#dong-je?? jeong-sik??

[eremin0109]

The dinner meetings of Han Ki-wan, Do Hae-won and Lee Changjin must be really fucking entertaining from Changjin's point of view. It's just watching these two privileged fuckers silently lose their shit because their sons absolutely refuse to listen to them and the cheeky inspector that is the bane of their existence is unfortunately also the guy their sons want to fuck.

[chronomally]

"What if Park Jeong-je teams up with his mom?" Who he hates and can barely stand being in the same room as? Who is largely responsible for the psychological torture he's being putting himself through for the past 20 years?

[dangermousie]

Gotta say that the one thing that made me go ??? at the end were the various sentences.

Not the murder-adjacent ones because whatever, but the Dong Sik and Jeong Je ones.

A year in jail plus two of probation for moving a dead woman's chopped off fingers? When it was to catch a serial killer and where it didn't screw up trial and/or investigation (man wasn't tried since he offed himself but even if he did, it wouldn't have been because of the fingers as evidence but other stuff.) That's nuts.

But OK, fine, maybe Korea has super strict desecration of human remains laws.

But what on earth did JJ get three years for?

Driving while high 20+ years ago and accidentally running over a dead body on a dark rural dirt road where he might not have been able to spot it even if he was sober - how on earth does that get you 3 years? You can't even tack on extra for lengthy lies and concealment since he wasn't the one with the plan to hide the crime and actually didn't properly remember he was the one who did it for the bulk of the time even if he worried he was. And once he truly remembered, he cooperated to catch his own mother etc etc and didn't take a runner or try to conceal.

I mean, in some places the statute of limitations alone would have expired and caused no jail sentence but even without it, I am trying to figure out what he'd get 3 years for. Impaired driving two decades ago? Accidentally hitting a corpse? Being sorta but not really involved in hiding that he hit a corpse? Like WHAT. It makes no sense to me. Unless Korea has truly draconian laws on a lot of random stuff, between all of that and his mental impairment and his active cooperation, no way would it be 3 years in jail.

CONFUSED

[cottagehorror-lesbians-stuff]

lee yu-yeon is the laura palmer of manyang. meaning that everything revolves around her murder. everyone's life has been impacted by her murder in some capacity, and she made the town what it is when she died.

she made han gihwan's career, and provoked his downfall. she made lee dong-sik a policeman, a martyr, a scapegoat, a wanderer. she made han joowon come to the substation, and she made him meet lee dong-sik. she made kang jinmuk the perfect serial killer of the town, but she also led to his arrest. she made park jeong-je the enemy of his mother.

everything started and ended with her. she permeates the plot, the characters, the stories, the town... even though she is not the only tragedy, she is the original tragedy that gave birth to the very storyline of the show.

[jwdsmysaviours]

everyday my mind goes to the friendship Dong Sik, Jeong Je, and Ji Hwa had..and just how terribly it crumbled when the truth came out…

20+ years of friendship and it makes me think if Dong Sik would ever come to terms with Jeong Je, getting him proper help and taking care of him properly without sending him away…rarely acknowledging Jeong Je’s apologies while he helps him move out and into a new home, a new opportunity to live free

or if Ji Hwa stays up late at night, crying herself to sleep whenever she remembers the simpler times when she and Dong Sik defended Jeong Je from those bullies, and if she would now be able to fend off the bullies that are her doubts and insecurities when she sees Jeong Je three years later…embracing her best friend

Would Jeong Je try to divert his drawing skills to other animals?..those that remind him of his actual family, who he imagines still sit around in a circle..warm food and drinks in hands..He really wants to stop running away, and when Jae-Yi places a plate in front of him, with Ji Hoon giggling and patting him in the back…Ji Hwa’s smile that sparks hope..and Dong Sik’s hearty laugh…a rare Ju Won sitting beside him with a small smile as well..He finds himself wanting to be part of this in every lifetime

[tortibomb]

Dong Sik’s confrontation with Jeong Je followed by Dong Sik’s confrontation with Joo Won. You can’t do this to me. 😢

[welcometothejunglebitch6138474]

On paper HJW looks like he's had a better life than LDS. By all accounts Dong sik has had more losses in his life but he's always had someone who supported and loved him (Jeong-je, Nam Sang-Bae, Jihwa, Jihoon, Minjeong, Jae-yi, his sister, his parents, and even Minjook (ew)) but before LDS, Joowon has never known or experienced love. I think HJW's mom loved him but he's never had any kind of real love in his life because of her addiction, before LDS and the Manyang crew. I can't imagine how alone he must've felt growing up with nothing and no one. He's just so important to me.

