#the chairman is such a badass

[usagi-best-boy]

Netero-san has heart

Hunter x Hunter

[happypopcornprincess]

Being an office worker at U&K would be so damn amusing! The amount of tea I'd get everyday like???

Kang Ji Won, the quiet, introverted employee is suddenly a badass, introduced a product that made your company better, she got engaged, then slapped her fiance infront of everyone for cheating on her, broke off the engagement, and turns out her asshole best friend is the one sleeping with her fiance AND SHE'S PREGNANT!!!!

Also, everyone is like 99% sure your uptight strict boss is in love with her.

Also, Mr. Kim finally gets fired for being a dick.

And the HR may or may not be spying on the Boss for the chairman.

There would never be ONE dull day in office my god!

[royaltyoon]

GUN X READER

Promises of hate

[A/N]

Writing badass characters coz ptj can't write them (I'm talking about women)

Tw: mentions of death

"I can't believe he chose you!" He hissed.

"Maybe he finally realised I'm better than the people he already has." Gun knew it was a disparage against him and it only made him grit his teeth. Now that you of all people were under chairman Choi, he couldn't carelessly pick a fight.

"oh?" You mused, "Can't fight me now because you're scared of what the chairman would do?" It bothered you that it still didn't make him lose his restraint. "Ah I see, you're under his thumb." You grin, really, it only made you want to push more. "Who would've thought the jonggun park would obey someone other than himself- bang!

That did it.

All you could do was grin like a Cheshire cat when your body was pushed against the wall. "Watch it." His tone sounded like it came from the deepest pits of hell. He was pissed. "Why did you have to come back?"

You just shrugged at his question, "Did you think you'd get rid of me so easily, sweetheart?" His jaw only pressed harder against itself at the nickname. He hated it, and that only made you want to do it more.

"The only way you can get rid of me is if you kill me." You felt your shoulders being pressed against the wall harder. "But you know you're not strong enough to kill me, don't you?" The smile on your face was malicious.

"One day." He looked down on you, his height was the only advantage he had over you. "I promise you that one day you'll die and it'll be my hands." It almost felt like his obsidian eyes got even another shade darker.

"Unless I get to you first." You whip your elbow to his face at what felt like a pace faster than light. "Hah!You've gotten better." You reveled at the fact that he was quick enough to block that.

"You talk too much." He was quick with his rebuttal. You managed to block his knee right before it made contact with your torso. "What happened to being scared to fight?" You raised an eyebrow.

"Fear is not what I feel for you." You dodged his fist. "It's hatred. I feel so much hatred towards you." Dodged the other fist too. "I hate you so much it makes me blind with rage." You blocked his kick. "I hate you so much that i long for the day I irrevocably get to destroy you." His voice getting harsher with every word.

He finally stopped when you were backed into the corner, breathing heavily and eyes glimmering with nothing but hate. But maybe, just maybe there was something other than hatred in those eyes.

"Finally." You smirked. This. This was the gun you always knew. "Now I don't need to hold back." Your grin turned venomous. You reach your hand out to his throat. "Did you get weaker?" He huffed. "Something like that isn't going to affect me anymore." He smirks.

He was getting cocky, and that was his mistake. "I never meant to land a hit." You fist his tie around your hand and yanked it lower with all your strength. Bringing your knee higher to connect with his face.

"I can't be sitting around doing nothing if i have someone out there who wants me dead, now can I?" Your grin returns as he stumbles back. Dodging under his punch and throwing one back aiming it right at his nose.

"You haven't changed at all, gun. One hit is all it takes for you to lose focus." You walk towards him as he wipes the blood off his face. "The rage really does make you blind." You lock your hands behind his head, shoving your knee against him again. But he managed to block just in time.

He takes advantage of his position and pulls your ankle sweeping you off your feet. "I am stronger than before." He says looking at you. "I will not allow myself another loss against you. I promised myself that." With that he pulled his shoulder back to get maximum momentum as he landed a straight punch. But he hesitated for a second and that's all you needed.

You barely managed to roll away at the last second, thanks to his hesitation. Wasting no time, you swing your elbow to the side of his face. Followed with an uppercut right after.

You rolled off the floor, standing up. "Why the hell did you hesitate?" You asked in disbelief, looking at his havoc wrecked office. Gun grunted as he stood up, keeping his eyes on you. Striding with power towards you, backing you up against the wall, again.

"why the hell did you have to come back?" He seethed, banging his hand beside your head. "Not like your absence did much. You plagued my dreams and made them nightmares. Sometimes you just creep into my mind and wrap yourself around my thoughts." He took one step closer, practically touching your body with his.

