#the killing vote

[magicaldragons]

LMAOOO, why does every drama i start either have a potential gay ship or turn out to be queer-coded.

[burningembers91]

Fic Schedule: 22nd February - 28th February

Just want to preface this by saying I am SO EXCITED for next weeks fics. I'm really proud of them and I hope you guys love them :)

Saturday 22nd February

Hallasan - Kim Do-Hyun takes you on your first adventure, and has serious thoughts about his future as a mercenary.

Sunday 23rd February

Inside the Mind of a Killer - Resigned to a life behind bars for avenging his daughter's murder, Kwon Seok-Joo reigns supreme among his fellow inmates. When a beautiful new psychologist arrives, offering talking therapies to prisoners, Seok-Joo can't resist toying with you. Who will come out on top in a battle of wits? And could his little game turn into something more?

Monday 24th February

Opposites Attract - You like to play by the rules. Kim Mu-Chan likes to make his own. When you're paired together in Major Crimes it's a recipe for disaster. Or, will sparks fly?

Tuesday 25th February

Puppy Love - In a bid to help Choi Su-Bong move on from the heartache caused by his father, you surprise him with a new four-legged friend.

Wednesday 26th February

Crawl to Me (NSFW) - You can tell the Salesman is hiding something from you, and you know just how to make him spill his secrets. When he finally tells you what's on his mind, it changes the course of your relationship.

Thursday 27th February

Whiskey and Lace (NSFW) - As your love for Andrei grows, so does his concern for you. Your job is increasingly putting you at risk, and he couldn't stand to lose the woman he loves more than anything in the world.

Friday 28th February

Downward Dog - When Hong Woo-Jin makes the mistake of telling you your Pilates classes are too easy, you put him through his paces. But under the innocent teasing, feelings are beginning to emerge.

Cut From the Same Cloth - When trying to break up a fight, Hwang Yang-Jung comes to your aid. As the two of get to know each other, you realise you're more alike than you think.

[theongp]

Something lighthearted before the storm i guess 😂

Me deepdived into the world of homoerotic undertone kdrama for 4 months

[kpopscatterbrain]

Kdramas i've watched this year

Some of these are older dramas but i'm a procrastinator

Black Knight (2023): Loved this one! I have watched it probably 5 times now. Kim Woobin kicking ass is all i need!

Under the Queen's Umbrella (2022): I didn't watch this when it aired (no idea why). I was worried that the plot would be overrun by romance but thankfully i was wrong. Loved Kim Hye-Soo's performance (i cried a little).

Island seasons 1 & 2 (2022-2023): Honestly i only started this one for Kim Nam-Gil. I loved the cast, but the flow of the plot was a little off (don't know how, i can't put a finger on it). Was positively suprised by Cha Eun-Woo's acting, i think he needs more roles like this! Hot villain alert no.1! Sung Joon as a bad guy is either a blessing or a curse. Cgi could have been better.

Taxi Driver season 2 (2023): Loved the first season so of course i had to watch the second one. Love Lee Je-Hoon. Love the main characters. Love the plot and the message of this drama. A masterpiece. Waiting for season 3.

Weak Hero Class 1 (2022): Only heard of this drama wayyy after it aired (thanks tiktok) and god does it deserve every award there is! I was a bit hesitant because Park Ji-Hoon was the main lead, but boy was i wrong because his talent got me speechless (weren't we all). I cried, i cheered, i shadowboxed, i cried a little more and in the end i called my therapist. Thankfully season 2 is coming.

Bloodhounds (2023): Woo Do-whan and Lee Sang-Yi in the same drama beating people up? Yes please! The plot wasn't mindblowing, but sometimes just simple ass kicking is enough. Bromance was bromancing. Park Sung-Woong with another great villain character.

Revenant (2023): After dropping Mr.Sunshine i wanted to see Kim Tae-ri in other dramas, so when this aired i gave it a go. Her range is phenomenal! I have only seen couple spookier dramas, so i made a mistake and watched this at night (slept with the lights on). The eerie vibes and plot twists were well made. Hong Kyung had great chemistry with Kim Tae-ri and his cop role was refreshing to see after his performance in Weak Hero Class (if you know you know).

Flower of Evil (2020): Okay, this is one of the dramas i procrastinated hard on. It's been sitting on my "have to watch" list since it aired and i'm the only one to blame (i hype up a drama in my mind, then don't want to watch it because now i'm afraid it doesn't go the way i think it does and then i get disappointed blaablaablaa). This year i finally got over myself and why. didn't. i. watch. it. sooner!!!! It is all i ever wanted in a kdrama. 1. serial killers 2. a psychopath (but is he really?) w/ an effed up childhood 3. mindgames 4. marriage problems (but has a lot of soft & cute scenes) 5. Lee Joon-Gi. Also as a plus (hot villain alert no.2) the bad guy is kindaa (i'm sane i swear). I would be lying if i didn't say that i found the wife slightly annoying (might be me, but she went too much back & forth and sometimes i had to take a breather while watching), but all in all this drama will be hard to top and i fell in love with Lee Joon-Gi.

