"swear off all Kim Eun-sook dramas FOREVER"

LOL!!! WORD, JB!

I'm not into much of the guessing game because it'll eventually come around, why so serious?
BUT! if the writer makes this thing to be JW's (or whoever else's) sheer imagination then yes....be ready to feel my wrath. :'<

Wait, Lovers in Paris was supposed to be a dream?!?! I mean that ending made no sense whatsoever to me but I figured Kim Eun Sook was just trying to show that no matter what, they would have met.

And if she does a similar ending, I'm going to have a huge bone to pick.

I'll hate it too if it all turns out to be a dream or something. I'll rather have Ra-Im and Joo-Won die. But mostly I hope for a happy ending, with both of them still alive and happy together.

what about lovers in prague ? i think is a lot underrated compared to lovers in paris,it was a good drama ?

maybe one of the speculations has hit close to home that's why she's annoyed 'coz somebody stole her thunder lol! if all of them is far-fetched from her intended ending, then she should've just laughed it off and be a sport about it.

If the writer is offended by public interest, opinions & speculations, she shouldn't read them & avoid them. Everyone knows the ending to Romeo & Juliet, but it doesn't stop its remake often. Even if someone guessed right about the plot, just be graceful about it. Or if the writer is brilliant, come up with a different ending just to show off then. Don't even offend the public. It's all in good fun. That's why people watch tv dramas - to be entertained & have fun.

If your prediction about Ra-im dying was true, then I would be seriously upset! Hopefully, that's not happening!! I hope we have an ending that we would never expect! But, nothing sad please. I absolutely hate sad stories!!

Now there's talk of her making Oska and TS have a love interest....WTH! I will swear off her dramas if she does that...why bring in the Seul relationship and then twist it?

She is not focusing....focus lady, focus on the story at hand!

I agree with you @Amg1 because it looks like she will self-destruct and should not blame it the netizens for her breakdown.....

I can understand the writer feeling a bit overwhelmed and exasperated over the flood of speculation and predictions that have been pouring in about Secret Garden. I was amazed at how many were getting posted on the episode 8 recap. In fact, I was just about to post my own speculation when I saw this article pop up. hehe So I won't.

But- the writer should also feel complimented on the highest level. It's only because SG has been so freakin' excellent, and has all of us completely invested in it and its main characters, that we're all trying so hard to figure out how this is all going to play out. How many more body swaps(if any), which of Life's lessons will be learned, what's the deal with Ra-im's dad(dead or not so dead?), sickness or injury or simply fate, and most importantly- will Joo-won's and Ra-im's love be allowed to have a happily ever after?

Thanks, JB!

If the ending ends up similar to Lovers in Paris, I will never, ever watch another one of her dramas again.

What a serious bummer! Frenzy means lots of interest which is a good thing for a drama. Its puzzling as to why she is offended.

It might be the distrust she's feeling from us because she had written such ending before in Lovers. I have only seen Lovers which I felt 'cheated' at the end after all the emotional roller-coaster. I remember I could only utter 'What!" and took a while to come to terms with the ending.

"Okay, if that happened, not only will I swear off all Kim Eun-sook dramas FOREVER, I will personally have some words with a certain voodoo doll that I will have to learn how to make and then curse. (And curse at.)"

I shall join you in your voodoo doll making and cursing should that occur.

I think she's partially flattered by the attention her writing is getting, but hopefully is just a little annoyed by the fact that most "predictions" are tragic. Meaning there will be a nice happily ever after (with all our questions explained before that happens).

This all better not be a dream. Lovers in paris was such a disappointment.

Actually I think she should read the wild speculation, have a nice laugh, then she should get off the internet and go about writing the story she had in mind all along. (unless it was all a dream or there is the big scary "C" in there somewhere...See! There I go!) The way I see it, she should feel extremely complimented the public is going mad speculating about and loving the show. Ultimately it is her writing, her story, that has everyone going crazy town. Her ego should be on the moon right about now.

come on guys, she is one funny lady. she is just saying that to make fun, just remember how she loves to mock herself. she did that big time in her previous drama, On Air.