"You corrupt my mind with thoughts of you that sometimes it stopped feeling like hatred." His other hand came to wrap around your neck, his index reaching under your chin pushing it upward. "I hate you so much that wanting to destroy you blurred with wanting you and it made me hesitate, I never hesitate " He tightened his hand.

"God. I hate you so much." He seethed before harshly pressing his mouth against yours. Pushing your body harder against the wall.

He pulled away, "This doesn't mean I won't kill you some day." And brought his lips back to yours.

You grazed your teeth at his lower lip, tugging at it as you pulled back. "A promise is a promise." You smirk

[wander-over-the-words]

for that ask game: 🏳️‍🌈 for nick valentine and benny :3

send me a 🏳️‍🌈 and a character name and ill share my gender/sexuality headcanon for them Nick:

Nick is asexual!! He has zero interest in that area. Does not want any. Incorrect buzzer noise. It was one of his (MANY) concerns when it came to getting with Nate, but fortunately for him Nate is ace too so he just "Nick you have no idea how okay that is like seriously"

He himself does not know what he Likes romantically. He's always liked ladies, but y'know. Nate's a man. He's the first man Nick's looked twice at. So Nick doesn't know if Nate has Awakened Something in him or if Nate is just an Exception for some reason. Doesn't rly matter to him either way, and he doesn't rly care to think on it cause he's with Nate for the long run so. who cares y'know c:

Nick identified as a man at first cause the Old Nick did. I imagine one of the first things he did when trying to separate his identity from the Old Nick's was taking a moment to think on it, but he was content to still identify as a man, so. nothing new there. He was built without gender in mind like any other pre-Gen 3 synth so. he's genderless but identifies as a man. He's a man. A metal man.

Benny:

SOMEBODY CALL UP THE FOUR SEASONS CAUSE THIS IS A BI BI BABY. Tragedy: game where you can canonically be bi can't see when it has a Massive Bisexual as one of its main characters smh. He has a preference for ladies, but he is a BI MAN. I've said it before, I'll say it again: the reason the male courier can't fuck him is that he didn't feel like having gay sex that day. Had gay sex yesterday. Ask him tomorrow, see how he feels.

Benny is the most Cisgendered Man I have ever seen. I 10000000% respect anybody who sees him as trans or nb, but personally. He Is the Most Cisgendered Man I Have Ever Seen. To the point that I've always headcanoned him as. hilariously ignorant to stuff like gender.

Not prejudiced in the slightest and like. he knows who/what trans people are. he's met and slept with trans people. He just doesn't know the Ins and Outs of it. Like he's asked Ethan how come he has a moustache and where his charlies went. Has a "you can do that???" response. stuff just blows his mind in a good way. his baby's a badass cause he got his charlies cut off by a Mr. Handy INTENTIONALLY. he PAID for it. he stabs himself with a NEEDLE on a REGULAR BASIS just so he can have a MOUSTACHE AND DEEPER VOICE AND STUFF. you WISH your baby was that badass.

He's accidentally said insensitive things, like asking Ethan what his "girl name" was or wording it "used to be a broad" (I know some trans people are cool with that but Ethan is not). but to his credit he genuinely doesn't mean any harm. he's an asshole but not that much of an asshole. just uneducated (and a little stupid). He's learning. he doesn't understand what dysphoria is but he'd physically fight someone for causing Ethan to have a dysphoric episode. someone says Ethan "throws like a girl" and Benny's sitting there like >:O!!! even tho Ethan doesn't find that offensive in the slightest (hell, he'll agree with it). Ethan shows him a childhood pic and Benny just "baby that's not you?? that's a girl." and Ethan just Stares until Benny has his "oh. right." moment. any involvement Benny has with the topic of trans makes Ethan look at the camera like "he's a little confused but he's got the spirit."

He'll shoot ya in the head but Goddamn will he respect your pronouns and gender identity.

(for added hilarity: Benny's the only Chairman who's Like That.

Swank vc: get woke Benny.)

[soccerpunching]

I'm a big fan of gouenji's friends putting him down the pedestal they placed him in the more years they know him.

At some point, they're going to realize he was just an ordinary guy with a lot of issues like them (prob even more) who is not always right and who finds it even harder to reach out because he doesn't like being perceived and doesn't like bothering others and believes that his problems were nothing compared to everyone's.

Of course, he also has this ego that prevents him from recognizing that he actually has a layered issue regarding being seen as "weak" too a bit different from what fudou or kidou have but takes the form of him having the want to only show his best in a way that he thinks would result in the least consequences for everybody involved (it doesnt tho). This reached an extreme to the point that he masks the perfect persona for the specific need of a specific activity... (something that i think was the reason he knows he can pull off ishido and why he's slightly different as the chairman)

In any case, they realized that Gouenji's only way of coping is by doing extremes that would kill anyone mentally if they were doing that for that long but for reasons just makes Gouenji seem badass in everybody's eyes. Succeeding on what he puts his mind to do make Gouenji happy and satisfied but sometimes they feel like the satisfaction he felt was more about him being able to serve someone so that they could continue believing in him and less about what he actually feels. It's really not easy to know because he's used to nobody worrying about him and likes appearing like that there's nothing that you should worry about him, it is something he unintentionally mastered.

