if you scroll through this reddit thread, there's a good analysis re: taek-deoksun-junghwan + go game (baduk) holy shit #reply1988 https://www.reddit.com/r/KDRAMA/comments/eudslz/i_dont_understand_why_many_posters_here_were/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf
found the post about the reply i was talking about from the reddit thread above lol https://twitter.com/topkrisus/status/1083026694712156160
"you are supposed to root for junghwan from the start, and therefore you are supposed to experience his heartbreak." beautifully written
i don't think i'll ever love another kdrama as much as i love reply 1988

i'm STILL not over reading reply 1988 discussions
i love this so much. we didn't know how taek knew deoksun would be alone and i love love love this theory


today i offer you: a detailed theory on who got deoksun's chocolate from bitchesoverdramas.
https://bitchesoverdramas.com/2019/12/02/reply-1988-ep-2-who-stole-the-chocolate/

"because she had never experienced love, she didn't know that she liked taek." ms. hyeri herself on why taek was the one for deoksun
team junghwan look away LOL #reply1988

taek is always one step ahead of junghwan. #reply1988
from: https://forums.soompi.com/topic/379872-park-bo-gum-
-girls-day-hyeri-aka-reply-1988-taek-x-deoksun/page/358/
from: https://forums.soompi.com/topic/379872-park-bo-gum-

"Between Deoksun and Taek, nothing flashy or convoluted is required. No elaborate secrets. No dramatics and histrionics. Their bond is profound but simple-- a steadfast holding of the hands; the assurance she won't change and he'll be there." #Reply1988