#full disclosure i am behind with posts despite having planned to finish everything before the week starts lfjaslfjd

[azaracyy]

but the world as she knows no longer exists. digimon survive week 2024 day 1: a new world thoughts under cut. spoilers alert. if you haven't completed the game, proceed at your own risk. you have been warned.

i feel so much for miyuki. the girl who got lost and forgotten. even the best possible ending offered in the game leaves many questions as open possibilities. how is she going to live her life now? how will she deal with living in a new world where it's nothing like the one she used to live in? pretty sure nearly all of the people she knew are no longer alive. her younger brother is now an elderly. this is why digimon survive deserves a sequel. i need to know all that lol. here is my personal headcanon / wish, though: exploring how miyuki, at the core, struggles with everything, including accepting the current reality she is in. despite starting to get used to living in the modern world, she can never, for one, imagine her younger brother dying before her. haru, her only family whom she likely can't even communicate properly with in public without people turning heads and wondering why the old man calls the young girl "big sis". that's probably when something can happen involving takuma co. as they themselves try/struggle to integrate their kemonogami partners into daily life, where it could ultimately end with miyuki getting to "catch up" or get turned into the age and appearance she is supposed to be (i'm delusional) if someone already explored and/or wrote a fic about it, please link it to me... if you who are reading this plans to write about it, please tag me when you finish it... i'm more desperate than i look haha 😭

[what-breaks-my-heart]

Here are some brief thoughts on kdrama that started airing in 2020 that I've watched. I said brief, but those who have been following me would appreciate that this is indeed, brief.

The list is in alphabetical order.

1. 365: Repeat the Year (MBC)

Disclosure: I am a HUGE Lee Joon Hyuk stan. He is second only to Hyun Bin on my list. The fact that this drama is on the top of this list is a happy coincidence 🥰🥰

I was soooooooo excited when I knew Lee Joon Hyuk was to star in a new drama. MBC made the announcement of the drama late last year, and I was literally walking to the office when I saw the announcement on ig.

The premise of the drama was pretty straightforward. 10 people were given the chance to travel back in time exactly one year prior. Mysterious things kept happening to the people who took the trip, so our Detective Ji “Fluffy-Hair” Hyung Joo and webtoon writer Shin “Self-Hater” Ga Hyun joined hands to figure out what exactly happened.

Once they finally figured out what caused the mysterious cases, they faced a great dilemma on what to do, with our Fluffy Hair detective running as a fugitive.

The ending was really sad, and I really wished it ended differently, but the main character of the story was our Fluffy Hair detective, and him having to live on and reset the whole thing from the new past was a nice touch to the ending.

This drama was full of surprises, twist and turn, and it is certainly a drama I would consider rewatching in the future.

2. Do You Like Brahms? (SBS)

Many people criticised the second half of this drama. Apparently the year 2020 is the year when kdramaland keeps being a disappointment, and many people are quick to include this drama in the list of disappointing drama, despite having a good beginning.

I beg to differ though. To me this drama feels more of a healing drama, wherein the characters are forced to deal with their issues. And anyone who has had to go through any form of therapy knows how hard healing process is.

TL;DR: The main leads are both people who have been mentally abused by the people around them, except for Cha Young In, because she was the only reason I did not throw my remote control at my 50-inch TV.

Park Joon Young is your classic example of a ‘gifted kid’ struggle. He was seen as a young, talented pianist who had a bright future ahead of him. But people started to treat him more like a trophy than a human being, so he decided to take a sabbatical, much to the criticism of people in the music industry. Park Joon Young realised that his passion in playing the piano has faded away, no thanks to his abusive piano professor who belittled him again and again, and practically brainwashed him into being a people pleaser. You could see how Park Joon Young was not himself in the beginning of the drama once you finish the drama.

Chae Song Ah took interest in violin at a later age (much later than professional musicians) and decided to pursue her dream by enrolling into a music programme. Her classmates were all younger than her, and it didn’t help that they all learnt music since much younger. I love how Song Ah did not give up on her dream easily and gave it her all, before she finally decided to let go of her dream to become a musician. The metaphor of her love for violin and Joon Young hurting her again and again and she just endured it though.. I cried like a mess well I am a mess but that’s a separate issue

Special shout out to Cha Young In who was there for both of them.

3. Flower of Evil (tvN)

If thriller is your thing, consider this drama. If you are one of those people who like to see your characters being tortured (physically and mentally), this drama is a MUST WATCH. And if you enjoy watching Lee Joon Ki playing a character who is put at a great distress because he is trying to run from his past, go watch this drama.

