#merciless evil devil from hell

[frances-and-the-moon]

I put together some ao3 tags that I found here and the last one omg

[braceletofteeth]

Watching Inspector Koo helped me understand why the council of the Merciless Evil Devil From Hell megafandom has been rejecting Psychopath Diary as a part of their own for the last couple of years.

What the plots of The Merciless, Beyond Evil, The Devil Judge and Strangers From Hell have in common is the dynamic between their main characters. It’s required one character that represents corruption (Jaeho, Dongsik, Yohan and Moonjo) and one character that has the potential to be corrupted or is already corrupted and ignorant to/in denial about it (Hyunsoo, Joowon, Gaon and Jongwoo).

All of them begin on opposite sides of their counterparts (even in the circumstance where they work on the same team, they have their own agendas, and distrust and/or disagreements are ever present). Eventually, however, the ones with potential to be corrupted will choose to be on the side of the characters that represent corruption, whether definitely or temporarily (in Hyunsoo’s tragic case). This transition to the side of their counterparts happens after they comprehend and sympathize with their motivations.

The forementioned transition never happens in Psychopath Diary. The main character (Dongsik) was forced to learn about and analyze his counterpart (Inwoo)’s inner thoughts and motivations in order to understand himself, during the time Dongsik mistakenly believed he was Inwoo and only had his diary to guide him. Despite being initially motivated by a misunderstanding, his dedication brought results: he understands Inwoo, profoundly. But—much like the protagonist of Inspector Koo with her counterpart—he doesn’t agree with him. When he tried to wear Inwoo’s skin, his instinct rejected it. He had to modify it to something that made sense to him, something he could consent to. The same energy, but opposite moral codes.

Dongsik, with his sense of identity intact, wouldn’t be swayed by Inwoo’s cause. He couldn’t be persuaded, because he wasn't tempted. A characteristic he lacked in comparison to the characters from the MEDFH who gave in to it. Who accepted it because their energies matched their counterparts’; not for being opposites, but for being similar. The same moral code, or at least one flexible enough to accept theirs and stand tall by their side.

[bitacrytic]

The Worst Evil

It might be too early to tell since I've only seen clips on tiktok and the first half of episode one.

But one thing that the separate shows from the Merciless, Evil Devil from Hell mega fandom canon have in common is that the names are all negative.

The Merciless

Beyond Evil

The Devil Judge

Strangers from Hell

Do we see a theme in these titles?

Does "The Worst Evil" fit in? yes it does.

Does it have two guys in the forefront who are going to be sharing a lot of screen time and staring into each other's eyes for heterosexual reasons? yes it does.

Am I ready to fool myself into thinking I'm watching queer romance thriller? yes I am.

[notsocharmy]

These two actors will be playing the main characters in the hell is other people adaptation that is being produced in Japan right now! Release date is set for november 15 this year.

As far as I know, they will be adapting the webtoon and not remake the korean drama. I expect a lot of changes to be made, especially since the character on the right is reminding me more of the webtoon version of moonjo, aka yeongsam/영삼 (he even resembles Ki-Hyuk, who resembled Yeongsam a lot too)

the webtoon antagonist looks like this by the way:

As for the actors, here is what I could find:

- Jongwoo is renamed "Yuu" and is played by Hachimura Rintaro (funny enough, the guy is also part of a boy group/an Idol. Just like Yim Siwan). His only acting roles so far are this movie, another movie and a series.

- Moonjo/Yeongsam is renamed "Kirishima" and is played by Yanagi Shuntaro. He has played in quite a lot of movies, including horror and thriller works.

- Ji-eun (girlfriend of Jongwoo) is renamed "Megumi" and is played by Okada Yui (google translate gave me the name "Yumi" name which tells you it's not really accurate...). She has played in quite a lot of movies and series, including horror and thriller works.

- I'm pretty sure "Yamaguchi" who is described as yakuza-like man is Hee-Joong, the guy that "moves out" early.

- "Maru" and "Goru" are probably the twins.

