Leave it to eagle eyed Chinese drama fans to spot a potential spoiler in a tiny frame in what felt like a cute but throwaway scene in Descendants of the Sun. The popularity of this drama in China, and in Korea as well as many other Asian countries, means any little thing makes the news, but a potential hint as to the ending direction is totally worth sharing even if it doesn’t happen. This one is pretty believable, but if there are any doctors reading my bloggie please feel free to weigh in.
DotS finished filming at the end of last year is a pre-produced drama with an ending already set, or might be set depending on whether the production chose to film multiple endings just to have the flexibility. C-dramas doe that a lot to fit into the pre-produced mold but retain the power to pick an ending after gauging audience feedback during the airing. I know what ending would make me happy, and it involves a certain flirty captain getting everything he wants and then some. I’ll save the potential spoiler for after the jump for those not adverse to peeking at hints.
C-viewers are claiming that the scene where Mo Yeon stares moony-eyed at Shi Jin’s chest x-ray contains a huge spoiler – in the x-ray his heart apparently is tilting to the right side of the body in a condition called Dextrocardia, as opposed to the normal tilting to the left. If that’s true then it’s possible that Shi Jin may survive a gunshot wound to the left side of chest that others may see as a critical wound. This spoiler may dovetail with the earlier one that Shi Jin dies, maybe Shi Jin is mortally wounded and ought to die if he were an average person, but with Dextrocardia he miraculously survives and gets his happy ending with Mo Yeon. It’s a good catch from the C-fans and one that would make me happy even if this twist is fairly easy to predict.
Well the OG 90's era male K-stars certainly know how to all be drama llamas.…
Oh I love this popcorn! Pass more and slather on the butter please. Surprise late…
I'm so glad I became a Yu Shu Xin fan after her turn in My…
There is a title change but the same confirmed leads as filming kicks off for…
If I were a professor I would absolutely be an easy grader. If you try…
"It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune,…
This website uses cookies.
View Comments
there's a scene of him wearing a suit and acting like a bodyguard with a headpiece and gun/car action. my guess is he retires from the world traveling soldier life and becomes a bodyguard instead to stay close to his doctor lady.
which can also happen after being shot and almost dying. so... all theories still alive
Can't they join the NIS instead?They wear suits and Presidential bodyguard detail is much more impressive than private work.
he doesn't just have dextrocardia, he has situs inversus. all his organs are flipped, his liver is on the left rather than the right.
Oh. This shit's legit then?
Cool! Thanks for the medical diagnosis, doc~
It's nice to see you interact with viewers of the blog. Thanks Ms Koala
Hold on, Mo Yeon is a hot-shot trauma surgeon and she was gazing at the x-ray along with the Pathologist, Dr Pyo and neither of them picked up this rare physical occurrence? Sorry.
On second thought, anything is possible in Drama Land....so Captain Yoo Si Jin (aka) Mr. Fine just needs to live to make many of us happy.
It's not life threatening so why would she care. she could have made note of it anyway.
may be its a rare medical condition that make keeps her staring at the film.
There are huge mistakes in every medical TV-series I watched. I know doctors in SK have pointed out several mistakes in DoTS. It wouldn't surprise me if the chest x-ray was just put backwards; in that case, there is no potential ending spoiler whatsoever, only a casual mistake. Sometimes, too much information (as well as knowledge) can kill all the fun!
Is this further hinted in the 1st (2nd?) episode when he pretends to have appendicitis in front of Dae Young and Dae Young tells him he's faking it on the wrong side?
Ohhhhhh
Good call! i forgot about that. Yo this can actually be legit
No. At that episode he touched the left part (which is true). Dae young tease him that it suppose to be the right part, but at the end he said that the left part is the true one (the one that si jin touched at the first place).
I hope this all hint about his organs flipped etc true though. Dont want him to die. Really love song-song couple. Hope the production team prepare a happy ending one. Already episode 12 and now is the "too happy go story" part makes me scared since it is 4 episodes left. L
wow. does he really have situs inversus? was it mentioned in the drama? because technically, it is impossible, the chest xray is flipped since the stomach gas is just below the heart shadow and the diaghpragm indicates it is a left side which means he is normal. Initially I thought they displayed the chest xray is wrong. but if he also has situs inversus, then it is possible. LOL
I initially thought they'd flipped it too, but when I rewatched ep2 the other day, I realized the labeling was the right way round. As X-rays are mostly electronic nowadays it would require more effort to actually flip it than to keep it so figured it probably was meant to be situs inversus.
