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biggerb0at · 5 years ago

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(1/4) I just need to get this off my chest: Tumblr and Reddit Fate fandoms are obnoxious about Abby rn. I've been seeing posts like "there's no difference between a drawing of a partly naked child and an actual naked child" which is... no. Do you think someone who likes guro will enjoy seeing actual organs spilled on the ground? There's snuff, there's dismemberment, there's even a "fucked by a dog" fetish do people actually think that those who enjoy them don't seperate fantasy from reality?

(2/4) And that’s not even getting into proportions. You will NEVER see a child that looks just like Jack, or Wu, or Abby because ultimately they’re just lines on a page. Even if they’re meant to be children their fundamental proportions- eyes, hair, demeanor, body shape at times- are far removed from an actual child unless they’re drawn to be realistic which they’re clearly not. Just pull up a photo of a 12-year old girl and put it next to Abby can you really say they look all that similar?

(¾) It’s not even that you have to approve of it! Hate it! Redesign these characters yourself, keep them out of those ascensions! Find it as gross as you want! Nobody’s saying you should enjoy this! This is coming from a person who loved reading about Salem and think Abby’s ascensions are a waste of potential and absolutely HATES Jack and Wu’s. Having those bad experiences myself it just tick me off when people think any of the two are remotely comparable.

(4/4) Also inb4 people reblog with “Just say you jack off to kiddy porn”. I’ve seen it thrown around on reddit and tumblr and it is by far the smuggest most pretentious cop-out for an argument I’ve read. I don’t care what’s been said before, it automatically makes you the asshole for insinuating such a thing and makes you no different from antis or sjws that scream out “nazi”. The worst part is that I’ve seen it used on people who aren’t even INTO Fate or anime and just had a stance on it.

Anyways, sorry for spamming your inbox I’ve been seeing people go back and forth for so long that I felt the need to rant about it and you seem fairly reasonable.

ok where to start here. well I havent been on reddit enough as I used to be (more on twitter and fate discord servers from reddit and the only obnoxious comments Ive seen recently is “why does melt whos from a sex themed game look like that and why does the goddess of sex ishtar wear little clothing, and right now im seeing a lot of OC abby drawings)

but I can say that I was there when abby came out for JP, it wasnt really an obnoxious shit storm other than “why japan” comments and the usual “ill keep her in first form” so I can say that the obnoxious people you are seeing are the minority type who should have left a long time ago because with that argument then well its hard to justify why you’d want a kid whos only clothing option is a thong and stockings on your phone if you think it’s straight up pedophile content like that should have been the line where you dropped the game.

and yeah im with you there fiction is fiction they dont look at all like real life kids just like how eirris (the gramps comics artists) guro side blog doesnt look at all like the real thing like its not going for realistic at all in any proportions or anything other than smol, and anyone who wants to make a argument for or against the loli = pedo heres some donation links here and here and here im not trying to be smug about it I am saying that donating makes a better impact than online arguments. (personally I think that if you do try to go for realistic in fiction like 3D models and going for anatomically correct in it then yeah you’re probably are thinking about real kids at that point.)

and yeah im with you on there I hate it too and enjoy the redesigns of others better especially wu like god that dude can do so much better if they let him. (yeah I know I say redesigns with the “Fix it” attitude are shit but give a pass with the kid servants cause ofc that would be allowed)

I wouldnt put it on par with sjw screaming nazis but it is on par with them being a anti cause it really is just going “no im right your a pedophile for disagreeing now enjoy the death threats from people who see this” cause god forbid people say that while you can still think lolis are gross and such we should care more about real children.

#long post #drama #I like houkosai more than abby so thats where my sq is going #aka I like the squid more than the kid lol

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topheecoffee · 3 years ago

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So...what if I told you that there was another squid game in the Netflix series Squid Game? One where the defense seems to be winning? This is gonna involve a combination of making connections I haven't noticed others discussing and also maybe predicting something for season 2. Spoilers ahead...

