#Park Min Gook

[stuff-diary]

Family Matters

TV Shows/Dramas watched in 2024

Family Matters (2024, South Korea)

Directors: Kim Gok & Kim Sun

Writer: Kim Jung Min

Mini-review:

Started this because of the cast and... that's basically the main reason why I finished it. The last two episodes were really good but, before that, I spent a lot of time just scratching my head. It felt like the show was simply setting things up for what's to come, so it never gave enough information to properly tie its many plot threads, nor did it follow a clear logic. And it was pretty obvious that a lot of stuff was left on the cutting room floor in order to reduce the initial 8-episode order. Furthermore, its sense of humor was very hit-or-miss; sometimes I laughed out loud and others I was like "wtf". Still, the cast is fantastic, and like I said before, I enjoyed the final episodes a lot, so I would probably come back for a second season of Family Matters.

[youmarin]

"The Smile Has Left Your Eyes" rant.

*Spoilers below*

Gotta get it off my chest. Mostly bc I hurt for Kim Moo Young .

I read the series summary and I was like, "Mmm okaaay there's gonna be trauma here." To be honest I didn't think grandly of him during the first episodes. Actually I didn't know what to think of Kim Moo Young. A very goodlooking mf who's a loner. He grew in an orphanage after the incident and well he seemed to care for the nuns there but that was it. He didn't let anyone close or felt anything for anyone (the closest thing before things developed was that coworker of his but even they didn't appear too close to be called friends? idk).

Until he overheard that conversation between Seung Ah and Jang Woo Sang, he didn't seem to do stuff that would make him go out of his way. He seemed to be looking to entertain himself even at the cost of other people's well being. That was because he normally was numb minded. He didn't understand people's behaviour, like for example, why people "had" to do things they didn't really want to do. So when he taunted Seung Ah (even though it must've been uncomfortable. I felt like that watching it), I thought, "He's being quite an asshole, but maybe that's his way to try and help her step up for herself?". Think about it, things are never as easy as just saying it. She thought she couldn't get herself out of that situation but Moo Young didn't see things like that. He saw things differently. And so he was like, "If you don't wanna do it then don't." Simple as that.

Seung Ah fell for Moo Young because of that. And I don't think she really loved him either. She was clinging to him to escape her own life, one that was mostly decided for her and that she didn't want. (Plus they've "known" each other for like 2 months. C'mon.)

Still at this point, Moo Youngs motivations regarding Seung Ah were obviously messed up. "I wanted to know what drives a rich girl.", the whole bunch of lies, working up people for the fun of it. I wasn't a fan. He really gave an uneasy feeling (and with that face too. I was like, "Damn he's so fine but something's really wrong with him. Can't say I like him but I don't unlike him" lmao). And all that game got two people killed (which of course he didn't plan on it to end like that, and it was her fiancé, speeding and being drunk off his ass that didn't even bother to press the breaks before they crashed. ). But feeling nothing over it? Something's up up there in his head.

Same with Lim Yu Ri. He keeps her from ending her life and she catches feelings (he collects broken girls and broken girls love him 💀). He learns she's on a tough spot with another girl who's extorting her. And he intervenes again and helps someone who's also clearly not in her right mind to commit murder. Moo Young stands and watches. And then goes and cleans it up. ( 🚩❗)

Seung-Ah's and Jeong Mi Yeon's death were not his doing. Directly. But he did stuff that lead to that end. And still, no remorse, no guilt. Nothing. Again, technically he didn't do it so why would he feel those? But well, any other person would, wouldn’t they?

It's understandable and logical for Jin Gook to be a worried brother and not want Jin Kang near him. Oh but wait! Jin Gook might know the guy! From way back when he was a little boy! He's aware of the great possibility that Moo Young might be actually the son of a criminal he accidentally shot to death more than twenty years ago. And that Jin Kang and Moo Young's pasts are linked. But Jin Gook is scared for Jin Kang and more scared for himself to face the past and burst the bubble he's been trying to keep for so long (though it's still eating him alive).

Unfortunately for him, Jin Kang falls in love with Moo Young and for her, Moo Young decides to try an be a good person and stop acting as he had been until then. With her help.

