#choi dongsoo

[sscarletvenus]

who up genning their zeroes

[lookismstuff]

What was "The Mission" from Charles?

SPOILER ALERT

Just in case you don't remember what sort of mission Charles gave Daniel when they were talking in Ep 512:

This was the mission in Ep 177:

Basically Charles would reveal the secret of the Second Body since he considered that the current Daniel had somehow surpassed DG (of back then?). Daniel had also used the Body as it was designed (to fight, and fight A LOT).

How sad that back then I naïvely interpreted this as Charles' wish to elevate Daniel's hitherto unknown potentials when it was actually his egotistical method to trap the boy in intergenerational battles and crew wars. Almost like Charles wanted Daniel to become the pinnacle of the criminal underworld.

[squishyneet]

this shit is censored. he's wearing a robe afterwards.

THIS MAN DID A NUDE PHOTOSHOOT

[lookismstuff-2]

SPOILER ALERT

Lookism Cinematic Analysis (6)

tw: suicide

This panel is loosely based on one of the posters of a critically acclaimed Korean film, "Socialphobia" (2014).

"Socialphobia" is a story about the mysterious death of a social media user who was some sort of a keyboard warrior, and the subsequent social media frenzy that it caused.

In the film, the social media user was objectified after her death. For the other young characters, the allure of the mystery surrounding her death was more important than her humanity. At the end of the film, it's never clear whether she was murdered or it was a suicide, and nobody cared about it.

In Lookism's case, the moment Charles took his own life, all the exposé about his crimes became secondary compared to his dead body. Who he was before HNH, his personal life, etc etc at that moment disappeared. He was but the grotesque body.

Notice how in both the panel and the poster, different angles were taken by the press and the civilians when photographing the dead. This also works as a symbolism: people only knew about the dead girl and Charles the way whoever took photos of them chose to. They were both presented differently, framed differently, depending on the angle.

In a world where reality is fabricated, what is real never matters.

Credit: Socialphobia (2014), dir. Hong Seokjae

[ccosmix]

critical thinking and theorizing on why he acts like this ASIDE-

Charles is so funny to think about, the (years upon years of) consequences of his actions are catching up to him, and he justs, sends Gun to wipe them all out. Go, my miracle 20 y/o guy (who I probably manipulated too) make these kids DISAPPEAR from my sight.

He's had it with these minors!!! The Consequences are Coming.

[plasticbaggo]

who killed gapryong kim?

[norwegiankafka]

another lookism thoughts is that many people assume gun is loyal to charles bc gun is a yakuza. yakuza were known to be loyal. this is a very debatable opinion, but i think gun stayed and working for charles is bc charles provide smth that he can't for himself. ig in the earlier time gun works for charles, they make some sort of deal that gun can have this certain thing that he wants as long as he works for charles.

but actually my thoughts had its ground. theres an episode (older episode ig) where gun talks to daniel, "as long as I don't break the rules, I will get anything I wanted." (srry for the mistranslations, I read it in my native lang).

but this could also refer to gun's history as a yamazaki. rather than his history in his clan, I believe that this convo is referring to his relationship with charles choi. this convo also happened when gun was fighting with daniel when daniel tried to take charles' photo in an old school, while gun is trying to convince daniel to make a crew (and possibly, to be his successor).

sorry i was just tryna take a nap and suddenly thinks ab this HAHAHAHAHAH

[kingrirei]

Charles Choi cause he's insane and hot...it's truly Lookism after all.

[lookismstuff]

It was a smart move by Charles because

The Juvenile Laws in Korea are different from their Criminal and Civic Laws (more lenient), so unless the children and minors do something totally barbaric, it will be next to nothing. Even Jiho was sentenced as a minor and was supposed to be held in a juvenile prison for a maximum of 4 years.

The kids aren't drafted for the military service yet so they can work for Charles for a very longgggg time.

The high number of runaways and dropouts he could enslave hire for the business expansion really.

I've been catching up on lookism lately and this is my controversial take everyone!!

