#Second lead couple

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Lee Yeong Hwa x Seo Dan Ah

08.27.2022

[dramafantiny]

Cho Won & Do Yun| Tell Me How To Feel (1x12)

[skyasma]

Seems like the writer never met a Flight Steward before or just didn't bother to research their profession.

Certain jobs literally change the person and how they portray themselves out there. Their lifestyle, body language, personality, and many more aspects of their life have to be aligned with their jobs. Armed forces, airline services, and fashion models are such jobs, to name a few.

Their arduous training and jobs set them apart.

Shin Na Eun, her friend, was completely the opposite of what one would expect an air hostess to be. Way too timid, easy to be startled, loud, and not at all a person who has travelled a lot and seen the world.

I understand Kim Ji Hoon's character is supposed to leave people surprised, as he is too hot to be a CEO. But the lady we have here, should have seen such handsome faces day in and out. That over-the-top smitten reaction of hers felt so out of place. Girl! Have you not seen those hot male Stewards? Or those prim and proper pilots? What about airport crushes? I'm not objectifying people working in the airline industry, but this person should have seen a fair bunch of handsome and pretty people, given her background. Her job doesn't allow her luxury to get flustered so easily. Sitting there, with her tongue tied was a big no.

Her financial struggles were also hard to digest.

Well, I think I have to pardon this silly small detail, when we have a bigger issue to cry about. A very sad, lacking second-lead love story.

How could you commit such a sin?!

You had Kim freaking Ji Hoon with his luscious hair...you just wasted him sharing so many scenes with that yesteryear's star. They made Ji Hoon and Won Hee meet so damn late...!! Where is their meet-cute?! They totally deserved one.

Why would you deprive the audience of a richer second-lead love story, when your main leads were surely struggling to keep the story afloat? Why?

[chirpsythismorning]

Fun fact: In the original pitch for Stranger Things, El had a little brother.

After being rejected by almost 20 studios for the Montauk pilot, the Duffers were finally green-lit by Netflix. It was at this time that they began casting and then writing the first season officially, which included reworking a lot of that first episode.

This led to the removal of the brother reference, and with it, removing any sort of arc El could have had about her apparent brother.

But the thing about this moment, is that it might not have been scrapped entirely...

Going into the final season, no one can explain why or how El recognized Will back in 1x02. And while there are plenty of things on the show that are left unexplained, with a small portion likely left that way with the intention to uncover it later, what sets this moment apart from the rest is that there are very few possibilities here.

Because for starters, the story presents El's ability to see people in the void in s1 as requiring either a picture of that person for reference, or having met that person before.

But when El see's this picture of Will, she's never met him before. Or maybe she has, but we wouldn't know because they never showed us. They could have just not done this scene at all, given that it's clearly a copy/paste/edit of something scrapped from the pitch. Or they could have even still included it, but explained it.

One explanation could be that the lab had shown El a picture of Will before, similar to what they did with the Russian agent they wanted to spy on. But then that begs to question, why would the lab show El a picture of Will? Why would they want to see what he was doing? That alone is incriminating in and of itself, implying that Will is more connected to the lab than we realize.

The only other, and frankly most likely explanation, would be that El stumbled across Will at some point on her journey between escaping the lab and Will going missing. This is actually something that happens in The Other Side comic, which explores all the things Will may have experienced during his time in the Upside Down.

Though it’s worth noting the comics aren’t technically canon, and I highly doubt they would outright spoil everything in relation to Will’s time there, years before it was intended to be revealed. But still, let's humor this for a moment given that I do think Will's time in the UD is going to be very relevant in s5, which means it's highly likely they will finally address how exactly El saw him.

Basically, in the comic, Will see’s El walking through the woods, almost apparition like, glowing as she passes by, while also sporting the Benny’s burgers shirt. This means they would have crossed passed within a short span of time, between when El escaped Benny’s when the agents arrived, but before she was found by the boys.

Though it’s worth noting that we’re seeing this all from Will’s perspective. This means from the UD, Will was capable of seeing El on the other side, despite them being on different sides. And not only that, but she also looks back at him.

