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dangermousieMy best and oldest friend is coming for the weekend so chances of watching more Family Honor this weekend seem dim. I probably need a break so my eyeballs will thank me, anyway.
One quick thought - I started thinking this an ep or so ago, but when my flisties confirmed to me that Kang Suk is overcompensating for his sister, it really is hitting me how this so makes sense in light of his behavior with his parents.
He's pretty much the world's most ideal son, to the degree that it is not natural. Fine, his business practices meet with his Dad's approval - that's not particularly odd. But then his parents decide they want to sell the profitable company asap and open some harebrained resort business and what does the super alpha (LOL at the scene at the amusement park), hardcore businessman Kang Suk do? He does not make a peep, he finds a person to sell it, and the salesman is all "this is a bad idea, this is a bad time, blahblahblah" but KS is all 'sell it anyway.' He always covers up for his Dad's sort-of filandering and talks his Mom out of her fits, he is chasing that ridiculous genealogy which he thinks is worthless because they want it. And he never ever ever EVER until ep 19 when, significantly, he tells them to leave the sister alone and be satisfied with him being the ideal son, ever says or even thinks to himself a cross thing. The impatient, no-nonsense KS? When his parents are often nonsensical and always vulgar? Fine, he loves his parents, but like this? Nobody is like this naturally - that's the way a robot behaves, not a son.
So yeah, his comment in ep 19 pretty much gives away it's not natural to him but a role he is making himself play. But it's a big part of his identity, even if he does it to protect his sis. So I wonder how is it going to go once he decides he wants to marry Dan Ah (assuming he can even convince her heart to leave the grave) because I am pretty sure his parents don't want her for a daughter-in-law - she's a widow and all. I mean, I am not even sure he knows how to oppose his parents, so I think this will be good for him - repressing all natural impulses is not good as Dan Ah might attest to. Btw, I don't think her family will be thrilled either though I think they will be much better about it, if for no other reason that this would mean she's finally ready to rejoin the living. Still - they might not care he is not upperclass, but they don't like him personally, not that he's given them much cause to.
One last note - everyone kept telling me I'd hate College Hottie by now, but I don't. I don't ship him with Dan Ah because it's clear she is incapable of opening up to/with him and he cannot thaw her (plus, the fact that he is a dead ringer for her hubby would keep her mired in the past and dysfunctional forever). But I like him - he's a nice kid and it's not as if Dan Ah is madly in love with Kang Suk and he's effectively butting in - she is not and he is not (I don't think he's capable of being effective like that).
So yeah, that's my dissertation.
One quick thought - I started thinking this an ep or so ago, but when my flisties confirmed to me that Kang Suk is overcompensating for his sister, it really is hitting me how this so makes sense in light of his behavior with his parents.
He's pretty much the world's most ideal son, to the degree that it is not natural. Fine, his business practices meet with his Dad's approval - that's not particularly odd. But then his parents decide they want to sell the profitable company asap and open some harebrained resort business and what does the super alpha (LOL at the scene at the amusement park), hardcore businessman Kang Suk do? He does not make a peep, he finds a person to sell it, and the salesman is all "this is a bad idea, this is a bad time, blahblahblah" but KS is all 'sell it anyway.' He always covers up for his Dad's sort-of filandering and talks his Mom out of her fits, he is chasing that ridiculous genealogy which he thinks is worthless because they want it. And he never ever ever EVER until ep 19 when, significantly, he tells them to leave the sister alone and be satisfied with him being the ideal son, ever says or even thinks to himself a cross thing. The impatient, no-nonsense KS? When his parents are often nonsensical and always vulgar? Fine, he loves his parents, but like this? Nobody is like this naturally - that's the way a robot behaves, not a son.
So yeah, his comment in ep 19 pretty much gives away it's not natural to him but a role he is making himself play. But it's a big part of his identity, even if he does it to protect his sis. So I wonder how is it going to go once he decides he wants to marry Dan Ah (assuming he can even convince her heart to leave the grave) because I am pretty sure his parents don't want her for a daughter-in-law - she's a widow and all. I mean, I am not even sure he knows how to oppose his parents, so I think this will be good for him - repressing all natural impulses is not good as Dan Ah might attest to. Btw, I don't think her family will be thrilled either though I think they will be much better about it, if for no other reason that this would mean she's finally ready to rejoin the living. Still - they might not care he is not upperclass, but they don't like him personally, not that he's given them much cause to.
One last note - everyone kept telling me I'd hate College Hottie by now, but I don't. I don't ship him with Dan Ah because it's clear she is incapable of opening up to/with him and he cannot thaw her (plus, the fact that he is a dead ringer for her hubby would keep her mired in the past and dysfunctional forever). But I like him - he's a nice kid and it's not as if Dan Ah is madly in love with Kang Suk and he's effectively butting in - she is not and he is not (I don't think he's capable of being effective like that).
So yeah, that's my dissertation.
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Date: 2011-08-12 06:52 pm (UTC)I like College Hottie too and he'll play a surprisingly big part in getting KS/DA together. He'll also get his reward for being such a good sport (I cheated and sneaked a peek to some later episodes). ;)
I'm taking a break from FH too. It's either that or a bad migrane attack sooner rather than later. Besieds my eyeballs feel like someone has sandpaperd them.
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Date: 2011-08-14 04:51 am (UTC)I always find this writer's take on backgrounds resulting in damage fairly realistic (like in Gloria - yeah rough poor childhood or childhood in family where you are not valued/loved, not something OTT insane).
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Date: 2011-08-14 09:13 am (UTC)Re. the writer - I also like that she/he is treating psychological trauma as something treatable with proper means and not to be belittled or swept under the carpet. If you are scared out of your wits or depressed etc doesn't mean you are a basket case better kept behind closed doors. Things like these can and should be treated.
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Date: 2011-08-14 01:17 pm (UTC)Another trademark seems to be creating heroes I start out hating or at least being blah on and falling for madly by halfway stage.