[stormdragon23]

Monarch/Ruler Successors AU

This is just my personal headcanons on this AU since I have my own take

Kind of a mashup of others' ideas honestly, plus a couple of my own though I think they came from one person in particular

Very subject to change as I read Ragnarok. And when I'm finally able to play the game

Monarchs:

Choi Jong-In as The Monarch of Destruction, the King of Dragons

Baek Yoon-Ho as The Monarch of Fangs, the King of Beasts

Hwang Dong-Soo as The Monarch of the Iron Body, the King of Monstrous Humanoids

Kang Tae-Shik as The Monarch of Transfiguration, the King of Demonic Spectres

Eun-Seok as The Monarch of Frost, the King of the Snow Folk

Lim Tae-Gyu as The Monarch of the Beginning, the King of Giants

Goto Ryuji as The Monarch of White Flames, the King of Demons

Park Hee-Jin as The Monarch of Plagues, the Queen of Insects

Ruler Vessels:

Cha Hae-In

Min Byung-Gyu

Thomas Andre

Liu Zhigang

Christopher Reed > Lennart Niermann

Sung Il-Hwan

Go Gunhee > Woo Jin-Chul

Siddharth Bachchan (Don't have a pic for him, but that's not my fault)

Open to questions. Because I don't know what else to say

[pain-suffering-even]

this is all i can offer while in the depth of my hiatus but i PROMISE i will make a real post. someday. soon. probably...

"you only need 1 chair to beat them all with," nearly killed me lmaooo

[sscarletvenus]

call me max the way ver not stappen until my jaw is locked

[lookismstuff]

Highlights of Ep 486

SPOILER ALERT

"I can't breathe. I can't breathe! Take me out of this darkness that has lost its light. I can't stop it anymore. It's swallowing me up. Save me from myself..." - SONDIA, Nightmare

Some time during the night, Vin let the girl in but his mind kept him awake, thinking that the shaman must've sent the girl to kill him.

In anger, Vin was thinking of kicking the girl out but was stopped by the sight of her tears in her sleep.

The next day, Vin met the Cheonliang fam and apologized, but they teased him saying they wanted the old (rude) him back. Vin was embarassed but he insisted that he really meant to apologize to them (and that he was thankful). And that from then on, he was a Cheonliang Fam member, and called Seongji "Master".

Seongji called Vin to help him with kimchi, which Vin thought as maybe Seongji's way to trick him. Jewoo explained that they were running out of side dishes, while casually asking about the girl who was hiding behind Vin.

The girl then helped Seongji with the kimchi, and Vin then told the Cheonliang Fam kids that she was a servant of the Cheon household. She specially served Taejin, and had since ran away.

Taejin seemed to have vented his frustration of losing Vin and Seongji on the Yakuza and the servants. So the girl ran away out of fear of being killed.

Jewoo realized that this means Taejin must've been even more furious and would want to find both Vin and the girl.

The girl announced that she was a perfect servant: good at cooking, doing laundry, and doing dishes, which made Taebong and the others felt both pitiful and uncomfortable about her presence there.

Jewoo asked whether they would send her back, and Vin retorted that she would die since Taejin would never save her life, as his errant property.

Then Mary chimed in that they should take the girl in, and the girl thanked her (mistakenly called her "bro" and got hit in the head). Jewoo teased Mary whether she made this decision because of her rice diet plan and she kicked him mercilessly.

Seongji decided that the girl must stay at Vin's place (to his shock) since it was Vin who took her in the first place, then he got inside his house and left the kids behind.

Seongji also told Vin that he'd better take responsibility for her, and Vin was struggling with it but eventually said yes, on condition that Seongji taught him how to fight.

Vin told Seongji that he had no power to protect anyone yet, so with the new strength he'd be able to protect someone. Seongji told Vin that it wouldn't be just ssireum that he taught, but the classes would be so hard and vomit-inducing, the way he himself learned it, but Vin was happy anyway.

Seongji then proceeded to lock his door, and inside, he was gasping for air in what seems like a panic attack. In a daze, the young king took some pills to ease the attack.

Jewoo, perceptive as ever, realized that something was wrong and went knocking on his Master's door. Seongji deflected Jewoo's concern and told him to go and not to come in. In sad understanding, Jewoo complied.

Meanwhile, Charles was confident that the Shinmyeong would relinquish Cheonliang land ownership to him to deflect treason accusation. But the shaman showed the Red Paper that he obtained from Seongji: the evidence of Charles' treason, allegedly worse than Shinmyeong's. Shinmyeong called up the Kojima brothers and the other Yakuza lackeys just as Charles moved to attack him.

But Charles still had another ace up his sleeve: Enter young Gun, with a taunting smile on his face, to the foray.

[squishyneet]

I truly could never understand the theory that DG is Charles' second body. I understand that people come up with lookism theories left and right and some of them come true (like Eugene and Yuseong :DD) but what on earth makes y'all actually believe it? Like I'm trying to see it but I just can't??

DG is his own person! He's two ppl actually!?!?

Maybe some ppl think the second body thing is genetic, which I could understand because I have a small theory that Jinyoung may have had one in the past, but why DG?

