MY CAPSLOCK RAGE AT OTHER GUY IN WINTER SONATA, LET ME SHOW YOU IT!!!

[dangermousie]

In between everything else, I forgot to mention that I am now through ep 14 of Winter Sonata.

The Secondary Guy is officially most HATEFUL MAN in Dramaland.

Seriously. WTF?

In addition to his attempted rape of heroine which we witnessed earlier (stopped only by Heroine managing to run away), he has since:

1. Tried to force her into getting married by publicly announcing it in front of all her friends, family, and hundreds of strangers. After she told him they should break up, she has no desire to marry him, and loves another.

2. When she still walked out, he went on a hunger strike to 'win' her back, i.e. to guilt her into staying with him because 'otherwise OMG I might die.' What???????? (At that point, her friends and mother lost me forever, because they told Heroine she was a heartless hussy for ditching Psycho, as opposed to telling him off for being a drama queen. He is only suffering because he is making himself do so. UGH).

3. When she finally came back to him because he was 'dying' without her (side note: Hero told her to go visit Psycho because he saw how torn she was, and she asked 'what if I go back to him?' he said even that is better than seeing her in pain. This is how a man who loves someone should behave, as opposed to becoming monster of selfishness), he gleefully took her back even though knowing she loves another.

4. However, being his charming self, shortly after, he ditched her on the street in a fit of jealousy, forcing her to make her way home (she does not love you, she came back to you out of misplaced sense of duty, get used to it. She doesn't bring it up, even though she should).

5. He also announced, out of the blue, that they are going abroad to study. Nice of you not to consult the Heroine first, Psycho.

6. He found out Hero is not only the current love of Heroine, but is actually her first love who she believed died tragically, and whom she mourned for ten years (Hero had amnesia, it's a kdrama). His reaction? Do everything in his power to prevent Heroine from finding out, tell Hero (who also just realized that) to stay away because if he loved her, he wouldn't hurt her (excuse me, Mr. Wannabe Rapist Who Guilts Woman Staying With Him When She Is Plainly Miserable, whaaaaat? If you didn't treat her as a thing, I might be more inclined to believe you. Also, how would having man she loves be with her be miserable).

7. Currently Hero is in the hospital due to saving Heroine from a speeding truck, shortly after she found out who he was and ran after him. I shudder to see what Psycho would come up with next. If I were the Heroine, I'd watch her OTP's IV lines and meds, because Psycho could totally yank or poison them.

UGH.

HATE.

BURNING HATE.

(the icon is chosen because I want enraged Ho Gae to stab Other Guy of WS to death in Ho Gae's spiffy red-tent-of-crazy).

Comments

[main-hoon-emily.livejournal.com]

So what you're saying is, this isn't the drama to watch if I want to be cheered up this weekend? ;-)

[lesbiassparrow.livejournal.com]

I don't know. I personally found my own rage at secondary guy to be exhilarating.

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

I was getting ulcers :)

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

LOL, probably not.

[timescout.livejournal.com]

Yeah, still the worst secondary guy ever born from the twisted minds of kdrama writers.

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Ugh, yes

[roseblessing.livejournal.com]

I'm a few episodes into Winter Sonata, I need to get back to it and finish it!

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

It's a great drama!

[kitsune714.livejournal.com]

Oh man, Winter Sonata. My mom was rewatching that when I was home for break, and lord, I can't bring myself to watch it again, I just can't, because the secondary characters are so RIDICULOUS.

That said! I'm rewatching Hanadan. Because I'm in that sort of headspace. And because the movie promo stuff IS THE BEST THING EVER.

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Hanadan glee!

*brain shortcircuits*

[lesbiassparrow.livejournal.com]

Other Guy on Winter Sonata is currently my standard of hate, though he might have been surpassed by Donna's wretched mother on Doctor Who.

What pissed me off even more was all her friends supporting his horrific behaviour including the ridiculous hunger strike.

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Why were the friends supporting his behavior? I have yet to figure that out. I would be irritated and smacking him, not casting him as some saintly hero.

I read a review online once which said he was the most understanding and sympathetic character of the bunch. RAGE.

[miss-dian.livejournal.com]

I think the friends were supportive because they didn't know BYJ's character was the real person, so they see CJW as cheating on Secondary Guy, hence the support for the twit. But yeah you are right. He's the most ridiculous self-pitying moron ever born in k-drama history. I can't think of any secondary guy more pathethic than him.

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

But the thing is, even if he wasn't her former love, eaither side is entitled to walk out and you should be friends to both. Oh well...

[lesbiassparrow.livejournal.com]

The secondary guy from Stained Glass was an almost equally self-pitying moron. I hated him too.

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Oh Goody.

[lesbiassparrow.livejournal.com]

I read a review online once which said he was the most understanding and sympathetic character of the bunch

What? WHAT??????

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Yes. I was not happy.

[jacganda.livejournal.com]

Oh! You're halfway through with WS already! Great!
I personally wanted to kill secondary guy because of his twisted manipulative antics. ugh.

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Oh yes, I wanted to murder him.

[saraleo.livejournal.com]

Loved your take on the secondary obsessive manic guy....agree on all the points....don't be surprised that few people that I know actually rooting for the 2nd guy and actually feels sorry for him

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Yay, I am not the only one!