Discussion: Why Nabi Chose Jaeeon (05 November 21)

Unpopular opinion : Nabi fell in love with JE because of his genuine goodness. I would say it was in episode 5 when he volunteered to be her assistant. At that point they were not talking and she had said pretty hurtful things when she ended it.


Yet at that moment when nobody was raising their hands, he did, he was genuinely helping her. And the days after he didn't try being anything but her help. It goes back to when she asked him what friendship meant to him.


And it had not been the first time he had been helpful even after she had been cold to him (remember the period incident). You bet she appreciated him helping her rebuild her sculpture even after everything that transpired in their last fight.


Then you have potato who is outwardly nice and does those grand romantic gestures. But the same guy ghosted her for ten years because he heard she had a boyfriend ( remember he was supposed to be her best friend!). The same guy who keeps throwing shade at JE without knowing him. The same guy who only pitied her when her sculpture broke (he was surprised she managed to remake it) after offering to be her assistant episodes earlier. It made his friendship look like lip service to get into her pants (it looks like they don't talk anymore at the end of Ep10).


In the end of course she will choose the guy who has her back no matter the status of their relationship (even though people say he is a bad guy) instead of the "good guy" so-called friend who disappears when she won't date him.


charlotteedimo


When people wonder "Why JE?" my mind always spirals to the moments when, in Nabi's most vulnerable states, JE was there.

In fact, the Yoo Nabi that JE first saw in the gallery was Nabi at the weakest point in her life, and yet, he said, "It was love at first sight."


Park Jaeeon saw Nabi for the good and the bad, the beautiful and the ugly. From the very beginning, he was there in her worst times, though she may be unaware of it. Yoo Nabi's walls were high and were a force to reckon with, and Park Jaeeon knew it and loved her, Nevertheless.


mignonxminion


This. And can’t help but be reminded of how Jaeeon was the one person who knew Nabi deeply & understood her art process. There was just an undeniable connection between the two... 


Through art, through touch. He was just there through it all. 


mooonabi

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