An excerpt of Writer's Interview from Hometown Cha-Cha-Cha's script book volume 2.

Q: Many readers are curious about when Dusik felt love for Hye-jin and how much he loved Hyejin. It's partly because of Dusik's trauma, but there were also scenes where Dusik's sincerity was blocked by circumstances every time he was about to say something. If it wasn't for the assailant, would Dusik have confessed to Hyejin in episodes 9-10? At the end of episode 10, when Hyejin confessed, Dusik said "Dentist, I..." was it a rejection that was meant to be said afterwards?

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A: I would like to leave it to your judgment as to when Dusik has felt love for Hyejin. I didn't write with any specific moment in mind. However, Dusik was concerned about Hye-jin from the epilogue in episode 1, felt a deep sympathy for Hyejin when she talked about her mother in episode 4 (and he accepted the kiss at the same time), and in the epilogue of episode 5, he fell into a deep sleep and felt a sense of relief by Hyejin's presence. It would be correct to say that he was already in love at some point as it seeps in sequentially.

Until the middle of the drama, Dusik's emotional lines are not directly revealed. This is because the narrative is hidden, and Dusik is unable to be honest or outwardly expressive about his feelings. You may have felt that it was unkind or omitted. For this reason, if Dusik's love for Hyejin was expressed in a small way, it is unconditionally my negligence. I couldn't find a better way and kept it hidden in the epilogue.

However, if you watch the second half of the drama, you will be able to feel it if you look at Dusik's actions from the beginning, that every step Dusik took towards Hye-jin was courage.

And in fact, there were moments when Dusik almost mustered up his courage. It happened when he met Taehwa and Myungshin in episode 9. When Sunghyun made an implied comment to Dusik that it seemed like his acting as a boyfriend wasn't over, Dusik responded by saying, "If it looks like that, it looks like that." It is the first time for Dusik to show his feelings to others. And that night, Dusik, who was agonizing, recalled Taehwa's words and went to Hyejin. If an assailant didn't appear, Dusik might have tried to confess. But He didn't think it would have succeeded all at once. Even after going to see her with a resolute mind, Dusik must have been hesitant. In fact, after the assailant broke in, Dusik didn't confess even though he was alone with Hyejin in his house. He read the poem 'The Gatekeeper' to Hyejin and stopped at "Thus it is my job to deny my love." It was his heart that he could neither confess nor deny his love.

Even when he received Hyejin's confession in episode 10, he held on to his string of reasons at first. This is because he loves Hyejin, but he didn't dare to wish for them to be connected. I didn't think of the line after "Dentist, I...", but it's true that he was going to reject her. However, he collapsed at Hyejin's words, "I can't help it anymore.".

— Shin Ha Eun, 2021.

Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance 2002 | dir. Park Chan-wook

Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance (2002) | dir. Park Chan-wook

Twinkling Watermelon (part 1)

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Twinkling Watermelon (2023)

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you knew it still hurts underneath my scars from when they pulled me apart...

i have a few thoughts about twinkling watermelon before this week episodes, and some other stuff i want to say

i hope you can understand what i mean i not really good with my words...

first of all, i think yichan accident is inevitable, i don't think they will be able to avoid the accident, obviously

but if they do avoid the accident, maybe yichan will become some kind of pop star? and if cheongah become the heir or something of her father's company... eungyeol will be like a nepobaby (which makes me laugh just thinking about it)

now, on x (ex-twitter) at least on my country, people are kind hating on eunyoo for some reason, saying she's boring, annoying, and stupid... which is so out of nowhere and i won't say she's the same, but she has a very similar personality to yichan, and like do you LOVE one and hate the other, i think i know what it is

another thing : people are hating on the fact that we had few scenes of cheongchan, and they want more that's okay, but people are like hating 2eun because they're the protagonists like you didn't get the message the drama are trying to say 🤷‍♀️

the individual posters of Twinkling Watermelon are so refreshing and bring us the feeling of youth and bonds that are the greatest virtue of the drama.

So far Twinkling Watermelon is the drama which one can enjoy more than one time easily without getting bored

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One of my favourite scenes. Kim Shin’s vulnerable side.

Ji Eun Tak:  “So, did you even love me? No? Not at all?” 

Kim Shin: “I’m scared. I’m so scared. So I’d like it if you told me... that you still need me. I’d like it if you told me to love you. I’d like it if you give me permission to have an excuse like that. And I’d like it if I could use that as an excuse to continue living on... together with you.”

This “Dokkaebi”, this powerful God who can affect the weather, the moon, make flowers bloom, can disrupt death, conjure gold from nothing, is perhaps feeling scared for the first time in over 900 years.

SYMPATHY FOR MR. VENGEANCE:

Desperate deaf man

Kidnaps ex-bosses’ daughter

Causes many deaths

Actually Zhao Lusi would be my second pick for Fanny in an Asian Mansfield Park. My first is now Shin Eun Soo because well,, her portrayal of Cheong-ah in Twinkling Watermelon practically was Fanny already, and she was so good. Put her in a book-accurate adaptation with an accurate characterization of Fanny and people may actually start to value book!Fanny