Beanie level: Errand boy

This was my favourite scene. And not because I liked watching him suffer but he seemed the most human to me here. Friday can’t come quick enough.
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Peeps!!! If you haven\’t read the Manhwa of When the Phone Rings but are planning to then I would ask you to proceed with caution because *BLUSH* Oh my oh my….

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How many of you noticed that he was carrying her shawl? 🥹
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    I spotted it much later on the countless reposts on social media. I’m unsure whether he’s intentionally bringing it to her (and assuming that she’d be on the roof) or whether the shawl somehow ended with him and he’s been carrying it around since then.

    But when I watched the scene, I was more focused on the phone conversation (and whether he’d hear in the phone that she’s 406, as in, hearing the own echo of his voice back)

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      Hehehe … I noticed right away!!  But like Cecee I’m more interested in knowing if he knows!! 😂🤣 I think he knows she can speak but whether she’s 406 not sure but I think even if he identifies her as such he will per usual pretend not to know. 🙄😳

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        To paraphrase Yoo Yeo-seok’s comment on the character: “If he knew already, that’d be the end of the drama”
        And, I just want to say: Sir, let us dream, please!

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Did anyone notice this? He drank from the same glass.



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Only love hearts for Mr Plankton ❤️❤️❤️❤️‍🩹

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Wow. So underwhelming. What a dissapointment.

#WhatComesAfterWorstBoyfriendAndGullibleGF

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Poor girl. I guess the heart wants what it wants.
#WhatComesAfterLoveAndStupidity

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Why aren’t the police zoning in on to the fact that all the vigilante killings are from her trial? Exclusively. That should be the main frame of reference.

#DevilJudge

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    Hot cop definitely said that at one point, in maybe episode 4? But his own realization wasn’t enough to hold his own attention on the matter.

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      Also what is the point of denying to him that she had anything to do with the killings when he already knows she is a supernatural being? Just to not get arrested? Why couldn’t she just tell him she HAD a reason and he should actually help her!

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    because police knows korean dramaland judges are incompetent and corrupt and would not bother with humans in general… so that murder co-relation hasn’t set in yet

    Who ever had grudges against criminals let out my corrupt judges…

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    lol. I got confused. Are you talking about ‘Judge from hell’ or the Devil Judge drama.
    I think it’s the former.
    ML did say it at some point but not sure we see enough investigation from the team. Even if it’s vigilante killing it’s still serial murder and no clues to find the killer.

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      Judge from hell haha! Too many similar name dramas out there!

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    They did notice it. Not only ML but also the team. But the demons did a good job cleaning, they found no evidence to tie her to any of the killings until the recent eps.

    I’m glad this drama is a fantasy and never tried to be super serious, so I don’t really mind how unrealistic the court cases duration are. Also glad there’s no calendar or timestamp shown, if not I probably will investigate the timeline like WCAL 😂

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      wait!!.. FL is also the serial killer? and why is she not going back to hell.. or when will she..

      and what about the devil fell in love with a human.. if it were a man who fell for a woman, he would sacrifice everything to be with the woman… is the woman selfish here 😛

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      He literally saw her with a room full of supernatural demons. Clearly it could have been a group effort and not just her. Yeah be timeline is laughable 😂

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Having not seen the original I sat through the first two episodes of Family by Choice.

Things I liked:

– the adorable kids. Specially the baby FL. Gosh she is so cute.
– The dads. Especially the chef ahjussi.
– The feel. Had a nice carefree vibe.
– The pace. By the end of the second episode, the story had already moved to the next arc.

Things I didn’t like:

– 3rd floor mother. How can she blame a little 8 year old boy?!? Where was she?? She is the parent not the kid.
– Hairdresser mother. Same same.
– The atrocious neighbours. Why do they exist in these slice of life dramas?

Things I am ‘iffy’ about:

– how will they turn the storyline into a romance with these fake siblings? Ickkk….

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The ML is still not growing on me in WCAL. What was he doing for the past 5 years except for writing that damn book? Did he come looking for her? Try to contact her in anyway? It was probably his indifference of sorts that broke them apart and not just the loneliness on her part.

I don’t like the fiancé either. He knows clearly she doesn’t love him yet he is marrying her. And df is the 2FL? Have some pride for the love of god woman!

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    All of the characters are not growing on me. Non of them are communicating to each other, they say what they want to say but not hearing what the other wants to say. Also drama is so slow, glad it’s 6 eps only. From ep 1-3, I personally think the source material is better suited for a movie rather than a drama.

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      I was also discussing in another post that the timeline of their romance doesn’t fill the ‘earth shattering’ romance vibe they are selling. How long were they even together for? 6 months?

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        Yep estimated 6 months. I’ve also discussed their dating timeline doesn’t match the angst their showing. My previous post: “I feel Hong and Jungo breakup reason will make or break the drama for me. The breakup reason must be solid and make sense for both of them to be so stuck in time. Their level of angst is what I expected from super long committed couples like FL and ex-fiance in Love Next Door. Instead we got zilch angst from LND couple but major angst from WCAL in present time. Interestingly both breakup was requested by the FL in both dramas.”

        After watching ep 3, the breakup + timeline is starting to break my viewing experience 😅.

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          The intro of the 2FL is a bit suss so I am hoping she will have something to do with the breakup to fuel the angst. 6 months is nothing to create this level of heartbreak otherwise.

