Many moons ago, a question was raised in my bookclub to name a character who wasn’t the villain of the story, but technically could be viewed as one because his/her actions consistently put the protagonist in harm’s way. Dumbledore of the Harry Potter series was a favorite in my group. Why? Not only was he […]
Reply 1988: Ep 14 On Liking Someone Just Because
This is an 1800-word excerpt of a Reply 1988 post I wrote in another forum. (I know, right? An excerpt with *only* 1800 words? How long was the original piece? Was I drinking-and-writing?) I’m calling our attention to it because I think the writer shared her outlook on love. Young Deoksun was feeling down-in-dumps. First, […]
Hospital Playlist: Ep 7 Homage to Reply 1988
This list is by no means exhaustive. I’m relying on the Taectanic ship captain, Hafunohane, and crew members, allegramente, lovebangwon, nearsea and the other new recruits, agdr03, nrllee, miracle23, Cloud, and other Reply 1988 afficionados to add things that I missed. Thanks. It started about halfway this episode when Songhwa got annoyed with childish prank […]
Protected: Hospital Playlist: Updated: The Line War, lol
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Reply 1988: Fan-Made Videos
@Agdr03, I remembered that Suntaek shippers made this for a soompi contest. You might enjoy it. @hafunohane made this video in consultation with a handful of shippers. A list of scenes we wanted incorporated was made. I only requested that we use an instrumental music so we could at least hear some of the […]
Reply 1988: Ep 2 The Husband-Hunting Game, part 2
Continuing where I left off here, Reply 1988: Ep 2 The Husband-Hunting Game, part 1 To me, there were two signs in Episode 1 that Taec was the endgame. I already mentioned one: that the adult Deoksun didn’t bother to introduce her name and Taec’s in the voiceover. The set-up of the drama is an […]
Reply 1988: Ep 2 The Husband-Hunting Game, part 1
The ending was another thing that the fangirls of Ryu Joon Yeol, and shippers of JungHyun-Deoksun made a big stink about. Unwilling to accept the ending, they claimed that the writer changed the OTP (One True Pair) at the last minute. Their assertion is pure sour grapes and blatantly false. There were plenty of signs […]
Reply 1988: Ep 2 Who Stole the Chocolate?
Aside from the mystery of the husband, the other mystery in this drama was who stole the chocolate in Episode 2. JungBong, the older brother of JungHwan, stole the chocolate. As usual, when I told the folks at soompi the answer, the stupid (come and get meeee!) fangirls of Ryu Joon Yeol and shippers of […]
Reply 1988: Episode 1 Rewatch 2019 with @agdr03
Before all the drama and fanwars about the husband-guessing game, there was the focus on the family. In this episode, I thought the title of the series, “Answer Me 1988” or “Reply 1988” was neatly introduced. To me, the title meant three things. A. The narrator (aka Deoksun) was wondering if she could travel back […]
Reply 1998: Why Taec?
Three years ago, on Dec 29, 2015, I wrote this post on soompi kdrama thread. There were two factions in the thread: the majority of the shippers were rooting for JH and Deuksun and only a minority were shipping for Taec and DS. As usual, the mods at soompi (whom I shall not SHAME here […]
Throwback Tuesday: Reply 1988 Forrest Gump
To refresh our memories. Deoksun ended up waiting outside the concert hall in the cold weather wearing just her slippers. She had lied to the boys and told them that she was going out on date. Taec realized that she wasn’t dressed for the cold weather so he cancelled his baduk tournament and went to […]
Throwback Thursday: Reply 1988
Every Thursday (and on days I feel nostalgic), I’ll transfer some of my older commentaries and post them here. I intend to take down all of my posts one of these days. This one was originally posted in soompi but was asked to be taken down by the JH shippers because it was “bashing” their […]