#lee kangho

[seodongjae]

Kill Yoon Palbong. Quickly. I'm so afraid, I keep seeing Ahn Mincheol in my dreams.

Uncle Samsik | 삼식이 삼촌 dir. Shin Yeon-shik

[mezbeleyer]

The Good Bad Mother...

Kang-ho

[marymekpop]

⟢ highlight of the hour: the good bad mother [1/14] ⟣

priorities

[depressingxthings]

[10underoot2]

Headcanon:

Imagine KangHo, all suited up, hair done looking as fine and successful as he is, going to Yejin and Seojin's grade 1 elementary entrance ceremony with Mijoo. Ye jin would show him off to everyone. He'd be so cute with them. And you can bet he'd be cheering the loudest. 'Those and my childern. I'm their father.' Mijoo and Kangho would lit be their biggest cheerleaders. Yejin would definetly get a jab to Park Seo Jun (the kid who bullied her).

Imagine the four of them going out of the school: Kango and Mijoo in the middle, yejin's hand in his on one side, Seojin's hand in Mijoo's the other side. 🥺 So stinkin cute! ❤️

[camyfilms]

기생충 2019

You know what kind of plan never fails? No plan. No plan at all. You know why? Because life cannot be planned. Look around you. Did you think these people made a plan to sleep in the sports hall with you? But here we are now, sleeping together on the floor. So, there's no need for a plan. You can't go wrong with no plans. We don't need to make a plan for anything. It doesn't matter what will happen next. Even if the country gets destroyed or sold out, nobody cares. Got it?

[stuff-diary]

Broker

Movies watched in 2023

Broker (2021, South Korea)

Director & Writer: Hirokazu Kore-eda

Mini-review:

God, Hirokazu Kore-eda is seriously one of the masters of modern cinema. His movies are as simple as they are brilliant. He knows how to find beauty in the smallest things, and his films always leave me with a warm feeling, even if they're usually sad and/or melancholic. The characters and societies he portrays in his work always feel so real and genuine. It also helps that he knows how to pick one great cast, as clearly shown here. In fact, this particular cast is so f**king good that I can't even pick an MVP, they really are that good. There's not a single line or facial gesture that doesn't feel natural and real. I had been looking forward to Broker for so long, and it actually ended up being even better than I expected. This is certainly one good way to start the year.

[oneuldoh]

Film Review: Broker (2022) Dir. Hirokazu Kore-eda

I’ve been wanting to watch this movie because of IU (I’m a big fan— uaena here!).

This film definitely made it to my top-tier list. Everything was beautifully executed— the story line, the visuals (the visuals are so good), the characters’ stories and what makes them who they are and how circumstances drives them to make such decisions, down to the tiny details and conversations. Hirokazu Koreeda’s Broker is a beautiful film.

I wouldn’t say the film was slow or fast paced. It was just the right amount of everything. The detours that the group had while searching for a buyer didn’t made the film boring at all.

The scene that I liked the most was Lee Ji-eun telling them “태어나줘서 고마워” (Thank you for being born). The fact that Dong-Soo (Gang Dong-Won) and Hae-Jin (Lim Seung-Soo) didn’t have a mother to thank them for being born and hearing it from the mother of the baby they were trying to sell was emotional enough. It made me sad. It was an intimate moment and it made me fall in love with the film.

Bae Doona’s character (Soo-Jin) also adds to the film’s goal of selling the baby. I read a review that her character was the most desperate one to sell the baby in order to catch Sang-Hyun (Song Kang-Ho) in the act and put him behind bars. I do empathize on Soo-Jin’s hatred to mothers who abandon their babies and her lack of empathy towards So-Young (Lee Ji-Eun) and the baby are understandable as it’s the reason why she’s tailing the brokers in the first place. But I’d like to know more as to where that hatred is coming from.

I think the character with the least impact on the film was Detective Lee (Lee Joo-Young). I loved her in Itaewon Class, but in this film there was not really much to say about her character except to question Soo-Jin’s way of thinking.

In the end, it made me question why a baby box is legal but abortion is not. I do understand its purpose but if I start to question all the whys, it will be a battle of one’s conscience between what is right and wrong. And Broker raised this question, but not as much as (it had)— at least in my opinion to move people and question their philosophy in life.

This is my first time watching one of Koreeda’s works. I’ll definitely keep tabs of his other films. I heard it was also good. I would say, though Broker doesn’t surpass the best films out there, it is definitely worth watching.

Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

[asahicore]

oh my god 11pm you are so brave 😭 it just airs at 5pm for me 🙏

no cause i was so angry at the mother.. like she’s also so harsh on him and i get that she’s just desperate to have him moving again sometimes it’s too much like give the poor boy a break 😭 and i was also confused about whether she saw the video of helping someone with paralyzed legs in the water before or after she threw him there ?? cause if she saw it afterwards then that’s literally insane that she would just push him in the water and scream at him like that 😭

but yeah that being said life is really not giving her a break ur right.. like when they showed how she lost her whole family then her husband then almost her on and now she has cancer of all things i was ugly crying.. poor woman how does it just keep on going and KANGHO oh my god from the beginning i was hoping so hard that he was actually a good person and definitely knew what he was doing, getting close to those people and all of that.. i think he didn’t actually kill that baby and the mom ‼️i feel like whatever is on that SD card will show his intentions from the beginning and also he is sooo clever about that letter ugh i was gagged such a genius move

and YES the casting is so amazing all the actors are so good and mijoo my god 😭😭😭😭 out of anyone she deserves her happy ending the most and i think every watcher can tell by now but i really can’t wait for the big reveal of kangho being the baby daddy.. also that trio is so sweet AND OMG SOMETHING INNOTICED towards the end of ep8 the way he talks to yejin is so dad-like and so mature and i thought it was an amazing way from the writing team to showcase how much he’s matured already.. like at first he was definitely on the same level as them but now you can tell there’s a clear difference and that he’s the adult and they’re the kids I HUS TTHOUGHT THAT WAS SO CUTE OK IM DONE TALKINTNOW

HI I JUST SAW UR POST ABOUT THE BAD MOTHER AND I WANT TO SCREAM ABOUT IT WITH SOMEONE TOOOO i was devastated watching this week's eps they really went hard on the trauma this week... especially the scene in the water that had me in shambles but omg when ep 8 ended and i realized i needed to wait until wednesday for the next one i lost a bit of my sanity 😭i knew watching this drama as it aired would be a bad idea i need to know what happens right nowwwww

i’ll put the rest under the cut in case of spoilers!!

