#Sungkyunkwan Scandal

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Song Joong Ki for MEN Noblesse and  Ralph Lauren (2025).

Via Instagram.

[capricho42]

В джазе только девочки, в блюзе только мальчики

[vergoftowels]

Looking for Hanbok Resources

Hi Tumblr! I'm a clueless white girl who is looking for reputable and accurate clothing resources for hanbok, specifically Joseon-era men's hanbok - from the gat to the shoes. Although I've done some Googling, I'm having trouble finding anything like a clothing encyclopedia that names the different garments and shows their structure.

A resource that has illustrations like this jeogori drawing (sourced from TheKoreanInMe) but for all the different garments would be really helpful!

I mainly want to broaden my knowledge, as I recently rewatched an old Kdrama I fell in love with in college (Sungkyunkwan Scandal) and realized my base understanding of hanbok was very poor. I'd also like to make a doll of my blorbo (it's Gu Yong-ha!), and I want to be as accurate as I can in the medium of crochet. Like a nerd.

Like... how is the manggeon fastened and does it overlap in the back? What kind of outer jacket is the gold garment (I know there are different sleeve lengths, from sleeveless to full sleeves) and is the purple garment the jeogori here? When is it acceptable for the undergarments/undershirt to be visible (if ever)? What about different belts? They do spend a lot of time dressing and undressing in this drama, so maybe I should watch it again lol

I know that drama clothing is not always entirely historically accurate, but I hate not knowing things! Any resources would help, but English-language labeling is a huge plus. If you have book or pattern recommendations, I will definitely take them, even if they are not online free.

[plantpirating]

Watching a Korean TV show, and it's funny to me how the exact word translation doesn't really express the full idea.

너 미처써? means "Are you crazy?" but like, not exactly. Thems fighting words.

Not for the first time I think we need more punctuation marks that actually express feelings like sarcasm, disrespect, etc.

[wolffyluna]

Moon Jae Shin from Sungkyunkwan Scandal.

Definitely a painting of a blorbo, and not several studies in disguise.

[oddbiscuit]

Where are all my sungkyunkwan scandal freaks. What do you mean I rewatch that show every year and cry over the characters constantly but have no one to share in my joy and sorrows? How have I spent more than half a decade in love with moon jaeshin and no one cares or knows?

[idontlikeuormyself]

Currently on episode 14 of Sungkyunkwan Scandal and please tell me if I'm wrong but as I understand it, the three friends of Yoon-Hee don't only think "he" is rom/sex intimately involved with Jae-Shin but also think that Yoon-Hee is the top?! 😭✨🤍 God I'm loving this show.

[angstandhappiness]

DUDE

character arcs are questions

Back in 2010, a kdrama historical-fusion hit called Sungkyunkwan Scandal asked a very simple question: can an intelligent, ambitious, self-educated woman have a place in a male-dominated Neo-Confucianist society? 

While the story is a common trope – a girl dresses as a boy to attend a male-only school – that larger question drives the story. Bit by bit, the stakes get higher, her secret gets harder to keep, and the danger gets greater. The other three in the quartet have similar, echoing questions. Twenty episodes later, the series answered the question. 

And the answer was: no. 

You cannot love learning, use your brilliant mind, and be female. There isn’t a place for an educated woman in the public sphere of a Neo-Confucian society – except by continuing to pretend you’re a man.

Yuuri on Ice was another with a question-based arc: can a talented athlete overcome his severe anxiety and find the inner strength to finally win gold? Twelve episodes later, Yuuri’s arc gets its conclusion to his driving question.

The answer was: no. 

You can give it the old college try, but it won’t be enough. All the blood, sweat, and tears will only get you second place. There will be no triumph, here. 

Both of these, if it’s not clear, were supremely dissatisfying. 

I’m not saying you can’t answer a character arc with a no. We call that a tragedy, and done right, it can be as cathartic as a yes. In a tragedy, the character’s progression is such that when the end arrives – the final no – it feels inevitable. In a story of triumph, a character rises despite every setback, such that the final yes should also feel inevitable. That’s ‘earning’ the victory (or defeat). That sense of inevitability lies in how the conclusion reached fits the character’s actions. 

And that brings me to Voltron: Legendary Defender, and its questions. Of the various characters – and keeping in mind this is not a tragedy, at least on the face of it, so far – five characters have pretty sharp questions. 

Pidge’s asks: can a genius hacker cross the universe to find/rescue her missing family. Allura’s asks: can a princess lead a ragtag five-person team to defeat the universe’s greatest tyrant. Pidge has been given her answer. Allura is on the way to getting hers. Keith’s question was something like whether his loyalties were still valid, as a mixed-race orphan; after some waffling, he seems on-track for a yes, as well. Hunk and Lance don’t really have questions. 

And then there’s Shiro’s question.

VLD took 41 episodes to get there, but S7 finally brought this arc to a close, and answered the question. 

And the answer was no.

[capricho42]

Everybody Loves Me

[wolffyluna]

Moon Jae Shin from Sungkyankwan Scandal is dangerously blorbo. He's a layabout who cares about nothing-- except actually he's very honourable and moral and is running around being a political activist in disguise. He keeps getting shot and having to hide it. He kidnaps people to give them first aid, because he is allergic to sincerity.

And also, he is allergic to women, and while I'm in theory annoyed by that trope, this is a very charming presentation of it.

[crazybooksandplantslady]

Why am I just watching this and why am I discovering that my type is socially awkward mysterious badass assassins with ponytails, fancy bangs, and all black fits?

