Observations and Predictions about Episode 9
First off, I think we didn’t get a full preview because episode 9 will be a pivotal one. We did get glimpses due to the screenshots they put in after episode 8, so with those and previous instances in the series in mind, I compiled some predictions and observations. ^-^ Reminder, everything is just my own thoughts. Also, spoiler alert, please do not read if you don’t like spoilers.
1. MinHyuk and GookDu will arrive at the same time (or one shortly after the other, MinHyuk first)
2. BongSoon has already fought off most of the men ^^ Notice men down and the two arriving at scene
3. GookDu realizes BongSoon’s strength, MinHyuk is shocked by multiple things (1. Again, perhaps, still a little by BS’s strength xD Like, he knows she’s powerful, but it’s still astonishing to him. his peanut-sized king kong K.O. hundreds of men ^-^ 2. Mix of emotions, seeing her okay after almost having a heart attack from worrying about her and having to track her down. [lol, gurl hung up on him after telling him her mom got kidnapped] but now realizing his love rival knows about her strength too or 3. Prediction: Some sore loser thug will use a knife against BongSoon and try to attack her from behind) << which is likely, considering both their expressions contain a sense of fear more than surprise/shock <<EDIT: After teaser 9 trailer and how MinHyuk says, “That’s a relief you didn’t hurt yourself”, I think Bongsoon knocked something during her fight and a foundation of the garage building will fall on her an MinHyuk will cover her and get hurt. Looks like it was a mistranslation and MinHyuk just reveals he’s glad BongSoon didn’t get injured.
Prediction 1: Thug will attack from behind/use knife against BongSoon (maybe that one who lost his teeth, you know how he was trying to use that cane on her and the Thug Boss was like he brought out his “ultimate weapon”, I think that cane has a secret knife at the end or something (?))
Prediction 2: MinHyuk will rush forward, instinctively, and take the stab/attack for BongSoon (hence, why he is hospitalized) [I think director will make GookDu run forward too, but MinHyuk will beat him to it, while GookDu pulls BongSoon out of the way, to safety and/or charges at the attacker. So they both “save” her, but in different ways, which I think kinda fits their characters. Like, MinHyuk is the type to use himself as a shield to guard his loved ones [ultimate defense mechanism]. GookDu is more trained as a police and in the sense that he knows if he wants to protect someone, he needs to protect himself and not get hurt and become a burden too. He also seems like the type to pin down the enemy and make sure he/she is incapacitated so that the people he wants to protect can make their escape [defense and offense mechanism].
Prediction 3: MinHyuk is rushed to hospital, BongSoon is crying in worry. GookDu is busy observing BongSoon, mixed emotions of fondness for her strength, but utter confusion and thinking, "What in the actual world? We’ve been friends for 15 years and I never knew about your strength? Like, all those thug reports about you beating them up is real, while I kept denying them and defending you. Wow, I can’t believe you are that strong and I kept calling you ‘weak’ I am a fool." BongSoon continues to mope. Doctors will probably tell BS and GD that MinHyuk is in stable condition. GookDu, unable to make sense of his emotions or anything, will drag a sobbing BongSoon off to a corner to talk with her.
In this screenshot, you see a hospital like background and GookDu dragging Bongsoon away. We know it’s GookDu because of the stripe pattern of his shirt. [feels like director will make his emotions run high and he will scold her like how he normally does >< please don’t though OTL. Directors, you are seriously wasting talent here, argh. ISTG if they make GD force kiss BS, imma flip the table] GookDu will confess his feelings during convo.
Prediction 4: After BongSoon/GookDu chat, whatever the conclusion will be, BongSoon goes to check on MinHyuk, who is already awake and deep in thought. During his time alone, he too, has been replaying the series of events in his head over and over again.
He comes to full realization that, BongSoon is indeed the girl in the pink hoodie who saved him from the bus accident, 8 years ago. She is his muse and the reason he has been staying strong all these years through countless struggles. She is the reason he started to believe in miracles again. She is the reason why he stopped living a reckless life, including stopped serial dating. Everything has come a full circle but now, everything seems like a dream. BongSoon enters the room and displays tender care for him. In fact, she has known, since that time they rode on the bus, that MinHyuk’s savior was herself.
Prediction 5: MinHyuk will confess his feelings. BongSoon is a confused potato because now she has two guys who one after another, confessed their feelings…worse part, she has/had feelings for both. She won’t reply to either/asks for time to sort out her feelings. One, for GookDu, she’s waited 15 years to hear his words. Two, she’s confused and rattled by her own indecisiveness because she thought after waiting for so long and getting the result she could only ever dream of, would make her hop around in rainbows and sparkles, but instead, she’s burdened and almost opposed to this idea because she had just started to let go of her affections for GookDu. Also, now, we have MinHyuk’s confession, which she may be just as burdened because of timing, because of all the realizations and seemingly fairytale full circle of fate that just seems too surreal to be true. She knows she’s developing feelings for him, but she can’t get herself to admit it out of fear that she’s inadequate or that if they are together, she’ll continue to hurt him or get him hurt [think about it, she kept saying she will protect him, but instead, he keeps protecting her and getting himself injured].
