🏋🏼Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok Joo episode 14-15 discussion post

[citzera.livejournal.com]

Synopsis: Bok-joo is a weightlifter who is pursuing her dream of winning the gold medal but she then finds romance for the first time in her life. While she is a women who trains with heavy steel weights, she is also very feminine when it comes to relationships. To focus solely on weightlifting would jeopardize her relationship but leaving her weightlifting career for love would keep her from attaining her dreams. Can she find a way to have love as well as glory at the age of 20? The characters within this drama are elite athletes in weightlifting, swimming and rhythmic gymnastics who work hard to reach their goals in life. It covers their coming-of-age stories and relationships through hectic life.

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This drama is out to kill me..

Comments

[hozrien.livejournal.com]

Aaah, I love this drama! I almost cried during ep 15. I'll probably have a lot of feelings next week when it ends.

Idk what I'll watch after it finishes.

[ah0000.livejournal.com]

I'm actually intrigued by Missing 9 which I think is actually following KBJ on MBC? but honestly this show was such a rare heartwarming gem I don't know when we'll ever see anything else like it. I'm so sad that it's over next week

[Making of] Almost kiss-scene in ep 14

[citzera.livejournal.com]

[ah0000.livejournal.com]

I found it SO HILARIOUS how fucking long his legs are that they jut out from under the bed and yet he got away

[citzera.livejournal.com]

I have so much things to say about episode 15 but I have to finish my master's thesis today! 📝
I'll be back later!!⏰

[sunlight-kisses.livejournal.com]

omg good luck!!!

[citzera.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[imahurricane.livejournal.com]

thought ep 15 will air next week so i tried searching for raw vid at 12am and finished watching around 1am. who need sleep when i have jh and bj.

but srsly ep 15!!!!! i just wanna give jh a big hug. poor bb. i need trans cause i need to know what he says to his mom/aunt and bj when they're in the swimming pool.

i love how supportive they are of each other and how they can always count on each other. my heart T_____________T
only one episode left and idk what i'm gonna do without jh and bj. i've grown attached to these two (and the whole cast to be completely honest). idt there will be any k-drama that will top weightlfiting fairy for me :'(

[ah0000.livejournal.com]

It's up with subs on dramawaw.com!

[ah0000.livejournal.com]

Ahhhhhhhh I was waiting for this. I had so many feelings about these two episodes, obviously.

As I said yesterday I was so happy with episode 14. Yes it was mostly fluff lol but it moved the plot right along. I am so happy for Shi Ho, she is so lovely and charming. It's a shame that she magically became ok with herself and that they barely mentioned her eating disorders but you know what I'm glad things worked out for her regardless. Even in ep 15 I loved her one scene with Bok Joo. I just want them to be great friends forever.

Joon Hyung. I don't even know where to start. Bravo, Nam Joo Hyuk, bc I was curious to see how he would portray his being hurt and goddamn it he really made me cry. Most of the time I was just like a lil teary but then when he hugged his mom I let 'em flow lol. He has such a lovely family and it was so so so so so nice for Bok Joo to be worried about him and for her to remember all those times he's been there for her. It was odd that he recovered from it so quickly....but ok at least they addressed it. The arc was shorter than I would have liked but at least it was there. I think it would have been better if maybe he accepted the closure from his mom issues but still had to overcome the ringing in his ears, or you know, not heal overnight. I'm glad he didn't win tho bc that would have been too convenient. Btw how cute is it that his parents' pharmacy is called "bu bu" like couple but also like a "boo boo"

The only parts I didn't really care about were the two coaches. I felt like uncle hanging on to the coach was so sad but also annoying lol. But when he hung the bag on the door :( also Kim Seulgi's cameo was cute I guess but made no sense. Unless she is still in the last ep somehow but otherwise she was just there to be there like Lee Jong Suk (although I liked his cameo bc at that point in the story there really didn't need to be any additional plot movement). Speaking of cameos tho I do feel like the show has been very good at utilizing cameos to drive the plot. Even tho Z Hera was sadly underutilized at least her being Shi Ho's sister moved the story along

