'm dying of curiosity. BTW, this is the reason I don't like watching dramas as they're airing. Makes me jittery. :-{

I am a 100% sure this will have a happy ending so :)

I'm not at all worried about the ending. I trust the writer . She's the creator of one of my favorite OTPs of all time.

I am not worried either - I mean, weekend family drama can't end badly, so I can just relax and enjoy.

OT: Have you seen Shahruk and Madhuri's appearance in this year's Filmfare Awards? Talk about on-screen chemistry!!!:

Though Priyanka Chopra does an excellent job in her Madhuri tribute as well:

Ooooooooooooooooooooooooh

I couldn't understand a word being said but I had to watch the raws nonetheless, and Da-mo and Sa-ran are killing me!
The breakup scene, particularly after she pulls out the cake, is incredibly well acted! Da-mo's face after she tells the waiter to throw it away or whatever, he looks so heartbroken. He has to turn away from her, he can't even look at her let alone look in her eyes, especially after seeing the gift she had brought for him. It killed me!
And Sa-ran's stoic face and poise throughout it all, wow. Just wow. This show is kicking me in the gut with the crazy emotions!

I know - he looks like he can't bear to contemplate what he's doing. And Saran - seriously, her response is so amazingly dignified and heartfelt at the same time.

Pretty sure he got a really good reason! "Because I love her sooo much... so I have to break up with her.. it is to protect her.." Shyt (pardon me) like that, you know? And then later on we will be so touched and cry a bucket. Hah! xD

Dang why is it have to be 5 more days to find out the next happenings!!

lonewalker

I know, I am so madly curious!

THIS IS SO PUZZLING. I thought of my earlier discussion with you immediately when I found out what happened - we were all "LOLZ NO WAY HE'LL BREAK UP WITH HER SO IT MUST BE SA RAN'S IDEA!" Totally standing corrected now, WTF.

Apparently the grandparents will be falling over dead one by one next week, too? All I can say is... WTF writer, what did you eat wrong over the weekend? I mean, is killing off the biggest supporters of Sa Ran and Da Mo the only thing Im Sung Han could think of to push the plot forward? It's just gone from a relatively laidback, mellow tone to full on tragedy melodrama.

LOL, well, they are elderly.

I don't mind emo melo but I liked the laidback vibe of this - it was my oasis of sanity and happiness in otherwise crazed melo world.

Oh well.

LOL see, the problem is that they were so healthy before. I mean, Ra Ra's grandpa's apparently one of the writer's sacrificial victims, and they made such a point of noting how ridiculously healthy he was (both physically and mentally).

Ah well, I can take whatever angst is thrown at me as long as they get an adorable HEA. Tbh I loved watching Da Mo sob like a baby in the baseball cage; I was muttering "SUFFER, you fool, SUFFER!" as I watched it. I hope he kicks himself over and over and goes through a hell of a lot of manpain before Sa Ran takes him back.

That's true - Damo's grandma also appeared in the pink of health and all of a sudden she keels over. I mean, I could buy sudden unexpected death for one of them but more?

Re: Damo in the baseball cage. Yes, that was most satisfying. He deserved it.

Okay I have found a reason why your next foreign visit has to be Seoul: http://www.cafedrama.com/re/intro.asp (Warning: parts of the website have auto-music)

It's right by my uni so I'll have to go investigate this for you, but omg! Costumey dramas! What is this even! Outside they have pictures of Goong, Jumong, Dong Yi etc. I'm pretty excited about going.

OMG! I want to be in Seoul!

*wails*

I ended up watching the eps raw because of this post and all I can say is what the heck is going on.
But I hope Saran becomes a gisaeng soon, I want to se eher in her fancy hanbok and pretty hairstyles.
And Ra Ra is so immature, I'm so tired of her already.

Yes, I can't wait to see her all dressed up.

Ra Ra = ugh.

Agree. Ra Ra is have to grow up!!!

Plus, it has been 14 eps, why is Sa Ran not a gisaeng yet? How long this drama will be LoL.

lonewalker

Ra Ra have to grow up*

Well, this is 50 eps so I can see them taking a while :)

uh oh... okay.. Like you said above, I hope it is not gonna be a too stormy journey. So far it is pretty easy-going and happy and all calm, which kinda how you see that a storm is coming >__<

Lonewalker

watched epi 17 ... wow.... *sigh* =(

I can't wait to see.

If it makes you cry to dump her, don't dump her! Stop using my nerves as your cello strings, kthnks

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