#yu ji hyuk

[inpursuitofnunchi]

Yu Ji Hyuk is that man who will pretend his ass off just so he can be babied by his girl. Ugh i love him.

[anotherfanaccount]

The dating era begins😌🎊🤧🥰😘

[dramasboutique]

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[yourann]

Marry My Husband (2024) | 내 남편과 결혼해줘 Episode 10

HE WAS HUNGRY LOL

[theladydalek]

My boi sets up a grand gesture, complete with fireworks, so another man can propose to his girl. Unhinged. I love it.

[sweetchan91]

"There's nothing like us"

[hastalahamon]

soooo

i don't listen to bts, but i have a feeling spring day didn't come out yet

BUSTED

[mywebfoot]

all this! great typology. MORE. and diagrams too!

omg, romantic hero type (RHT): the sub protector is the rht used in revenge dramas! let's explore why:

the sub part comes in because usually when a heroine is bent on revenge it's cause she's been abused and misused. and so she needs someone who doesn't just allow her to have power (and power over them) but who wants her to. it's a step above empowering cause it's about using her power over him for her own ends.

the protector part comes in cause romance is all about having your cake and eating it too, so even as the heroine is empowered, she's still protected. the protection in these types of romances comes in the form of unwavering support, i.e. "who do you want me to kill" (yeojung in the glory); jihyuk (marry my husband), yeojung (the glory), and jaemin (the second husband) literally funding jiwon, dongeun, and seonhwa's revenge plots.

it's all also very much about boundaries. jihyuk confesses to jiwon and tells her he will stay within the lines she dictates. yeojung is an upstart, but he and jaemin both follow dongeun and seonhwa's directions. it's about being a complete contrast to their abusive past experiences, and also about respecting their traumas and the mechanisms they've cultivated and maintained in order to survive. yeojung especially respects (and even admires) dongeun's desire and drive for revenge, so much so he wants to emulate it.

looking specifically at what romance themes this rht hits, it's all about overt and expressed desire that is leashed/controlled and constant. ALL the heroes here confess pretty early on, but because the heroine has something "more important" than romance to focus on that desire has to be like repressed. it's always there and it characterizes their devotion and everything they do with/for the heroine, but they don't constantly harp on about it. and so the way these stories approach male het desire isn't about it being recognized or prioritized, it's about the heroines 1) wanting it and 2) accepting it. it's like a treat.

[inpursuitofnunchi]

My fav part of this show is seeing minhwan being flipped on his ass over and over again

[smittenskitten]

So...she is your sister!

[teashh]

Guys there's a new kdrama in town to obsess about and you know I'm going to do it. The kdrama is *drum roll* LOVE SCOUT.

I'm so hooked by this Kdrama. A female CEO with a male secretary? SIGN ME THE FUCK UP. I absolutely love the dynamics between and how their tension and trust gradually builds over time. I love how Eunho doesn't magically win her approval on the first day. I love how Eunho just does his work without expecting anything. I love how Jiyun is so smart. The way she cares about people is so subtle. She's not the kind to give you kind words but she'll make you get your shit together. And I absolutely love how Eunho takes care of her without asking her to change any aspect of who she is. He meets her where she works and because of the kind of person she is, she meets him where he is.

Because guys, Jiyun is the kind of person who has built a career in investing in people. She's a headhunter. If you show her what you are capable of, no one is more loyal to you than her. That's why I think it's such a good part on the writers' choice to show Eunho making those decisions and meeting her where she is which creates the space for her to trust him, for her to believe that he's worth her time and energy. That's why I love kdramas so much. Their characters so fully fleshed out and you see THEM in their subtleties.

Also Eunho is such a good dad I will cry. Eunho is literally for Eldest independent daughters with daddy issues who want to be cared for but won't ask for love and affection and care and I'm in love.

[theseasasleep]

Glasses... No glasses... Get you a man that looks good in both.

[yourann]

"spring day"? did you say "dynamite"?

Marry My Husband (2024) | 내 남편과 결혼해줘

Episode 6

[seidooreiki]

Love Scout (2025) Episode 1-2 review

I wasn't okay when I found out that Lee Jun Hyuk played another romance drama because it has been so looong. Anyway, here is my review for the first two episodes.

This is an office romance drama where the stereotypes are switched between the female lead and male lead. The male lead as "the perfect secretary" and the female lead as "the cool and perfectionist CEO". I love it.

CEO Kang is introduced as a perfect CEO but bad at everything else. She can remember hardly anything from outside of her work, barely eat, barely sleep. She has a temper and nitpicking in everything. Deep inside, she is broken and burrying her pain with work.

Secretary Yu Eun Ho is first introduced as a hardworker person who got relentlessly bullied in his workplace because simply he put his daughter as priority more than his work. He is good-natured, patient, quick learner and fatally handsome. He has his own share of problems (regarding his daughter, mostly) but he is a strong (single) dad who is going to do anything for his daughter.

The first introduction of the CEO Kang and Yu Eun Ho was simply, a mess. It was realistically a mess. There is not unrealistic quirky funny first meet, but what happened between them were understandable. With Yu Eun Ho messed up CEO Kang's work and vice versa, but it happened because they have different values in life.

What I really like from this drama is how quite realistic the plot woven out. Kdramas tend to be quirky and unrealistic in many ways. Not that this drama doesn't have it, but how the slow burn between the two main characters aren't as unrealistic as other romcoms.

I love that the Yu Eun Ho isn't overly prideful like the usual male leads. He learned his mistake and put effort to be better. He is such a quick-learner, it is almost scary, but it is good that we get to see the process of how he become "the perfect secretary".

CEO Kang is also a really good and realistic FL. I love that despite her dislikeness toward Eun Ho, she doesn't try to bully him like how Eun Ho's previous boss did. She has a tough exterior because of her dark past, but she doesn't abuse her authority to her employees just because she can. If she does, it is regarding work, not because she venting out her sour mood. And again, it is good to see her not being overly prideful (her dislikesness toward Eun Ho is justified) and actually started to acknowledge him.

The romance is there, sometimes maybe a bit out of place (the slow motion scene and sudden zooming in) because these two characters shouldn't have any feeling for each other first. I think it will be better to pace it slower as slow burn rather than forcing them to have sexual tension with each other randomly. But, other than that, I have no complaint.

Oh one more thing. I love how so many people swooning at Eun Ho, because... believe it or not, in other dramas, Lee Jun Hyuk is mostly treated as an average man (which is unbelieveable with Korea's beauty standard). In real life, people swoon at him, so it is so fresh and funny to finally see it in his drama.

[thatdeshigirl]

as long as i live i will never shut up about Twenty-Five Twenty-One (2022)

[theladydalek]

Get you a man who goes back in time and becomes your own personal Batman.