Need a bit of rant for my peace of mind, so here goes:
There’s a little comfort it’s not an open ending, but guess it takes 2 time jumps with a total of 7 years before people accept these two are MFEO. Although, if Baek Min-jae went to MIT at 10, got off-grid at 12, and 8 years later surfaced in Asung High School as Baek Seung-yoo, it won’t be long until he has to leave her for military service..?
Plus, those last 3 years of time jump just didn’t make sense, is he going to go MIA for years every time he writes a thesis? Is Yoon-su going to relive her life with her dad? And shouldn’t she have at least suspicions about 3Cut-nim who was working on the same problem her dad + Seung-yoo were trying to prove..?
Bottom line, drama should’ve leaned on math and mentor-mentee relationships as their unique premise instead of going to the well-trodden path of another revenge drama. And should’ve had fewer time jumps. And MORE of mathematicians being happy twogether!
I was wondering the same about her not thinking about SY while talking to 3Cut, and it was strange he went MIA while working and I didn’t want her to stay with someone who could care more for Math than for her, but judging from the magazines I assumed he gave up the life of the pure mathematician? (He had already finished the two thesis YS’s father had worked on his whole life, after all).
About the revenge plot, I like to think it was a search for justice, rather than a revenge path (that I’m not fond of).
(Now, Beanies who didn’t watch, don’t read!)
This could explain why they were failing, because they both weren’t fit for revenge, and the fact that their actions led the kids to be better people than their parents, rather than feed the cycle of hatred-search for revenge.
I like your take on the plot, they did emphasize on “freeing” the kids, especially Ji-na, at the end. It’s cute that she and Si-an ending up as chums.
And I didn’t catch the giving up pure mathematician life, but I could definitely live with the idea of both of them concentrating on teaching and nurturing the next great mathematicians!
Nothing iffy for me. In fact, the show clung so hard to the “pure” notion, it forgot to give them romance even after the prerequisite time jump ._. There is no established romantic relationship until about 5 minutes of the final episode… (Hope I’m not spoiling this for you!)
It’s definitely due to the actors that I finished the drama.
meowingme
January 5, 2022 at 10:10 AM
Still hung up on this OTP I’m super invested in… whose romance happened off-screen T_T
(Visualizing the things unsaid to help me move on…)
meowingme
January 5, 2022 at 10:12 AM
Need a bit of rant for my peace of mind, so here goes:
There’s a little comfort it’s not an open ending, but guess it takes 2 time jumps with a total of 7 years before people accept these two are MFEO. Although, if Baek Min-jae went to MIT at 10, got off-grid at 12, and 8 years later surfaced in Asung High School as Baek Seung-yoo, it won’t be long until he has to leave her for military service..?
Plus, those last 3 years of time jump just didn’t make sense, is he going to go MIA for years every time he writes a thesis? Is Yoon-su going to relive her life with her dad? And shouldn’t she have at least suspicions about 3Cut-nim who was working on the same problem her dad + Seung-yoo were trying to prove..?
Bottom line, drama should’ve leaned on math and mentor-mentee relationships as their unique premise instead of going to the well-trodden path of another revenge drama. And should’ve had fewer time jumps. And MORE of mathematicians being happy twogether!
Karmen ~ 🍜🏢🎭 ~ 📚☔🦋 ~ 🪂🌱💘 ~ ✨🍊💫 ~
January 7, 2022 at 4:26 AM
I was wondering the same about her not thinking about SY while talking to 3Cut, and it was strange he went MIA while working and I didn’t want her to stay with someone who could care more for Math than for her, but judging from the magazines I assumed he gave up the life of the pure mathematician? (He had already finished the two thesis YS’s father had worked on his whole life, after all).
About the revenge plot, I like to think it was a search for justice, rather than a revenge path (that I’m not fond of).
(Now, Beanies who didn’t watch, don’t read!)
This could explain why they were failing, because they both weren’t fit for revenge, and the fact that their actions led the kids to be better people than their parents, rather than feed the cycle of hatred-search for revenge.
meowingme
January 15, 2022 at 10:34 PM
I like your take on the plot, they did emphasize on “freeing” the kids, especially Ji-na, at the end. It’s cute that she and Si-an ending up as chums.
And I didn’t catch the giving up pure mathematician life, but I could definitely live with the idea of both of them concentrating on teaching and nurturing the next great mathematicians!
earthna
January 5, 2022 at 5:33 PM
Did the relationship ever become iffy? I stayed away after knowing it’s a teacher-student relationship though I like both actors
meowingme
January 5, 2022 at 10:37 PM
Nothing iffy for me. In fact, the show clung so hard to the “pure” notion, it forgot to give them romance even after the prerequisite time jump ._. There is no established romantic relationship until about 5 minutes of the final episode… (Hope I’m not spoiling this for you!)
It’s definitely due to the actors that I finished the drama.
earthna
January 6, 2022 at 6:44 AM
Thanks for the input! I love them both and I love Math! I’m just worried about the relationship part of it. I guess I’ll give it a try. Thank you!!!
meowingme
January 15, 2022 at 10:24 PM
Hope you enjoy it 🙂