#Jun Pyo

[magnificenthologramrebel]

I've started watching boys over flowers, and I feel both the deepest love and the worst hate for this show. Or not hate. I just get so much second hand embarrassment. And the female lead can be a bit cringe at times. But thats okay, we're all a bit cringe sometimes. Maybe not that much, but still.

I don't find the boys that pretty, but I feel them growing on me. But Ji-hoo's hair? Like what? It's so long, and red. And you can kinda see his facial hair. It feels weird. I think Jun-pyo is handsome overall, but again, that hair. Idk if that was fashionable in the 2000s, but it's a bit odd. I get that you want to keep it similar to the source material, but that hairdo is a bit extreme.

It's very toxic and pick me, but I live for that shit. Those tropes are the thing that get me out of bed every morning. It's wrong, but I don't really care. I love seeing a poor (she's not that poor, (i think?)) interacting with upper society. And Jun-pyo's toxic behaviour. Him having so much hubris. Him just grabbig Jan-di. AHHHHH.

The thing I really wanted to write about was the soundtrack. It's SO GOOD! I know some K-pop, but I've never listened to older stuff. It fits well with the vibe of the show. I've listened to "because I'm stupid" on repeat, and it makes me feel so much. The emotions!?! And the lyrics?!? I really love it!

[kalira]

Fault

Written for @whumptober Day 9! (theme: “Learning everything ain't what it seems, that's the thing about these days.” prompt 2: Mistaken Identity prompt 3: “You’re a liar.”)

T; 1.8k Ji Hoo/Jun Pyo, F4, Jun Hee

When Jun Pyo wakes in the hospital, there are two things he wants understood - about the strange girl who insists on being present despite their last conversation having been very clear, and his beloved friend whose fault it is absolutely not that he's here at all.

[kdramaxoxo]

If you want it, close your eyes. Do whatever you want.

[backhugtrope]

THE BACKGROUND PORTRAITS OF HIM IN THE OFFICE SCENES ARE KILLIN G ME

[leahdrawsstuff]

~Almost Paradise~

[danykha]

This guy, his ego and his single brain cell

[myfavouriteformofblurting]

Yoon Ji Hoo is an autistic introvert who doesn't mind being less social and coming across as odd whereas Gu Jun Pyo is an extroverted autist who gets very easily frustrated that social interactions don't go as planned change my mind

[namjhyun]

DRAMA REVIEW | Dreaming of a Freaking Fairy Tale (2024)

You might think this is your typical Cinderella love story but you would be wrong. As a matter of fact, nothing about this fairy tale turns out to be like our heroine (and us) expect it.

I freaking loved this drama and I really enjoyed spending time with these characters, which I find to be some of the most likable this year with their camp attitude and sizzling chemistry that puts other romances to shame. It was also refreshing to see a drama couple that truly felt like equals. They actually talk to each other and at the same level all the time, but they also know how to have fun with each other, openly flirting in a way that that feels candid and sexy.

Pyo Yejin and Lee Jun Young are going to be tough act to follow.

Most of it is thanks to the writing, which is solid, coherent, smart and fun. The writer, Yoo Ja, knew exactly what they were doing. BRAVO!

Dreaming of a Freaking Fairy Tale is more than a drama about a Candy heroine meeting a Chaebol. This story is a love letter to self-love. In a very simple and fresh way, we are thrown into the world of these characters and see them grow into becoming even more amazing people.

Our heroine, insecurities are really well rooted and subsequently developed. We see how growing up in poverty has affected her self-worth but also how her mother's abandonment affected her dynamics with the new family his father formed. This is another point that I loved about this show: Step-mom and the two step-sisters are actually kind and cool people and the entire problem the family faces is a lack of proper communication. There's plenty of love between them.

Our hero's personal story is also rooted on a family conflict but in many ways it hasn't cripple him emotionally. Sure, he has his ups and downs but most of the time I personally believe he is thriving because he's open to new people and experiences. This is a man that it's not afraid to "follow his joy". He is a really good listener, doesn't talk down to people as someone with more money than them, and he’s also not patronizing as a man. Prince Charming? I THINK SO!!

So far, I am yet to see better than this drama when it comes to the romance/comedy genre and it's definitely one of favourites I have seen this year. Likely to make it to my TOP 10 list.

