#there’s just something about joowon choosing dongsik every time

[tiredalwayss]

Beyond Evil: episode 15 + 16

blood is thicker than water

[puppy-phum]

I tried to format this with a comma and a capital letter to show where a new line is in these songs/quotes bc tumblr hates formatting!

"Don't you ever, Tame your demons, But always keep them on a leash" - Arsonist's Lullabye, Hozier (maybe vegaspete or beyond evil?)

"And from these rooftops, I'll scream your name, Bravely to the dark" - Tyler Knott Gregson (rooftops always give me patpran vibes but anyone else if good too)

"How much should my longing fall like snow, Before the days of spring return, friend?, Snowflakes fall down, And fall apart little by little, I miss you, I miss you, I miss you" - Spring Day, BTS

Also basically any of Do I Wanna Know by the Arctic Monkeys gives me patpran vibes but idk if this is a basic choice? It could be overused but im not sure but anyway!! "I dreamt about you nearly every night this week, How many secrets can you keep?, 'Cause there's this tune I found that makes me think of you somehow and I play it on repeat, Until I fall asleep, Ever thought of calling when you've had a few? Because I always do, Maybe I'm too busy being yours to fall for somebody new."

Also I'm happy to take literally anything for The Eclipse (I feel like I really dont see many edits of it? But I feel like its difficult to pin down a specific vibe because it was so much grief but it is maybe my favourite right now!) or Between Us/Not Me/Bad Buddy/Vice Versa/Beyond Evil!

hello lizzie ^^ i hope you've been well!

this is for you!

i hope you like what i came up with even when i took some liberties with the prompt. you gave me so many options to choose from, so many good options, but ever since i first got this ask, i was fixated on that hozier line. it just seemed to fit beyond evil so perfectly and i was so excited to make something for that drama bc i never did back when i watched it. thank you so much for it! (and also special love for throwing spring day at me, it made me smile fondly ♥ maybe i'll end up using it when i find something fitting to use it for)

(more blabberings under the cut bc this edit made me think some thoughts!)

first of all, i have to admit that i have almost forgotten everything that happened in beyond evil. it's been over a year since i binged through it and it never stuck with me the same way as, let's say, the devil judge did. but i still found it super interesting and with this prompt, i came to think about the themes in it once more. i came to think about the story, and the world, and the people. most of all, the people.

bc, second of all, i am obsessed with the dynamic of our two main characters. they are like fire and ice, and they struggle to understand each other bc of it. joowon is young, righteous, hopeful, and naive. dongsik is older, has already seen the cruelty of the world, and knows how much it can hurt. but he has not given up, and instead, there is this plan and then –

well. joowon comes and messes it up. kind of. tho he also becomes dongsik's ally, and then comes to see how unfair the world can be, and watching all of this happen hurts dongsik who, until then, has not shied away from sacrifice. he has let the people around him be hurt. he has been selfish in that sense. and then this one person more threatens to tip him over.

so, i had thoughts. and then i somehow tried to put all of them into this edit: the differences between joowon and dongsik, their individual journeys, their joined moments. there's dongsik with his undying fire, the only thing left pushing him through as he loses, and loses, and loses again and again. there's joowon with his one goal: to serve justice. he's willing to try and reach this goal by any means necessary. he almost becomes blind to how impossible reaching it can be.

they both have their demons. dongsik's are vengeful, full of years-old rage. they're simmering somewhere behind his smiles and in his stern eyes and under the tears he so unwillingly sheds. he cannot tame them despite all the time that has passed. he doesn't want to.

and then there's joowon with his newly found demons, the ones that are out of his control, the ones that would like to drive a bullet into his father's chest or smash a golf club into his head. the demons that turn the calm and collected detective han into someone he didn't know he could be. the demons that are born out of his old and new grief.

the caption seemed to put all of this so nicely. it's one of dongsik's lines said to joowon. there's something scary about how far ppl are willing to go out of love and attachment. we're terrifying creatures once someone takes something we care about away from us.

