#not me having a [redacted] moment as pointed out by woozi

[twogyuu]

I have so many feelings after finishing Sweet Home S2, I'm just gonna word vomit it here :')

TL;DR - solid 4.9/10 . . . so disappointing fr 😭 Eunyu saved this season.

(warning: spoilers)

OKAY????

LIKE???

WTF WITH ALL THE STORYLINES???? And they're also half-baked and inconclusive??? They tried to get too niche with the military crew and the subway shelter people, the main cast that evacuated there got lost in all of it. LITERALLY I do not give a damn about Chief Ji and her irritating daughter. Master Sargant Tak is kind of interesting, but also they tried to do too much (without doing ANYTHING) with the whole Yicheon storyline, Master Sargant Tak didn't get the attention his background deserved. At least from what I can tell, he serves as a parallel to Hyunsu, which had so much potential, but fell so flat. I felt no emotional attachment to Yicheon and his gf. Hell, I thought Yicheon was just a civilian at first LOL. I thought he was just a guy playing soldier taking off on runs. His gf is also so irritating - one minute she doesn't care for him, the next minute she's pressuring the soldiers to go find him. Ugh - so non-committal. I can see what they were trying to do, trying to show her dilemma of not wanting him to suffer for her, but still wanting him, but they portrayed her character so poorly, I was annoyed LOL.

I also wish they developed the little boy, Yeong-su's character better. Again, so much potential to highlight the struggles of a kid growing up amidst an apocalypse, losing his sister, and basically being raised by strangers, but they didn't . . . .

Can we also talk about Park Chanyoung . . . I'm so sorry for the Park Chanyoung lovers - he's cute, but so fucking annoying to me LOL. Don't get me wrong, his heart is in a good place, but he puts too much trust in infrastructures that don't serve anyone and keeps getting people in trouble. He acts rashly without a plan and it's innocent and I can see how some people swoon, but BRUH?? If you come save me, I want at least a 51% guarantee that this might work? I think he's supposed to be the second lead, but I honestly couldn't tell for sure. I too would be annoyed, Eunyu!!! He's so nosy, tryna save ppl and all - like just leave her alone damn.

Now, where was Song Kang throughout all of this??? 😭 I know they were trying to highlight other parts of the storyline, but this whole series is centered around him being ✨different✨ You get a taste of it, but it's not well-explored (AGAIN! Y'all sensing a theme here?). He fights with gangster aghussi, gets turned into stone, somehow escapes, and while the world goes to shit, he sits on a boat and raises Yikyung's daughter - like aight LOL. The vaccine storyline was abandoned when it was the center of all of S1 - no closure at all. I will admit, the addition of the mad scientist was great and I LOVE the actor who played him. However, again . . . I wished they developed that more.

In summary of all the things I didn't like about this season: they tried to do too much with too little, the lack of development and details in the new (and old) characters and plots made this season incredibly frustrating to watch. The beauty of the last season was that though there were a lot of residents in the Green Home Apartments, they picked a few characters to focus on and highlight their backgrounds and how it impacts their decisions in the moment. Even the characters that didn't matter that much (my mind goes to the nurse played by Go Eun), you felt some sort of attachment too because they were just known for that one thing. I didn't feel that way about any of the characters this season.

In regards to the things I actually liked, I really enjoyed Eunyu's character development. This is the one thing this season kept consistent and did well. You can see how the trauma of losing her brother then others of the Green Home community hardens her; yet, there's always a piece of her that's still the rebellious teenage ballerina that brings you back to season 1. When she and Hyunsu reunited like- 😭😭😭😭 I know they hardly had screen time together in both S1 and S2 LOL, but IDK, something about they're chemistry is so good. Loser!Hyunsu and Eunyu were a really cute intro in S1 and even though we only got that one scene of them making pinky promises, the innocence and care carries into S2 after all they've been through. It's just a nice sigh of relief and the silver lining to the whole situation.

The little crumb's of plot twists were also kind of reassuring: Yikyung's kid and her husband who is gangster aghussi who isn't gangster aghussi, the monsters evolving, and Eunhyeok flopping out of an egg at the END??!!

All in all, I have little good to say about this season. It lacks the intimacy and detail of the first season. Even though there isn't a sense of finality to S1, the storylines and characters are at least WHOLE. I cannot say the same about this season, some parts felt rushed, simply just there to wrap up something (thinking of Yikyung's timeline) and other parts were just unnecessary (Yicheon and his gf bruh - I cannot lmfao).

Anyways, I'll still watch S3 . . . mostly for Go Minsi because I've come to love her acting and the mad scientist. Admittedly too . . . um . . . I think I've hopped on the Song Kang train - HELP LMFAO

#twogyuu:strugglin' #sweet home season 2 #im so sorry LOL #not me having a [redacted] moment as pointed out by woozi #just have many thoughts and feelings about this season when i loved s1 so much