#bae seok ryu

[onedramaatatime]

Seung Hyo, probably : gotta dunk Seok Ryu in water for her to open up, like soaking noodles in water

The soaking saga continues........

:))))

[ompred-blog]

Can't wait to see them this weekend 🥹❤️

[jsvausvqbd]

I can’t stop thinking about Seok ryu and Hyeon Jun. Just how beautiful is it to be able to love and be loved with the same amount of care and dedication? their time together might’ve been short but the impact they had on each other will surely last for as long as their hearts beat

[teashh]

I am so glad the new kdramas are bringing back the specific brand of loser men. You know which brand I'm talking about. The Ahn "min min" Minhyuk brand of loser men and I'm loving it. The "I worship this goddess and I'm so in love with her and I can't believe I get to love her. Oh my gods I love her so much" brand of loser men. And we're being fed so well with lovely runner, love next door, no gain no love, my demon, Cinderella at 2am, Hierarchy, Midnight Romance in Hagwon, doctor slump, Queen of tears, welcome to samdal-ri and even good partner (yes it's one sided but the dedication and yuri's couple too).

We need more fictional loser men who worship women to satiate our eldest independent daughter desires.

[nunafilms]

Was I too hasty? Did I make it too overwhelming? No. If you've drawn the knife, you should cut something. No, I think I cut something I shouldn't have cut. No. It was decisive. It was good. I did great.

Love Next Door 엄마 친구 아들 (2024)

[elsafromcabinsix]

my new favourite duo

[bagelbeee]

I'm a sucker for A-takes-care-of-B-even-when-they-aren't-in-good-terms trope akjdhskjnsxa. Love Next Door is serving my brand of angst/comfort!!

(bonus points if B ends up waking to find A at the side of their bed sleeping *excited squealing*)

[lastofthe20thcenturygirls]

they're all gonna be mad at her when they find out and cry etc etc but damn if your kid got cancer went through chemo and had to get more than half of her stomach removed without you ever knowing you're a failure set of parents

[greysasquatchhh]

asdfghjkl he’s so 🤣🤣

[aestheticallysxx]

this pictures are the definition of ‘longing’.

| Love Next Door (2024)

[swiftletinthecloud]

Love Next Door | 엄마 친구 아들 (2024)

@asiandramanet august bingo: parallel | Choi Seung Hyo & Bae Seok Ryu [E01-02]

[baethinker]

Love Next Door (2024) dir. Yoo Je-won

[amesperaltasantiago]

i actually love that they didn't make seok-ryu and seung-hyo super distant from each other. it's what i expected walking into the drama and i was pleasantly surprised to see that they genuinely maintained the best friends part of the best-friends-to-lovers.

a lot of media tends to portray childhood friends to lovers as first becoming closer friends again and it's nice to see a show where that friendship never died. like yeah they're a little bit distant but nothing beyond the distance in normal adult friendships.

it also make seung-hyo's attempts to PURPOSEFULLY distance himself from seok-ryu so much better to watch.

[jsvausvqbd]

Bae Seok Ryu and Song Hyeon Jun

Truthfully, the circumstances just weren’t in their favor, regardless of how much they loved each other and dreamed of a future together. They were faced with a huge obstacle in the form of stomach cancer, for which Hyeon Jun fully committed to being Seok ryu's caretaker, taking a sick leave from work and even putting his whole life on hold for Seok Ryu, because he loved her and wanted to be there by her side. However, Seok ryu's decision to not tell her family and close friends meant leaving Hyeon Jun- who respected her decision and even after they broke up, kept her illness hidden from her family- as her sole caretaker and support system, which was bound to take a toll on him as well sooner or later.

After her treatment ended, they were yet faced with another huge blow in the form of depression -none of which are Seok ryu's fault by the way. But once again Hyeon Jun was left as her sole source of support. Now, I'm not saying that one's partner isn't supposed to be there (I mean, "in sickness and in health", right?), but it's clear that it was too much for him at this point. This reminded me of a cancer research conference I attended years ago, where one of the discussed topics was caretaker burnout and the importance of respite for them, both the sick person and those around them are greatly affected both physically and mentally, and that's what we saw in the episode; Two exhausted people who, despite loving each other, just couldn't bear with how exhausted they were and Hyeon Jun ended up snapping. Does this mean he's a shitty person? No, we saw him be by Seok ryu's side through thick and thin, but at last he was tired and snapped in a moment of desperation. This sadly just means they just weren't what the other needed at the moment anymore, and this is a very realistic portrayal of relationships where there isn't respite nor a proper support system.

I do think he loves her and feels guilty for being so burnt out, but sadly she's ready to move on and that's all that's left for him to do now. Move on.

This sets up a huge challenge for Seung hyo tho, how do you get through her walls when she’s seen first hand what can happen to a relationship when faced with adversities? She said it herself, she’ll be constantly on the lookout for her cancer possibly coming back or even spreading. How can he convince her that he won’t burn out? How can you convince someone who knows firsthand that sometimes love is not enough? Good luck Charlie!

[teashh]

I'm glad the writers did not take the cheating plot forward. Cheating is too easy. It doesn't show the dynamics of a relationship that well. Here, the ex-fiance was there for Seokryu through one of her most difficult times. And yet he expected her to come out unscathed. To be the old Seokryu he fell in love with. And he wasn't able to handle the changes that was not unexpected of someone going through something as traumatic. He always just expected her to be strong.

I think this is going to be in contrast with how Seunghyo is going to treat her and HAS BEEN treating her. He loves her as she is and was and is going to be. He has loved her through all the changes. I think that's the hallmark of love that lasts long. He doesn't expect her to be strong. He expects her to lean on him. To ask for help. And I think that was a very good choice by the writers.

[nunafilms]

I registered for a cooking class. I thought long and hard about it. I think I want to do it. No, I want to do it.

LOVE NEXT DOOR 엄마 친구 아들 (2024)