TAHNK YOU OMG I WANTED SOMEBODY TO TALK TO ABT IT!! episode 7 DESTROYED ME where i live it airs at 11pm… so it was 1am by the time i finsished it and how do u sleep aft that 😭😭

the scene in the water was HORRIFYING I actually had to pause the emotions are so palpable 😭 you want to reach into the screen and pull him out omg.. also so true how are you supposed to wait a week after suspense like this 😭😭😭😭 should have just waited for it to finish airing smh

dude his mum keeps suffering blow after blow after blow this show rlly knows how to stir up your emotions and make you dislike AND sympathise with every character… one moment your are pitying kang ho because the poor guy was never full never got any opportunities to do anything outside of studying and the next he’s calling the same guy who killed his father dad and pushing people and their babies into water … but also everything is not as it seems?? (WHAT DID HE LEAVE BEHIND FOR HIS MOTHER IN THE OICTURE!!!!!!) all the actors are rlly doing so well thoigh!!!!!!!!

also mi joo my GIRL i am rooting for her i hope she gets closure or some form of a happy ending omg she’s spent her whole life giving and giving and giving … it’s her turn to take!!!!

[imswansong]

Sexual/Sacred Joke (Translated)

This is an 18+ Vogue interview from 2010 with Shin Hakyun so read at your own risk

Shin Hakyun appears in Director Lee Hae-young’s sex-fantasy film Festival as a macho man who is preoccupied by size. In order to surprise this quiet, bashful actor who only opens his mouth on screen, I threw at him some mischievous questions filled with sexual innuendos. 

Now, the readers won’t be interested in your serious narrative. So let’s pretend that this interview is one big sex joke, and play a game. 

Ah… Okay, hehehe (he sounds like he doesn’t understand).

Do you think all directors are perverts?

Us filmmakers, we all have perverted tendencies. We just live quietly without showing them.

Live without showing… So you admit that you have perverted tendencies. 

I don’t know. But I’m certain that those tendencies are provoked by the directors.

Actors occasionally seem to feel pleasure by swinging a whip or shooting semen all over the place on screen. You attempted a threesome in Thirst, right? I do think it’s heartbreaking that you had your wife taken from you by a vampire, but wickedly, you were lying in between Song Kangho and Kim Okbin.

They were tangled up in each other’s pleasure and ended up killing me before finally having sex, and I involuntarily found myself on the bed between them. It wasn’t my intention.

Hm hm, are you prepared to speak about the filthy desire sitting in your heart at any moment?

No. Expelling that filthy desire through acting is enough.

What do you think about the comedic expulsion in Joint Security Area and Save the Green Planet?

You’re talking about older things. They are merely victims. They are abnormal people who were driven to insanity by society.

Do you act for communication or pleasure?

Communication 6, pleasure 4. I’m not good at communicating. I was born that way. I wasn't able to tell my stories since childhood.

So you’re very repressed.

Is it a problem that I don’t have much to say? I’m saying that I have a big desire to communicate, but I don’t want to express that through speech.

I understand. But we all have to say something. That’s how interviews work. Should we talk about the center of acting-based pleasure? Is it the mouth? Hands? Ears? Chest?

The brain. The brain becomes very sensitive… and the cells roar, I don’t know how to describe it.

Try your hardest to think about what to say.

So… This is… Just, it’s like that. It definitely feels like something is being relieved…

Let’s say it’s the feeling of ejaculating. Then what about size?

Size?

A man’s size.

In Festival, this guy is a macho cop who has no hopes or plans for the future. We don’t know if he says he’s big because his genitals are actually big, or if he’s actually not that big but is lying instead. Like most men do.

How about you?

Me? I don’t think size and confidence are directly proportional. Saying that makes me feel smaller for some reason.

Oh! You don’t feel like someone who's small. So you don’t need a Na Hoon-A-esque performance. But are sexual confidence and sexual jokes directly proportional to each other?

I tend to only listen.

Are you saying you’ve never told a sex joke before?

There are many times I don’t talk at all in any situation.

Have you read erotic novels? Ones like Let’s Go! To the Rose Inn by Ma Kwang-soo, Try Lying to Me by Jang Jung-il, The Road to the Racetrack by Ha Il-ji. 

I like classic novels. I’ve been re-reading The Brothers Karamazov by Dostoevsky and King Lear and Othello by Shakespeare.

I expect nothing less. You starred in this movie with Oh Dalsoo, Sung Dongil and Ryu Seungbeom. Their sexual tendencies are also diverse. Sung Dongil prepares a whip and handcuffs and waits to be dominated, Ryu Seungbeom who loves dolls more than women, fairy Oh Dalsoo who wears laces and moves around gently…

I’m so jealous of those actors. They’re really funny if you see them on set. They act and talk freely. But compared to Oh Dalsoo, I’m a talker.

I know that Shin Hakyun and Oh Dalsoo fall in a similar category. In comparison to Sung Dongil and Ryu Seungbeom who are always hopping about, you two are pure, silent, and internal perverts. How was it with Won Bin, who you filmed My Brother with?

That guy talks less than me. He’s really quiet, to the point where I’m curious [about him]. I heard he likes games, but… when compared to him, I think I would have to keep from talking more.

