#yichan best boy

[stories-that-feed-our-souls]

So many episodes thinking that Yi Chan is a cute but dense boy for not realizing his feelings for Cheong Ah when, in fact, this cute but not so dense boy was preparing to serenate using sign language all along 😭💖

[anxiouspark]

[whenthegoldrays]

TOP TEN YICHAN AND EUN GYEOL MOMENTS IN 1995 (according to me)

10. Sauna scene

Yichan having just got told Eun Gyeol was his son and noticing their similar mannerisms! But he asks Eun Gyeol if he was serious and gives him the space to backtrack and deny it and he accepts it even though he knows now!!! (Also important because this is the point where the trust between them has been fully irrevocably established.)

9. Gym showdown

THE WAY EUN GYEOL RUNS TO SAVE HIM. He gets hit by a car (!!!!) and even that doesn’t stop him, he just runs. And he makes it. Also the fact that Eun Yoo had told him that he made a lousy bodyguard because he didn’t even know how to swear and then the first time he actually does swear is in defense of Yichan. Kinda emotional about it.

8. “I’ll never get married”

I think that if any single interaction between Yichan and Eun Gyeol in 1995 makes up for their last fight before the time travel, it’s this scene. Eun Gyeol comforting Yichan by telling him what a good husband and father he turns out to be, how he’s respected and loved by his wife and kids! The fight means nothing in comparison to how much Eun Gyeol really loves his dad.

7. “Who’s Yoon Cheong-ah?”

Peak comedy, peak delivery, peak moment they’re both SO DUMB I love them

6. The goodbye

SOBBING. Yichan being a dad in that he willingly gives so much up for Eun Gyeol’s good. “It’s not your fault.” “Promise to become my dad.” “Come back and find me.” T_T

5. Sleeping with grandma

The sweetest, most wholesome scene with Halmeoni, the last time they were ever all together and how much she loves them and they love her!!! And her sweetness to Yichan <3

4. “Man In The Yellow Shirt”

The boys perform together on several occasions, but the first one is still the most special to me. There are no extra strings attached, no scheming, no pressure, just Eun Gyeol discovering the joy of playing music with his dad and the two of them having the best time. Perfection.

3. “You saved my life many times in my past life”

I HAVE NEVER RECOVERED. The way they’ve been bickering and getting on each other’s nerves endlessly, but in this tiny, perfect moment, all of Eun Gyeol’s love for his dad comes spilling out and it’s so honest, so true, that it even softens Yichan for a moment.

2. “Red Sunset”

When I say this is the scene of all time, I mean it. The song! I think I’ve said this at least ten times in different posts, but the fact that Yichan could’ve tried to drag Eun Gyeol back to the band but he sings for him instead! They make it an apology and a celebration of Eun Gyeol! And how lovely his actual apology is! He shows how much they appreciate him! And then of course, how quickly it all devolves into chaos with Eun Gyeol saying he likes Se Kyeong, the fighting, the way Eun Gyeol gives Yichan a bloody nose and immediately runs to his side to make sure he’s okay! THE WAY HE’S IN A LOVE TRIANGLE WITH HIS OWN DAD AHSHAHHAHA. Best scene.

1. Cliff dive / beach scene

Eun Gyeol’s desperation and his fight to save Yichan, the way he’s tried everything and finally, finally, Yichan takes him seriously. And then Yichan saves his life. And all the emotions come crashing down and he can just be a kid crying in his dad’s arms again. I have never been okay since this scene.

[oddbiscuit]

Now that the drama has ended I need to make an appreciation post about ha eungyeol. This boy is SO sweet. He doesn't even think before taking other people's burdens on as his own. The stress nearly kills him half the time but does he relent in how much he cares? Not at all, not until the message of the show finally comes crashing down, that you need to live your own life. The show does take a roundabout way of getting there, with plenty of trauma sprinkled in between, but it does get there.

He's also a complete mess. You can tell the life he's lived in order to keep his family safe ever since he was a child, in that he doesn't give a shit before doing something absolutely insane in order to fix things. Throw all social decorum out the window in order to get close to yichan and fulfill his dreams? Absolutely. Try to woo an ahjumma-he-doesn't-know-is-eunyu in order to salvage his parents relationship? Absolutely. Of course the stakes are high but he chooses the most insane ways to help. Like I would at least hesitate before jumping off a cliff.

