My Love Eundong (Ep 1 - 10) Discussion Post

[ohcrepe.livejournal.com]

Plot
A major star has achieved the success he has always wanted and wants to fill the emptiness he has had in his heart for the past 20 years. In 1995, Park Hyun Soo (Junior) is an energetic 17-year-old boy when he meets 13-year-old Ji Eun Dong (Lee Ja In), an orphan who still has a positive outlook on life. Hyun Soo’s heart is awakened by Eun Dong but she suddenly disappears before he could really get to know her. In 2005, Hyun Soo now goes by the stage name Ji Eun Ho (Baek Sung Hyun) and aspires to become an actor. When he bumps into Eun Dong (Yoon So Hee) again after 10 years, the two fall deeply in love. But again without warning, Eun Dong disappears without a trace. In 2015, Eun Ho (Joo Jin Mo) is now a top actor who has the fame and wealth he has always wanted. But what he doesn’t have is the love of his life to share his success with. So Eun Ho decides to write an autobiography that details his love for Eun Dong over the past 20 years in the hopes of locating her. He hires a ghostwriter, Seo Jung Eun (Kim Sa Rang), to help him write the book. After he dictates his stories of Eun Dong, he sends them to Jung Eun to transcribe and incorporate into his book. But why do these stories sound vaguely familiar to Jung Eun…?

Cast
Joo Jin-mo — Ji Eun-ho (Formerly known as Park Hyun-soo)
Kim Sa-rang — Seo Jung-eun (Formerly known as Ji Eun-dong)
Kim Tae-hoon — Choi Jae-ho (Seo Jung-eun's husband)
Kim Yoo-ri — Jo Se-ryeong

Junior — Park Hyun-soo (Ji Eun-ho at 17 years old)
Lee Ja-in — Ji Eun-dong (Seo Jung-eun at 13 years old)
Baek Sung-hyun — Park Hyun-soo (Ji Eun-ho at 27 years old)
Yoon So-hee — Ji Eun-dong (Seo Jung-eun at 23 years old)

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After the latest episode and next week preview, I need to discuss this drama. Someone summed up the drama nicely, "My Love Eundong gets filtered through two very different windows. It’s poetry in motion, but it’s also reality’s distortion." Anyway, the two leads are a revelation and their chemistry together is just fire.


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Comments

[pippopippo.livejournal.com]

I started watching this drama for Junior, but I'm too invested now to give it up even though I'm not sure I particularly like it. I like Jung Eun/Eun Dong a lot—her performance is very soft and nuanced—and I'm excited by what happens at the end of the last ep. 20s and teen Eun Dong are adorable too.

It's Eun Ho/Hyun Soo whom I'm conflicted about. Obviously he really loves Eun Dong and he has some tender moments (especially whenever expressed in writing, like in his book or his letter) where I sympathize with him greatly and understand where his mind's at. It just bugs me that, as he said himself, he's made his ENTIRE LIFE about Eun Dong, every decision linking back to her somehow, and because of that, it seems like he feels entitled to having her. Like (beyond fate/destiny/whatever) because he's waited for her for so long, because he's been so ~faithful and ~unwavering, because he chose to make his life all about her, she owes it to him to reciprocate?

Then again, I don't like her husband either (and her dad's role in all this is mad sketchy too), so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Is there an implication in the preview that Ra Il isn't their biological child? I didn't quite catch that, but I'm def curious.

[ohcrepe.livejournal.com]

Yes, me too! The 30s arc is interesting. I really like how Eundong is being written. She's steadfast from the very beginning. The only one-dimensional character so far is Seo-ryeong because her motive is bleh.

In a way, Eunho is still a lot like his childish, reckless younger self. He acts before he thinks, only his feelings matter and no one else. I like that her sister has more conscience than him and not too quick to back him up just because he's her brother. At this point, I probably want an open ending with Eundong not being with anyone and on a journey to find herself. If anything, she had it worse with having to care for a disabled husband and 10 years of being lied to. Though I still want Eunho and Eundong to be together because the tension is so palpable, I could combust.

