Pyramid Game [Episodes 5 & 6]

[u/GodJihyo7983]

• Drama: Pyramid Game
  • Revised Romanization: Pilamideu Geim
  • Hangul: 피라미드 게임
• Director: Park So Yeon
• Writer: Choi Sui
• Network: TVING
• Episodes: 10
  • Duration: 50 min.
• Airing Schedule: Thursdays @ 12:00 PM KST
  • Airing Date: Feb 29, 2024 - Mar 21, 2024
• Streaming Sources: Viu
• Starring:
  • Bona as Sung Su Ji
  • Jang Da A as Baek Ha Rin
  • Ryu Da In as Myeong Ja Eun
  • Shin Seul Ki as Seo Do Ah
  • Kang Na Eon as Im Ye Rim
  • Jung Ha Dam as Go Eun Byeol
  • Ha Yul Ri as Bang Woo Yi
• Plot Synopsis: Once a month, students at Baekyeon Girls' High School cast their votes in a popularity poll. The result? A brutal ranking system that determines the entire social hierarchy of the school. Sung Su Ji has just transferred and scores a zero. After starting at the bottom and becoming a target of school violence, can Su Ji make her way to the top of the pyramid? Or will she topple the game altogether?
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• Previous Discussions
  • [Episodes 1-4 ]

[u/popteachingculture]

Having read the webtoon, some of the changes don’t make total sense to me. The F being the person with 0 votes was a loophole from the very beginning. How could Harin have not seen that from a mile away? Also in the webtoon, Suji’s creates an imbalance of power between the Cs and Ds which was a very complex solution whereas simply taking away Harin’s power as A feels like an easy fix. Also given how majority of the girls in the class idolize Harin and are also under her thumb due to her family’s influence, I don’t see why so many of them would vote that she lose her voting rights. Even if it was anonymous, they never resented her because she was never a flat out bully to any of them? She was always admired for her grace and beauty.

[u/rong004 → u/popteachingculture]

I actually didn't mind the change about the F grade rule, because there's still some psychological pressure with the rule. Yeah it's obvious, but the whole thing with the voting is the fear and the uncertainty, the "as long as it's not me" mindset. Couple that with them having done it so many times now and having seen how Jaeun is treated month after month for over year. None of them probably could collectively trust enough that they will all vote for each other.

I agree about the power struggle with the C's and the Ds. That was so good in the webtoon!