I cant put into words my disgust for the Lovers in Paris ending, disgust is not even the right word…its like the hurricane Katrina in dramaworld. As much as I respect the characters, the ending really sucks! The writer’s ability is really in question especially in the succeeding drama she did, On Air wow! It’s a hallelujah waste of time drama and a lot more drama that did not just make it! It is only the Lovers in Paris in her sleeve to be proud of but at the end day people just want to beat her up. Anyway this is unspoken warning what to expect from Secret Garden…be ware, be prepare… voodoo doll is not a bad thing…. I love you jb…

'and there are some who wonder if, like in that drama, this whole series is just a dream in Ra-im’s mind. Or, perhaps she died (?!) in the first episode and this is all a product of Joo-won’s overactive imagination.'

Actually, if this happens, it's more like LOST than Lovers in Paris.

Between LOST and Lovers in Paris, I would like Secret Garden to be more of a LOST...

Exciting, thrilling and unpredictable. Lovers in Paris had all the canon K-drama elements but if they twist everything upside down it's gonna be a roller-coaster ride and that will be fun.

sorry but i don't think the wild speculations just cropped up by themselves. she dug herself a hole here by all those bruises on ra-im's body (cancer?! platelet problem?) and all that "save my daughter" stuff.... rofl....XD XD XD

anyway, it'd be seriously annoying if it were that long a dream! i mean in terms of inception, it'd be a very very very deep dream to last as long as the whole drama right? and if joowon were crazy and he made it all up, i go with the effigy burning, boycotting, and voodoo dolls!XD

I would be sooo disappointed if the whole drama was a dream!!! i love this couple! :P

Well I have my theories too but thats what makes it fun because I really like this drama and the characters. Though if it turns out to be a dream or one of them dies Ill be ready with my torch. Lovers in Paris I havent seen.

There better be no deaths and it better not be a dream nor an imagination.

dear javabeans,

if u really have to learn how to make a vodoo doll and how to curse..

then i'll help you, with the best i can do..!!

Now seriously I didnt know that theres such a thing as different types of hell, I thought you just get burned but if you can re-write things I guess by GF books there is! I better not see SG go down that "any unrealistic path". Because if that happens I will join both javabeans create a voodoo doll and ask my grandmother for some chanting words along side GF and send them to outside of hell to re write things better!

I was astounded to read the writer hasn't even written the end part yet! How do you start filming a 20-episode series without knowing how the story will end??? And I also read Oska and Ssun will have a gay relationship??? Why at this stage, nearly in the middle of the series and after spending so much time rehasing Oska and Seul's past?? Does this mean the writer only writes a bit of script for one or two episodes and then continues in bits and pieces? Can't be. There must be a complete script somewhere, and she may be gauging viewers' reaction and decides to change the storyline accordingly. I hope she'll read all the comments by the fans and not resort to the overdone "C" device nor the Lovers in Paris "dream" device. That will utterly make a travesty of "Secret Garden" which seems so refreshing to us with the weird storyline and crackling dialogues (thanks to the translators/subbers, we non-Koreans can follow what the characters are sasying mostly). The writer can make either KW or RI as ill as she wants, but please don't kill either of them off as that'll be taking the easy way off. I can accept if they don't end up together due to the huge gap in status/background which really bodes ill for a happy future. But I hope the writer will be reasonable and logical in bringing this very funny and interesting drama to an acceptable ending.

Last: they better not be brother and sister/ cancer or any illness type of death/ no death/ no bromance ending/ dont even try going to the States or any country or even the country side! Just end it with all four characters at peace with their choices!

"Last: they better not be brother and sister/ cancer or any illness type of death/ no death/ no bromance ending/ dont even try going to the States or any country or even the country side! Just end it with all four characters at peace with their choices!"

I'll agree with you KC, absolutely!

If it does have a tragic ending, I will stop watching any Korean dramas forever, and I mean forever!

It would have been a waste to have all the humorous and funny moments & episodes if in the end the ending would just be tragic. If that was the plan, it would have been better that it started with a sad story line & then have a happy ending.

1. I was born in New Orleans, I know lots of things about voodoo dolls and can be of assistance there. We New Orleanians are quite proud of our unique culture!

2. I moved to Texas half way through schooling so I know lots about how big things are in Texas. We are also quite proud of our unique culture (even if sometimes we shake our heads at some of the silly things our state does... no more comments there). Everything is bigger here! I can also be of assistance there.

Voodoo dolls + Texas sized things is right up my alley. Just call the yogic hotline if things are getting ready to go down.

I tmight just be me but I dont really care to speculate. But on the other hand im eerily good at it, I can usually predict how a drama is gunna end...oh wait thats because they are all the same.

One of these days I wanna see the girl fall for the second lead. At the end the main actors just smile at each other and say "wow its so great that we can be such good friends" and then go bone the hotter, romantic, non wrist raping guy.