What confuses me about this, is that it doesn’t make sense for El to be in the woods, only to randomly decide to pop in to the void for a moment. She was trying to escape the lab and everything that came with it. I doubt she had any desire to lurk back there for some reason, not until someone encouraged her to. Not to mention, it would make no sense for her to go there and see Will if she wasn't even looking for him in the first place. And so this would mean Will and El could see each other, with Will being in the UD, and El being on the other side.

While it does seem pretty far off, given that you would think Will and El wouldn't be able to see each other from different sides, it is true in the story that El not only recognizes Will, but knows that he is in danger. She mentions that he is hiding specifically.

Which means she has likely seen him within the last 24 hours regardless.

This, in combination with Will being able to respond to El in the void at the end of the season in Castle Byers, when no one else outside of Terry and flayed-Billy have been able to, seems to imply that there is indeed something special about Will that makes him capable of communicating with El from the UD. Not only that, but El also seems to have an ability to be in this constant knowing state of how Will is doing, without even checking again to confirm. She's just certain of it. And she seems terrified about it.

Going forward, El never uses a picture of Will to find him. She never did. And more often than not, they don’t show us what she see’s either, not until the very end. And that’s the moment they reveal that he was able to communicate with her.

Again, there was really no reason to have El recognize Will. If anything it complicates things. But the fact that they chose to introduce this concept, with a scene from the original pitch that was related to El’s younger brother, with her pointing at his name cryptically, startling Benny, only to revamp it and have El not say anything at all while pointing at the picture of Will, startling Mike… It just really makes you stop and think.

Which brings me to the other aspect of this that might have people doubting, which is that El’s brother was originally younger than her.

We know Will is not younger than El, so how could this apply to him?

Well, it might be helpful to consider that in the original script, El was actually 10 years old, while the boys were always 12. Meaning that for some reason, they decided to age her up to the age of the boys, aka the same age as Will…

Ever since @erikiara80 shared this brother discovery with me, I have been sort of reeling. It then led to other little discoveries of changes they made between Montauk and Stranger Things.

It’s important to understand that the Montauk bible and the original script precedes what we ended up with in the final product, with it finally changing and evolving months, maybe even a year since that original vision. Even casting occurred before writing started for the first season. We know this because casting announcements were made in June and August of 2015, with writing not starting until August going into early 2016, simultaneously while they were filming.

And believe it or not, what I've discovered is that a lot of the changes they made between their original plans and what we see in the final product, have to do with not only Willel, but also Byler.

If you've read the original script for Montauk, you'll know that Mike's crush on Jennifer Hayes was focused on right from the jump, along with the birthmark on his face being focused on, which was the main cause of the bullying he experienced.

This has actually been talked about recently, and some of the claims people make do fit with what I am genuinely starting to consider here, which is that the initial plan for what makes Mike an outcast shifted.

I think when they completed casting, and started actually deep diving into what they wanted this world to look like, both from a short-term and long-term standpoint, they were presented with some pretty interesting discoveries, arguably already hiding in their initial plans without realizing it.

And this is where it sort of becomes a 'chicken or the egg' situation. Because which one came first? Byler or Willel?

I can't say for certain, because obviously this is all just speculation. But in the case that Willel came first, I think Byler would come very naturally after that.

The Duffers themselves are twins. Then they hire Noah, who is a twin. Then they're thinking and planning for El's past and how her family all fits into this, and they're thinking... wait a damn minute... We could totally Star Wars this bitch!

And then when they think it couldn't get any better, they uncover another layer that they hadn't planned or really considered in their initial plans.

While Will was always going to have sexual identity issues according to the Montauk bible, meaning that the writing process for him likely involved sitting down imagining scenarios that encapsulated this arc for Will from the beginning, they were simultaneously now finding very interesting aspects of Mike's character that made it hard not to at least consider the possiblity that Mike is not exactly straight.

