Background:
Sun was born Sun-Hwa Paik in 1980 in Korea. She was the daughter of a rich, powerful, and mean automobile manufacturer and heavy industries magnate. Mr. Paik was a very controlling daddy and you can totally see why. She’s gorgeous. She needs protecting from the drooling mens. Sun was afraid of him, even as a child. When she was little she dropped and broke a glass ballerina. When her father asked her what happened, she blamed it on the maid. Her father didn’t believe her but he fired the maid anyway.
Sun went to college for four years and got a degree in Art History. Her parents wanted her to get a husband in college, not necessarily a degree, so when she graduated and was still single, they send her to a matchmaker. They introduced to her to that bald guy, Jae Lee. They got close and Sun fell head over heels for him. That is until he told her he was only seeing her to appease his parents and that he wanted to marry his American girlfriend. Hmmm…I wonder if his American girlfriend is on the island with his Korean girlfriend. Everyone on this show is connected…. Anyway, she was heartbroken and wandering around the city and wandered right into Jin, who just quit his job at Jae’s hotel. Small world.
They fell in the loves and got married. Sun wanted to elope, but Jin said he was going to do this right. He went to Mr. Paik and asked to marry Sun and he said, “Sure!” with the stipulation that Jin worked from him from there on out. Jin’s mother, a lady of the night, showed up and threatened to reveal her profession and her connection to Jin to the whole world if Sun didn’t give her some moolah. The world must be interested because Sun gave her the money and told her she’d kill her if she ever showed up again. Oh, and Jacob was at their wedding.
Mr. Paik made Jin do bad things like beat people up and steal their puppies. This made Jin feel bad and he and Sun started fighting, probably because she was tired of washing the blood out of Jin’s clothes. They decided to try to have a baby, which is the world’s worst way of solving marital problems, by the way. They can’t, so they go to the doctor and the doctor says Sun is sterile. Then Jin leaves and the doctor says, “Just kidding! Your Hubs is sterile. I was afraid to tell him because I didn’t want him to break my face.”
Sun decided she was tired of the shenangins so she decided to let Jae teach her English so she could go live in the USofA and leave her husband and evil daddy behind. Jae and Sun fell back in love and had an affair (CHEATER! I hate that so much) Mr. Paik caught them and told Jin to deliver a message to Jae because he stole something from Jin. No kidding he stole something. Jin delivers the message, which basically was never come back here or we’ll drive your face like a truck. Jae is so ready to leave that he tries to fly out of his hotel room window. He falls instead of flying, though, and hits the pavement like a garbage bag full of vegetable soup (best metaphor ever). Sun was going to leave Jin in the airport and fly to the US, but Jin gave her a flower and she realized she still lurved him, so she got on Oceanic 815 with him.
After the crash
Sun and Jin both survive and Jin starts his days off bad by attacking Michael. He gets handcuffed by marshall Jack to keep him from beating everyone up . Because they can’t understand him so his plan must be just to beat everyone up. There couldn’t be a more rational explanation for the fracas, but no one asks questions on this island. Anyway, Sun tells Michael that it’s because of the watch he’s wearing. It was the watch Jin was supposed to be taking to Mr. Paik’s friend in LA. He convinces Michael to let Jin go and also convinces him to hide her English skills. Michael agrees. Sun goes into the woods and grows a garden with helpful plants. She’s such a Suzy Homemaker. One day she takes a walk on the beach in her bikini and Jin f-r-e-a-k-s and tells her that’s not allowed. It’s 900 degrees on the beach. Keep your long sleeved shirt and long pants on! Anyway, someone accuses Jin of trying to burn down the raft and Sun defends him in English and gets everyone to leave him alone. He’s not grateful. He’s angry that she can speak English and communicate and save his butt from tribal council and he stomps off to mope. Later he sees Sun walking down the beach in her bikini again, her way of saying, “If you’re going to leave, I’m just going to be looking fine in a bikini without you.”
Jin started helping Michael build a new raft. When they were ready to launch Sun poisoned his water so he couldn’t leave on the raft. Michael drank the water instead. HAHA! I laughed so hard. Anyway, Jack figures out what happened but keeps it on the down low. Jin tells Sun he’s leaving to save her. Aww. She gives Jin a list of English word pronunciations. Then raft gets blown up and Claire finds the message bottle on the beach. She gives it to Sun who buries it and loses her ring in the process. A few days later she is reunited with Jin when Ana Lucia shows up.
After this someone tries to kidnap Sun in the jungle. Everyone thinks it’s the others and grabs their torches and pitchforks. Turns out it was only Charlie. He was helping Sawyer steal the weapons from the Swan because he’s NOT SMART. After this Sun starts getting sick and hello! We’re having an island baby!
Sun, Sayid, and Jin went sailing for awhile. Some others boarded the boat and Sun shot Colleen Pickett. They abandoned their boat and walked back to the beach. Juliet and Sun meet and Juliet takes Sun to the medical station to check the progress on the baby. She confirms that the baby was conceived on the island and then tells Sun that all pregnant women who have conceived on the island die in their second or third trimester. Sun didn’t care. She was just happy that the baby was Jin’s. Hussy.