Oh, but not now! How much do you consider women’s feelings?

Women’s feelings? I’m happy when the other person is happy. I work hard to satisfy the woman. Depending on the situation, I would use various actions and techniques.

How would you feel if you found your lover’s vibrator?

In the movie, I see it in secret and pretend not to know. I’m an unconfident person who even failed his examination for promotion, so size matters more to him, and thus he is hurt by his lover owning a vibrator.

I read Park Min-gyu’s novel recently and it had a similar story. A car salesperson returned home and asked for a meal, and his wife asked “Haven’t you eaten yet?” which made him go ballistic and cause a scene in their house. At that moment, he finds a vibrator in their closet. His mind goes blank and he runs away from home, sailing off to the moon.

I understand. But sexual capability isn’t too important to me, so I think I would be fascinated by the vibrator. [I would ask] Where did you get this? Do you normally use it? Is it good? I would respect it as it’s a form of play that doesn’t pertain to the man’s abilities.

Are you closer to a sadist or a masochist?

I despise getting hit, and I also hate hitting the other person because they wouldn’t enjoy it.

Do you have masochistic tendencies when you work? In Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance, I heard you were beaten by Song Kangho so much that you had bruises all over your body, but you didn’t scream once.

There is a side of me that exudes newfound energy when I’m exhausted and abused.

Sexually, what do you think is between the rebellious teenage phase and the greasy old person phase?

There would be the youth who freely enjoys everything and the middle-aged person who is filled with fantasies.

Which one do you fall under?

I don’t know, I’m not sure where I would fit in. Regardless, I’m healthy. Hehe.

What would you say to all the withered virgin men and women?

I don’t even get to meet any of them.

What if they came to you for advice/counseling?

So? What do you want me to do? That’s your problem.

As a reporter, I have no choice but to invade the actor’s private life. We are pitiful torturers. You understand, right?

Yes, I know. I’m sorry I can’t be a fiery sacrifice for you.

I heard you drink alone for more than half of each year?

I drink every day. I like feeling intoxicated. I considered brewing alcohol on my own if I didn't act.

When are you most bored?

I’m most bored after finishing a project when I’m waiting without any future plans. I’m also bored when I have to drink on the set while waiting, without the presence of my character.

How did you feel when you first watched Like a Virgin, Director Lee Hae-young’s first installment of his sexual fantasy work?

It was touching. It was cute to see young Ryu Deokhwan crossdressing in a Chinese-style dress and applying lipstick. Also the scene where the father looks down at his son while riding an excavator.

What would you say if the actual Madonna entered this room, completely nude?

Please leave! I’m scared. You’re not my type. I like round women.

Have you ever pictured yourself wanting to slap Marilyn Monroe’s buttocks?

What buttocks? I do want to have a drink with her. Even though we wouldn’t be able to understand each other and there would be no need to talk in the first place.

If you had to act as either a priest or a monk who is facing some sexual challenge, who would you pick?

Song Kangho hyung played a priest in Thirst. The monk role would be more fun. It would be the Buddhist version of Thirst, called Did You See?... (T/N: “Did you see” in Korean is pronounced “Bwat-ji,” which sounds similar to Thirst’s Korean title “Bak-jwi.”)

Oh! You told a joke for the first time.

You’re asking troubling questions so I can’t be serious. Try asking this question to other actors. They’ll all be good at [answering]. I can’t talk or sing and I freeze whenever I even see a studio camera. I’ve had no reason to train for this type of conversation, either.

Try playing on the boundary between jokes and serious talk. Let’s make the claim that, for instance, Lindsay Lohan wants to have a threesome with Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, and 45 minutes later, she will announce her marriage to Brandon Flowers of the band The Killers.

I’d do anything if it’s for acting in a film…

What do you mean by that?

I could act as a gay or transgender character, or I could run around the Myeongdong streets while naked.

That’s not a scene I would particularly want to see. If only one film could remain in this world, what should it be?

Wealth and honor, hehe. (T/N: Term for “wealth and honor” in Korean is pronounced “bu-gwi-yeong-hwa” and the word for “movie” in Korean is “yeong-hwa.” Shin Hakyun was making a pun based with the last two letters/syllables of the first word, which overlap with the word for “movie.”)

You keep smiling/laughing only.

Smiling is my habit. In school, I was friends with everyone. Smart kids, carefree kids, kids who always fought. They were all nice to me, and that was because I always smiled without saying anything. Since then, smiling has become a habit.

So smiling was your version of camouflage. It is a bit sad for being the origin story of a million-dollar smile.

Hehehe.

What pose would you do if you were chosen as the cover model of Playboy?

I would show my back. I’m not confident about my front. My butt appears in this film Festival as well. It is a shame that I had to look oily and plump due to my character being a lazy drunk.

When does the orgasm of acting come around in this film?

This movie begins with a scene where I ejaculate.

Ejaculation, right off the bat?

Haha.

Lastly, please say a word for all the pitiful audience members of this generation who are struggling with sexlessness and frigidity.

I think frigidity has more to do with mental factors rather than physical… But I don’t have that, so… I’d only know if I’ve experienced it… I’m not even a doctor, what should I say? Anyway, I’m healthy when it comes to sex. I’m not indifferent. I’m sure of that.

@capricorniohash, @pass-in-the-night, @seveneaglestar, @ladykyrin

[seodongjae]

Even if everyone in the world told me not to trust Uncle Samsik, I'd still put my trust in you.

UNCLE SAMSIK | 삼식이 삼촌 Episode 14, Kang Seongmin

[litttlestars]

lee mijoo and choi kangho my loves

[depressingxthings]

[engelkatze]

— LEE KANGHO Details: Él/Suyo. 38 años. Policía. ( verse: JEJU ) Status: No disponible fuera de su verse. Pinterest: Not yet.

