1. If there’s a top 10 FLs you would take with you to a time travel trip, desert island, or getting stock in a webtoon situation, Yeon Woo is up there in the top 10.
This woman adapts FAST.
2. This show is just fun. So much fun. It doesn’t matter that I know everything they’re going to say, and everything that’s going to happen. I still enjoy it a lot.
And it’s fun noticing the little details that let you know what legendary scene is coming next!
3. The facial expressions in this show are everything. They are killing me!!
I love how Kang Cheol 1.0 used to go from cutie to gangsta to chill to flirt to gangsta again to classy to cutie again.
And I love how Yeon Woo used to be just a walking chaos. The most unpredictable girl ever. She would always look confused and scared and then she would do/say something totally random and she would go back to acting confused again. 😂
4. And of course not only the characters as individuals are a ride, the insane dynamic those two have is the real thing!
Only Yeon Woo and Kang Cheol can go from slapping to kissing to showing underwear to kissing again to shooting each other to “I love you. No I don’t” to “are you married?” “no” “good to know 😉”
5. I’m trying to figure out who’s the real victim here.
Kang Cheol for being the ML of a drama about catching a killer when there’s no killer, so he lost his family and 15 years of his life for nothing? Or the dad that just wanted to give up on everything and drink but suddenly his fictional character came to life and made him go insane? Or is it Yeon Woo that had to stop her on life to fill the plot holes in her dad’s work and help her fictional-but-real boyfriend get closure?
6. I love Yeon Woo’s boss/professor so much! He hates the sudden romantic plot in W (action/thriller webtoon), the same way we hate serial killers in our romcoms. He’s practically us. 😂
And from his perspective, Yeon Woo is the annoying SL. I know how he feels. He’s me.
Most of you know that besides dramas and babes, my other hobby and passion is reenactment. I love traveling in space and time and dress in beautiful dresses with my friends. I’ve been reenacting (mainly the Regency Period 1790-1820) for the last 12 years and I love it.
Next weekend I’m traveling to Malta and I’m getting ready with all the small details and this week I received something in the mail that will help me with my look.
During 19th century there was a kind of brooch / pendant that was very common, and it was called Lovers eye and it was precisely that, a brooch with the painting of you beloved one so you could carry a part of him/her around. Just as Taec would say: google it and you will see some examples.
I have a friend who makes them, she’s a wonderful craftswoman, so I asked her for one. I was inspired by a conversation in the Beanie wall, when suddenly I realized… girl… you should put the best of both worlds together.
Ok, so, I obviously started watching Pretty Noona again. Who was I kidding? But it has been an actual while since the last time I watched this so this time around I\’m noticing things that I don\’t typically notice. Different beats.
So, I\’ve always thought Joon-Hee telling Jin-a that she\’s in trouble now that he knows she likes breaking taboos was his first volley. But, I don\’t think it was. I think it was the drama laying the foundation for player Joon-Hee. He\’s a huge flirt so he was just saying whatever. I don\’t think it\’s actually until the 2nd ep that he starts looking at Jin-a as a viable love interest. He tells Jin-as brother that he likes an older woman in ep 2.
But when does Jin-a start seeing Joon-hee as something other than her best friends little brother?
Right from the beginning we see them forging a relationship outside of the sister as they have their lunch together.
And we see flashes of attraction from both sides right from the beginning as well. But where Jin-a is fighting it (horrible clingy won\’t go away not quite an ex, and her best friends little brother) Joon-Hee is ready and willing to fall.
I love LOVE LOVE the quick smile Joon-Hee gets when the brother asks him if there\’s a girl he likes.
But then they both act jealous in the first couple of episodes. Well before either admits(even to themselves) that they are into each other.
I wish I could tolerate the actress in One Spring Night even a little but since I read that\’s supposed to be the better version of this. Also, cheating is gross so I just could never get into it.
I need a new noona romance to be obsessed with.
But my lands the tiny microexpression on Jun-Huis face when Jin-a tells her parents that she doesn’t like him. It breaks the heart. It’s so fleeting. He’s only *just* admitted to himself how he feels just for her to shut him down.
Grandma is the best part of that drama! The actress has started showing up in a lot of shows since her incredible role in Meet Yourself. None of the shows I have seen her in have been as good as MYS, but the actress’ acting is equally strong.
So, as I\’m watching INAR I find that I don\’t hate Tilda as much as I used to. I mean I clearly hate her but not as much as usual. By not binging I guess I see everyone\’s culpability in the lie but also, even without Tilda they all would have ended up in the same place. Kim Min Kyu would have felt betrayed no matter what.
But also, my poor heartbroken little puppy. At least my favorite scene is on the horizon.
I forgot how freaking painful this part of the drama was. How did I watch this live?? Those showrunners are some punks.