Rating: 8/10

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City Hunter (시티헌터)’s whumps’ list

[referred to main character Lee Yoon-sung/City Hunter, portrayed by Lee Min-ho: *bonuses: Lee Jin-pyo, portrayed by Sang-Jung Kim; Kim Young-joo, portrayed by Jun-hyuk Lee]

Season 1

.01: chased, brief scuffle, argued and upset, under heavy gunfire, laying unconscious on the floor (for fake), fought against multiple opponents simultaneously, witnessed his mother figure's murder, upset, stepped on an anti-personnel mine, shocked after his father's sacrifice on his behalf, received upsetting news about his past; bonus Lee Jin-pyo's: fought, betrayed and ambushed, shot, deeply upset, on a revenge path, fought, hit by a anti-personnel mine and lost his leg (self sacrifice), carried by his son, dug into the shoulder to remove an old bullet, with a cane; bonus Kim Young-joo: thrown to the ground and rough landing.

.02: rough sparring (in the past), rough sparring, slapped in the face, thrown to the ground and rough landing, rough sparring, upset, argued; bonus Kim Young-joo: badly argued with his boss.

.03: brief scuffle, upset and disappointed, grabbed and manhandled, on his knees, fought, rough fight, emotional distress; bonus Lee Jin-pyo's: angry; bonus Kim Young-joo: badly argued with his boss, upset and disappointed.

.04: argued with his father, emotional distress and upset, drunk, badly argued with Kim Na-na and upset, tense conversation with Kim Young-joo, upset for Kim Na-na's nasty words and her tears, brief scuffle, worried for Kim Na-na; bonus Lee Jin-pyo's: argued with his son, feeling nostalgic; bonus Kim Young-joo: emotional discomfort, tense conversation with Lee Yoon-sung.

.05: consumed by jealousy, annoyed, rough fight without consequences, worried and sleepless night to watch over Kim Na-na's house; bonus Lee Jin-pyo's: not eating and sore at his amputed leg.

.06: badly argued with Kim Na-na twice and disappointed.

.07: disappointed, argued with Kim Na-na, emotional distress, brief argument and grabbed by his jacket, taken a beating on purpose without trying to defend himself, bruised lip and taken care of at home, bandaid on his face, multiple fights and kicked a couple of times (couldn't hit a woman), under gunpoint and shot at his shoulder (by Kim Na-na), moaning.

.08: under gunpoint and shot at his shoulder (by Kim Na-na) from previous episode, jumped off the building and rough landing, bloody hands and heavily panting, self-treatment on the field and extracted the bullet with a scapel without anesthesia, grunting in pain and heavily panting, many groaning and blood, very pale and sweaty, taken care into a clinic, IV into his arm and fever, nightmares (of being shot and laying blood on the floor), rough awakening and groaning for the pain, wound dressed again, argued with Kim Na-na, thrown to the ground by leveraging his injured shoulder and landing on it, moaning in pain, unable to shot and conflicted, dressing stained with blood and nasty wound, sore and grimacingt, argued with Kim Young-joo, grabbed by his injured shoulder twice and manhandled, slapped in the face by his father and scolded, hit twice on his injured shoulder with a cane, pale, wound dressed again, old scars on his back, wound infected and dressed again by himself, moaning in pain and injected medicine, rough fight with Kim Young-joo and grabbed by his injured shoulder several times, worried for Kim Na-na who had a gun pointed at her head, holding a dangling Kim Na-na with his injured arm and blood dripping for the reopened wound, moaning and grimacing in pain; bonus Lee Jin-pyo's: worried for his son then badly argued with him, disappointed; bonus Kim Young-joo: argued with Lee Yoon-sung, fought with Lee Yoon-sung.

.09: holding a dangling Kim Na-na with his injured arm and blood dripping for the reopened wound from previous episode, on the floor holding his arm and bloody hand, pale and sweaty, worried and upset, brief angry fight, confronted his father and argued with him, pale and sweaty, tried to stand up and badly fainted, on his bed with IV into his arm, sleeping, worried for Kim Na-na, nightmares and rough awakening, disappointed and upset, worried for Kim Na-na, grimacing and holding his arm, threatened and upset, pale, laying sleepy for painkillers, forced to emotionally hurt Kim Na-na to push her away, voice cracking and tears in his eyes, upset; bonus Lee Jin-pyo's: worried for his son, disappointed, brief scuffle, hit by tear bomb and passed out, angry and badly argued with Lee Jin-pyo.