Nació, se crió y ha pasado gran parte de su vida dentro de Jeju. La isla es, en toda su expresión, la definición de hogar para Kangho. Desde muy joven tuvo una novia con la que se casó bastante joven (a los 21). Un año después la esposa de Kangho quedó embarazada y dio a luz una bebita que bautizarían como Mina. Por supuesto que la chiquilla se volvería la luz de la vida de la pareja, y por muchos años constituirían una familia feliz… Sin embargo, las opciones cambian. Los anhelos, las aspiraciones también. Cuando la mujer nota que entre todas sus amigas es la única que nunca abandonó la isla, algo se remueve en su interior. La punta del iceberg que poco a poco va quedando al descubierto con los años y como parte de cada nueva discusión. Ella se quiere él. Él se quiere quedar. Dentro de todo, la posición de Kangho es firme: Le gusta Jeju.. La ciudad que le vio crecer, tan familiar y confiable, es el ambiente perfecto para la crianza de su hija. La mujer no piensa igual. Eventualmente abandona la isla y Mina queda a su cargo. Aunque desde hace unos dos años que ha dado por finalizada la relación con su ex-esposa, no han firmado los papeles de divorcio. Sin embargo, desde entonces se hace cargo de una Mina rebelde y que le echa la culpa por el quiebre del núcleo familiar.

[feuqueerfire]

The Good Bad Mother Live Blogging

I know of this show because Lee Dohyun is starring in it but I didn't add it to the list bc it seems a little too depressing. But now Lee Dohyun's in the military so nothing new from him for a while but my desire to see him act reignited after his episode in Death's Game, so I decided to see if I'd be interested in any of the shows he's done and this one seems more lighthearted than I expected, like this Youtube edit I saw (even though it'll likely still be fairly heavy at times because I know there's child abuse).

Seems like a beloved show with an actor who is beloved to me, I hope I enjoy it. Besides, not like I thought I'd love 18 Again as much as I did.

Ep 1 (Apr 1)

ahhh cute, the pig proposal

aughhh he's so happy to be a dad, i'm assuming he's gonna die or be so injured that he's at the hospital forever or something? will the fire that this guy warned about be the reason...

Ah fuck, not the fuckers wanting to tear down the farm... will they set the farm on fire and get the husband killed? ever since that guy warmed about a fire, i keep thinking it'll be the cause of this man's death, I even wondered if the torch whatever will have fire that does something lol

agh duh these fuckers are committing arson, as expected

nooooo, not all the fucking villagers having been bought or threatened by the Construction fuckers

and fuckass prosecutor bruhhhh are they gonna kill him or something?

this reminds me of the beginning of Psychopath Diary where things were just piling and piling and piling up and I couldn't do it anymore

they done killed him and framed it as suicide goddamn

she's going to a different village, i see

these villagers are so funny lmfao

ah, the other baby was a girl (as expected because they kept wanting a son too much and it was uncomfortable...), is she gonna be the love interest?

I'm not surprised Mijoo's father turned out to be trash, he wanted a son way too much

Lee Dohyun 1st appearance, hiiii

Mijoo's crush on him is cute

pleaseeee Kangho likes her too hehehe

not at this exact timing pleaseeeeee

nooo the birthday meal

Kangho and Mijoo are so cute man, do they divorce or something later on? Cuz I know Kangho has 2 kids he seemingly played with but was the mother of those kids not in the picture? I vaguely remember that they maybe reconnected or had a happy ending in terms of romance

Ah, and this is where he decided to become somebody who will be cold and powerful

ahhh ewwwww not the parallels but Kangho becoming the terrible shitty corrupt prosecutor T.T and for a Construction company too, nonetheless

omg not A construction company, THE construction company: Woobyuk... girl they killed your dad! the guy you're calling boss, I'm assuming, is the same guy, Song Woo Byuk !! so unless you're doing this to gain his trust and betray him, you're fucked

I think in this show and Psychopath Diary, it's like yes, this much corruption can exist or these terrible things can happen to one person, so the unfortunate circumstances piling up were worse than in A Killer Paradox which had bad circumstances but it was due to accidentally murdering someone (+ some possible supernatural power), which is easier to deal with because it's extremely unlikely.

Very good episode, I'm really engaged and it's a good mix of humour vs tragedy.

Ep 2 (Apr 1)

ewww Kangho nooo, working with Woobyuk Construction and taking bribes like cars and houses T.T and even getting offered to be the dude's son like that man killed your father !! At least he didn't give the phone as evidence though... maybe in the end when he's back to being his old self, he'll use it to take down Woobyuk

Kangho sliiightly suspicious, like is he actually just getting close to Woobyuk to take it down?

he's too happy to be this man's son so I'm like nah he's into this but then he keeps repeating the homerun or strikeout line and didn't give the phone ah

ah you're a shitty father too I'm assuming

Kangho... wouldn't be cheating on Mijoo right? He wouldn't, right? No, right? like I assumed he's a bad husband since he's rejecting her calls but...

why is her mother pretending she's in the US? Are... Kangho and Mijoo not married? I thought the Jouri calling Kangho was her... aren't the kids supposed to be his? Maybe Mijoo got pregnant when they ended things and Kangho doesn't know? Since he apparently never visits the village either?

oh i see, the father is unknown

ouch, Kangho not letting his mother come up to his room when she brought food all the way to Seoul for his birthday

Oh Tae Soo? was that the prosecutor's name from Kangho's father's case or no?

Is that the ballerina girl who had a scuffle with Mijoo?