[teacups-and-saucers]

interesting how the only 2 people kang jin mook wanted to kill but couldn't ended up dying from car accidents. yoon mi hye dies from a car accident a year before the events of beyond evil, and though yu yeon was able to run away from jin mook initially, the double whammy car accidents by jeong je and gi hwan ended up taking her life.

interesting as well how jin mook and dong sik somehow mirrored each other. they both spent 20 years looking for someone who ended up dying in a car accident. the only difference is jin mook looked for mi hye to kill her. dong sik looked for yu yeon to save her.

[citrinekay]

ok looks like the "Han Joo-won is a stupid nepotism baby who isn't intelligent enough to be a cop without his Father's support" crowd is at it again on my post, so it's a good time to remind everyone of some actual facts of the show and the character, not just unsupported personal preferences infantilizing him and taking away his agency 💃

Joo-won is a top graduate of the KNPU, the police academy of Korea that is on par with some of the most prestigious universities in the country. Did his father help him get admitted? Probably yes but his father didn't also do all of his courses, and pass his exams to earn him honor and rank of lieutenant upon graduation. He also attended UK Westminster under school and Eton College during his time in England according the scriptbook, so there's no question as to his academic intelligence.

Joo-won correctly deduces that the illegal immigrants Foreign Affairs was investigating were being murdered by a serial killer, not a gang, when no one else in his department had pieced that together. He then examines old cases with similar MO's and uncovers Yu-yeon's case, which no one else had looked at in 20 years.

After coming to the realization that Dong-sik is not the killer, he correctly deduces that Dong-sik placed Min-jeong's fingers on the bench and thus knows who the real killer is.

He correctly deduces that Busan and Jin-mook's ex-wife are important to his psychopathy and motivations. He may have even gotten Jin-mook to confess if it hadn't been for a death certificate and some fishing line.

He correctly deduces that Jin-mook was killed by someone in the police force in an attempt to cover up another crime. He also suspects that Jeong-je and Chief Nam have some knowledge or involvement, a fact that Dong-sik himself had not even concluded yet.

After admitting that his father could be involved, he again correctly deduces that Han Ki-hwan will want to meet with Lee Chang-jin in private and may reveal some details about the crime, thus securing the recording of Han Ki-hwan's confession. Let's bear in mind that Han Ki-hwan is a smart guy who knows how to cover his ass and he may not have exposed himself as Yu-yeon's killer if it wasn't for Joo-won.

And again, Joo-won correctly deduces from Jung Cheol-mun's text that Dong-sik is about to be framed for murder and goes to the house in his stead to prevent that from happening.

Does Joo-won abuse his authority and use nepotism in his favor? YES ABSOLUTELY. This is not a post supporting all of Joo-won's choices or overlooking the fact that what he did to Lee Guem-hwa was fucked up. My point is that, as viewers who have intimate knowledge of Dong-sik's actions and the truth of who the killer is before Joo-won does, it's easy to sit here and laugh at him getting led on a wild goose chase by Dong-sik (who, keep in mind, spends the first few episodes acting like a straight-up lunatic). He had no reason to suspect Jin-mook, a guy who managed to fool everyone for years INCLUDING DONG-SIK. The problem, in my opinion, is Joo-won's methodology and myopia (two things that afflicts plenty of other cops in the show not just Joo-won) not his intelligence. I'd even argue to say that Joo-won becomes an even better cop without his father's influence or the nepotism, not a worse one. He's learned from his mistakes and can stand on his own as an inspector. And, if it wasn't for him, Han Ki-hwan might have gotten away with everything.

