just finished 2521 for the first time
(a year late, after starting it knowing it had a sad ending)
ok so overall my thoughts are
heedo and yurim CARRIED the early episodes for me. their dynamic is so good and i wish they dragged out them becoming friends a bit more. also this show could have been so amazing if they dated, like they genuinely had every single romantic trope? the writers were not thinking straight by not making them the main couple
i grew to like yijin and heedo a lot by the time yijin returned to seoul. im an absolute sucker for the separation trope (loved it for yurim and heedo as well when yurim went to russia) so them being separated and still being friends despite changes in their lives was really sweet. also makes the ending seem stupid lmfao
heedo and yurim hugging after the finals was the most satisfying moment of the show. i've done fencing a bit and i really enjoyed it but ended up having to quiet due to an...incident. so i was really invested in the fencing part of the show especially because of their dynamic. the two of them embracing and crying together was so beautiful. and i never watch sports dramas this is probably the first one i've ever watched
hated yurim and her boyfriend's relationship. like THEY'RE the ones to get married??? i respect them keeping childhood guy and girl friends completely platonic but he had more chemistry w her than yurim
yijin just leaving his family to go to new york was so stupid lmfao
the ending in general doesn't work for me. 1. i'm sad because i feel like yijin and heedo had a really special connection and the idea of one fight (that they fucking resolve!) being what made them unable to talk to each other for 7 years is so stupid. i think once yijin returned to korea they would have naturally ended up becoming friends again, just bc that's what makes me happy and i like to think they're tied together by some invisible string 2. their characters don't make sense towards the end of the show and don't really act the way they did the first 2/3, the idea of yijin not wanting heedo to share his pain feels so unrealistic to their characters
yijin becomes so passionate about reporting out of nowhere, i feel like it would have made more sense for him to go into law or something. i get he was passionate about being able to help heedo in the press so him wanting to be a reporter there made sense but once he transferred out of sports it didn't make sense for him to be there. it was clear he didn't care about simply reporting information like heedo's mom (also why him becoming a workaholic like her doesn't make sense), but that he cared about actually making a difference. him going into something like red cross or doing something with law and economics would make more sense for his desire to do good in the world and feel like he's helping others out.
on that topic, the comparisons between him and heedo's mom don't work. heedo's mom says she's focused on getting people to watch the news and to see what's going on. yijin is always more focused on making sure individual people are okay. again, him being a reporter does not work for his arc. him becoming a workaholic doesn't make sense. him doing those long shifts for local news was to help the network, not actual people. so the plot just didn't work for me
i'm okay with heedo retiring, and her last interview being with yijin WOULD be symbolic if they met because he was a reporter. but they met because they were two normal people, helping each other through normal everyday life, so it doesn't really work. i feel like once yijin became a reporter the show just switched so drastically. i didn't mind it at first but it doesn't make sense for what they had established in the beginning
seungwan not working in schools is DUMB like she would become a principal. c'mon. her becoming a variety show worker makes absolutely zero sense
yes the beach episode is THAT iconic and all their outfits are some of the best pieces of costuming i've seen in a while
in general heedo's outfits>>>>>
heedo's actress too>>>>> like goddamn she was good. heedo as a character means a lot to me as i'm very similar to her and there were a lot of scenes that have played out nearly exactly in my own life so i appreciated the commitment to the role and how much energy her actress gave
the english actor who played the ref who awarded heedo the point was quite literally the WORST actor i've ever seen. worse than disney channel kids
overall 8/10, i really enjoyed it but the show fell apart lmfao. still an emotional rollercoaster even if it's contrived to be that way
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