I wish LR’s focus had been on making Sol happy and live a safe, fulfilled and meaningful life. Because I’m a romantic at heart – there I said it – I try to resist the pull of fictional self-sacrificing narratives for women because they are so often culturally and socially prevalent and interwoven into the stories we hear, watch and even tell ourselves.
I recognise that in LR part of her happiness was meaningfully centred on Sunjae given his place in her life but the other part of Sol’s trajectory has not been developed adequately and has been subsumed by the centrality of Sunjae to her life. I wish it was different.
I stopped watching after one and half episodes so I can’t comment on what happened after that, but one of the reasons I dropped the show was that it already clear by the end of episode 1 that Sol had based so much of her happiness and sense of identity around Sun Jae and this was before she’d even actually met him. That just felt sad and slightly delusional for someone in their 30’s.
I hear you. Given her accident and loss of mobility though, I could empathise with her attempt to become hopeful about life in a society which didn’t accommodate people with disabilities. The fact that she managed to reengage with the world -even if focused largely on Sunjae as a fan -was worthy of interest to me. I just wanted so much more from the story than it delivered. But, unlike you, I stayed on as I liked the actors if not the trajectory of the story.
Totally agreed. We only saw her at work, sending scenarios to Seon-jae and bickering with him. If we were given more insights into why she chose to be a movie director, watched her handle more work, learned about her individually, it would have been more interesting.
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DancingEmma
May 22, 2024 at 4:21 PM
I wish LR’s focus had been on making Sol happy and live a safe, fulfilled and meaningful life. Because I’m a romantic at heart – there I said it – I try to resist the pull of fictional self-sacrificing narratives for women because they are so often culturally and socially prevalent and interwoven into the stories we hear, watch and even tell ourselves.
I recognise that in LR part of her happiness was meaningfully centred on Sunjae given his place in her life but the other part of Sol’s trajectory has not been developed adequately and has been subsumed by the centrality of Sunjae to her life. I wish it was different.
wonhwa
May 22, 2024 at 5:05 PM
I stopped watching after one and half episodes so I can’t comment on what happened after that, but one of the reasons I dropped the show was that it already clear by the end of episode 1 that Sol had based so much of her happiness and sense of identity around Sun Jae and this was before she’d even actually met him. That just felt sad and slightly delusional for someone in their 30’s.
DancingEmma
May 22, 2024 at 5:11 PM
I hear you. Given her accident and loss of mobility though, I could empathise with her attempt to become hopeful about life in a society which didn’t accommodate people with disabilities. The fact that she managed to reengage with the world -even if focused largely on Sunjae as a fan -was worthy of interest to me. I just wanted so much more from the story than it delivered. But, unlike you, I stayed on as I liked the actors if not the trajectory of the story.
Bunny Sonaki
May 23, 2024 at 7:50 PM
Totally agreed. We only saw her at work, sending scenarios to Seon-jae and bickering with him. If we were given more insights into why she chose to be a movie director, watched her handle more work, learned about her individually, it would have been more interesting.