.10: harsh confrontation with his father, received upsetting news and argued with his friend, argued with Kim Nana and feeling guilty twice, bruised knuckels, received upsetting news about his mother's health, upset and screaming in frustration, scuffle, grunting in effort; bonus Lee Jin-pyo's: confronted by his son, angry and disappointed; bonus Kim Young-joo: tense conversation with Lee Yoon-sung.

.11: harsh confrontation with Kim Na-na twice, not eating and worried, harsh confrontation with his father and blackmailed, confronted by Kim Na-na and feeling guilty, worried for his kidnapped friend, shot with a tranquilizer dart, taken away unconscious, tied up to a chair and interrogated, grabbed by his hair, blurred vision for the drug and manhandled, punched and kicked, blood from his mouth, blood on his face (not his), shocked and angry, worried for Kim Na-na and tears in his eyes; bonus Kim Young-joo: harsh conversation with his father.

.12: shocked and worried for Kim Na-na from previous episode, blood transfusion, received very upsetting news about his past and father's actions, harsh confrontation with his father, shocked and upset, disappointed, brief scuffle, repeatedly hit with a cane by his father, upset; bonus Lee Jin-pyo's: confronted by his son and threatened, bad memories; bonus Kim Young-joo: received very upsetting news about his father.

.13: upset and terrified, under gunpoint, argued with Kim Na-na, tense conversation with Kim Young-joo, tense conversation with Kim Young-joo, witnessed his friend's hitting by a car, intense emotional distress, tears of fear and relief, deeply upset, hit a mirror with bare hand and bloody knuckles, bad memories, upset; bonus Kim Young-joo: upset and disappointed, badly argued with his boss, tense conversation with Lee Yoon-sung, tense, humiliated in public and shocked, confronted by an angry Kim Na-na, worried for his father, shocked witnessing his father's incident.

.14: upset, shocked witnessing Kim Young-joo's father's incident, heavily panting and screaming in frustration, received upsetting news and harsh confrontation with his father, stabbed himself in the hand, heavily panting and bloody hand, upset and on the verge of tears, grabbed by an angry Kim Young-joo, bandaged hand, upset, emotional family reunification with his biological mother, tense conversation with his father, confllicted and upset, brief scuffle, worried for Kim Young-joo; bonus Lee Jin-pyo's: confronted by his son, shocked by Lee Yoon-sung's self stabbing, confronted by Kim Na-na, tense conversation with his son; bonus Kim Young-joo: shocked witnessing his father's incident, distraught for his father's fate, desperate and screaming, harsh confrontation with Lee Yoon-sung and tears rooling down his cheeks, avoided by his peers, grabbed and chloroformed, trapped into his car filling of carbon monoxide, weak and coughing, rescued and dragged outside the car by Lee Yoon-sung.

.15: embarrassed and speechless, brief argument with Kim Na-na, in hospital waiting to undergo a bone marrow transplant for her sick mother, IV into his forearm and connected to a blood machine, comically argued with his friend, feverish, brief scuffle, invested by a toxic gas and brief scuffle, feeling sick, weak and blurred vision, coughing and rechting, sitting on the ground and panting, heavily sweating and losing consciousness, very pale and using a handrail to climb up the stairs; bonus Kim Young-joo: groggy after previous episode, passed out and laying unconscious on the floor, regaining consciousness in hospital, groggy and coughing.

.16: very pale and using a handrail to climb up the stairs from previous episode, tense conversation with Kim Young-joo, weak and collapsed unconscious on the couch, taken care of, sad conversation with Kim Na-na, indignant, fought against multiple opponents, upset, heartbroken, emotional confrontation with Kim Na-na and tears in his eyes, tense conversation with Kim Young-joo; bonus Lee Jin-pyo's: angry, upset, disappointed; bonus Kim Young-joo: tense conversation with Lee Yoon-sung, angry, indignant and angry, manhandled and blood at his lip, scolded by his boss and suspended, tense conversation with Lee Yoon-sung.

.17: upset, tense and worried, unable to focus and claiming to have headache, conflicted and emotional struggle, brief scuffle, worried for his father, grabbed and brief scuffle with Kim Young-joo, fought against multiple armed opponents to rescue his father; bonus Lee Jin-pyo's: lured into a trap, attacked by many armed men and fought, repeatedly hit and on the floor, blade at his throat and almost stabbed, rescued at the last minute by his son; bonus Kim Young-joo: feeling guilty and remorseful, uneasy conversation with Kim Na-na, frustrated, brief scuffle with Lee Yoon-sung and thrown to the ground.