Hyunah tested a sample of her DNA and Ra-il's. It's been hinted that he might be Eunho's but it's a lame one because I don't buy long-lost parent-kid having the same habit to show they are ~related~ (looking at you, What a Girl Wants)

[pippopippo.livejournal.com]

That's a good point! Like even if I don't like Jae Ho, there are times when I sympathize with him too, and you can def see his struggles. wrt Seo ryeong, I don't understand how she doesn't see that her efforts aren't exactly endearing her to Eun Ho? I guess her character is so headstrong that maybe she doesn't need to be endearing if she thinks she can just manipulate the situation, but...

I do like the leads' chemistry! Idk if I really want them to end up together (I like your open ending suggestion), but I was DEFINITELY rooting for her to regain her memories. It was so shitty of everyone who lied to her for 10 years and made up all that bs. I'm glad her mom felt bad and is coming around to her side.

Ugh no, I don't want him to be Eun Ho's kid. D:

[ohcrepe.livejournal.com]

How does she not get that her dynamic with Eunho is exactly like her dynamic with her boy toy??

Yeah, until Eunho proves himself to be the bigger person (read: more mature), I couldn't really get behind them. I hope that scene at the banquet whatever is foreshadowing of Eunho/Eundong/Jaeho because Eundong just looked done with both of them and walked away.

They are the "OTP." Of course he's going to be the son by Kdrama standard.

[kjc48.livejournal.com]

Yeah EH's love can come off a little possessive. But he has stated multiple times that he would back down if he found her living a happy life.

I think his mindset has a lot to do with the fact that she really did change~ him. He was on a slippery slop to convicted felon (who would probably be in and out of jail since he gives zero shits even after getting caught)., had no real goal, doesn't even have friends (is closest friend is only their as a reminder~ of ED). If he didn't base his life around be a better~ person like she wanted him to be, he wouldn't have much to show for after all these years.

About RI: the writer keeps giving legit hints (i.e dates when otp had sex and the husband being infertile (?)). But it makes no sense, since a 3 day old embryo should not have been able to survive that accident lol

[kjc48.livejournal.com]

OP I'm going to watch this because of your note (and the fact that I was planning to watch it anyways). If it turns to crap midway I'm blaming you (who am I kidding all dramas turn to crap halfway).

Bring on the sappy makjak!!!!

Edit: dear god tell me this isn't a 50 episode drama!!! :""O *sigh*

[revertigo.livejournal.com]

16 eps!

[kjc48.livejournal.com]

YASSSS this is the perfect point to marathon!

[ohcrepe.livejournal.com]

Sorry to disappoint you but this drama is very well-made. It won't turn crap midway because a) the scriptwriter already prepared scripts up until ep 10 before they began production and b) except for one day (or two I dunno), they tried not to have late night filming.

And it's not sappy makjang either. Like just when you thought it would go to makjang territory, they didn't. Watch it!

[revertigo.livejournal.com]

this is my guilty pleasure :3

. i'm surprised at how amazing jjm is? not that he isn't usually amazing, but i thought he'd just sleepwalk through the melodrama and collect his paycheck, but no!

[kjc48.livejournal.com]

Lmao, someone watched the 2nd half of goddess of fire lol

[revertigo.livejournal.com]

the jung woo-sung drama? i have not! i irrationally dislike him lol


does anyone know what type of actor JJM is in S. Korea? is he JDG/WB levels of prestige/recognition? i loved happy end and a frozen flower... he seems to be going backwards in terms of career trajectory, but i'm not complaining lol

[ohcrepe.livejournal.com]

He's well-known but he's not at JDG/WB level because he refuses to do CF, like he'd rather be abt the acting only. I think he's just stagnant, not going backwards.