Endou was the first to see that Gouenji's training and the reason he works so hard to go above and beyond everybody's expectations all the time is so he would not bother anyone and that conforming to the expectations of the people he treasures the most is his way of survival; it's keeping him alive inside somehow....

So, starting from Endou, everybody follows... because the more time you spend with him the more you'll see him tired... and take off the mask. And the more comfortable he is with you, the more he talks and takes his guard down.

And at some point (basing this on the last talk he had with senguuji at least), Gouenji did realize that he finally find kindred souls that he can show all of his sides to and still would love to be his friend. unconditionally.

[rmorde]

Trigun Manga Reaction

Continuing with Volume 1 - Chapter 2

The double spread of Vash here and the grim history of the planet they're stuck in being contrasted by the title "LOONEY TUNES" is darkly funny ngl.

Then we cut to this?!

I know Vash is flexible and can get into wacky pretzel poses a lot from '98 and a bit less so from Tristamp, but this is something else. Combined with the sound effects, one would think this is a NSFW manga of a different genre.

Nightow loves to use sharp lines and triangle shapes, doesn't he? Not an expert opinion tho. Just something I'm noticing.

Did.. DID HIS HEAD JUST BOUNCE OFF CONCRETE?!!!! BABY GIRL!!!

Ahhh.. Dark humor. I don't know whether to laugh or cry.

Gremlin Baby Girl Vash using the age old tactic of hide-and-seek: people rarely look up!

I love their dynamic so much which I miss a lot in Tristamp. I mean Roberto-Meryl mentor dynamics was good and the series gave her a good origin, but still... I can't wait to see Milly again.

I think this is manga only, right? I don't remember something like this in '98. Meryl can be silly but it's a different kind of silly. Remembering how in denial she was in '98 about Vash being Vash is funny.

LMAO!!! His face! HIS FUCKING FACE!!!

Ok. So, in terms of art, '98 really gets the manga. TriStamp can be goofy but not to this extent... yet. I think Studio Orange is really doing their best to maximize 3D animation in replicating silly anime/manga expressions. They did it during the Jeonora Looney Toons Chase and a bit when Wolfwood was flyswatted by Meryl with a van. Maybe there'd be more next season (?)

Ok. Remember this from '98.

"WHOSE IDEA WAS IT TO USE THE GRENADE?! HE CAN'T BE IDENTIFIED FOR THE REWARD IF HE'S PILE OF PULP, YOU DUMBASS!!!"

The trials these insurance ladies have to go through. OMFG. And this is just the start!

Oh... I can print this into a bookmark actually.

Oh. This is very different from '98. But between a bandit or a mob, Meryl and Milly have better luck making a bandit listen to what they have to say. Also, swapping a megaphone with dozens of doughnuts here won't improve matters either.

Meryl and Milly's anime counterparts had it easy at first. They had a trial run! Poor Manga Meryl and Milly didn't get that at all!

A black cat in these despairing times?

Ok... This was a bit later in '98... I think.

But I think TriStamp followed the manga's line of events more closely.

Wow... There'll probably more of these but the double spreads in this manga are always good.

Badass Ladies in longcoats!

What else is there to say about them? They're mad and they know how way over their heads this situation is, but they do their job anyway.

LOOK HOW THEY CRUMPLED THE CHAIRMAN LIKE A TISSUE PAPER!!!

Sigh... A terrible sight it is. This is the third iteration I've seen. It's the same old thing just in another coat of paint I've missed until now. This is tiring and frustrating as a reader/watcher.

While these people do show a bit of remorse because they acknowledge how nice Vash is and the story makes it clear that this was a last resort, it's practically a flimsy band-aid on a bleeding fatal wound.

Oh fuck. Was this number also mentioned in '98?! I can't remember.

But fifty?! Oh, Vash...

And he can't even cry to mourn his sisters...

And another incredible spread in here. Is this style just a Nightow thing? Two pages split into three sections of narrow-wide-narrow? I don't know the correct term. However, it seems to show up a lot. Trying to remember if other mangas I've read does the same...

Ooof. This was not easy on the eyes and it took a while for me to understand what happened. When I did tho... Oof... Vash Baby Girl.. Ow...