And then lastly I guess at first I was like ugh Jae Yi and Dr. Go in ep 13, but seeing him try and seeing him like actually actively seeking her out, I am rooting for them to work it out. I can't figure out if he's just developing feelings after all this or if he's always had feelings but just was comfortable as he was and didn't realize it, but either way I think it's gonna work out and that's cool with me

Not feeling the last preview tbh but after the preview about her damn pimple I am not gonna put too much thought into it lol

[sunlight-kisses.livejournal.com]

BUT WHERE IS THE SEON-OK/TAE KWON

[obscureauthor.livejournal.com]

I am so in love with the series. The main leads are so adorable, i kept squeeeing at their scenes together. I think a 20 ep arc would have developed their characters better. Unfortunately their ratings arent that great so we should be thankful that they didnt shorten it :(

[sweet-heloise.livejournal.com]

I'm going to cry next week when it's all over 😭

[torontok.livejournal.com]

Joonhyung had me csobbing during his scene with his aunt ;;.I love how they handled his and Siho's arcs these two episodes

One gripe.If his mom has been in Canada and had a new kid then that kid would be a Canadian citizen and covered under Canada's universal healthcare. The fuck did she need surgery money for? Also, Fuck her tbh, I don't think there's ever an acceptable reason to abandon your kid without any contact for ten years.I did like the symbolism of him handing back the handkerchief

[ah0000.livejournal.com]

Lmao I forgot about the fact that the kid would have healthcare in Canada

[gabbeeee.livejournal.com]

I cried more in the Joon Hyung arc than the Bok Ju one, I guess thats how far gone I am for this character. Seriously boyfriend goals, when he found out she got into the national team I love how his first reaction was how proud he was of her instead of being worried she was leaving like Bokju expected him to be.

[xxmannequin.livejournal.com]

I feel like the 14th episode was one of the funniest so far. I was laughing the whole time. Everything was golden - from the beginning when the dad is like ''their poor parents'' at bj x jh, that epic scene where bj is like that's my man and the part where they are coming clean with their friends. And the 16ep was so sad :( Poor bb, but Nam Joo Hyuk seriously did an amazing job! I was impressed. The scene with this parents was sooooo good, it was done so well.

Nothing compares to this show, I love it so much. I have a hard time accepting that the next week's episode is the last one. How I wish we got one more season at least :(

I relate to them so much

[benihime99.livejournal.com]

[meyouthisthat.livejournal.com]

were you referring to the part where they met up when he was pretty emotional after seeing his mum and she was like "i wish i had a mum too"? i didn't like that either. I was like, dude is clearly upset - he was holding back his tears all the time. I was like girl, not a good time to talk about yourself....but then i somehow kind of predicted it lol. cause i do think bokjoo can be quite selfish sometimes rofl.

[meyouthisthat.livejournal.com]

"at first it looked like she wasn't sure how to comfort him" - this. She always comes across that way to me tbh. Like i feel she doesn't really address it the way JH does for her. Hers always feels like she isn't really bothered. Another scene that rubbed me the wrong way was when JH admitted to her when they were at the beach that the ppl he lives with aren't his real parents. She barely registered any sort of shock or whatever and just carried on like he didn't just made a huge reveal.

same tbh i've been cringing alot at her crying scenes which come off quite childish, and like wailing to me. the bit where she said she would break up with him if he didnt call her back or whatever. like really? and when she found him seemingly lifeless in the pool, she didn't even panic but starting getting sort of angry? ok... her comforting never really feels like it's comforting tbh.

idk. i always find their rlshp kinda one-sided cause it seems like she isn't always 100% there for him and seems to take more than she gives.

[modestgoddess79.livejournal.com]

Yeah that was tactless. Being abandoned is a different kind of pain.

[meyouthisthat.livejournal.com]

It really was tactless.

