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naturally born cutie. he used to be just a cute guy in a massive golden retriever body. then he became baek sa eon and suddenly i jumped into his wagon as well.

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I will probably remember this scene for a long time. When I saw it the first time, I already knew that this will require a long post.

I really loved it when both the main leads are completing each other’s words to show that they are connected. Yes we have seen this kind of scene a lot previously. But, in this context? To this extent? I think this is the first for me.

We all know that both of our main leads are exceptionally smart. But, even in that situation where they are desperate, I was simply amazed. They both knew the intention of the psycho mom (let me remind y’all again that the mother is a criminal psychology professor and the country’s first negotiation expert) was to make him suffers as she had for the last 20 years by not knowing that her son had always been alive.

Yoo Yeon Seok acting in the scene was also a masterpiece yet again. The emotion and desperation was palpable through the screen. His control of the emotion of Saeon during that scene was immense as he did not went overboard while threading it closely as losing his mind. Because his opponent is someone who can read his mind at a glance and if he had a burst of unnecessary emotion, it would ruin the whole pace of the scene.

The desperation in Saeon’s voice was apparent but he had a full conviction that the psycho mother had kept Heejoo alive. He knew her too well, living and being trained in that woman’s household. When I watch the first episode, I had hoped that he was actually the son to this crazy woman or at least just a random un-named orphan that they took in as an exchange for the psycho Baek Saeon. I believe that all the years Saeon had lived in under her roof, she must have thought and felt the immense hatred towards him because he is the kind of son that she wanted to have instead of that psychopath.

But he is the son to the man that killed her child (a psychopath indeed but her child nevertheless). She can never had half a heart to take a pity to our Saeon because of his bloodline. If the psycho Saeon had actually died during his childhood, and our Saeon is just a random orphan, there can be a possibility of this crazy mom to actually took a pity to our Saeon and had a somewhat diplomatic relationship with him. She was impressed at our Saeon after he correctly deducted her action and intention.

Although it was said that he resembles Baek Jangho because of his intelligence and competence, to me he was closely resembled the psycho mother instead of his biological father. And the psycho Baek Saeon actually have an uncanny resemblance to Baek Jangho as they both till the end thought that killing another human is not a sin that they should be atoning. They had fully believed that they did the right thing. At the end of the series, Baek Yuyeon was the negotiation expert sent to rescue the Korean nationals from the armed militants. A title that was once belongs to the crazy mother. I know the mom is also a killer, but in the sense of similarity and resemblance, it is not a stretch to say that the mom had played a big role in shaping our Baek Saeon/Baek Yuyeon in becoming who he is now.

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for someone who can reverse the car like a pro while avoiding the bullets

why can't you do the same after you saw this psychopath?

he only has a shotgun while the rebels had rifles

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gif by @kateknowsdramas

the art of sheer piece of cloth intensifies this scene

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and kdrama's only war stricken zone: THE Argan country

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you mean upper arms?!!!!! that was the first thing that caught my attention when he saved her. they kept giving him long sleeve shirt throughout the series and its a sin not to show us his biceps or more specifically his upper arms!

The screaming omg the screaming noises I was making!!!

The way she lunges!

He tries to hold back - look at his clenched fist - but. As always she gets her way.

Also, his arms!!!!

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honestly tho, if i was heejoo after finding out that my husband ran away from me with a reason to punish himself....

I'll just slap that mf, shove him in the chest, push him on to the nearest flat surface and just give him the fcking ride of his life. unreasonable, i know but do you think i careeeee. some angry sex and manhandling would do him good anyway

he wasn't home for 6 months!!??!?!??!?!!!!! yes he felt guilty but i thought they already settled that communication is the key to their relationship, why are we going back to square one?

but that kiss heejoo gave him.... gurllll, that IS the exact reason why she is the IT female lead of 2024. she made him powerless to the temptation of herself. restraint? what is that? tell baek sa eon that it does not exist in her dictionary. heejoo is an icon!

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baek yu yeon is adequately funny for someone who use yoo yeon seok as his stage name

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just finished episode 1 Love Scout

seems like the drama we can enjoy leisurely without much conflict. kinda reminds me of movie The Intern because of the open space office set with the lady CEO. the guy's suffering will be very interesting to see from the look of it. the contrast of their live values and personalities is what i hope the writer will put focussed on throughout the series.

anyhow....the korean title was very wattpad-esque induce cringe, whoever choose the title for kdrama lately must've been experiencing the lack of creative idea. behold... the direct translation of the drama is......