Just think about it. The Byers and Wheelers are basically polar opposites on the spectrum of what a family looks like. While Will's discovery and acceptance of his queerness is interesting to explore because he comes from a low-income, single-mom household, all while having been bullied for years based on his perceived queerness, he also has a mother and brother constantly reinforcing that they will accept him no matter what. They've been sort of hitting us over the head with it for years, and so it wouldn't be very satisfying for his entire arc to merely lead up to something we've known all along. It's pretty much a given at this point.

On the other side of the spectrum, Mike comes from a more upper-middle class family at the end of a cul-de-sac, more aligned with what a nuclear family looks like. Mike's family is also presented as being more conservative, and while Karen does give that very queer-coded speech to Mike in s1 (I'm convinced they only wrote this after deciding to explore queer-coding more heavily with Mike), it also comes with comments from Ted and even still Karen that hint that they are probably not as open-minded and accepting as Will's family is to him. Which means Mike's arc would be a lot more about acceptance around him from his loved ones who we have been led to believe might not be as accepting of his queerness in contrast to Will.

And so as they're putting this story together, and they're being presented with something very interesting. Two similar experiences that play out in different ways because of the characters circumstances.

Will goes missing, and his twin sister with a buzzcut pops up and has the ability to help them find Will.

This leads to several moments where El is being compared to as not only a boy, but Will as well.

Now suddenly, their initial plans to have Mike's arc be about having a girl be interested in him and to hopefully have his first kiss and feel like less of a loser, starts to look a lot like what the experience a queer kid in his position might encounter growing up in the environment that he did.

And if you don't want to take my word for it, just hear the Duffer's themselves hinting at what they initially planned for Mike and the fact that it changed.

The changes don't stop there.

Believe it or not, 'It was a seven', did not exist in the initial pitch. When the boys went outside bickering over Nancy, they leave right after that.

Another thing that changed from the first script, was Scott Clarke's introduction:

And so you might be thinking, who cares? What does that have to do with anything?

Well, it's interesting because the line we end up with on the show is arguably one of the most on the nose Twelvegate proofs to date. Mind you, this is from the first episode:

Why chuck the original version, which was arguably more interesting and fascinating in terms of it hinting at the mysteriousness surrounding this story, only to replace it with him listing off tips about their upcoming test?

Well, I think it's the irony of it all. Here Mr. Clarke is practically telling us where to look to figure stuff out for ourselves what is going on, with all the kids filing out and ignoring him...

I relate to Scott a litttle too much in this shot here, any time I try to drop Willel evidence.

And the changes go on, as they obviously would.

Things like Terry Ives not even being El's mom, but actually a man who more so aligns with the characterization of Murray.

And one very interesting one I almost overlooked was in Hopper's introduction, where instead of a kids drawing done by who we assume to be Sarah, we actually see a picture on the wall of him and his wife and daughter... Interesting that they decided to switch it something that is a lot less definitive in presenting what Hopper's past looked like...

If you've made it this far, congratulations.

If you still think I'm out of my mind, just remember that El was going to have a brother in the original script, but they scrapped the scene and gave a near identical one to introduce her connection to Will instead 😘

[spideysatan]

two things about it that im sligtly disappointed: there were not enough happy polin, sorry if you disagree but like. it felt like there were more happy anthony/kate and the mondrichs being happy then the main couple?

also. the whistledown thing.... how is that going to work in the future? is she to become just a reporter of balls and gowns? i dont really get yet how they are going to play this out?

[heretherebedork]

... Second couple? Second couple?! Nerd and bully!? Main character forcing the bully to become a better person on all counts when the nerd already defends him!? Please. @absolutebl are these crumbs or am I just out of my mind?

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Nathan and Ruben share a bond more powerful than most; mutual understanding through past experiences no one should ever have to go through, and through past actions so horrible they cannot be spoken of. Their grief and the blood on their hands binds them to the STEM technology they created, which has alienated them from the rest of the world— but they give each other the comfort they have both longed for so desperately for years, and that is all they need. They are each other's counterpart; you cannot imagine one without the other, like two sides of the same coin. Through their pain, their grief, their desire, and their regret, they have become one.