I can just hear the screams of anguish now, all of you would have your world tilted off its already precarious axis, The flames from your voodoo dolls could be seen from space, there would be events to make everyone run backwards to try to turn the world in reverse and turn back time. Utter. Chaos.

Dont ask for things your not prepared to handle.

Oh pleeeeease nooooooooo!!!!

As I ve said time and again, I have been in constant fear that the C word would make an appearance and the D word as well( Ah Young's dream anyone?? she said she dreamt they were in a car and RI was unconscious while JW was crying!!! is that a forecast of the future??)

but I seriously would be even more upset at the other option( turn away if you hadnt read JB's note: about the fact that it was all a dream..a segment of his imagnation...or something of that sort). I d rather go for the C and D option than that imagination awfulness! I d seriously throw a fit and ...well do some bra burning or something!!!

Ahhhh I havent watched the writer's other stufff but from what I hear the writer tends to pull surprises and mood/atmossphere changes.

Oh please noooooo! My heart wont take it!!!

Misery, the Stephen King story, comes to mind, guys!

Are you seriously gonna go all Kathy Bates on Kim Eun-sook's legs if Key Lime dies? Cause I'll help and hide her typewriter...(I guess it would be her laptop now a days.)

Oh my dear JB... your "swear off all Kim Eun-sook dramas" and " Voodoo doll " comments just too funny. Honestly I never understand the ending of Lovers in Paris but I didn't know that it was a dream either. If Missy Kim dare to write a similar SG ending like LIP, I swear I will never ever watch any of her drama (including the coming drama - My Princess). As of the Voodoo Doll, I will make one BIG ONE myself so I can XXX....lol

Ughh.... that would piss me off so much! I would rather just not see the ending and just pretend everyone was happy and well on their merry way. Not some dream sequence crap being thrown at the audience in order to be a "different" or "fresh" writer. Seriously, thats the last thing audiences want to see!

And the 'Cancer' card has been used to death (haha pun not intended). It's run it's course. Why bring back this "trend" back?

Mystery...mystery...

Ah, have a decent & happy ending plea.....sssss....eeeeeee!

Lovers In Paris ended with it being a dream?!? How did I miss that after watching like 3 times.... ): WOW.....

i think the reason of ra-im's father is for her child to be safe cuz she is makin alot of stunts that can cause death..

uh-oh this is getting me nervous. I hope they don't pull a Shyamalan on us with the ending!

OMG --- I agree. And I'm usually super open-minded even to the sad endings (not that I love them, but I understand that even in real life that happens). However, I just have to make an exception here. Was not loving the whole LIP thing. If it does end up like JW's dream -- I also will be right there with you guys. I might not do the voodoo doll thing, but I can think of a few other choice things I might do. LOL

But seriously, the drama has been pretty comical, and it seems to make sense for it to have a happy ending.

...She's joking, right? She does have some big, logical plan behind it all to run with, right?

*crosses fingers*

i watched the drama because its fun, i laugh, i cried, i swoon.... and then you're giving me a crappy ending? what the....

im with you too JB with "I swear off all Kim Eun-sook dramas FOREVER"....

PLEASE.....not another dream.

LOL! Kim Eun-sook must be reading Dramabeans a lot! :P

For someone who follows the series, I can't help but speculate on the twists of the plot - and the ending - too! This is because:

- Clues for twists were strewn all over the story, not to mention the dialogues with multiple layers of meanings. As I've mentioned before, it's like a murder mystery game.

- And then there are the flashbacks, which have caused me to be on the lookout for possible flashback items.

- The history of the characters are not told outright and leave a lot of space for guessing. It's not only the characters' history, but also their potential that the story keeps on hinting on, and in turn trigger speculations.

Well, you can't blame the audience who have seen hundreds of dramas before, to speculate on where the story will go - epecially if the drama hints and teases with its elements and dialogues. These fan theories can either be helpful or frustrating for the writer.

aigoo! they guessed it right!
omo! they got it all wrong!
darn! that's where I was supposed to take the story to!

The way I see it, fans air their speculations either to have fun discussing possible forks on the road with fellow viewers, (and) or to send a warning to the writer about what they don't want the story to turn out/to be.

Me, I'm enjoying the guessing game. Although there are times when I get bored.

Um, OK, she hasn't written the ending yet? I'd kinda been feeling like the show was driving along not sure what road it was on, so this... well, worries me.
Urgh.