Prediction 6: Two possible reactions from BongSoon’s mom: 1. Either she will scold BS and tell her how dumb and useless she is to fall for voice phishing and reprimand her for not protecting MinHyuk. BS may burst out at her mom again and reveal to her that she’s hurt too. Her heart hurts so much seeing people hurt on her behalf/ due to her inability to use her power at significant times or 2. BongSoon’s mom is ready to scold, out of habit, but sees BS’s breakdown/hurting and self-blame and instead, takes off her own bullying mask/strong-front, to console her daughter. There is a level of understanding only women of the Do family can provide one another, after all. [Hoping for #2]
Prediction 7: MinHyuk will start to back away from BongSoon, because he also wants to sort out feelings. Yes, he loves the girl who saved him eight years ago, who he believes is the angel his mom sent to protect him, but he also wants BongSoon (and himself) to know, that, that’s not the sole reason for his love. He was smitten by BS even before he realized she was his savior. On the other hand, GookDu, who has been oblivious about everything for the whole series (and like 15 dayum years prior to that), finally, starts to make his move and tries to take that step closer to BongSoon. [Timing, though, hun, everything in life is about timing. You snooze, you lose.]
Prediction 8: This may not happen in next episode, but I do see the director possibly trying to make a connection between the kidnapper and the main leads. IDK, what it is, but I get a hunch that MinHyuk [and BongSoon] is connected to the kidnapper more than they think. Like, it’s too many hints and coincidences in a drama to just brush it off. I mentioned it in a previous post when I first started watching the series, I thought the directors were trying to hint that MinHyuk was the kidnapper haha. [Ex. His dislike of police officers, his attachment to hiding in secluded areas {hiding in closet and building a secret safe haven dungeon within his closet vs kidnapper’s attachment to imprisoning the girls}, their one-meal philosophy, MinHyuk’s fascination with the kidnapper’s wit, MinHyuk even stating, “When I was younger, I wanted to be the culprit”. Also, remember how BongSoon and his brother almost got kidnapped when they were younger. Something tells me, these events are somehow connected (?) Like, I mean it could just be a theme the director keeps throwing out too. But, maybe there will be some backstory where when MinHyuk was younger he got kidnapped or saw someone (maybe BS and brother) get kidnapped and he tried to call the cops for help but they brushed him off…that’s why he hates cops so much. [Well, that and how his gangster father got chummy with the cops and law enforcements so he thinks all are dumb and corrupt]. If the former prediction is true, the guy who keeps kidnapping the girls may also have been kidnapped when he was young, and MinHyuk and him were imprisoned together and crossed paths, and that’s how they share a similar trauma.
Observation 1: By the way, there was a mention of kidnapper being really bad with knives, that’s why he accidentally killed the first girl he wanted to kidnap. I think there’s a connection to how BongSoon’s mom had fortune read by the monk about how one with strength, can’t beat one with knife. Is this a foreshadow of BongSoon trying to catch kidnapper…and possibly coming into some type of danger?
Observation 2: Love the whole symbolism with the pink hoodie. It’s the thing that helps MinHyuk recognize his savior but more importantly, it’s the thing that pushes BongSoon to find pride in her strength, because it is, in fact, a STRENGTH, not a flaw or weakness or something to be hidden. The pink hoodie is something her grandmother gave her to remind her to be proud of her power. For generations, women of the Do Family, have treated their powers as something special but should be suppressed. Especially, after BongSoon’s mom messes up and used her power selfishly, she loses it completely. Her actions were viewed as a disgrace and her own self-shame leads her to constantly and unfairly reprimand and “control” BongSoon. In fact, the mom just doesn’t want BongSoon to be pegged as a disgrace, like her, but because of this, she has drilled into BongSoon’s mind that her strength is a curse and she must suppress and hide it. When BongSoon wears the hoodie to stop the bus, it’s the first time she realizes her strength can help people - though, at that time, she brushes it off like it’s not big deal. But it is a big deal! She saved so many lives, including MinHyuk’s. MinHyuk’s gratefulness, admiration, and constant encouragement throughout the series was able to make BongSoon finally accept that her power is god-given and a BLESSING not a curse!!!!!! That is why she brought her hoodie out again (T^T)
Random Observation 1: BongSoon’s mother keeps telling BongSoon to not bully people with her strength. She especially gets angry when she hears rumors of her bullying students into giving her lunch money. Again, this is a self-shame thing. Her mom is afraid BongSoon will make the same mistake she has in the past. She links that bullying students for lunch money thing as the reason why she, herself, was punished and lost her power. During the scene with the granny, mom, and BongSoon, they even contemplate whether BongSoon’s mom will ever get her powers back. To be honest, BongSoon Omma, you ain’t gonna get your powers back if you abuse your family and beat up your husband. It has nothing to do with the lunch money incident (or maybe that was the ONE incident that got her punished for misusing her power) but she hasn’t gotten it back because she still has the tendency to bully others, whether verbally or physically, due to her own insecurity. I think, though, in the end of the series, due to BongSoon’s example of using her strength as a positive attribute to help others, not to hurt others, her mom will learn to cherish her family too, and that’s when God will grant her, her powers back ^-^
Random Observation 2: MinHyuk’s worry for BongSoon’s safety should not be misinterpreted as him thinking she is weak. He’s protectiveness is a source of reflexive, unconditional love, and understanding. He knows she is strong but not invincible, especially against weaponry. Also, he knows she is impulsive but compassionate and gullible.
Anyways, can’t wait for next episode!! ^-^ Message me and spaz with me! I love this drama so much.
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