#kdrama discussion

[kyouka-supremacy]

Wait a fucking second. The first thing Akutagawa told Atsushi was “that is the fate you must bear, Jinko: you bring calamity upon those around you simply by living”. And in their last interaction, Akutagawa died so that Atsushi could live. Atsushi living literally brought the death of those around him. Oh my God.

[lastofthe20thcenturygirls]

graduated from the shah rukh khan university of yearning pining and staying in love for decades with a specialisation in the language of the eyes

[lily-s-world]

RIP Jane Austen, you would have loved korean dramas.

[mikuyuuss]

The Glory: my thoughts so far

Broke: I love you.

Woke: I will k1ll for you.

So I'm watching this show called "The Glory" it's about a girl named Moon Dong Eun who's plotting to get revenge on her high school classmates and teacher who bullied her, and by bullying I mean (extremely violent mental and physical abuse, which left her body disfigured, and her life ruined)

And I gotta say, THE REVENGE PLOT IN THIS SHOW IS REALLY SATISFYING SO FAR

There's already so much media that vilifies bully victims, so SEEING A BULLY VICTIM AS THE MAIN CHARACTER THAT WE ARE ROOTING FOR IS SO REFRESHING.

I haven't watched that many kdramas but this is also the reason why I appreciated Gangnam Beauty, bc just like The Glory, both the female leads are 

not vilified by the narrative for their unconventional choices, (Kang Mi-rae for her plastic surgery and now Moon Dong Eun for her revenge). In The Glory, the the trauma Dong Eun had to endure while being abused by her classmates and teacher was portrayed in a very sympathetic light, and the story instead pins the blame on the people and the circumstances that led her to make those choices. Not to mention her bullies live good lives but continue to be terrible people with NO REMORSE for their actions even in adulthood, so while Dong Eun's revenge is still morally questionable, it is also VERY understandable.

Another thing I LOVE is how realistic Dong Eun's revenge plot is executed. The show and the Dong Eun herself is aware of the disadvantages she has (with the laws and all) and so she carefully executes her revenge in the way that she doesn't have to get her hands dirty. WHICH MAKES THE REVENGE TO THESE TERRIBLE PEOPLE ALL THE MORE SATISFYING! Remember that teacher who abused her? Yeah, She orchestrated his son to kill him, by simply confessing what the teacher did to her (bc she knows how much their family values reputation) HONESTLY QUEEN, LOVE THAT FOR HER! (also the irony that she also became a teacher like him except better, and is actually kind to her students)

And this show isn't exactly the usual "ReVENGe is BAd!! DOn't throw away your life for reVEnge!!" In fact, most of Dong Eun's allies actually support her because they understand just how evil her former highschool bullies are that they needed to be punished.

Which leads to the scene with Dong Eun and her love interest Ju Yeo-jeong. When she first confessed how she was planning revenge against her bullies, Yeo-jeong thought it was just some light bullying, until she undressed and showed the disfigured scars littered across her body. Yeo-jeong being a doctor, saw her scars and understood how much she suffered that he wept. He went from telling her not to pursue revenge to declared that he is willing to be her accomplish hence this scene.

MURDEROUS VENGEFUL COUPLE, Love that for them. They probably won't come out of this unscathed, but I really want them to WIN and get a happy ending, idk if that's too much to ask for. 😩😩😩😩

[theinfinitedivides]

the alternate title of this show should be Park Jun Mo's Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day/Week/Month/Year/Life/Whatever TF We Choose To Throw At Him This Time etc

[taegularities]

gosh. the terribly poetic and heartbreaking nature of love that doesn't work out not because two people don't love each other, but because the world won't let them love each other. love that runs deep, but just won't work out the way one wants to. having external issues break what might be meant to be otherwise is truly pain on a whole different level.

[hollaringmountains]

So been watching the historical kdrama my country: the new age. And well the misunderstanding between the two best friends make me gnash my teeth hard!!! Like YOU KNOW THATS YOUR BESTIEEE THEN WHY ARE YOU PLANNING TO KILL HIM!!!

Also the sis is a cinnamon that should be PROTECTED at all costs!!!!

One thing I hate about is that the beasties don't talk... and spoilers-theyalsodietogether

[khaoray]

I am not a god who saves.

[btsicedtea]

Jihyuk and jiwon's relationship is the total opposite of sumin and minhwan's.

While the former two are incredibly wholesome and open, with a relationship based on trust, Sumin and Minhwan's relationship is stewing in toxicity, built on a thin web of lies.

Jihyuk won't look at another girl the way he looks at jiwon, Minhwan was staring at Jiwon at the altar.

Jiwon and Jihyuk go out of their way to love and help each other.

Minhwan ruins the brakes on his own car to ensure his wife's death. (that blows up, quite literally, in his face later btw)

A relationship built on lies never lasts long

[leftoverpizzasauce]

i would love to make friends with similar interests. my friends don’t read danmei or even basic webtoons, watch dramas or play the sims.

i literally read all the books they recommend me and they won’t bother to sit through one of my kdrama or movie suggestions. 😓

[handkinkbis]

Alignment chart after ep 13

[zippverschluss]

who needs a goddess when you have a witch

i like hong-jo

i'm still really sore about shin-yu's goddess comment and my wish for the second half is that hong-jo gets more self-assured and leans into being a witch... cause i just absolutely love the scenes when she casts spells and burns the papers and how they are filmed. loved the ending of episode 2 or the spell in episode 3 or when shin-yu realized he drank the love potion.

also, look at her. so handsome and pretty. i fall in love with her everytime.

also, skipping around, being giddy when your crush writes you, or being annoyed some dude is pestering you and claiming you hexed him is not immature, it's human.

from the end of ep 1 onwards, shin-yu pressured her from one thing into another: take the box, open the box, show me book, give me a spell, give it to me now, that was the wrong spell, fix the mistake, it's all your fault, take responsibility, you swayed me and made me waver...the audacity of this dude, for real. he was real mean to her too. and through it all she internalized that it's her fault and still tried to help him. should have kicked him to the curb.

she's far from perfect and i'm plenty annoyed with her and some decisions. i just wish hong-jo's faults and missteps would be treated with the same indulgence as shin-yu's are.

[whenthegoldrays]

I don’t know what it is about the Jane Austen adaptations I’ve seen recently, but they just have so much trouble sticking the landing.

[theinfinitedivides]

ok now who the f*ck is coming out here saying Junho and Yoona have no f*cking chemistry. who the f*ck is it i just want to talk

[mctna2019]

I watched the first half hour of episode 10 of mctna yesterday.I can't say anything about Seon-ho and Hwi's crying. whenever I want to talk about that damn scene of Seon-ho crying in Yeon's room, I feel like all the sorrows of the world are weighing on my heart. in that scene, I just silently stare at him (and extraordinary Dohwan's acting) and cry silently. also for Hwi , Yang Se jong's acting in the emotional moments is wonderful.but what I'll never forget is that when I first watched Yeon's funeral scene, when the camera focused on the scenery behind them and a shadow moved there, I almost screamed out" that it's Seon-ho. I'm sure it's him. no one can be except him. " then the camera showed his sad and oppressed face.....I was really sad for others in this series, but whenever I was sad for others, suddenly his face appeared on the screen and all my sorrows were for him.

[apriling-my-way]

I JIST FINISHED WATCHING LITTLE WOMEN AND I HATE THE KDRAMA OMG 😭😭😭😭😭 HOW COULD THEY NOT SHOW A SINGLE MOMENT OF INJOO AND CHOI DO IL EMBRACING I HATE IT I'VE WAITED THE WHOLE SERIES FOR THIS 😭😭😭😭😭