My Perfect Secretary

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and not all of us who had read the novel and still surprised and anticipating the next scenes and how the plot goes.

that shows how good the drama had tweaked the plot and changing the sequence and actually keeping the essence of the novel's fucked-up-ness with better storyline imo and also feeding us the kiss scenes (that man and woman ate, like both of them ate good) instead of the steamy stuff because public broadcast and they had to keep it PG13, leaving us to our imagination and ao3 writer to do their job.

I'm seated for episode 12, waiting on all fours as per baek sa eon's instruction

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WTPR spoiler episode 11

ok what did psycho baek sa eon said to our baek sa eon? the only things i can think of are...

"baek jangho planned the accident of hong siblings. because her brother saw my face. your wife had to be mute because of your dad."

fucked up version:

"you are the bastard of baek jangho and heejoo's mom."

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WTPR episode 11 spoiler

I've had enough of gun in 2nd last episode of kdrama. but at least we know that this drama was a thriller since the beginning.

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when the phone rings headers

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for me it's "our (우리) Baek Sa Eon" and the other guy is "psycho Baek Sa Eon"

I love how the whole fandom refers to our Baek Sa Eon as Baek Sa Eon, not a fake!Baek Sa Eon or something like that

But when it comes to the real Baek Sa On, it is always "real Baek Sa Eon", the kidnapper, psycho

We just rufese to acknowledge that the kidnapper is Indeed Baek Sa Eon

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solid writing for tonight's episode as well. easily one of the well written kdrama this year. also, personally the most heartfelt saranghae i have heard in kdrama for this year. when FL or ML said saranghae, there is always an obvious build up for that. tonight's episode saranghae is the most dramatic and thus easily my favourite. sa eon's saranghae was after a new wedding vows that mimics his in the first episode. hee joo's saranghae was after her promised to protect him this time. hee joo is doing all the things i would have ever wanted from kdrama this year.

one too many times we didn’t get the FL that can take action to protect her broody masculine man. all we want is a woman who is ready to protect, sacrifice and love the man who had always love her in silence.

that man arrange his own marriage and scheming without anyone's knowledge just to protect her from marrying an asshole. kept her hidden so that when he disappeared, she would still be able to live freely. accept her for who she was and will be.

and hee joo reciprocate his love with the same if not more than what she had received from him. she never backs down whenever there is a reason for her to fight for her husband. it's so satisfying that i had nothing to complaint about this whole series.

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and Baek Sa Eon's line today deserves it's own post

"Do you know this?.... You could get hurt and be in danger again if you keep staying by my side...

But I still asked you to stay by my side, because I can't let you go...

Do you still don't get it, Hong Heejoo?

I lived because of you. I endured because of you."

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he was ready to let go of everything before hong heejoo came to him, before he bares his heart to her, before he know that heejoo wanted this marriage with him. now that he knows, he won't let go of her. there are too many kdrama who easily let go of the FL when ML realised that she will be in danger because of him. but our baek sa eon is not that basic, he loves her so he will protect her while being with her instead of leaving her although he will probably did exactly that in the few remaining episodes we have left

so his decision, the dialogue and the honesty was very much satisfying to me. because who would want to be protected without their loved one by their side. so actually.. thank you, our Baek Sa Eon.

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seems like they went the same route as the webnovel and i actually impressed for the drama writer's ability tweaking the story. the build up for the twins story was much more deeper and condense in comparison to the novel. I'd say it's a clever move to steer the viewers into the ji sang woo direction by providing another mysterious character just to fool us. i might appreciate more if they make another twist for his character but his friendship with yuri is also as much fun.

giving the fisherman a solid back story was also very heartwarming. he was an accomplice to the evil grandpa but we sympathise with him because in the end he was scared of that evil grandpa as well and also a victim. and him bringing up both baek sa eon who are a total stranger to him proves that despite all the sin that he had done, he has a good heart. also, in our baek sa eon's memory and heart, he is the only man worth to be called a father. he raised him to his best ability but was unable to protect him in the past.

hopefully the writing will continue with a solid direction for another 3 episodes left. the psycho baek sa eon will be on a rampant tomorrow and i hope they won't let park dojae the boba eyed man die because that would be depressing.