[Drama 2015] Answer Me 1988 응답하라 1988

[kaqueski]

 

DS would look sooo good in this slight curl in short hair like this  

 

[junghwana]

5 minutes ago, tanaqvi said:

JH couldn't tell her in private, cause for years before he told in front friends how ugly and not suitable for dating she was

So? I cant see the logic behind what you are saying? Sorry

So what if he told his friends how ugly she was?

That doesnt mean he cant tell her he didnt mean it?

HE WAS A BOY! A TEENAGER. AN AWKWARD ONE AT THAT. 

Some boys and even girls are like that. They quarrel like there is no end. They may even say they hate each other but even that can be an expression of love. I have seen it myself. 

People when they are awkward they tend to utilise other methods.

BOYS AND GIRLS FIGHT IN SCHOOL ALL THE TIME AND THEN EVEN DATE EACH OTHER.

I could interpret that as his way of making other guys not like her so that she can be all HIS.

See? its a matter of perspective.

[tanaqvi]

3 minutes ago, junghwana said:

So? I cant see the logic behind what you are saying? Sorry

So what if he told his friends how ugly she was?

That doesnt mean he cant tell her he didnt mean it?

HE WAS A BOY! A TEENAGER. AN AWKWARD ONE AT THAT. 

Some boys and even girls are like that. They quarrel like there is no end. They may even say they hate each other but even that can be an expression of love. I have seen it myself. 

People when they are awkward they tend to utilise other methods.

BOYS AND GIRLS FIGHT IN SCHOOL ALL THE TIME AND THEN EVEN DATE EACH OTHER.

I could interpret that as his way of making other guys not like her so that she can be all HIS.

See? its a matter of perspective

technically he could tell anywhere )))

but DS and friend won't be condemned unless public. writers did all right, making JH go public.

for him that was kind of atonement for lost time

6 minutes ago, junghwana said:

So? I cant see the logic behind what you are saying? Sorry

So what if he told his friends how ugly she was?

That doesnt mean he cant tell her he didnt mean it?

HE WAS A BOY! A TEENAGER. AN AWKWARD ONE AT THAT. 

Some boys and even girls are like that. They quarrel like there is no end. They may even say they hate each other but even that can be an expression of love. I have seen it myself. 

People when they are awkward they tend to utilise other methods.

BOYS AND GIRLS FIGHT IN SCHOOL ALL THE TIME AND THEN EVEN DATE EACH OTHER.

I could interpret that as his way of making other guys not like her so that she can be all HIS.

See? its a matter of perspective.

besides, neverending quarrel usually ends two ways: stampede of feelings become love, or just go to nowhere with time.

[koyangi06]

I hope week pass fast ! Cause my heart can't take the ending last saturday. Why why Deok Sun keeps staring at that damn door when Jung Hwan makes such beautiful declaration  of love !!?? I can't stop my tears every times I watch that scene !

[tikhagahara]

2 hours ago, junghwana said:

@hushhh I think it is easy from an outsiders perspective to judge others actions/inactions. But if we take a moment to think about it we may realise that NOT EVERYONE IN THIS WORLD IS THE SAME. Not everyone is open and expressive. Not everyone is able to say "you look pretty or I love you" out loud  easily even though they may think that but keep it to themselves due to shyness and embarrassment. In JH case it's DS, the girl he always bickered with...it would be weird so I totally understand why words don't come easily to him. But he is SO SO BRAVE, he confessed to her in front of his friends!!! He could have easily told her in private couldn't he?

To be very honest, junghwan confession in front of DR and SW is making DS feel awkward. Its even worse that he treat it like a joke. If I were her, I'll be "whats wrong with this guy?". I think he's not brave. If he really like DS, he should show it and say it. how does DS know JH true feeling if he doesn't tell her his feeling? she doesn't have telephaty nor she is a soothsayer. U's showing ur affection with kick you love interest's butt? tell her ugly? not giving her your jacket even when its cold? etc? that's a major turn off. No matter how tomboy a girl is, she wants to be praised and taken care by her love interest. My close friend once confessed to me, he came to my house and told me that he liked me. and that's it. he just wanted to say it. after that he just went home and the next day we're still be friends.

I don't agree with people that believe we don't need to say or show our affection if we love some one. besides action, of course we have to say it. I regret my self for not showing my affection to my late little brother. I didn't even say I love him before he's gone. I thought he didn't like me because we re not that close, but turned out he liked me so much and even he save my pictures and on his late SNS he told everyone he loves me with a lot of my pictures there. I am so sad because we misunderstood each other and not showing our true heart and affection to each other. the saddest part is because I misunderstood him. but it's now too late to even say I love him in front of him and even only see his smile.

for me, love has to be shown, expressed and told.

