In which I go rabid for 49 Days

[dangermousie]

With ep 2, my liking for 49 Days turned into a full-blown obsession. It's whimsical and unpredictable and funny and a bit sad. It's perfect. So far, this writer is three-for-three in creating dramas I adore.

You know another thing I adore? Han Kang. I have such a mad crush on him, it's not even funny. He's - ah - he's - now I am going to gibber like a fangirl. I really really want him to get Ji Hyun. He's kind and a little odd and he genuinely loves her, unlike her scumbag fiance. The scene where he was banging his head on the bar because he woke up dreaming of her, made me into mush.




Plus, he's wicked hot.



And now Ji Hyun (in Yu Kyung's body) is going to work for him. How much did I love that he hired her because of her mannerisms, which were (of course) exactly like Ji Hyun's.




Oh, please please please let them end up together. I don't want him with the real Yu Kyung, I don't want Ji Hyun with the Scheduler (awesome as he is) or anyone else. I want them as an OTP so badly. Pleaaaaase, writer, please.

So, poll

[Poll #1725310]

Comments

[happahaole.livejournal.com]

it's so hard to choose b/w him and the scheduler! i love them both. we'll see...I'll decide when i see kang's interactions with the real YK

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Ehh, I don't like YK. Five years? Pull yourself together, woman! Ugh. I just can't forgive her for her suicide attempt. Want to kill yourself, go ahead, but don't make someone else an unwilling instrument of your death so the driver will have to live with it for the rest of his life (not to mention look at the accident she caused).

[yurilee18.livejournal.com]

i want yi kyung to end up with han kang..:DDDDDDDD

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

I want YK with scheduler because I think he's her dead bf, but honestly, I don't care, as long as I get my JH/HK. But we'll see.

[moraitika1.livejournal.com]

I want YK with the Scheduler too but actually I care about it
they want her to be the zombie who doesn't care about her or another living person - she is not even self absorbed but she doesn't care if Apocalypse happens now

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Exactly.

[walkwithheroes.livejournal.com]

I want Ji Hyun with the Scheduler, I have since the promo pics. But, something tells me he's Yu Kyung's supposedly dead boyfriend. :( So, maybe Ji Hyun can get with Han Kang and Yu Kyung can be with the Scheduler, who magically comes alive again.

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

I've been thinking he's he's her dead bf, actually, too, so we'll see. This said, YK is not a character I am very sympathetic to - it's been 5 yrs, move on with your life, and certainly don't be so selfish as to walk into traffic to make some innocent person live with the guilt of accidentally killing you for the rest of his life.

[walkwithheroes.livejournal.com]

It's like you've read my mind. I understand being in pain after your boyfriend dies, but after five years, you need to start moving on.

and certainly don't be so selfish as to walk into traffic to make some innocent person live with the guilt of accidentally killing you for the rest of his life

This, to me, makes her completely unsympathetic and not very likable. She actually partly caused the accident that put JH in a coma, as well. I can't take YK has one of the main characters, that I'm meant to root for. As of now (or rather ep 6), I still don't like her.

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Exactly. I could see if she was zombie-like or even suicidal if he'd just died, but after 5 yrs it just denotes a serious character flaw or medical mental issue.

I don't even blame her for the suicide impulse that much because fine, impulse. But afterwards - she didn't wonder about the driver or the multiple car pile-up or whether anyone got hurt. That is beyond self-absorbed. Ugh.

[walkwithheroes.livejournal.com]

she didn't wonder about the driver or the multiple car pile-up or whether anyone got hurt. That is beyond self-absorbed. Ugh.

I agree. I also didn't like that she was willing, as you said, to leave someone with guilt. Having an impulse to commit suicide is fine. But, walking in front of a car - I hate when characters do that - is beyond selfish. You're leaving the driver with guilt and possibly even jail time. And, she doesn't seem to care or wonder about any of it: the driver, the people who were in the pileup, anything. It makes her seem self-absorbed and even slightly cruel. Like, she's a zombie, but no one else is important either. I've seen K-drama characters who were like zombies and suicidal, but they still cared. She doesn't. She's just walking around.