.18: fought against multiple armed opponents to rescue his father from previous episode, worried for his father's conditions, blackmailed and worried for Kim Na-na, handcuffed himself behind his back, repeatedly punched at his face and kicked (without any consequence!!), in his knees and almost stabbed, fought back only using his legs, hurried to rescue Kim Na-na from drowning, heavily panting, tense confrontation with Kim Na-na, brief scuffle, chased and blocked, under gunpoint, identity uncovered by Kim Young-joo; bonus Lee Jin-pyo's: attacked by many armed men and rough fights from previous episode, holding his arm and groaning in pain, laying unconscious into an hospital bed, badly injurerd to his left shoulder and damages to his amputated leg, torn out the IV needle, arm in a sling; bonus Kim Young-joo: frustrated, disarmed and under gunpoint.

.19: under gunpoint from previous episode, identity uncovered by Kim Young-joo, hunted, tense conversation with Kim Young-joo, received upsetting news three times, deeply upset and resentful against his father, not eating and frustrated, snapped at his friend and nervous, fought against multiple armed opponents; bonus Lee Jin-pyo's: confronted by his son and upset, tense confrontation with Kim Young-joo and angry remembering the past, upset for Kim Young-joo's dying in his arms; bonus Kim Young-joo: disarmed and under gunpoint from previous episode, upset and badly scolded by his boss, tense conversation with Lee Yoon-sung, tense confrontation with Lee Jin-pyo, tense and worried, fallen into an ambush and surrounded, furious fights against multiple armed opponents, badly beaten and heavily panting, hit hardly at his head with a metal bar, badly bleeding by his head and collapsed, laying and shaking on the floor, died.

.20: upset for Kim Young-joo's dying in his arms in the previous episode, argued with his father, angry and frustrated, received upsetting news, harsh confrontation with his father and blade pointed at his face, harsh confrontation at Kim Young-joo's funeral and grabbed by his jacket, disappointed, uneasy conversation with his biological father, emotional confrontation with his father, voice craking and tears in his eyes, under gunpoint then pointed his own gun against himself, protected his biological father and shot in the chest by his father, on his knees and collapsed, upset witnessing his father's sacrifice and shooting, shaking and tears rolling down, bloody hand, passed out; bonus Lee Jin-pyo's: tense conversation with Lee Yoon-sung, brief scuffle, confronted by his son and upset, emotional confrontation with his son and under gunpoint, shot in the chest, surrounded and under gunpoint, decided to sacrifice himself to protect his son's identity, shot multiple times and collapsed on the ground, bloody and died.

[srirachaz]

SORRY IF ANYONE ELSE HAS SAID THIS BEFORE BUT CHA MIN FROM "Dreaming of a Freaking Fairytale" IS LITERALLY A PUN

THE NARRATOR REFERS TO HIM AS "PRINCE CHA MIN"

PRINCE CHA(R)MIN(G)

CHA MIN is CHARMING LMFAOOOOOOOOO

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Hierarchy

TV Shows/Dramas watched in 2024

Hierarchy (2024, South Korea)

Director: Bae Hyeon Jin

Writer: Chu Hye Mi

Mini-review:

Oof, what a disappointment. I feel like this wanted to be one of those transgressive teen shows we get in the West, but then it didn't have the guts to go all the way and ended up being like any other kdrama about the rich and the poor. And even then, it's just not good at that either. The writing leaves a lot to be desired, and it gets more boring with every episode. The acting is also all over the place; some of the actors do a solid job, but most of them are mediocre or downright terrible. Tbh, there are two things that save this drama from disaster: firstly, the director adds a lot of style and flair to the proceedings; secondly, sometimes it's fun to see a bunch of super pretty people all together in one place. But still, there are a lot of shows where you can find those things with much better quality. I wouldn't recommend Hierarchy, unless you really love someone in the cast...

[kalena-henden]

Pyo Ye Jin & Lee Jun Young | Dreaming of a Freaking Fairytale 나는 대놓고 신데렐라를 꿈꾼다 (2024)

[kdramaxoxo]

If you dislike me that much, why did you hire me? You're such a weirdo. That's right. I'm a weirdo.

[ateacupdraws]

Is the leader of the F4 and heir of the Shinhwa group actually a shedding baby penguin? Why can't he swim? More at 8

[penfaerie]

Jun Pyo! Figuring out how I wanted to colour the fur was fun!

[danykha]