![]() I liked seeing Seo Hae and Tae Sul talking about things more, and coming to an agreement so that she can continue to protect him.Īnd, I concede that it was probably important for them to come to the conclusion individually, that they couldn’t do this without each other, though I did feel like Seo Hae walking into traffic (was that a panic attack? I can’t tell) was a little dramatic.Į9. And even though they technically barely know each other, I appreciate that sense of comradeship, where they agree to stick together, even while jumping off that bridge.Īnd, how swoony, really, that Tae Sul swims down to get Seo Hae, when she’s lost her grip on his hand and has fallen even deeper than he’d estimated.Į5. I like that Seo Hae acknowledges Tae Sul’s driving skills, while he acknowledges her fighting. And I like that as they spend a bit more time on the run together, they’re both starting to have an appreciation for what the other person brings to the table. I do enjoy the half-adversarial, half-teamwork sort of banter that we get between Tae Sul and Seo Hae. She’s not really a warrior she’s just a girl who likes cute things, who happens to have to hoist around guns and a gas mask, as a matter of survival.Īnd while some viewers might take issue with Seo Hae’s casual switching between using and not using the gas mask, it actually makes character sense to me it’s her father who insists on it, not her.Į4. The more I see of her picking out cutesy things to add to her collection of baubles, the more I get this young girl vibe from her. We see more of Seo Hae in dystopian Seoul, celebrating her birthday in a decrepit amusement park. ![]() Seo Hae’s rescue of Tae Sul is offhandedly badass, and while I know that this is entirely scripted to make her look cool, and she doesn’t look at all believable as a girly sniper, I’m entertained and reasonably thrilled anyway.Į8. It’s poignant to see Seo Hae have a taste of family life around a meal set out by Sun’s mom (Shin Young Jin), coz it seems that Seo Hae hasn’t had anything like this for a long time.Į7. I will talk more about this in my comments on the ending, but essentially, without getting into specific spoilers, the problem for me with this show, is that in the end, Show prioritizes the comic book treatment of its story, over the emotional journey of our protagonists.Į7. I wanted to root for their success, and I wanted them to be spared the obvious emotional pain, that the journey of saving the world entailed. How can you reconcile treating a character’s trials and tribulations lightly (an almost defining factor in a comic book world), with serving up emotional beats that are stirring?įor most of my watch, I felt that Show does a reasonably solid job of this, and I did become invested in our characters’ quest. The paradox for me, is that in a comic book sort of world, it’s actually pretty tricky, to stay true to the emotional resonance of the story. This made me believe that Show wanted to be a more emotionally driven beast. ![]() In fact, I was sucked into the emotion of Seo Hae’s journey right away, from the first scene in episode 1.
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