So the other squid game is between the two brothers in the show: Jun-ho and In-ho (aka Frontman). Jun-ho is playing offense and In-ho has defense. The entire operation of capturing people to play games for money is the metaphorical playing field.

A few connections:

1. Jun-ho has limited movement when he first enters the game. I thought at first that him sneaking in was like "crossing the squid's neck" in the actual game, but actually his entry is just like the start of the game. For Jun-ho, he has to work his way up the chain of command to gain freedom of movement. In-ho is trying to block him from crossing as he discovers someone snuck in and tries to find him.

2. Jun-ho is literally an inspector...lol. But it does get a little deeper than that. He enters the party with the VIPs and manages to record video footage of everything. This brings him incredibly close to his goal, but he's surrounded by defense in that room. He uses any tactic he can to leave the room and head to his end goal (sharing this information).

3. On top of that, his goal of spreading information in order to get help from the police is connected with the original kid's game. I can't decide between two ways, so maybe it's both. The location offense players have to tap in order to win is located in part of the squid's head. This associates victory with knowledge, which would be the information and awareness Jun-ho is trying to spread. However, he also is having trouble sending that information. The connection with victory in the original game is not just metaphorical but literal. Victory requires our secret inspector to find the location to be able to send the videos.

4. In-ho finally corners Jun-ho with the help of his other defense players. The edge of the cliff is the literal physical boundary to the playing field, and when Jun-ho refuses to end the game a la clause 3, then the defense pushes him outside the boundary.

End of game, right?

Here's where our boy Gi-hun comes in, though. Because who else chose offense? Gi-hun. Who refused to board the plane (quit the game by a majority decision a la clause 3)? Gi-hun. Who joins the offense at the end of season 1? Gi-hun. He's using any means necessary to infiltrate the game and stop it (like stopping another character from playing and stealing his invitation card). I predict that season 2 could cover this larger squid game. It could even be a continuation of Jun-ho and In-ho's game as Jun-ho and Gi-hun share a similar goal. There's even the possibility that this larger squid game will be more obvious and literal in season 2.

Anyway, this is what my sleep-deprived brain realized in the wee hours of the morning. Just thought I'd say it because there are other parts of the show that have people's attention and I guess I wanted to throw in my two cents with some theory. It's also nice that this adds complexity to the "squid game" title, and it shows another kind of grown-up version of a children's game.

#squid game spoilers #squid game #jun ho #in ho #gi hun #frontman #theory #squid game theory

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the-desolated-quill · 4 years ago

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It’s Summer And We’re Running Out Of Ice - Watchmen (TV Series) blog

(SPOILER WARNING: The following is an in-depth critical analysis. if you haven’t seen this episode yet, you may want to before reading this review)

I’m not going to lie. I was incredibly sceptical going into this. This isn’t the first TV adaptation of a classic novel to go beyond the source material and try to continue the story, and they nearly always suck (see The Handmaid’s Tale and The Man In The High Castle). There’s a reason why books end where they’re supposed to end. If the author intended to carry the story on, they would have done so. This is why I get angry when the TV industry arrogantly oversteps the mark and try to continue a plot that has already come to a satisfactory conclusion. Doing a sequel to Watchmen, a story that hinges on the ambiguity of its ending, is just utter madness to me, and allowing Damon Lindelof to write that sequel borders on moronic at first glance. This is the man behind the TV series Lost, a show that ran out of steam within the first couple of episodes due to the fact that the plot was complete and total bollocks and the fact that nobody could be bothered to come up with satisfying answers for these ludicrous mysteries and series arcs beforehand. They were just making that shit up as he went along. Now you’re handing Lindelof the keys to one of the most intricate and detailed comic book properties of all time?! Fuck, why don’t you just let JJ Abrams direct the next Star Wars mo- Oh yeah, I forgot, he already did that.