"Promise me you'll be a good person." "Then teach me."

And he starts getting curious again about the past he'd forgotten about thanks to (funny, huh) the car crash he was in with Seung Ah and Jang Woo Sang. And what does Jin Gook decides to do? Stab. the. guy. A police officer. Oh and after calling Moo Young a murderer, a devil and everything he could come up with. Talking big when he had also killed someone (be it an accident, that the person was a murderer and that he might've ended up sentenced with death anyway, it doesn't take away that he killed someone).

And then everyone at the station being normal about it?? "Oh there was no report." Nobody investigated shit. Tak So Jung saw the footage and still did shit about it. But that also lead to Moo Young seeking the doctor (the doctor who let go an amnesic 7 year old boy from a hospital alone to who knows where with nobody to take care of him. Just relying on chance, "Maybe it'll be better". Like some sort of study subject.).

More questions were brought to Moo Young. The only thing the doctor could tell him was that his father fell to his death. But he knew that wasn't it because every time that the memory came he saw and heard a gun fired. So he goes to where they say his father died, finds his house (that scene when he's inside the house and the memories come back full force that he falls to the ground. Ok, kill me now that was so intense.) And he finds out that his girlfriend's brother is his father's killer. Now, how can he tell her that?

He goes back, he's angry, he has to know the rest. He breaks into Jin Gook and Jin Kang's house. Finds an old missing child poster with his picture in it. Then he reaches out for help with Jang Woo Sang's older sister (from the people he got tangled with in the beginning and that Jin Kang had stopped him from getting involved with again. And Jin Kang had told him that those people were capable of anything. Honestly didn't get that woman's deal. She was really a bitch who loved nobody and loved toying with people. Girl, get a life won't you. Mind your business.) He asks for a gun and breaks in again into their house. When Jin Gook arrives he sees Moo Young's shoes in the entryway. And he admits that he shot his father. Moo Young asks why and tells him he ruined his childhood and family. But was he really going to shoot him? I don't know. I really want to believe he wouldn’t shoot him. Because Jin Gook is important to Jin Kang. And I know he said a couple of times "You're just you to me." Which basically I translate to "The hell with your brother." (plus he stabbed him. I have resentment over that lol. Like, what was the reason?).

But I'm glad we didn't see that happen (for Moo Young. The grudge again 💀). Later he finds out that the story he had made around his drawing, the sole clue he was left with for a long time was actually not true. His dad, who he thought had in a moment searched for him, was not a police officer (that was Jin Gook, in fact), it was a murderer. A murderer who killed his mom and two others (when I heard about the other two people that's when I realized, "Ok those are Jin Kang's parents" and the idea that popped into my head when Tak So Jung told Jin Gook "If that's the boy you were searching they can't be together.", that Jin Kang and Moo Young were siblings, was wrong. But they scared me for a sec. with that. I was like, "Hell nah I love SIG but what's up with his dramas always having smthn (the age gaps in Café Minamdang and High School King of Savvy? Mostly the Minamdang one. Don't get me wrong I still loved the shows but there was that fact that eek! Aand now incest? Pls no. And thank GOD it wasn't. Phew 😬😅😂)

Continuing, Moo Young feels disgusted (for someone who barely felt anything now he feels this great love for Jin Kang and is so troubled with all the things he's found out, and the things still left for him to know) and that it now makes sense his way of being. The Dr. tells him his past and his father's doing have nothing to do with him and that he's an example of that.

"You're just you."

The "I love you" text. She knew he was in pain.

"Are you really ok with who I am?" "I want to be born again." 🥺💔

"To be born again you have to live in a warm house. A warm house smells like warm rice."

And when she got burnt and he was so worried and it brought another piece of the puzzle of his memory. He and Jin Kang had been together all along.

(Also that scene of them comparing their scars? I was not okay.💔) "They look like a map. And we followed that map to get here."