[papaya2000s]

Master List:

The posts listed below are all my own, except for the fanfics, which include original links to the sources where I discovered them, giving credit to the respective creators and writers of their work.

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History of Korean music over the past century.

The History of Korean Male Groups (Rewrite):

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Part 2 - (21/08/2024)

Part 3 - (29/08/2024)

Part 4 - (29/08/2024)

Part 5 - (15/09/2024)

Part 6 - Coming Soon!

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A preview on what groups will be mentioned down below. This series will be coming out in the later part of next year.

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Enjoy the history of some of famous Korean performers that lived in the 20th centaury that have been lost with time.

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Lee Ari Su - (05/03/2024)

Kim So Hee - (05/10/2024)

Park Nok Ju - Coming Soon!

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Jeon Hae Nam - (13/10/2024)

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Part 3 - (17/07/2024)

Part 4 - (21/07/2024)

Part 5 - (21/07/2024)

Part 6 Finale - (24/07/2024)

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These extraordinary women, often referred to as the celebrities of their era, were renowned for their beauty and talent, as evidenced by historical records that ranked the most enchanting kisaengs of that time!

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Part 2 - Jang Yeon Hong (장연홍) (1) - (14/07/2024)

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Part 3 - 1960s - 1962 - (28/04/2024)

Part 4 - 1963 - 1965 - (28/04/2024)

Part 5 - 1965- 1966 - (28/04/2024)

Part 6 - 1967-1960s - (28/04/2024)

Part 7 - 1970-1972 - (02/05/2024)

Part 8 - 1974 - 1981 - (09/05/2024)

Part 9 - 1983 - 1987 - (09/05/2024)

Part 10 - 1989 - 1997 - (09/05/2024)

Part 11 - 1997 - (09/05/2024)

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[dangermousie]

Why the FUCK did Jeong-je hit Yu Yeon with the car (which I assume caused her death.)

Was he having a psychotic break and lost control of the car or heard voices saying she needed to be offed/saw her as a deer/whatever? And if so, he doesn't seem like a psycho murderer type or even a terrible person, why on earth didn't he admit it as he saw his BFF get falsely accused, go nuts etc etc? Like you don't get much in prison for what is at most a manslaughter and he seems to be desperately miserable as is.

But also how did the serial killer get ahold of the corpse to chop off fingers and bury her in the walls?

Man, all of Dong Sik's "friends" are awful - he'd be better off making friends with literal drug dealers and mobsters.

[themthistles]

BEYOND EVIL TIMELINE

for writers, rewatchers and curious people

It’s hard to keep track of the dates in Beyond Evil with all the plot twists, reveals, intentional omission of information and the narrative jumping back and forth. Having to go through the entire drama to figure out its timeline can be a pain. So I put it together in one post.

note: some info is taken from script book 3 translated by yeoyuo on twitter. however if dates found in the book are weird/questionable, i won't include them and if they happen to contradict confirmed dates in the actual drama, i will prioritize drama dates

Order:

year day.month | event (time)

if there's no confirmed date/month then there'll be ? instead of a number

Name abbreviations:

DS: Dong Sik JW: Ju Won JY: Jae Yi JH: Ji Hwa OJH: Oh Ji Hoon MJ: Min Jeong YY: Yu Yeon BJS: Bang Ju Seon LGH: Lee Geum Hwa JJ: Jeong Je NSB: Nam Sang Bae CGG: Cho Gil Goo HGY: Hwang Gwang Young KJM: Kang Jin Mook DHW: Do Hae Won HKH: Han Ki Hwan LCJ: Lee Chang Jin JCM: Jung Cheol Mun

1985

| DS & JH meet at the taekwondo academy

1988

| DS & JJ become friends

1998

?.?

| JJ's father dies and leaves the deer farm to him

2000

?.2

| JH, JJ, DS & YY graduate Munju-si Gwanghyo High School

?.?

| JJ & YY start dating

15.10

| KJM murders BJS & cuts off YY's fingers

| YY runs away while KJM is dragging BJS's body into the reeds

| HKH hits YY with his car

| JJ runs over YY’s body, believes he killed her, calls DHW (3.40 a.m.)

