#Cheon Sa-rang

[fake-married-my-dead-fiance]

This is such a cute line!!!

[I was tinged with the most magnificent colour called Cheon Sa-rang]

[allpartofthejob]

FINALLY!!!!!!

(We are at the end of ep 8 you little idiots!)

This was soo sweet and soft. The nicest kiss. And he ASKED her "do I have your permission?". This is so HOT!! Whew, I need time to recover.

And then the kiss just lasts forever... 12 minutes of screentime at least!?!

King the land | 1*08

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Im Yoon-ah and Lee Jun-ho in King the Land, Season 1 Episode 9.

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[S01.E10] King the Land / 킹더랜드 (2023) dir.im hyun wook

[leejoonho]

"I can't leave you alone, if you're this endearing.It's your fault."

1.12 KING THE LAND (2023) dir.Im hyunwook

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#impressed

[imakimseonhoe]

whenever I see lee junho:

[mezbeleyer]

Episode 4

[mysticalwormfood]

King the land really said conflict???? Never heard of her only healthy communication in this household

Shout out to Gu won and his increasing collection of love guru police officers

[kategorema]

i keep seeing people say ktl never claimed to have a plot as an arguement against haters and i dont mean to alarm anybody but it's a rom-com the relationship between sa rang and won is the plot and so far it's fucking serving im sorry but people complaining about a rom-com focusing on the relationship between the protagonists just need to go watch something else

[fake-married-my-dead-fiance]

As much as King the Land is totally a tropey RomCom, I really love how much focus there is on problems women face in the workplace and even the Evil Older Sister is a victim of the vicious system. (spoilers for Ep 6)

She is an objectively bad person, but her father seems entirely ready to throw the entire company to Gu Won if he shows literally a single ounce of willingness to take it. Which is utter BS because despite her recent decisions, she seems fairly competent and has put in years and years of hard work. Doesn't matter though, her (illegitimate? step?) incompetent male sibling will win if he ever decides he wants to...

All three of the friends having service jobs and having to deal with all that BS is great because of how much awfulness it shows. I love that Kang Da-eul is completely shameless and will lie to customers to sell crap. You do that! And Sa-rang's comment about wearing a smile as part of her uniform, totally true. I smiled through customers berating me many times when I worked in retail.

Also Kang Da-eul going home and having to cook dinner and shop made me so angry. Give that girl a break!

But back to the systemic dynamics, Kang Da-eul abolishing the food buying and then having her subordinates rebel was perfect in that it shows how people will reinforce broken and horrible systems because "I suffered so others ought to suffer too". I love her for just shutting it down and deciding that no one should suffer any longer. She is one of the only female managers who seems to understand how to actually fix this (also Jeon Min-seo, the nice manager on the upper floor).

I guess this is just an appreciation post for her, she is awesome and deserves the world:

But back to my point! Cheon Sa-rang is succeeding not because she's an awesome employee who is very good at her job, but because of random luck and her smile. And while the hotel industry is customer facing and looks are important, it is BS. Her managers should be angry that she's moving ahead so quickly and not them, but they should be mad at her. She is victim to the random whims of the people above her as much as anyone else. What's happening is exactly what upper management wants, people (and in this show especially women) fighting each other instead of questioning why everything is so unfair.

All three friends are doing their jobs to the best of their ability, but fail or succeed, their work lives still suck. Kang Da-eul is excellent at her job and basically is punished for it when they tell her to increase sales beyond what she's already done. Oh Pyung-hwa already has to deal with harassment from customers, but because she's not great at pushing sales she also is harassed by her boss and held back from promotions. Cheon Sa-rang is attacked for having a poor education even though she is perfectly educated for the job she has. It's all unfair and horrible.

Also, counting down till when Sa-rang's coworkers start to say she's only succeeding because she's sleeping with the boss. She is already anticipating that happening while it hasn't crossed Nepo Baby Gu Won's mind.

I just want these girls to have all the beer and tuna heads that they want because they deserve it so much.

[eggsaladstain]

it's honestly kind of inspiring how the king the land writers refused to let a lack of plot stop them from making a 16-episode drama

they said we're gonna put yoona and junho in so many silly situations and boy did they deliver

they saw other dramas tightening up their scripts to fit 12 episodes and said fuck that we're gonna make a drama that's ALL filler

[arandomblackgirl]

That kiss was one for the books fr I'm still shaking wtf??? SO MUCH TONGUE!!! And did y'all see him bite her lip???? ALSO HE ASKED PERMISSION I'M OBSESSED

Gu Won is officially one of the best kdrama leads out there

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it's their smiles that does me crazy

[S01.E10] King the Land / 킹더랜드 (2023) dir.im hyun wook

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[leejoonho]

Lee Junho & Im YoonA as Gu won & Cheon sarang

1.11 KING THE LAND (2023) dir.Im hyunwook