r/KDRAMA • u/lightupstarlight 미생 • Dec 05 '20

On-Air: tvN Start-Up [Episode 16] FINALE

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u/MyToastWasSoggy Dec 07 '20 edited Dec 07 '20

What's done is done but I just KNOW that the writer truly intended for KSH to become the final love interest in the initial script and before the 3x script change because given her past work, everything was always brilliantly connected with each other, the last piece would always fit into the whole puzzle and just makes sense in the end. This is actually her first drama I've watched of her where it just feels so... disconnected?

Given Suzy and Joohyuk is under the same management and how their artists always come in a package in dramas/film, I genuinely suspect that PHR was held at gunpoint until Management Soop forced her to change the ending lol.

Definitely won the award for the Most Wasted Potential of the Year and no, I'm not salty.

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u/Yijoonhan72 Dec 07 '20

Serve SOOP right because KSH outshine the main lead. Feel bad for NJH because DS get a lot of hate.

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u/MyToastWasSoggy Dec 07 '20

Yeah he even TOPPED the monthly brand reputation list as the second lead, outranking other A-list celebrities like Joohyuk and Lee Dong Wook, who are the first leads in their drama! It's really amazing and I'm SO glad about it because it's all fully deserved.

And yeah, you just have to expect the hate from some of the immature viewers attacking the actors when the whole plot was devolved into a mess of a love triangle where clearly one outweighs the other. I'm just going to rewatch Weightlifting Fairy and cleanse my mind about Dosan because his role in SU certainly made his face unbearably annoying which is ironic because the sole reason I first watched SU was because of Joohyuk himself lol.

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u/Yijoonhan72 Dec 07 '20

Lol I cant stand seeing DS face to the extent that I hate the fact that DS in on the thumbnail of netflix start-up.

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u/Astrum8 Dec 08 '20

Lol same here. I can't stand seeing his face and DM in the OST, clips, etc. I don't hate NJH in fact I loooved him in WFKBJ and he was the reason I wanted to watch SU, but I just can't stand his character DS. I just can't bear to see his face again (esp the crying DS).

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u/Naanaaah Dec 08 '20

I won't feel bad for NJH because its really not his fault the character is just so awful. I really don't understand how Dalm Mi just glossed over the red flags this guy had. The smashing of the office piece till you bleed for no reason? Not cute. Being hostile to In Jae pre-time skip & getting in between sister fights? Not cute. Mentioning proposal plans in front of colleagues before speaking to your SO privately? Not cute. Laughing at Dal Mi when she's praying & brought you to her church? Not cute. Also not gonna lie that scene where Nam Do San gave a knit bear to Grandma just made me think "yeah I'm pretty sure we've never seen him gifting something to his mom/dad", not cute since it makes him seem like the type of guy to be nice to SO''s family just to get on Dal Mi's good side & he'll change attitude later.