| DHW comes, calls LCJ to get rid of the body and JJ's car

| While LCJ is moving the car KJM takes YY's body and DS's guitar pick that JJ dropped

| KJM places guitar pick at BJS's body to frame JJ, places YY's fingers in front of DS's house

| DS's mother finds YY’s fingers (5 a.m.)

| BJS's body is found

16.10

| DHW forges the forensic report with JCM's help, CGG gives it to NSB

| DS is arrested

22.10

| JJ provides an alibi for DS, DS is released

23.10

| DHW comes to DS's house, threatens to make JJ take back his statement

?.11

| JJ leaves to ‘study in the States’

?.11

| JH leaves town with LCJ*

?.11

| DS enlists in the military

2001

15.1

| JJ is admitted to Hansong Mental Hospital for alcohol induced psychosis (remains there for 4 years)

?.2

| KJM gets keys to the deer farm from DHW

10.4

| JW’s mother commits suicide

16.4

| HKH closes YY & BJS's cases

?.9

JW is sent away to study in the UK (Westminster Under School)

2002

?.?

| JH divorces LCJ

2003

?.1

| DS’s father dies. DS’s mother has a mental breakdown

?.1

| DS is discharged, holds a funeral for his father

2004

?.11

| JH graduates Central Police School (unit 167)

2006

?.?

| JH & OJH's father dies, their mother remarries

?.9

| JW enrolls at Eton College

2007

?.11

| DS graduates Central Police School (unit 206)

20.8

| JY’s father gets into a car accident and goes into a coma

2008

?.11

| JJ graduates Central Police School (unit 224)

2009

?.?

| JW comes back to South Korea

2010

?.7

| JH is transferred to Violent Crimes Department

?.?

| JY’s father dies

3.11

| KJM murders JY’s mother

?.?

| Hyuk becomes JW’s live-in tutor

2011

?.5

| DS is transferred to Violent Crimes Department

2012

?.2

| JY graduates Munju-si Gwanghyo High School

2013

?.2

| JW graduates Seoul International High School

2014

?.2

| OJH graduates Seoul Hanlin Arts High School

2015

?.5

| DS is transferred to Seoul

2017

23.2

| JW graduates Police University

?.3

| JW begins working for Department of Foreign Affairs

21.11

| Lee Sang Yeop is murdered

| Culprit shoots DS in the leg, DS kills him

?.11

| NSB takes the blame for the incident & is transferred to Manyang Substation

2018

?.1-12

| DS takes leave of work

?.? (summer)

| JY & DS become friends

29.7

| Jin Hwa Rim's body is discovered

2019

16.3

| Wi Sun Hui's body is discovered

?.8

| OJH graduates Central Police School (unit 297)

15.11

| Yeo Chun Ok's body is discovered

2020

?.1

| JW figures out a connection between murders, begins investigating, identifies DS as the prime suspect, his team doesn't believe him

?.?

| JW sets up a sting operation using LGH

20.3

| KJM murders LGH (5.22 p.m.)

11.10

| JW arrives in Manyang

18.10

| DS & JW become partners

| JW gets invited to Manyang Substation get together, comes to JY's shop for the first time, meets JH, JY & JJ

19.10

| DS & JW find LGH’s body

23.10

| MJ runs away from Manyang Substation, JJ meets her and takes her home (7 p.m.)

| KJM strangles and buries MJ (8 p.m.)

| OJH comes to the store, OJH & KJM leave together (8.33 p.m.)

| DS finds and steals MJ’s fingers, phone, towel and LGH’s phone, hides them (9 p.m.)

| DS comes back to JY’s shop (9.40 p.m.)

24.10

| DS places MJ’s fingers in front of KJM’s house

| DS & JW discover MJ’s fingers (5 a.m.)

| DS returns YY & PJS files

| JW & DS are questioned

25.10

| NSB erases footage of DS placing MJ’s fingers (1-2 a.m.)

| DS leaves LGH’s phone on mount Simju (7 a.m.)

