I donât think Iâll get over Reply 1988âČs ending until I get super drunk and have the biggest hangover the next day and reflect on how stupid I was being.
My heart is still broken and itâs so ridiculous because itâs a tv show you know. Itâs not real. Itâs supposed to allow us to escape real life for a second and accompany characters as they grow up into becoming adults, not make us sob into a glass of whiskey. But guess what? It was so good that we really got attached to them and started rooting for their happiness and feeling their sadness. The show eventually took over my actual real life, and I would turn down the occasion to go out with friends because I need to see what Bora is up to, or what Jung Bongâs interest this week is.
The show gave me Jung Hwan, to whom I related so much in an almost scary way. Tough on the outside but really just full of love for everybody around him. He loved this girl who made his life brighter ever since he was a kid. He loved her before knowing what love was. Theyâd always bicker and he always acted proud around her because thatâs who he was. Expressing his feelings wasnât his strong suit. He was more into big gestures rather than words. But words were what did it for her. And so we accompany Jung Hwan in his transition to adulthood, with his awkward first love, heartbreaks, moments of friendship, and love for his family. We love him and root for him. But he doesnât even get any closure at all. What the hell?
And our lovely Deok Sun, who made us look forward to Fridays and Saturdays, who canât dance for shit but makes your heart burst with love every weekend, when you didnât even understand what sheâs saying because you donât speak Korean. But you still tune in, and read recaps and root for her. Deok Sun, who made you livewatch the show at odd hours, 6AM, 10AM, who cares? Deok Sun, with her lovely smile and big heart is on. Then they take this girl away from us. They turn her into a prop in a poorly written âromanceâ they threw at the viewers at the very last minute without showing us how her feelings grew when we SPENT SO MUCH TIME WITH HER. They donât explain her motives, her dreams. Then you realize the show was never about her. They just tricked us into believing it was. Then they start saying itâs a âfamily dramaâ, and itâs like ??? WE KNOW THAT?? But does that mean you get to throw the girl you advertised as the main lead in the trash? Iâve never felt this cheated, not even with the How I Met Your Mother ending. Just. Why?
Iâm not even gonna mention Dong Ryong, pfft what a waste of character. Taek, oh Taek. What do I even say here? We never got to see him grow into an adult. Idk. Of course, he did âall the right things, at the right timeâ, but since when does that even matter? The writers never once looked at Deok Sun as an actual person who can âchooseâ the person she wants to be with. It was always assumed that Deok Sun would just âacceptâ whoever confesses, and sadly thatâs just what happened. And letâs not talk about âadultâ Taek (lmfao Kim Joo Hyuk was not playing Taek, and it was such a big mess that they didnât even address it).
Iâm still bitter as ever, and my ask is open as always for your convenience if you want to call me a child or something.
Itâs just. You know, Jung Hwan got labeled as this guy whose pride got the best of him (I read this in many posts donât @ me). Thatâs just rubbish. Sure, he didnât confess when he had the chance but he was not being âa machoâ dude. He was being a teenager who bickers with his female friend because heâs acutely aware of everything she does. What is wrong with you? Have you ever been in love with someone who knows you so well that if they were to reject you, your whole world would crumble? Jung Hwan was careful not prideful, and I understood him for a while until I no longer could. The guy never got over her, never got closure, never confessed, NADA. Thatâs just? WHAT ABOUT US, PEOPLE WHO CANâT PUT THEIR FEELINGS INTO WORDS? WHAT ABOUT US WHO ARE EMOTIONALLY CONSTIPATED? Whatâs the showâs message to us? lol. The writer basically said we were doomed to be alone and lonely for the rest of our lives. lol. ok thanks.
Anyways please donât pay attention to me. Iâm so?
This will be my last reply 1988 post. xoxo
I wonât be tuning in for the next one, because I hate, ABSOLUTELY HATE, the âWeâll write this as we goâ thing. Why canât you pre-produce? Theyâve been preparing for the show for SO LONG. Why do they have to take a break in writing if itâs not to âtailor to viewersâ or to âadjust to leaked spoilersâ. The writer also obviously turned viewers into a joke, completely disregarding our feelings. No thanks. I was your biggest fan *sigh*. Thank you for the laughs and the tears. You filled the void in my heart for a while but then inflicted a new one. I donât think Iâll forgive you for that any time soon.
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