Dreaming of a Freaking Fairy Story: Episodes 9-10 (Last)
by Dramaddictally
Our fairy story is at its freaking finish and I’m unhappy to see it go. As anticipated, our Cinderella story doesn’t prove in any respect like our heroine as soon as hoped — it seems even higher. With leads this likable and chemistry that units off the sprinkler system, it’ll be powerful to switch the joyride this drama has been.
EPISODES 9-10
Aw man. Now that our cutesy couple is lastly for actual I need to see much more of them. However I assume that’s the most effective place to finish a narrative — proper on that prime be aware that has you greedy for extra.
Final week we ended with our pair in entrance of a café, hugging on the sidewalk, after Cha-min had been re-united together with his mom. Jae-rim was instructing him about permitting love in his life. After we meet them once more this week, Cha-min decides to listen to his mom out, after which come again to the sidewalk for extra hugs. And proper in that second, with out confessing or saying a phrase, our leads are in sync about their emotions.
Afterward, they’ve a chat over drinks and Jae-rim tells Cha-min about her childhood dream of being an artist. She gave up that dream to be a Cinderella, so now she will be able to get all of the love she didn’t have as a baby. However Cha-min tells her that dreaming of Prince Charming doesn’t go well with her — and he signifies that as a praise. She doesn’t know herself too effectively, however he can see all the nice issues about her.
And similar to that they fall into appearing couple-y. When he takes her dwelling, it’s all smiles and waves with neither wanting to go away the opposite behind. By the subsequent day, she’s petting his hair and our Prince Cha-min has completely melted for her. Ah, their naturalness collectively is why I really like this pairing, and having them gel with no dialog simply feels so proper.
Besides, there’s an issue. When Cha-min tells Dan-ah that he has emotions for Jae-rim, Dan-ah vows to destroy Jae-rim’s household. He is aware of she means it and asks what he has to do to cease her. The reply? They need to get married. Worse, they need to do it at Chungdam Heaven, the place Dan-ah parades Cha-min round and tells Jae-rim to arrange for the ceremony. And regardless that Cha-min appears to be like like he’s being held hostage, Jae-rim is about to cry. She thinks no matter she and Cha-min had happening was all in her head.
Proper then, Do-hong swoops in with a proposition. He’s going overseas for a movie pageant and he needs Jae-rim to stop her job and include him. He sees it as the beginning of each their relationship and her profession, and he’s honest in his provide. Jae-rim considers it, however solely to spite Cha-min, not as a result of she’s enticed.
In the meantime, Cha-min goes together with the marriage prep with Dan-ah however she needs extra. She needs him to smile, take note of her, and really care. That’s, she needs an actual relationship. And that’s not one thing he can do. He needs to finish it. So lastly, she breaks down crying to her father (and it is a girl who often simply screams and throws issues), which propels her dad into motion to avenge his rejected daughter.
He goes to Chungdam Heaven together with his goons, trashes the place, and beats up Cha-min. After which, so as to add insult to damage, Cha-min’s personal father principally says “I instructed you so” when he finds out what occurred. That’s the breaks if you don’t keep away from love, adeul. Oh and likewise, since Cha-min met together with his mom, he’s lower off financially and Chungdam Heaven is closed. Poor Prince Cha-min is now not a prince!
Our heroine has no data of this but and, after some soul looking out, she decides that she needs to exit on a limb and confess her emotions to Cha-min. She’s realized that the key of success is realizing your personal value. So, she marches to his residence — however then can’t precisely blurt it out. As a substitute, she tells him about Do-hong’s provide.
Cha-min is distant and tells her to go together with Do-hong. That was her dream, so she ought to do it. Jae-rim will get upset and accuses him of by no means being severe about her. She was honest however he was simply enjoying round. She begins to go away, however he grabs her arm, turns her round, and kisses her. Then he says, “That is what a participant is.” Jae-rim slaps his face and walks out, crying when she will get outdoors. Oh, jeepers.
And naturally by not speaking, these two foolish youngsters who’re actually so in sync are completely misreading one another. Jae-rim appears like she will be able to’t confess and make it appear honest as a result of Cha-min will suppose she’s simply utilizing him as a way to her Cinderella story. (However we all know Cha-min isn’t considering that.) And Cha-min is telling Jae-rim to go together with Do-hong since he has nothing to supply her now and might’t make her a Cinderella. (However we additionally know Jae-rim doesn’t actually care about that — she simply needs Cha-min!)
