#Clois lovestory

[the-army-brat-and-the-nerd]

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[useiessmagic]

We all are RiRi stans. 

[kyemeruthie]

One month CLOY recovery

Finished Crash Landing On You during the Feb 25 holiday. I was processing the whole series that time; I have yet to recover from Seo Dan - Gu Seung Ju’s fate in the end; and can’t start a new series just yet. One month recovery, I think.

But yes, let me distill some of my thoughts about the series. A friend and I dissected it while cruising the Ortigas - Makati route. Overall, we thought it was way better than Goblin (although I haven’t fully finished that series as I was weirded out by the plot haha so you may not trust my judgment on this), and the whole story was just so good. No words. Chnz.

The ending was justified. They can’t be together because that means desertion from NoKor for Captain Ri, while it could be treason for Se-ri. The decision to allow them to meet in Switzerland every so often was I think the best compromise for both lovers. It’s swoon-worthy but equally insane to think that an artificial border like the 38th parallel line (several kilometers or provinces separate them), and they’re literally crossing the world to meet and profess their love for each other. A North-South Metro Manila love story would just have to choke, so do LDRs across the archipelago because Ri-Ri set the bar higher. Hahaha.

Which brings me to my second point. It’s still a rich person’s lovestory. Imagine if Captain Ri is not the son of a ranking politburo-- he’s a lowkey soldier who happened to save Se-Ri and bring her over to the South. He’d probably in hiding now, or Cheol Gang succeeded in killing both of them. Orrr Se-Ri’s a regular office girl, a secretary who was chosen to try out the company’s new sports outfit, and then unfortunately crash landed on NoKor. She could well have been stuck in the North or smuggled to Chinese borders if she were lucky, exchanged in international waters just how Jumeok described his uncle’s work. If they were anything besides being a chaebol’s daughter and a ranking general’s son, the lovestory would be as tragic as Seo Dan and Seung-Ju’s fateful end (more thoughts on that later). This is not to burst anyone’s bubble (I may just have done that, sorry) but reality allows us to see this perspective. They could have exerted more effort to be together if they were in poorer backgrounds, or ended up yearning for each other from afar hoping a reunification would happen sooner so they can be together. In the end, we’re still world’s apart from experiencing the Ri-Ri lovestory in real life. Just highlights how, even in love, inequality still persists. 

Lastly, Seo Dan’s story arc shows a fresh perspective for second leads and kontrabida especially female characters. One, I liked that she hashed it out with Captain Ri in Ep 16. She broke off the engagement and made it clear that she’s finally ok. Two, there were less scenes of Se-Ri - Seo Dan’s ~bloody confrontations. Scenes where they really fight over a guy or do something drastic to get the attention of Captain Ri. They were both level-headed adults. I guess the closest was when Seo Dan moved to the village to make it clear she’s the fiance. Three, her choice to move forward in life without getting married was a strong statement against a predominant Asian culture where women are expected to be a dutiful wife and mother. The show gave her enough room to express herself through music and travelling the world. As much as I wanted her and Gu Seung-Jun to have a chance to be together, I felt it was realistic that he died in the end. The gunshots were fatal; let’s admit that the hospital in NoKor is not fully equipped for this emergency, so he definitely would have died either way. It was also a sobering realization that love alone won’t keep us alive. Again, our socio-economic backgrounds and political realities may always have something to do with the way our love stories are shaped.

Bonus points on the women steering the NoKor village, and the all-out support from Captain Ri’s team. The NIS also receives my love for allowing Captain Ri to compose a year’s worth of messages for Se-Ri. How he had enough time to do that during his detention, I wouldn’t know. Seo Dan’s mom is a favorite character. Best omma, I think.

There. I think I’ve poured out enough thoughts about CLOY. Reply 1988′s still my favorite SoKor drama, followed closely by Signal and Full House. CLOY is on the top five. Watch it to join the hype, but more importantly to experience the roller coaster feelings we had. 5 over 5.

[rotblut]

omg yes my man is finally integrated and the preview for next week's episodes show even more interactions between him and dan. plus he looked extremely fine in his suit this ep just sayin hehe - rosiedaes

OMG lemme tell you thank you first for the gifs of him!!! AHHHHH he really looks stunning and so does she from the gifs. and omg screaming are they really getting more screentime!!!!!! that is a perfect reason to start it because YAAAAAAAAAAAS I hope their lovestory will be amazing!!! ((since I don’t feel the main leads that much can I skip most of their scenes and focus on seung jun and her?)) also still crying over never twice and thank you for giffing them too 🤍🤍🤍🤍 super hugs!!! 😭😭😭 I’ll let you know how i think about the cloy otp soon 🤍🤍🤍

[demelzahcarne]

Had the same thought on Twitter but here is my catch, since they dont care about han jipyeong we will never see any affection between them for the next 3 episodes, gotta keep that nonsensical triangle alive, (as a viewer I am appalled by how stupid they think I am to keep watching this mess) anyway by ep16 they miraculously announce they have been secretly meeting and fallen for each other, end of story on hanjipyeong cut to cloy boy San getting some big ass scene with Ms Jung cause apparently even their lovestory was more important to develope than jipyeongs....I fully trust the writer to pull this bullshit

The writing jumped the shark so badly that now I want In Jae and Jipyeong. Even while he’s bleeding and clearly upset, Dal Mi still only asked him to eat to ask for his advice about herself. She can see this man walk out of her grandmothers house, know that’s her first love from 15 years ago and not acknowledge or want to know anything about him. The writing is running from the plot they started. Shamelessly too. Soooo I’m done on them. Im happy he’s seen with the family in the future. It should have been like that from earlier. Dal Mi’s grandmother is his grandmother. But I don’t want him with Dal Mi. He stays here... he belongs here.

And we can build to someone else. They wasted so much time on a dumb triangle when all he really deserved was someone who loves him unconditionally. Not someone who just wants his help. Someone who never needed him in that way to begin with but needs exactly what he needs, love. In Jae.