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People not understanding that the whole point of season 2 and 3 wasn't just to stop the games but to prove to the frontman that people aren't all trash you can just bet on but that they are humans who should be treated with dignity, simply for existing.

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I sometimes see such random (incorrect) takes on other sides of the internet but this one takes the cake. Someone thought that wlgt, romanticized poverty and that you shouldn't have children if you can't support them financially.

You mean the show that constantly, and I mean constantly discusses the pitfalls of poverty and how life isn't easy because you have to give up a lot when in poverty but that when you have a good partner and a build a good family maybe just maybe that makes it a little easier. Or I dunno how the drama constantly emphasizes that aesun and gwanshik chose each other over everything else and worked hard for their family sacrificing so much time and time again and that their kids turned out pretty great whether it was because of the little financial support they could give or more so because of the love they raised them with. You mean the drama that is set for a majority of it in the mid to late 90s where values differed and circumstances differed. You mean the drama that highlights towards the end how happy aesun was to have a thriving business and financial stability or gwanshik finally having the time to enjoy his hobbies with the money they earned. BUT that irrespective what made them happy was that they earned that together, they faced their challenges together, they loved and chose each other and raised a pretty great family on that love to the point that their grandkids also view love as a defining trait of life.

Anyway, curious to hear what everyone else thinks too cuz I jist felt like whoever had this take completely missed the point of the show * shakes head *

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Park hae joon deserves so much praise for his portrayal as Gwanshik. I'm not surprised park bo gum did so well, this role was made for him, with his boba eyes and endearing smile. But park hae joon, he was detested in world of the married and yet he showcased a 180 with the tiniest of mannerisms. Just that scene during and after the endoscopy, where while being under anesthesia he painfully calls out dong myeongs name only to show up later all smiley like you guys i have no idea it would be that quick they just let me go and it's the way his smile was old and tired but still endearing and then when geum myeong asks him what he wants to eat, there's this childlike joy but the look of an old happy father. And this is all just one scene where he's able to capture the endearment of a child. He took over perfectly from park bo gum and i just want them and moon so ri and IU to win all the awards because there is no cast more deserving because where can you find a drama as perfect as when life gives you tangerines.

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I really just saw a take that the reason kim seon ho didn't have as many scenes with IU was to avoid "overshadowing" the main lead, like please?? Who could have overshadowed park bo gum and park hae joon as Yang Gwangshik, the actual standard!

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Years from now when someone were to ask me what the greatest love of all time is, I'd say Yang Gwan Shik and Oh Ae Sun.

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There's me before watching when life gives you tangerines and there's me after. I will never be the same.

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I cried and cried and cried. When life gives you tangerines vol 4 took all my tears.

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Missing park bo gum but adoring every older gwanshik scene in vol 3. was a struggle I did not expect to have lol

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I remember seeing people compare Yeong Beom to Gwangshik, specifically because he's a crybaby and is very kind and loving towards Geummyeong. However, wlgyt, although it highlights that they are both quiet, vol. 3 repeatedly points out that the two are not the same and frankly aren't similar. Interestingly, it doesn't even show us anything specific about his character beyond his interest in Geummyeong and when it does, the main character trait is being passive. Back when her college friends are talking shit about her and when his mother is being the worst person, his response is passive, lukewarm. Someone could make a compilation with the number of times he says "Mother" and fails to do anything beyond delve into frustration and this is primarily why he and Gwangshik are different. Gwangshik is devoted to aesun in his actions, not just his words, he'd fight for her everyday, not just say he'd fight for her, he'd choose her everyday, not just say he'd choose her. And maybe it can be argued that Yeong Beom who is so kind to everyone can't escape how controlling his mother is and really Gwangshik is the mystery that came out of his family, it really comes down to how you choose to be there for one another. Yeong Beom knew from the start that his family was awful to Geummyeong and later to her parents, and yet his approach is to wait it out and unlike Gwangshik, it's not the flip the table and I will clean up the mess mentality. He lacks initiative, specifically where he needs to be nudged by Gwangshik to get up and stop making Geummyeong serve food for his family.

All this to say, that initial ah she's says im too quiet like a mouse was merely a misdirection, because Gwangshik may be quiet but his actions are loud, because love like Gwangshik's can't be compared, to be as devoted, to choose the love of his life everyday, to put his words into actions, and to just love Aesun with everything he has, yeah, that can't be compared.

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oh no I got invested in a kdrama that makes me cry

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That fisherman telling Gwanshik to stop talking because he makes all other men look like trash.

Everyone, legit everyone recognising this man is pure sunshine and love for his wife.

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I cried a lot during ep 6.

First when Gwanshik collapsed, it was strange, like i wanted to all out bawl but it was like something was stuck in my throat and I was just staring at the screen all pained.

Next when Aesun held out to that spoon, the tears just flowed then.

Then when the children cried and the parents held them, I was pretty much just a trainwreck at that point.

Thereafter when Aesun blamed herself and Gwanshik tried to comfort her as they kept their eyes on their kids, it was those strained tears.

And then when Gwanshik broke down upon filling out the form/certificate, I was back to the lump in my throat.

And then finally, the montage of the village that comes together for a family, bittersweet tears, like what tangerines taste like.

All this to say, I have never cried like this before lol, the story-telling is poignant, the grief is palpable, the acting is phenomenal. Awards to all of them

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The real mystery here is how gwangshik ended up such a green forest with a family like that.

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I know we talk about how much gwangshik loves aesun ( and oh to be loved like that is beautiful) but I hope we don't forget how much aesun loves gwangshik. The way she looks at him affectionately, the way she is concerned about his dreams and ambitions, the way she likes seeing him smile, the way she smiles at him, the way she will handle abuse from others just to not worry him, the way she looks out for him, the way she is concerned for him, the way she wouldn't choose anyone else.

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i also can't stop thinking about how this show is an ode to mothers but it's also a reflection of the role of a father and the extent they go to, to provide for their families which can sometimes be forgotten because they aren't home as much and when they are they might be too tired to engage, but there's beauty in the little things they do (as I am sure we will see more of in vol. 2) and there's love in their sacrifice and daily toiling, their hard work which leaves them aged, weak, ailing and while the drama doesn't spell this out unlike the sacrifice of the mother, the sacrifice of the father lingers around as it would in reality. oh this little green forest family.

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gwangshik swimming across the ocean to get to aesun lives in my head rent free but the build up to that scene is why it's so powerful. how it's pointed out that everything he's done since he was 10 has been for her, to give her a life she wanted and how he's literally leaving the island only because he thinks it's what she wants and he doesn't want to stand in her way but we see that losing her makes living seem futile to him. how we are led to think aesun cares about a career and education and that's why she's considering marrying that sleazy man but we learn it actually doesn't matter but love matters to her, a love she thinks she can't have since she doesn't want to stand in gwangshik's way, how he was her home but she was losing it because she couldn't be with him. we learn that she was never settling for him, she truly loved him and would have given up everything else to be with him just like he would do the same.

it's the way this show raises the question of what we choose in a partner and for the both of them, love mattered the most.

had I been a bystander watching their tearful reunion I would have been in tears because I woukd have felt the longing, the angst, the love. it's just so beautiful.

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When life gives you tangerines really decided to serve raw emotion. Give the leads all the awards.