However all this separation anxiousness forces our heroine right into a deeper state of self-reflection. She feels inherently unlovable and realizes it’s as a result of her mom walked out on her when she was little or no. She’s crying her coronary heart out on her bed room ground when a bundle arrives from Cha-min. It’s a drawing she made as a child (he discovered it at her previous home that one freezing evening) and it reveals a princess using a horse and waving a flag (maybe into battle?).
With it there’s a be aware that reads: “I used to be being earnest once I mentioned you have been no Cinderella. A warrior fits you higher than a Cinderella. A courageous warrior who can go wherever she needs. You need to have often known as a child that you simply have been a lot cooler and stronger than you thought.”
Now Jae-rim is crying even tougher and it dawns on her that the true purpose she couldn’t confess to Cha-min is as a result of she didn’t really feel worthy. “The reality is, I used to be in ache as a result of I couldn’t love myself.” After which the narrator chimes in with extra of the drama’s phrases of knowledge: “Ultimately, the one eternally Prince Charming of your life is your self.”
Afterward, Jae-rim decides to observe her coronary heart. She graciously declines Do-hong’s provide and begins interested by easy methods to discover a job as an artist. When she finds out that Cha-min was disowned, she feels anxious about him however tries to place him out of her thoughts. It doesn’t work, although, and he or she misses like loopy.
One evening, she returns to Chungdam Heaven to take a look at the harm and finds Cha-min there. She’s nonetheless indignant but additionally grateful to him for serving to her study to worth herself. She tells him that she likes him. Her coronary heart melts when she’s with him. And he or she doesn’t care that he’s poor — she is just too! And so, if he’s okay with that, they will stay their life to the fullest collectively.
After some kissing, he pulls out a hoop that he purchased earlier than he went bust. He was planning to change into her ultimate Prince Charming once more and suggest. However she says he’s higher than Prince Charming. And anyway, she’s going to be warrior-like and get what she needs.
Then she takes him dwelling for the evening, the place he’s launched to her step-mom and step-sisters who’re surprised by his beauty (one sis goes, “what is that?” Lol). Anyway, her step-mom is not any prude and he or she drags her daughters to the opposite room whereas throwing a wink at Jae-rim who winks again. Haha.
So our pair sleeps on the lounge ground collectively, kissing one another’s cheeks in succession and being their lovely, joking selves. It’s the second I’ve been ready for as a result of I really like how they tease one another, however now, their little flirty feedback are aimed in a pleasant (and trustworthy) method, as an alternative of all that bravado from earlier than.
And from there, issues begin figuring out. Cha-min will get his mother and father again collectively, making his dad so comfortable that he needs Cha-min to take over the household enterprise. And Jae-rim will get a job drawing animations (primarily based on her work with Do-hong). Six months later, she’s a profession girl. She works from dwelling, attracts all day, and has Cha-min to carry her espresso and provides her massages.
On a mid-day break, they flirt, maintain palms, and are as pure and enjoyable as ever — till he carries her to the mattress and the narrator tells us that they’re doing one thing very totally different than the explanation Jae-rim rented this studio. (Is it fallacious?) Then we finish with the message that “You’re the most important character of your life.” It’s as much as you to create your personal story.
Wow, I freaking liked this present. From begin to end, I adored the leads, the humor, the tone, the straightforward tackle a contemporary fairy story, and all its messages about romantic love and self-love. It was clear from early on that our Cinderella lady was going to face on her personal on the finish, however that didn’t diminish how gratifying it was to look at it play out. Like every good fairy story it was stuffed with tiny takeaways that trace at a bigger reality, however I simply liked how they have been boxed up and served in such a easy drama.
In actual fact, perhaps it was as a result of it was easy that the messages got here throughout so clearly. Jae-rim’s insecurity and sense of not being adequate was very well rooted. We noticed how her impoverished upbringing affected her self-worth, but additionally how being deserted by her mother gave her a perpetual sense of not belonging — even when her step-mom actually tried to incorporate her. And that was one other factor I ended up loving concerning the story: the event of the household. The step-mom was sort and funky and the sisters all the time tried to guard one another. With such a shaky begin, I used to be shocked how shifting it was to look at the bond tighten between these 4 girls by the top.
However actually, the writing (coupled with the way in which the leads carried it off) deserves a lot recognition right here. It was refreshing to see an OTP that basically, actually felt like equals. They simply discuss to one another on the similar stage on a regular basis. Not solely does Cha-min not discuss right down to Jae-rim as somebody with more cash than her, however he’s additionally not patronizing as a person. And he or she’s not demure! They wink, flirt, and like one another overtly and that’s the entire story. And the tone was each candid and normalizing of all of the sexiness between them, which made the entire thing work.
Effectively, all that’s to say: I used to be dreaming of a freaking Ok-drama to like, and I feel I discovered my fortunately ever after.
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