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[lemonfreshlysqueezed]

You can not convince me that these two are not Vegas and Pete in another universe

[contrappostoes]

wait look at my functional subway station though

[thescrumptiousstuffs]

Oh these 2 are so cute together - AlanJeff

Pit Babe Episode 11

[quodekash]

I suffer from side couple syndrome at a level that is more severe than literally anyone I know

and the reason I’m so excited for we are is because there are THREE side couples, and all of them are the actors for the three main side couples that BRUTALLY murdered me this year: winnysatang, aouboom, and marcwin (aka soundwin, jengpok, and guynawa)

it’s the boss fight. my side couple syndrome vs all three of them in one series and none of them are the main couple. and there’s no way I’m winning that battle. it will squash me like a grape, destroy every fibre of my being, and pummel me so hard I’ll smash through the ground and fall into the underworld.

and im going to enjoy every minute of it.

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Kang Hyun Min x Park Hye Ji 

07.03.2022 

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desperately need david jenkins to explain what the hell he is going for with jim and olu this season bc it makes no damn sense to me

[desire-for-madness]

A lot of drama's love triangles are:

Main lead: someone who can't live without you.

Second lead: someone who will burn the world just for you.

First lead's are almost always a "soulmate/fated" ideology, where they won't ever be whole unless with the FL. It's like they're together because they just don't have a reason not to be. But very often I much prefer the ideology of the second male lead, someone who chose you. Who grew to love you and your imperfections, and through that would be willing to fight for you. Instead of "you're the only one (who understands me/who can fix me)" it's a "there are many great people, but I want you".

Just you.

[monstersmutpeddler]

Ragoru

By: S.J. Sanders

Monster Scale

Level 04: Actual Monster (Physically)

Werewolf men with four arms, eyes, and two dicks.

My Overall Rating For The Book

"I Bought The Book/Series And Want Them Signed Please Holy Shit"

The Ragoru stories continue with a super, super prequel! Hundreds of years in the past from Red (the first story in the series). Humanity has just started loosing access to their technology, but our leading lady is on a mission to help a far off mining town with a mysterious monster problem. On the way she's found by a lone Ragoru, then two more follow along. Adventures ensue.

Keep reading for ‘This Book Has Everything’ and possible Trigger Warnings.

This Book Series Has Everything

[x] Touch them and I’ll kill you vibes

[x] Main character that you want to smack for making some DUMBASS decisions

[x] Big buff love interest

[x] Miscommunication happens between leads at some point

[x] Plot first smut second

[x] Love interest goes on a rampage when main character is either hurt or kidnapped

[x] Girl ends the book pregnant or is pregnant

[x] Reverse Harem or Poly

[x] Couple bonds in a Bear Grylls survival situation

[x] Dude got an interesting dick

There's two!

[x] We’re escaping from the bad guys' prison/lab/etc.

Not really the bad guys, but the Ragoru do get out of a spaceship.

[x] Main character and love interest talk about their problems or tragic pasts and heal together

[x] There is something wrong with the current female population, hence humans

[x] Open communication

[x] The couple has equal power in the relationship

[x] Friends to lovers

[x] Lead or love interest gets injured and the lead or love interests drop everything to take care of them

[x] Happy Ending Guaranteed

[x] Super scary/dangerous but very gentle and sweet with the one they love

Here’s a link/buy the book!

Trigger Warnings

[x] Loss of a loved one

[heretherebedork]

I already have second lead syndrome. I love this little coffee guy and the way they stare at each other and I love how they obviously know each other and it's darling and why, why is it always in Korea @absolutebl what do their second leads have that get me so hard?

On the other hand, I suppose giving him to the restaurant worker also works. Ooo, a Korean BL with double sunshine/tsundere pairings and one is stranger/one-sided enemies and the other is just regular enemies but they're also all adults? I love it here.

At least my second lead syndrome can turn into my more typical second couple obsession. Good to see that!