[Hot Take] Twenty Five Twenty One finale (spoiler alert!)

Disagree. This drama was primarily an ode to youth and they were telling that to us in the face since the very beginning. It’s us who kept their hopes high for a kdramaesque happy ending. Though, I was rather annoyed that the writer kept tricking us in the last episode with them meeting again and again.

However, I’m satisfied with what they showed beacuse as much as we’d like a fairytale, this is the reality. Friends become distant ( as everyone mentions how they only meet at funerals), first loves may not last forever. But I’m glad they showed us that first loves can last too, in the case of Yurim and Ji Woong, though we know that their timeline was rather similar than Heedo and YiJin’s.

I also think it was wise of the writer to introduce the present timeline’s scenes no matter how much flak the older actress got. This way the writer has been preparing us for their eventual breakup all along. It would have been devastating to see all that unfold in merely one and a half episode. And believe it or not Yi Jin dying would have been clearly worse. That said, maybe it would’ve been better for us to see how even the friends fell apart so we could understand the underlying melancholy in older Hee Do. Other than that, I guess she was similar to her past self, talkative and all.

Baek Yi Jin finally fulfilled his dream, to bring his family together and it took him 11 years, so I was just happy for them. Yes, a part of me really wanted them to end together nonetheless but it was evident that can’t happen. They both had their own struggles and the circumstances just didn’t permit them to be part of each other’s lives. But yeah, that interview in 2009 felt like Heedo was emotionally cheating on her spouse because she clearly liked someone else. Though maybe, support is the word. They moved on from longing for eachother and only hold support for one another.

I will remember this pair fondly that didn’t become an OTP because they held much more than love for eachother and we’ve been a part of their journey. Kudos to the writer, will look forward to her other projects.

[Hot Take] Twenty Five Twenty One finale (spoiler alert!)
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