IF we are going with the idea that the second body can be destroyed or die somehow (because of Big Daniel's death flags), why would any of these ppl still have their second body? especially with their yk . . . JOBS??? Charles or Jinyoung full well could have lost their second bodies or grown out of them or smth idk. Also, are ppl forgetting how the bodies work??? We have seen them in the same place!! And PTJ breaking the rules of his own universe is not as likely as some other explanation.

DG is someone Charles took full advantage of. He was a crazy child, absolutely. But he was a child that was taken advantage of and turned into a cash cow. And now he is seeking freedom.

Some of these second body theories kill me bc I don't understand. And it makes me a little upset that DG has been reduced to being a second body because it takes so much away from his character. We don't know why he knows about second bodies, maybe he has one, maybe he is one. But idk man he's more than just his connection to Charles.

And the ppl who say DG's movin weird, DG's sus, he wants freedom!! He has to be sus! Everybody is sus!

[vigil4nted]

Anyway adding Dongsoo & Irang from the kdrama Connect on Disney+ ♥

[stormdragon23]

This is a very nice top 10 Solo Leveling characters list. I really like it :>

I like most of these characters too though I personally hold some values higher than others, so my top 10 is different, but I still like your take on it

Might make my own later

My top 10 Solo Leveling characters + explenation.

I know some of you may not agree (especially no. 10), but please don't hate me. I just like them a lot. This is my opinion. Feel free to tell me if I made a mistake or if I spelled something wrong! And feel free to tell me what your top 10 is, too!

Baek Yoon-Ho

I'll be honest, I love Yoonho. He's such a cool character. I love cats/tigers/panthers, all of them. I love the way he acts like an aggressive cat, the way he has cat traits and I love how he can transform into an awesome white tiger-like beast.

2. Lim Tae-Gyu

His personality just screams out sleepdeprived and cocky, but he is not. I love his cocky smile, even though he isn't. When I read the fact that his occupation before his awakening was tennis I came to love him even more. And you got his uniform design. It's awesome!

3. Kenzo Tanaka

I know he doesn't have a lot of screen time, but I love him. He really strikes me as one of those tough guys that are actually soft on the inside. And I love how he is so calm, unlike most other tough guys. He just strikes me as a really nice and caring guy.

4. Lennart Niermann

Lennart is awesome. His personality is awesome, his powers are awesome. I love him. He's such a soft and calm person. Every time he was on screen he made me calm. His powers, though. They make me wild! They're so cool! I mean, just look at that picture! Not to msntion the way he protected Thomas. He knew he wouldn't be a match against someone even stronger than Thomas, and yet he helped Thomas.

5. Min Byung-Gu

He strikes me as one of those softies everyone would love. He's just so nice towards others and he has such a welcoming smile! I love his warm smile! And his design is nice, too. They gave him a nice color palette. The way he uses a book to use his powers also has me going wild. It's just so cool! It makes me think of one of those overpowered wizards!

6. Thomas Andre

Thomas Andre just screams out brute power! He's such a rough and tough guy. I like how he just smashes eveything and how rough he is with his opponents. Whenever he walks next to someone he looks like a giant. That's really funny. And the way he transforms into an overpowered knight-like looking person is just amazing!

7. Lui Zhigang

His mysterious and dark aura makes him really appealing. He doesn't have a lot of screen time, but he is such a cool person. He's so powerful, and yet we haven't seen him fight once. But the way he has awesome panels in the manwha makes up for it. His panels are always either dark and mysterious or beautiful.

8. Woo Jin-Chul

Woo is in my top 10 because he has such a calm and mannered personality, even though his stress level is at 100% everytime we see him. He always manages to find a solution to a problem. When he stopped Baek and Hwang from a fight, we saw his true power. Even though the two were S-ranks, he stopped them. Yes, his arm throbbed in pain, but he still stopped them, which means he's storng.

9. Choi Jong-In

Choi is a sly, but calm person. I love how he's with Baek 90% of the time. They're always bickering together and throwing a tantrum. Yet he still manages to do his job properly and clear most raids easily. I love his design a lot and his attacks are awesome, too.

10. Hwang Dong-Soo

HEAR ME OUT! Hear me out! Dongsoo may not be the nicest person, but the way he's shown in a dark and mysterious way has drawn me to him. He also strikes me as one of those complete douchebags with a slightly soft side. He came over to Korea, all because someone killed his brother. Now their band wasn't too good, but he still cherished his brother from the inside. Even if it's just in the slightest. That means he has a soft side and I love him for that.