The Great Seducer Eps 9-12 Discussion Post

[showminomoney.livejournal.com]

Synopsis: Kwon Shi-Hyun (Woo Do-Hwan) bets his life on a dangerous game to seduce Eun Tae-Hee (Joy). His target is 20-years-old and believes people that are swayed by love are pathetic. After Eun Tae-Hee meets Kwon Shi-Hyun, her view on love changes.
~Loosely based on the classic French novel "Les Liaisons dangereuses".
Cast: Woo Do Hwan, Moon Ga Young, Kim Min Jae, Joy, Moon Hee Kyung, Jung Ha Dam, Lee Jae Kyoon, Park Hye Jeong, Jun Mi Sun, Kwon Seok Woo, Kim Suh Hyung
Director: Kang In, Lee Dong-Hyun
Writer: Pierre Choderlos de Laclos (novel), Kim Bo-Yeon
Network: MBC
Episodes: 32
Release Date: March 12 - May 1, 2018
Runtime: Mondays & Tuesdays 22:00 (35 minutes each / 2 episodes per day)

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Comments

[sweetestbliss1.livejournal.com]

Everything about this show is cliched as hell with plots and tropes that have been used from hell and back, but they really did a great job with casting the trio. Soo Ji's character is nothing new and has been done many times before, but Moon Ga Young really does a great job of portraying her in a more humane, likeable way that makes us feel for her.

I don't blame people for writing her off as the spoiled, selfish rich girl, because when it comes down to it, that is what she is. She's manipulating the two boys to get what she wants -- revenge. Once things don't go her way, she tries to sabotage it so that it does. She forgets that she's the one who enlisted the help of Shi Hyun? Can she blame him when lines start to blur? And she's the one who started the "lies" first with not telling Se Joo about their bet? I don't buy her "It's embarrassing" explanation. I see it as her knowing that if Se Joo knew, he would see right through her feelings for Shi Hyun, and knew that it would hurt their friendship dynamic. I think that was part of it, and the on the other hand, she was just being selfish.

[showminomoney.livejournal.com]

I mean she really is that, there's no denying. But to label her as only that because people don't understand her motivations? Because "omg why is she being so mean to Tae Hee boo hoo"? Wrong. They spent so much time on the show building her character and establishing her relationships, and people are glossing over it and painting her so shallow. Si Hyun is as much to blame for keeping the game going as she is. She also tried to end it, but he keeps telling her to trust him, to trust in his feelings for her. Si Hyun is keeping the game going because he's afraid to admit to himself that he's no longer doing this for Soo Ji's sake, no matter how much he keeps trying to convince everyone else otherwise.

Basically I'm annoyed with the online rhetoric of calling her vapid and being the only one to blame, when Si Hyun is literally right there playing two girls.

[sweetestbliss1.livejournal.com]

Yeah. I didn't think she was being mean to Tae Hee, but just a tad unjustified since Tae Hee is the innocent one in this situation. I agree that both Soo Ji and Si Hyun are to blame for the situation that they're in. Si Hyun needs to stop fooling himself!