#lee min hoo

[danykha]

[littleforeignaffairs]

Sukfilm dropped episode 5 of Blue Boys (or episode 1 of Blue Boys part 2 if you prefer)

The relief I feel after that episode

[erstwhile-punk-guerito]

[moonfie]

All Of Us Are Dead!

[aiijun]

because this is my first life (2017) - ep 1

"𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐢 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐭, 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐢 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐦𝐲 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞."

[blbambeyond-nonblblog-hyd-mg-bof]

BOYS OVER FLOWERS (2009, SOUTH KOREA)

Episode 3

Gu Jun Pyo (LEE MIN-HO) became jealous at a formal event and went outside furious that the girl he has become enamored Guem Jan Di (GU HYE SEON) was dolled up and was dancing with F4 member and Jun Pyo's best friend Ji Hoo.

Now in the Korean Adaptation Jun Pyo had a fear of bugs I mean an over the top fear. Seeing a cricket by the pool he freaked out and fell in the pool.

Jan Di happened by and extracted him from the pool and began CPR and suddenly Jun Pyo sprung awake (he was faking) and tried kissing Jan Di. She decked him. Yet he still seemed oh so happy.

But Jan Di doesn't like Jun Pyo (yet) she's still hung up on Ji Hoo (KIM HYUN JOONG)

@pose4photoml

[letterboxd-loggd]

Lady Vengeance (친절한 금자씨) (Chinjeolhan geumjassi) (2005) Park Chan-wook

January 20th 2024

[kdram-chjh]

Kdrama: All of Us Are Dead (2022)

Cheong-san sacrificed for his friends 🥺 sad status All of us are dead #shorts

Watch this video on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/KdtgFd03OGY

[inpursuitofnunchi]

is it funny that a part of me is low key shipping ji ho with se hee's ex? why do these two women have so much chemistry????

[jack-ackles]

RANT:

{BOYS OVER FLOWERS}

Warning: Unpopular Opinion

I hear things like:

Ji hoo was better,

jihoo suited jandi,

Ji hoo and jandi had a meaningful bond

blah blah blah

now i want real talk.

Why tf was Ji hoo given more screentime?

You blink, Ji hoo is onscreen.

Jihoo breathe, the romantic bgm starts playing for jihoo-jandi

Jandi is sad Jihoo appears

Jandi is happy, Jihoo appears

Jandi thinks of junpyo, jihoo appears

Jandi exists, ji hoo appears.

all this, and totally not in a cute way. he was given more screentime, better story, better scenes, better romance, better background story, better everything. (except the hairstyle. it was ugly asf). but the question is.. WHY?

Why was the main male character totally sidelined in his OWN show?

Yes. I am questioning the writers and makers of this show.

Jandi-Junpyo barely had romantic scenes, bonding through understanding scenes and every other thing... all of it was given to the second lead. There was no proper introduction to junpyo's childhood and background story like it was for ji hoo.

The FL spends 80% of her time in the show with second lead and people wonder why alot of people can't connect with junpyo-jandi's chemistry.

I still am traumatized with those scenes where The FL again n again breaks ML's heart, betrays him, and treat him as if he isn't important and he is just playing around with her. ML literally spends his time with her family, tries to make her feel special, is thoughtful about her feelings and family issues, gives her the space she needs and even though he was an asshole first but later it was jandi herself who accepted his approach and didn't deny him... then goes to sml.. then again realizes and still doesnt acknowledges ML's feelings and his efforts , he literally puts his efforts to make her happy and to be with her and she says "i guess he is TRYING"

even till the last episode, unnecessarily, sml was still around. after 14-15 episodes, he just became a nuisance cuz if they are not gonna end up together or jandi has fell for junpyo and junpyo being the main character... WHY WAS JIHOO TAKING SO MUCH SCREEN TIME???

Okay now i am just ranting but my point is.. was it the writers plan? was ji hoo the one who was the ml? why tf would the writers do that?

people like ji hoo because his character was given more screentime, depth, meaning, understanding for the viewers.. and still jun pyo overshadowed.

like,, i still can't believe this is a 25 episode drama . maybe it is longer but they later edited it out for 25 episodes? the sidelining of literally the main character is so fucking terrible . i feel so sorry for lee minho.. but so happy that his talent was recognised with this show.

Maybe the jihoo actor was more famous back then? idk what it is about him that made writers/makers do that but all i can say is the whole jihoo plot, his story, bond with jandi and his unnecessarily too much screentine was a nuisance. Totally annoying. i literally had to skip some scenes and watch it after i ended the drama, and still his scenes hold no value. and still kinda confused why junpyo was done dirty like that.

ps: I literally can't hate Gu Jun Pyo after watching this show. No matter how many people say he was toxic and a red flag.. it is jun pyo you will feel bad for cuz it was not ONLY junpyo who was toxic. Jandi, ji hoo were major red flags too.

