Some folks not watching Marry Him If You Dare (Mirae’s Choice) might be wondering in a rubbernecking sort of way how godawful this drama can possibly get even with a scant two episodes left. Judging from the just released stills for episode 15, there is plenty of room in drama hell left for it to go. Following in the wholly inexplicable pattern of releasing stills of Mi Rae and Se Joo, the latest pictures show them attending an industry party together all dolled up. Or at least they are supposed to be but frankly Se Joo looks like smarmy ahjusshi with the slicked back hair, too-gaudy earrings, and blue double breasted suit while Mi Rae looks like she would rather be cutting her toenails than being there. I’ve given up on this drama having any romance or comedy, but it’s actually hilariously brain dead for the writer to keep insisting on showing us interactions between Mi Rae and Se Joo when (1) Mi Rae always looks pained and awkward, and (2) of all the possible combos for the leads getting together, this one is by far the worst and most barftastic. Se Joo and Yoo Kyung makes sense as confidantes and she has the brains and street smarts to help him in life running YBS. Mi Rae and Shin make sense because she’s the sensibility where he’s all ego and principles, he toughens her up and she smooths his edges out. Heck, even Shin and Yoo Kyung make sense! He sees through her facade but understands her reasons while she isn’t in awe or cowed by him.
So if three out of four pairings are decent, why does the writer insist on shoving the sole lame one down our throats? Why? WAE? Is she a masochist? We have to be hurt before we’ll feel the pleasure? I don’t know, but the thought that Mi Rae accepted Se Joo’s proposal (I spot a ring on her finger in the still) leaves me with no choice but to draw the following conclusions. The drama tells us that a person can keep insisting on loving another, despite being told in no uncertain terms that the feeling is not reciprocated. That obsession can manifest in being “friends” just to stick around the vicinity, but it’s not really “friends” if one person carries a torch and then whips out a ring. The “friends” thing in the case of Se Joo is just a convenient excuse so that Mi Rae doesn’t run away from him. And Mi Rae? If she’s that weak she needs to lead a guy on that likes her by deluding herself that he’s just a friend, then she’s too pathetic for me to care about whether she can overcome all odds and find the career and man she loves. I suppose there is some karmic justice that pathetic Se Joo with his pathetic “I love you because you understand the lonely me” self wins the hand of the pathetic “I’m okay” Mi Rae because future Mi Rae came back and screwed everyone over. At this point, the only thing that could possibly entertain me in this drama would be if the ending was another future Mi Rae came back because this Mi Rae did marry Se Joo and it turned out to be a nightmare of a marriage and future, so she’s back to do it all over again. Ha!
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What is she wearing?
You didn't know? She's secretly Santa's toy elf sent down to make his naughty or nice list.
Ur funny !!! Lol......
But u know ...... I actually like it. Only for the Holiday.
Mi Rae's hair improved a lot. Unfortunately, her clothes are still awful.
Or ahjusshi Se Joo comes back and hits himself in the head for marrying the wrong girl and for flushing YBS down the drain.
Koala, you made LOL with your "engaged dreary Mirae" headline hahahahaha
Poor Yoon Eun Hye. Another drama going the wtf-esque route...
Noooo!! I swear I'm not mad anymore, I'm fast forwarding SJ/MR scenes anyway but what's with lack of Shin's stills! I want more of him! I washed my hand from any point coming out from this drama. Most pointless drama ever in 2013!
I agree... I am only watching for Kim Shin scenes
Even with fastforwarding makes me feel i'm wasting my time. I force myself to watch episodes 7-8 then i didn't have the time nor care about the rest. I think once watching becomes a chore then its just not for me. I guess its because I don't like the convetional kdrama but I like those well thoughtout ones that try to say something more than its cover (like king of dramas, SUFBB, FBND, reply 1997, even detective/gothic like team ten..). But this one has the usual pathetic female lead who lets her destiny be led by the guy in her life cuz seriously who you marry doesn't matter if you don't start by evaluating and changing yourself!! I don't like what they did with the seconf male lead but its mostly because of the way they handled mirea as the lead.
I felt the same. But I can't stop waiting for LDG scenes. I feel sorry for him accepting this role more than anyone else tbh.
Your ending for the drama: hahahaha :-D
I can just laugh at this point. Please I want them to get married and suffer together. They are both equally terrible characters at this point they really deserve each other.
This is the only thing we can take comfort in.
Amen!
Mi Rae accepting the ring is the worst thing that has happened. She is seriously off her mind and very weak to accept a proposal from someone to who she has categorically stated that she doesnt like beyond being a friend. What exactly does this convey? Disastrous!
Oh, but don't you know, we just have to assume that they'll fall madly in love once MR sees how 'sincere' SJ is. To which I say: bollocks. That's not how Kdramas roll.
Or when he finds out how "sincere" Mirae has also been, by trying to seduce him in the first episodes because he was rich and FMR told her to.
They both suck -.-
Kim Shin and Yoo Kyung, RUN. FMR did you both a favor, run far far away from these two.
@Les, once I understood that both MR and SJ suck so hard that they might as well suck together, everything became clearer to me. If we appreciate Shin in any way as a character, we would not want him to be with a dishrag like Mi Rae who doesn't even know what she wants and lets a covetous little boy stomp all over her.
she told him like a couple of days ago too. I've tried to like her, but damn she's spineless and weak.
We'll, I've had enough turkey this week, so I don't need anymore. Was going to watch this during a snowstorm this winter, but I'll pass. Enjoyed the recaps and comments tho'...thanks.
You might want to watch this on a snowstorm...get your blood boiling. Warms you up from anger. Hahaha
I was vacillating before but I now know this to be true: Mi Rae and Se Joo deserve each other. So full speed ahead, I say.