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Grey: have you ever been to therapy?

Tim: no don’t need it

Grey: not even when you got shot?

Tim: nope

Grey: when you almost died from a disease?

Tim: that was crazy I forgot about that…

Grey: what about when you were dangling over them edge of building and had to choose someone else’s life over your own?

Tim: that wasn’t a big deal 😫

Grey: the shop literally fell down and exploded

Tim: It sounded like these things affected you more than it affected me. Maybe you should go to therapy

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Au: your camera roll, but you’re dating Eric Winter from The Rookie

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'i realised you were lonely rather than cold' is how haeng seon describes chi yeol but her exact words in korean is that 'chi yeol isn't a "chaga-un" person but a "choo-wun" one' which is so interesting to me since both those words are used to describe "coldness" in korean but the former means icy/frosty like if you grab a frozen fence and it stings, whereas the latter is a more general cold, used to describe the weather usually, or when you're feeling cold

its interesting bc at first haeng seon has a limited view of chi yeol and he seems cold and distant to her but when she gets to know him better she realises that coldness doesn't originate from inside of him. in fact he is pretty warm on the inside but the cold exterior was blocking all of it. it's like she slowly steps into his world and realises just how cloudy his skies are. and she holds an umbrella over him through her kindness, even if she cant physically embrace him to shield him against the gusts of cold winds. and my god korean is such a poetic language that it gets to convey such distinct ideas with essentially different versions of the same word

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Sunday (February 12th) a poem a day 🎁

your favourite love language or trope -> enemies to lovers

Her Private Life | Business Proposal | Crash Course In Romance | Strong Woman Do Bong Soon

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my favorite relationship in the drama tho is that between Chi Yeol and that handsy plant in the academy. it totally should get more screen time.

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SPOILER Crash Course in Romance

My very personal considerations

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What I love about this series is that we see portrayed an unconventional heroine – a woman, a mother in her fifties, and mind you! Not an élite, glossy-cover lady in stiletto heels and tailored suits (not that there is anything wrong with that, I am the first to adore the image of the competent, brilliant woman in career), but a woman who walks around in shorts and has her hair tied up, who wakes up early in the morning to go to the market; who, like many of her sisters before her, has been forced by society to give up her professional fulfilment in order to raise a child. She is not resentful, however; she gives and receives unconditional love, from her brother, from her niece. She sacrifices herself daily, even swallowing her pride to tenaciously defend those who are dear to her.

I also find it interesting that the occupation Haeng-seon performs for a living is one that has been associated with female gender roles for centuries: cooking (nurture, feeding). In the series, we realize how meal preparation, an activity that is often looked down upon (in different cultures, until recent times a man would have never gone anywhere near the cooker – obviously, here it is important to separate the domestic sphere from that of the haute cuisine where women still have to frequently fight against rampant sexism) is actually crucial to the survival of those who rely on it. Choi is literally condemned to starvation when Nam resolves to use her commercial power as a mean of retaliation!

Haeng-seon is a former national athlete; we never see the male lead lift her – it is she who holds him upright. She is a protagonist who manages to be strong – both in body and in spirit – , while beaming in all her femininity. She is radiant, alive, with her own fragilities and sense of loneliness.

It is Mr. Choi, on the other hand, who is sensitive, fragile, sickly. Mr. Choi who carries around demons that push him to “the doorstep of hell”, who overloads himself with work and shuns social relationships and who, ultimately, needs to be cared for – which doesn’t imply anything negative in itself.

Just, it’s refreshing to observe the stereotyped roles in media being reversed now and then.

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Finally a reasonable member of the Korean public!

Never mind then 💀

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Choi Chi Yeol and Nam Haeng Seon saving each other from the All Care Moms’ wrath:

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KDRAMAS OVER FLOWERS DAY 2: my unfamiliar family 🏡 (celebrating familial bonds) — chi-yeol + haeng-seon + jae-woo + hae-yi*:･ﾟ✧

Chi-yeol, are you free from 10 p.m. to 12 a.m. tomorrow? Tomorrow? It’s Chicken Day. Let’s watch a movie and have chicken together. Are you talking about that famous Chicken Day you have?

CRASH COURSE IN ROMANCE 일타 스캔들 2023, dir. Yoo Je Won.

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Just because I formed a strategic partnership with you doesn’t mean we’re best friends.

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Holding hands can wait.

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CAN I JUST SAY HOW MUCH I LOVE THE STRAIGHTFORWARDNESS IN EXTRAORDINARY ATTORNEY WOO?

LIke, I love it so much. SO MUCH. The characters are real and simple. Someone like Minwoo, ALBEIT I HATE HIM TO MY CORE, is also real because the world is full of people like him.

