#TVN DRAMA

[sunlighthroughthe-ashes]

this was such a small moment; but so sweet and full of love that it transcended the screen.

in every timeline so far; sunjae's 'abeoji' has lost his son: has seen him depressed, guilt-ridden, and finally; irretrievably, dead. he must have felt so helpless — must have cried over sunjae's cold body: begged for a second chance for his son.

fate finally gave it to him: now sunjae's 'abeoji' gets to see him lit from within with happiness; together with the love of his life — embraced and welcomed by her family. touched by the tender hand of joy.

he doesn't know it, but seeing sunjae with sol has healed him of a hurt he didn't even know he had in the first place. all sunjae's 'abeoji' knows is that his son is smiling wider than he's ever seen him; lifted into the hands of bliss by pure, pure love. so he looks on fondly; his heart swelling with pride.

he accepts with easy grace: sunjae belongs to sol. and always will.

[inpursuitofnunchi]

Also i love how the writers took a complete u-turn from the whole discourse about them cheaply deploying cancer as a plot point for shock value - like, yo, she got sick, but she was diagnosed in time, got treated and got better!

But then what really pushed her off the cliff into a rock bottom?

Workplace harrassment, and depression. And her fiance resenting her for being depressed.

Just wow. I am so down for this. Like now i cannot even hate the ex because he really was there for her throughout her treatment. But not everyone is cutout to be partners to depressed folk and im saying that AS a chronically depressed person. He's hovering around her clearly as a way to soothe his guilt - coz he's not really a bad person - he's just lost seokryu's trust. And this kind of trust, doesn't often come back, once broken. I think he will get that soon and leave.

This is the kind of nuanced writing i expect from my writers. So glad i trusted my gut and stuck around (i mean let's be honest i wouldn't have dropped it anyway - even if it meant i had to tolerate bad writing to only get to look at haein *cough* SNOWDROP *cough*)

But anyway, I'm veryyyyy interested how they resolve all the layers opening in this week and get seokryu to let seung hyo in. Because that's the endgame ❤️🤌🏼 our chef x architect power couple 👯‍♀️

[coffeetraces]

enemies to lovers friends, losers joint slay (feat. inhyuk) | lovely runner episode 11

[coffeemightkillme]

the look in hae in's eyes when hyun woo comes to help her with the copy machine, the confusion mixed with intrigue and admiration,

the look in hae in's eyes when she sees hyun woo at the bus stand and then in the bus from her car during that one epilogue, the sheer adoration and love reflected in them, the textbook epitome of "heart eyes",

the look in hae in's eyes every time hyun woo mentions how he has 36 cows and a lot of land and a brand new apartment and just enough to provide for her so that she never has to work again in her life, the disbelief that he'd think she is that dependent, the disbelief that a person could readily love another person so grandly,

the look in hae in's eyes when hyun woo moves to the nursery after the miscarriage, the hurt fighting to burst through as tears and the anger stuck in her throat as she thinks that he blames her for the miscarriage, the break in her heart and the first flash of hopelessness between their breaths,

the look in hae in's eyes every time they pass each other at the department store, the way she looks at hyun woo like she never wants to look away, the yearning in her eyes that make her fingers twinge with the dire need to reach out to him,

the look in hae in's eyes when she discovers the divorce papers, the raw pain that wants to be comforted by hyun woo, the pang of betrayal that would go away if he just says that she is mistaken, the gasps that her heart takes because it can't just beat anymore after discovering that the one person she trusted and loved to no bounds could do this to her, but also the slight understanding that hyun woo has also been suffering from the countless instances of miscommunication between them and that he doesn't deserve to be stuck in such a relationship

the look in hae in's eyes when she sees hyun woo at the prison in episode 15, the familiarity and the comfort of home, the difficulty in breathing from seeing the love of her life and being unaware of it, the torment from hurting him although she doesn't understand it,

the look in hae in's eyes when in the last episode, she comes to hyun woo as his beautiful angel to take him to their forever happiness, the knowing that they have made it, that they deserve each other despite all obstructions, that not even death could do them apart, the warmth of falling asleep on a hard day's night, the relief of drinking water in the middle of the night, the contentment of being able to love and being able to be loved in peace at last.

[pinkiech]

Lovely Runner 선재 업고 튀어 (2024) Final Ep.

"You're a gift from sky." -Ryu Sun Jae

[greysasquatchhh]

seunghyo heard seokryu say she wouldn’t go back in time before her breakup.

seunghyo heard seokryu say she’s still in love with her ex.

all of this while he’s literally fighting tooth and nail against his resurfaced feeling for her.

i get him. i would be mad and frustrated as hell too.

[aestheticallysxx]

"There was a rainshower on the day I saw her for the first time. She put a yellow umbrella over me with a smile. I couldn't breathe because my heart was fluttering. As if I forgot how to breathe."

| Lovely Runner (2024)

[kpop-locks]

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[themundanedumpling]

what watching lovely runner feels like

[bysmeraldo]

“Even if you were to end up in a different time, I would jump over time and space to see you.”