We need to be able to try and understand people, have a broader mind set. Its called EMPATHY.

but we have to remember that it's not people or the surrounding that has to fit us, but it's us that have to fit ourselves to surrounding, other people, and the environment. we have to remember, that people has their own problem and business, some of them just don't have time to understand and learn our personality. what we show to everyone will determine their perception of us.

showing attention doesn't hove to be all over the top and all lovey dovey or over compliment some one. just do as the fact, not more and not less.

What would you say if I said to you that you are flawed for not recognising my actions?

if people are failed to recognize our action, it means that we doesn't put enough effort to show our affection to them. its not them that have to be corrected, but us.

For me, a guy like sunwoo is the one that will make my relationship comfortable. he knows what he wants, he put effort in it, and show it correctly. I don't have to guess what his intention for the rest of my life. I don't have to question his contradicting action. and plus he knows how to say the perfect words to comfort me example when bora feels that everyone love DS and she's insecure. SW told her, he likes BR personality more.

spending my life with bickering with my husband will be very torturing, tiring and not fun at all. fortunately my husband is not like that. My husband and I are not the type that go all lovey dovey in our daily lives, but we dont bicker much too. we are always honest with what we are thinking. example: he says im pretty when Im pretty, and fat when i gain some weight.

sorry for my rant and my bad english. good moring everyone.... hehehhe

 

[sheza]

Can I speculate that that's the reason why Bora broke up with SW initially?  Cause they were unable to get married? 

[uremysunshine]

hi, everyone... this is my first comment in this thread...

3 hours ago, tanaqvi said:

From the 1^st ep she openly wishes to be loved: by parents, friends. Wearing hangbok, other cute clothes she is all asking everyone: “Am I pretty?”, she wants to be praised with all of her heart, wants people to recognize her. But what she gets? DS can talk to her father from time to time (he is busy), but not anyone of her beloved ones shows  - I mean – openly shows  - true interest in her. There is no single person for her to consider with, DS for sure knows and constantly learns from everyone’s bickerness  how to keep feelings to herself, and it is very hard for her all nature. There’s too much secret love around her – she gradually gets nervous without openly granted love for her, and starts to think she is worthless for that love.

 

And she is just a girl, just girl.

i just cant agree anymore with you.... hahahaha we hv same thought.... 

3 hours ago, junghwana said:

MORAL OF THE STORY: JH is NOT SW.

of course " EVERYONE IS DIFFERENT. EVERYONE EXPRESSES LOVE DIFFERENTLY. EVERYONE ACCEPTS LOVE DIFFERENTLY ".....

.... but DS is not Bora too .... 

Bora know and understand situation of her family.... DS dont hv new shoes for 3 years.... she knew it... how her little sister sacrifice too ... but DS dont know and understand like her sister.... when her mother asked her to give food to her sister... she is sigh ... she think her sister move the better place from their house ... how sad she is when she is know the truth.... 

she is someone who have low self esteem ... because she thought her dad and mom more love her sister and her brother... she will very happy if someone compliment and agree with her... 

btw, this triangle just remind me of BUBBLEGUM drama... Haeng A dont know and understand that her boyfriend love her so much too... she thought that she love him more than he love her... and Gossip Girl series .... when Blake is just want 3 word from Chuck ... just "i love you" chuck is just like JH ... he cant express well too ... but in the end he had to courage to said it... hahaha... sorry if this out of the topic ...  

 

[Meliere]

3 hours ago, junghwana said:

I could interpret that as his way of making other guys not like her so that she can be all HIS.

 

Just a gentle public service announcement:

while I am in NO WAY disputing your logic when it comes to kdrama-land ...

ladies, do not try this at home do not espouse this belief in real life

if a guy calls you ugly in front of his friends, try not develop feelings for him. It may be cute in kindergarten when the big boy throws rocks at you because he secretly likes you. But when you get older that sort of behavior may very well be an alarm call. If a boy hurts your feelings, knee him in the balls do not justify his actions for him. He should take responsibility for his own shortcomings. It can become a slippery slope of doom. #teamgirls

 

[misshoggy]

5 hours ago, michibangs said:

sorry i have not read all the pages yet... but anybody knows the song playing while Jung Hwan is driving going to the concert.

It sound so familiar to me but I have not pin point where I heard it.  Did somebody revived it?

Thanks in advance

It's Byun Jin Sup's Come to me again.

