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Post by galacticchick on Apr 20, 2005 9:13:53 GMT -5
So are they trying to introduce a new love story starring Jinsoo and the art girl (Yeong-mi?). I thought it was cute that he insisted on wearing his suit, bowtie and all, the next day also. How old did she say she was? I kind of thought Jinsoo was a little older than 17.
Something else that I liked is that Jinsoo keeps correcting his mom saying that this girl is not his older sister, it's his pretty friend. ;D
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Post by Lucy on Apr 20, 2005 10:07:08 GMT -5
So are they trying to introduce a new love story starring Jinsoo and the art girl (Yeong-mi?). I thought it was cute that he insisted on wearing his suit, bowtie and all, the next day also. How old did she say she was? I kind of thought Jinsoo was a little older than 17. Something else that I liked is that Jinsoo keeps correcting his mom saying that this girl is not his older sister, it's his pretty friend. ;D I am uncomfortable with this situation. I don't see how it can end happily for Jin-soo, since I think he is clearly expecting this girl to be his girlfriend. And for Yeon-ji (I think that's her name), all she did was go to a gallery and now she's being roped into getting involved with this family. Nothing about her facial expressions tells me she's excited about this--rather, she looks apprehensive. She is really pretty. I think we have a winner in the "who's the cutest girl on MPC" contest. (NOT a raffle contest, so don't be thinking we're promising to send out any imaginary prizes for this one.  ) |
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Post by Lovely on Apr 20, 2005 10:34:00 GMT -5
Jin-soo and Yeon-ji are so cute! JS fell in love with her at first sight. As for Yeon-ji, she doesn't seem to love JS, but she does want to be his friend. Maybe later she'll love him too?
ESM was so happy to see JS and YJ together. I think it's what she wants. For her son to find happiness with his true love. I hope things work out for JS and YJ.
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Post by galacticchick on Apr 20, 2005 11:01:25 GMT -5
I agree that she's the winner. She'll get her prize in 3-4 business years.
I just don't see how this love story is pausible either. I really really doubt she likes him that way. I was kind of thinking that they were trying to be a Forrest Gump and Jenny kind of love, but I mean they had so much history and so many other things bringing them together.
I would feel totally creeped out if I were the poor girl, I'd be telling ESM "I want to hang out in public places seeing as to how I've never met you before!"
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Post by jenny on Apr 20, 2005 12:37:37 GMT -5
Min-sup mentioned a Korean artist, Won-something Something-something Kim. Sounds like this is a mentally challenged man with a, er, not-mentally challenged wife. When he mentioned this guy the pretty new girl's face seemed to light up. Looks like Jin-soo's got himself a nuna!
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Post by kathleen34 on Apr 20, 2005 12:40:27 GMT -5
thanks to min-sup's arrival. I surely don't know the artist who he was speaking of... but it seemed that there was an artist and his wife and perhaps they weren't both on the 'same page' but they had a loving relationship.
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Post by panther on Apr 20, 2005 14:01:16 GMT -5
well i hope it works out. jin soo would make a way better husband than his brother...thats for sure!
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Post by Lovely on Apr 20, 2005 15:49:37 GMT -5
Yeah, Jin-soo seems to make a very loving, doting husband despite being mentally challenged. I still say Jin-soo and Yeon-ji make a cute couple.
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Post by BAE on Apr 20, 2005 18:19:23 GMT -5
isn't she like a freshman in college? but, she seems nice. but, would she take up the work? i mean, ESM makes it seem so hard taking care of her mentally challenged child..