However... I know anime physics means character can bend their body like pretzels easy peasy, but what if Vash and Nai just have cartilage in place of bones? Or would that be just weird? All I can think about it '98 Wolfwood bending and twisting Vash 180 degrees during their first meeting.

Wait... What if Wolfwood's bones have been turned into just cartilage too during the experiments? No... These do not make sense!!!

And here it is again! Two pages split into three: narrow-wide-narrow.

AHAHAHA. MILLY NOOO LET MERYL BREATHE!

[foodsies4me]

My mind is running circles about the last bridges chapter because wtf???? So many things!!!

I lovvvved seeing that fierce protector in Alec come out when Raphael was taunting him. Like Alec has been so calculated and has kept so much to himself whilst in the Spiral. The moment of him letting a bit of his rage and disgust shine through was just *chef kiss*. Cause yeah he should be annoyed at the situation and he’s been actually a very good house guest imo. I kinda love a feral Alec going to bat for the people he loves. I’m sure we will see more of that soon too!

Obviously I gotta comment on Chairman finding Alec in the library!!! I’m sure Raphael was losing his mind and so conflicted seeing Alec be so soft with Magnus cat. Also the fact that he’s an extension of Magnus magic so there’s some deeper connection there that everyone is ignoring. Chairman and Alec bonding is always an 11/10 yes please thank you.

I have many questions around that verse Alec was reading?! Cause I know it has something to do with why he gets weird reaction to Magnus magic. My brain is not braining right now so I suppose I’ll have to wait and see.

Also thank fk for Cat. I’m excited to see a bit more about the whole trainees illness saga and how this ties back to the marriage. Magnus actually owes Alec so many answers cause this man is a nice person and he deserves to be respected too?? Ngl I’m actually kinda mad at Magnus for the marriage thing buttttt I know there’s some other complex situation going on. So for now I will stay open minded and see where this awesome story takes us :)

There will be more feral Alec protecting his kids, yes. And those he loves in general. I love feral, I Will murder you if you so much as look at my loved ones Alec too much not to give him his time to shine. 😁

I am not saying anything about the Chairman and Alec connection because that way lie spoilers but yes that connection is something that should be analyzed in more depth (and is one of the reasons Magnus is mentally going &@!#^! in his POV because what is this???)

Same for the paragraph it says something about what’s going on, what’s not written says even *more* about what’s going on, but that way lie spoilers so all I’m saying is 😇.

Cat is being the best and I adore her so I’m very happy she’s being cooperative and okay with appearing every second chapter in this fic. Also. Can’t wait to have some of her more badass moments start to shine through because that BAMF!Cat tag isn’t there for decoration. 😄

Magnus has a very good reason for what he did and is doing, yes. Magnus is a lot but he’s not needlessly cruel, even if that’s how he might come across to some at the moment. We can’t forget we’re seeing everything from Alec’s POV after all and that everything is thus colored by his biases, or what he knows about the situation.💜

[dreaming-marchling]

🍈 & 🍒! :)

🍈 Who’s your blorbo and what are some of your favorite headcanons/ideas about them that repeatedly show up in your fics? Free pass to rant about blorbo opinions.

Alec Lightwood doesn't know what to do with praise but he blossoms like a flower when Magnus gives him some. I repeatedly mention Alec in baths for whatever reason, Magnus has converted him to the joys of a hot soak. The Chairman likes Alec more than Magnus was expecting and he is absolutely the alpha of their friendship. Alec is okay with this. Alec is mastery level with a five-arrow bow and occasionally when someone has to pull up a Clave records roster Alec's on there with like two other people max. It's a weapon that doesn't come up loads but when it does other Shadowhunters notice. It gets Alec unexpected badass points, especially when he's HOTI and newbies see him fighting less. Alec likes watching Magnus make potions. I could go on, lol

🍒 What’s your favorite character dynamic to write? (Can be romantic or platonic, specific or general!)

I really love when one character is protective of another. It doesn't have to be romantic, friend/sibling/parent - all great too. The threat is real, the threat is only in the protector's head, I'll protect you from yourself, emotional, physical - perfection. Love it. I assume you are not surprised ;)

Thank you!

[ladyhindsight]

As I said in the end of my last piece of grumbling and groaning, the one great thing about this chapter—and one of the few good things in the whole book—is Clary finally getting in tune with her Shadowhunter senses and her training coming to fruition. And as I said also in the end of said piece of grumbling and groaning, everything else in this chapter is horrible and, frankly, gross.

We left the last chapter with a cliffhanger of demons attacking the Team Evil, so a not-so-enticing-as-per-usual battle ensues.

At this point Clary has studied and trained enough that she doesn’t need to justify her knowledge of Elapid demons from seeing an illustration sometime and somewhere. It also takes away from the urgency of the fight. Similarly to Clary fighting the Ravener in City of Bones.

