#welcome to samdal ri

[kdramaxoxo]

It's your fault for startling me. And what about you?... Why were you climbing my wall and peeking into my room?

[kimtaeri]

love but do it in silence

Welcome to Samdalri (2023-2024)

[ryoun]

cho yong-pil x cho sam-dal being chaotic

[nozunhinged]

The way welcome to samdal-ri portrays how you can meet your person, your soulmate, your perfect partner but the circumstances make it impossible to be with them.

Its always about falling in love and finding ways to be together, to resolve conflicts and come out of them stronger.

But what about if you are the best team together already. What if you already bring out the best in each other, you're partners in crime, best friends and lovers, the blueprint, the soulmates, when it's you and them against the world but the world fucking wins.

When loving them and wanting the best for them means loving them alone, not together. When saving yourself is more important than the love you have for them.

When love does not conquer it all.

It's the family grudge between Yong pil and samdal.

Jin Dals In-laws.

Hae Dals husbands illness.

Yong pils dad losing his wife to the sea.

None of this has to do with how much they love each other. And that's the most painful shit one can go through. Because you take it to the fucking grave with you.

This show....UGH

[survivalistghost]

watching my demon feels a lot like watching doom at your service - the themes seem repeated with the addition of jeong gu won and do do hee’s cuddliness.

but watching welcome to samdalri feels a lot like watching hometown cha cha cha - it’s a similar setting, and we all know what’s going to happen, but they both feel like coming home.

[khaotunng]

About Songdo, yes, he is very out of line by referring to Samdal as something that Yongpil stole from him, 🚩 behaviour, but honestly this kind of resentment towards Yongpil was coming from miles away and Samdal is just the tip of the iceberg. AND the situation is more nuanced than one may think.

Since the beginning of the series everyone casually mentions Songdo as someone who was poor and everyone was so nice to him, see: Samdal commenting many times how she always defended him, his own mother saying Yongpil always gave him his toys to play. His now favourable economic position, symbolised by the expensive car, is sometimes lightly made fun of, (which is fine! They’re friends) and Samdal is quick to say with the familiarity of old friendship “give me a ride remember how I was always there for you”. And let’s be honest, Yongpil is rightfully, (deservedly!) the town’s most beloved son, everyone loves him and wishes the best for him. I can imagine Songdo’s mother treating Yongpil especially nice ever since his mother died. … but let’s see it from Songdo’s eyes. Everyone was so nice to you, and you had to be fine with being the only one who didn’t leave the island in hopes for a better future. Your hard work is appreciated, yes, but taken from granted by your own family because you have a brother who’s selfish and terrible for the both of you. You did the best with the cards you were given, but deep down you think everyone prefers Yongpil, who is so talented, he should have gone to work in Seoul, who is so sad, he lost the girl he loved. Everyone seems to cheer for Yongpil to the point you wonder if it’s okay for you to wish for things, and the one time you tell yourself “no, this time I’ll try, I won’t be nice”, the universe and your mum tell you you stand no chance, it was always going to be Yongpil. Come on, you guys really think it’s only about Samdal, or only about the best toys and being class president? It’s the culmination of all the tiny hurts he received because he always had to settle and he was never praised like Yongpil for, for example, staying in samdal. His behaviour is not correct, and Yongpil doesn’t deserve the resentment, but Songdo’s actions are very much understandable, his character is well-written. And I think he deserves some slack for being a bit of an asshole for the first time in 30 years of being a devoted son/friend

[kimmyungcanjunot]

’Why don’t you ever take your feelings into account?’

Because Jindal is an eldest daughter, bro, and we don’t do that.

[factorygirlsstuff]

This was the sweetest scene and their couple rings!

[nbkdramathings]

Also, I refused to put any weight behind this love triangle because it’s clear that Sam-dal doesn’t like Sang-do(?) in the same way he likes her. They have major friend energy.

Not to mention how she played off raising her arm so that his hand would move after she saw that Yong-pil noticed? Yeah, sorry sir. You and your Lambo ain’t getting the girl.

Sidebar: I want to note (again) that Ji Chang Wook’s smile is SO lovely and that his eyes are also lovely (re: dangerous.)

[tangledincurls]

My heart is Yong Pil shaped

[kimtaeri]

haedal and jichan and their biggest shipper

Welcome to Samdalri (2023-2024)

[nemmaemma]

Ok, did anyone else notice the matching couple rings on their hands when Sam-dal was crying outside the jeju bank in the flashback?👀 they're so adorable

[nozunhinged]

Ji Chang wook is out there to end me hooooooly crap this episode ...

How gently Yong pil "scolded" her, how he knew everything about her mom, how he fucking apologized to her for "yelling" at her, how he remembered their moment together

....how he confronted his dad holy fucking shit he is always so gentle, so caring he is the softest fragile soul out there and everyone keeps hurting him can they just stop please 🥺

EVEN THE WAY HE KISSES HER IS THE GENTLEST TOUCH OUT THERE!!!

[survivalistghost]

what i love about the cuddling scene is that neither of them were awake. like, it was natural and instinctual to curl up next to each other. samdal woke up only after settling in and i know the girl was just relishing in the comfort

[khaotunng]

I can’t believe his loser behaviour started to make me care about him (I’m talking about the eldest sister’s ex husband)

[kimmyungcanjunot]

Declaring war?

Bu Sangdo my beloved, my sweet prince, my gentle soul who has never done a thing wrong in his life, my hard-working family man, owner of the most adorable confused puppy face…

I’m going to need you to shut TF up about your crush on Samdal and grow up.

I’m saying this for your own good.