One of the things that this drama has done right—and there are MANY things this drama has done right— is how it kept the angsty painful parts pretty concise and not dragged out, giving it all an actual purpose and then getting to the resolution… At least, that’s how I remember it
i am so confused howpeople react one way and then the another way on a topic.
The ML in the show is a known predator, if i may say that. He is known for cheating, casting couch etc… and yet he is such a celebrated actor with knetz, international media… no one saying a word against him because he is a hot and a good actor
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enjoy the show, it is a well made show… i am just sharing additional information as FYI
Hopefully you have seen how he pigeonholes himself into some unsavory task and the sheer joy JY had watching him squirm. He can’t change the narrative now Scholar Park since he talked him up so much. 🤣
Funny how I was cool with the teases in Dr. Cha but having a distasteful palate in Nothing Uncovered.
The way they\’re romanticizing the affair in here is appalling.
The justification too. She should have just walked away from the marriage instead of all this drama. Now all 3 of them are facing the ripple effects of each\’s actions.
As if the emotional affair wasn\’t enough, it was taken a step further.
I\’m cool with unmasking a deceitful spouse. But what I\’m not cool with is becoming guilty of the very things the deceitful spouse is guilty of, whilst the unmasking is going on. The justification that deceitful spouse was already guilty isn\’t going to cut it. It is lame. Even if I am to fight dirty with dirty or give a taste of your medicine, I\’m not going to descend into the mud with you. What separates me from you when I do that?
I\’ll ask the husband in Nothing Uncovered to sign divorce papers as quickly as possible, if ever his wife serves him one. If she doesn\’t, he should file for one himself and give to her to sign her part. His marriage with his wife is not worth fighting for. He should walk far away from her. And, he should get better. Find another anchor and heal. And by anchor, I do not mean a person to love. Love is not therapy or medicine that erases a disease.
What is the word you use when you almost throw all your food out of your mouth unexpectedly when you read something hilarious? Well, that happened to me while reading the first description and scrolled down to see the first pic…
Oh hey, Hopeful? Did you ever finish the college student/pyramid scheme episode of Apartment 404 to see what the winning team won?? If so, were you not diverted???
Sorry @zindigo for this brieeeff non-Rowoon-related question!
It was like the most depressing news event too…with kids trapped in storage units forced into selling products in a dastardly pyramid scheme, but, YAY! The winning team gets like a ton of Subway sandwiches??? OMG. Snort.
That said (and again sorry @zindigo, we care for you too!! What are you watching that we can talk about??) I keep thinking about the phenol/water episode and how bottled water was really hard to come by in Korea in 1991…everyone was still boiling their water to ensure its safety. I haven’t double-checked this historical fact, but isn’t it an interesting thing to connect this idea to how much freaking alcohol they seem to drink–a safe thing to drink in terms of germs, obvs. Also, it somewhat helps me understand why people are treated to water when they sit down in someone else’s kitchen and/or why there’s always drinkable water around (identified by its location in a pitcher as “drinking water”).
I mean I’m making this all up–but I’ve always wondered about their particular cultural relationship to water…and by extension alcohol…and I can’t help but think that the fact that even as late as 1991 it was difficult to access clean drinking water without having access to fire.
Oh, absolutely, the actual news case the plot was based on is AWFUL. And terrible to think of something like that happening so recently, too – how could there not be any responsible adults around to notice and help sooner? And yes that’s such an interesting parallel with the water issues… I had noticed the different approach to water (kept in a specific pitcher on the table, or drinking from bottled water in the fridge) in dramas, but hadn’t thought about it further than cultural differences. The episodes get a little heavy handed with their moralizing in the epilogues, but I don’t mind, because I’m enjoying learning more facets of history than what I’ve heard referenced in dramas and other variety shows. Plus, it’s not all educational – Jeong-ha remains absolutely adorable! 🥰
As you might have er, … noticed I do tend to get a little bit carried away. Although if I try to piggyback either Rowoon or Byeon Woo-seok and run away with them … you would probably not even get to see me on a hospital bed. 🙃
I mean… Rowoon is in a class by himself. But I’ve liked BWS since Flower Crew. I also appreciate that both of them do seem to make an effort to improve their acting skills
I’m very glad that he’s got his due and didn’t have to kick heels in 2ML territory for long
All said and done AoS did put him on the path to global fame.
Looking back it was indeed a very confusing plot and could easily dissolve into a hot mess. I don’t know how or why it worked but it is very memorable and I loved all the actors. 😊
yeah favourite task was trying to describe the plot of the show to a friend using the terms ‘ML, FL, SML, SFL’ lol ‘yeah so the SFL who’s actually the real FL is….’ 😆
I’d always thought that Rowoon looked like some other actor I know, and I FINALLY got it:
Rowoon looks like C-actor Neo Hou Ming Hao, imo
Coincidentally, Neo Hou actually trained in S.Korea for a time before going back and starting his career in Mainland China instead. I wonder if he ever learned enough Korean to be fluent like Wang Yi Bo 🤔
It was a perfect moment and that reveal was just mesmerizing. Still kudos for a co-acor / competitor to acknowledge that. Obviously no one knew how much Lee Jae-wook himself would blow up internationally.