Thankfully, judging by this first episode anyway, HBO’s Watchmen is nowhere near as bad as Lost. It’s certainly far more engaging and coherent. Does that mean I’m looking forward to the rest of this season? Well... I don’t know if I’d go that far. I’m definitely intrigued though.

HBO’s Watchmen is a sequel to the graphic novel (Lindelof called it a remix, but come on. Grow a pair and call it what it is. A sequel). Superheroes are still illegal, Robert Redford is now the President, Rorschach’s death has inspired a white supremacist cult, and it’s raining squid.

Yeah, the raining squid thing feels like the only egregious bit of fanwank in here, to be fair. Maybe they’re going somewhere with this, but I have my doubts. Are we supposed to assume that Ozymandias has been making squid rain for the past thirty odd years in order to keep up the whole alien invasion ruse? Why squid rain? And why is everyone so nonchalant about it? Shouldn’t people be just a bit concerned by this, considering what happened in New York?

Speaking of Ozymandias, we see him riding a horse and writing plays for his butler and maid in some fancy mansion. Quite what the significance of The Watchmaker’s Son is, I don’t know. All I do know is I’m not going to be able to sleep at night without thinking about Jeremy Irons’ thighs from now on, so thanks for that.

Putting my cynicism aside for a moment, I do like what Lindelof is trying to do here. He’s not merely cashing in on the Watchmen brand. There is a genuine effort to do something fresh and different with this material, and I commend that. Watchmen’s central theme has always been about power, but whereas the source material focused mainly on its relation to sex (Comedian’s hedonism, Nite Owl’s impotence, Rorschach’s mummy issues and the sexual objectification of Silk Spectre), the TV series seems to be zeroing in on race as a topic. This I applaud. Expanding on certain areas that the graphic novel only ever really touched upon is a great idea. This doesn’t feel like a repeat of the graphic novel, but rather a clarification of it, exploring areas and themes that Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons may have overlooked. This helps set this series apart from the outset.

The opening scenes where we see the Tulsa Massacre of 1921 is a pretty harrowing way to start. I’m ashamed to say I had no idea about the Tulsa Massacre prior to this, and we could have a whole other discussion about why schools seem to have been avoiding teaching specific topics like this in favour of the broad strokes of the Jim Crow era, but now is not the time. The fact that it’s depicted here sets the stage for what’s to come. Some have criticised the show for the length of time the opening focuses on Tulsa, claiming that it sensationalises the pain of black people at that time. I personally don’t think it does. It’s not overly graphic or gratuitous, at least in my opinion, but it is a very shocking way to open a series. Some might say even upsetting, but I think it’s important that we saw this because it’s relevant in setting the tone for the episode and indeed the season as a whole, as well as letting the audience know that this show isn’t going to fuck around or shy away from more sensitive topics, and I can respect that. Unlike Zack Snyder’s overly stylised adaptation from 2009, Watchmen the HBO series is grounded very firmly in reality.

Let’s discuss characters. This episode mostly focuses on Angela Abar, also known as Sister Night. Regina King has given some terrific performances in the past and this is no exception. She’s simply phenomenal. The way she switches from light-hearted wife and baker to violent, no nonsense vigilante cop. The shift is noticeable and yet both personas feel like they’re aspects of the same character. It’s exceptionally good. It also helps that the character herself makes for a great protagonist. Having survived the ‘White Night’ four years prior, where the Seventh Kavalry attacked the families of forty Tulsa police officers in response to the government giving special reparations to the victims of racial injustice, Angela has become cynical and battle hardened. She has no sympathy for Kavlary members and is willing to skip due process by beating one of them to a pulp and bundling him in the back of her car. She’s angry and in pain, and yet retains the audience's sympathy. I’m interested to see what happens to her over the course of the season.

