God's Gift-14 Days Finale Week Thoughts

Today's post is going to be a big fat rambling on why good drama endings are always hard. Mostly because of the God's Gift-14 Days ending and I want to rant about it. Hopefully this will all make sense. But I'm in a puddle of emotions right now. Spoilers galore for obvious reasons. For actual comprehensible writing on K-drama endings, you can read fellow blogger Indigo's writing here which is really funny and totally true.

Let me start by saying why do they have to make Dong-chan suffer till the very end. WHY?! The ending is so ambiguous it's driving me crazy. I'm hoping that he snaps out of his drunken sorrow and lives on. There's no reason for him to die if Saet-byul didn't die either. But what the hell, can't I get a good ending please? Like a reassuring hug or something?

So here's the deal. For all the characters, lots turned out a lot more decent than I thought. Wrist tattoo guy? A total softy. I felt so bad for him. Even though he was the one kidnapping Saet-byul, he was so nice to her. To the point where Saet-byul feels comfortable around here. Now this is Saet-byul we're talking about. She's a bit too welcoming of strangers. But the fact that he went out of his way to make her comfortable despite the situation she's in makes me feel so bad for him. He was there because he wants to avenge his son. He wants his son's murderer to die. But he's a father after all. And a good one I'm sure. He's such a pitiful character, that guy.

Ji-hoon. Oh my, what a roller coaster this guy. He's a lot like wrist tattoo guy in that he's willing to do anything for his child. When he was being very vulnerable in front of Lee Myung-han, he seems very pitiable. But he was the one who put himself in there in the first place. He had goals he wanted to accomplice that couldn't be attainable the rightful way, if that makes sense. So in the end, he's not a good guy after all.

About the president not knowing what his own family and his right hand man was doing behind his back seems to be a more common theme than I thought. Or maybe that's just me? For the president's wife, it goes with the theme of mother's love and how much a mother is willing to go through to save their own child. As for Lee Myung-han, he's the descendant of the devil, that's what.

Somehow this actually chills me. I don't live in a particularly conspiracy ridden country (corruption is not conspiracy. It's the truth). But neither is the world of God's Gift initially. I wonder what kind of crap is going on behind our backs. What kind of strings all these powerful people are pulling. Just imagine. Someone Lee Myung-han is willing to do literally everything to keep his power and to make sure he's in a good light to those important to him. But little do we know how much blood is splattered all over the floor where the light doesn't hit. This is a characteristic of several characters, mainly Ji-hoon and Woo-jin. And scary enough these people actually exist in real life. Lee Myung-han is a rare evil, but people Ji-hoon and Woo-jin are a dime in a dozen sadly enough.

Another common characteristic is the willingness to do whatever it takes for a loved one. Soo-hyun is the freaking mascot of this, but others like Dong-ho, creep guy's father, wrist tattoo guy, the president's wife and later Dong-chan himself also have this characteristic. It's really nice and all, to love someone so much that's you'd do anything to save them. Or at least alleviate their misery. Makes for a great background story for sure. But also results in a lot of stupid decisions. Oh emotions, you can be a little brat sometimes.

My face during the final minutes.

Talking about Dong-chan, I am not satisfied with his ending at all. So he was Saet-byul's killer in the beginning and that was why he was drowned by different gang members than the one he was chased by. Okay. But that was in the first timeline. If he realized he could save Saet-byul, why not save his own damn ass?! He came back from the dead only to die a month sooner? There's no reason for him to die. Or did he? Who was the suited guy welcoming Dong-ho? Was it Dong-chan or Woo-jin? I NEED ANSWERS DAMN IT! Did the writer do this because they want to stir us crazy because boy did they succeed. I will go back to punching pillows now. Please call me if you need me.

So there you have it. 8 weeks full of crazy. What a drama, right? I will totally miss having Jo Seung-woo for basically two hours every week. I mean, he proved himself totally capable of being an amazing actor and a fireball of hotness. A week without Jo Seung-woo is not something I look forward to. I don't know if I'm more sad about the ending or because of the lack of Jo Seung-woo in my immediate future. But hey, at least there was 8 weeks of glory.

(No seriously, I will miss having Jo Seung-woo on my screen every week. And to have him, and by him I mean him by way of Dong-chan, leave before a proper and satisfactory goodbye is just so sad. I'm going to miss you ajuhssi! Please come back with lots of photos and editorials okay?)

Thank you everyone who have read my posts the past 8 weeks. It has been a crazy ride. If there's another drama that's I feel worthy of writing weekly again, I'd totally do it. But for now, this will be the end.