[psharp10.livejournal.com]

this is really such a heartwarming drama i'm gonna be so sad when it ends ;;;;;

joohyuk's acting for ep15 especially was so good i'm so proud, i almost cried while watching it, and i loved how bokjoo also took care of him, and ahh his family is so cute too. honestly the entire cast for this is just so good i'm :((( i don't want this to end

[agjingi.livejournal.com]

i'm so glad i took up this drama, the leads have both improved a ton & they've been great throughout the show
the girl playing seon ok is also a treat i hope to see her in more dramas!
and i'd love to get my hands on everything joo hyuk wore in the show i'm constantly hearteyeing the clothes
the pink jacket he gave to bokjoo his fluffy sweaters pink/grey hoodies hoooomygod

[ah0000.livejournal.com]

https://instagram.com/p/BOmxdtoB8Ph/

[agjingi.livejournal.com]

😍😍😍

[meyouthisthat.livejournal.com]

ep 14 was so fluffy and funny. BJ not wanting to see JH cause of her pimple LOL I can totally relate. him hiding under her bed with his feet sticking out how did nanhee and seon ok not see that ha. also loved how they both bonded with Si Ho and went to support her at her competition. liked that her story was dealt with - but i was abit curious, did she end up finihing the competition? And what happened after that, did her coach dig into her? (u know that woman would)

ep 15 had me crying all the time ugh. love JH's aunt and uncle, u just know they genuinely love him and accept him as their own son all these years. and they are such warm ppl. so nice to have family like that.

also, how annoying is JH's mum? I seriously hope she doesn't come back ever again to Korea to look JH up. she's caused him so much hurt and clearly isn't sincere in coming to see him anyway so why bother? i mean she literally abandoned him when he was a child and the poor guy has not had any proper closure. but i'm glad he's gotten over his start trauma.

also i love tae kwon. lol. i always find his expressions hilarious. the face he made when JH told him that BJ eating alot etc is sexy lol. i seriously hope they make him ask seon ok out on a date

loved kim seul gi here. she's so cute. I totally think Dae Ho should forget about coach choi and just start sth with her lol.

I can't believe this is ending next week =( the previews show our main otp fighting and i really hope they dont break up

[benihime99.livejournal.com]

Ep 14 gave us the fluff but 15 came right for my heart
I usually such a cry baby but I tried to hold it this time
I'm glad JH has so may good people around him, his situation is unfair and I honestly have no interest in his birth mother or her excuse tbh. But it's good that him and his parents were finally honest with each other

[benihime99.livejournal.com]

the fuck was ep. 16 preview?
where is my fluff?

[secretkeeperr.livejournal.com]

I haven't even finished all of ep14 yet and omg!!! omg!!! im so happy!! This is so cute and i feel like I could honestly be friends with these guys, I'm so glad this show is in my life during this time (I'm in my first year of uni) it's just so appropriate for me rn and I love it!!

[secretkeeperr.livejournal.com]

Ahhhh, I've finished both eps and ahhhhhhhh!!!!! I know I know I know I keep saying the same thing but I love this drama so much!!!! The relationship between bj and jh is ideal!! I read some comments under the subs I watched and I love reading comments from young girls saying their standards for boys have shot up because of jh, it may seem hella trivial but this is why pop culture and representation is so important! Bj and jh are so wholesome and appropriate and appreciate each other and have flaws and acknowledge them and omfg I love them.

Seok ok and nan hee and taekwon are the best!!! I've realised all my fave dramas (SUFBB, Reply 1997, Age of Youth and this one) all emphasis friendship just as much or if not more than romantic relationships and I love that so much, probably why I love those dramas so.

[Warning]: tl:dr post

[citzera.livejournal.com]

Ep 14
I'm SO happy they only spent like 10 minutes on BJ's damn pimple. I was not excited when I saw the preview last week, and I really felt like the story needed more process with all the fluff we've been getting lately. Don't get me wrong, I LOVE fluff, but I love plot development more.
Shi Ho founding JH in the closet must have been my favourite moment.. although JH's feet sticking out a meter from under her bed was hilarious as well.


Shi Ho and BJ becoming friends was cute, although very sudden. I really like that they stopped using the gymnastics-girls for jokes, and them bonding was a really nice way to show the unity of 'all types of women' etc.

CAN WE TALK ABOUT THIS:

See how the girls sit in the manly way while Taekwon is doing the opposite? I was so happy about that little detail, I kid you not.
Way to say fuck you to gender stereotypes. (Also with BJ escorting JH home in ep 15).