i hope you didn't find my ramblings or the edit itself boring. i personally love the simplicity of it all. i haven't done anything black and white in a long while so this felt refreshing and fun.

thank you once more for your prompt and have a good weekend ♥

[woodohwanedandproud]

@odinsinion #did anyone here take deescalation courses in their police academy training @indelibleme #joowon dramatic as always @bambikieren #jw to the narrative: there will be no father atonement @killerandhealerqueen #the way dongsik looks at juwon in the last gif #he's realizing that oh shit #juwon's not playing around #of course he's not playing around dongsik #he never plays around when it comes to you @themthistles #can't believe dongsik has the audacity to be shocked in last gif #who do you think he learned it from #you're literally his how to be insane impulsive and a bit suicidal 101 teacher @vyinter #do you ever wonder what han joowon as a character would be like in his 40s #like this guy has 0 chill. is he even gonna survive till then #HOW would this annoying brat with a moral compass made of titanium evolve @fitzofinspiration #three drama queens walk into a room @uhhhhmanda #both ahjussis looking at juwon like they've never seen him before @rcmclachlan #everyone approached this scene like ''i'm gonna take this from a 10 to a 23'' @untilyoubloom #juwon repeating what dongsik said to him before........ #the delightful symmetry in the father son relationship #except it's the differences in what drives them that show how juwon is NOTHING like his father #the cold calculus of han kihwan's self gain that allows him to discard his son #vs the self immolating quest for justice that burns through han juwon... charging headfirst off the cliff #dongsik looking at juwon like HE'S the nutcase here... god !!. @loisroo #it’s just the way joo won block dong sik with his body #like no i told you i would do this #i told you that you can’t get hurt any more— that you have to stop #and dong sik just gives him the gun #maybe he thinks joo won will just arrest han ki kwan or will let him run or whatever #but he clearly doesn’t expect joo won to fire the blank #and I think that’s when dong sik realizes joo won had been serious about being tormented he wasn’t going to let dong sik suffer anymore #it’s just the look on dong sik’s face @tiffanylamps #there's something so scream-worthy about joo won being physically caught between his father and his partner #they're pointing guns at one another. joo won knows dong sik's want to kill to hkh. he knows that it is an actual possibility #there's a moment of panic. a second of gut-wrenching worry once he hears dong sik's voice #he's given a choice... and he chooses dong sik. he's chosen him every time it's mattered. #i love how he shows his protection: #physically protecting dong sik without a second thought. the gentle touch. the soft way he speaks to him. #(and dong sik trusting him. putting his life and his gun into joo won's hand.... #...then joo won just proving once again how far he's willing to go for this man) #joo won is so calm during this scene. he's come to terms with what he must do and what he's willing to do to achieve it. #ALSO how sad is it that the final pit of 'hell' that jw goes to for ds is his family home??? #what Shakespearean tragedy is this again??? #also: what a beautiful way of depicting chosen family #so to whoever was on set that day and came up with jw blocking ds from hkh's gun #you deserve a huge hug #that is genius and if i remember correctly wasn't in the original script #this moment is just so... much @ettelwenailinon #and then when han ki hwan keeps talking and he's like. that's it aND SHOOTS @citrinekay #im never getting over the fact that jw hesitated for exactly 0 seconds before putting himself between ds and a bullet 😭😭😭 #his father just threatened to kill his his own son he was not going to have any qualms over killing ds #there were no empty threats in this room @technitango #When juwons father is like you think I wont #and juwons eyes glance up at him #and when juwon shoots the blank and the look of surprise that runs across dongsiks face #because even for all his thinking he knows juwon and his knowing juwon #he still doesn't know know him #not yet #also im not done yet wait the way juwon looks back when dongsik enters the room #He looks slighty afraid suddenly #but I don't think he's scared for his father #juwon is scared for dongsik #because he doesn't want his father to shoot dongsik #and juwon doesn't want dongsik to shoot his father #not because of any familial love on juwons part #no #because juwon is going to hell for dongsik #he can't let him shoot that gun #he has to be the one to do if it if anyone is going to @feuqueerfire #joo won going to block dongshik's body but with his eyes lowered is soo good btw @kingrhaenyra #soooo personal 2 me that lee dongsik spends all of the show mostly wearing button downs + dyke flannels and then the minute its time to con #front his boyfriend's dad he's like wait. i have to cunt it up for this @gaylilsherlock #this was so heartbreaking #joo won’s blood father aiming a gun at him and who would shoot in a second #and joo won rejecting his father’s psychobabble and turning the gun on HIM #dong sik stepping in front of joo won and protecting him like jw’s father should have done #ugh. CINEMA @unrememberedskies #you're my son after all #bitch you thought