More importantly, if you enjoy a drama where your ML is sexy, attends to house chores and takes care of his bright young daughter while his wife goes crazy for solving violent crimes, a devoted husband who is attentive and a tender person but also a freak in the sheets, you are wasting every single of your breath not watching this drama.

I mean look at this man teasing his wife about his stamina.

Flower of Evil did not feel draggy at all. Everything that happened within the first 6 episodes could have been an entire drama if this was written by someone else. Seriously, this drama kept me at the edge of my couch!

The dynamic of HS and JW screams POWER COUPLE but at the same time it broke my heart how they were pushed into corners too many times by the people around them I do hope they had some sexy times while they were in the corners though

The focus on their wedding rings throughout the drama symbolised their unbreakable bond. The wedding rings were literally the very last thing that kept them together when JW stumbled upon evidences that pointed against HS.

JW, whose compass was only trusting what she saw, and not what she heard, tried to break the stigma of women being at a disadvantage in the police force. Heck, she was better than her entire team when it came to solving cases, her being the only woman in the team. Who said women cannot make good cops?

The plot twist though.. And the climax.. To this day, I still listen to this soundtrack from the drama and cry just thinking of the climax.

4. Into the Ring (also known as Memorials) (KBS2)

I didn’t even plan on watching this drama. I was channel surfing and saw Park Sung Hoon looking all depressed in the first episode and ran into Koo Se Ra. Girl was UNHINGED and determined to fight for her way.

Her motivation was initially on getting a stable pay check from being a district representative (it was only 60 million won which is like USD55k so it’s not that much) but she eventually became the district representative who fought for the benefit of the people and did not care for the political warfare that took place.

Came along Seo Gong Myung, a government officer in the local government office who was demoted from planning unit of the accounting department or something to be a secretariat to the district assembly. Seo Gong Myung sticks to his principle no matter what, which surprise surprise, is HATED by everyone in the district government.

Turns out our main leads were friends when they were kids so Se Ra kept teasing him and dragging him into her scheme of fighting for the people, which Gong Myung agreed to, not so much because he was a community-loving person, but because he was afraid Se Ra would get into trouble since she was as straight as a ruler.

Long story short, our leads fell for each other, and their relationship was HILAIROUS to watch. I think I speak for everyone who watched the drama that we had no reason to believe Se Ra did not peg Gong Myung for fun 😝😝

They were so cute together awwww

5. Kairos (MBC)

This is another drama that I stumbled into. Only this time, I saw Nam Gyu Ri and I remember seeing her ig post on a new drama so I decided to give it a go. She wrecked my heart in 49 Days so I decided to check this out for funsies. Hooo boy was I in for a major surprise.

The first two episodes got me hooketh!! I still cannot believe how the drama managed to keep me on my edge especially during the last 5 minutes of every episode. The pacing is even faster than Flower of Evil, and since this drama went back and forth between past and future, it keeps me guessing whether their efforts would bear fruit.

Will Kim “Sexy Brain” Seo Jin  and Han “I-Know-No-Fear” Ae Ri succeed in fighting the evil, who at this point in time remains unknown? I know Chairman Yoo Seo Il is currently being hinted as the culprit behind everything but I know better that he is just a puppet who sold his soul to the real devil who most likely is in the higher ranks in politics. I mean he even hinted at his remorse for what happened with Taejung Town 19 years prior. My suspicion is he is trying to cover up whatever happened because otherwise his own family would be at risk, so his only option is to redeem himself by doing something about the Taejung Town. I could be wrong, but regardless of who turns out to be the real villain in the story, I can say I am so satisfied by how the story has progressed so far.

The time paradox still hurts my brain, but I am choosing that this drama does not assume that time is linear.

There is still not enough people watching this drama and I’m begging you all to go and catch up before it ends in two weeks time.

6. More than Friends (JTBC)

A little trivia: I reblog most of the posts from @kdramastuff even if I am not watching the show at the point of reblogging the posts. I had been following her posts on this drama for 3 weeks, and I finally decided to marathon all 6 episodes and joined the watching party.

More than Friends was another drama that many people called a disappointment but I had a different opinion on it. Yes, I used to be the nerd who had different opinions on many things in high school sue me

The drama is premised on Kyung Woo Yeon who is said to have a crush on her high school friend, Lee Soo for 10 years. Lee Soo is nowhere near to be the perfect boyfriend material. He is selfish, does not care about other people’s feelings, and was always a lone ranger.

BUUUUUUT, Lee Soo seemed to show signs of care and affection (even though it was not at all for a normal person’s standard) for Woo Yeon. Surprisingly, he seemed to only do it for Woo Yeon and gave attention to Woo Yeon alone, even though he could practically pick and choose anyone he liked from the swarm of girls who were chasing him.

