#Start up kdrama

[dramashii]

I want to be the person that comes to mind when life gets tough.

Start Up (2020)

[fredmundo]

oh heck no. "why are you so nosy?" sir she's being helpful! Han Ji-Pyeong can be so mean oh my worddddd

[spellmansabrna]

i’m rewatching start up and it was painfully obvious that dosan and dalmi were endgame. you can’t just play future by red velvet, all while leading up to showing dosan, and not have these two end up together. ifykyk.

ANYWAYS, it’ll be nice to actually enjoy this drama again w/o the ship war drama and the babying of ji-pyeong …which don’t get me wrong, i love him and he’s a great character, but the fandom always made it so hard to enjoy his character while vilifying dosan.

[chungledown-bimothy]

local venture capitalist surrounded by absolute messes with no idea what they're doing, is morally obligated to do everything in his power to help them succeed

[thebyunhip]

Start Up ~ Second Watch

So I started to rewatch Start Up because I’m sort of depressed and don’t want to watch anything that I don’t really know the end of, so Start Up it is (I was going to watch season two of Alchemy of Souls once again, but I thought that 3 times in the same month would be a little too much and my mental illness would show too much). 

Anyway, here’s how 26 year old Sara feels about it. 

I’m still on Team Do San. I used to think that he was this sort of almost perfect male character, at least in kdramas. I no longer think that way, I can see his flaws. However I still think that he was the best match for Dal Mi. I think that people didn’t really get Do San’s “I wanna be your dream” line to Dal Mi and people often think that it’s something that is not. To me it’s like Dal Mi helped him understand what was his dream and in exchange he wanted to be that for her as well and build that with her.

Dal Mi, much like in the first watch but this time around a little more, still infuriates me. She’s so clueless, not just her in job at first, but she really tried hard and did her best to learn and eventually she did a really good job. She’s clueless in the sense that she never, not even once until it was too late, realized that something was off, that there was this tension between Do San and Ji Pyeong. Most of the time o feel as if she just turned a blind eye to it. 

Ji Pyeong... I don’t think so badly of him during this second watch. He isn’t as bad as I thought, however he is no angel. My biggest criticism of him was that he could be honest with Samsan Tech without trying to crush them in the process. Rewatching it, it felt as if he took pleasure in saying those things to 3San. He always had this sort of smirk on his face. While he was that crude to 3San and everyone else, including  Yong San’s brother, he found a way to say the truth to Dal Mi while still being respectful of her feelings. So I feel as if he could have shown the same courtesy to 3San. Also he wasn’t the best in those last 4 episodes, making it seem as if he and Dal Mi were actually in a relationship. 

The biggest issue in the drama was the writing, not how the story unfolds but the way the writers chose to have Suzy deliver some of the lines, implying that there was a chance of Dal Mi and Ji Pyeong being end game. The way I see it there was no chance of them ending up together. Dal Mi never looked at Ji Pyeong as something more than a friend or a mentor. At some point she does address the fact that he treats her differently, that she thinks that he might be interested in her and he never really replies to her. Ji Pyeong keeps losing all of his chances, while Do San is there every single time to help Dal Mi in any way possible, even if it’s just words of assurance. 

My point is that Do San has always been end game, it was never Ji Pyeong.

[byebyeballoon]

This one gets its own post.

[mutereddid]

Nam Do-san hakkındaki düşüncelerim tam olarak bu.

[yungerbakes]

kpop song challenge day 2 Favorite Kdrama OST:

Future by Red Velvet

[iamacolor]

Casual touches between Sol and Sunjae 💛

LOVELY RUNNER - EPISODE 16

[1lonelyalchemist]

Dad got me a beautiful music box for my birthday. He said I could hear a beautiful melody if I opened it. But I never opened it. Isn't that funny? What if I opened the pretty music box and I didn't like the melody? What if it doesn't play any melody at all? Because of stupid worries like that I never opened it. Are you wondering why I'm telling you this? What I'm trying to say is Do San you are my pretty music box. It doesn't matter if you're never opened. It was enough for me to know that you were there. I hope you know that.

- Start Up -

[haomnyangz]

You're both clumsy when it comes to comforting others. But you know, it's actually comforting. Because you're clumsy at it.

[orangesyellow]

@userdramas event 18: music KDRAMA OSTs Twenty-Five Twenty-One (2022) Crash Landing on You (2019) Twinkling Watermelon (2023) Start Up (2020) My Dearest (2023)

[fredmundo]

I was so unprepared for the Kim yong-san brother reveal and the reason behind the sticky notes all over the walls fuuuuuuuuuuck

[noona-is-afk]

Completed Dramas, Ranked

Masterlist of all the dramas I have finished and my rankings from 1-10. Keep in mind I don't usually finish dramas that I don't like, so most of these reviews will be 6+ ratings.

List got too long! Have migrated it over to MDL: https://mydramalist.com/list/1zyZGNZ4

Also follow me on my new blog for updates on what I'm watching: https://darth-noona.tumblr.com/

[ppeonppeonhan]

Great Sapol has come a long way from his supporting role days, clocking in 3 lead roles this year:

Wandee Goodday

Start-Up (remake of the hit Kdrama)

Beauty Newbie (remake of the kdrama My ID is Gangam Beauty)

I feel like it was just yesterday we were thirsting after Inspector M (Manner of Death).

[khaoray]

Why can't it be me?

@asiandramanet event 09: tropes @asiandramanet july bingo: second lead syndrome