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Caramel's avatar

I laughed several times reading your rant because I really couldn't agree more. To be clear, I haven't watched the latest 2 episodes so I don't know much of Seonghyun's role in the town yet.

But I stopped watching HomeCha because I just couldn't deal with Dusik's character. Kim Seonho being a beautiful man is not enough for me. I've seen some twitter comments about how Dusik's acting portrays signs of trauma really well, but much like you I cannot get over the drawn-out wishy-washiness of his character with regards to his feelings for Hyejin. A lot of the joy of romcoms come when you can root for a couple, and I really can't bring myself to root for Hyejin and Dusik. ...so I've just decided to read episode recaps to finish the story somehow and save myself the frustration.

And as a side note, I wish Hyejin wasn't being used throughout the story as a scapegoat for everyone else's shortcomings. Trauma and past hurt is one reason to act out, but it certainly doesn't excuse it. We can grow to understand others better, but letting hurtful behaviour perpetuate does no good to anyone.

I'm not sure how much of this drama was adapted from the original movie, but I hope the story improves for the ones still watching. I'll just be in my corner trying to resist clicking it on my Netflix page.

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Oh, you pulled the words out of my mouth. Everyone except Hye-Jin is given a long rope by Dusik. They gossip till it reaches elementary school and when Hye-jin asks them to stop, Du-sik says don’t over react???Backstory justification of Nam-suk for gossip mongering left a bad taste. Yes her story was sad, but if anything she wouldn’t want people gossiping about her daughter if she was alive and grown up. You are right, I don’t know if they could have pulled this off if Dusik was played by a less charming actor.

I guess the beautiful leads, their chemistry, the locale keeps it on Netflix top 10 across different countries!

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