The blank has been fired, it’s for real now. Father, if you wish to kill someone, you should aim for the heart or the head. But I have no intention of killing you. I’m going to make sure you stay alive and are punished. I’ll aim for your leg, or maybe the arm holding the gun. I will really shoot you, Father. 

[woodohwanedandproud]

notsocharmy Jokes on that laywer guy, the actual saying is "the blood of the covenant is thicker than the water of the womb" so it's basically the opposite of how we use that quote today, the actual meaning is that the chosen bonds we make are more significant than the family we where born into. OP tags: #there’s just something about joowon choosing dongsik every time #that makes me insane @tiffanylamps #joo won got baptised in the rain as he knelt before the altar and went onto prove that he is devout by offering himself up as the #sacrificial lamb. But lucky for him is that his lover is not a deity. he's just a man. and where gods allows fools to #walk into the fire of their own making #man is not so cruel. Joo Won made the mistake of believing he needed to offer up his life to show his devotion #not knowing that his love was always enough. @told-the-moon-about-you #beyond evil #misquoting the saying and foreshadowing everyone's misconception about jw’s loyalty #where it would ultimately lie @katierosefun #but actually something that makes me giggle about this scene #is that everyone in this show got this wrong #jung chul moon and lee chang jin and han ki hwan might think #'inspector han won't betray his father because blood is thicker than water' #but actually. the full saying is #'the blood of the covenant is thicker than water of the womb' #which quite literally means. the people who you choose to love--the people who you CHOOSE to be with #will always be more important to you than even your own birth family #the bad parents of the show (primarily han ki hwan and do hae won) place this interesting importance #on how 'you are my birth child and therefore you must be loyal to me somehow even if i treat you badly' #and then you contrast that to with folks like jae yi and dong sik #who have had loving parents but have no family to really lean on #and so there's a little family instead created in the quiet of the manyang butcher shop #and joo won eventually gets added onto that #hence: blood of the covenant is thicker than the water of the womb #and i just. always smile whenever an antagonist or really anyone in life uses that term #because it means that ohhh they fundamentally do not understand that phrase #and it will probably come back to bite them in the ass later

Beyond Evil: episode 15 + 16

blood is thicker than water

[cumberbatchedandproud]

