Descendants of the Sun was, so far, the only Korean Drama that made my heart pitter-patter like hell! I swear, every single episode, I was either crying a puddle of tears, rolling on the floor while laughing, or hugging a pillow so tight because I couldn’t contain the kilig-ness that I was feeling. If I could write this essay or whatsoever with an exclamation point for every single sentence, I’ll definitely would!
Unfortunately, with my short span of memory, I could not write a review per episode. I am not the type of person who would rewatch stuff. Sometimes, watching it once make the feeling more irreplaceable, even lasting. Anyway, moving forward, in the first episode (Okay, I could recall this pretty well), when I first saw Captain Yoo Si Jin (Song Joon-Ki) on screen, gosh, I fell in love, especially with his smile and his baby face. When he met Doctor Kang Mo Yeon (Song Hye-Kyo) in the hospital, I instantaneously realized that they were a match made in heaven. Kudos to the director for pairing them up!
The Korean drama, Descendants of the Sun, was a great recipe. It was a mixture of drama (as a genre), comedy and romance, and the star-studded cast made it even more prominent to the taste of the viewers. The plot too, was unique and at the same time, heartwarming. A doctor and a soldier, who would have thought, that some sparks could be ignited between them? To be honest, at first, I felt irritated with the fact that they were hesitant to fall for each other due to the uncertainty and hindrances along their way (especially Kang Mo Yeon! I mean, if that was me, I’d definitely say yes to date Captain Yoo Si Jin without second guessing). As time (or shall I say episodes) went by, I started to realize that the uncertainty lies in the aspect of what if, Yoo Si Jin, with his extremely dangerous job, suddenly dies? Indeed, it would hurt her terribly, and no woman would that. Other than that, their jobs were contradictory to each other. A soldier kills (the bad guys), while a doctor does her best to keep someone alive. But thank God for the right timing, they realized at the latter part of the episodes that they actually couldn’t leave without each other. In one way or another, destiny would bring them back together (insert the time when Kang Mo Yeon was tasked to travel to Urk for a medical mission not knowing that Yoo Si Jin was in charge of that place too).
Other lessons I’ve taken from the DOTS:
There are two kinds of doctors: Those who are stuck in their comfort zones (in the VIP wards), and those who are willing to get off of them (in medical missions). Since I was young, I’ve always dreamt of becoming a medical doctor (it was also my mother’s dream for me), but unfortunately, I couldn’t even look at blood or a surgical operation without feeling nauseant. If I happened to pursue a medicine career in the future (who knows?), I’d definitely choose to be part of the latter, someone who’s out of her comfort zone for the real world is not merely confined in a white four-walled room.
When they said bullets hurt, I beg to disagree. Memories hurt more. Physical pain doesn’t last forever, but emotional pain, it damn does. One of the scenes that probably struck was when Angus was shot by Yoo Si Jin. In that scene, I felt like crying. Big Boss saved Angus’ (whom he considered as Private Ryan) life and in exchange, he lost one of his friends. It was such a dramatic scene to watch, killing the one you saved for the sake of saving the life of the one you came to love. What pains the most – when Captain covered Kang Mo Yeon’s eyes in order for her not to get a glimpse of what he was about to do – shoot Angus. Indeed, it was an act of saying that Kang Mo Yeon should not have memories of such tragic thing for it would cause her further trauma. Having been kidnapped was already traumatic enough.
Love will find a way. I’m a sucker for a thing called ‘destiny’. Captain Si Jin and Doctor Kang kept bumping into each other most especially in drastic situations. Not just that, they kept saving each other’s lives! Gosh, if I could literally be in one television series, I swear, I wished I was part of DOTs!
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