Kwak Dong Yeon please be a lead in a period drama with lots of martial arts and sword fighting and romance. And a happy ending.

[chadsuke]

the day i get to read 'the lives of sungkyunkwan confucian scholars' is the day that inner high school gigi has a breakdown of fucking sheer joy

[idontlikeuormyself]

Watching Sungkyunkwan Scandal and (I know it doesn't happen) rooting so hard for Cho Seon and her liking of "Kim Yoon Shik"

But why are there so many Yong Ha/Jae Shin fics and I haven't found anything Cho Seon/Yoon Hee(Shik)!?!?!!!

I need more of them in my life, Cho Seon looks so pretty and happy when she looks at "him"

[nubreed73]

This show! Is! Thirteen! Years! Old!

Unbelieveable levels of queerness tbh I WOULD DIE FOR THEM

[dangermousie]

Seeing your glee over When the Phone rings and (way back) Flower of evil makes me wonder what your top 10 Kdramas are (or top 100, if that would make it easier XD )

I love this ask but it took me a while. I am sure I am forgetting some but (no order)

The Legend First King's Four Gods

Flower of Evil

Damo

The King Loves

Healer

City Hunter

City Hall

Come and Hug Me

The Red Sleeve

Jumong

My Country

Empress Ki

Robber

Gloria

Family Honor

Three Musketeers

My Dearest

Are You Human Too

Love Rain

Mask

Cruel City

Strong Girl Bong Soon

Goblin

Faith

The King 2 Hearts

Brilliant Legacy

Arang and the Magistrate

Hello My Teacher

Moon Lovers

Train

Padam Padam

The Rebel

It's OK That's Love

It's OK not to be OK

Gaksital

New Tales of the Gisaeng

I Miss You

Hometown Cha Cha Cha

While You Were Sleeping

Whisper

I Can Hear Your Voice

Save the Last Dance

Thank You

Can You Hear My Heart

A Gentleman's Dignity

Time Between Dog and Wolf

Secret Garden

Secret Love Affair

Live Up to Your Name

My Country

Chuno

Friend Our Legend

Capital Scandal

Spring Waltz

Sungkyunkwan Scandal

Delightful Girl Chunhyang

Kingdom of the Winds

A Love to Kill

Lovers

Last Scandal

IRIS

This Winter the Wind Blows

Something Happened in Bali

Beautiful Days

Worlds Within

Que Sera Sera

Snow Queen

Bad Guys

Haechi

The Crowned Clown

The Legend of the Blue Sea

The Princess' Man

Chicago Typerwriter

Tale of the Nine Tailed

Shut Up Flower Boy Band

My Beautiful Bride

Beyond Evil

When the Phone Rings

Lovely Runner

Mawang

Moon in the Day

Six Flying Dragons

My Country

Doom at Your Service

Alchemy of Souls

Extraordinary You

My Girl

W Two Worlds

Hong Gil Dong

[rosyfingered-moon]

Sejak episode 8

Never did I expect this to become a gay panic episode. In every crossdressing sageuk I've seen (excluding the peerless Sungkyunkwan Scandal) the surrounding cast never seem to suspect the ML of being gay. He's just, like, bromancing really hard (and maybe he feels taken aback by the intensity of his feelings but doesn't really fall in love until her true identity has been revealed, or maybe he secretly knew all along, etc.) But here they're just making a plotline of it?

The way Yi In's eyelids flutter in excitement whenever Mong-woo beats him with yet another cutthroat move...

*the russian voice* through the elegant yelling, of this compelling dispute.... comes the ghastly suspicion.... my opposition's..... a fruit

I like that we get to see how everyone reacts to the rumor because it reveals so much about their characters. Like this asshole, he could just have taunted Myung-ha with the insinuation that he's awfully close with that Kang Mong-woo. But instead he says, "Though the rumor is unsavory, it matters not. He is His Majesty's favorite, after all. I would have done the same." With this deeply unpleasant smile on his face??? LIKE???

Then we have Dong sanggung, immediately wary of the threat of replacement. (The bleakness of it all. The only power she can aspire to is being the king's favorite toy.) But their dynamic is really interesting to me and I hope to learn more about her as we go along.

And the queen, who is relieved. Because of course she would be! If Dong sanggung sinks, she can rise; if the king is blamed for their lack of intimacy, even if it's only a portion of the blame, even if it's only in whispers and stares, then the heaviest burden of her life becomes a little less heavy.

This exchange made me tear up :( That he alone, a child of no near relation, has the decency to come check on her. The way she almost breaks down crying at such a small act of kindness. Poor baby.

This scene was also very lovely! And like, honestly kinda good advice? We've all had the friend who is asking for your opinion on her garbage situationship and you just know that there's nothing you could say that would truly convince her to leave, not yet at least, because she's not going to give up hope until she's broken herself trying.

But I can't help but wonder what Hongjang would say, if she were still here.

Well, fool was I for saying there would be no bodice-ripping in this show.

THE SHRIEK I SHROOK.

What the fuck. WHAT THE FUCK. Even taking these screenshots without audio is making me blush anew. What a godtier kiss. His fury and bewilderment, the way he alternates between closing his eyes to relish it and staring at her in desperate disbelief, the tears clinging to his eyelashes as all the implications hit him, one after the other. She loves him, he killed her, he loves her, he still killed her.

Also can we talk about the insane choice of setting for this scene? WHO APPROVED THIS.

And she just collapses, like her strings have been cut.