[danykha]

[madeinkorea-blbambeyond]

MADE IN KOREA

KIM HYUN JOONG

GU HYE SEON

KIM BUM

KIM JOON

&

LEE MIN-HO

[what-breaks-my-heart]

[bidokja]

Weak Hero Character Names

For those who don't know, the Weak Hero webtoon anglicized a bunch of the characters' first names from Korean to English. They don't do this for newly introduced characters anymore AFAIK, but all the names they anglicized initially have been kept that way.

Since I've gotten a few people asking about the names, so I decided to compile a list of their original Korean names. You can find amost of these on their character profiles on the Weak Hero fandom page, but I figured people would appreciate having a quick reference that is all in one place. Hopefully this helps people learn/connect their original names.

Remember, this is not a full character list, it's for finding the Korean names of the characters that had their names anglicized.

The format will be:

Anglicized Name -> Korean Name (common alternative romanizations will be in parenthesis)

Eunjang High

Alex Go -> Go Hyeontak (Hyun-tak)

Ben Park -> Park Humin (Hoo-min)

Colton Choi -> Choi Hyoman (Hyo-man)

Eugene Gale -> Seo Juntae (Jun-tae)

Gerard Jin -> Jin Gayul (Ga-yool)

Gray Yeon -> Yeon Sieun (Shi-eun)

Phillip Kim -> Kim Pilyoung (Pil-young)

Rowan Im -> Im Juyang (Ju-yang)

Teddy Jin -> Jin Taeoh (Tae-oh)

Daehyeon High

Dean Kwon -> Kwon Hyeokjin (Hyuk-jin)

Jake Ji -> Ji Hakho (Hak-ho | Hagho)

Timothy Park -> Park Taegi (Tae-gi)*

Ganghak High

Jared Sun -> Seon Jongwon (Sun Jong-Wan)

Toby Kim -> Kim Dosik (Do-sik)

Wolf Keum -> Keum Seongje (Sung-je)

Hyeongshin High

Forrest Lee -> Lee Sehan (Se-han)

Myles Joo -> Joo Seungjin (Seung-jin)

Robin Ha -> Ha Minjo (Min-jo)

Sam "Grape" Lee -> Lee Gongsam (Gong-sam)

Yeo-il High

Donald Na -> Na Baekjin (Baek-jin)

Kingsley Kwan -> Kwan Seokhyeon (Suk-hyun)

Yoosun High

Harper "Helmet" Ha -> Ha Huicheol (Hee-chul)

Hugo Yoon -> Yun Hoyeong (Yoon Ho-young)

Jack Kang -> Kang Jeongyeon (Jung-yun)

Jimmy Bae -> Bae Jihun (Ji-hun)

Other Recurring/Relevant Characters

Bryce Oh -> Oh Beomseok (Beom-sok)

Julia Chae -> Chae Yujin (Yoo-jin)

Kenny Ji -> Ji Gwangseok (Gwang-seok)

Lala Lee -> Lee Minji (Min-ji)

Lily Nam -> Nam Jeongah (Jung-ah)

Oswald Yang -> Yang Seonghun (Sung-hoon)*

Sean Shin -> Shin Jeongseob (Jung-sub)*

Stephen Ahn -> Ahn Suho (Su-ho)

Wesley Song -> Song Baekkyu (Beak-gyu)

(* These names weren't on the wiki, so I looked at raws.)

[blbambeyond-nonblblog-hyd-mg-bof]

BOYS OVER FLOWERS (2009, SOUTH KOREA ADAPTATION)

Gu Jun-Pyo (LEE MIN-HO) watches as the girl he likes and best friend and fellow F4 member Ji Hoo (KIM HYUN JOONG) share a kiss.

Gu Jun-Pyo's reaction is violence. Guem Jan Di (GU HYE SEON) is at a crossroads. Wanting to be there for her first crush Ji Hoo and her burgeoning feelings for the guy that once bullied her are weighing on her.

Gu Jun-Pyo next move is getting Jan Di and Ji Hoo expelled.

@pose4photoml

[wlwcatalogue]

A Gay Girl's Guide to Korean Musicals (with English subtitles!)

People often associate musicals with male gayness (both onstage and off) but there's stuff out there for female-oriented queers too! It's just harder to find, which is why I put this video together despite not knowing Korean.

This list isn't comprehensive and I deliberately chose musicals with either queer female characters or gender-free casting (i.e. female actors playing male roles), except for Bernarda Alba, which is special as it’s by far the largest-scale all-female production with 10 characters. Obviously there are many Korean musicals out there which don't meet these criteria and are still of interest to the queers, but I wanted to highlight these in particular as they are, apart from Rebecca, not as well-known. I highly recommend checking out @koreanmusicals for more information on Korean musicals generally!