Moving (2023): Honestly one of the best dramas of the year. I don't usually really go for plots that have a lot of romance in them (if you haven't noticed), but i found this one to be really well balanced and the romance scenes weren't "cringy". Although Bong-Seok and Hui-Soo were great and had great chemistry, i looooved the background stories of the parents. Park Hee-Soon also pops up as kind of a non-villain villain. I hope there is a season 2.

Song of the Bandits (2023): Kim Nam-Gil again. 1920s Korea and gunslingers... what more could i need? After Mr. Sunshine left me with a disappointment (this might be an unpopular opinion) i craved for a drama set around the same time period, but with a little less romance (i know, i am defective). I think dramas should explore this time period more, but i understand it might still be a touchy subject. The skills of the cast were obviously great, Kim Nam-Gil killed his role like always, but Lee Ho-Jung as Eon-Nyeon shined with her performance (i am now a new fan). Hot villain alert no.3! I have seen Lee Hyun-Wook in Remarriage & Desires and seeing him as a villain made me feel things. If there isn't a second season i will cry.

The Killing Vote (2023): A "serial killer" in a dog mask making the public vote on punishing criminals and everyone suspects each other? Cyber crime? Chemistry between two cops? Major hot villain (no.4)? Sign me up. I love when crime dramas make you question your people reading skills (i have the tism so i really got none) and have all kinds of theories flying around. I liked that even Kim Mu-Chan and Joo Hyun had obvious chemistry between them it didn't overshadow the main point of the plot. I liked Seo Young-Joo's delivery and i hope he gets more bigger roles. Kim Kwon.... why does the psychopath have to be hot? He also needs more bigger roles. !spoiler! Also Park Sung-Woong killing (heh) yet another morally grey character.

The Worst of Evil (2023): Okay, first of all i have to say... the wife ruined everything (some agree and some don't). We get another bromance duo of the year with Wi Ha-Joon and Ji Chang-Wook. Loved the crime organization infiltration plot, heavily despised the romance plot (sorry Bibi baby). I was constantly on the edge of my seat and the characters started to get so morally grey that in the end everyone needs group therapy. Action scenes were chefs kiss. A honorable mention goes for Lee Shin-Ki as Seo Jong-Ryul (or Chief Seo, knife guy, the man has many names) and Bibi for her performance as Lee Hae-Ryeon.

Evilive (2023): Heavily underrated. Kim Young-Kwang doing what he does best, playing a psychopath. This combined with a bromance plot with the one and only bromance master Shin Ha-Kyun? I'm sold. The dramas literal title "villain story" really sums up the plot. Sometimes you are not sure who to cheer for. Sometimes you are not really sure about your own sanity. But to be fair, so aren't the main characters.

Vigilante (2023): Love it. Currently re-watching it. Needs more attention. Needs more episodes. I'm in love with Nam Joo-Hyuk. The best crime drama of the year, the title is all i needed to hear. Beating up criminals in well made action scenes is my favorite genre. No romance. One sided bromance? Morally grey characters (am i repeating myself now?). Yoon Ji-Tae as a beefy cop and Lee Joon-Hyuk as a slightly insane admirer? If we don't get a season 2 i will start a riot.

[kimgoeun]

The Killing Vote (2023)

[ayushsan]

The Killing Vote, Ep 07

[existingingrey]

Somebody please suggest me some good dual male lead investigation, mystery, psychological, thrillers there's a drought and I'm suffering from it. I don't care what language it is in as long as it is good.

[limjiyeon]

What you said last time... Did you mean it?

THE KILLING VOTE 국민사형투표 (2023) dir. Park Shin Woo

[leedongwook]

Park Hae Jin as Kim Moo Chan

The Killing Vote 국민사형투표 // Episode 1

[dangermousie]

Holy Fuck!

This drama does not mess around.

[no-where-new-hero]

i do enjoy kdramas for the shameless romance, of course, but actually most of my favorite OTPs are the platonic ones. ji eun tak and the reaper. hong seol and baek in ho. lee rang and ki yu ri. lee rang and lee yeon. lee eun bi and gong tae kwang. hae soo and baek ah. kim moo chan and kwon seok-joo. i do recognize that a lot of this is second lead syndrome at work and also homoerotic tension, but i do love how the way that kdramas are structured means that all the relationships are fully fleshed out, which lets my personal gravitation toward supporting characters get free rein.

[mondstalgia]

We write the year 2023 when I found out that actors Yoo Ji Tae and Park Sung Woong are in fact not the same person.

[burningembers91]

Inside the Mind of a Killer - Kwon Seok-Joo x Fem!Reader

Synopsis: Resigned to a life behind bars for avenging his daughter's murder, Kwon Seok-Joo reigns supreme among his fellow inmates. When a beautiful new psychologist arrives, offering talking therapies to prisoners, Seok-Joo can't resist toying with you. Who will come out on top in a battle of wits? And could his little game turn into something more?