 

Would you come back to me again?
You wandered away, not knowing that I love you.
Although we’re not in the same space in the beginning,
as winter's gone, you can just come to me in spring.

 

It was a long night, thinking about the time we separated
My heart has been pacing towards you,
Why did I hesitate so?
Please don’t turn back and look,
even though we’ve had more days together than apart.

 

Would you come back to me again?
You wandered, not knowing that I love you.
Although we’re not in the same space in the beginning,
as winter's gone, you can just come to me in spring.

[lelee]

Hello again, guys! I was slightly distracted by hikaru no go. Wanted to do another DC post before but now here it is!

Spoiler

Signs that Shin PD is a pervert

http://m.dcinside.com/view.php?id=reply1988&no=624397&page=1&recommend=1

I don't knwo if this is too farfetched but the idea is really cute any way

Before going to the concert, a prism was shown in SW's room.

If you hold a prism into sunlight, a rainbow will follow. Rainbows have a positive meaning, like hope etc.

And in real life, when does a rainbow appear? After it rains

And in episode 10 Sunbora walked together under an umbrella. Later, BR confessed.

In the next episode JJ is seen wearing a shirt with rainbow colors. And on SW's room's door there suddenly is something too. Some thing with colorful stickers in the color of a rainbow. 

Just like the rain stopped and formed a rainbow, SW's heart after BR's confession isn't dark and cloudy anymore but now it's bright and happy like a rainbow.

http://m.dcinside.com/view.php?id=reply1988&no=623805&page=2&recommend=1

The tape JH chose is called Tomorrow I'll be late. Foreshadowing much?

http://m.dcinside.com/view.php?id=reply1988&no=616949&page=8&recommend=1

People are saying that Shin PD let JH's hand be in the frame on purpose because people keep saying that Joon-Yeol's hands are handsome haha

Spoiler

http://m.dcinside.com/view.php?id=reply1988&no=623724&page=2&recommend=1

Bo-Geom's acting is sooo good ㅠㅠ His gaze...

Spoiler

http://m.dcinside.com/view.php?id=reply1988&no=621796&page=3&recommend=1

Just an interesting thought. The post mentions that Shin PD's probably had a plan for JH's confession. You know how JH said I love you at the end of his confession? None of the other couples (MK and JB, SW and BR....) said that to each other yet, making it having a bigger impact when JH finally said it. (I must admit that I was shocked/my heart made a big jump when he said that too so the plan worked haha)

PS: I don't know what happened but the site reloaded just now without me doing anything and like four of my spoiler posts were gone... I. hate. soompi. right. now. My translations.............ㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ I'll try to find the links and write them again just. this. one. time. Gosh!!!

Spoiler

For the lols:

http://m.dcinside.com/view.php?id=reply1988&no=620852&page=5&recommend=1

How TK was made

First, 1g of survival skills

Then add some pity

Since it would become reply 2016 otherwise just a bit of good looks..

Argh !@#$%^&*( My hand slipped, oops

Since he's already good looking, he shouldn't be too rich...

!#$%^&*(*&^%$#@# 

THen a bit of feelings for DS...

$%^&*(*&^%$%^&* (A TK who would die without DS)

What should I add now

$%^&*(*&^%$#$%^&* An iidiot in Ssangmundong, a god at go. A milk drinking heedoongie at day, a smoking Master Choi at night. Watches porn too lol

http://m.dcinside.com/view.php?id=reply1988&no=620278&page=5&recommend=1

LOL

Spoiler

http://m.dcinside.com/view.php?id=reply1988&no=624234&page=1&recommend=1

JH-DS fanart

http://m.dcinside.com/view.php?id=reply1988&no=624856&page=1&recommend=1

TK-DS fanart

 

[tikhagahara]

@Meliere agree. I will never fall for someone who calls me ugly. Thats a huge turn off. I'm just a girl just like DS. If someone sideeying my physical appearance, eventho that's true, it will be hurt.

 

A guy like JH is difficult to understand. It's a pity because he's actually a nice kid. Well, at least now he knows his life lessons through his heartbreak from his first love.

[solelylurking]

I think what @hushhh is trying to say is when faced with the same problem (love) although with very different circumstances and people to deal with (I get what everybody is trying to say here. SW only have to deal with BR, where else JH have to deal with DS, TK, and love them both), SW and JH reacted differently. 

SW jump even when he knew the window of his success is almost none, while JH held back too much and apparently lost his timing because of that. 