27.10

| JW is questioned about LGH’s phone found the night before

28.10

| JW gets footage of DS on mount Simju, finds blood in DS’s basement

| DS is arrested

29.10

| JY's shop is searched because of JW

| JY eggs JW

| JW figures out that JY's mother is one of the victims

| JW visits DS in jail

30.10

| KJM comes to visitation room to see DS

| JJ provides an alibi for DS, DS is released

| Basement confrontation

31.10

| JW tells the reporters about serial murders

| Basement confrontation part TWO

| HKH discredits JW's statement

1.11

| DHW's rally fight

| DS, JW & LCJ are arrested, DS agrees to settle

2.11

| Basement confrontation part THREE

| KJM asks JW to conduct his own investigation

| DS & JW go to KJM's house

| JW questions JY

3.11

| Dash cam footage is leaked, OJH arrested

| DS sends a message to KJM from MJ’s phone

4.11

| JJ turns himself in

| JY sends two more messages to KJM from MJ's phone

5.11

| KJM leaves JY a note with the location where her mother is supposed to be, JY goes there, calls DS

| DS tells JW everything

| KJM is arrested

6.11

| MJ’s funeral

| KJM requests to be questioned by DS & JW

?.11

| JW & DS go to Busan

10.11

| LCJ gives KJM a fishing line (5 a.m.)

| KJM commits suicide

| NSB comes over to see KJM, JY comes to kill KJM, sees NSB

21.11

| JJ & DS are promoted

?.12

| JW & JY are in Busan

| NSB is looking for JY

2021

5.1

| JW acquires dash cam footage showing JY on the night of KJM's death

31.1

| JW blackmails JY with the dash cam footage

2.2

| JW returns to Manyang substation

| JY turns herself in

3.2

| JW plants a fishing line & report in NSB's safe (2.50-3 a.m.)

| Bodies discovered at the deer farm

| DS finds YY's body in his basement

| NSB is arrested

4.2

| DS figures out what happened and confronts JW at his apartment

5.2

| NSB is released, JW bugs & follows him

| NSB goes to meet HKH, then LCJ

| LCJ murders NSB

?.2

| NSB's funeral

| DS & JJ go to the house NSB bought (Chungcheong Province)

| NSB's wake at JY's shop, JY tells JW where to find DS

?.2

| JW goes to find DS, asks to work together

| JW, DS, JH, JY, OJH & JJ team up to investigate NSB's death

13.2

| JY & OJH tail HGY

| JJ gets CGG's phone records

| JW questions HKH in his office

| DS, JY & JW question CGG in JY's shop

| DS & JW confront DHW & JCM at a restaurant, JJ is taken away in an ambulance

15.2

| JJ remembers what happened 21 years ago

| Basement confrontation part FOUR

| HKH is nominated for Commissioner General

16.2

| HKH asks DS to work for him at Inspection Inquiry in Seoul

26.2

| DS & JW stage an arrest at HKH's hearing

| JW bugs HKH's car

| LCJ is arrested, released by JW, goes to meet up with HKH

| JY, JH, DS & JW tail HKH & LCJ

27.2

| JW hears HKH admit that he killed YY (12 a.m.)

| Some type of angsty homosexual rain event

5.3

| DHW sends JJ away to a mental hospital

| DS visits his mother at the nursing home

| Soup time

7.3

| JCM is murdered

| HKH & LCJ attempt to frame DS, JW figures it out & goes to JCM's house alone, tries to take the blame

8.3

| LCJ is arrested

| JW & JY get JJ out of the mental hospital

| JW arrests JJ

9.3

| DHW arrest warrant is issued

| LCJ gives up HKH

| JW releases the recording

| Confrontation at HKH’s house, HKH is arrested

| JW arrests DS

2022

5.2

| Manyang Reunion

*there's no actual confirmed date for when Ji Hwa leaves Manyang but november of 2000 is when it probably happened (could also be december but november more likely)

Birthdays

24.3.1981 ◦ Ji Hwa

30.5.1981 ◦ Dong Sik & Yu Yeon

16.11.1981 ◦ Jeong Je

17.6.1993 ◦ Jae Yi

13.8.1994 ◦ Ju Won

14.7.1995 ◦ Ji Hoon

10/11.7.2000 ◦ Min Jeong

I will update the post if there are more relevant dates to add. If you notice a mistake or some wording seems confusing, please tell me and I'll fix it.

here's the google doc for ease of use

[boxoftheskyking]

I get why people call lee dong-sik the poor little meow meow or sad wet rat of a man

But I argue that park jeong-je is poorer, littler, meower, sadder, wetter, and rattier

[mizldrizl]

How old is each character in Beyond Evil?