Kwon Seok-Joo had resigned himself long ago to the fact that he would spend the rest of his life in prison. He didn’t mind being incarcerated, the regimented monotony a welcome break from the stresses of modern life. He didn’t regret what he’d done; hadn’t lost a second of sleep over the crime that had landed him a life sentence. In his eyes, it was justified retribution. His young daughter had been cruelly snatched away by a man who had no regard for her life, so why should Seok-Joo have had any regard for his? He was more than happy to pay the price for his crime; in his eyes, he’d only done what was right.

Seok-Joo was a model inmate. He never caused trouble, in fact, he regularly dispelled fights between other prisoners. He ran classes, teaching fellow inmates an array of subjects and helping them work towards qualifications. He was friendly with the guards, offering them legal advice in exchange for a few extra privileges. For all intents and purposes, life on the inside was good.

Being friendly with the guards meant Seok-Joo was always kept abreast of goings on around the prison. He knew everything there was to know about everyone and everything inside the concrete walls. Being so knowledgeable gave him the upper hand, made him stand out on top; in prison, Seok-Joo was King. He was revered by the guards, beloved by his fellow inmates and respect meant more the wealth or power on the inside. Every time a detective or shrink stepped through the door, Seok-Joo knew. He had no time for law enforcement, had no respect for the people who couldn’t catch the man who had killed his daughter. To him, police were the scum of the earth, and psychologists were no better. He’d been ordered to see one when he was first arrested, forced to spill his inner most secrets to a stranger with a notepad and a condescending look plastered to their face. He’d been made out to be crazy, a man who had lost control of his senses, but Seok-Joo had never been saner when he’d plunged the knife into his daughter’s killer.

He'd heard about the therapist who had been assigned to the prison, offering their services to anyone who needed to talk. Seok-Joo had no intention of seeing the latest in a line of failed shrinks, all the previous ones scared off by the monstrous beings who stalked the halls. He was content to sit in his cell, reading, studying and helping his fellow inmates. But then he heard the chatter, heard the glowing reviews about the woman who could placate even the toughest prisoners. Week after week, inmates lined up to see the therapist who could soothe their troubled souls. Seok-Joo heard so many things about you, that finally he decided he had to see for himself just how good this new shrink was.

You’d heard of Kwon Seok-Joo, had followed his court case with bated breath. There had been many a research paper published on the man who took the law into his own hands, and he had fascinated you. You were surprised to see him sat in front of you, his disdain for therapists widely known. His tall, broad frame took up space in the small room, a small smile on his handsome faced as he lounged comfortably on the leather armchair. He was just as cocky as you’d expected, just as self-assured and charismatic as you’d heard. This was a game to Seok-Joo, you realised, simply something to fill his long days and feed his sense of grandeur. Unfortunately for him, you were excellent at your job; your ability to get into the minds of the most heinous killers had catapulted you to fame within the world of psychology. Of course, you fully expected Seok-Joo to know this, knew that he would have done his research before you sat down together.

“What brings you here today?” You asked, matching his relaxed posture and tone. “I wanted to see what all the fuss was about,” he smiled, taking you in. He could certainly see why the other inmates were so enamoured with you; you were beautiful, stunningly so, and had a calming presence that even he couldn’t deny. He’d done his research on you, had uncovered all your secrets. There was nothing about you that Seok-Joo didn’t know, and he was going to enjoy getting under your skin.

You both stared each other down, the two of you so acutely aware of how the other would try to play the game. “And?” you finally asked, putting your pen and pad to the side. “Was I worth leaving your cell for?” Seok-Joo chuckled, a deep, low sound that reverberated off the base of your skull. “I think I’ll need a few more sessions to decide,” he said quietly.

This was a game neither of you wanted to lose, and Seok-Joo couldn’t wait to start playing.

[theongp]

Homoerotic Kdrama made my year of 2023

With my new found ships this year:

Joo Won x Dong Sik (Beyond Evil)

Lee Yeon x Lee Rang (Tale of nine tails)

Hae Sang x San Young (Revenant)

Junho x Hoyeol (D.P)

Seok Joo x Mu Chan (The Killing Vote)

Dong Soo x Do Young (Evilive)

5 out of 6 are age gap, also my new found ship dynamic this year lol. And only one is het ship, Revenant and them are so special, so precious to me, for sure no.1 kdrama of 2023 ❤️

Also my new found ships that not related to Kdrama: Spiderdads (Across the Spiderverse), Hyunho (Stray Kids) and Cattonquick (Saltburn)

Let's cross our heart for more good homoerotic kdramas next year, i'm so thirsty always thirsty for more 🙏

[dansphil]

how have you been? 🥺

[kimgoeun]

The Killing Vote (ep10)