I also really liked her friendship with Don Johnson’s character Judd Crawford. Johnson is a charismatic performer and Crawford is a charismatic character. He really dives into the olde western sheriff persona and seems to be having a lot of fun with it. Crawford is the only other character, besides Angela, who stayed on as a police officer after the White Night, and the two characters seem to have a great relationship. They laugh and joke around and there’s clearly a mutual respect between the two. I genuinely like this character, which is what makes his murder at the end so much more heartbreaking. Not to mention all the little details that force us to realise he may not be what he seems. We see him sniff cocaine in private and there’s a photo on his desk featuring the kid from school who aggressively asked Angela why black people deserve reparations. It doesn’t necessarily mean that Crawford himself is racist, but there’s clearly more going on with him that we don’t know about.

The final character of interest at the moment is Tim Blake Nelson’s character Wade Tillman, aka Looking Glass. We don’t know anything about him yet other than he’s a human lie detector, which I find very intriguing and I hope will be explored further as the show goes on. There’s a lot to play around with there, and the moral implications are tantalising. A conviction based not on physical evidence, but rather on the observations of one man. Even Sherlock Holmes has to back his deductions up with evidence, and yet Looking Glass clearly doesn’t need to. That just raises so many ethical questions. What if he has a particular bias towards someone? What about burden of proof? What if forensic evidence contradicts him? If Looking Glass is supposedly that accurate, does that mean the police will side with him regardless? It’s a great premise for a character and I really like Nelson’s performance, giving him a cold and detached personality that contrasts beautifully with Angela’s.

The characters and ideas are solid, however where I feel the show is lacking is with the consistency of its world building. Let’s analyse. This is an alternate history where Nixon used superheroes to extend his term limits, but after the New York attack at the end of the graphic novel, he’s been kicked out in favour of Robert Redford (nice nod to the source material there by the way. lol). As a result, black people got reparations for the racial injustices their ancestors went through and police are now unable to openly carry firearms without special permission from Panda (literally a cop wearing a panda costume). However, after the events of White Night, the government agrees to allow cops to wear masks to protect their identities, hence why quote/unquote ‘superheroes’ like Sister Night and Looking Glass are around despite the existence of the Keene Act. These are, in effect, legal vigilantes. Except already there’s a problem with conflicting messages. I like the idea of masked cops. In the current age of Black Lives Matter and police accountability, it makes sense and could be interesting to explore. However this is hindered by the whole ‘no guns’ stuff. Again, not a bad idea. America’s current gun laws are, to put it mildly, woefully inadequate. What if we went the other way? What if not only was it near impossible to own a gun, cops couldn’t even use a taser without special permission. Both ideas could work... but not at the same time.

Cops being allowed to wear masks creates the effect of empowering them through anonymity, and runs the risk of officers overstepping the mark and normal citizens being unable to hold them to account. But on the other hand, we’ve also got cops whose lives are constantly at risk and who are hindered in their duties by an overprotective nanny state, which effectively depowers them. So... which is it? It can’t be both. I like the scene where Panda reads the law about how the use of firearms can only be permitted in extreme circumstances, and everyone just angrily shouts him down because it tells us how the police feel about this new system. The fact that they’ve made one cop the sole arbiter of these new restrictions and forced him to dress like some ridiculous furry demonstrates the sheer amount of disdain they have towards this policy. But having said that, with the masks on, they have the power and freedom to break into people’s caravans and basically kidnap and assault them without consequence anyway. So what the fuck are they complaining about? It just doesn’t gel together. Either have it that the rules and regulations of the police are the same as our world except that cops can wear masks now, which has led to an increasing problem of police brutality and corruption, or have it that the police are being too heavily restricted and so a few have chosen to turn toward more ‘unorthodox’ methods of crime fighting out of frustration. Pick one and go with it.

