AshesandDust
I really need a season 2. We deserve a season 2. This show, this absolutely brilliant show deserves a season 2 because we've only just touched the tip of the ice berg in these 12 episodes. I know it's been a long time. It has been 6 years. But I'm still hopeful that this will get a season 2.
I loved how the romance was only hinted at and wasn't the focus. Don't get me wrong, I love romance in dramas. But this was refreshing because the lack of a romantic subplot meant the leads were able to focus on the game and the game alone without any distractions.
I loved how woo jin helped turn nam da jung's so called 'weakness' to trust in others, into great strength. I loved how he played by her rules, which he didn't even believe in initially, and still ended up winning. I loved how he didn't try to force her to deceive others. I was afraid when I first started watching this that we'd have our hero showing he frustration at our heroine's trustful nature and make her change it by showing her how deception can be more advantageous (I'm not familiar with the original source material so I though this might be how it'll go) but man I was pleasantly surprised! He knows she has her morals. That she can't and won't. And he decides to change his rules so that she wont have to change anything about herself. He lets himself be the 'vicious dog' when the situation demands it so that she won't have to do something she cannot
I loved how NDJ never considers changing herself. She is confident that her morals are her strength. She very rarely doubts her trusting nature which is why her character is no mere damsel in distress. It was a powerful moment in the end, when faced with so much evidence, she still trusts WJ because she knows him well enough.
I loved jamie and I loved dal goo.
And I loved Do young. Possibly the best villain ever. Because he doesn't try to get anyone's sympathy. He's charming. He's devious. He's manipulative. And I want to see more of such villains in kdramas. That can make you feel their pain without shedding tears.
It's rare to find a show that has you hooked from beginning to end with no boring moments. This was such a show.
I loved how the romance was only hinted at and wasn't the focus. Don't get me wrong, I love romance in dramas. But this was refreshing because the lack of a romantic subplot meant the leads were able to focus on the game and the game alone without any distractions.
I loved how woo jin helped turn nam da jung's so called 'weakness' to trust in others, into great strength. I loved how he played by her rules, which he didn't even believe in initially, and still ended up winning. I loved how he didn't try to force her to deceive others. I was afraid when I first started watching this that we'd have our hero showing he frustration at our heroine's trustful nature and make her change it by showing her how deception can be more advantageous (I'm not familiar with the original source material so I though this might be how it'll go) but man I was pleasantly surprised! He knows she has her morals. That she can't and won't. And he decides to change his rules so that she wont have to change anything about herself. He lets himself be the 'vicious dog' when the situation demands it so that she won't have to do something she cannot
I loved how NDJ never considers changing herself. She is confident that her morals are her strength. She very rarely doubts her trusting nature which is why her character is no mere damsel in distress. It was a powerful moment in the end, when faced with so much evidence, she still trusts WJ because she knows him well enough.
I loved jamie and I loved dal goo.
And I loved Do young. Possibly the best villain ever. Because he doesn't try to get anyone's sympathy. He's charming. He's devious. He's manipulative. And I want to see more of such villains in kdramas. That can make you feel their pain without shedding tears.
It's rare to find a show that has you hooked from beginning to end with no boring moments. This was such a show.
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