#doom x dong kyung

[myromancedramas]

DOOM: AT YOUR SERVICE (2021)

[zhoufeis]

myul mang kim sa-ram + trying to be a decent human being (luckily, his longer-human wife is helping him)

DOOM AT YOUR SERVICE (2021) 어느 날 우리 집 현관으로 멸망이 들어왔다

[wolha]

PARK BO-YOUNG as TAK DONG-KYUNG DOOM AT YOUR SERVICE 어느 날 우리 집 현관으로 멸망이 들어왔다 (2021) dir. Kwon Young-Il

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[laurapalwer]

“Powerful, ageless, non-human being who has seen and experienced too much pain & suffering falls head over heels in love with a human/mortal who, unintentionally-or-not, reminds them of the beauty of life again…” ships just hit different.

[dailyasiandramas]

DOOM AT YOUR SERVICE 어느 날 우리 집 현관으로 멸망이 들어왔다 2021, dir. Kwon Young Il

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What? Your hand.

[baifengxis]

어느 날 우리 집 현관으로 멸망이 들어왔다 DOOM AT YOUR SERVICE

gif challenge | vs. @zhoufeis round sixteen • gif the same scene as your challenger

[byul153]

Doom At Your Service, Episode 9

"What do you think about when you look at me?"

I...thought that I would just watch people as they disappear. Eating like them...sleeping like them...regret like them...love like them. Living like them...was it always like this?

Even though I'm not afraid of things disappearing... I was afraid...of the fact that I wouldn't be able to see you anymore.

I came to the realization just now, like a fool. That your remaining time is just a little.

"What's...wrong? Did something happen?"

"I love you." "I'm...loving you right now."

Myul Mang's last lines "네가...너를 사랑하고 있어" is a little difficult to translate due to the nuance of the original Korean. It's loosely translated as another version of "I love you," but the meaning behind is different. In that moment, his version of loving is in the continued present: there is no end of it now, nor in the future.

(It makes perfect sense in my head, but like most of my explanations, it comes out garbled. :/)

And of course they have to put that timer on as the ending scene. Great.

[kalena-henden]

It’s interesting how Joo Ik has chosen friendship over romance even though he really wants both. He told Hyun Kyu that he was out of line for trying to keep him apart from Ji Na and then subsequently came clean to Ji Na and let her know he was bowing out of her personal life. However, both Ji Na and Hyun Kyu still feel Joo Ik’s presence as a barrier to the two of them getting back together. It’s why Hyun Kyu challenges him to a bet and why Ji Na calls him immediately after asking out Hyun Kyu, even though he’s made his choice to leave them be.

Joo Ik is at a major crossroads in his work life and personal life. He’s at the batting cages trying to blow off some steam before making any decisions. He reluctantly agrees to Hyun Kyu’s bet for his car or something else and promptly wins. Hyun Kyu is clearly making allusions to this being a contest over who will date Ji Na but Joo Ik does not take the bait. Instead, he side steps the whole thing and choosing not to make any decisions about what he would like as his prize until a later time. Joo Ik wants no part in a battle over Ji Na’s affections. She’s a grown woman who can make her own choice about who she wants to be with. He may not respect whom she chooses but he respects her right to choose. Accepting the bet was a way to placate his best friend in the moment. When they are back at their apartment, Joo Ik is still troubled over the strain both of them liking the same girl has put on their friendship and offers Hyun Kyu his car as a way to mend it. Joo Ik has money but very few friends and he doesn’t want to lose Hyun Kyu. Unfortunately, this backfires by upsetting Hyun Kyu who declares he will win the car aka win the girl. What Hyun Kyu can’t see is that Joo Ik already took himself out of that race before it really began. 

Ji Na calling Joo Ik immediately (like mere steps after she walked out of the cafe) to tell him she agreed to date Hyun Kyu shows they become quite close in their time together. They become texting buddies and have met several times to talk about things other than work since he drove her to find Dong Kyung when she was distraught. Never is that more evident than when they unexpectedly come face to face on the sidewalk in the middle of their call. The shock of seeing each other in this moment makes them both feel vulnerable. It takes them a few seconds to regain their composure. He responds to her news by trying to give her what he assumes she wants which is to end their contract and never see him again for work (since if she dates Hyun Kyu it’s likely that he will occasionally see her in a personal setting). Surprisingly, this was not the point of her phone call. Which begs the question: why did she call to tell him? Instead, she insists that she still wants to work with him and he agrees to do so but with the professional distance of email and text only. But then Ji Na threatens to expose their kiss to Hyun Kyu if he tries to break their contract again. This seems out of left field and generally unwarranted until you realize the massive trust issues she has from Hyun Kyu lying and then ghosting her. Joo Ik responds that she’s free to tell Hyun Kyu the truth anytime. He’s not scared of it. In fact, we’ve seen enough of his directness to know he prefers honesty even if it might sting for a bit. Through the Tak siblings Ji Na is challenged to accept the truth that she actually likes and wants to date Joo Ik. 

After a short consideration, Joo Ik makes a decision about his work life by deciding to start his own web novel company. His first recruit is Dong Kyung, who makes it easy on him by calling at the perfect moment: after he’s just secured his funding from his dad. He’s out at the golf course when he gets her call and it would be easy for him to ask her to meet him at a coffee shop. However, he invites Dong Kyung into his home that he’s been hiding from everyone for years. He has a genuine respect and admiration for her work and as a person, and vice versa. However, they’ve never crossed the line into becoming friends until now. He brings her coffee and indulges all her small talk questions until they veer into his love life. Then he quickly changes the subject to actively recruit her. Dong Kyung lets this slide for a moment but then returns to her question: what are his (romantic) plans regarding Ji Na? His stoic silence is part avoidance but it’s also a truth in itself: he doesn’t have plans pursue a romantic relationship with her at this time because she’s choosing to pursue someone else who happens to be his best friend and her ex. I love that he insists he needs Dong Kyung to get better and join his company. He wants Dong Kyung by his side not just a competent ally but as his friend which warms my heart.

What throws all his determination to stay away from Ji Na into question is when she emails him her newest novel which is their origin story pretty much ripped from her diary. After the Tak siblings seal of approval, Ji Na embraced the truth that she’s started to fall for this level-headed, smart, kind, trustworthy guy. Dong Kyung said she admired how brave Ji Na was about pursuing love when she was young. That passionate Ji Na is back, pouring her heart and soul into her writing, and then sending it to the person it’s about looking to see how he will respond. The weight of her twin declarations clearly rest on him as sits alone in his living room: she’s going to date her ex who is his friend and she’s acknowledging she has feelings for him too. These two things could not be more at odds. How can he keep his best friend and pursue the women he’s fallen for? In the end, I think Joo Ik will be able to date Ji Na and, as his ‘prize’ for the bet, will ask Hyun Kyu to continue to be his friend because their relationship is just as important to him.

[myromancedramas]

DOOM: AT YOUR SERVICE (2021) - hands

[zhoufeis]

어느 날 우리 집 현관으로 멸망이 들어왔다 DOOM AT YOUR SERVICE. South Korea, 2021, Episode 15.

I missed you so, so much.

[ijustchangedmyname]

A small DAYS and Pride and Prejudice parallel I noticed. 🙈

[reading-is-an-escape]

Because I miss them. And these two pictures have the same vibe. Love.

[dailyasiandramas]

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