But he got it wrong and believed they were siblings (also bc of that lying bitch of Jang Woo Sang's sister. Honestly I didn't think he'd believe her. He always was so "Don't trust people, people are nothing." So clever, used to lie and play around like that that I thought he'll ask for proof or something. But that was how he remembered it and well the bitch hadn't lied to him until that point so oh well) and couldn't tell Jin Kang because he loved her. But not the way a brother loves a sister. And how could he tell her that yes, your dad is the same as mine, a murderer who killed our mom and two more people. And even when he found out that thankfully they were not siblings he still didn't want Jin Gook to tell her anything because still the truth wasn't much better. His father killed her parents.

And then Kim Moo Young commited murder trying to protect Jin Kang when he didn't have to.

"I killed someone when I felt human the most."

Jin Kang unable to believe it and breaking down saying he couldn’t have done it, that he couldn’t even stand seeing a bird or a fish hurt. Because she knew him better than anyone. He truly was sensitive.

How Moo Young hugged Jin Gook (See that? No need for hurting him more, man.) Left him a note. Signed with his real name. 💔

"When I met Jin Kang I was able to breathe again." 😭

And when she pointed a gun to her forehead his façade vanished.

"Go back."

"To where? You've been there from the start."

The fucking ending. She made him admit that he wanted to live right before that mf came in and shot her first, that being the last thing he saw, breaking his heart one last time before he was shot and died too.

How she didn't get to say "I love you" back. He only got to say it while he was dying and she just texted it to him. And it was probably the first time he remembered ever saying it to someone. Like when Jin Kang asked him if he had ever really liked someone and he said, "you."

How in the beginning he was the one who looked over and treasured Jing Kang but no one looked over him for so long until she came around again years later without remembering him and finally showed him love.

(And how it was her voice now that woke him up from the nightmare/memory.)

I hated that they always kept Jin Kang in the dark. Like, tell her something pls. Enlighten the woman too. She died and never got to know the mess that made Moo Young break up with her. She missed so much. Trying to protect her that much ended bad.

How different would've been things maybe if Moo Young also had had someone like Jin Kang did. (?)

If Jin Gook had told them everything!!! Instead of being so against them. Moo Young made mistakes but he then tried (and it really showed in his eyes how he instantly regretted it when Jin Gook treated him like that. Because he wasn't doing it for him, he was doing it for Jin Kang.). And Jin Gook was always like, "You can start afresh" (even though he always carried his grief and regret but still, he tried to believe that but apparently that didn't apply to Moo Young or wtf).

Loved, loved, loved the scene when they first slept together, how full of love and how they couldn't help their laughter because of how happy they were at that momemt. All the times she squished his face. So cute hahah. And when he carried her inside his house. How she helped him make his house a home. He didn't even have a single glass because, what was the need for those things? He's the only one who's ever there.

And that scene when he's looking at the night sky and cries and Jin Kang appears there. "How didn't I know? There are so many beautiful things in the world." And then the shot shows him lying there alone. I don't have a heart anymore, this show stepped on it and shattered it. 💔 It was so sad but such a beautiful scene.

When she told her smthn like, I hope you always have things like plants to water and food you have to eat before it spoils and that those stuff cling to you and all that. For him to keep living and enjoying the simple things. Things that in the end they didn't have the chance to live for. 🥺🥲

Other stuff that ended me:

"You planted love in her heart". "I don't believe it but I hope it's true."

"You protected her with your tiny body." "Now I feel proud of my big, ugly scar." (And this got me thinking how he protected her back then and then she did the same and took the bullet for him. But in the end both got burned and both were shot 💔💔💔)

And the songs "Lost", "Star". Loved them. And "Hidden Memory" (again, that whole scene).

Anyways, great name. I have puffy eyes thanks to this drama. The smile left me eyes.

I'll edit this if something else comes up in my head later but I had to write all these so I can process what I just finished watching yesterday evening.

[dear-indies]

Hello! Good morning or good night, everyone. I need some advice regarding old Korean actors and actresses who can portray a grandpa and a grandma. Could you pretty please help me?

Um Aing-ran (1936) Korean.

Kim Young-ok (1937) Korean.

Kim Yong-rim (1940) Korean.

Kim Hye-ja (1941) Korean.

Kang Boo-ja (1941) Korean.