Around this time the camp split into Jack vs. Locke. Sun picked team Jack as her only hope of survival was to get herself and her unborn baby off of the island. During this time Sun found out that Juliet is a nasty liar who can’t be trusted. She tries to leave for Locke’s camp, but Juliet tells Jin about the affair so he’ll make her stay. Jin forgave her. Jin and Sun made it to the freighter but Jin did not make it back to the helicopter before the freighter exploded. Sun saw this from the helicopter and believed Jin to be dead.
After the island Sun moved back to Korea and had a daughter. She named her Ji Yeon, which is the name Jin picked on the island. Hurley came to visit the new baby and all three of them went to visit Jin’s grave. Sun turns all vigilate with the intent on snuffing out Ben. She makes friend with the devil incarnate, Charles Widmore, to accomplish these goals. Eventually she goes with Jack and the others and meets Mrs. Hawking. Jack, Kate, Hurley, Sayid (by accident), Ben, and Sun board the flight and are transported to the island. Sun is transported to 2007 on the island instead of the 1970s where Jin is trapped. She hits Ben in the head with an oar (awesome) and she and Button-your-shirt-please Lepedis take a canoe ride to the island. They find Christian. When she asks him where Jin is he says that he’s on the island, but she has a long journey ahead of her to reach him.
Sawyer Nicknames: Betty, Tokyo Rose, Sunshine, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon
Off Island Connections: Sun met Jacob at her wedding. She was watching the wretched Nikki’s TV show when she went into labor.
Sources: Lostpedia, wikipedia, my brain, LOST dvds, muckety, lost.about.com
9 comments:
Oh mylanta, that was a ton of information! I forgot half of the shenanigans that took place in the first few seasons.
What was up with Sun having an affair on Jin, anyway? I mean, Jin was a little short with her but I hardly think that deserves her running out to find comfort in another sexy bald asian guy's arms. If I used that same logic, I'd have dozens of bald sexy asian boyfriends. Well, maybe not bald and probably not asian because Brandon Lee is dead, but definitely sexy. Otherwise, what's the point? Just kidding - SO do not advocate cheating. I'm so loyal, I don't even find many TV guys sexy. Except for my few Lost crushes and those are mild at most.
I love Sawyer's nicknames. I just love them. They always make me laugh.
When is the next season starting? I'm DYING for Lost. I think I'm going to have to start collecting DVD seasons like I have for X-Files. I'm only up to season 4 for the X-Files - and I don't plan on collecting past season 7 because Doggett and Reyes just don't do it for me. Too bad Duchovny is such a perv because I had a mad crush on Mulder - mostly for his intellect and sense of humor. His porn fascination was a mark against him, though. Not into a guy that flaunts his late night extracurricular activities. Character wasn't too far from the actor, was it? I digress...
Lost. Yeah, Sun is an intense character. She has a lot of past to contend with. That, coupled with her current post-Lost resolve makes for a scary vigilante. She is pretty deep - she might be deeper than the rest.
Sorry I was so late reading this - vacation, as you know. It was worth the wait, though.
And you're so right. Frank Lapidus really does need to button his shirt.
My sister is a hopeless Lost addict, I'm gonna have to tell her about your site! I just wanted to let you know also, that even though I signed up to follow your blog, you do not show up on my dashboard...says it can't detect a feed? Thanks :)
*sigh* Yes, that was a lot of information. Sun's synopsis exhausted me. See why I need two weeks?
I'm sorry, but I did not find Jae Li sexy at all.
I think the new season doesn't start until February. What are we going to do until then?! I used to love X-Files.
Rose, hmmm...I'm not sure why I don't show up on your feed. You show up as one of my followers. Maybe you could try deleting my blog as one that you follow and then try to follow again? If that doesn't work, I can e-mail blogspot. Does anyone else have problems with following my blog?
By the way, I'm glad to see you, Rose. :)
I'm not saying I PERSONALLY found Asian boy-toy attractive. The show tried to portray him as Asian sexy - by the poses he'd strike in bed and always with his shirt off. Again - the only sexy Asian boy toy I'd fling with is Brandon Lee... RIP. Purr.
Just wanted to clarify that.
Although Jin is kind of sexy.
Haha! Yes, he was supposed to be eye candy. Hello! We have Sawyer and Desmond!
Michele- have you ever seen Mulan? Because I'd add him to the list- if it were possible. :)
Sara- I am so glad I found this site! I feel that way about Abercrombie, love crafting, and just popped over here after reading Lostpedia. For the second time today. :) Oh, and I love the earplugs thing. I do things like that all the time.
I love Sun but keep thinking it's weird that she left her kid off-island when she knows it's so hard to come back!
Ooohh, the Mulan boyfriend is one sexy cartoon. He's all taking his shirt off and flirting with me in that one scene.
Jenn, I agree about Sun leaving her child. That has always bothered me.
Hmm - never saw Mulan. But I'm glad you warned me about cartoon sexiness so I can stifle the urge to lick the screen when Emily and I first watch it together.
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