#tak dongkyung

[mcrcki]

@spellbcok said : ♫ + 92 — dongkyung & elain archeron

♫ 92 : liar (it takes one to know one) by taking back sunday

"if we're keeping score," elain grinned back at the other, "then i believe that is my third win, now." sure, elain was never entirely competitive, but it was fun to let herself feel that way for once, especially when she was winning so many times in a row.

[tragcdysewn]

@spellbcok asked: “ You call it a near death experience; I call it a vibe check from God. ” — dongkyung to xiao qing

"okay, but that is the best thing i have ever heard. i will one hundred percent be using that instead of near death experience now." a-qing laughs out loud, grinning widely at the other.

[wvsteria]

zoey davis & tak dongkyung @spellbcok

"did you make it out okay?" zoey asked the other, eyes scanning over their features to see if they had any injuries. "i'm sorry we got separated, i tried to find you again."

[lavendaers]

@spellbcok - ♫ + 18 — dongkyung & sophie baek

see i'm smiling - anna kendrick

"see i'm smiling... that means i'm happy that you're here." sophie offered the other a small smile. "though i would be happier if we were doing something else."

[mvsicinthedvrk]

"I've never seen that one either." He hasn't even heard of it, in fact, but films are not his area of expertise. "Is it cheating to look it up? Not the answer to the crossword... just Dangerous Liasons," he says, before shaking his head with a smile. No, no, they can do it. "I'm sure you're correct, on broth. "For the chemistry suffix, 56 down, the one that needs three letters, the problem is that there's so many... ose, ate, ide, ite. Most of them do end in e, though, so perhaps slot an e in for that space."

dongkyung filled in the letter in her head before taking a pen to the page. reading over the clues again, she felt dumb missing one of those easier answers. "okay, i think 46 down is broth... so we, possibly, have schss," she says, or sounds out, as it was still not close to being a recognizable word. "do you think there's an error? because i've seen dangerous liaisons and don't remember any character having a three-letter name, let alone the lead." she says, referring to the clue for 55 down.

[empressburbey]

Throughout the books, airplane bro or as I would like to call him Airplane-nim reminds me of that one scene from Doom at you Service. Where basically the fl Tak Dongkyun (an editor or like a manager for a web novel company) attends the funeral of one of the authors grandfather's. His name is Siberia btw.

And Siberia tells how bad he feels that he never really told his grandfather what he writes, because he felt shy of his work. Eventhough his grandpa was proud that his grandson is an author. And the Dongkyung just tells the author that he would have been proud of his works. And the author gets excited and just goes, "Like 'You were never just a friend to me'?" and the editor shakes her head. Because no, this three star bl novel is not his best work. Not even close. And she names the novel she likes. But the author again mentions another whacky 1 star rated novel. And she gets frustrated, "See, this is why you can't rank high because the stories you like, nobody else likes"

That's so cucumber and airplane coded.

Because imagine a world where Cucumber turns from hater to manager/editor of Airplane. And he just has to constantly tell his ideas off. "No this will make a plot hole, no it will only confuse the reader, for fucks sake how many chapters long does this porn scene have to last?"

And they have a similar conversation at Airplanes relative's funeral.

Then Shen Yuan dies out of frustration of too much work load. Since he has to constantly edit the plot holes and what not. But Airplane writes like Turbo the snail crawls. Too many chapters in one day.

And then the conversation happens again.

Imagine Shen Yuan dies because of work. Whatever, he goes back to Luo Binghe, chokes on anger, whatever the reason. He dies. And a

Airplane goes to his funeral with his friend or something. Airplane goes there for friend reasons? Hometown reason? They've been through thick and thin? Idk, he goes there. He looks at Shen Yuans photo and just tells his friend, "Man. Maybe I should quit writing. It's so terrible that Cucumber-bro left so many hate comments in my drafts. And then he even died of out of sheer anger".

And the friend goes, "Noo. Shen Yuan was probably very proud of your works". And Qinghua just looks into the distance for a moment and thinks, "Like Proud Immortal Demon Way?"

"No, more like your previous works", the friend shakes their head.

This is so random and such a raw idea. I'm not sure how it would actually look like.