Na Moon-hee (1941) Korean.

Park Jeong-ja (1942) Korean.

Ban Hyo-jung (1942) Korean.

Sunwoo Yong-nyeo (1945) Korean.

Youn Yuh-jung (1947) Korean.

Jung Jae-soon (1947) Korean.

Lee Hyo-choon (1950) Korean.

Go Doo-shim (!951) Korean.

Yoon Mi-ra (1951) Korean.

Yang Hee-kyung (1954) Korean.

Moon Sook (1954) Korean.

Kim Hae-sook (1955) Korean.

Ye Soo-jung (1955) Korean.

Lee Kyung-jin (1956) Korean.

Kim Bo-yeon (1957) Korean.

Kim Hye-ok (1958) Korean.

Sunwoo Eun-sook (1959) Korean.

Shin Shin-ae (1959) Korean.

Im Ye-jin (1960) Korean.

Cha Hwa-yeon (1960) Korean.

Choi Min-sik (1962) Korean.

and:

Lee Soon-jae (1934) Korean.

Shin Goo (1936) Korean.

Lee Ho-jae (1941) Korean.

Jeon Moo-song (1941) Korean.

Park In-hwan (1945) Korean.

Jang Hang-sun (1947) Korean.

Baek Yoon-sik (1947) Korean.

Lee Jang-hee (1947) Korean.

Jung Dong-hwan (1949) Korean.

Yoon Joo-sang (1949) Korean.

Lee Young-ha (1950) Korean.

Ahn Sung-ki (1952) Korean.

Lee Deok-hwa (1952) Korean.

Jang Gwang (1952) Korean.

Jeon Gook-hwan (1952) Korean.

Lee Kye-in (1952) Korean.

Do Gyeong Lee (1953 Korean.

Moon Sung-keun (1953) Korean.

Kim Chang-wan (1954) Korean.

Gi Ju-bong (1955) Korean.

Park Jin-yeong (1955) Korean.

Shin Cheol-jin (1956) Korean.

Yoo Dong-geun (1956) Korean.

Choi Jung-woo (1957) Korean.

Kim Kap-soo (1957) Korean.

Song Seung-hwan (1957) Korean.

Park Sang-won (1959) Korean.

Kim Yon-ja (1959) Korean.

Lee Geung-young (1960) Korean.

Chun Ho-jin (1960) Korean.

Kim Byeong-ok (1960) Korean.

I hope this helps! ✨

[olivierdemangeon]

EMERGENCY DECLARATION (2022) ★★★★☆

EMERGENCY DECLARATION (2022) ★★★★☆

[junkobato]

Upcoming Kdrama May 2021

1/5: Bossam: steal the fate with Jung Il Woo, Kwon Yuri. 16 episodes; historical, romance

3/5: Youth of May starring Lee Do Hyun, Go Min Si. 12 episodes; period, youth, romance

7/5: Imitation with Jung Ji So, Lee Joon Young. 12 episodes; music, rom-com.

8/5: Mine with Lee Bo Young, Kim Seo Hyung. 16 episodes; mystery, thriller.

10/5: Doom at your service with Park Bo Young, Seo In Guk, Lee Soo Hyuk. 16 episodes; fantasy, romance.

26/5: My Roommate is a Gumiho with Hyeri, Jang Ki Yong. 16 episodes; Fantasy, rom-com.

*REBLOG FOR UPDATES! 😊*

[eegyo]

Dear 2021 kdrama writers,

Who hurt you so bad? Why you got to do us like that? We already had to live through covid - why you gotta make us cry some more?!

[oh-kdramareview]

i love how this drama portrayed every character’s emotions and how their relationships got stirred up because of the arising conflicts

the best character development goes to Dr. Sul even though i hate her a bit. hehe

[k-star-holic]

Han Suk-kyu, Last Surgical Mask in Danger to Hit Wildfires ⁇ Disappearing Without Evacuation ⁇ Master Kim3 ⁇

[langblrtr]

Essential Korean Phrases

해요 - haeyo | does

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환영해요 - hwan-yeonghaeyo | welcome

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부탁합니다 - butaghabnid | please (polite)

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미안해요 - mianhaeyo | sorry

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오케이 - okei | okay

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고마워요 - gomawoyo | thanks

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합시다! - habsida | let's do it!