Then there’s the Seventh Kavalry. Again, not a bad idea. In fact I love it. A white supremacist cult that’s taken Rorschach’s journal as gospel and have banded together out of a fear of being sidelined in a more liberal world. Very relevant and very interesting. Except... well... there’s not an awful lot to it, is there? In the original graphic novel, there was no clear bad guy. Ozymandias believed he was doing the ultimate good by killing millions of people to save the world, and everyone reluctantly went along with it. It was morally complicated. This, not so much. They’re unambiguously evil. The end. So what? What is there to discuss? It just feels lacking compared to the graphic novel and it runs the risk of creating a conflict that’s too clear cut. Obviously we’re going to end up siding with the cops, regardless of what they do, because the alternative is objectively bad. Hopefully Lindelof is going somewhere with this, but I’d be remiss if I didn’t say I was slightly concerned.

So on the whole, would I say I enjoyed this first episode? Well... I’d say I did, but with reservations. There’s some good characters and ideas that could be interesting to explore and develop, but its execution feels a little shaky in places. Hopefully the episodes to come will offer further clarity.

#it's summer and we're running out of ice #watchmen #watchmen hbo #damon lindelof #dc #hbo #review #spoilers

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kyulkyungs · 7 years ago

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5 Things (ver. 2.0)

GWAGSDGJFJKLD I FORGOT TO DO THIS!!!!! But! I am now!!! I was tagged by the ever so beautiful and amazing and oh-so-sweet Miss Dana (aka @verhoons :^) ) I’ll do this again bc school started this Monday and my bag had c h a n g e d ! I also like doing tag games :OOO

... I’ll just tag, uh, 5? : @diaryofadorkykid, @hamzzikwon, @smilingvernon, @ilyjs, @myeungho , + anyone else who wants to? I’m just going off the top of my head here ajksbgdkhbdh

You don’t have to do this if you don’t want to!!!!

5 Things..

in my bag:

A pen!

My phone + headphones

Money (abt 20 dollars I was supposed to use on lunch on a field trip... I didn’t eat lunch that day bc I was busy doing the work for that trip :U)

A pocket knife! (I don’t bring this to school, but it’s on my person if I’m going out without my parents)

Snacks or candies

in my bedroom:

My bed lol

Orion’s crate + a dog bed that he’s beginning to use as of late

Two picture frames of Orion on my nightstand

Uh... said nightstand

A door that leads to the bathroom

i’ve always wanted to do:

Fall in love! I’d like to do it later though when I have a grip on things in life and am more independent!

Learn more languages! Languages are just downright pretty.

Pet a fish

Dissect something!!! My bio (and now chem) teacher last year was allowing the kids in a lower grade to dissect a squid and I really, really wanted to do that too! :( I’ve only dissected a mackerel but that was 6 years ago...

Travel out of the U.S! I went to Mexico maybe two times, but I don’t remember much of it and was too young to actually do a lot of stuff :(

make me feel happy:

O! R! I! O! N! Orion! My puppy!!! (i’m p sure i annoy all my friends with how much i talk about this kid)

Writing, or just creating content in general. I like making stuff and helping my creative flow :D

Friends!!!

Daydreaming :) I do it a lot and it’s like a mini vacation and I can do a lot of things in my mind. It’s quite vivid too? I once daydreamed about a chase scene and my adrenaline started pumping.

Pretty things? :O There are a lot of pretty things which I reblog to my aes blog, but I always feel great looking at them because wow wow wow wow!!!

currently into:

KPOP! Specifically SVT and PRISTIN but they also make the most appearances on my dash

Learning languages! I want to learn Korean and Chinese and German or Russian, but I’m not sure where to start >.<

Driving. I’m taking Driver’s Ed and it’s p fun! Some of the kids are... kinda... y e a h I prefer to sit in the back and near the wall.

Making things. Like the above where I state that I enjoy creating things!!!

on my to-do list:

Finish up that SVT challenge... and then do the 17 challenge lmao. I have only ONE more thing to do!!!

Clean up some of the files on my computer! I have a bunch that need to be put into my.. uh... renamed recycle bin lol

Keep practicing with Photoshop! It’s been pretty fun messing around with things so far, but other than experimenting I have not found a style or way of doing things yet.