[hiddenwashington]

@spellbcok said: hello! i don't want to go, but i think i'll have to leave the group. i've been quite sick recently and it's affected my energy and muse too much to reasonably continue holding onto these characters i love dearly. i do hope i can come back sooner rather than later in better headspace & health. thank you so much for having me! i truly enjoyed writing with you all! ♡

violet, we've loved having you here in our little family, but we absolutely want you to put your health first! do what you need to do to feel better, and know that you will always be welcomed back whenever you're ready to return to us! members, please unfollow, anya jenkins, chloe decker, gale weathers, im sol, ling miaomiao, ren ruyi, rhiannon lewis and tak dongkyung are reopened for applications.

[drvcxrys]

(¸.• ♛ → "are you okay?" she asks, quickly approaching to a person that she just saw. buffy was worried, very worried about everything that's been happening around here. a small sigh escaped from her lips now looking at the other one. "everything has been really chaotic here."

random starter for @spellbcok (tak dongkyung)

[snwycheshire]

hey guys! i'm really craving a doom at your service type plot, specifically would love to play against seo inguk as doom! i can either play as tak dongkyung or an oc -- i'm just craving the specific kind of vibe. if you're interested then like this and i'll shoot you an im so we can plot more on disco!

[hwmystery]

I believe that [QUENTIN COLDWATER] killed [SHEN QIAO, GALE WEATHERS, RAPUNZEL].

**our eleventh murderer has been caught! quentin coldwater has now been arrested for the murders of: gale weathers, jj maybank, salazar slytherin, sarra palpatine, james t kirk, daniela dimitrescu, laurel lance, riley biers, queen charlotte, jill roberts, rikki barnes, rachel green, anakin solo, elain archeron, angel, tak dongkyung, rapunzel, annie james, mac mcdonald, zhongli, and annabeth chase. clue 9 is now solved.

[zerobaseonefics]

okay soooo the doom at your service thought. i have NO idea why but the male lead has kinda... ricky energy?? HEAR ME OUT

male lead acts so confident and shii- literally the first thing he said to tak dongkyung (fem lead) was "i know i'm handsome" HELLLOOOOOO?? - and he acts like hes sooo cool and doesn't gaf but deep down hes just lil cutie patutie.

and the way male lead always just held onto tak dongkyungs hand and always teased her??? it's just. something i could see ricky doing IDK MAN

an asshole who actually isn't an asshole - ricky just fits this role so much😭😭

and tje way the male lead is also rich and always does things for his gf behind her back?? yes that's richard 100%

idk if that's just me but this thought makes watching it a lil bit more fun tyvm

-anon anon🤧

ME THE MOMENT I READ RICKY

you are so right????? YOU ARE SO RIGHT????? I CAN LITERALLY PICTURE HIM RN

bro why would you do that. uh. i have 4002 writings to do but you're inspiring me sm rn

[tragcdysewn]

@spellbcok asked: rain, sender and receiver both get stuck under the same awning when seeking shelter from sudden rain. — dongkyung & elphaba thropp

hiding under an awning to avoid the rain definitely feels a bit silly after how many people were convinced a single drop could kill her, but she really didn't want to end up soaked. "how long do you think we'll be stuck?" the witch asks, looking over at the woman next to her.

[wvsteria]

@spellbcok: hair, sender gets something they're wearing caught in receiver's hair and ends up yanking a chunk of it out when attempting to separate. — dongkyung & zoey davis

"ow!" zoey shouts when the other pulls a bit of their hair out while trying to separate themselves. "did it work?" they held a hand to their head to check.

[spellbcok]

dongkyung hit the lobby button and let out a sigh as she stepped back to lean against the handrail, "ugh, yes, beer, please." surely one glass wouldn't hurt. a pitcher-sized glass to celebrate her escape discharge. "there's this one place nearby i went to a lot in college that'll be perfect for all of our needs." as the elevator doors opened, she gestured for the other to go first and came to the realization that she didn't know the name of her unwitting accomplice to her hospital breakout/dining companion. "i'm tak dongkyung, by the way."

Ji Na smiles, happy she agreed to go to lunch with her. She wanted every minute she could possibly have with her. "That sounds perfect. Let's do that. Are we having drinks as well? I want beer!" She followed Dongkyung to the elevator, watching her closely to be certain she's okay. She can't help but worry. She may not remember Ji Na, but Dongkyung is always going to be extremely important to her, whether she remembers her or not.

[captainstarkky]

“WISHES DO COME TRUE”: FINAL EPISODE APPRECIATION POST

It is finally here: the end.