[revertigo.livejournal.com]

i don't mean going backwards as necessarily declining in quality of work. empress ki was really grand in production and mega popular iirc; my love eun dong is more of a guilty pleasure drama because of the amnesia + childhood love cliches but there are still a lot of material for an actor. i'm just surprised because the traditional path is the mass-friendly dramas first and then the prestigious film career. i'm glad jjm mixes things up, that makes me respect him more as an actor.

[ohcrepe.livejournal.com]

His eye acting alone is already crushing my insides. That scene when he talked to Eundong for the first time in the restaurant GOD. Also, I have no idea he's capable of comic relief. Love his scenes with his makeup artist.

[initialc.livejournal.com]

Drama definitely has some makjang moments, but the melo is quite good. Some viewers mentioned Hyunah and Jaeho eventually getting together. I don't get why some viewers would want that to happen. It's kind of disgusting.

I actually thought it was more than hinted a few eps ago that Ra Il's paternity is questionable. In my mind, I want him to be Eun Ho's. I think it is because I really don't like Jaeho. Disabled or not, he seems manipulative from the get go.

Eun Ho got a little too much for me in ep 9. I didn't like that he invaded Jung Eun's family time. It was very self centered and I don't like that.

Either way, I still like this drama a lot. Plenty of chemistry and gorgeous camerawork.

[kjc48.livejournal.com]

I don't know why viewers want that either. But Hyunah needs to learn to love herself (and the hospital should probably give her an extended vacation), she can't keep falling in love with whichever patience she feels is the most pitiful (not that her marriage didn't seem believable).

Nothing adds up to RI being JH's, but they never talk about RI's birthday (she could have actually been a month into her pregnancy at the time of the accident lol). If this was any other drama I would say RI's biological father is actually ED's adopted dad (ew).

[lysblack.livejournal.com]

I want to watch this drama out of my love for Jin Mo and Jin Young but I don't think I'm ready for the pain it may give me.

[citypolaroids.livejournal.com]

it's the kind of pain you want to experience again every week. like, the cliffhangers aren't so bad that you want to smash your screen because you have to wait an entire week for the next eps, but the story line progression/acting/emotional investment will keep you watching every new update without fail. it's one of the few dramas i've seen this summer that doesn't make me want to quit because of some stupid plot twist or terrible character development. idk, the progression seems very natural(?) since i can actually see people in real life making similar decisions as the characters even though the cliched situations are unlikely to be replicated.

[kjc48.livejournal.com]

Do it! You probably watched Cinderella's Sister (because Taec stans are committed lol), it has the same dark yet chill feel without the dragging and less over-the-top makjak moments lol.

[turtles-tszx.livejournal.com]

This show is so so good, i watched it because of junior but got myself invested to it. It's the first time i enjoyed watching a melodrama that doesnt make me frustrated.

[djeedjes.livejournal.com]

I wished Junior had more time so his screen time wasn't that short.
Even the production team wanted to add his parts..

I haven't watch this, I love Joo Jinmoo (I love Kdrama ajusshis : Jang Donggun, Jung Woosung, Joo Jinmoo and Lee Jungjae), but I'm hesitating to watch sad drama nowadays.

SPOILERS

[kjc48.livejournal.com]

Okay I'm caught up. Just realized its a JTBC drama (they do the best melos & lol @ people saying this isn't a makjak)

I would like to say "I KNEW IT" @ ED loving him more/first. (also knew she had some fanboy sidepiece but didn't expect her dad to be in on it).

I LOVED the part where he screams her name in front of all those people. I knew his over-dramatic ass wouldn't be able to go through that event without snapping lol. (I was expecting them to just say fuck it and make out in-front of all those baseball people)

I can't believe it's taking so long for the Ra-il arc to take off. Really dislike his childhood bf, but that speech about him being the only witness to their love was very believable. EH's sister (and his taker) need to take a few seats.