- the only name left is "Yoshiko" which might be the owner of Eden or in this case, "Hakubone"

Here are all the co-star actors names I found:

Kento Miura

Sayaka Aoki

Takato Okura

Masato Hagiwara

Takeru Suzuki

Kousuke Hoshi

Takayuki Hamatsu

Mikoto Hibi

Yohei Matsukado

Eden seems to be renamed "Hakubone" which means boat or ark (Ark was also the name google translate gave me, it's probably referencing Noah's Ark).

As for the director, their name seems to be Kodama Kazuto, I looked through their works and they directed over 60 horror movies since 2005, I have yet to see any of their works but I will check them out, i'm really curious how the quality of them is.

here are the sources I used:

english: x

japanese: x (if you translate this, there is some extra comments made by the actors included at the end of the article)

also, an asianwiki page was made for the movie: x

[forgive-and-take]

5 years ago The Merciless went so hard and we did not deserve it. How does them just reading the script look like this??

[eremin0109]

The dinner meetings of Han Ki-wan, Do Hae-won and Lee Changjin must be really fucking entertaining from Changjin's point of view. It's just watching these two privileged fuckers silently lose their shit because their sons absolutely refuse to listen to them and the cheeky inspector that is the bane of their existence is unfortunately also the guy their sons want to fuck.

[art-n-tings]

little doodle of mjjw

[onahita]

...And neither Gaon nor Yohan were ever the same after meeting each other❤️

[uhhhhmanda]

I'm still kind of new to this fandom so I don't know who coined the term "Merciless Evil Devil From Hell" but I'm as close to full membership as I'm ever going to get because I just finished watching The Merciless. (9/10. The only reason I'm not giving it a 10 is that I just watched The Villainess last night and no offense to Sol Kyungu, who is always fun, he's still not Shin Hakyun ¯\_(ツ)_/¯.) I'm obviously quite fond of The Devil Judge and Beyond Evil, but Strangers From Hell was not for me. (I gave it an honest try but it made me want to jump off the highest building I could find.)

[youreignhere]

Me Getting into the Merciless devil from hell fandom:

I've watched The Devil's Judge with my mom like last year, 10 out of 10, would recommend, but this is my getting into the rest of the fandom. I'm late, cause I also watched Strangers from Hell and

Jeez Louis, that shit is basically Korean Hannibal lmao, it's amazing tho

The rest of this is gonna be my documented thoughts as I start Merciless and Beyond Evil.

[frances-and-the-moon]

I hope there is another homoerotic antagonism show coming soon because The Worst Of Evil destroyed me, The Devil Judge broke me bc they parted ways, Beyond Evil made me sad bc they parted ways, The Merciless killed me, D.P. also made me sad, can I please for the love of God have a show where the two main characters stay together until the end or do I have to learn Korean move to South Korea and become a screenwriter myself

[bitacrytic]

Just saw this kdrama. the gangster, the cop and the devil.

and what do you know? it's two dudes on the cover. i find myself wondering if this is another addition to the kdrama merciless evil devil from hell fandom? because the title also has devil and we know what that means.

i guess i'll give it a try this weekend and see if it's my newest baby!

[notsocharmy]

🤔🏳️‍🌈?

Connection is coming out in less than four days (congrats on your coming out)

I think this is it guys. A possible new canidate for the "merciless evil devil from hell fandom & friends" fandom!

(Can I just say I love the picture above? What is this? Are they all connected by red strings of faith? Are those lasers? Are those supposed to show the connections between the characters?)

please don't be another Impossible Heir. PLEASE.

Just look at all the promo pictures we've got (i'm gonna babygirl this man, he looks pathethic)

[ssremitm]

Watched The Devil Judge for the first time today with my mom, can't wait till the end when she will inevitably be upset by the ending and I'll keep pretending they are together and dating. (I haven't finished Beyond Evil because if I never finish it one never goes to jail and other is never sad)

[eremin0109]

Han Dongsoo 🤝 Park Junmo

Public defenders of law who are pretty damn good at their job that got screwed over badly by their seniors so now the people in their profession look down upon them, meet a reckless young and hot criminal that instantly takes a liking to them and wants to give them everything they could've wished for, everything that their honest job never gave them, and they slowly start considering the offer, seduced by the power the lawless world gives them.