#ic.| yeong

[sentofight]

"Um…" it's a hesitant start when the conversation topic trickles down into nothing, perhaps purposefully so as their responses became shorter. Something seemed to be on her mind, and as such, that something ended up gnawing on their mind. Another few seconds pass, unsure of how to word their concern, if they should word their concern, but in the end, they take a breath. "Are you alright…? You've been looking at your phone a lot, and you look kind of restless… If there's anyplace you need to be then it's fine with me if you go there, don't worry about me. But…if it's something else, then I don't mind listening. As long as you are fine with sharing, of course." ( HELLO YEONG

Oh, where to begin? The bombing of her family house? losing the last of her family? knowing something she wish she didn't know? Realizing that her life could be ... fake?

Did ... grandma loved me? Did she really loved me like her own? or was it the guilt of what she had done to me? Caleb! What about him? Did he know? Was his death in vain, too? All these questions keep prying on her mind the moment she let her guards down.

What is she?

Even Zayne kept that a secret from her.

Who can she really trust?

No ... she is too cruel on them if she thought they never loved her or cared for her. She knows it is true. No one can fake that much love she felt for the past what 8 years or more? Grandma raised her like she was her own and Caleb was there as her irreplaceable big brother. Zayne, well he was there for some part of her childhood then their fates decided a little detour before they come back into each other's life.

Digging into what had happened was the only thing that kept the gears in her mind working. Who and why would someone deliberately bomb her house. All clues lead to one .... one and only--Onychinus. If she is going to get answers then the best way is to find their leader and well, extract her answers from him. one way or another.

She was waiting for a confirmation from one famous artist to take her into where she could find more about Onychinus when Akira's voice rang to snap her out of her trance.

"--Ah! Oh, um ... sorry," hiding her phone into her pocket, she clasped her hands tightly. What was she doing ... she was out with a friend and look at her, ruining the mood.

"Sorry, you were kind to arrange this trip and here am I, thinking of something else beside how to eat these wonderful velvet cakes!" there was a forced grin plastered on her face. A blind person would tell how much she is trying to force a happy and excited vibe.

There is no need for more people to get involved. She didn't even tell Tara about this not even Jena, her boss. Akira is a civilian and what would do him if he learned about this? He'll just worry endlessly about her. I mean ... he is now but the less he know the better. In case she failed, that's a probability, he wouldn't be in danger.

"Come on! Let's eat and continue with the course, yes? We still got uuuh... the cat hat tricks shop to see! Aren't you excited? I heard that the cat cafe in the market district is actually there, too! Miser Vilho brought some of his cats into this magic show! aaaa!!! I hope he brought Vitalis~ He does not like me for some reason but I like him~ hehehe."

unprompted | <3 i love you <3 | @flovverworks

[rinkasisopods]

SEOYEONG WI ♡ DAWN (PRIDE & PREJUDICE) at KOREAN NATIONALS

[dis--parity]

@chiryxushi | Plotted Starter

『 🌹 』 Underneath the moonlight, in the middle of an isolated woods one might only dare travel to if they were trying to film some obscure found-footage series, a vast lake basks in the midnight calm. Those pristine, gently-rippling waters are among the only places someone of Yeong-Hui's... popularity, can find an iota of tranquility these days. Here, they had a rare opportunity to detach themselves from the screens, the cameras, and the flashy clothing.

It's not like they minded all that, normally - but even someone like them could do with a refreshing skinnydip every now and again. And so they went - already less-than-modest clothing folded and set aside on a dirt incline overlooking those beautiful waters, they allowed the coolness and peace to wash over them as their body sunk into the lake water.

Basking in moonlight, they found their tranquility backstroking beneath the full moon in isolation, gazing endlessly up at the stars as they floated to the very center. So too did all thought abandon them as quickly as care and feeling, simply grinning with the satisfaction that they could just be, for a little while.

Ah, would that the moon were their only witness... of all the lakes they could have gone to, why were they so drawn to here? Perhaps they would soon find out...

[zzzzly]

at this point i’m not even gonna ask for much. i’ve given up on a happy ending, but just one thing: NAKSU FIGHT SCENE.

[lunateticc]

@desuetmort.