Improve my writing! I notice things I tend to do a lot and want to fix, but they’ve stuck around since my first days of writing. (Ex. My use of a lot of dialogue and using the word “you” way too many times for my liking. I write in strictly 2nd person and I think I want to change that with a little leeway)

Uh.... let’s see..... finish the school year ? I most likely will at this rate, but it’s something I want to do. :P

#tag game #my school starts a week earlier than all the other schools...#and we also end a week later......#thIS YEAR HOWEVER we have to extend a year a week extra bc the days in the school year don't add up right apparently :U #anyways i want to do more but it's nearly 2AM :P

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queen0fkingss · 8 years ago

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All the questions for the fill in the blanks thing for Cali/Kesan because I can't decide which ones to send lol

Who’s more likely to find who wearing their clothes?: Kesan definitely finds Dallas wearing his clothes. His big shirts are way too tempting for her to resist.

Who enunciates hand holding?: They’re both guilty of this, but once their relationship is no longer a secret, Kesan would hold her hand all the time in public places as a clear sign that she was his lol

Who likes having their hair washed by who?: Um... Dallas??

Who likes to slow dance?: Once he figures out how to get past his icky leg, Kesan would love slow dancing with her, flowing in rhythm with her to their favorite music. He loves it.

Muse that’s more likely to fall asleep with their head in the others lap?: Dallas, she falls asleep with him while watching old movies together. Most of which he hardly understands but he watches them anyway because he knows she enjoys them.

Muse that does all the cuddling in a blanket fort?: Both tbh

Who hogs most of the covers at night?: LOL Dallas, definitely. After learning this, Kesan just either lets her or keeps a spare blanket in case she takes them and it’s too cold.

Muse who nuzzles the others shoulder to get them to give them a head rub?: Ohhhhh Kesan. For sure. Once he discovers head scritches, he’s gonna pester her for them all the time when he can.

How do they share a desert? Two forks or one?: Two, probably. Kesan likely uses an entirely different utensil to eat it lmao, but he’d attempt it every now and then.

Who gets jealous more easily?: Both of them. Dallas gets peeved when others try to evoke Kesan’s status as a bladesman to get with him (and he refuses everytime lmao) and Kesan gets clingy when guys oogle at Dallas the wrong way, or make passes at her. He often gives them death glares.

Who gets angered more easily?: Definitely Kesan, the fucking hardass lmao

How do they go to sleep at night?: In each other’s arms, of course~

Who gets the most shoulder rubs?: Probably Kesan, poor guy busts his ass every day to ensure that Dallas and their family were happy and safe.

What are there arguments/fights like? How often do they fight?: They probably bicker a bit, but hardly actually fight for real. Kesan loves her too much for that. Instead if they have issues with something, he sits her down to talk it out as calmly as they can.

Who is more likely to throw things in fights?: Dallas will probably throw a sock at Kesan, that’s literally it lmao

How do they make it up to each other/apologize after an argument?: If things accidentally get heated, Kesan will likely just spoil her with a good night, movie marathon, fancy dinner, the works.

Do they have nicknames for each other?: “Tiny Human” and “Smelly Squid-face” LOL

Caring for each other while ill, how does the other muse go about it?: If Dallas is sick, Kesan probably freaks a little, searching what diseases have the symptoms she’s showing. Somehow a common cold manages a search for the Bubonic Plague aka “Black Death”. Cue his frantic screaming when he reads about it. When he’s sick, Dallas spoils the fuck out of him. Plenty of warm blankets and hot teas.

Who’s more likely to be patching the others wound?: Probably Dallas tbh, someone was talking shit and so Kesan just HAD to punch them and turns out it makes for a good market brawl.

Muse that says ‘I told you so’, after they come home from the beach and other muse is burnt to a crisp while whining how bad it hurts for not listening and putting on sunblock after the other muse repeatedly told them they’d get burnt?: Kesan, mostly because his skin is tough enough to not be burnt.

