sorry for the long comment, months later but i have soooo many thoughts on this show and no one to talk to about it. i also need to simp over choi hyun wook with someone or i will combust!!!!!!
Purple
2025-07-21 06:36:58 +0000 UTC
this whole situation about them moving forward from their past isn't really about how much they were hurt. was she hurt more than him? NO. he was hurt too if you consider his circumstances, i would say way worse. but its not about that. its about their personality and how they as person, deal with things like these. from the beginning of the show, we have seen that he is the more emotionally mature out of the two. very upfront in communication, very direct in expressing his feeling, clear any misunderstanding immediately. whereas she always runs aways from communication (we had a whole episode of her running away from the situation and talking about it and him chasing her to talk about it. even in this episode, she runs away but he goes to the shop and honestly tells her that he came there to see her even though he doesn't know what to say yet). basically he faces things head on, no matter how difficult it might be, he is speak about it, will choose to be uncomfortable, humiliated, risk the consequences. he has a whole persona to hide who he actually is but he feels his emotions and processes them freely. he can't show it to anyone but he is honest with himself. he knows what he is feeling, and communicates within himself. as he himself said, that all that was going on in his life, he couldn't stop himself from feeling and indulging in his joy even if it was forbidden, he still found a way, thats just who he is, he will find a way. he also said, that we need something, a comfort that can provide us comfort and become our relief as we deal with hardships. basically he is very emotionally mature and dealt with his trauma in a very healthy way, knows about himself and lets himself feel his emotions and is honest with himself. very healthy habits. she, on the other hand, is the opposite. although, she is very expressive outward, unlike him, she doesn't process her emotions, keeps everything bottled up. one of the reason we see her do that is, she herself doesn't know about herself in depth. what is she feeling, why? she doesn't know, she is always confused. also, we have to keep in mind that they both had a certain things happen in their lives but the difference is, circumstances after the tragedy. for him, they way he should deal with it was forced in him, how it looks on the outside was control for him but in her case, it was she herself who created those circumstances for herself, it was self inflicted (suppressing everything, no relying on anyone, not asking help etc. despite having people in her life that wanted to do that for her and would ask her repeatedly, and were sad seeing her that way). as a result, even though in was a big deal and wound for him, cause he is more aware of his emotions and has healthy mental practices, could overcome it and just focus on the fact that he like her, thats as enough for him. but for her to reach that stage, she has to first figure out what exactly hurt her? what she was feeling? is feeling? etc to decide what is a priority for her now! its just a different approach to trauma and emotions and we are two different ways in which people respond to that!