"..... are you looking for this, soul reaper?" the female arrancar trills out to the concerned looking shinigami around a triumphant, cutting smile (tinged with blood) that charmingly crinkles the pretty crescent moon mark under her glittering-obsidian eye. she proudly holds up the last remaining limb of the new-born hollow that had been unlucky enough to cross her covetous path before a-yeong could peacefully exorcise; akin to a cat showing off its most recent kill.

the moth woman was positively preening, unable to help herself.

the recently severed appendage was now just a ribboned ended sallow-hued chunk of flesh, having been torn into violently with teeth-gnashing gusto & efficiently whittled away to near nothing. the redhead absolutely loved nibbling on the tails last if they were available, considering it a desert of sorts after her main course, which hadn't been very big this time; just dart-fast & reptile-esque. a tiny lizard that seemed to have caused more trouble for the soul society member rather than veera herself.

which was pleasing in it's own right.

[sennikold]

@wintersno​​ said :   ❝ what, not happy to see me? ❞ / naksu, from uk

the glare is enough to freeze over lake gyeongcheondaeho.  her face is expressive, though it leaves an impression that it would intimidate more, had she still been in her original body.  like this, mudeok appears more like a miffed wife, all but missing hands on her hips, instead clutching to a bowl of rice soup.     ❝  why should i?  if young master has time to walk around idly instead of coming to eat when asked, then i should be free not to rejoice at his sight.  ❞      there’s less than a week before the duel with the crown prince.  they’ve made major progress, tirelessly training day and night.  it’s easier now that the bracelet is off and jang uk seems to have grasped what he needed, but there’s no saying it will be enough to win.  for that, she’s been irritable since morning.  still, when she pushes the bowl into uk’s hands, her expression begrudgingly softens.     ❝  eat, before it goes completely cold. ❞   mudeok sits down and grabs her own bowl; it’s clear she’s been waiting for him before starting her meal, a fact left unsaid.     ❝  master lee said he’d be gone for the night.  we should go over the strategy again.  ❞

[ltstrikesback]

I loved the parallels of Ko Yeong mirroring the last person we see him date. Kim Nam Gyu showed up crying in his neighborhood, still in love with Ko Yeong, who is already over their relationship. Then it’s Go Young who turns up crying and clinging to No Yeong Su, he can’t help his feelings for him. And how when No Yeong Su first meets Ko Yeong, he takes his coffee and drinks from it in a kind of brazen way. Then later on, when Ko Yeong meets Sim Gyu Ho, he also takes his cup of coffee to suck on the ice.

There were definitely more parallels (like Ko Yeong getting mad at Mi Ae for outing him to her boyfriend, while it’s also Ko Yeong who is pressuring No Yeong Su to be out) but these were the first few off the top of my head.

Anyway what I really like about these parallels is how they humanize the characters. Sometimes you are the sweetheart, sometimes you are the asshole. There are choices that Ko Yeong makes that I don’t agree with, and what I really like is that the show does a great job at not condemning him for those choices. He is a full person who we see makes many choices. He fails, picks back up again, is rejected, picks back up again. Sometimes characters are condemned by the narrative; I thought Love in the Big City did such a beautiful job at not doing this by showing the full spectrum of his humanity.

[starmist]

To me Alchemy of Souls is very much a “they’ve been dead from the beginning” story

Like,,, Cho Yeong died that day with the rest of her family, Master Lee declares her dead and Kim Dojoo even holds a jesa for her.

Naksu dies, if not the moment she shifts her soul/has it stolen, then in ep18 when she lets go of the ice stone and chooses to live a normal life. She herself even says in ep5 that “now Naksu is also dead”.

Hell, she even lives as essentially a vengeful ghost. A cold and empty existence, her only purpose to avenge her family. The entirety of s1 is about her learning to live and want to live which is what makes her fate so tragic.

Jin Buyeon died in the womb and later, the girl that was born through the power of the ice stone, is thought to be dead by everyone save for her mother.

(Nice parallel of Cho Yeong & Jin Buyeon where Jang Gang, like Jin Ho Gyeong, obsessively looks for a little girl thought to be dead by all but him, because of his grief and guilt)

And even her name belongs to a woman’s dead granddaughter. Though I’m only looking at this through a s1 perspective, Jin Seol Ran, Jin Buyeon’s original identity, has also been all but dead for centuries.

A twice over dead girl, inhabiting the body of another dead girl, uses the name of yet another dead girl, and shares a body with a two centuries long dead woman.

She was never going to survive. How much she changed, everything she did, was all futile in the long run because she died long before the story started, there was never any saving her, she was dead from the very beginning.

[sentofight]

"Ah! You almost got it!" a gasp and despair flowing through their voice when the colorful plushie falls down again, so engaged in the game they might as well have been playing it themself. "You can do it, Yeong...!" (hello guess who unlocked the crane game

"Come on ...Come on," her focus is on the plushie she wants. Tongue sticking out like a kid, focused on their drawing. "No ... nonononono! NOOOOOOOOO~!!!" hands slam against the transparent window then slide down in despair. Yeong drops on the ground, sniffling.

