Early Access: Scripting Your Destiny E9

E9. We get some sudden leaps forward this episode, and I have to admit, it does feel rather rushed, and I'm still trying to figure out if the leaps make character sense. At the same time, I recognize that this is a short format mini series that doesn't have much more screen time to wrap up its story, so I'm already preparing myself for any possible lapses in logic. I'm still hopeful that Show will end strong though, because it's stood out quite a bit among its peers, and I'd like it to be an example that a short web drama can be as solid and absorbing as its full-series cousins.

Ho Yoon starts to have suspicions about the past, and starts to question things that he'd seemed to simply accept, before. Like the source of the note on Myung's dashboard, and the blank pages that he'd seen in Che Kyung's destiny book.

Also, cracks start to appear in the memory wipe that's supposed to have occurred after Ho Yoon got eliminated from Che Kyung's past. This is something that Show doesn't explain (or perhaps hasn't explained, since we still have one episode to go).. but even though people are apparently supposed to forget the existence of a god of destiny after he's eliminated, Che Kyung's ex-classmate remembers that she'd used to have a crush on a transfer student (who had been Ho Yoon himself). Logically, he shouldn't remember that, I believe.

On that note, it feels like the heavens aren't very systematic or thorough in this drama world. Not only do we have random side characters retaining memories that should have been wiped, we also have Ho Yoon appearing in photographs that I would have assumed should've been wiped as well. But I guess that's just how this drama world rolls.

Anyway, that crack also adds to Ho Yoon's mounting suspicions about his past, which he has no memory of.

The other leap forward this episode, is how Che Kyung suddenly seems to consider Ho Yoon's previous words about being a god of destiny with seriousness. I feel like this is the leap that's harder to buy into, because unlike Ho Yoon's mounting suspicion, Show doesn't actually spend time building up to it. It just feels like she suddenly feels inspired to ask Ho Yoon if he's ever lied to her, and when he answers no, she concludes that he must have been telling the truth about being a god of destiny. Okayyy. That was a stretch.

On the upside, I do feel like both our leads deliver the raw emotion entailed by the angsty turn of our narrative quite nicely.

Ho Yoon actually regaining his lost memories is also something that I find quite curious. I'm guessing that this is supposed to mean that the connection between his and Che Kyung's fates is stronger than the rule of heaven? It's a romantic notion, but one that doesn't land easily with me. However, I'm willing to roll with it, because I'm admittedly curious to see how Show will choose to end this story.

After a bout of self-imposed distancing, where Che Kyung angsts over why Ho Yoon's disappeared all of a sudden, we see that Ho Yoon, now with his gained memories, orders his previously signature drink - a caramel macchiato, from his time as Che Kyung's regular customer during her college days - while looking her right in the eye.

It seems to me like Ho Yoon's ready to follow his heart, while throwing caution to the wind. And while I could see him shrugging off yet another elimination, this would create more empty pockets in Che Kyung's destiny book, along with more memory lapses. I'm hoping that Show's got a more meaty and meaningful ending up its sleeve, though.