Boyfriend goals JH was wonderful all through ep 14.



And then, the finale. I swear I was crying before JH was.


I don't like the coach Choi❤️coach Yoon story. And therefore I certainly don't enjoy BJ's uncle getting his heart broken. Fine if you don't want to date him but..
And JY having to face whatever his feelings are for his friend is good, but it's dragging so much I've lost interest tbh.

Ep 15.
The mom story. First, Canada has fucking health care, as someone said already, so nothing makes sense. At least do some research on whatever country you place your characters in.
JH finally meeting his mom, and the struggle to be happy after being abandoned once, only to get the fact that she came back to borrow money thrown in his face. I was crying more than he was. Only to climax in the fight with his aunt/mom.

NJH was fucking brilliant in this scene. He's really approved and it's showing.

And to relieve tension, in comes saviour of the world, comedian of the year, queen of my heart

Her role was pointless but I was laughing so hard I can't really be bothered to complain.

Then came the pool-scene.

I swear to god the second BJ walked in there I was crying (again) and it just never stopped.
His only refuge as a child was that pool, and in his despair he wanted to be back at the only place where he felt that he belonged. I really liked how BJ tried her best, even though in some part flawed way, to cheer him up.
And then JH making amends with his aunt/mom was also everything I expected. JH as a character is so strong on the outside because of everything he's been through, but really just a precious cinnamon roll on the inside.

Re: [Warning]: tl:dr post

[citzera.livejournal.com]

And since my post was too long;

And, of course, more JH being boyfriend goals.



Also, this scene was apparently ad-libbed, which might be the best thing I've ever heard.

[ah0000.livejournal.com]

Yes I saw that the scene was ad libbed and it really goes to show how comfortable they are with each other. Petition for actors to spend some time together as friends in real life before they act together lol

I'm lazy bc I'm on my phone but I agree with so much of your post. BJ really did try to cheer him up and it was clear that she was worried about him so I don't dislike how she went about it like many commented

Ugh but all the damn gifs I love this show, what will I have to look forward to in my life next week and on now

RE: [Warning]: tl:dr post

[imahurricane.livejournal.com]

"I really liked how BJ tried her best, even though in some part flawed way, to cheer him up."

yes. ppl above pointing out that they dislike how bj comforts jh but i don't really see a problem with it. she might show her affection/concern not how we wanted it to be but that's just the way she is.

[bumie.livejournal.com]

This drama is perfect, best drama best couple best friends best everything, I don't want this to finish

[kaninasan.livejournal.com]

this drama just keeps getting better, even when it's already perfect

i never want it to end tbh

[jinkiestabi.livejournal.com]

OH LOOK a place where members can discuss whether they like or dislike this drama! .....(lol)

Episode 14 was too cute. I liked that it focused mostly on all 5 friends. The karaoke scene where they're torturing JH and I think they actually caught Joohyuk's smile on camera, lol.

As for Jae Yi and Ah Young, I still feel like she's guilt tripping him for not feeling the same way about her. And honestly, I'm glad she's gone, because I'd rather him actually take some time to figure out how he feels. Not because she got angry with him and distanced herself.

The end of the episode wasn't what I was expecting for JH to end his trauma. I never thought we'd actually see his mother. I wondered why she hadn't contacted him for so long. And it was money for her other child...... I knew the inevitable blow up would happen, but at least they got everything out on the table. I think both sides tried their best, and it's clear they love and care about one another deeply.

The scene with BJ being there for JH while he cried.....that was everything to me. Lol his plastic bag shoes.

Daeho is such a mess, he falls so easily for women, lol. And what a lie, he is cute. I thought there might have been something between TK and SO but it looks like it was just a moment of awkwardness? I honestly thought something had went on right quick in the laundry room. JOTAAAAAA....lol.

To end off, I'm so happy that BJ got accepted to the national team. She worked hard and went through a lot to get to that point. Well deserved.

[lostintheechoes.livejournal.com]

this drama needs to stop toying with my emotions. i was so heartbroken about the JH's biological mom's situation and everything. then i was happy she got accepted into that training center, then bummed when he got second place... i hate emotional rollercoasters, but it's so cute.