So this is still in the past right? Kangho for some reason targetted Oh Tae Soo's daughter for drugs, is it because he's Woobyuk Group's enemy? but I thought they worked together?

oh I hate this I am sooooo susceptible to Lee Dohyun being a romantic interest like omg this is not the ship I'm gunning for, where's Mijoo?!

damn, Oh Tae Soo threatening Kangho just like that

ah, she is indeed the ballerina who kicked Mijoo man fuck

also he hasn't broken up with her yet, so has this happened like just a few days ago or what?

ah, Tae Soo betrayed Woobyuk group

pls Kangho's plan to join Woohyuk Group, himself, and the president together by becoming Woohyuk's son and Tae Soo's son in law

but I also don't trust Woobyuk group and Oh Tae Soo to not work together and betray Choi Kangho as well

Is he... gonna fucking kill the mother/baby???? Choi Kangho...

he is so fucking utterly deplorable oh my god Choi Kangho just murdered someone and their baby... like I'm in disbelief... I want to think that he just pretended.... and somehow didn't have the people in the car when he pushed it into the water

oh I see Jouri is the village name lol I forgot and thought it was a nickname for Mijoo lol

Awooga, he wants to be adopted by the Chairman, which means he has to no longer be the son of his mother or what?

Ah, the fucking food thing really got to me like in all these dramas and also IRL, I'm freaking obsessed with food and sharing food between families and significant others and close friends etc, so it was already tragic before when the mother kept telling Kangho to not eat too much/to not be full so that he's not sleepy and the way he didn't have his birthday dinner with his mom the day he got stuck with Mijoo and not accepting the food that his mom brought to Seoul but now her offering him food again and him rejecting it

and finally, the accident

I've realized that the woman who plays Mijoo was also the cop from Strangers From Hell.

Woah, not only is Lee Dohyun the lead in this but the director Shim Na Yeon is also the same director as Beyond Evil.

I already know the kids are Kangho's because of comments on that edit. The biggest question for me now is whether Kangho is double-crossing these powerful people or not, because I don't think he actually murdered that mother and child and maybe he is just biding his time and such.

But idk if we're gonna actually get any of the plot stuff in the next 10? 11? episodes since he's gonna be kid-like

Anyway, so far, they're obviously both unlikeable because although the mother started off kind in ep 1 and is not again kind and pitiful, she abused Kangho throughout his childhood by forbidding him from eating too much or engaging in hobbies or doing anything fun while now Kangho isn't just cutting off his mother (not unreasonable IMO) but also scheming with powerful corrupt people (unreasonable and deplorable if true and not just him biding his time).

Ep 3 (Apr 1)

Ah fuck, the way he doesn't let him eat is actually insane like he has to hide when he's eating food

I was wondering if the accident was intentional, seems like Oh Tae Soo was maybe behind it

omggg the daughter was behind it?! crazyyyy. I was like I don't see how it'd be planned that only he would get hurt but it makes sense if she was in on it

I wonder why she's in on it and for how long? Like did the father tell her that Kangho's using her after he was threatened and that's why? Or was it even before that?

are we gonna have a stalker or something for Mijoo's storyline? I want better for female characters than to be threated with rape and murder fr. Her nail salon is fun, let's continue with that

oh my god it's Samsik the dumbass

So Samsik was tricked into taking that ring or what?

crying at them simultaneously asking each other when Samsik is discharging and when Mijoo is coming back but then being like whelp... back to work

girl this is so fucked up like he forgot such huge chunks of his life but not the mantra of if you're full, you'll be sleepy and if you're sleepy, you can't study.

I did wonder if the woman was gonna run away with the money but they did open the shop and her and Mijoo were working together, so I guessed no... oof

It's a terrible mix of humor and cruelty to once again see Kangho deprived of food "for his own good"

Well, at least he's moving his wrist/hand enough to eat again

Ep 4 (Apr 1)

Bro, I can't be binging the show like this, each ep is 70-80 mins long but I'm obsessed, why is it so good?

the 7 year old twins are sooo funny lmfaooo terrorizing their father like this not that they know the relationship yet

omggg she'd taken out the money from her bankbook that she had for her kids for this nail salon T.T

bruh Mijoo and Kangho are so cute and she's even investing in him and believing in him, is Kangho the one who leaves? After he makes it? I'll be so mad

ah, Woobyuk guy knows that Choi Kangho knows that he killed his dad

oof, Kangho's mother faced with the fact that Kangho took bribes and has harmed innocent people and people protest him

not the kids talking about how their father is a horrifying bastard according to their grandma right to their father Kangho heh

omg this is such a tragic scene when she's losing her mind over Kangho having been a terrible person but also he literally doesn't remember

ahhh Mijoo and Kangho meeting ?!?!?! cried

Lee Dohyun as a male love interest or as a son with a mother-son or father-son relationship being explored always gets me like fr. 18 Again, Death's Game, Good Bad Mother all have bits of both and he's so good at it.

Ep 5 (Apr 1)

losing my mind, Mijoo and Kangho are so cute

oh...he's hiding something from Mijoo? I saw some comments that said that maybe as he was finding more about his father's death and concocting a plan, he decided to leave Mijoo (and his mother although that was already done) so that the enemies don't have something to hurt him with/harm Mijoo to get back at him

oh he even says there's something he wants to do and she says and you must do it on your own? so ig it really is revenge related

"That's it? I thought I'd receive more for devoting myself to making you a prosecutor." frrr agh women supporting their male partners through school and such and then these dudes leaving them once they achieve their dream

ahh her talking like he just used her for cooking, chores and love T.T

omg I just realized the nail thing like Mijoo doing her mother's nails with markers as a child vs properly now

so am I supposed to actually care about/pay attention to this artist mans and whatever he's up to?

plss it'd be hilarious if the yakuza story is true bc someone on the on-air thread was like maybe the mask, funny lady is actually in a gang

why are there so many mentions of the foot-and-mouth disease like farm restrictions and on the TV, is something gonna happen to her farm?

oh yeah Jiwoong was in this for 1 second apparently lol

oof, so Hayoung's father told her that Kangho killed his other woman and child (when in fact he (pretended to?) kill the father's other child lol)

okay as soon as the pig started running and the kids + Kangho started chasing, I was like man what if there's a car crash but at least the singer dude crashed his own car and didn't hurt one of the kids

omg how must Mijoo feel to see Kangho and her kids barelling towards her, she's never seen this happen (it didn't even happen for 7 years)

damn the village president and the mask lady are rich af

anyway, I know the mother apparently dies by the end, so I guess this illness is the beginning of that?

bruhhh that's fr crazy, Woobyuk's men have just been hiding inside the cabinets to protect Kangho?