Thinking about episode 1's beginning, the North Korean soldier said to YSJ that he had previously been holding it in the other hand. I wonder if this was meant to imply that he was originally left handed as there are postulations -although - although disputed- that situs inversus is associated with left handedness.
@Smoky - Same! I wasn't really bothered the first time I saw it, thinking it was just flipped but on rewatch, the labels are correct so it was upright and properly put up. Wow, interesting. And in this drama, there aren't alot of throwaways. So this might be brought up soon. Just like the discussion of setting up SJ with flight attendant friends of DY's cousin in episode 1 in exchange for him not answering MJ's call at the cafe.
Could he also have switched handedness to protect vital organs? Not sure about fighting styles and techniques.
Interesting. So he's really not your average guy lol
LOL...now this medical possibility would place him almost on par with alien Prof. Do Min Joon...
Unless the X ray is flipped. Isn't that more likely considering that it was a short scene and mistakes happen?
Unless Situs Inversus is actually going to be part of the plot - like he gets hit in the chest with a bullet/knife on the left side [where his is supposed to be] but tada! Situs Inversus to save the day..
Might also explain the lyrics in You Are My Everything.....a miracle when there could be no more miracles....will have to hope, wait and see.
Good catch! Didn't notice that the abdominal organs were flipped as well!
Hang on, his spine is quite prominent... could this be a PA film of his back? Wish I could get a closer look at the xray tbh
NVM, anterior rib cage and clavicles present lol.
Question from a noob: is it possible they jusr put the X ray on the ... display....thingies? ... the wrong way around completely or would you be able to tell if they had?
What a shame this show doesn't touch on the subject about PTSD after soldiers go to war. It would be great to highlight the topic then hide it under some fancy romance.
Ugh...enough with PTSD. You need to (re?)watch D-Day instead.
I don't want to watch a documentary. Sorry not sorry.
A doctor has PTSD... and it's annoying
Sorry, but I wouldn't want something heavy like that in this drama. Other shows can tackle that subject, but definitely not this one. It would bring the overall mood of the show down a lot.
I'll be so angry and disappointed if Captain Yoo dies... What's the point of building up such a war/romance story if it's to kill one of the characters at the ending? It sure will be surprising, but not satisfying...
they had, watched all Chi hoon scenes, he is the plot for PTSD in the drama, the only one
Mo Yeon will be the one who operates him. While operating, she found out a tiny mole inside an it turns out to be a tumor. Miraculously, the operation was successful and he is brought to a ward. His Appa comes to visit.. and when Mo Yeon saw him, she said, "Appa.. what are you doing here?" Yeaah... Mo Yeon and Si Jin turn out to be long lost sister. She 's heartbroken knowing that there is no future with this Nice Guy... so she walks souuth That Winter When the Wind Blows... and keeps on walking.. until she spots a house. It's a Full House, because in the house 200 people. She asks one ofthe residents what the house is called, and he said "It's SungkyunKwan." hehehhehhehe.....
*long lost siblings
Dextrocardia... I see a GSW to the "heart" in this drama's future. Let's hope for Mo Yeon's sake that he doesn't have Kartagener's as well!
Hi, what is a GSW, please?
She can't be talking gunshot wound right? I am currently on annual leave. All work related thinking left behind. I am going to marathon my dramas. Didn't even watch last week's episodes properly.
What cross my mind is gunshot wedding. Hahaha.. *gunshot or shotgun?*
Oops, doctor brain on... gunshot wound! Although gun shot wedding may also be appropriate lol
I'm honestly okay with basically anything happening as long as SJ and MY are (1) alive and (2) together at the end of this. Tell me they both fly to Pluto and live on the moon where he continues to be a snarky and beautiful and she operates on aliens - that's okay with me.
If only she operates and saves E.T.'s alien babies.
Same. I'm not worried about GooWon since they are going through their shit right now, but I'm super worried about SJ and MY. Ugh. Let them be together KES pls
hahaha...Ms. Koala, you're trying to comfort me even with a gleam of hope for a happy ending. Fine, I'll buy the theory. Captain Yoo is a rare male human being anyway. But somehow this conjecture based on his X-ray film cracks me up.
Actually the Korean press already noticed this awhile back. And it's so in character for someone like SJ to not die even when he should. I can see how that xray would come back eventually. MY starred at it enough she'd realize she could save him.
it's either a mirror image or he has situs invertus, either way he has a normal life span.
The problem is the while he may be uniquely different, she's not.
Other possible 'sad' endings:
1) Mo Yeon gets mortally wounded?
2) Shi Jin gets hurt and needs an op, but the surgeon does not know that his organs are inverted. This can be dangerous too, cos vital organs are not where they are supposed to be.