In the real world, people who tend to be SW has a bigger chance of success, because you have to try and try and try if you want to make it. If you don't put your words or gesture into action you probably end up with nothing, unless you're very lucky. In a relationship of man and woman, boy and girl, what is the metaphor of action? Confession. 

It's not about that the ones who say the words i better than the ones who act the words of love and vice versa. 

You can act nice and all, but if you don't confess how will the subject of your love knows and sure it's not just going inside her/his head? And mind you, DS is a little bit dense about it so who ever her partner is needs to say it at least once in her life time so she can be sure. No, I don't think she's stupid but I don't really know what goes on her mind so that's my best guess.

Not everyone is the same, yes that's true but most of relationship (all for me) needs confession before you can claim someone to be yours, with both party agreed. No?

JH is six years too late about that. Is he brave because he confess his love infront of his friends? Perhaps. But I still think that he still considering TK's feeling even to that moment, that's why he did it without TK around. Do I think it's because he's awkward about telling her ugly and such back in high school, that's why he missed the chance of telling he like DS to his friends just like TK? No, that's not fitting his character. I think he just missed the timing. JH is not shy. He's kind of introvert about his private feeling and mask it with a hard shell. But his friends know that. 

Do I think he consider DS' feeling? No. JH knew DS better than us, he should knew DS reaction like a book. That's not happy, from what I see, that's awkward. She doesn't know how to address that confession. As a joke? A real deal? Do I have to answer? Can he do it when nobody was around? To even consider that little smile of hers is a happy smile is a little delusional for me even when I'm rooting for that couple. JH knows the ship had sailed and just need to get it out of his chest for the last time, but he's not considering what is the effect of his confession for DS. He never was. He only see his feeling and TK's feeling, never DS'. Am i wrong?

For example, if you see your love one crying in the legendary stairs, would most of us react like JH? Thinking about TK whom at that time is not there yet and hesitate to go to her? The answer is no, if you consider your love one's feeling. But that's just his character. He love everyone too much and considered everyone's feeling too much, that's why he hesitate. I can't hate JH about that, it is what makes him wonderful. But I'm not DS. If DS knows about this, or if JH choose more private time to confess, considering her characters, she will be kicking, screaming and cursing at JH. 

JH is the best kind of friend and perhaps someday, with a little help and guidance from DR, he's gonna be the kind of husband that we all dream about to his wife: a best friend type of husband whom you can bicker and talk freely about anything in the world (my type). But as a lover/boyfriend to be, not so much. 

SW, I think will the stern type kind of husband because he draws the lines of what is ok and not ok, what he likes and not, very clearly. But he still will be a husband material (because he'll love you for you) and the best kind of father (just think the way he treats JJ). 

DR in the other hand would the best kind of boyfriend and husband out of all of them. 

Sorry for the long post. 

[vilavila]

I think context matters here when JH is calling DS "ugly" and when DS is calling JH "dog." I don't find anything abusive about that. After they grow up, is JH still calling DS "ugly"? 

I used to call my older brother various names when I was younger, and he was the same.  That was our dynamics. My parents used to call us dog and cat because we were constantly fighting. But as we grew up and lived separately the dynamics of our relationship changed. We are now very respectful of each other! Anyway, that's my two cents.

[kilaalaa]

^ Personally I think if it's just verbal argument it's fine.

But I find it disturbing when people romanticize the idea of someone putting you down like "OMG he calls me ugly it's because he doesn't want other people to find me pretty ITS LURVEEE". I find that disturbing personally. 

BTW I'm not saying you are implying this in your post or that JH actions reflect this in the drama, just that the previous commenter was referring to this in her earlier post.

[drynase]

I feel like the reporter-nim is being tired over the storyline

 

Spoiler

So they make their own story with their own possibilty of ending plot twist. 

It's him!

 

[KGS]

Can someone explain the dolls to me? I know Deoksun is yellow, Junghwan is green, but is Taek blue or red?  

Someone posted this link in dramabeans regarding the dolls:    http://blog.naver.com/dksdnjf/220570311139

 

[hushhh]

7 hours ago, hushhh said:

It occurs to me that we have been so busy comparing Taek and JH worthiness and effort in their love of DS that we miss an opportunity for seeing a more interesting contrast.

I mention quote earlier about love being an action not a feeling and I think in retrospect that SW and JH embodied the difference.

SW acted on his love for BR. SW told BR in word and deed.

JH kept his love for DS a feeling.  Some might say he acted on his love, if he did he didn't act on it so that she knew without question that he loved her.