Your otp has a newborn baby, who gets up in the middle of the night when he/she cries?: Definitely Kesan. Dallas takes care of the baby while he’s gone at work in the day so he’s more than happy to let her rest. Sometimes he falls back asleep next to the baby’s crib for Dallas to find in the morning.

Your muse’s of the otp reaction to finding the others crying about something? And how do they make them feel better?: If Dallas is crying, Kesan won’t rest until he finds who, or what caused it, and make it better. This is one surefire way to have him start random fights... in the market.

What would they be like as parents?: Kesan, as we’ve discussed, is a rather doting father. He spoils that kid like his life depended on it and gets flustered when they cry for whatever reason. Dallas probably has more patience and discipline than he does.

What would they have been like as childhood sweethearts?: Honestly the best of friends, but I feel like Kesan would have prevented a lot of what Dallas suffered through.

Who initiates taking a bath together?: They’re both culprits of this lmao

Who likes who playing with their hair?: Again, Kesan has no hair. Ten points to Dallas.

The place they mostly likely accidentally fall asleep together?: Definitely the balcony. Sitting outside on a warm evening, watching the suns set on the ocean’s horizon.

#battle-scarred-raven

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missguomeiyun · 8 years ago

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lunch @ NongBu

I had 3 days off: Family Day, yesterday, & today. Am I really going back to work tmr already? I feel like I got nothing done.. & in reality (sadly), I really did not get anything done =[ I have made some progress on my ‘project; though, so that was good.

Guess where this was!!!

Does this provide a hint?

I was at Block 1912 having my usual ganache mocha while working my ‘project’. Things are harder than it seems. .. & it’s shocking (maybe not for you) that so many other ppl in the world share the same thoughts as you lol anyways, I won’t talk about that anymore. I’m here to tell you about my lunch @ Nongbu!

I feel like their menu grew a bit since the last I’ve been here but I’m not sure where the growth is.

My lunch-mate Christina & I ordered the honey ddeokbokki (the sidedishes/banchan’s were free of charge with unlimited refills). The honey ddeokbokki was interesting. It had a really soft & chewy interior, while the exterior was pan-fried a little bcos it was crispy. It sort of reminded me of the rice at the bottom of clay pots. It was drizzled over with some (diluted) honey & lastly topped with black sesame seeds. Not sure if this was an appetizer or a dessert. I associate dessert with sweet things & this definitely qualified. But having rice cakes after a meal is filling.. . I think I personally would consider this as a “pastry” to go with some hot tea. In any case, it was delicious!

This was my O-Jing-Uh Bokam Ssam, aka spicy squid lettuce wrap. Forgot this didn’t come with rice so I ordered a bowl of rice as a side. What it does include: raw garlic, raw green chili peppers, cucumber, lettuce, Ssam sauce (aka the sauce that goes with lettuce/rice wraps), & a spicy squid stirfry that also contained some onions & small amount of cabbage. Finally, it is topped with green onions & sesame seeds.

Here is another look.

I LOVED IT! It was sweet, spicy, & the squid was well-cooked. I hate undercooked squid & I hate overcooked squid even more. This was perfect. It was soft but still had the chewy texture. I highly recommend!

This was Christina’s “fire chicken”. Man it was spicy!!! Level 8/10! Like for me, it was manageable but yeah.. had a serious kick. They were not kidding about the “fire”. Besides chicken, it also has cabbage, onions, rice cakes, fish cakes, & kimchi. Unlike my entrée, this came with a bowl of rice so you don’t have to order it separately. PS: this was at the level of spicy that exist in Korea. If you can handle this comfortably, you’ll have no problem eating there bcos most spicy foods was like this!

Altogether, I enjoyed my meal - the food, my company, & he service. Thank you, NongBu & I hope you “get bigger” bcos you are amazing~

#YEGfood #korean #whyteave #lunch #nongbu

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