Early Access: Scripting Your Destiny E8

E8. We get quite a bit of backstory this episode, and I find it really interesting to see things from Ho Yoon's perspective.

I mean, the way he just starts existing, as a god, with an innate understanding that he is a god of destiny, expected to fulfill his godly duties, with no childhood or even any kind of training, is intriguing to me. It's almost like trial and error, the way he immediately intervenes in young Che Kyung's human destiny, then immediately gets eliminated, only to get another go-around 14 years later, with no memory of what had happened in his first go-around, and only some muscle memory around carrying an umbrella when it rains, and not developing feelings for humans, because it's dangerous.

It almost feels like his "programming" is incomplete, somehow, because if he'd started existing with the innate knowledge that he's a god of destiny, shouldn't that innate knowledge extend to things like not developing feelings for humans? I'm curious to see if this is addressed, though I wouldn't be surprised if it isn't, because we don't have much screen time left.

I'm assuming that except for supernatural beings like Myung, everyone else that Ho Yoon comes into contact with forgets he ever existed, once he gets eliminated. I feel like there's no other explanation for why Che Kyung wouldn't remember him, particularly if she'd fallen in love with him before, like we see in this episode.

How interesting, that Che Kyung had fallen for Ho Yoon first. I'd just kind of assumed that it was the other way around, since he's the one who keeps getting eliminated because of his feelings in relation to Che Kyung.

The flashbacks to them being classmates in high school are cute, and I wouldn't have minded dwelling on that early high school romance more - if only Ho Yoon hadn't gotten jealous over another boy declaring his feelings for Che Kyung, and promptly getting eliminated. Ha. This is almost becoming a running gag.

Technically, though, in that flashback where Che Kyung kisses him, and he then kisses her back, Ho Yoon should've disappeared mid-kiss or something, since he's clearly developed feelings for her?

I now also don't feel as bad for Ho Yoon, about his potential elimination if he falls for Che Kyung in the present timeline, since he's apparently already done this before, and even been quite nonchalant about it. I also don't feel so bad for Che Kyung (provided she doesn't die in an accident like Ho Yoon's written her to), because clearly, once Ho Yoon gets eliminated, her memories of him get wiped out too.

However, a scenario like that wouldn't feel that epic, and Show does seem to be gunning for an epic destiny sort of vibe. I'm curious to see where Show decides to take this story.