I love the dad who makes his daughter the same food everyday, adapts his life around her autism, and does everything for her but I also love how he's a grown adult who réalisés the politics of how and why Youngwoo was given a position at Hanbada. I love how he recognizes her talents, her hardwork and her potential and wants the best for her but knows the world is political and won't offer the same chances to Youngwoo and so he is shrewd when needed and allows for nepotism just so that his daughter gets the job she (rightfully) deserves.

I love Choi Suyeon and how she stands up for Youngwoo all the time, how Suyeon gets upset when anyone or Youngwoo herself downplays herself. I love how Suyeon doesn't beat around the bush in exposing Minwoo, calling him and everyone's bullshit out when they try to pretend that Youngwoo joining the firm via nepotism is bad when Suyeon knows everyone gets a job and internship before clearing college and Yongwoo doesn't get same chance all because of her autism. I fucking love how she accepts that she was one of the people who didn't bother about it but cannot ignore it anymore and despite standing up for Youngwoo, she can also feel as if Youngwoo outshines them and can feel a tad bit jealousy when she says "Anyway Young Woo Is first".

I FUCKING LOVE HOW THE DRAMA DOESN'T HAVE THESE BIG BUILDUP MOMENTS AND DOESN'T CREATE SUSPENSE/TENSION FOR NO REASON and that the fact that Tae Sumi is her mom is revealed so early. The fact that the father reveals Sumi is her mom not in a big buildup moment but in a simple conversation with a daughter trying to leave the house. I love his simple, factual AND YET EMOTIONAL explanation at the hospital, and I love Youngwoo's maturity is accepting and understanding not just the explanation but not blowing it out of proportion. She doesn't react too emotionally because well, the mother has been out of picture forever so why feel as if her world is upside down all of a sudden????

I love how the "I'm Your Daughter" moment is right in episode eight with no fanfare and a simple conversation between the mom and daughter at a side, and while the mom feels the world turn upside down, as it rightfully should be, Youngwoo is straightforward yet slightly emotional and gentle in refusing her. That the drama didn't drag this plot on, about revealing their relationship, not in a grand buildup but in simple moments like in real life WHILE MAINTAINING IT'S TYPICAL DRAMA STEREOTYPES.

I love Junho and how, despite being a main lead, he isn't forever around Youngwoo and we see her story essentially rather than focus only on romance. I fucking love Junho. HUSBAND MATERIAL. SWOON WORTHY with his "So your heart doesn't race if we're not touching? Even when you're with me? That's disappointing" and yet we don't see him around Youngwoo ALL THE TIME. He's not just there in the background but not unnecessarily around her all the time either. I love how the love confessions are simple. With Youngwoo and her autism and trying to understand whether she indeed likes him or not based on how fast her heart beats. That she straight up asks him about it. And that, in today's episode no. 8, we see them being awkward and talk about the incident on "That Day" indicating that they work together all the time but probably didn't get a moment alone until now, in the middle of a regional office in a meeting with another official. I love how they talk about it in a simple, everyday life moment, in a moment of respite they get out of work and Youngwoo's simple "I think I like you." And I fucking love how Junho clearly likes her but the drama Extraordinary Attorney Woo manages to keep it's "dramaness" intact by keeping the audience on toes by not letting us know HIS answer so soon despite us knowing he likes her too.

The second lady isn't a jealous, petty bitch who is a hindrance for the male lead. The Team Leader (Jung Myeongseok) is an understanding man who always listens to his rookies and doesn't interfere in their drama.

There are no product placements!!!

I love all these simple, realistic, everyday moments in the drama. It's SO SO SO REFRESHING, like standing under the Hackberry Tree and feeling the wind on your face.

Extraordinary Attorney Woo is a breath of fresh air and I'm so glad for this. All of these little things the drama managed to catch and hold onto excellently while also having the typical, cliche kdrama moments but never blowing it out of proportion.

I fucking love this drama.

To anyone who hasn't started the drama yet, PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE DO. IT'S ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL THINGS YOU'LL WATCH IN A WHILE, IN A LONG TIME.

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The Fiery Priest

The endings of each of the 20 episodes of The Fiery Priest

To my dear friend @attillathemum - always reblog The Fiery Priest 😉❤️

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This is here purely because I think Kim Nam Gil looks really good and his body proportions remind me of a male anime character from the 90s.

Bonus Heo Im acting like his usual dorky self:

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No, you don’t understand. Im is a ridiculously goofy motherfucker and he had to constantly hide that from his patients and colleagues in Joseon and Seoul or else he’ll lose their respect. But when he was with Mak-gae??? When he privately reveled in his own inflated ego because he’s literally a revolutionary acupuncturist??? When he’s at the Hyeminseo Oriental Medicine Clinic??? When he’s with Ha-ra??? When he’s with his fake mom and piggy brother??? When he’s helping out the homeless??? When he’s with his canon fucking other half???

He never had to put up airs for them, they like him when he’s clingy and earnest and giggly. They liked him exactly how he is.