Note: Again, I don’t understand Korean and relied heavily on machine translation and the original lyrics for licenced productions, so any errors in the subtitles or explanations are mine. Corrections are very welcome!

At-a-glance list:

1. Lizze (리지)

2. Midnight (미드나잇)

3. Rebecca (레베카)

4. Pirate (해적)

5. V Ever After (V 에버 애프터)

6. Frida (프리다)

7. Red Cliff (적벽)

8. Bernarda Alba (베르나르다 알바)

More details, including links to the sources, under the cut!

1. LIZZIE (리지)

Photo source: NewsCulture

A. “If You Knew” (네가 안다면)

Actor: J-Min/제이민 (Alice) Video source:  Oh! J-Min 오! 제이민

B. “Will You Stay?” (있어줄래?)

Actors: J-Min/제이민 (Alice – main vocal), Yuria/유리아 (Lizzie) Video sources:  서울문화투데이TV, OSEN TV, 톱데일리 Top Daily, 더인터 (clip 1, clip 2), PlayDB, TongTongCulture

C. “Sweet Little Sister” (소중한 내 동생)

Actors: Kim Ryeowon/김려원 (Emma – main vocal), Jeon Sung-min/전성민 (Lizzie), Lee Youngmi/이영미 (Bridget), Kim Suyeon/김수연 (Alice) Video sources:  PlayDB, TongTongCulture

2. MIDNIGHT (미드나잇)

Photo source: 666PICTURE

A. “The Future Comes A-Knocking” (그날이 찾아왔어)

Actor: Yuria/유리아 (Visitor) Video source: 정숲

B. “Everyone’s A Devil, Now and Then” (누구나 악마죠 때로는)

Actors: Jang Bo-ram/장보람 (Visitor), Ju Da-on/주다온 (Woman), Jang Yoo-sang/장유상 (Man), Park Seon-young/박선영 (Player 1), Jina Esther Baek/백지나에스더 (Player 2), Kang Daewoon/강대운 (Player 3), Hwang Ji-sung/황지성 (Player 4) Video sources: 빚, 라디우스, 탄수화물 섭취량과 행복도의 상관관계

3. REBECCA (레베카)

Photo source: EMK Musical’s official Facebook page

“Rebecca” (레베카)

Actors: Ock Joo Hyun/옥주현 (Mrs. Danvers - main vocal), Lee Ji Hye/이지혜(Protagonist) Video source: EMK MUSICAL

4. PIRATE (해적)

Photo source: comet7423_PIC

A. “I Won't Let You Go” (가만 안 둬)

Actors: Kim Ee-hoo/김이후 (Anne Bonny), Kim Ryeowon/김려원 (Mary Read) Video source: KONTENTZ PLANNING

B. “All of us and the dreams we don’t remember” (우리 모두의, 기억나지 않는 꿈)

Actors: Kim Ee-hoo/김이후 (Anne Bonny), Kim Ryeowon/김려원 (Mary Read) Video source: MN CAM

5. V EVER AFTER (V 에버 애프터)

Photo source: Amor_pic

“Hunt” (사냥)

Actors: Kim Ee-hoo/김이후 (Lehwig – main vocal), Hwang Hannah/황한나 (Frantzschez) Video source: 컷콜 찍는 먼지

6. FRIDA (프리다)

Photo source: NewsCulture

“Hummingbird” (허밍버드)

Actors: Jeon Su-mi/전수미  (Diego/Reflejar), Kim So-hyang/김소향 (Frida) Video source: PlayDB

7. RED CLIFF (적벽)

Photo source: L0VE_pearl

“Southeastern Wind” (동남풍)

Actors: Lim Ji-soo (Kong Ming, aka. Zhuge Liang), Lee Geum-mi/이금미 (Zhou Yu), Kim Su-in 김수인 (Lu Su), Choi Ha-neul/최하늘 (Xu Sheng), Lee Yongjeong/이용전 (Zhao Yun, aka. Zhao Zilong), others Video source: KBS 11’s 국악 한마당, episode 1256 (aired 27 Apr 2019)

8. BERNARDA ALBA (베르나르다 알바)

Photo source: Screencap from livestream

“Prologue” (프롤로그)

Actors: Jung Young-joo/정영주 (Bernarda Alba), Lee Youngmi/이영미 (Foncia – main vocal), Hwang Seok-jeong/황석정 (Maria Josefa), Jung In-ji/정인지 (Angustias), Kim Hwan-Hee/김국희 (Amelia), Oh So-yeon/오소연 (Adela), Baek Eun-hye/백은혜 (Magdalena), Jeong Sung-min/전성민 (Martirio), Kim Hieora/김히어라 (Young Handmaid), Kim Koo-hee/김환희 (Handmaid, Prudence) Video source: THE MUSICAL

OTHERS

Amadeus (아마데우스)

El crítico (비평가)

Unchain (언체인)

Jane (제인)

Orphans (오펀스)