Omg I think I remember a scene from the edit where Kangho made a mess but was trying to convince his mother that in fact some kidnappers or strange men came and made a mess. I thought it was a funny coverup but seems like the pig thing happened but also the fight between strange men was true loll

Ep 6 (Apr 1)

ah, they're not there to protect Kangho but to find dirt on Oh Tae Soo, which they may assume is with Kangho

not the guard yaoi in the closet (lol!)

do we have to pay attention to that Star tattoo on Oh Tae Soo's man?

What exactly are they looking for the original copy of? Is it to do with Kangho or possibly to do with the case of his father from 35 years ago?

is Kangho's mother going to do something for the mother who was protesting against Kangho in front of the office building?

pls I'm dying at this singer Hoon mans literally making the rounds around this village to meet the former elementary school classmates

omggg not the kids literally being like heh it feels like we're eating dinner as a family, Kangho dad, Mijoo mom

omg the kids also don't like carrots, just like Kangho

"Was I a bad person to Mijoo-ssi too? I hope I wasn't. But I guess I was" alksdfjlaksdfj;laskdfj k;l

omg Young-soon's parents and brother died in a car crash?

stage 4 stomach cancer omg

not the "stand up" like I get that she's doing it because she thinks she won't be here for much longer but he'll have to live on his own but like come on...

Does Mijoo's mother know that Kangho's the father at all?

Ep 7 (Apr 2)

dyinggg these bodyguards actually buying the farm, I’m gonna need them to have a house and a farm and a relationship by the end of this show lmfao

nooo i expected the pig disease but they aren’t even the ones sick, the goats nearby are and so they gotta be culled

oh so Kangho was exposing Woobyuk Group in disguise but as the man said, he was patching it up as well.

ahh Yejin having a breakdown like our dad must be smart and cool and rich and great!!!

omg she really was planning on killing herself with the herbicide and now hanging herself? nooooo

this show is fucking insane omg

also i got impatient and checked and it seems like at least by mid ep 12 his memory is back? he was talking about needing to commit multiple crimes to cover up one crime but by ep 10 he was still child like im supposed to now just go to sleep after that ending?

Ep 8 (Apr 2)

this is actually so fucked up like yes he can’t stand or walk. yay what the ruck, you’re throwing him into the water in the rain to make him try to survive? it kinda bothers me that by the end i guess he’ll fully gain strength and ability in his legs but it could’ve been interesting if they showed that he was never able to walk again or maybe he could stand and walk for short periods of time but still needed his wheelchair. but that would be a focus on disability and this is more concerned with shock and emotion

that letter… what did Kangho know or plan?

omg?! in the memories?

this showwww

Ep 9 (Apr 2)

I’m so excited that we’re getting to see this actually because i was afraid we wouldn’t get answers before man’s memory comes back

ohh the art thing

so he found out about the Ih Tae Soo being in kahoots with Woobyuk after doing a lot of investing

kinda confusing when exactly the timelines are bc it’s like before appointment day, appointment day, his investigations as a prosecutor

also he doesn’t mention Mijoo by name right

i don’t get the yoon jaemin and jongsu thing like what is happening

oh is that woobyuk guy’s grandson

as expected he didn’t kill them

i mean yeah she’s human but the way they’re showing her humanity by her showing the aftermath of her literal and immense abuse like idkkkk i felt like he should have been mad and angry and not so understanding of his own abuse for his entire childhood but ig that’s just what happens when you grow up in an abusive situations like this

what was that at the end? corpse in the water? was the woman in the car the mother of oh tae soo baby? did she kill the boat guy and go back in a car with someone else?

Ep 10 (Apr 2)

makes sense it was a dream cuz it was so over the top

so everything really is burnt. i get her insistence on her no longer being a prosecutor seeking revenge tho

crying at these bodyguard buffoons (but also i thought they’d already gone through the shed and taken the original paternity test document)?

augh setting him up with a woman for marriage while he has no interest in it and seems to not even know what it is fr

losing my mind at lee dohyun’s fave

ah, Kangho’s memories of Mijoo from their teenage years

aw kiss after the same sentence as the hospital

just remembered that the mother thinks Mijoo has a husband in the US

he started calling her mijoo-ya another ssi

sooo done w Samsik and his thieving ways. hope kangho gets him a silly ring

wait she died? also somebody on air said how did the escape plan happen if oh tae soo men were watching and taking pics

ah repeating cycles of abuse and imposing her will onto kangho

oh she told her mom about Kangho being the father

dang what’s mijoo planning on doing? confessing its kangho and her kids?

Ep 11 (Apr 2)

did like 15 mins of work, took a nap and now im back for more episodes

well Mijoo is gonna get Kangho in the end but Hoang! do not worry, i can marry you!

omg Kangho returned bags or presents or whatever to his mother but had the dna test in one of the stitchings and then his mother gave it away which landed in Samsik’s hands

but he’s fr a shameless dumb fucker so idk what he’s gonna done w it

let’s just let this woman die <3 we had kangho saying that his mother actually isn’t a bad person and i was like i’ll let it slide bc she’s i’ll in bed so you’re sympathetic towards her but the way she’s yelling at kangho saying why do you keep ruining his life? oh die fuck you

and while we’re at it let’s also kill samsik he’s learning too much

oof now fuckass Samsik has some important stuff

oh samsik's giving the info to Tae Soo daughter...

lol fool, did he give the original DNA copy?

and just straight up asking for 202 million won

augh, Samsik stresses me out and then even gets kidnapped? Is it Woobyeok group?

ah, Oh Tae Soo's men?

oh, same tattoo as guy who the Woobyuk people chased before. Who is he and why is his identity always hidden?

