Doona - Episode 8 & 9 Finale (Patreon)

[ DO NOT READ UNTIL YOU FINISH WATCHING THE SERIES]

1. I feel like people would appreciate this more if you're a huge kpop stan just like me. Underlying dark themes in the idol industry are being showcased in the series which makes the written public announcement posts from idols/companies more "concrete". Hopefully this will also wake other people up in being cautious with both their thoughts and actions towards these idols (from stalking, sasaeng behavior, and hateful comments both online and offline).

2. I feel like my initial theory is right that at the end of the episode, although it's open to interpretations, I fee like they are still dating or at least in good terms after everything that just happened, but only in private. Although given how strict the idol industry is, they may not be dating anymore but still remained as friends or at least avoided being strangers to each other. Imo, i still am rooting for Jinju x Wonjun relationship just cause it's so wholesome, but it just sucks cause the parents got in the way and time just passed by and both of them lowkey drifted away (or at least wonjun)

3. I wished though that they didn't rush or at least got deeper with some details of the other supporting characters. It felt too short. Also, as i've said in my initial assessment, this might get confusing to viewers especially if they think that much while watching this and i was kinda correct after discussing with my friends since they didn't even realize how important the first snippet scenes in the train tracks and fields shown at the very start of each episode. I feel like that is the present time and they just failed to even see those moments since they thought it's just a preview of the upcoming episode. hahaha. I feel like the OST portion in the beginning where you can click "skip intro" is a spoiler itself based on the formations of the members in the beach.

4. Some unanswered question, what would WonJun's friend feel and think if he finds out that he is dating or used to date Doona? Lowkey i felt that WonJun wasn't "real" to his friend knowing how much he knows that he fanboys over her so much. Although I'm so happy for him that he finally got to meet Doona in person at the end and even got a sign photocard (one of my goals irl ngl haha)

5. Finally, i saw this segment tweet of an interview of Suzy that apparently, the cigarette that she was smoking was just a prop and not the real one, although most of the cigarettes in the box were real except for the one she's smoking.  I applaud the prod team for that for taking care of her health hahaha. All is well with my suzy x cigarette worries HAHA.

6. Top of mind favorite scenes/lines:
- Suzy & Wonjun bathroom fixing scene when Suzy said something like:
"The hardest part is not the people who were never there to begin with, but when you lose people who were there from the start."

- The Jinju x Wonjun Fireworks confession scene was probably one of my favorite moments,

- Final train scene before enlistment between suzy x wonjun where he bailed out - suzy was saying something in the lines of you had me at my worse, but now that things are getting better, why quit
now? (me struggling to explain the we'll cross the bridge when we get there saying hahaha tbh i was so annoyed with wonjun here for not crossing the bridge when they were at that moment)

- Suzy's final line in the dorm before they kiss at the end: "you're right it's different now cause i don't hate myself now, im no longer unstable or selfish... etc."

6. Bae Suzy is still my og korean bias hahaha let me know who you find the most attractive Korean Celebrity? :)