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건배! - geonbae | cheers!

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어떻게 - eotteohge | how

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지내요 - jinaeyo | lives (goes through life)

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요즘 - yojeum | recently; nowadays

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요즘 어떻게 지내요? - yojeum eotteohge jinaeyo? | how are you doing?

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나 - na | I

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당신 - dangsin | you (singular)

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정말 - jeongmal | very; really; just

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잘 - jal | well

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~은 (~는) - eun/neun | topic particle

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나는 정말 잘 지내요 - naneun jeongmal jal jinaeyo | I'm very well

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뭐 (무슨) - mwo (museun) | what

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이름 - ileum | name

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내 - nae | my

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당신의 - dangsin-ui | your

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~이에요 (~예요) - iyeyo/ yeyo | am; is; are

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당신의 이름은 뭐예요? - dangsin-ui ileum-eun mwoyeyo | what's your name?

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내 이름은 ~예요 - nae ileumeun__yeyo | my name is ...

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무슨 일이에요? - museun il-ieyo | what's up?

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나중에 - najunge | later

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봐요 - bwayo | sees; looks; watches

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나중에 봐요 - najung-e bwayo | see you later

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나쁜 - nappeun | bad

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좋은 - joh-eun | good; nice; fine

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아침 - achim | morning

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좋은 아침이에요 - joh-eun achim-ieyo |good morning

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밤 - bam | night

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보내요 - bonaeyo | spends (time)

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좋은 밤 보내요 - joh-eun bam bonaeyo | good night

​https://betlbyrm.wixsite.com/langblrtrkorece/essential-korean-phrases

[srirachaz]

look i know it’s been five entire years since strong woman do bong soon came out but i will NEVER get over this show

-ahn min hyuk is the damsel in distress, and when he’s the hero, do bong soon doesn’t usually even need saving

-do bong soon is both feminine and strong, a rare combination. we love do bong soon

-top. tier. acting. i loved park bo young in abyss (my first ever kdrama!) and in doom at your service. her facial expressions and delivery are just amazing. and park hyung sik? he does such a good job of playing a pathetic ceo. kudos. the supporting cast is also fantastic with stellar acting

-technically this isn’t a good thing, but i love how goofy and low-budget the sfx are. it’s so fake but it ties so well to it being a comedy that it worked out perfectly

-the fucking hoverboard kills me every time i see it i love it

-in gook du and ahn min hyuk are both so pathetic. i love them. your honor those are my emotional support dumbasses. i love stupid men

-edit to add: THE WAY THEYVE MADE THIS LOVE TRIANGLE LMFAO. in ep 6 when igd thinks that amh is in love with dbs, amh knows that dbs in in love with igd, and dbs thinks that amh is in love with idg LMFAO THIS DRAMA WOULDVE BEEN SO FUNNY IF THEY WENT POLYAMOROUS

[survivalistghost]

top 10 kdrama bromances to feed your empty heart

if you scroll through my page, you can already guess number 1.

#10 - our beloved summer : choi ung and kim ji ung

beautiful beautiful men choi woo shik and kim sung cheol played ung bros for life in this beautiful beautiful drama. one of the best handled love triangles ive seen. they were there for each other through thick and thin, and helped each other through sm. best. on the tenth spot because they could've expanded on it more :(

#9 - what's wrong with secretary kim? : lee young joon and park yoo sik

i could never make it through the series. i left it behind on ep9/10 i think, and primarily because i physically cannot digest how emotionless park min young is. BUT, kudos to the hilarious office best bromance by the great park seo joon and kang ki young. ps - why is kang ki young the pankaj tripathi of korean dramas?

#8 - strong girl do bong soon : ahn min hyuk and in gook du

can we ever forget the legendary wink? or the dream where min hyuk is dressed as a woman? i think not. this was more of a frenemy type bromance, united by their love for bong soon and ironically divided by it, too. i refuse to acknowledge this as a love triangle tho. bong soon was astronomical in not hurting gook du and i will not take any criticism. is it a bromance if one of them is pretending to be gay? (and no, we will not discuss any sort of iTs pRoBLeMaTiC debates here.)