@odinsinion #did anyone here take deescalation courses in their police academy training @indelibleme #joowon dramatic as always @bambikieren #jw to the narrative: there will be no father atonement @killerandhealerqueen #the way dongsik looks at juwon in the last gif #he's realizing that oh shit #juwon's not playing around #of course he's not playing around dongsik #he never plays around when it comes to you @themthistles #can't believe dongsik has the audacity to be shocked in last gif #who do you think he learned it from #you're literally his how to be insane impulsive and a bit suicidal 101 teacher @vyinter #do you ever wonder what han joowon as a character would be like in his 40s #like this guy has 0 chill. is he even gonna survive till then #HOW would this annoying brat with a moral compass made of titanium evolve @fitzofinspiration #three drama queens walk into a room @uhhhhmanda #both ahjussis looking at juwon like they've never seen him before @rcmclachlan #everyone approached this scene like ''i'm gonna take this from a 10 to a 23'' @untilyoubloom #juwon repeating what dongsik said to him before........ #the delightful symmetry in the father son relationship #except it's the differences in what drives them that show how juwon is NOTHING like his father #the cold calculus of han kihwan's self gain that allows him to discard his son #vs the self immolating quest for justice that burns through han juwon... charging headfirst off the cliff #dongsik looking at juwon like HE'S the nutcase here... god !!. @loisroo #it’s just the way joo won block dong sik with his body #like no i told you i would do this #i told you that you can’t get hurt any more— that you have to stop #and dong sik just gives him the gun #maybe he thinks joo won will just arrest han ki kwan or will let him run or whatever #but he clearly doesn’t expect joo won to fire the blank #and I think that’s when dong sik realizes joo won had been serious about being tormented he wasn’t going to let dong sik suffer anymore #it’s just the look on dong sik’s face @tiffanylamps #there's something so scream-worthy about joo won being physically caught between his father and his partner #they're pointing guns at one another. joo won knows dong sik's want to kill to hkh. he knows that it is an actual possibility #there's a moment of panic. a second of gut-wrenching worry once he hears dong sik's voice #he's given a choice... and he chooses dong sik. he's chosen him every time it's mattered. #i love how he shows his protection: #physically protecting dong sik without a second thought. the gentle touch. the soft way he speaks to him. #(and dong sik trusting him. putting his life and his gun into joo won's hand.... #...then joo won just proving once again how far he's willing to go for this man) #joo won is so calm during this scene. he's come to terms with what he must do and what he's willing to do to achieve it. #ALSO how sad is it that the final pit of 'hell' that jw goes to for ds is his family home??? #what Shakespearean tragedy is this again??? #also: what a beautiful way of depicting chosen family #so to whoever was on set that day and came up with jw blocking ds from hkh's gun #you deserve a huge hug #that is genius and if i remember correctly wasn't in the original script #this moment is just so... much @ettelwenailinon #and then when han ki hwan keeps talking and he's like. that's it aND SHOOTS @citrinekay #im never getting over the fact that jw hesitated for exactly 0 seconds before putting himself between ds and a bullet 😭😭😭 #his father just threatened to kill his his own son he was not going to have any qualms over killing ds #there were no empty threats in this room @technitango #When juwons father is like you think I wont #and juwons eyes glance up at him #and when juwon shoots the blank and the look of surprise that runs across dongsiks face #because even for all his thinking he knows juwon and his knowing juwon #he still doesn't know know him #not yet #also im not done yet wait the way juwon looks back when dongsik enters the room #He looks slighty afraid suddenly #but I don't think he's scared for his father #juwon is scared for dongsik #because he doesn't want his father to shoot dongsik #and juwon doesn't want dongsik to shoot his father #not because of any familial love on juwons part #no #because juwon is going to hell for dongsik #he can't let him shoot that gun #he has to be the one to do if it if anyone is going to @feuqueerfire #joo won going to block dongshik's body but with his eyes lowered is soo good btw @kingrhaenyra #soooo personal 2 me that lee dongsik spends all of the show mostly wearing button downs + dyke flannels and then the minute its time to con #front his boyfriend's dad he's like wait. i have to cunt it up for this @gaylilsherlock #this was so heartbreaking #joo won’s blood father aiming a gun at him and who would shoot in a second #and joo won rejecting his father’s psychobabble and turning the gun on HIM #dong sik stepping in front of joo won and protecting him like jw’s father should have done #ugh. CINEMA @unrememberedskies #you're my son after all #bitch you thought

The blank has been fired, it’s for real now. Father, if you wish to kill someone, you should aim for the heart or the head. But I have no intention of killing you. I’m going to make sure you stay alive and are punished. I’ll aim for your leg, or maybe the arm holding the gun. I will really shoot you, Father.