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marion ravenwood does not get the wlw-awakening street cred she deserves

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Raiders of the Lost Ark (USA, 1981)

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Karen Allen & Harrison Ford | Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) “I think things like chemistry are, in a sense, effortless. I don’t think you can try to have chemistry with someone. I believe that it was just really there from the beginning. It’s a love-hate relationship. She’s furious at him when he first comes back, and he’s sort of reluctant and supposedly only comes back just to get this medallion, but there’s obviously such history there. It goes into that kind of Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy type of relationship with the tit for tat kind behaviour. With Harrison and I, it just happened on its own. We didn’t have to do anything to make it happen.” - Karen Allen

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There are four different types of beautiful people in Daeho Fortress. And they are called the Four Seasons. The Jin, Park, Seo, and Jang family. They are the most well-known mage families in Daeho. Their children are known as the Four Seasons.

ALCHEMY OF SOULS (2022)

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Kang Tae Oh as Lee Yeonghwa in Run On (2020) and as Lee Junho in Extraordinary Attorney Woo (2022)

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When was your first love? It's never happened for me yet.

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More Than Friends

This story is about six high school classmates and the trio of best friends. It is about Woo Yeon who has been in love with Lee Soo since high school and this one-sided love has spoiled her chances with others. . . It's about Young Hee whose economical situation turned her into an adult too soon and hides her struggles from her boyfriend. . . And it's about Jin Joo whose mother raised the bar unrealistically high and her daughter - a successfully professional - is clueless and gullible when it comes to dating. . .

Each woman struggles in their quest to hold on to love as they find their place in the world. We see a shadow of the guys' perspectives in this story. We get a wider view of Lee Soo but we only get a hint of Hyun Jae's life and basically nothing of depth regarding Sang Hyeok's life.

I could relate to Woo Yeon. I have experienced one-sided loves that wrapped me for decades, a love so strong that could make me turn my back to potential just to be back in his arms. I can also understand how scars can create an armor around her heart so strong that makes me doubt someone's feelings towards me. So I could understand her hesitation. . . She fell in love with Lee Soo, a young man whose parents' relationship had made him awkward and cold. He had been protecting himself by denying the fact that he did care about Won Yeon when they were younger. He kept saying he didn't love her but he did, it showed in everything he did and his need to be near her. Lee Soo is as awkward as his father and we see the dangers by taking a look at his parents now after their divorce. The connection always there, pulling them together in spite the hurt and misunderstanding. I liked that his parents also learned in the process of watching their son struggle with his love for Woo Yeon.

Young Hee is another character that I liked. I felt for her pain and struggle. She didn't want to drag Hyun Jae into her hardship and misery but - like he told her - she was driving him to his own misery. She was terrified of ending like her parents, and preferred to let Hyun Jae go so he could escape. But Hyun Jae loves her and is willing to walk the same path as her and he is sincere. He was patient with her and waited. I liked how Young Hee slowly understood and reached out to him. He wasn't perfect and I would have liked him to be more proactive when it came to the way his mother treated Young Hee, but he did stand up and put his foot down at the end. I would have liked to see more of his life. . .

Jin Joo was the studious one of the three young women. Her mother had motivated her to study by saying she would meet men like stars like Hyun Bin at the end of each milestone, but she never dated and thought of simple attention as if it meant a guy liked her. She was blind to the friend who always watched over her and truly liked her. This is the couple less developed. I would have liked to see more of how Sang Hyeok fell for her.

I had come into the story thinking this was a story about friends becoming lovers but Woo Yeon and Lee Soo were never truly friends in school because friendship entails knowing each other and they didn't know or understand the other, which is one if the reasons they had so many misunderstandings. The title can be applied more to the other two couples that had true friendship under their belts.

Joon Soo's character was clingy and sometimes annoying for me because he was so insistent even when he knew he was making her uncomfortable.

In any case, the story is not perfect but is nice and entertaining. If you are looking for a light romance, this one is nice.

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Men in uniform kdrama edition 🔥🪖

Woo Do Hwan- The King Eternal Monarch

Ahn Bo Hyun- Military Prosecutor Doberman

Hyun Bin- Crash Landing On You

Kang Daniel- Rookie Cops

Lee Min Ho- Legend Of The Blue Sea

Jung Jinyoung- Police University

Jung Hae In- D.P

Song Joong Ki- Descendants Of The Sun

Jang Ki Yong- Come And Hug Me

Kim Seon Ho- Catch The Ghost

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Kdramas where the female lead falls first

It's Okay Not To Be Okay

Goblin The Lonely And Great God

While You Were Sleeping

Itaewon Class

Find Me In Your Memory

Legend of The Blue Sea

My Liberation Notes

More Than Friends

Oh My Ghost

Jealousy Incarnate

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KANG KI-YOUNG, Selected Filmography

Heo Min-Soo, Oh My Ghost (2015) Choi Chun-sang, Bring it On, Ghost (2016) Kim Dae-ho, Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok Joo (2016-2017) Park Yoo-sik, What’s Wrong With Secretary Kim? (2018) Jung Myeong-seok, Extraordinary Attorney Woo (2022)

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I'll make sure you never forget from now!!

This line holy shit!!

Business Proposal | Episode 7

mingue kissed her like there's no tomorrow wth!!!!

This might be the hottest second lead couple ever!!

Ps: wait for dispatch 2023 for couple news lol!!

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And from now on, I’ll make sure that you never forget.

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Why won’t you date me Secretary Cha?

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You’re a true friend.

Kim Se Jeong and Seol In Ah A Business Proposal (2022)

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She’s talking about architecture.

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—you gotta step into the daylight, and let it go (insp)