#7 - tale of the nine tailed : lee yeon and koo shin ju

don't come at me with the lee rang comments. rang was his half brother, related by blood. their relationship was top tier, but the stay at home husband yeon and working husband shin ju was too cute to not be classified as a bromance. in the beginning, i saw their relationship as shin ju serving yeon, a dynamic that they both seemed to embody. but as the show progresses, yeon baby we know you love shin ju just as much :*

#6 - alchemy of souls : jang uk and seo yul

song joon ki seems to have an attachment to bromances. han seo had the best character arc of the ENTIRE kdrama universe fight me. that court scene where vincenzo pats han seo's cheek was max bro cuteness. still not over his death. he deserved better.

#5 - vincenzo : vincenzo cassano and jang han seo

even though i didn't very much like the show's first couple, bromance delivered well. hospital scene peaked, complete true beauty sameness. it was pretty hard to understand who was the superior officer in this tbh initially, since their comraderie was so cool, shi jin was kid to soldier in a split second. loved how they chose not to unnecessarily exaggerate the love triangle initially bec i was only rooting for the second couple.

#4 - descendants of the sun : yoo shi jin and seo dae young

business proposal was the first kdrama i saw. i finished it in a three day trip, and i remember thinking more about the bromance than the romance. i was NOT used to the clumsiness of kdramas in general, like wattpad fics incarnated. the bromance delivered well, made me root for the second couple, and was the only initial indicator of kang tae moo being human instead of archaeopteryx. that word was a nightmare to spell.

#3 - business proposal : kang tae moo and cha sung hoon

the most wolfstar bromance if I ever saw one. and NO, i do not ship wolfstar just like i do not ship these two. they are totally adorable, and specially since their personalities seemed to switch from when they were children. yeong turned all serious face and lee gon got fun. love their years of friendship sm, their wordless communication and yeong in general. the acting was amazing.

#2 - the king - eternal monarch : lee gon and jo yeong

#1 - guardian - the lonely and great god : kim shin aka goblin and wang yeo aka grim reaper

yes, i know I'm missing a lot of iconic ones. unfortunately, i haven't seen alot of kdramas and have left alot in bw (like true beauty bec i couldn't see second lead hurt).

spring onion slays ^

told ya, if u follow me u already knew what the first one was gonna be. being the simp i am for the goblin and grim reaper, these two achieved the max points for their bromance. that slow dynamic of goblin calling reaper's hat tacky to fighting with knives to that iconic 'saranghae' to 'HOW DARE YOU' to goblin boiling eggs with his powers while reaper chills the beer. they know each other so well. love love love them and you should too 🔪

in my heart, the trio of our boys beats nothing (except for the gookdu-minhyuk relationship of the crown prince and uk). but instead of choosing the frenemy thing, i decided to love yul and uk more. yul was such a quiet character, with incredible potential in him for me to hate him, but then...(the guy is literally too sweet and beautiful and nice i can ramble for days). and uk, man, our power baby who loves every version of our beautiful but slow girl, needed so much emotional support. uk and yul were not afraid to show their affection for each other, a trait i admired in all the three boys (jang uk, seo yul and park dang gu).

[paperstarz]

Minhyuk being a total prince as per usual

[kdramasicons]

Strong Woman Do-Bong Soon matching icons!