Ah, Oh Tae Soo thinks that this stuff was recorded because of Woobyuk?

I mean yeah, Hayoung did in fact try to kill Kangho lol

girl where is Samsik, the bodyguard couple saved him but he disappeared or what?

auuu Mijoo and Kangho singing the same song to their children and mother respectively

aww cute Yejin with her nunchi

Is this fire Oh Tae Soo's doing?

okayyy Kangho's memories are back I'm guessing since I already saw a bit that made me think so in ep 12

Ep 12 (Apr 2)

Ah theoretically Samsik lead the Woobyuk guards to the burning farm so I'll forgive him

sorry I'm dead, Kangho leaving the place carrying Samsik on his back is actually crazy lmfao

ah, Mother saying it was her fault that caused the fire so that there's no investigation because Samsik was mentioning strange men and she knows they caused the fire to warn them/Kangho

last 3 eps, so of course things are piling up, including Kangho being arrested under suspicion of murder (the fuckers even said they'd pin Kangho as the father)

ahh he's back

Lee Dohyun looking at the kids

ahh did Kangho think Mijoo was with the other guy and they're his kids? Also just realized I called Kangho Dohyun lmfao beautiful man

Death's Game didn't have Lee Dohyun with kids but this one also does, just like 18 Again ahhh

Mijoo cries just like her younger self did at the hospital after her accident, ah

ah, the car was locked from the inside, so are they gonna have to drop Kangho as suspect? Or not as strongly?

plsss not Mijoo teaming up with Samsik to confront the ex-fiancee on whether she literally drugged Kangho to murder him, even though literally Samsik last time got caught by Oh Tae Soon (her father) and beat up

omg the ep is already done? Just ~110 mins left? wtf already?

The thing is... we're gonna just get that Kangho has always loved his mother (even the We Are Happy song in his day-to-day? c'mon) and never meant any of the mean stuff he did. idk if just sucks that she's been so abusive his whole life, including this time, but we are just going to happy a pretty boy full of sympathy for her because everything wrong happens in her life, which gives her a pass to be a POS I guess? Like I understand why she does the terrible things she does, but there's no catharsis because there are no consequences for her. And I don't even need Kangho to cut her off tbh bc people often don't cut off abusive parents but just... something more.

Also some parts of it were kinda anti-climactic like them each finding out the info the other was hiding, the conversations/script was like hm

also omg the timeline was confusing me but Kangho dated Hayoung for SEVEN years ?! Makes sense since Mijoo saw them at the building when the kids were babies and they got engaged recently. okay acc the kids are like 5 years old international age, so more like they dated 4-5 years but that's still crazy long

Ep 13 (Apr 2)

Ah, the baby is also dead, rip

These police officers are not gonna let this go huh? Which would be good if they were working for our ML lol also I wonder if they really think this happened or if they're just working for Tae Soo

I believe in the bodyguard farmers to betray Woobyuk and help Kangho and live happily with their farm and be married in a couple years

man I was actually liking the Mijoo and her mom convo quite a bit bc again it's a cycle but THEN Mijoo thanking her mother for staying with ther POS father because it allowed her to have a father? girl... it's better to not have a father like that and obvi your mom was Going Through It

woahh everybody sleeping on the floor together, childhood memories fr

Things def happened this ep but feels like more should have happened, rather than like Mijoo & Samsik humourous scenes at the hospital or whatever.

Ep 14 (Apr 3)

ahhh that baby is alive and the mother killed herself to save him

the court scene is very messy but dramatic enough lol

girl whennn are we getting to see the reveal of the kids finding out kangho is the dad

as her death scene was acc sad

dyinggg at Samsik and Hayoung lmfao like i very very briefly wondered when the initial meeting about the dna test happened but obviously that went sideways lol but this is funny

jk doesn’t seem like she likes him back which is not unexpected

yaas my gay farmer ex bodyguards

loll mask lady turning out to be yakuza daughter fr

we never got to see them realize he’s their dad aghhh

It was a fine ending.

Overall:

Lee Dohyun <3 The reason I looked into the show, then I didn't watch it because it seemed to heavy, and now watched it because of Lee Dohyun and heard the show was humourous.

I don't think I've seen Lee Dohyun play a character who is just his own self lmfao In 18 Again, he was his 40-year-old self in his 18 year old body. In Death's Game, he was the original guy in Lee Dohyun's character's body. In The Good Bad Mother here, he is playing that his 35-year-old self has returned to his 7-year-old self.

It was so addictive and entertaining, watched the whole show in like 2 days and 2 hours. Impressed by the acting of Lee Dohyun and the mother and Mijoo's actors.

The show was mostly about the mother and son relationship, with the revenge plot + the Mijoo/Kangho romance arcs in the background.

I deeply wish that Kangho hadn't apparently forever loved and understood his mother and did everything for her and sang her favourite song while studying for the Bar or whatever. Like obviously he went low-contact with her in Seoul even before he discovered the stuff that made him break up with Mijoo, so I think the reasons behind that and the hurt and betrayal that caused him to take such an action should have been focused on more. Like things just kept on going wrong with the mother's life, so we were supposed to feel endless sympathy for her but she abused Kangho greatly. Like he literally didn't eat the first few days because the mantra was stuck in his head, that's so abusive, I just. Why couldn't we have had a middle ground where Kangho gets to actually say and acknowledge that his mother's actions hurt him so, so badly. Like we got fleeting moments of him being angry or her saying she's bad but it was all explained away or he understood or whatever.