The writing constantly tells and reminds the readers of how it is Jace who trained her. Alec does that too on his end (City of Glass, for instance), so leave this part out. I’m sure Clary has practiced enough by now so she can just throw it without constantly bringing Jace into this.

They kill the demons, Clary is a badass warrior now, and they secure the chunk of adamas. Well done, folks!

Cut to Simon and Isabelle arriving to Magnus’ living room.

So many characters in this book “pad” somewhere.

→ “He padded off to the kitchen” (Magnus) → “He padded off toward the kitchen” (Magnus, again leaving for the kitchen after skidding into the living room) → “padding back into the bedroom” (Clary) → “as he padded past her, barefoot, and down…” (Sebastian) → “He kicked his shoes off by to door and padded as quietly as he could…” (Alec)

They are ready to answer Azazel and summon him back. Jordan and Maia are also present.

What were the rules demon activity again? They can infiltrate the Earth through the cracks in the wards. Also most likely a nod to Magnus’ father being a Greater Demon, but did it say anywhere that the Greater Demons can only be summoned? That otherwise they cannot enter the Earth? Why though?

(Leviathan did not fit for his size but the rest are pretty much human-shaped. The new incarnation of Belial just appears on his own accord. And Azazel could not fully appear since he is physically trapped to a rock in some dimension.)

Magnus warns Jordan from stepping into the pentagram: Summon a demon and trap it in a pentagram, and it can’t get out to harm you. But step into the pentagram, and you’ve put yourself in the demon’s range of power —” And basically few paragraphs later:

→ It’s good that Simon can recognize that it’s Isabelle’s voice out of all the men, her, and Maia. Unlike Clary.

Simon has stepped into the pentagram while trying to catch Chairman Meow, and we are reminded of what was basically said on a previous page. No need. No thanks. We remember and understand the gravity of the situation without this.

→ …even Magnus looked unsettled. [paragraph division] There was a tap on Simon’s shoulder.

Azazel takes the opportunity to grab Simon.

If all is avenged sevenfold, Azazel didn’t really try or intend to do anything to Simon since all that happened was him being thrown backwards. Nice subtlety, since the writing generally is completely incapable of it.

→ Clary also makes belated realizations in the beginning of the chapter with the Elapid demons. How about use other words or phrasing.

Azazel then gets scared of the Mark of Cain on Simon and leaves on his own accord. Cut to Team Evil. Jace is helping Clary heal and clean up after the fight with the Elapid demons.

Which begs the question: Can Shadowhunters use mundane pharmaceuticals? Do they have any effect if the Shadowhunter is runed (obviously Clary wasn’t before)?

Hoped you liked it as much as fighting together with your parabatai, someone that was actually supposed to be of use in battles.

They clean up, Clary gets new clothes and the team Evil leaves to celebrate the seizing of the adamas.

Cut to Team Good who are considering summoning an angel, you know, for change. Magnus tells Simon about the prophetic dream of blood and destruction and blah while others are cleaning up the mess left by the summoning of Azazel.

I don’t think this point is recognized enough. But Simon just keeps being happy to sacrifice it all to Clary no questions asked.

The Team Evil arrives at the place of their celebration, Kosti Lustr or The Bone Chandelier.

And thank goodness you explained it all.

→ Clary shivered. Easy is the descent into Hell.

That’s all you need.

And we jump back with the Team Good because why not constantly change to point of view. Simon and Isabelle discuss the summoning of Raziel.

Which makes Simon the best of them all and consistent with his character that has had the ability to see the greater picture when needed. Mostly it’s about Clary and sacrificing for Clary, but as I said, when needed. He is also the only one who can do it and not die, so there’s that.

→ Also why Jace is the paragon of bravery here? As if there was a question of Simon otherwise being a coward.

I like the quote from ASoIAF: “Bran thought about it. 'Can a man still be brave if he's afraid?' 'That is the only time a man can be brave,' his father told him.”

It is what it is, sis. This is the result of Jace and Clary’s lies and secrecy and now other people have to pay for it. None of this would’ve happened if Clary and Jace were honest in the first place, but they never go far enough to note that. Clary and Jace are protected from anger, contempt, and enmity people might feel because they are now in this situation because of them, basically.

Not that Sebastian wouldn’t raise hell anyway, but Jace wouldn’t have been susceptible to Lilith in the first place, Lilith wouldn't have been able to lure Jace and so Simon in to raise Sebastian back to life, and then Jace wouldn't have been gone as a puppet to Sebastian—then Clary with them—if there wasn’t this huge secret they were keeping. Especially when the writing never justified the secret anyway. These characters don’t need to hate Jace or Clary, but they also don’t feel anything human or negative towards them because of their decisions.