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[herlightbearer]

Badass Trio

[racewingz]

In Depth Kdrama Review: Strong Woman Do Bong Soon (Spoilers)(Nearly Complete)

My Rating: 🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟

Genre: Romantic Comedy / Action / Fantasy / Thriller / Crime

Starring: Park Bo-Young (Do Bong Soon), Park Hyung-Sik (Ahn Min Hyeok), Ji-Soo (In Gook Doo)

In my opinion, this drama is an absolute masterpiece. I think it’s the funniest kdrama I’ve seen yet, I’m fully obsessed with it. Honestly had such a laugh watching this, it was incredibly fun to watch. Of all the romantic comedies I’ve seen so far, it was definitely one of few that actually fits properly into that category. I absolutely love the combination of a complicated love story, a tale of someone with a great power and also one of 2 great mysteries that need dealing with. I like the fact that there’s a lot going on; like at the same time, they’re dealing with the complicated romance triangle while finding out who keeps threatening Min Hyeok, while also trying to learn more about the random murder and kidnappings of young women in the area. I love that they represent the different links between each character really well and how the actions of Bong Soon (typically) can change the dynamic between other characters. I think my favourite examples of this is the change from pure jealousy to supportive of Min Hyeok and Gook Doo and the change from Soo Tak wanting the end of Bong Soon and Min Hyeok (through his brothers instruction) to them all being very close (relatively).

Park Bo-Young does such an amazing job as Bong Soon. Bong Soon has her own quirky personality, sticks to her goals but at the same time has the confidence and the drive to help others. Although she has been given the power of strength, she always has the mindset of wanting to do good with them, even if at times she wished that she didn’t have them at all. Bo-Young makes that very clear through the acting of the character. Bong Soon is so cute, when they say small but mighty, with Bong Soon they are not joking. She is not afraid to stand up to what’s right and help out, using her strength for the best. I loved the plot point with the bomb on the top of the AINSoft building, it was quite an interesting way to validate getting her power back, and really showed how through a small space of time, the relationship between her and Min Hyeok had changed so much. It was also one of the events that really showed her human side and this was represented incredibly well.

Park Hyung-Sik also did an incredible job as Min Hyeok. From the very start he was clearly that stereotypical rich young business owner. At first I didn’t understand the whole thing around them telling people that Min Hyeok is gay and not wanting to cause a scandal so he could have almost an excuse to hire her rather than a male body guard who wouldn’t have her level of strength. If they hired her without that kind of excuse, others would get suspicious as to why a female was hired (which in reality was her strength but others wouldn’t know that). He does give out a lot of subtle hints at the beginning about liking her, like some of the smiles, and the time they take together. It gets more and more telling as time progresses that he isn’t really gay. When they do officially get together, it’s very sweet. Hyung-Sik did a very good job portraying the change in Min Hyeok as Bong Soon’s feelings for him grow. 

I feel like I need to mention Gristle, I love him so freaking much!! The way he reacts to Bong Soon is always funny, and especially certain time, like ever time she teaches him a lesson (like trapping him with the table and the silverware bracelets) and also hsi reaction after she had lost her powers when he had tried to show her off to Min Hyeok and Secretary Gong was hilarous! His character generally is so cool. I’d only ever seen Kim Won-Hae in ‘While You Were Sleeping’ before in this and gosh my respect is through the roof. I love that he plays both Gristle and Kwang Bok, and think having him play both characters added another level of comedy to the story. Gristle is so dramatic and Kwang Bok is not so far off too. Each way, Won Hae did a spectacular job.

The last episode seems like such a great way to wrap it up. Now that they’d brought an end to the kidnapper and made the streets safe again, they had the space to enjoy their lives together. Min Hyeok managed to bring Bong Soon’s dad home, making it possible for him to propose to Bong Soon and eventually marry her. Their relationship really progressed towards the end of the drama and it was really sweet to see the development. Their wedding is very sweet and its great to see all the characters happy together. Of course Gristle made it 10x as funny. It was sweet to see Bong Soon and Min Hyeok as the couple they were destined to be, and overjoyed to be newlyweds. One of the funniest parts of the series in my opinion, the Buddha smirking at Bong Soon’s Mum’s prayer for Bong Soon to conceive a boy, for her then to give birth to twin girls, who then cause great trouble and pain to everyone who tries to look after them, as they both have the same strength passed down to Bong Soon by her own mother. It was also good to see Bond Soon fully using her powers for good, by constantly helping others, although it would probably be wise for her to take some time out to look after her girls, and it would certainly mean that Min Hyeok would be injured less by his own princesses. 

This drama is great for people who like to see a love story unfold but also love an element of mystery, a bunch of action and a bucket load of laughs.