#so I can look forward to watch them graduate from young first episode and flasback versions of main leads

[kuronekonerochan]

Going in blind watching a new drama be like (first episode spoilers for Castaway Diva)

Castaway Diva

Both @kdramastuff and @msisoverthegardenwall recomended this drama to me, so I gave it a try, but I didn't read a synopsis so I went in blind and boy oh boy was it entirely unexpected.

The vibes I got:

*Cutesy poster of a woman playing the guitar with hippie staging

* Word Diva in the title

Brain thinks:

"Oh, romcom about a former star who falls from a yacht (the title also gives me rich Goldie Hawn vibes - like the movie Overboard)"

Also, her name sounds like the Portuguese word for getting stoned and the hippie vibes of the poster aren't helping.

^^ me, before watching, a sweet summer child.

^^ Me, while watching the first episode.

The plot:

2 highschool kids who are beaten almost to death daily by their fathers.

One reports it, the cop father of the other shows up and forces her to take back the complaint and even apologize.

Both kids try to escape, from an island on a ferry bc the abuse is so bad they think they will end up dead soon if they don't run away.

Boy sacrifices himself to stop girls father from getting to her, clearly ready to be beaten to death in the process (and almost is) so at least one of them can live. Turns out his sacrifice is in vain.

Abuser father finds girl, she'd rather throw herself overboard (ha, my witch side DID sense the Goldie Hawn connection...witchy sense continues to work in mysterious ways) and probably die than go back.

Conclusion:

Both teen actors deserve all the awards. Damn!

I'm hooked but boy did I go blind into this expecting something else entirely.