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My mom always told me that she didn’t understand why I like My Name Is Kim Sam Soon so much (it’s funny), since she found Samsoon so disgusting and couldn’t comprehend why Hyunbin would choose her over the other girl. I never really thought about it until she said it, but there really is no good reason why he chose Samsoon. There really isn’t. I mean, Samsoon + Samshik forever man, but if you really watch for it, there’s really no good reason why he leaves his old love for Samsoon.

The story I just finished tonight got me thinking about it again. I was thinking about how the author wrote it (because it’s amazing), and one of the key aspects was character development, and the thought that was placed behind the coupling. Jace was a character who required a certain type of girl. It couldn’t just be anyone. She had to have a certain personality, act and think a certain way… she had to fit with him, complement him, complete him. And then I realized, that’s exactly the problem with some Korean dramas like MNIKSS. There is no thought behind the coupling. There’s nothing about Samsoon that screams that Hyunbin needs to be with her, and not anyone else. There’s nothing glaringly obvious, or even apparent at all, that makes you sit back and think, “Yeah. It couldn’t have been anyone else. It had to be her.” The script writers, the editors, the director, and even the actors and actresses themselves all failed to see that. Hell, I didn’t even see it. But realizing it, I suddenly feel enlightened. Is that dorky? I don’t care. Writing gets me excited. Figuring these things out and realizing that there has to be something about the characters that screams they complete each other, they were written to complement one another, gives me bursts of inspiration. Maybe it gives me hope. It gets the adrenaline in my blood running and suddenly I find myself wanting to do the same.

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