"Aaah.... *hic* nooo. Why have you forsaken me, plushieeeeeee~!!!!" insert a dramatic moment. Arching down to repeatedly slam at the ground. "I really wanted to get this for you ..." her initial shock of losing was soon replaced with unparallel determination, Yeong snapped back and jumped back on her feet.

"ALRIGHT! I'm not a quitter! Granny didn't raise a quitter! Let me at it again!" inserting more coins to resume her hunt for the colorful plushie. Hunter instincts kick in and viola, after a couple of times the plushie is hers!

"TAAADAAA~!!!! Ha ha! You're not escaping Linkon's best hunter, hehe~" she raises the plushie up high like the scene from a certain movie. "Now," she leans and present her trophy for her new friend. "I bestow this upon you, Akira." a grin cross her lips. "Thanks for cheering me."

[gyakusama]

❝ Oh, don'cha even worry 'bout it; my haircut────unlike yer face────never stopped no one from bustin'. ❞

❝ ♪ Summer lovin' happened so fast ♪ ❞

❝ ♪ Summer lovin' balls in my ass ♪ ❞

[miss0atae]

Random Thoughts about Let Free the Curse of Taekwondo (EP 1 - 2):

I'm so glad I took the time to watch these two first episodes now because I could really enjoy them. At first, I was a bit sad I missed all the fun that you can get when you're watching the episodes as they come out. I kind of have a bit of fear of missing something important when I'm watching a series later. Turns out sometimes it's better to wait because you can really take the time to appreciate the story.

It's been a while I didn't enjoy a Korean BL. I think the last one was Boys Be Brave! last May. Since then, I didn't find any I could really like. I also think we didn't get that much from Korea. It felt like the coming of new BL series has dried up and Korea didn't want to bring us new interesting BL (according to my own taste of course). Anyway, I watched LFTCOT and I was really impressed. There is this atmosphere you can only find in Korean BL. The setting of the story, in a rural and brutal town, reinforces this feeling.

It's not easy to bring a good setting and to make you care fast for the main characters, but this series did it very well. Do Hoe lives a violent life around his more violent father. You can't be indifferent to his hardships. When we first met the character, he seems like he's made of stone. However, you soon realizes that it's a very fragile armor he is wearing to protect his mind and his heart. There seems to be no ray of sunshine in his life. He has this posture where you feel like he is trying bravely to put up and overcome adversity, but it's like a losing battle. He can only win by leaving this place. There is a sense of hope, an ability to silently endure hardship and suffering in Do Hoe. At the same time, there is also this bitterness, a mixture of angst, endurance and a yearning for more in life.

That's where Ju Yeong's arrival is so crucial and bringing so much more in Do Hoe's life. It's like he opened the curtains that were weighted everything. You see how he get passed the defense mechanisms of Do Hoe and how slowly their relationship change and become deeper. Every time Ju Yeong was smiling, it felts so warm. I guess he is bringing such a contrast in Do Hoe's life. However, even if he has a very charming and cheerful personality, he is also a more complex character. He is not naive and he sees things. I fear a bit for the time where they are both going to drift apart only to reconnect later. How is "the oppressive culture symbolized by Do Hoe's father" going to twist their relationship and how will they find the way of freeing themselves from it ten years after?

I guess we'll get the answer in the coming episodes. As for now, The series did a great job so far in balancing the angst with more happy times. I especially like the "ice-cream" scenes. It feels so Korean BL to have a scene where the main characters share an ice-cream. I can't wait to see what will get in episode 3 and 4.

[salanaii]