Speaking of the cliff scene- that might be my favorite scene of the show. You feel his desperation. You feel how scared he is. And you see that he's still just a kid. The one thing this show did amazingly is show that despite his mature facade, despite the multitudes of burdens he takes on, despite how reliable he is, he's just a kid. He breaks down, he misses his parents, he misses the protection and guidance they offered. Eungyeol crying as he held on to yichan at the beach broke me. It was such a stark reminder that oh this boy is 18 and lost and has to carry all this by himself. How many other dramas show vulnerability like this? Or depict teenage characters as teenagers, who do stupid, insane things, and who at the end of the day are still figuring out life as they go, no matter how mature they may seem. It makes eungyeol seem human, and not just the typical teenage character in dramas. And it's not just eungyeol that's shown this way, all of the teenage cast feel like high schoolers - a bit immature and lost, but still trying their best

So I'm glad he gets to enjoy moments of youth he didn't exactly get in his own life. I'm glad he has all those memories with the band. I'm glad he meets eunyu who brings out the kid in him, who breaks through the mature side of him, till they're bickering and laughing and finally looking like the kids they are.

With where the show ended, I really hope he finally gets a sparkling youth of his own, in his life.

[eoharu]

after watching final i now i wish the drama could spent half of yichan's youth when he's in his peak radiant moment and second half of him fighting and adapting for his new life as deaf person and i hope eungyeol present in both, like he could see how his dad enjoy youth and also see how much his dad struggling and he's there to learn how amazing his dad and mother is.

i hope he's there to have his shining youth along with his younger parents + eunyu, i hope he's there as a support and a witness in both of yichan and cheongah brightest and darkest moment. I hope eungyeol is there to learn, to reflect, to cry with them, to celebrate with them, to laugh with them, so when he is back to future, the changed future wouldn't confuse him so much. I hope he is back to the future not with tears and guilt but rather with excitement to see how his dad and mom upgraded version.

I hope eungyeol genuinely enjoy his trip without worrying anyone for a moment. I feel like eungyeol does not have a break at all, he's at constant worries, he's busy make sure yichan safe and he's busy fighting cheongah's abuser. Where is his supposed twinkling youth where he is no responsible for anyone but himself? Maybe yes writer make it he could enjoy it in present changed timeline where he could freely play music, but hello writer also just added new trauma for him!! Like first timeline he nearly killed eunho and second timeline he's the reason behind yichan's accident?? Like knowing his personality he will endlessly blame himself. And he has to leave to present timeline when supposedly yichan needs everyone's support the most? He has to leave without seeing how cheongah finally has good relationship with his father?? That's so unfair...

I feel most betrayed by yichan's deafness arc. The writer make eungyeol and eunyu need to be back right after the accident happened, by saying so their young parents can handle things on their own without them meddling from now on, but why can't they see it during their time travel? Why can't they see how their parents overcome their obstacles? It should be at this point that this time travel will teach them their best lessons. How their youth shining not only when they're laughing joyfully, but also when they could overcome the hardship.

Why can't we see a scene where Eungyeol support yichan? I know it will make seem Eungyeol being there just because he's responsible for yichan thus he can't have his own life again and shoulder the burden he shouldn't have all over again, but all i ask is eungyeol and basically everyone support yichan in his roughest time. Like just imagine eungyeol, eunyu, cheongah and watermelon boys give yichan endless support adjusting his new life at least just until he enrolled college. Just until Yichan can make a joke thru his hand sign. I know Yichan will get up fast. If only we get a glimpse of how yichan and cheongah work their hardest during college while reminiscing that's it's thanks to Eungyeol whom support and cheering for them the hardest. If eungyeol back to present after that, i know he could make a biggest smile and say as a matter of fact, see, i told you you could make it, right? The flashy ending then will feel earned. It will not feel like everything happened just because Cheongah's dad wealth fixed all of the problems.

I really think it's a crime how we didn't even get a single cheongah scene, not even a reaction when yichan become deaf. Come on, there's so many things to explore and i want to see it!! It's also a crime not to see watermelon boys visiting yichan. Why we have to see yichan go through of it alone?? My tears could form a river crying over yichan and his suicide attempt scene😭 where is anyone????

Also eunyu and sekyeong meet was hilarious and touching, but it was all for nothing! Where is present eunyu and sekyeong??? How's their life now?? How her trip change her current life?????

It started to piss me off that this drama is so focused on whole yichan chasing sekyung and eungyeol doing everything to blocked it shenanigans that it sacrifices so many other important scenes that could be explored better. Lack of cheongah scenes infuriates me to no end too.

But regardless the complain, i REALLY love twinkling watermelon😭😭 i cried and laugh so much, i love everyone adore everyone but most importantly i will sacrifice anything for cheongchan happiness. I complain a lot because i love and see the potential of how things could be handled better. Now TVN, where is their college days cut scenes?! Give it to me😭