One day, he told Woo Yeon that he had to leave to the US to study, which made our girl sad. She decided to confess at the airport, but he outright turned her down, saying he only wanted to be friends with her. Over the time, they kept running into each other by coincidence (note: her name Woo Yeon is a wordplay on coincidence in Korean). Later, it was revealed that he wanted her to always be by his side, but he has built a wall as tall as the Great Wall of China before the idea of love so he didn’t realise what his true feeling for Woo Yeon was all along.

Woo Yeon, who felt sick of the ten-year crush, decided to end the “curse” and kissed him by the beach, thinking of getting a closure on her crush.

Long story short, Lee Soo finally realised his feeling for her and decided to confess, but by that time, a young, handsome, rich CEO of a conglomerate has entered into the picture. Cue the game of cat and mouse between Lee Soo and Woo Yeon about resentment, regret and relationship.

This drama was promoted as a romcom, but it feels more like a slice-of-life drama with a mix of melo and romcom in there. Seriously, I cried buckets watching this drama, not something you’d expect from a romcom. The dialogues were well-written, with each episode revolving around a specific theme. This was such a good drama coming from a rookie writer.

This drama did not have that many viewers to begin with, and many of those few people dropped it along the way, including the one who was responsible in getting me hooked into this drama :p  By the end of it, there were so few people talking about this drama in the tag (shout out to @dohyunsoo @have-yet-to-decide @starfire-s @thbn-anything​ for keeping me company to the very end of this drama)

This drama broke my record of screenshots per episode and total screenshots for any show. Until now, I have yet to finish posting them. I should probably upload more screenshots later tonight.

This drama had some AMAZING shots in the first half, with beautiful sceneries mostly in Seoul. It’s like what they said, “a daily occurrence for you, a trip for me”.

7. Oh My Baby (tvN)

I did not even remember watching this drama!! It was only after scrolling through my gallery that I saw I had shared some posts on my ig story about the drama.

It was in the middle of a lockdown when this drama aired and many of my memories from back then feel so distant to me.

The plot was not THAT good, but this drama is something you may consider if you like torturing yourself about the struggle of wanting to have a baby.

8. Once Again (KBS2)

Arguably one of the weekend family drama KBS2 in a while that kept me waiting for new episodes in front of my TV. Some people are turned off by weekend family drama because they tend to have slow pacing which makes viewers feel like they are being dragged to one of those boring corporate events that you would rather miss and wish you could be literally anywhere else.

Because this drama had more pairing than the typical weekend family drama, the story did take some time before it was on full momentum. It did feel like the drama could have been better with even one less sibling to worry about, but it was a fun watch in the middle of lockdown.

Will I watch it again? I’d rather rewatch House of Bluebird (starring Lee Joon Hyuk and Lee Sang Yeob as friends to enemies to friends again) because that drama spoke to me in a way that was more relatable. No hate to Once Again though. I just prefer House of Bluebird better.

Note: Justice for Song Ga Hee and her lovely son, Kim Ji Hoon. He had to grow up so much because of what happened to his mother, that it broke Ga Hee’s heart. And mine of course

9. Secret Forest 2 (tvN)

I watched Secret Forest once it has finished and I fell in love with the drama! Imagine my excitement when they announced Secret Forest 2 with my three main characters reprising their roles. No hate to Yoon Se Ah, I love her, but her screen time in Secret Forest was not enough to make me excited about her return. But I was pleased with her role in Secret Forest 2 and I hope if there is a third season, her character gets the redemption arc that she yearns for.

Secret Forest 2 was not as intense as the brilliant original, but I understood that it had to do with the overall theme of the season, and the theme required the script to be as such. Some people may argue me on this, but I still think what they pulled off was brilliant.

Too bad there was a severe lack of Lee Joon Hyuk on my screen though.

10. Tale of the Nine-Tailed (tvN)

Well. This drama went far beyond my expectation. The OTP was to die for. No such thing as miscommunication trope. This drama did not waste time on unnecessary drama. The pacing was incredibly fast, even faster than Kairos. Although to be fair, Kairos had to play with two different timelines and required time to establish the setting.

I’m sad about what happened to Lee Rang, but he did what he did, and he would never be able to erase that much pain from his memory even if the deities decided to be lenient on him because of his roles in killing off Imoogi. A fresh start as a human seemed like a fair reset to his life, and I hope he lives well, surrounded by people who love him.