[sunlighthroughthe-ashes]

i'm back to fixate on this moment, again.

look at how sunjae's expression completely transforms once he realizes that sol DOES love him as much, (if not more than) he loves her. that he's not just a problem to be rid of, for her; not an uncomfortable experience, or a traumatic memory.

he's wonderstruck at this epiphany — you can see his whole face soften, his mouth tighten as he chokes back tears, his eyes sweeten (and sober) into dark honey. the only girl he's ever loved actually loves him BACK: has gone against fate to try and save him.

what is death in the face of such commitment?

i marvel at the spare beauty of this confession: it's not ornate, or flowery, or overly elaborate. it simply is — just like sunjae. just like his love for sol.

"please keep liking me," he says. "if i die saving you, that's fine with me." such plain, earnest sentences — yet staggering in their immensity. this is the simple, sweeping grace of sunjae's confession — it doesn't need to be dressed in pretty words. all it needs is to exist.

this is what sunjae means: live with me, love with me, and dying will be worth it. it will have been a privilege to die because of you — my last moments will have been in service of my love. all my time was yours anyway.

this, followed by the gentlest of all kisses, to seal their unspoken promise. a kiss they will both remember — because their universes finally align.

because they belong to each other.

[inpursuitofnunchi]

the loudmouth clown people-pleasing eldest daughter who slid through the gifted kid-burnout pipeline and uses humor as a coping mechanism - yeah that's me - seokryu is me 🤌🏼

[sunset-sprinkles]

Love next door , EP 2

"Always knew what love means-" is what rings in my mind when I see through all of Seung-hyo's action. There's a gleam of love in his eyes in all the moments he looks at her and the reason no one around him probably gets it - because oh bickering is their love language. And you wouldn't know people fighting for each other's lives would actually be falling in love with eachother but also it's most likely they would.

"Hate - 미움" is how the episode is titled and you think why it is? It's because what seems like hate is actually love that has been trampled by situations.

"Hate has its own satellites. Your high expectations, your faith and fondness for a certain person are all interconnected. But when any of these elements leave their orbit or retrograde it can turn into hate" ~Seung-hyo

It was about mending relationships showing the light how there's a thin line between hate and love - why they are the strongest emotions we feel towards anyone.

We all get Mi-sook's trauma right? She hasn't been the best but it's all response to a societal baggage she has been carrying around. "What if I haven't done enough for myself - my daughter will do it !!" - this is where asian mothers fall weak it's to understand your expectations shouldn't turn into a baggage for your child to the limit they fail to express what concerns them. All Seokryu ever wanted from her mother was to stand by her side when she needed the most - as children would look upto their parents to love them the way they are and not hold them as a trophy of achievement or as the compensation of what they themselves couldn't achieve.

While Seung-hyo's emotions are a bit more transparent to us -Seokryu's are not. And in my eyes she has been holding onto a lot more emotions we can't see through - because there is a complexity in her character that comes out as bossy and chaotic but is vulnerable and over burdened with expectations and responsibilities. And you know who knows her the best right!!!!

Though I feel Seung-hyo is an equally hidden and complex character when it's comes to his own emotions but transparent only when it comes to be with her [ofcourse].

Something healed in all of us when he said : "Don't force yourself to laugh when you want to cry". It's something we all want to hear when we are breaking down and still trying to smile through, for what ? Just so people don't see how weak we are , how much we want to cry and hold onto someone. Showing emotions do not make you weak specially to the people who care about you!!

Seung-hyo knew when he had to be by her side - so effortless and comforting. Isn't that the base of childhood friendships- someone who can see through what you feel and brings you to a position where you actually freely express what you are going through.

Umbrella - sometimes symbolised love and sometimes the shield. He let go off her shield and let her get drenched in the rain - let her cry out all she has been holding out , pouring down along with the rain all the emotions she had been hiding in the facade of a smile.

"WHEN YOU KNOW YOU KNOW"- we all know , we all can recall that smile he gave when he got to know she wasn't getting married . We know when he followed her to the park to make her feel better- we know when he brought one umbrella to share , when he closed it to let her cry out, when he rearranged her room like it used to be , when he put the stars she loved on the ceiling, when he shifted close to her just to be by her side. Only two episodes out and I think this episode is already my favorite!!

I don't know if it meant that there's only a thin line between hate and love and therefore it does take only one moment to change it. But I do feel it also meant the things changing between them , between those two windows- between those two friends- it's crazily well shown ❤️‍🩹😭

And here comes my favourite scene with these lines playing in my mind -" If you could see that I am the one who understands you, been here all the time so why can't you see it, you belong with mee...yeah!!"

In my concluding lines, we all feel that why does Seukryu not get what he means , why doesn't she see the same thing we are seeing. But let me tell you SHE DOES! She does see it , she does care for it- but for the complexity and baggage she carries maybe this resides in her subconscious self only and it will take time for her to realise it. To all the times he looked for her , she looked out for him too- she asked him too if he was doing okay.. all because she wanted him to be part of everything she did then and now .

[coffeetraces]

sunjae and time traveller sol, first meeting in every timeline

[kdramacaptures]

[pinkiech]

Lovely Runner 선재 업고 튀어 (2024)

"I hope my dear Sol stays happy for a long time." -Sun jae "I hope my dear Sun jae stays happy for a long time." -Im sol "I hope we stay happy together for a long time." -Sun jae&Im sol