I've been thinking about the conflict between Joo In-A and Noh Ki-Jun. Some might feel it isn't that serious but it touches on something I struggle with personally so I was surprised to see it in the show.
In-A verbalizes how feeling happy makes her anxious. She self sabotages herself and she wants the person she loves to choose her too. Well, she feels like she doesn't deserve to be selfish and be happy.
It's so contradictory and she acknowledges that.
She ends it with Jae-Yeol because she understands her status and how that can harm him. She rejects him before he can reject her and the look on her face as she walks away, is so pained.
He doesn't call after her. Did you notice? He loves her so much and he doesn't push at her. He doesn't see what she's doing and accepts it. He gets married. He regrets it but he gets married.
Noh Ki-Jun almost did that too. He takes her at face value, when she starts distancing herself. In-A builds her walls back up and decides for him, just like she decided for Jae-Yeol, what is best for him.
The men absolutely have agency as well, and Jae-Yeol uses his agency to get married.
Noh Ki-Jun mopes and has his sister tell him he is an idiot for not looking harder at what In-A is not saying.
People can lie so well to you but their body language and actions can tell you the truth. Doesn't he know In-A? Shouldn't he be able to see through her?
And he realizes it, when he sees the bear in her car. Anyone passing her car would just see a toy but for Ki-Jun, he sees that she does care about him.
And he goes after her. Exactly what she said she wanted.
I'm not saying this is healthy. In-A definitely needs to work through her issues and be better at communicating her feelings, her worries and fears. Nobody can read her mind.
The thing about getting involved with people is that it triggers your insecurities.
In-A grew up as the daughter of a married man and her mother died in an accident. She obviously feels safer when she's miserable and the Art Teacher telling her she seems like she doesn't need the escape that modelling brings her, made her realize how happy she's been ever since Ki-Jun has come into her life.
HE KEEPS HER ACCOUNTABLE.
I love, loved him sitting her down and asking her about what she did with the investigation. Noh Ki-Jun is exactly the kind of man that she thought he was and he knows she can be better.
He is disappointed in her and she knows that. It makes her uncomfortable, realizing she's been bending her morals to protect her ex.
She has this misguided loyalty to him, that she doesn't need to cling to anymore. I love her telling Jae-Yeol to his face that she will stop taking his side and do what is right.
I really loved last weekend's episodes and how it pushed their growth 👏
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