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            She’s Jungo’s ex before he met Hong. From the book translations and reviews I read, I don’t think she has anything to do with the breakup. Iiinm, it was more about Hong being lonely, korea-japan tension, and ultimately they have so little in common when they were together.

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          Hmm. Then the plot doesn’t have any substance then. Nothing in common, different cultures, different language. They should be glad it is over.

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@dbstaff

It is becoming increasingly difficult to log in. The screen keeps on scrolling on its own. Please fix it. Jebal

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    Thank you for raising the issue. It’s been a trouble for us all for a while now.
    @db-staff please.

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    Comment was deleted

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      @coffeprince4eva @claire2009 If you’re experiencing tech issues, please explain them in detail and send to the hello @ dramabeans email address. This way we will be able to escalate to our team.

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        I genuinely am and it’s so random… It doesn’t happen all the time, but yesterday it caught me by surprise. The “send” button didn’t seem to react anymore (in my now-deleted comment above) and I was half-way through erasing the comment that couldn’t be posted when it got posted!!! (Aaaargggggh! obviously with half the content pre-erased and missing because otherwise it wouldn’t have been frustrating enough; so I gave up and deleted in the end)

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        I will email! Thank you!

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The case of the disappearing chemistry.



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    There was a point when I was rooting for the ex 🤷🏽‍♀️

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      She’s the most interesting character,I’m rooting for her to get away from the rest of them now 😆

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        What does she see in him??????

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        Seo Ji-hye is perfect in playing the beautiful-intelligent-high EQ ex/2FL. She’s absolutely spot on as the top female anchor to rival and pursue the ML played by JJS.

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      I thought you meant the ex-fiancé.

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        Yes. I meant the male ex. Both the exes actually. So I didn’t bother clarifying.
        Did he really cheat??? He says no. She says no. So I am guessing there is more than what we were shown??

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          OH hahaha obviously I thought you meant the Onggi Woman 😊

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          I think there was a flashback of her seeing him make out with another woman? Did I dream it? And speaking of that why did the Dad try to hit him when he doesn’t even know the full story and also why did the mother try to hit him? Wow just typing this sentence made me realise how much I loathe the mother. THE WORST!

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            When she tricked her daughter into dressing up for the ex, I LOST any ounce of respect for this women. I hate mothers like this. I detest when mothers manipulate their own children. I can’t.

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    😂😅😢

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Just the sheer violence in ep 1! Woah! Give me a break. If I was her I would have simply turned around and stayed at a hotel. What a shitty parent to not shield your child when most needed.
#LND

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Logging in after a month to just say ‘awwww’ to My Sweet Mobster.

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I might have to ice my cheeks tomorrow from all the constant smiling I did throughout ep 16. It truly delivered all that I was looking for. SolSun has been a gorgeous OTP to root for and I will miss them immensely every week!

But we can always rewatch, right? Yay 🥳

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I started feeling a bit uncomfortable about the way SunJae kept bulldozing his way into Sol’s territory. She repeatedly kept saying no and he continued to ignore it. They have no relationship in this timeline. No means no SunJae!!!!

Just a slight change of dialogue could have made a huge difference here I think. ‘Why do you keep crying whenever you see me?’ ‘Why did you call out to me in your sleep?’ ‘What are you hiding from me?’ ‘Why are you so familiar to me?’ Desperation route without the obsession would have been better.

Anyway I am eagerly waiting for that happy ending tomorrow!

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    Agree, the show is expecting a LOT of forgiveness for SJ’s pushiness based on us knowing what happened in all those other timelines, and us knowing that Sol still loves and misses SJ – but he doesn’t know that so he has no real excuse. I’m tolerating it but that doesn’t mean I don’t see it. I will acknowledge that the first time he expressed interest in her, as opposed to the movie, was in the Ferris wheel, and by that time his speech about it being Fate that kept drawing them together had a little more support from the plot.

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      Exactly! They could have focussed on desperation rather than the stalky obsession. After she turned him down the last time he went ahead and sent her the song! In a different world that would have been pushy and no one would have hit play!

      I was gritting my teeth!! RESPECT HER BOUNDARIES!!!!

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        I completely endorse your point about how desperation would have been so much better than obsession. Just one tiny note: I think her boss, the production company president, sent her SJ’s demo – after all, he’s still involved in the movie so it’s not stalkery for him to cut a demo for it. But yes, he should have respected Sol’s repeatedly, clearly stated boundaries earlier than he did. It does also show that he’s a different person than the one we saw in previous timelines, but he’s not one I like as much. 🙁

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          Also I loved the way it turned into a duet, and I’m enough of a sucker to forgive a lot for that! That made the song new again.

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            I loved her scene where she was crying and singing at the same time! Poor Sol. She hasn’t received much credit.

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          I think he has always been a bit crazy in all timelines when it came to Sol. He was stalkerish during the college one (how he observes her back was emotional – remember? In Hyuk calls him out later on being a stalker). In fact the first accident happened because he didn’t wake her up in the bus so he could watch her sleeping (that was a bit pervy to be honest) and she missed her stop, lost her legs and he wallowed in guilt and self pity for fifteen years. That’s why I think individually they are not great, but together they are magic.

          Also in this timeline, he reads her mixed signals and hence keeps pushing. She says no but keeps being emotional around him.

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I keep coming back.

Favourite scene this week.
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Boy some of the theories out there is just out of this world 😆! Apparently the white puffer jacket stalker girl is SolSun’s daughter 😋

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How cool was this scene? And how great is this kid? It’s like he grew up infront of us 🥰
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Me after the last scene of ep 13



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