The happiest, most functional OTP of the year!

[dangermousie]

I just realized I never posted anything about the ending of one of my favorite dramas of the year, New Tales of the Gisaeng. While my obsession with it cooled down a lot after ep 40 or so, when Damo and Saran got married and were blissfully happy, despite needing to win his grinchy father's approval (because that really was not that crucial. Her finding her birth parents was more important but still, not that much as long as she had someone who'd love her for her and unconditionally and she had that with Damo), I ended up loving it from beginning to end. There were a couple of eps near the end which were wtf (ghosts? really?) but overall, it was such a lovely lovely ride. Damo and Saran are one of my all-time favorite OTPs - so functional together, so broken apart. And what NTOTG did, which a lot of dramas do not, is give us enough time and space to show them happy as well as the happy fates of all other characters we've grown to love.



I loved the whole childbirth thing - I love how sweet and proud and openly loving Damo is. I love how Saran is exhausted but happy and teasing. I love the doting grandpas. I love that they have a little girl (for once, a longed-for child is a girl, not a boy, bucking many a trope) and you just know they will be warm, loving parents, to make up for their own childhoods.




































































I loved the resolution of Ra Ra's storyline. Who'd have thought when the drama started that I'd love Ra Ra? I love that she ended up with Kyle because (a) she was always very outspoken and probably not suited for a traditional Korean daughter-in-law ideal as portrayed in the drama (b) she is loved for who she is and not for family money/status because Kyle's family is filthy rich - that also means he won't worry about how inheritance will change now due to Saran being found (c) I think a little distance will be good for her to rediscover herself and ditto for her adopted Mom.









I ended up loving Sooja's Dad and Stepmom. At the start, I thought they were gold-diggers but they ended up being kinda cool and with a fixable marriage.






And I loved the last scene, Baby Aria's first birthday. Just to see everyone happy made my heart grow twelve sizes :P

The proud parents:




The grandparents:





I ended up liking Gong Joo and Sooja together a lot.



And of course, we end with our amazing OTP. You guys made me happy and giddy for a sold half year. I will always love you.

Comments

[puion.livejournal.com]

Mousie, could you please tell me which ep was the childbirth?

Thanks so much!

And Kyle is filthy rich? Wow...sorry didn't follow this drama at all, only paid attention to it because of your posts. When you stopped, I skimmed through the last 2 eps just to see their happy ending!

Thanks for this follow-up!

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Childbirth is in the final ep :)

Yeah, I am sorry I stopped posting. I still watched though :P

Kyle is an heir to a family that owns a lot of things in Vegas. He wanted to be a monk so came to Korea but changed his mind etc.

I'll probably do posts for all eps I didn't do posts about.

[hanjae.livejournal.com]

OMG SO CUTE.

I think you may have just given me the motivation I needed to pick this drama up again and actually finish it this time.

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Do ittttttt!

[misctalk.livejournal.com]

I enjoyed this drama very much. But I cant figure out why the screenwriter includes ghosts in the story. It seems way way off. Probably must be thinking of writing just about anything in order to lengthen the story.

[moraitika1.livejournal.com]

I laughed like a hyena, when the actor who played DaMo said on Strong Heart that he filmed even 2 hours in the water the kiss scenes, but couldn't mind while he was kissing her. But it ended after the drama. I think LSK and HoDong asked him about his co-star in the same time when it was discovered that Lee Min Ho took his work home because she was too cute to be left on set.

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

LOLOL at the Damo thing. But even more LOL at your LMH comment.