Learn Korean with me - Week 19

Day 1 - 3: Vocab

** Don't forget your journals and of course Netflix.

꿉니다 Kkum ni da Dream/dreams/to dream

도서관 Do seo gwan Library/libraries

고마워 Go ma wo Thanks

잠 Jam Sleep/slumber

남자 Nam ja Man

아이스크림 A I seu keu rim Ice cream

배스킨라빈스 Bae seu kin ra bin seu Baskin Robbins

아이 A i Child

콜라 Kor ra Cola

아파트 A pa teu Apartment

또는 Tto neun Or/either

여자 Yeo ja Woman

우의 U ui Friendship/raincoat

우유 U yu Milk

뽀뽀 Ppo ppo Kiss

듀오링고 Dyu o ring go Duolingo

여자아이 Yeo ja a i Girl

여자들 Yeo ja deur Women

아니요 A ni yo No

남자아이 Nam ja a i Boy

개 Gae Dog

학생 Hag saeng Student

가수 Ga su Singer

제 Je My

고양이 Go yang i Cat

음식 Eum sig Food/cook

한국 Han gug Korea

메시지 Me si ji Message

도넛 Do neos Doughnut

신문 Sin mun Newspaper

씨 Ssi Seed/Ms/Mr

집 Jib House

파티 Pa ti Party

부산 Bu san Busan

서울 Seo ul Seoul

맥도날드 Maeg do nar deu McDonald’s

모터스 Mo teo seu Motors

삼성 Sam Seong Samsung

도쿄 Do kyo Tokyo

블루윙즈 Beur ru wing seu Bluewings

유나이티드 Yu na I ti deu United

드래곤즈 Deu rae gon jeu Dragons

뉴욕 Nyu yog New York

스타벅스 Seu ta beog seu Starbucks

런던 Reon deon London

사과 Sa gwa Apple

연필 Yeon pir Pencil

개미 Gae mi Ant

방 Pang Room

수영합니다 Su yeong hab ni da Swim/swims/is swimming

[dis--parity]

"Sometimes... like- if I'm being honest? Sometimes I feel really tired of everything, and-... I just wanna disappear."

"Typeshit. What are we having for lunch tomorrow?"

"......"

"Hellooooooooo? Please tell me it's spicy chicken sandwiches!"

[sunnyeong]

hi !! can we get sunoo or niki with a clingy reader? :DDD if you can? :)

perfect pair | sunoo with a clingy s/o !

⌗ genre : fluff !

⌗ pairing : non-idol!sunoo x (clingy)female!reader

⌗ warnings : mentions food, whole imagine is written in intended lowercase.

note : AHHH THIS IS SO CUTE ILY <33 this is for sunoo's version, then i'll try to post ni-ki's after hihi

"sun, what're you listening to?" you sit next to your boyfriend, laying your head on his shoulder as you watch his fingers sliding across his phone. "here.." he mutters softly, putting the right earphone in your ear. you smile and move closer, closing your eyes as he plays your favorite song.

"you hungry again? do you want a midnight snack?" he whispers, reaching his arm out and wrapping it around you as you shake your head. "noo.. just tired," you frown, tilting your head more towards his shoulder.

sunoo giggles a bit, leaning back into the couch and opening his arms. "here, here~" he smiles, gently embracing you in his arms as you adjust into a comfortable position. "what happened when you were out with your friends earlier?" you mumble while nuzzling sunoo's neck, closing your eyes as he excitedly yet softly started babbling, his hand slowly untangling strands of your hair.

since he knew you liked listening to even his little nothings, he would tease you slightly by blowing gently on your hair to keep you awake, adding a few kisses onto your forehead as an apology when you tell him to stop. it goes on for a few minutes, until he notices your breathing is steady, assuming you're already asleep. he pecks your cheek slightly, curling up a bit to get enough warmth around you both.

"sun, now i want a midnight snack. can we get ice cream?" "eh? but i can't move anymore, y/n!"

! yeong's works . please repost / reblog if you enjoyed !

do not copy or use my work without credit or asking.

[aetherialpiplup108]

So it's always been a head-canon of mine that after Uk and Yeong finish hunting for relics, it would be Yeong that becomes Gwanju, the protector of the 4 families and Daeho as a whole.

Obviously the natural pick is Jang Uk except...he wants absolutely nothing to do with either of his fathers. Just as he tosses aside the royal medallion that could open a path to the crown, I think Uk would find it difficult to accept a position that's been reserved for him primarily because of the man that ruined his mother's life. Additionally, Go-won needs to urgently increase the damaged trust between Daeho's citizens and authorities. Jang Uk, who is likely still feared by many due to the powers of the ice stone and his general emo-ness (he was pretty vocal in the last three years about not caring if the world burned to ash and he did commit mass murder, even if his victims were all corrupt), is probably not the optimal option for this.

Yeong, however, has no such reputation. Even though she's probably more vicious than her husband, the public only knows her as a sweet, kind, incredibly powerful priestess. She also happens to have a strong connection to the four families, acting as one of the King's closest advisors, a guiding hand for Songrim as she helps Yul find and train his pupils, and is always going to be a sister to Jinyowon's heir Cho-yeon whether or not she reveals that she's not actually Jin Bu-yeon. In effect, she's already fulfilling the role of Gwanju and protecting Daeho, which I think is a great narrative conclusion for her: growing from wanting to destroy in revenge to using her innate sense of justice to protect. In any case, I think Yeong would want to return to Cheonbugwan anyway to carry on her father's craft.