SW acted on his love.  He told the older FEARSOME BR that he loved her knowing she would not take him seriously. But he did it anyway. When she told him she wouldn't love him back, SW said fine, but I'll still love you and give you umbrellas when it rain and rescue you when you are stranded because Iove you and I'm not demanding anything in return. All I want to do is love you and have you know I love you. 

That's one way you fight for your love.

That's the contrast we we might learn from.  If JH knew more about SW and BR he might have had inspiration. 

Taek knew, maybe that's why he was able to do more. Or not.

 

This is a defensive post.

It may also be a vain post.

It may also be an ill-considered post.

I want to make clear that I am an theatre artist and a teacher of theatre students.

I believe in the importance of the performance arts' ability to help us understand people who are unlike ourselves. 

I just left my beginning acting class where I began the session about the power of theatre and the performative arts to help us understand people unlike ourselves, (and also those we think are like ourselves)

I believe the job of the artists in to help people enter worlds that are strange to them and notice the similarity to their own world.  It is also to help people see their very familiar world anew.

Theatre and the other performative mediums allow us to suffer through war without getting scarred.

They allow us to love and lose with being permanently heartbroken.

They allow us to feel disgraced without being permanently shamed.

They allow us to grow by watching others make mistake and learn from it. 

I stand by what I wrote about JH. I never said he was or should be SW. 

In general JH the taciturn, reticent, and stoic. That is one of my favorite romantic hero type. I just, especially in this drama, prefer the underrated oddball that is Taek.

JH is who he is. And that is fine with me. It seems like his  personality was a handicap in the contest for DS heart.  As far as we know, being who he is hasn't earned him the girl. And actually that how it is in reality. We can cry for JH because he reflect the truth about many of us.  I am JH.  I overthink (ask anyone who knows me) I let opportunities pass me by. I don't get what I want often times because of it.  It is reality.

I have come to understand that in the world you can remain who you are and not get what you want, or change and maybe get what you wants.

JH lacked courage. He said it.  He hesitated and was not willing to take the risk. He was less ardent. He said it. 

I am, and will continue to say, that SW swung for the fences and got the girl.

JH bunted. If he gets the girl it isn't through his efforts but because the girl wants him.

Even though it sometimes work telepathy is not is language of love.  

JH loves DS we the outsiders/audience knows that but DS does not.  JH words said he still saw DS as his childhood friend to mock insult. Not as a romantic potential.

Everyone express love differently but if you don't teach your beloved (and your beloved is not bright enough to figure it out on his/her own) your language of love the you will miscommunicate and destroy your relationship.

JH kept his love to himself. Fine. But unless the girl wants him because she appreciates being ignored when she drops her lure, he'll end up without her. Those are the consequences of loving noblely, silently, and discretely.

There are times when you should keep your love to yourself and not burden you beloved this doesn't strike me as one of them.

 

[Intimate]

JH calls her ugly because he would be embarrassed to call her pretty or let on that he likes her. He's embarrassed to show emotion in general. I find his character pretty easy to read and totally relateable. Being in that sort of position really sucks but the truth is if you are someone like that it can be hurtful to the people around you too. You can kinda see how he makes his parents sad because of this as well. Then  with DS  he gives hints here and there like "don't go on a date with that guy", "use that brain of yours and guess why i'm acting like this". Something inside of him isn't allowing him to be more assertive and  do more than that.  So DS  is this insecure girl who doesn't feel special and is so into ANYONE liking her just so that she can feel special.  JH  appears to have the ability to make her happy because she is so special to him.  But  there's a part of his personality that won't really allow him to do this. So this is the reason why through most of this drama I  don't see JH and DS as very compatible. Actually he's going to have a hard time being compatible with a lot of people like this.  Sadly,  we see him learning his lesson a little too late in episode 18.   But  what would happen if he never did learn this lesson? What  would happen if DS  and JH  got together and he still hadn't learned this lesson?

Edit: And I wanted to say from my POV the writer isn't being all that cruel to JH. She's doing him a favor.

[Niel2804]

the feeling after watching Ep 17-18

i never failed ship in reply series, i always get right.....

Reply 1997

Reply 1994

but i'm not sure with Reply 1988

Gaaahhhhh.... i hope i'm right this time too.... i put too many feeling for Junghwan and Deoksun already.... watching episode 18 is drained me ... i even cursed at traffic light, that damn RED lights !!!

i need spoilerrrrrrr, i don't care, i'm so curious for Deoksun Husband......

Gif CTO

[NirmaS]

I have one question. How the hell did Michael become a doctor? 

I'm on Taek's team with anyone who can make him happy. My only hope is that the ending won't break my heart too much if Taek ends up crying.