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Post by Soju on Apr 20, 2005 21:40:20 GMT -5
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Post by bettyboop on Apr 20, 2005 21:42:18 GMT -5
at first i thought it was sweet seeing how jinsoo seemed to fall in love at first sight of the girl but then it was kind of weird that he was like 'come to my house, come to my house' , that kind of creeped me out a bit cuz they probably just met for the second time. but i dont blame jin-soo cuz he's real innocent and naive so he probably wouldnt understand. but all the same i hope it works out for them. be it a relationship or friendship ;D
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Post by galacticchick on Apr 21, 2005 9:18:28 GMT -5
The artist they mentioned is Kim Ki-chang. As a child, he suffered a fever that left him deaf. Then the comparison is hardly fair! I mean, it's one thing to be deaf, quite another to be mentally challenged. I just don't like the way they are approaching this whole situation. It feels like they are taking advantage of her. Like when Hesoo was saying that ESM showed her what true love was.  What? "She married father even though she was so young and it was even her first marriage." Notice how she conveniently left out that it was all in her plot for revenge. |
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Post by Lucy on Apr 21, 2005 10:19:49 GMT -5
Then the comparison is hardly fair! I mean, it's one thing to be deaf, quite another to be mentally challenged. I just don't like the way they are approaching this whole situation. It feels like they are taking advantage of her. Like when Hesoo was saying that ESM showed her what true love was. What? "She married father even though she was so young and it was even her first marriage." Notice how she conveniently left out that it was all in her plot for revenge. Yeah, I know. I guess I'm going to have to be the first person to say it outright, and I hope it doesn't start something, but I've never been comfortable with their assumption that Jin-soo is going to get married and have a family just because everyone else does. They are ignoring some very real difficulties now, even though in the past ESM and DD have voiced their worries for his future and wondered, "Will he be able to find a girl and marry?" Why are they thinking in those terms? Someone like Jin-soo will have his hands full trying to live an independent life, let alone take care of a wife and family. I think under certain circumstances it can work, and I sincerely believe I am not prejudiced against the mentally challenged, but the way in which they seem to be ignoring the fact that a boy with Jin-soo's situation is going to have a difficult time of it (to say the least) is bizarre to me. Leaving aside the question of Jin-soo's suitability for marriage because of his mental development, he has no life experience. What can he offer a girl like Yeon-ji, who has been living on her own for several years, from a young age? I appreciate the character of sweet Jin-soo for his actual, real qualities (as portrayed), but they are trying to make him out to be something he's not. And Hee-soo simply lied to Yeon-ji about ESM and DD when there was no reason to. She did not fall in love with DD and marry him and voila, "That's where Jin-soo came from." She insinuated herself in to DD's family with JK's mother with malice aforethought and didn't come to love him in any apparent fashion until well after our story started. It's like everyone is trying to manipulate this new girl into becoming real close, real fast (before she can make up her own mind?). The only other thing I can think of is that they aren't really thinking that JS will "get together" with YJ, but that they are trying to take advantage (in a good way, I mean) of his instant liking for her to make a friend of her and expand JS's social network. The idea of having her be his friend and tutor is a great one, as long as they're not trying to fit her into the mold of prospective wife just because Jin-soo "loves" her. |
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Post by lizlib on Apr 21, 2005 11:51:29 GMT -5
Lucy, I completely agree with you on this. Jin-Soo's character is sweet and loving and innocent. And his parents seem to think that he is going to find lifelong love and happiness with Yeon-ji! Though neither of them specifically stated this, it was implied.
AND Hee-Soo told Jin-Kook that "if it works out and they get together that's great" Her meaning was crystal clear about yeon-ji being Jin-Soo's girlfriend and not just a girl who is a friend! Hee-Soo then offers this 'relationship' to Yeon-ji as a part time job closer to home. So she is getting paid to be Jin-Soo's friend - it all makes me very uncomfortable.
Do you recall early on when Jin-Soo came into Hee-Soo/Jin-Kook's bedroom and with the lights out Jin-Kook threw something that hit him in the head? At that time the tiniest idea of what to do with Jin-Soo during puberty and really starting to notice girls was seemingly raised. TIt was dropped since he only thought Hee-Soo was pretty. (go figure!)
Early on even Hee-Soo was uncomfortable around him and there were some strange moments when Jin-Soo wanted to touch Hee-Soo and she turned his attention elsewhere.
Physically his character is a normal 17 year old with normal physical responses. But it seems that the writers are assuming that because of that a physical relationship is all that he needs to keep his parents from worrying!
And the losers are both Yeon-ji and Jin-Soo! Man, what a way to end this story line! I think it would have been better had they used his relaitonship with Min-Sup as a jump-off point for Jin-Soo leading more of a 'mainstreamed' life - going to special schools and making more friends.
Liz
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Post by hachiue on Apr 21, 2005 11:59:29 GMT -5
I don't mean to be rude here (and please tell me if I am). But I definitely thought that Jinsoo should've gone to special schools and made more friends, and then, if he wanted to get married, found a spouse from among the people there. I mean, she'd have to find a huge Florence Nightingale type to marry him if she didn't have a similar condition. But if she did, it wouldn't seem to her that she was taking care of him instead of just loving him.
I don't like what they're doing with Yeonji, and I don't like Heesoo's involvement with it. Jinsoo's going to be impossible now that he's seen her multiple times and she's come to his house.
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What? "She married father even though she was so young and it was even her first marriage." Notice how she conveniently left out that it was all in her plot for revenge. 