According to the official Beyond Evil web page:

Lee Dong Sik: 40

Han Joo Won: 27

Park Jung Je: 40

Yoo Jae Yi: 28

Oh Ji Hwa: 40

Nam Sang Bae: 59

Hwang Gwang Young: 34

Cho Gil Gu: 52

Oh Ji Hoon: 26

Do Hae Won: 65

Kang Jin Mook: 45

Kang Min Jung: 21

Lee Chang Jin: 49

Han Ki Hwan: 58

Kwon Hyuk: 34

I read the character information on the web page for the first time just now, and there was some interesting stuff there, such as:

Jung Je became a police officer after seeing Dong Sik and Ji Hwa trying to be one.

Ji Hwa was a Korean national Taekwondo athlete in middle school and high school. She became a police officer because she wanted to beat up bad guys "legally."

Nam Sang Bae was never married. His first love was Han Jeong Im, Jae Yi's mother. His original plan was to ask her out after successfully becoming a police officer, but it was too late; she was marrying Jae Yi's father.

The Oh siblings' father died when Ji Hoon was 12, and their mother remarried and left them. Since then, he and Ji Hwa have lived together.

Han Ki Hwan's father and grandfather were also police officers.

[gillianthecat]

omg they are IN LOVE. that right there was as good as a confession. that was Dong Sik asking "do you love me?" and Joo Won's smile saying yes.

actual conversation: "What are you doing?" "What do you mean? If you sinned, you should pay for your sins, Lieutenant Han Joo Won." [Title emphasized to identify him as his own person, an officer of justice, not as his father's son.] And then the smile. And, in concert, turns to stare down the dad.

So I guess they did not plan this out ahead of time (these men still need to work on their communication skills) but Dong Sik still completely trusted that Joo Won would go along with it. Because it is an excellent plan to ruin his father, and because Joo Won does truly believe justice applies even to himself.

I'm giving it the shippy romantic read, because that's fun, but this scene is just as powerful interpreted completely platonically.

And it is echoing Jae Yi's conversation with Jeong Je only minutes before, supporting my point that she's the moral center of it all.

[bylightofdawn]

I'm only two episodes into Beyond Evil and i get that everyone and their mother ships Lee Dong-sik/Han Joo-won and I get it it's definitely just chef-kiss perfection. And appeals on so many levels.

But I also feel like people are kinda sleeping on Lee Dong-sik/Park Jeong-je. My mans seriously puts off I will go feral on anyone who touches a hair on my poor little meow-meow energy. Also tell me he did not read like a miffed lover waiting at home for Lee Dong-sik to return home at the end of episode two. He just wanted a totally not gay and not homoerotic sleepover! It's not gay for two middle-aged men to have a sleepover. Or you know, cuddle under the covers for warmth because Lee Donk-sik's heater is broken.

I'm not to the point of looking at fic but if someone has not written something along those lines I may lose all faith in humanity.

I also have a soft spot for a good old-fashioned friends-to-lovers trope.

Now, seeing as how I'm only two episodes in and this is a k-drama everything will turn into a dumpster fire and nothing I am predicting early will come to pass. I'm putting even odds on Park Jeong-je getting killed off in some way in point of fact.

I also refused to believe Lee Dong-sik is gonna be the killer in the end, even if they are SUPER HEAVY HANDEDLY trying to plan the red herrings all over the place.

Also? I can't explain why but I love Shin Ha-kyun's face. It's one of those faces that is just so fascinating to study and look at. I'm definitely going to have to go see if I can find some of his other stuff after I finish this show.