I was never a fan of Jo Bo Ah (no hate on her, I was just indifferent) but this drama opened my eyes to what an incredible actress she is. I wish her a successful career ahead.

[sunlightdances]

Love Laid Down (Part Four)

Pairing: Dean Winchester x Reader Words: 1792 (this part) Rating: PG (this part) Summary: You and the Winchesters finally prepare to put your plan into action to stop whoever is kidnapping married couples in Indiana.  Author’s Note: Full disclosure, I have the worst head cold while I’m posting this. I really wanted to get this part up though, so please excuse any typos you encounter. This is also the shortest part of the series - sorry! My brain got a little stuck on this chapter. This is the second to last part! Thank you everyone for sticking with me.

Get caught up... Part One // Part Two // Part Three

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The next day, you come downstairs and startle when you see Sam dressed at the table, his shirt and tie wrinkle-free. “What are you doing?” He asks when he sees you, and you glare at him.

“Excuse you?”

“We have to leave in a half hour!” Sam stands up and turns you around by your shoulders, sending you back upstairs. “You can’t possibly have forgot about church.”

“I’m sorry… are we not killing a monster today?” You ask because getting dressed in real clothes is the last thing you want to do today. “Didn’t Dean tell you what happened last night?”

��He did,” Sam says, huffing, “And that’s why we have to keep up appearances. Someone already knows what we’re up to, but we have to get the drop on them.”

“Fine,” you groan, heading back upstairs. You almost run into Dean in the hallway, and he doesn’t meet your eyes as he apologizes for not looking where he’s going and brushes past you to get to the other bedroom to get dressed.

You stare after him, feeling like you’re missing something.

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When you come back downstairs, both boys are waiting for you impatiently, tapping their feet as they stand at the bottom of the stairs. Rolling your eyes, you reach for your shoes once you get to the bottom of the steps. “Calm down.”

“Do we need to go over this again? You guys have to act your parts. If whoever’s doing this knows we suspect them--”

“I chased someone out of the house last night.” Dean says, dryly. “They already know we suspect them.”

“Just play cool, alright? For the next two hours, you guys need to be the epitome of a happy, married couple.”

You sneak a look at Dean, and he’s already glancing at you, brows furrowed. You can’t help but feel self conscious. He was… different, last night. He’s been acting different. You don’t really know what to do about it. It was all just an act. All you have to do is pretend to be in love for a few hours.

It can’t be that hard to be convincing.

The three of you decide to drive to church that morning in the event you have to make a quick getaway back to the house, and you stare out the window as Dean drives slowly down Main Street, looking for a place to park in front of the church.

When you get out of the car, you straighten out the skirt on your dress and frown when you look up to see Melissa and another woman you don’t recognize staring at you as people file inside. They look away when you make eye contact, and you start to wonder if you’ve overlooked the most obvious suspect.

You turn to say something to Sam, but stop when Dean walks up to you, arm outstretched, fingers wiggling.

“We’ve got an audience,” he murmurs, lacing his fingers with yours. He gives your hand a squeeze, and you’re struggling to understand why you feel a little dazed. “Come on.”

He walks slowly with you, making a crack to Sam about his suit, but you’re barely paying attention. Dean’s thumb is stroking over your palm lightly, and you have to fight back the shiver that wants to roll through your body.

You kind of hate yourself for getting caught up in this act you’re playing with Dean. You know nothing will come of it, and even if… no. You don’t even let yourself be entertained with “what if” thoughts. You’re hunters. And even if you weren’t… Dean’s too closed off right now (and for good reason) to let you in. You’re the same way. Both of you with walls so high it’s impossible for anyone else to get in.

Besides, Dean’s your best friend, the person you trust most in the world, and you could never do anything to jeopardize that. Especially when you’re not sure that he returns whatever burgeoning feels you might be developing for him.

You’re jolted out of your thoughts by the booming voice of Pastor Williams as you reach the front steps of the church.

“The Winchesters! It’s good to see you three.” He smiles, shaking Dean and Sam’s hands. “Pick any seat you’d like. It’ll be good to have some fresh faces today.”

You sit down with Dean and Sam, and are forced into small talk with an older woman sitting to your left. Dean’s fingers are still loosely tangled with yours, almost like he’s forgotten he was even holding your hand to begin with. You need to clear your head, so you excuse yourself to find the restroom in the lobby.

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Dean watches you go out of the corner of his eye, feeling on edge. He doesn’t know what’s wrong with him. He’s never had this problem before, and he’s annoyed because they’re in the middle of a hunt. This is not the time for some friggin’ existential crisis.

“Dude, she’ll be fine.” Sam says, and Dean glares.

