and with my 1st rewatch, i am more sure now that, i'm team taekie.
that doesn't mean i dislike jungpal, no no. i love him with deoksun too, those secret moments he looked after her. ah, the tsundere dream guy i've always wanted.
but what really got on my nerves was that, how much he hesitated. like he himself realized, it was his countless hesitation that led to the ending.
let's talk about the grown up gang. when taekie heard about how deoksun was kinda stood up for her concert date but how she refused to lose her face in front of the teasing boys that she ended up at the concert venue without a date, he cancelled his match. he cancelled a match for the first time in his career, just so she wouldn't end up alone.
but jungpal, right after he saw deoksun's date with his girlfriend at the cinema, he went on with the movie date with dongryung and continued to hesitiate. it took him much more hesitation to finally realize, that was his chance to create a coincidence. yes, those red lights were a reason that slowed him too. but honestly, if he left right after he saw deoksun's date, wouldn't he be able to reach in time?
i wouldn't read too much about the 18 years-old jungpal, as back then he was just being a noble idiot, wanting to give her up for taekie. and taekie doing the same to jungpal, not giving deoksun a single chance to even choose, stop deciding for the girl please!!!
how taekie went ahead, all out to grab onto her that he longed for. that was enough for me to say, yes he deserves her. say whatever you all want; deoksun was just returning his feelings, jungpal deserves her more. don't most relationships start with one-sided feeling first, then work out after dating when the other side has those feelings in return too?
if deoksun realized she had feelings in return after dating taekie for some time, then why don't taekie deserve her too?
i saw a post somewhere about how taekie needs deoksun more than jungpal, and i would take that theory too. remember how taekie was still a daily life idiot even after years passed? deoksun had to look after him still. jungpal would do just fine without her, just like how he always had been. but remember how taekie said he was at his best condition during the only trip deoksun tagged along? i think that was enough to show how much deoksun was needed without none of them realizing.
jungpal's confession but turning into a joke was the best closure i could ask for. even at that moment, if he didn't turn it into a joke after, he may have stood a good chance. afterall, she did had some feelings for him.
but i guess, as what he said, he didn't want her as much as taekie did. when deoksun misunderstood him after seeing jungbong in the exact same pink shirt she gave him, he didn't bother to explain. he just, left it there. was he not desperate enough?
i'm not trying to degrade jungpal as a deoksun choice. like i said, i like jungpal a lot as well. i'm juat saying that i am very fine with the ending and yes, team taekie.
