Ugh! I don't know why but all the posts I've quoted from @mademoiselle, @abs-oluteM and @Alice Wonderland disappeared from my editor!!!
I'll be honest, I usually watch the new episodes as soon as they come out on Viki. But I saw a clip on social media of Im Sol going back to the first time Sunjae met her and how she hid so that he would not fall in love with her and it made me both upset and sad that I couldn't bring myself to watch ep 13.
So I waited until yesterday when both ep 13 and 14 were out and watched them together.
Like @Alice Wonderland, I also read somewhere that just like Sunjae waited 15 years for Sol, it's now Sol who has 15 years worth of memories. But what made Ryu Sunjae special was those 15 years of him loving Im Sol despite her not remembering him. Him meeting her that rainy day and everything he has done since, is his core. Having him lose his memories felt like a slap in the face honestly.
I agree with you @mademoiselle in that Sol could have prevented Sunjae dying on that cliff if she had just stayed on the train. She's still missing the point - her and Sunjae are "fated" and so there is no avoiding meeting him. The sooner she accepts this, the sooner they can solve the problem I think.
I saw another post on social media that made me laugh so hard (I can't find the post anymore) but something like "everyone's memories keeps getting wiped or changed but somehow the bad guy's memory is intact in all time lines and he keeps going after Sol and Sunjae"
It's so true right?! I don't understand anymore why this guy is so intent on killing them.
I also didn't fully understand why Im Sol was able to time travel using Sunjae's watch but @mademoiselle's theory seems plausible. The watch is what allows her to travel (and if I understand correctly, 3x max per Sunjae's death). In the original timeline, Sunjae died at midnight and that's when the watch allowed for Sol to travel and she has 3 tries. She has already traveled 3x using the watch she bought from the auction. This means her watch is no longer valid.
In ep 13, when Sunjae died, she was able to use his watch to get another 3 tries if my theory is correct. The time traveling power activated at the time of his death which is why she was able to time travel right there and then.
However, I don't think she is able to control how far back in time she travels to. Her traveling back to the first time Sunjae saw her could have been a coincidence but she recognized it as the time he meets her and therefore decides to hide instead.
Where it gets a little murky for me is:
If Sunjae truly never met her, then her time traveling to save him should have not been necessary.
And if so, then her taking the cigarettes from those delinquents would have not happened so Kim Tae Sung wouldn't have had that memory
How does Sunjae get glimpses of a past that should have never occurred if he had not met Im Sol that rainy day?
I don't doubt that Im Sol and Sunjae will have a happy ending together. I just worry how the writer is going to tie this altogether since ep 13 and 14 introduced a lot of inexplicable plot holes. I am hoping there is some back story/explanation in the next episode that will help us make sense of it all.
I agree with you @abs-oluteM, I really like how Kim Tae Sung's character is written. I love that he has turned into a real friend to both Sunjae and Im Sol. And I love how his character has matured and how he has willingly supported Im Sol through the years despite knowing her heart lies with Sunjae.
A few things that I am also wondering about - granny seems to know about Sunjae and Im Sol. I wonder if she has anything to do with this time traveling business.
@mademoiselle same, although I loved QoT, I didn't suffer from drama withdrawal after it ended because Lovely Runner came at its heels and I got sucked right in. I didn't have time to obsess over BHW because I had fallen in love with Ryu Sunjae and now I'm obsesses with Byeon Woo Seok.