[fake-married-my-dead-fiance]

Fear is a huge driver of plot in Alchemy of Souls and most of it is centered around Jang Uk and Naksu. Almost every character's main motivation is fear except Naksu (revenge) and Jang Uk. (This is long)

Park Jin is terrified that Jang Uk will fulfill his destiny because his main goal is to maintain social order. He is therefore fully committed to impeding any progress Jang Uk might make. His turning point (finally) is the near death of Seo Yul, probably not because he actually loves Yul or Uk for themselves, but because as everyone acknowledges, Seo Yul being killed by Jin Mu will overturn the social order (General Seo will invade Daeho Fortress and start a war). Park Jin knows Jang Uk will try to save Yul, so he supports him.

(I'm pretty sure the only major decision he makes motivated by love is trying to save Maid Kim from Jinyowon, everything else is to preserve social order. He's extreme lawful good)

Go Won spends most of S1 trying not to be afraid of Jang Uk/the concept of a King Star, because he doesn't want to be like his father who is terrified of the prophesied King Star's existence. Jin Mu eventually succeeds in making Go Won afraid which results in Jang Uk's death (it doesn't take). But then in S2, with a Jang Uk who is 100x more terrifying, Go Won realizes that he doesn't have to be afraid because Jang Uk doesn't want to be king and will use his power protectively:

Which means that Jin Mu can no longer control Go Won through fear, as he is able to do with the king and basically everyone else.

Jin Mu definitely fears what Jang Uk might become, since he can be displaced from his position of power if Uk ever becomes a real mage.

And yet, he mostly makes other people afraid of Uk instead of really fearing Jang Uk himself. This is probably because Jin Mu believes that compassion and protection are signs of weakness. I think the only time he really believes Uk might kill him is when Seo Yul is dying. What he fears the most is being rejected by those in power, which is why when Go Won turned on him he was so angry.

The king and the Unanimous Assembly decide to release the fire bird because they both fear and envy Jang Uk and his ice stone. As for the general population, they generally fear super-powered Jang Uk but also want him around (just not like, too close) because they are more frightened of soul shifters. They both fear and idolize Naksu and are manipulated with their fear.

And to quickly include Lady Jin, her fear is centred around losing control of Jinyowon, which is why she searches so desperately for Bu-yeon, is dismissive of her under-powered second daughter, and is so determined to keep resurrected Naksu/Bu-yeon under control.

Seo Yul is complicated because he doesn't know what Jang Uk is until pretty late in the game, he mostly is afraid of what Jang Uk is doing (hanging out with a soul shifter, Naksu herself) and what his beliefs will result in (which to be fair was a legitimate fear given what happens at the end of S1). He is also afraid of breaking his personal moral code:

And then we have Maid Kim, who is literally never afraid of Jang Uk, she just loves him no matter what. By S2 she knows exactly who he is and that he's haunted by ghosts and she does not care. "Oh my super-powered adopted son is home to spend a haunting night, let's make sure he's comfortable!"

What she is afraid of is Naksu: she thinks her sword is ominous, she holds a funeral for Cho Yeong so that Naksu's spirt won't attack Jang Uk, and she fears that Naksu will drag Jang Uk to the grave in S2. However, her fear is never centered on herself, she's pretty much only afraid because she wants to protect Uk (like mother like son). Which is why she's one of the good characters, her fear isn't selfish.

When it comes to Naksu/Cho Yeong and Jang Uk, they are never really afraid of each other or really drive by fear, unlike everyone else. Jang Uk recognizes Naksu right away, isn't afraid of her threats at all, and then sends men to capture her. He's almost immediately willing to put his life in her hands.

His motivation is more to prove himself, which is both about himself and his mother whose memory he is trying to protect by convincing people that he's Jang Gang's son.

Cho Yeong's motivation in S1 is revenge at least at first, which she needs her powers back to have. But then she switches to protection and remains that way through S2.

Naksu doesn't have any reason to fear Jang Uk in S1. Then in S2, even when she has no memory of who she is, she is very much not afraid of him. Even when he threatens her:

She takes like a whole minute to let go and step away from him. And when she sees the ice stone, she decides to try and use him rather than retreat in fear.

But of course all Naksu/Jang Uk plot is driven by both of them running straight towards things that they should fear, including each other. They are the antithesis of living in fear, they chose protection and love (and constantly being in mortal danger) instead.