#Little Forest

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I saw this and thought of mountain girl and doctor’s son au!!!!!

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LITTLE FOREST ‘리틀 포레스트’ dir. Yim Soon-rye

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리틀 포레스트 / Little Forest (2018) dir. Yim Soon-rye

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Custom Sanrio Build a Bears: Little Forest, Cookie Cinna, Cherry, and Berry

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LITTLE FOREST ‘리틀 포레스트’ dir. Yim Soon-rye

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POTW #100: All-Time Favorite Korean Actor/Actress (as voted by our members and followers) 

#1 KIM TAE RI 김태리 - The Handmaiden (2016) | Little Forest (2018) | Twenty Five Twenty One (2022) | Revenant (2023) | Jeongnyeon: The Star is Born (2024)

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LITTLE FOREST (2018), dir Yim Soon-rye

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리틀 포레스트 (Little Forest)

— 2018, dir. Yim Soon-rye

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FOOD IN KOREAN DRAMAS AND FILMS: LITTLE WOMEN (2022) / LITTLE FOREST (2018) / DESTINED WITH YOU (2023) / EXTRAORDINARY ATTORNEY WOO (2022) / VINCENZO (2021) / PARASITE (2019)

— ✧:･ﾟHAPPIEST OF BIRTHDAYS TO SARA (@sjoongki​​):･ﾟ✧ —

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리틀 포레스트 — (Little Forest, 2018) dir. Yim Soon-rye

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A friend should take my side and pat my back. LITTLE FOREST 리틀 포레스트 (2018) dir. Im Soon Rye

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For Mom, nature, cooking, and her love for me have been her little forest. I should find my own little forest. Little Forest (2018)

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Mountain Girl and Doctor’s son AU

A while back, I came across a piece of art on my Twitter feed that inspired me to make a tweet about it (which surprisingly blew up, lol). In the tweet, I mentioned an idea for a Doctor’s Son and Mountain Girl AU where he gets her pregnant, and the story is just them living a quiet, peaceful life in the mountains. Nothing dramatic, just wholesome vibes.

Since then, I’ve been chatting about it with a friend on Discord, and I even watched this drama called Pachinko. It’s been giving me so much inspiration because it captures a lot of the elements I want to explore, or at least hint at the kind of themes I’m aiming for.

So, this is how it goes, taking, as i’ve said, some things of the drama and adjusted it to be chill and wholesome :D

I’ve been thinking about this idea where I take inspiration from something like the Japanese occupation of Korea, like in Pachinko, but I decided to twist it and make it Marley’s occupation of Paradis instead. (I want to make it clear here that I'm not aiming for a completely faithful representation of this delicate moment in history. Instead, I’m using it as inspiration for a story, much like how many stories draw from historical events.)

In this fic, Grisha is a Marleyan doctor who moved to Paradis for work. He marries his second wife and, eventually, they have Eren. Eren grows up surrounded by his father’s Marleyan teachings and becomes a doctor like Grisha. However, Eren’s training and experience are rooted more in Marley than Paradis, giving him a unique perspective on medicine and life.

Years earlier, while Grisha was researching something in the mountains of Paradis, he met Mikasa’s parents, people who had lived there for generations. Grisha formed a strong connection with them, and their relationship grew over time. Mikasa’s parents, while not directly involved in the events of Marley’s occupation, are well aware of the tensions between the two nations and are cautious but welcoming to Grisha, as he represents a different side of the conflict.

Fast forward to a few years later: Eren, now an experienced doctor in his own right, returns to the mountains of Paradis for a visit. He’s been living in Marley for most of his life, but this time, he’s back to Paradis for some bacteriological research (I think it will be cholera). He's aware of Grisha’s friendship with some villagers there, so he decides to stay with them as long as he researches last.

It’s during this visit that Eren and Mikasa finally cross paths. Mikasa, much younger than Eren, has spent her entire life in the quiet isolation of the mountains. She knows nothing about the outside world. Her world has been shaped by the simplicity of nature and the rhythms of rural life.

Eren, on the other hand, is a product of a world far removed from the peaceful mountains. His life has been filled with the hustle and bustle of Marley, his experiences shaped by his medical career and the tensions between the nations. When he meets Mikasa, he is struck by her innocence and the calm, grounded way she carries herself. He can’t help but wonder what it would be like to live in a world as untouched by conflict as hers.

Of course, they fall for each other. Eren is respectful and curious about Mikasa, while she’s shy, unaccustomed to being around handsome men with such a modern aura. They fall in love, share playful escapades in the forest, and eventually, Mikasa becomes pregnant. True to his character, Eren marries her as a man of respect and that’s all lol.

So, here is an art that I LOVE and kinda illustrate what I want to portray:

Oh! And I have a name for it already: Little Forest.

Any thoughts? :D

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LITTLE FOREST (2018) dir. Yim Soon-rye

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kim tae ri behind the scenes of little forest (2018)

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Cherry Blossoms in Japanese Cinema

1. Our Little Sister (2015)

2. Still Walking (2008)

3. Little Forest: Winter/Spring (2015)

4. Sweet Bean (2015)

5. Dolls (2002)

6. April Story (1998)

7. Close-Knit (2017)