Anyway, idk, I think if that relationship was more clear + the ending of the revenge arc was more solid, I would've rated it higher because I did enjoy this but some things bothered me significantly.

Rating: 7/10

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( ooc: +18 ) Os fãs não param de falar disso! Parece que Kangho ”Paxton” Gwon-Waller, mais conhecido como Pax, entrou para as redes sociais, sabia? Dizem que ele parece tanto com o Lee Juyeon! Ele nasceu em 27/03/1998 na cidade de Seoul, Coreia do Sul e atualmente tem 24 anos. Ele trabalha como integrante do BURST na SENSE Entertainment, deve ser muito talentoso… Ah, você quer seguir ele? Procura por @uv_paxton e fica de olho nas novidades.

DEMAIS INFORMAÇÕES.

Etnia: coreano.

Personalidade: Mesmo que não haja tanta distinção da personalidade verdadeira de Paxton quanto a vista na mídia, ele é constantemente supervisionado pela empresa quanto às suas atitudes e hábitos que não são tão bem vistos pelos fãs coreanos. Apesar da extroversão e dos sorrisos constantes, sua personalidade é bastante controlada. Ele é visto como um homem arrogante pela maioria do público masculino por seus comentários frequentes sobre ser bonito e saber disso. Os trejeitos de Pax demonstram bondade e compreensão além dos limites, uma compensação dos seus problemas de atitude. Sua desobediência é um tópico constante entre os que o agenciam, assim como suas atitudes impulsivas.

Fofocas/rumores:

Surgiu um rumor de que a data do aniversário de Pax foi inventada pela empresa e que, na verdade, ele nasceu em outra data (dia 12/07). Esse rumor começou a ganhar força devido a uma thread no twitter que mostrava capturas de tela de fotos que ele sempre posta nessa data específica. Por ser um rumor considerado ridículo, ele nunca chegou a ser negado.

Funcionários que já trabalharam com Pax sempre dizem que o idol é muito solícito durante as gravações e ensaios fotográficos, sendo muito educado com os funcionários que estão trabalhando nas campanhas e trazendo comida para os sets.

Recentemente surgiram rumores em fóruns coreanos de que o integrante do BURST e a solista WINNIE estariam namorando por conta das interações que os idols possuíam em frente às câmeras. Tais rumores foram negados imediatamente por uma nota emitida pela SENSE Ent para que a imagem dos artistas não fosse prejudicada por rumores falsos. Uma grande parte do público acredita que a empresa só tenha feito isso para abafar o namoro devido ao debut decente de ambos, enquanto outra insiste que é apenas uma amizade natural surgida entre idols que fazem parte da mesma empresa.

Trabalhos:

Em sua antiga empresa, Kangho fez uma participação especial no MV de um solista, aparecendo alguns segundos no vídeo.

BACKGROUND/HEADCANONS.

Gwon Taeho nasceu em Seul, Coreia do Sul, tinha apenas dois anos quando sua mãe era uma mãe solteira, que criava o filho que foi grupo de uma rapidinha nos fundos de alguma boate que ela sequer lembrava o nome, mudou-se para Los Angeles, Estados Unidos a cidade conhecida por ser o cenário de várias adaptações filmográficas e por ser o lar da indústria musical no país em busca de uma vida melhor e talvez uma oportunidade de se arriscar no mundo do cinema. A vida se demonstrou de extrema dificuldade para ela, que tentava arranjar tempo para trabalhar e se dedicar à educação do único filho, abrindo mão do sonho de ser uma atriz. Até os oito anos de idade, ele era apenas Gwon Taeho, um garotinho que vira e mexe era vítima de piadinhas na escola sobre a ausência do pai. A ideia de uma figura paterna sempre foi abstrata para ele até que seu padrasto entrasse em cena. Ele era um homem bom e afortunado, que amava sua mãe incondicionalmente, só não era o maior fã da bagagem que ela trazia. Mesmo assim, ele lhe deu um novo sobrenome e o adotou como filho, pagando escolas particulares de elite e aulas em atividades extracurriculares para que o futuro dele fosse garantido na faculdade. Até os oito anos, Taeho era um Zé ninguém, um menininho pobre, filho de uma mulher que trabalhava quase doze horas por dia para lhe prover o mínimo. De repente ele era Kangho “Paxton” Gwon-Waller, o filho de um figurão respeitado em Hollywood.

Os anos foram passando e ele foi tomado pela estranheza de estar vivendo na sombra do padrasto, sem construir nada realmente seu. Ele não tinha muitas paixões ou ambições, além do gosto pela música. Aprendeu a tocar bateria com doze anos de idade, não era o que o padrasto queria porque era um instrumento barulhento que não o levaria para lugar nenhum — não que ele pensasse diferente de outros instrumentos musicais que não fossem os mais clássicos. Mas, Paxton sabia que não teria futuro em uma carreira musical, ele nunca tinha visto pessoas como ele fazerem muito sucesso naquela indústria.

Conheceu o kpop intimamente com quatorze anos, foi a primeira vez que ele viu pessoas como ele tendo destaque na indústria musical. Foi com essa mesma idade que ele teve a sorte de fazer audição para uma empresa grande e se mudar para a Coreia com o padrasto bancando a maior parte dos custos, ansioso para vê-lo ir embora. Viveu em condições insalubres durante a maior parte de seus anos como um trainee, e esse período só serviu para que ele aperfeiçoasse técnicas e crescesse como cantor e dançarino porque os anos passaram e a empresa não parecia ter intenção alguma de debutar um grupo masculino tão cedo. Ele passou nove anos treinando nela até desistir, pronto para abrir mão do sonho de ser um idol. Pouco mais de um ano depois, quando andava pelas ruas de Seul, ele foi recrutado por um funcionário da ARR, que se surpreendeu ao saber que o rapaz havia treinado por tanto tempo. Dessa forma, Paxton acabou sendo adicionado à line-up final do BURST.