We have been through a lot with this drama, and just like that it has come to its stage. It seemed like yesterday, I was too hyped hearing the news about Seo In-guk coming back to mainstream drama and Park Bo-young being the lead female; and now we’re here. I’m feeling a bit sad but, you know, there’s nothing to be sad of, of course.

When a book closes, a new one opens - after all. And this book? The book has a happy ending after all.

That was a spoiler; but I think it’s something that we hoped for. Although it’s bittersweet to let this drama go, it’s all worth it to do so.

One thing that I appreciate about this drama is that it goes back to where it all begun.

The first scene picked up from where it left off; from the bus scene where Myul Mang – now Kim Sa-ram offered an umbrella for Dongkyung because it was raining. It’s actually a recreation of a previous scene, it’s just that, it was Dongkyung who eventually lets the umbrella go instead of Sa-ram.

Aside from that, I think that scene was also one of the most memorable scenes in the episode, because it is where he told Dongkyung that instead of coming back as a supernatural being, he was finally living as a human. Why is it romantic? It was like Sa-ram telling Dongkyung that they are finally now in equal footing. Both normal humans in love with one another – no one higher than the other; they are just ... just humans.

One thing that separates this fantasy drama from other fantasy dramas is that it actually made the couple a possibility. As you can see, it’s normal for other fantasy dramas to just retain the characteristics of the leads until the end. Great dramas that follow this templates are:

Goblin, where Kim Shin still lived as a goblin until the end of the series;

Tale of the Nine Tailed, where Lee Yeon remained to be a gumiho until the end as well;

My Love From the Star, where Do Min-joon remained as an alien and eventually went back to his planet after the end of the series – only to teleport once in a while back for Cheon Song-yi.

They are great dramas, right?

But what’s the point?

The point that I’m looking into is that, in Doom at your Service you can actually see through the end. Even if the series ends, you can imagine the ending stretching it longer that it should be. And that ending is: Kim Sa-ram and Tak Dongkyung will both die; they will spend their whole lives living like humans, dying like humans – and nobody is left behind.

That is the beauty of life; because we realize that we will wither and die, we are able to create moments and experience things in a different way. We can live our lives to the fullest and without regrets. We realize that we aren’t immortal so we try to take good care of our body. That is something Kim Sa-ram realized when he became one. That “ah, I can die now so I need to take care of myself” feeling. And didn’t he quit drinking and smoking for that?

People might think that the point I’m making is extremely tragic. Some of you might ask “why are you redirecting the topic back to death when they both survived it?” and I won’t deny that. But remember, the whole drama is all about death and the need for you to accept it in the first place. We all die, we got to accept that. That’s why we need to live our lives to the fullest and that is also the only way to see meaning in our lives.

And going through the whole episode we can really see how Kim Sa-ram and Tak Dongkyung value that virtue. They learned to treasure even the simplest things and they learn to value important relationships. That’s the essence of life. And that only happens if you accept the fact that death can come knocking to your door anytime.

It’s a beautiful irony because Kim Sa-ram was death and he did come knocking at Tak Dongkyung’s door.

Another focal character in this drama – Sonyeonshin. She was greatly misunderstood. I’ve read and heard some people actually treating her as the antagonist of the series. And I honestly can’t blame them – because, let’s be honest we did too. We knew that she knew what was going to happen but instead of forcing it to not happen; she just lets it happen anyway. But that was also our mistake. We did not look at the large picture but instead, we just kept on looking at what was happening.

I think the writer is showing us that we, even how intelligent we are, are still humans. We can’t help but look at things in a narrow perspective – that’s why we whined when we saw what she did. It’s actually the same in real life, we encounter a problem, we whine and blame everyone; but if that problem blossomed into a beautiful outcome, we never really feel thankful to anyone but ourselves.

Our fates have all been decided the moment we are born – and that fate is to die. We are humans, it is inevitable. But it is always in our hands how do we make the most of the time we are given here on Earth. HE gave us choices and we get to choose what outcome we would want to happen, and that becomes a cycle up until the moment that we meet our end. HE knew all that but HE will always choose to stay and watch – because aside from it’s interesting to, HE wanted us to learn a good lesson from our own choices.

The same is through with what happened in the whole drama series. Sonyeonshin knew what was going to happen but she allowed everything to fall to its place – because as represented by the plant, it signifies growth. She pulled the strings, but ultimately, Kim Sa-ram and Tak Dongkyung made the choices. I mean, she never forced Myul Mang to specifically choose Tak Dongkyung. She never forced Myul Mang to fall in love with Tak Dongkyung either. And she never forced him to sacrifice his life for her. But he did it anyway.  And that ultimately lead us to where he is now: his destiny, his fate. To become human.

