#kang seon-hwa

[twinklingwatermellon]

Okay but the thing is Mr. Talbot genuinely likes Seon-hwa, and she knows it, and she knows he’s going to treat her well, and it really, really is not his fault that a) she’s already in love with Henry, b) she’s already been to a future where your entire fate and like, financial future does not have to depend on marriage and it compels her, especially as someone from a culture where if your husband dies and you have no children, you’re basically cooked, and c) she has already lost a husband really young and fears that if she lost another one like that before having an heir, she’d be in an extremely precarious position as a foreigner in goshdang Victorian England, and unless she found her way into a very supportive set of people, she’d basically be alienated from most of the society she married into for the rest of her life, which is just a slightly different flavor of the exact same thing she was trying to escape when she left Joseon. AND d) even though in normal circumstances it is her best bet to remarry in England, she can’t help but be scared at the thought of living her whole life surrounded by (mostly) narrow-minded white people and having English children who will either not want to learn her mother tongue or will forever be and feel Othered because of their mixed race. Like, yes, that’s (probably) better than staying in Joseon and having to work and having almost no chance of remarriage, and as Mrs. Hardwick points out, how many women in her position even get the opportunity to do this? — but also, compared to what she’s seen in Henry’s world, it is an extremely bad hand to be dealt, and again, how many people in her position get the chance to experience that modern world? With all that considered, why would she not take the risk of starting from scratch with someone she’s legitimately in love with (and finding a fulfilling life of her own even if that romance weren’t to work out)?

[seonsong]

Maybe it took the equivalent of seven or eight lifetimes for the universe to fashion another man I could love completely, but it did so nonetheless, and furthermore, it permitted me to see him and to hold him and laugh with him into the small hours of the night.

except from my WIP, Hardwick House

[ryoun]

DAY 3: FAVORITE LEAD COUPLE

ta hwan x ki seung-nyang | empress ki

heo jun-jae x sim chung | legend of the blue sea

lee soo x kyung woo-yeon | more than friends

eun-som x tanya | arthdal chronicles

cha ju-hyeok x seo woo-jin | familiar wife

gong woo-jin x woo seo-ri | still 17

han jun-oh x kang young-hwa | moon in the day

han seon-woo x lee eunsu | soundtrack #1

jin i-soo x lee gang-hyeon | flex x cop

ha eung-yeol x on eunyu | twinkling watermelon

kim dan x lee yeon-seo | angel's last mission: love

yoon min-ju x chae young-ju | brewing love

kang cheol x oh yeon-joo | w

yoon jeongnyeon x hong jooran | jeongnyeon: the star is born

— @whenthegoldrays december k-drama challenge

[softplots]

MASTERLIST — female korean names !!

hi sweeties !! there are #50 (FIFTY) female korean names under the cut, they were all taken from kdramas. hope you guys like it !! please like/reblog if you found this useful !!

Park Se-Hee

In Byuel

Go Yu-Na

Kim San-Ha

Na Joo-Hee

Han Song-Yi

Lee Mi-Yeon

Jung Jung-Won

Shin Ki-Won

Kwon Na-Ra

Ah Mi

Yoon Hee

Young-geun

Yoo-joo

Heo Soon-sim

Choi Sun-ah

Shin Ki-yoon

Mi-so

Baek Na-hee

Ma Ho-Young

Lee So-Yeon

So-Jin

Lee Hyun-ji

Ah-reum

Yoon So-rim

Eun Tae-hee

Seong Mi-do

Ahn Ja-yeong

Hong Chae-ri

Eun-seo

Oh Ha-rin

Baek Je-na

Kim Ga-yeon

Seon-hwa

Son Ae

Eun Ok

Eun-mi

Kang Hye-young

Lee Yoo-ri

Choi Dong-joo

Jung-soo

Kim Yeong-chae

Jo Hae-In

Bae Doo-rae

Jo Ki-bum

Joo Wol

Yoo Young-joo

Joo Wol

Lee Yoo-jeong

Mo Jae-in

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[mizldrizl]

How pairings (from TV shows, movies, etc.) are named in Korean.

What made me think about this, in fact, is the Han Joo Won/Lee Dong Sik pairing from Beyond Evil. As many might already know, it is commonly called "JWDS" in English and "주원동식" in Korean. However, does "JWDS" indicate that Joo Won is the top in the relationship? Because it explicitly does with "주원동식."

In Korean fandoms, it is sort of a rule to put the name of the top first, and then the name of the bottom when naming a slash pairing. For example, if you intend to inteprete Joo Won and Dong Sik's relationship as top!Dong Sik and bottom!Joo Won, the pairing should be called "동식주원." Even if the two characters do not appear to be sexually intimate in a fanfic/fanvid, the name shows how the writer/maker sees what their positions in bed eventually would be -- or, who the more "dominant" one would be/who would lead the relationship.

This way of naming pairings in Korean is much easier comparing to the one in English because typical Korean names almost always consist of a one-syllable family name + a two-syllable name. Other examples of pairing names than "주원동식" are:

요한가온 = top!Kang Yo Han x bottom!Kim Ga On

도영동수 = top!Seo Do Young x bottom!Han Dong Soo

Then what about when one of the characters has a one-syllable name? In this case, usually their full name is put in the pairing name. For instance:

최윤화평 = top!Choi Yoon x bottom!Yoon Hwa Pyung

남신영훈 = top!Nam Shin x bottom!Ji Young Hoon

서휘선호 = top!Seo Hwi x bottom!Nam Seon Ho (I saw some fic writers use "휘선호" though)

Lastly, when both of the characters have a one-syllable name? Yep, full name + full name.

이곤조영 = top!Lee Gon x bottom!Jo Yeong