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Dec 19, 2022 11 tweets 5 min read Read on X
The whole dialogue of the fish sauce was so good though. 🧵

Jang Uk and the Boys (a good band name option for anybody looking) are all expecting the rice cake to taste horrible. But really it's not about the ingredients, it's the expectation.
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Whatever is or isn't in the rice cake doesn't matter. What matters is what you make of it.

What we're seeing is a clear shift in Jang Uk because for the first time in 3 years, he's open to the idea of something new.
He's not expecting the rice cake to taste horrible and he's willing to open himself up to the possibility of actually enjoying it, even if it wasn't what he originally thought he wanted.
Park Jin is reminding them all that they may not have the power to change certain events, but they can change how they react to those events.
They may not be able to change whether or not the rice cake has fish sauce in it or not, but they can decide whether or not a rice cake filled with fish sauce is a bad thing or a good thing, and can determine how it will affect them.
The rice cake probably WAS filled with fish sauce, but the surprise is that Jang Uk actually liked it. He changed his expectation and therefore changed the outcome of the situation he had no control over.

Something that is lost to the other two.
For a long time Jang Uk expected that a life without Mu-Deok would be miserable, and he was closed off to the possibility of opening himself up again. Literally building a wall to keep everybody out and refusing to let go.
But, just like with the rice cake, he's finally learned that something different or unexpected doesn't always mean it's bad.

He may not be able to control the fact he's living a life without Mu-Deok, but he can control how he lives it and how it'll affect him.
By taking control of his destiny and changing his expectations, he's allowing the possibility to like somebody new and he open himself up for the first time since the loss of Mu-deok.
Park Jin knew exactly what he was doing.
(It's also worth noting that the first time Jang Uk stops wearing black is the first time he lets his walls down in front of her.)

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