Back to the bone party.

It’s all so performative.

No. Just no. We’re not doing any more of these “only Jace” things. Even if it’s through Clary’s eyes, because it implies that eeeveryone else in this whole existence looks like a fucking moron. And that is rude and a lie. And makes Clary's character all the more unlikable.

Unintentionally hilarious image of Clary just spinning around. What Clare is worse at that writing fighting scenes is writing people dancing. This actually makes me almost appreciate the fighting scenes.

The spine…

Angel girl is no more acceptable than angel boy.

What about names mothers choose? Are the faeries also patriarchal bastards for no reason?

So Sebastian has a secret meeting with Meliorn while Clary and Jace are going at it again. Clary then has a bad trip and sees scary things and faints because that is just the perfect way to end this terrible chapter.

[aparticularbandit]

also i know badass old guy chairman is probably bad and i think he's actually the mastermind if my wiki memory is correct, but the way he took down munakata's attack dog (sakukara? or something like that?) was EPIC.

MAN he's so cool this episode.

you want to negotiate? I'LL GO.

YOU GO OLD MAN.

giving me some serious lu tze vibes or whatever his name is. from thief of time? rule number one: never trust a smiling old man? or something like that? because they're always martial artist badasses?

YO.

[iris-sistibly]

Is Kill Boksoon worth the hype?

Unpopular opinion: NO. Here's why:

1. The Storyline was unsatisfying

I do like the whole idea of the main character living a double life: as a mother and as an A-rank assassin. However, the whole film felt like a multi-chaptered novel/manga/manhwa that was "compressed" into a two-hour film. To be honest, there were so many parts in the movie which could have been expounded better, like the first meeting of Chairman Cha and Boksoon, how did he find out about the then seventeen-year-old girl's case? Did Boksoon heard or contacted MK and the company then assigned someone to stage her father's suicide? How come the director of MK despises Boksoon so much? Surely there was something deeper than just her being the chairman's favorite knife, what about the backstory of how MK was established and became such a powerful company? What about Jae-young's dad? Was she ever curious about who he was? The main plot had so much potential, but there are loose threads and unexplored side stories would have made it so much better.

2. There were interesting characters whose backstories could have added up to the excitement

Han Hee-sung, Cha Min-kyu, Cha Min-hee, Kim Yeong-ji, are among those characters who I'd like to get to know of. Sadly, because this is a film, the focus was definitely towards the main character. I'm not mad, and I think Jeon Do-yeon gave off a splendid performance as Gil Boksoon. But the four I've mentioned above have so much more to offer. Especially the Cha siblings, I wish they had given these characters a solid backstory so the viewers could have a better understanding towards these characters.

3. The climax didn't provide the climax

The other fight scenes were good, but the final fight scene between Boksoon and Min-kyu which by the way was supposedly a badass and exhilarating part of the show was rather underwhelming. Those two have known each other for so long that they could already predict what the other would do, but it was so hard to keep my eyes glued on the screen as the film goes on. It wasn't bad, but it was lackluster. And in all honesty, it would have been better if they really fought to the death than staring into each other's souls or predicting what the other was going to do. It's kind of common in many action films but hey, it works most of the time.

4. The ending was so-so

There are two things I have in mind: one was Min-kyu never intended to harm Jae-young, the film gave hints about his relationship with Boksoon which led to the suspicion that he could be the real dad of Jae-young (but it was never confirmed), and his #1 rule was that kids were off-limits so he was just really messing with Boksoon's head. OR Jae-young did watch the live but pretended that she didn't for some reason idk, and I kinda have the feeling that she could be following her mother's footsteps in the future but that was just me. Anyway, after Boksoon killed Min-kyu there wasn't really left to tell though I would have liked to know whether the remaining employees would...perhaps kill for the position as the new CEO or something but yeah, it was just an okay ending.

Some good things about the show:

1. Amazing cast ensemble

Hands down, they were all amazing ❤️ Like I've said, Jeon Do-yeon delivered her character so well! I love how she shifts from a badass assassin to a mom who's just trying to reconnect with her only daughter. Also, a huge shout out to Lee Jae-wok for his cameo performance.

2. The relationship of Gil Boksoon and Gil Jae-young throughout the film

I know South Korea is a conservative country and they're not as open towards the LGBT community, so I like that the character of Jae-young wasn't the usual kdrama or kmovie rebellious, bratty, girl. She was hiding something and was scared of what other people might say about her especially her mom and it sucked because she couldn't really be herself. But the moment she finally came out to her mother, their relationship has gotten better. Boksoon's initial reaction was understandable but in the end, she never forced Jae-young to be someone that she's not and even encouraged her to be true to herself.

