Thread by @lullydash

The cars in #MyLiberationNotes : symbols of liberation or alienation - a thread 🧵 #SonSukKu #KimJiWon #LeeMinKi #LeeEl

When we 1st met ChangHee, he’s asking to his father the permission to take a loan to get a car, so the siblings could stop commuting everyday by train. But Yeom dad refuses bc Chang Hee was unable to pay for his previous car #MyLiberationNotes

For Chang Hee, not having a car is an obstacle to his love life, as he can’t go wherever he wants so easily. As a single man living at his parents’ house, it’s also the only place he could have some intimacy #MyLiberationNotes

But not having a car wasn’t the reason for his breakup with his gf : Chang hee wasn’t confident enough in himself, & dumped his gf before being dump. #MyLiberationNotes

Yeom daddy doesn’t have a car neither, only his truck. He couldn’t afford 1 bc he was broke due to his own sister. The family never got a car and never went on vacation, until eomma’s death #MyLiberationNotes

When Yeom dad talked to Gu about the sink business, he told he could make big money and have a fancy car. And when Yeom dad has been humiliated by his rich neighbor (who gardened the field next to his), he chased him & his fancy car in his old truck…but failed #MyLiberationNotes

When Gu lended his Rolls Royce to Chang Hee, he was the happiest man ever, bc it was a luxurious car he couldn’t dream of. He even went camping in his own. The car was the tool of his momentary liberation, until he had to give it back #MyLiberationNotes

Chang Hee was proud to drive gu’s car while Yeom daddy can’t stand to see his son boasting in a fancy car, urging him to return it. Yeom daddy was very uncomfortable by this luxurious car none of them could afford #MyLiberationNotes

What could have thought yeom when he found out it was Gu’s car, his silent/alcoholic/apparently broke employee ? It may have hurt his feelings bc at the end of his day, yeom’s efforts aren’t enough & don’t’ pay him back #MyLiberationNotes

When Tae Hun invites GiJeong to a date, he’s late bc he has to park his car elsewhere. 🚘 is a burden for those living in big cities bc there’s no place to park them.She also refuses he gives him a ride home, bc she knows that it’ll become a burden for him #MyLiberationNotes

When Gu discovers the RR has been damaged, he’s so pissed he’s running like an Olympic athlete to catch Chang hee and got in the train back to Seoul. Gu left his former life (and all the fancy stuff) by taking the train to sanpo. The car scratch was the impulse #MyLiberationNotes

Which is ironic & paradoxical bc gu left all the confort of his former life to find the meaning of his life in a labour in countryside, where he finally got some peace of mind #MyLiberationNotes

After eomma’s death, the yeom family went to a sea trip with a car. First time they were all together, sharing memories & thoughts about family. It was the 1st and only time we got to see them happy and opening to each other #MyLiberationNotes

In his fancy life, gu doesn’t drive anymore. He’s got a driver. And thank god considering the daily amount of alcohol he’s drinking. The richer he’s, the more miserable he’s #MyLiberationNotes

When gu finally met mi Jeong after 3 years in #MyLiberationNotesEp15, he’s forced to leave her bc of job duties. Stuck in the traffic, he’s getting out of the car, and he runs like an Olympic athlete so he can get back to her as soon as possible. #MyLiberationNotes

Now that Chang hee lives in Seoul, has his own convenience store, he’s biking to go see the mountains in his neighborhood. No more car is needed. But he hasn’t been liberated, as he collapsed thinking of the failure of his rs with HyeonA #MyLiberationNotes

Cars in #MyLiberationNotes aren’t help or an obstacle. It’s more about the symbolism it represents. For Chang hee & his dad it was the symbol of their failures. For gu, it was his meaningless life.The liberation is a journey each one must take whatever the forms it takes.