“I know. I’m just-- you said it yourself. Someone already knows what we’re planning, or at least that we’re not who we say we are. I don’t like waiting.”

“We just have to play our parts until the end of the service, and then we can do the summoning and get this over with.” Sam says, eyes darting around.

Dean looks around as well, and notices the other townspeople in their seats looking around too. They’re fidgety, and it sets Dean’s teeth on edge. “Something’s not right.” He murmurs to Sam. “The service should have started by now.”

Whispers are starting up around the room, and when the Pastor enters the room looking frazzled, Dean’s senses are on high alert, especially because you’re still not back yet.

“Pastor,” he whispers, and watches as the Pastor, looking distracted, can barely make eye contact with him. “You didn’t see my lovely wife out there, did you?”

“Ah… no, no I don’t think so. She’s probably just freshening up. Don’t worry, I don’t mind small interruptions to the service.” He says, heading to the front of the room before Dean or Sam can say anything else.

“Stay here.” Dean whispers, his gut feeling telling him to get out of there and go find you before something happens. He just hopes he isn’t too late.

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You start cursing in the bathroom when the only overhead light shuts off for no good reason. You haven’t been in there long enough for any motion sensor lights to turn off, so you’re almost rolling your eyes with the predictability of it.

Of course you’re being targeted as soon as you separate from the boys. Obviously this would happen when you don’t have your gun. You at least take solace in the fact that you were right thinking someone from the church is behind this whole thing, but you’re not sure how good that makes you feel, considering you could be dead in an hour.

Dean. You hope he doesn’t come looking for you. This thing goes after couples, so maybe there’s still some hope if it only gets to you first. You could distract whoever’s doing its bidding long enough for Sam and Dean to do the summoning. That could work, right?

You hear muffled voices outside the door and take a step back, trying to figure out an escape route. One of the voices you hear is definitely Pastor Williams, and you frown, wondering if his wife was really right about him. He sounds frustrated, however, and you press your ear against the door to try to hear more.

“.... weren’t supposed to….. Both of them, or it won’t work.”

“This isn’t a good idea.” Pastor Williams says, responding to the woman’s voice that you can’t pin down.

“He’ll try to rescue her, like he always does, and we’ll have them both.”

“I’m not sure about this. They’re just--”

“They’re not just anyone!” The woman says, fierce. “They’re here for a reason. Somehow, they know.” A beat. “Look, do you want it to take someone else? Someone else you actually care about? This is the perfect solution. They’re strangers.”

“It’s not like you to be so uncaring.”

“Well, we do what we have to. Now, I’m going to finish this. You should start the service before people get suspicious.”

Scrambling backwards, you only have a few seconds to berate yourself for leaving your phone in Dean’s jacket pocket before the door flies open, hitting you in the head, leaving you seeing spots before everything turns black.

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Dean’s tiptoeing through the darkened corridors of the church, gun in hand, and his jaw clenches when he hears the sounds of a struggle. Turning the corner, his pulse quickens when he sees a woman he doesn’t recognize going down a stairwell, right before the door at the top of the steps shuts and seals itself.

He curses, yanking on the handle, even though he already knows it won’t open. He considers shooting it open, but figures that’s probably not a good idea when there’s a church full of people ten feet to his right.

He knows you can hold your own, so as much as he hates to, he heads out to the Impala, texting Sam to meet him, feeling the weight of your phone still in his pocket.

“How am I supposed to carry this around in this dress? Please?” You’d said as you got dressed this morning, going on for five minutes about how purses were just invented as ways for women to get robbed and to slow them down. Despite his worries, Dean smiles remembering it.

“Hey.” Sam slides into the passenger seat. “Where is she?”

“They got her.” Dean says, jaw clenched. “We need to do the summoning.”

“The timing-- we don’t have everything we need--”

“Well too fucking bad. We’re not going to sit here and wait until she’s-- until she…” He trails off, unable to even finish the thought.

“It takes couples, Dean.” Sam says quietly. “We have time. As long as neither one of us get taken, we have leverage. If this is the same thing we fought a few years ago, then the ritual can’t be completed with just one person. We have time.”

Dean starts the Impala. “We better be right about this.” He mutters. “We can’t-- we can’t lose someone else.” The last part comes out quiet, Dean allowing himself this one moment of vulnerability.

“I know, Dean.” Sam says. “We’ll get her back.”

Dean floors it to the house, hoping against all hope that they can scrounge up whatever they need for this summoning and kill whoever’s causing the disappearances before they hurt you. He doesn’t think he’ll ever forgive himself if something happens to you.

Part Five

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