Conclusion:

Kill Boksoon isn't the best film I've seen this year, but I wouldn't say that it's one of the worst. In fact, I think that this has so much potential and so much more to offer, and it could have been executed better. It was just lacking, I personally think that this could have been one of the best if this movie was turned into a series instead.

Rating: ⭐⭐⭐/5

[lenteur]

random thoughts about strong girl nam soon, episode five (pt 1)

(read more because i always get carried away lol and this post might contain spoilers)

hopefully nam soon will be more efficient at being discreet. Even though i don't count on it

i just realized there are eleven episodes left after i finish this one so i kind of understand why it took some time to introduce the villain and develop the story.

I still can't believe the chief of the diu team put the dr*g in his mouth. I think the writers decided to do that because when the chief d1es, the charges against doogo will be heavier and he'll be incriminated for longer. But anyway, it still doesn't make sense that someone who's worked for such a long time in a diu team went and made a rookie mistake, especially given the fact that the whole team saw the effects it had on the two victims of said dr*g. Talk about lack of creativity. I would've understood if he went to the hospital to, let's say, visit a family member and then they gave him the fatal mask. That would have made a lot more sense a lot but no, they chose something so stupid even a rookie would have thought before doing such a thing. Oh and let's not forget how hee sik told him SECONDS BEFORE how the drug works. Talk about impulsive thoughts.

Sorry i'm very disappointed by such reckless behaviour from someone who should know better.

I know i've said nam soon is doing a terrible job at laying on the down low but i do appreciate her enthusiasm. She has lead a pure life, rid of bad intentions so she is adamant on catching the villain and stopping the k1lling of so many victims.

Hee sik being stunned by her super powers is hilarious. He's seen it before but he doesn't know the extent of it. By the end of the drama, he'll just be so impressed he'll become numb to it.

The bells ringing whenever his heart flutters over nam soon.

Nam soon running with hee sik in her arms adds a lot of fun to this moment. He's already become numb to it.

The veins on the ryu si o's arms and back. He's the first experiment of his own drug. I don't know how the makeup/vfx artists did it but it's a really good job. The veins don't look fake.

I'm sorry but hwang geum ju is so badass and elegant at the same time. How does she do that? And the fact she's riding a motorcycle? She's catwoman!!!

who's following hwang geum ju? It's the guy who gave her the opulentia card.

I'm wondering why she revealed her identity so quickly. I mean it could have been dangerous. But we don't know if she gave her identity when signing up to the opulentia site. Or did she need to create an account? Anyway if I were her, I would've kept my helmet on. Would have worked better for the undercover mission.

The vice chairman of opulentia, i wonder if it's his real voice because it sounds like one of those voices you hear when taking a TOEIC exam for example. It just threw me off. Also it looks like they asked him to speak very slowly and to articulate every word when talking in english. I don't know but it's weird. It doesn't sound natural is what I'm trying to say. If that's really how the man speaks, i would like to apologize.

Hwang geum ju's smile when she understood she shares the same goals as the opulentia vc. She finally found someone of "elite" status who wants to do good and not just keep earning money and keeping it to themselves. And i think that's a very beautiful thing to see that she's no longer alone in her quest to make the world a better place. She really found someone she wants to associate herself with.

Cute! They're now officially a team.

Hee sik using any excuse to be with nam soon. We know what you're trying to do. I just appreciate all the little details the show gives us to drop hints that they're going to be a couple by the end of the drama.

Talking about hwang geum dong, they chose the perfect actor to play him because he has this tired look on his face already and he mastered the art of using it to his advantage.

Ever since she literally fell on top of hee sik, nam soon's heart doesn't have as much space for her kpop idols. Accurate representation of kpop stans when they get a real life partner lmao

[missfingers]

i have so many y0 characters i want to ask for the character bingo.... how about just our wonderful blind wife and like. idk im interested in sera. no one talks about sera. more sera representation

YEEESSSSS makoto first .

shes my meow meow my sweetheart my wife my angel my

not Everyone is wrong about them but i highlighted that and the fandom one just cause it pisses me off how ready people are to just go "oh shes seeing now!" and act like her disability never existed SLASH able bodied ppl being weird about her blindness like. inspiration porning it and shit. a lot of people ARENT weird and i love them but ive seen a lot of that shit and yeah its canons fault too but im side eyeing all of you

i think there should be more badass makoto content please makoto losing her shit makoto not just being dragged around helplessly .... and also preferably that content will not simultanously erase her disability because yknow. Blind people can be badass :/

and sera:

i dont have like. a Lot of thoughts about him but i find it really interesting how they chose Him to be majimas like. guiding voice ig. like makoto is the motivator obviously but seras the one at the end to step up for this random dude thrown into Situations and be like "is this really what you want. or what she wants" and i like thinking aboit the weird kind of. idk paternal son relationship they could have offscreen especially when sera becomes chairman and majima is just There as shimanos mad dog and no one knows they have this past interaction? idek. feel like majima would have weird feelings towards him. he also has major swag that white suit is sexy

[otakween]

One Pound Gospel - Episode 6

It's nice that they're finally allowing Sister Angela to be a bit more silly now that she's confessed her feelings. Now that she's basically given her consent to be pursued, she comes off more as a tsundere than as a harassed woman lol.

