Giant - you make me so confused

[walkwithheroes]

With four episodes left, Giant is trying to wrap up its million plot lines and fill in all those damn plotholes. And while some of these things make me happy, it also makes me annoyed. Why? Because a lot of it seems rushed and half-ass.






Sung Mo finally gets some more character development. For ages he's been all about his two younger siblings and stalking Jo Pil Yeon for the revenge that seemed to never come. It was nice to see him breakdown in his younger brother's arms. After all SM has spent the last 20+ years of his life seeking revenge and never having a life. Now people he cared about are dead and he's no closer to bringing JPY down then he was when he was seventeen. It was nice to see him taking all that in. He's wasted so much time and because of that innocent people have died. It's good he knows that.


Min woo and Miju. . .wait, what? They had a whole thing of flashbacks. She still has the ring he gave her. They are still in love. He watches her from afar as she signs records. This can end in one of two ways: a quick reunion that barely makes sense (but will make me happy) or MW is killed saving someone. I cannot get over the idea that MW will die taking a bullet for one of the brothers, Miju, or maybe even someone else.


As for the rest - frankly I just don't care anymore. With four episodes left, I'm basically watching to see how the writer solves the MW/Miju stuff. Though I have a sinking feeling I'm not going to be happy: either because they don't end up together or they do, but in a totally 'Oh yeah, those two.' half-ass, last minute, sort of way.


In other news: episode 6 of Mary didn't air today because of the Asian Games. Funny, I thought it wouldn't air because of what happened at the boarder earlier. But, no, they canceled today's episode for swimming.

Comments

[gwinna]

Hi, sorry for randomly commenting when you don't know me or anything, but I'm a Minwoo/Miju fan and Giant has been killing me with angst lately. I wasn't actually worried about the ending until around episodes 51/52 because it seemed to have a fairly upbeat tone and I just wasn't getting the feeling that it would end in tragedy. But since they started creating more obstacles for MW/MJ so late in the game (the fake DNA test results) , I've been really afraid that MW will take a bullet for someone, as you mentioned, and be redeemed only in death. I will be very, very upset if that happens, both because I hate that kind of ending in general, and because I'm so invested in MW/MJ. I try to tell myself that they won't kill Minwoo for Wooju's sake, since they've emphasized how much WJ wants a dad but... idk, I'm still worried.

That being said, although it's true the pacing has been a bit screwy since they announced the extension, I do still think it's possible for Minwoo and Miju to end up together in a believable way; for me it's just a question of whether or not they will make it happen. This week's episodes actually made me feel more hopeful since now that they are starting to wrap up some plotlines maybe they'll have more time to spend on MW/MJ. Anyway, I won't give up hope until it's over.

[walkwithheroes.livejournal.com]

It's cool - I love meeting new people who like the same dramas.


wasn't actually worried about the ending until around episodes 51/52 because it seemed to have a fairly upbeat tone and I just wasn't getting the feeling that it would end in tragedy. But since they started creating more obstacles for MW/MJ so late in the game (the fake DNA test results) , I've been really afraid that MW will take a bullet for someone, as you mentioned, and be redeemed only in death. I will be very, very upset if that happens, both because I hate that kind of ending in general, and because I'm so invested in MW/MJ.

I could not agree with this more. It's like you've read my mind.


How do you think it'll end for MW/Miju that could be good and make sense? I've been trying to think of a way, and I just cannot.