Polling Kdramas

Propaganda:

Sae-byeok & Ji-yeong

sae-byeok is guarded, suspicious, and trying to survive so she can get her family out. ji-yeong has already lost so much that she doesn’t really have anyone waiting for her outside. then they pair up for marbles, realise only one of them can leave, and instead of immediately fighting for survival, they spend their last minutes talking. names, families, regrets, places they want to go, the lives they might have had. It’s so quiet compared to the rest of the episode, which makes it hurt more.

ji-yeong choosing to lose for sae-byeok works because she doesn’t treat sae-byeok like just another player. she sees that sae-byeok has someone to live for, and she wants her to get that chance. the jeju island conversation alone feels like the beginning of a life they could’ve had if the game hadn’t taken it from them.

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