Notes:

The new opponent is pretty hilarious. I liked his goofy nature in the practice ring and at the ramen shop. Also...buying an apple just to crush it in your hands? Amazing. (I feel that naming him "Tiger" is kinda sus though...is it cuz Thai sounds like Ti-ger?)

Angela hallucinating Kosaku everywhere was a great comedy bit as was her "training" with Millie to ward off her thoughts about him. Girl is down bad...

Ueda trying to get Katsumi to box because "it will make the Chairman happy" was kind of depressing. His mom's only going to approve of him if he follows her dream? I feel like the plot is going in a direction where Katsumi will eventually become a boxer, but I wish it wouldn't. If he doesn't want to do it, he shouldn't have to force it.

Angela boxing was amazing 😂 I don't care if it didn't happen in the manga, let Angela be a badass!

I will say, it does suck hard that Angela is being forced to live for Kosaku's dream. With manga!Kosaku things were at least a little more balanced since he was invested in Christianity too. (Or maybe he just made that up to hang out with Angela, IDK lol)

The breakfast Angela made looked hella yummy. I need some potato salad in my life now.

That playground Kosaku brought Angela to was next level! I wish my childhood playgrounds had trains, wtf?

More stereotypical stuff with Tiger, being from a huge, poor family and Kosaku attempting to speak to him in broken English for some reason.

Why they gotta make the opponents so wholesome and sympathetic though? It's hard for me to root for Kosaku when they're fighting for a noble cause...(not really saying they shouldn't do it, this is just a me having too many feels problem 😭)

I felt like Kosaku looked especially handsome in this episode. I think it's because we got a lot more "soulful" looks from him rather than his usual genki energy

I was pretty disgusted by the Chairman's reaction to Katsumi's bullying. Not only does she tell him to "just beat them up!" (questionable) but she says she's embarrassed to have a son like him!? Huuuh? Later they laugh it off like "oh, she's such a shitty mom!" lol. At least they admitted it, I guess. I can somewhat relate because my grandma is really mean and always has been and we just kinda go "ohhh you" at this point.

Kosaku and Angela go running after Katsumi, but I feel like Ueda should have gone instead? He was so invested that it felt weird for him to stay behind. At least he got to make some stew I guess.

Both ending scenes with Kosaku and Angela were very sweet. She's really the queen of mixed signals though lol

Katsumi didn't really stand up to the bullies in the end but he sorta became the class clown instead? I guess that's a strategy...

Sudden drama between Ueda and his dad! That cemented this as the "crappy parents" episode in my mind.

I like the new angle of Kosaku being Angela's first real family. Makes things a little more impactful (in the manga she wasn't an orphan lol).

[goth-automaton]

Can you do Pokemon SWSH for the fandom asks? 👀

Of course! 💜

Favorite character: Piers 💜 My beloved sleep deprived depressed gay goth bitch. 💜 Fun fact: I have a whole fic planned around him, but am too much of a pussy to write it. ^^"

Least Favorite character: Chairman Rose. Fuck. Him.

5 Favorite ships (canon or non-canon): Piers/Avery, Raihan/Piers, Leon/Piers, Guzma/Piers (hey, crossovers count too!)... No idea, what the fifth one could be. :<

Character I find most attractive: Piers

Character I would marry: No self shipping here, unfortunately. XP

Character I would be best friends with: Marnie!

A random thought: I once saw an AU on Twitter, where Piers is a teen single mother to Marnie and I love this idea. In general, Piers being a young single mother = 💜

An unpopular opinion: I'm with Piers, when it comes to Dynamaxing – I'm not particularly fond of it.

My canon OTP: I don't think I have one...

Non-canon OTP: Piers/Avery 💜

Most badass character: Piers. He's a gym leader, a team leader, a rock star, takes care of Spikemuth and looks after Marnie. All at the same time. Isn't it badassery incarnated?

Pairing I am not a fan of: Any straight ones.

Character I feel the writers screwed up (in one way or another): I can't think of anyone tbh.

Favourite friendship: Oleana and her Garbodor 💜

Thank you! 💜

Fandom/ship/character ask game.

[electricalfishtape]

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