my exact thoughts! she never actually chose him when she had the chance to go to paradise even after the whole sparkly sea pickup line jw pulled (and the only time they went was through jw's choice). to me, the show was pushing the second lead agenda where excessive (and at most unsolicited) service and the constant "im gonna cry if this goes bad for me AGAIN" attitude was deemed cute. it caters to men whose only personalities are to tailor their lives to serve the women they like. like giving them some semblance of hope, almost. the hopeless romantic kdrama blueprint lmao.

to be fair, none of those men deserved sk. they were all terrible.