[stillingfleet.livejournal.com]

yay am so glad you got into 49 days! it's a month to my exams so all dramas are on hold for me, but i've been following dramabeans' summaries and now (i hope!) i can look forward to commentary from you too =D i was actually thinking that this would be a drama that you would like, cos it seems to do cray-cray with believable angst and likable, thus-far-rather-well-scripted characters (well except bae soo bin's, i just want to stab him, but can't say that that's not cos of good scripting/acting). so, in summary really glad that you picked it up!

and i think it's going to be hk/jh: From some of the discussion i read from dramabeans apparently in korean jihyun's mom referred to her as their 'remaining child', which seems to suggest that they had lost another child, and given that jihyun doesn't seem to be aware of this, or at least hasn't let on/made a fuss at all which would be unusual for a kdrama, some of the readers there were saying that it was probably a separated-at-birth thing. They were arguing for the lost sibling to be YK, because she also had a whistle with her (and that could also explain jh's need to have her whistle with her, cos if YK was lost before her parents could have impressed it upon JH to keep a whistle for safety reasons), and because the scheduler started scheduling (lol) apparently only five years ago.

I.e. the relation that the scheduler is likely to have would likely be with YK. Someone also mentioned that YK grew up in an orphanage (although I don't recall this), so perhaps the scheduler was like her brother/boyfriend/best friend from her orphanage?

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Yes, I hope you are right. This is so addicting btw.

[timescout.livejournal.com]

I was really tempted to pick nbr 4. XD But not having watched even one epi of this I'll refrain for now. *puts 40 Days in a looooong queue of currently airing dramas to check out* There's going to be a pile waiting when I get back from Seoul as I doubt I have time before my trip. :(

Btw. where are you with Gisaeng? Surprisingly I'm now up to date with it and it's actually getting better! *is baffled* So many dramas recently have gone the opposite way.

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

I kinda dropped Giaseng. I was only interested in the OTP and that lost it for me with Damo's idiotic reasons for break-up.

[timescout.livejournal.com]

How far did you get? The couple of episodes around the break up were rather iffy and sort of disjointed. It picks up considerably after that. Yup, Damo is an idiot but the next few epis sort of get more into the 'whys' so I'm starting to understand what makes him tick. He's suffering quite prettily now. *g* I have a feeling that they'll get back together sooner rather than later, the pace is quite brisk. RaRa is turining out to be another 'Seul'. She's really fun. :)

I don't know if you are interested but Zealioner writes great recaps of Gisaeng with interesting insights into Damo and Damo/Saran. Her follow-up posts are especially worth a while. In case you feel like checking out the latest episodes without actually having to watch them.

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Breakup is where I got to. Hmmm, maybe I'll check it again.

[orangebreeze.livejournal.com]

I like Ji Hyun as a character, but I really can't connect with Nam Gyu Ri. She's awkward :/ And Lee Yo Won is somehow impersonating her character much better than Nam Gyu Ri. So I guess that's why I can't decide on a pairing. It's like Lee Yo Won's Ji Hyun and Nam Gyu Ri's Ji Hyun are two entirely different characters.

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

I like NGR but I am never picky about actors.

[sanaenam.livejournal.com]

Ahh... that's exactly it! Lee Yo Won is a better Ji-Hyun than Nam Gy Ri is.

I want Lee Yo Won as Ji Hyun with all the boys. Han Kang and the Scheduler. Teehee. Actually, if I really had to choose, I want Lee Yo Won/Yi Kyung as Ji Hyun with Han Kang and the Scheduler with Yi Kyung's spirit in their hood.

[cantfillthevoid.livejournal.com]

I am loving both couples, but I have to go with the Scheduler.

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

He's v v cute.

[alexandral.livejournal.com]

This doesn't look like a drama where Bae Soo Bin has a chance (does he ever?).

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

ROFL, not really. Especially since he's evil in this.

[sanaenam.livejournal.com]

Oh, you gotta wait. A few more episodes. Things are left rather interesting at the end of Ep 6.