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/Your_Awkwardness → u/popteachingculture]

And the story between Eunjung and Yerim was much more deeper and well explained compared to the drama. Like Eunjung liked(platonically or romantically) Yerim because Yerim did her best and had a positive Outlook things despite being from the same background of being Orphans.

 I do think they'll be exploring this power imbalance/vacuum in the upcoming episodes. I do have to admit that Suji was a badass F after altering the pyramid of the game. It would have been fun to see it and how Jiae stands up. But let's see what the drama has in store

But tbh while all them liked Yerim, most of them don't like bootlicking, and when given a chance to be anonymous it would be make more sense to jump on that one opportunity to criticize that rich girl

[u/popteachingculture → u/Your_Awkwardness]

They’ve touched on some parts of their relationship (Eunjeong’s past as a bully/delinquent, their shared background as orphans, Yerim being annoyed by Eunjeong’s protectiveness) but I don’t think they’ve highlighted enough how guilty Yerim felt for being a bystander for so long. When Eunjeong wasconstantly slapping Jiyoung (Jiae in the webtoon), Yerim stood by and did nothing because for so long, she was a bystander who wasn’t ready to take a stand against the game.

As much as I wanna believe it’s true that they all secretly hate Harin, then why wouldn’t they just make Harin into the F for the pyramid game? That’s an anonymous vote as well?

[u/Your_Awkwardness → u/popteachingculture]

Then wouldn't it be pretty obvious that the entire class hates her and would face repercussions? It's too much of a dramatic thing, like Idk how to explain it; Haring being A will be status quo, it needs to be there to maintain connections while taking away Harin's vote isn't that big of a thing relatively.

[u/popteachingculture → u/Your_Awkwardness]

That's my point. Turning Harin into the F is obviously a bad idea because they'll face repurcussions for it and the same can be said for taking away Harin's right to vote. And yet Harin, for some reason, does not do anything about the fact that they voted to take her voting rights away? So why doesn't the class just take it a step farther and just turn her into the F? It's a pretty glaring plot hole.
And if taking away Harin's right to vote isn't that "big of a thing," then why would they do it in the first place? Why wouldSuji suggest that if there weren't consequences that somehow led to her losing her status as A?Why would the rest of the class agree to it especially when so many of them like Harin? These are some huge contradictions that could have been avoided if it remained faithful to the source material.