There are still a lot of things Kim Sa-ram has yet to experience as a human – but he, more or less, experienced the focal points to become one, some of it are follows:

According to Sullivan’s Interpersonal Theory,  the most basic interpersonal need is tenderness. Sullivan stated that tenderness is the number one psychological need to live, without it our overall well being as a person is ruined and we will adapt maladaptively.

So where am I going to at this point? It’s the fact that this need is actually given to him by Tak Dongkyung.

A family; of course you cannot be human without a companions. He should be fine with Tak Dongkyung. But it was also her who welcomed him to her own family – which was really heartwarming. Props to Dongkyung’s family, they accept whoever the kids in the family bring in. Joo-ik even became a family after Ji-na brought him in.

Feelings. The thing with humans that makes us special is the fact that we have feelings. We know how to sympathize and we know how to appreciate what we are and what we have. Before when Kim Sa-ram was still Myul Mang, it’s kind of obvious that he lack in this department. But along the way, he finally learned how to sympathize and to love. As a human, it’s really good to see him finally using his facility of feelings. Because it’s just as he said ...

And of course, we can’t forget this heartwarming scene.

And by the way, about our home-girl Ji-na. I guess my ship finally sailed? Joo-in and Ji-na are now together. That’s not a question because I really thought that they would really be in the end.

The way she closed her eyes. That’s what told me that they’re the endgame.

But what confuses me is the fact that Kim Sa-ram’s relationship with Cha Joo-ik seemed to be different. Since I never really saw them talking much in the whole series, I would be way more convinced that they would be awkward to one another rather than bicker on the dining table just because of the fact that Kim Sa-ram dated Dongkyung longer than Joo-ik dated Ji-na. Although we won’t know what will happen after, I would like to send my regards to Aunt Soo – she finally got two more sons to take care of.

For my own opinion, a drama like this is a gem. There are a lot of dramas out there that are also good but this one - Doom at your Service, really hit the spot. It’s quarantine now because of the pandemic and the fact that it talked about how important it is to appreciate the little things we have is like an instant reality check.

Watching this drama, understanding the deeper meanings of every scene and every character makes me want to check my own life - if it was still worth living. 

And by the end of the episode - the series - the drama prompted one question to all of us:

All my life, I’ve heard the same questions a million of times.

And I’ve made a million of wishes in my lifetime, and will probably make a million more in the next few years to come. But one thing I know is that, the wishes that we make aren’t all for naught.

Some of the people might think that our wishes are just words of the mouth that will dissipate after being said. But this drama was one of those living proof that someone somewhere is listening.

As we grow older, our wishes change. Some of us might not be able to remember what our wishes are before - those innocent wishes we had while we were still children. 

But you know what, wish whatever you want to wish.

The question still lies though: “Do wishes really come true?”

To be honest, no one knows.

Even in the drama, Dongkyung’s wish of Myul Mang coming to the world never came true. Instead she got Myul Mang in the flesh.

Maybe we’re right to believe that our wishes are only wishful thinking. A thought that passed through our minds for a brief moment of time; but the truth is, wishes are what we really desire. And no one’s stopping you to ‘desire’ something with all your heart.

So keep wishing.

Because you will never know when will it come true.

Maybe today, maybe tomorrow.

Maybe Myul Mang will come knocking at your door if you keep your heart to it.

... again, you will never know.

THE END.

I wrote something about episode 15, by the way. You can read it here.

PS. It’s a bittersweet moment for me to let this drama go but then again, all good things comes to an end. I just wish they’d give Seo In-guk a new drama right away.

However, I heard that Seo In-guk have a new movie coming this 2021. The title is  “Pipeline” and he, once again, is together with Lee Soo-hyuk. The actor who played the character of Cha Joo-ik. Let’s send our love and support for our Myul Mang for this movie

 Park Bo-young, she has a new movie this 2021 with Park Seo-jun, let’s give our supports to our cute Bong Bong

To the people behind the scenes for this drama, I would sincerely want to thank you for your dedication and hardwork. For the actors, I hope you will get more projects soon! And I hope TVN will make more of these in the future.

[lunastern]

Tell me how to start. What comes after you?