I loved their genuine friendship. That is exactly the vibe I’m getting from The Midnight Studio crew.
Watching Kim Hye-Yoon with Byeon Woo-seok made me rewatching her BTS scenes with Rowoon. They were so adorable together! I really like their friendship because they have the same age and it was their first role, so they relied on each other a lot.
tabong has two different tears🍉
April 20, 2024 at 2:29 AM
Okay, so I’m rewatching W, again, and…
1. If there’s a top 10 FLs you would take with you to a time travel trip, desert island, or getting stock in a webtoon situation, Yeon Woo is up there in the top 10.
This woman adapts FAST.
2. This show is just fun. So much fun. It doesn’t matter that I know everything they’re going to say, and everything that’s going to happen. I still enjoy it a lot.
And it’s fun noticing the little details that let you know what legendary scene is coming next!
3. The facial expressions in this show are everything. They are killing me!!
I love how Kang Cheol 1.0 used to go from cutie to gangsta to chill to flirt to gangsta again to classy to cutie again.
And I love how Yeon Woo used to be just a walking chaos. The most unpredictable girl ever. She would always look confused and scared and then she would do/say something totally random and she would go back to acting confused again. 😂
4. And of course not only the characters as individuals are a ride, the insane dynamic those two have is the real thing!
Only Yeon Woo and Kang Cheol can go from slapping to kissing to showing underwear to kissing again to shooting each other to “I love you. No I don’t” to “are you married?” “no” “good to know 😉”
5. I’m trying to figure out who’s the real victim here.
Kang Cheol for being the ML of a drama about catching a killer when there’s no killer, so he lost his family and 15 years of his life for nothing? Or the dad that just wanted to give up on everything and drink but suddenly his fictional character came to life and made him go insane? Or is it Yeon Woo that had to stop her on life to fill the plot holes in her dad’s work and help her fictional-but-real boyfriend get closure?
6. I love Yeon Woo’s boss/professor so much! He hates the sudden romantic plot in W (action/thriller webtoon), the same way we hate serial killers in our romcoms. He’s practically us. 😂
And from his perspective, Yeon Woo is the annoying SL. I know how he feels. He’s me.
I love this show so much. 🥺💚
#W3
Midnight
April 20, 2024 at 2:53 AM
I agree with every single point! I love W sooo much! I have rewatched it many many times!
You probably know about that little behind the scenes clip when Kamg Chul is in the hospital?
tabong has two different tears🍉
April 20, 2024 at 3:23 AM
Same! I’ve rewatch W all the time. I try watching other stuff but it isn’t possible.
I tried Chicken Nugget, dropped it, tried to rewatch He’s Psychometric, Viki doesn’t have it anymore, so what can I do? W it is.
I remember their bts are the cutest thing in the world, but I don’t remember that clip. 🥺 I’m gonna look for it, rn!
Eazal
April 20, 2024 at 12:35 AM
Most of you know that besides dramas and babes, my other hobby and passion is reenactment. I love traveling in space and time and dress in beautiful dresses with my friends. I’ve been reenacting (mainly the Regency Period 1790-1820) for the last 12 years and I love it.
Next weekend I’m traveling to Malta and I’m getting ready with all the small details and this week I received something in the mail that will help me with my look.
During 19th century there was a kind of brooch / pendant that was very common, and it was called Lovers eye and it was precisely that, a brooch with the painting of you beloved one so you could carry a part of him/her around. Just as Taec would say: google it and you will see some examples.
I have a friend who makes them, she’s a wonderful craftswoman, so I asked her for one. I was inspired by a conversation in the Beanie wall, when suddenly I realized… girl… you should put the best of both worlds together.
And here it is the result.
Do you recognize the eye?
Midnight
April 20, 2024 at 1:00 AM
Woohoo YAY!
Healer’s
April 20, 2024 at 3:22 AM
Yes yes 🙂
He has a cute mole on the nose which I think is a little to the left of the middle pic (not shown here)!!
loveblossom🌸
April 19, 2024 at 10:58 PM
#LovelyRunnerEP3
It\’s a relief… that my shoulder on this side is fine.
🤭
🌸 Cera (@Seeker) 🌸
April 19, 2024 at 11:35 PM
It’s a relief that this drama is even more mesmerizing than we thought it would be. 😊
loveblossom🌸
April 19, 2024 at 10:57 PM
💘💘
🌸 Cera (@Seeker) 🌸
April 19, 2024 at 11:35 PM
Best pillow to snuggle into. 🥰
isa: I'm not a serial killer I'm just really passionate about things
April 19, 2024 at 10:16 PM
Ok, so, I obviously started watching Pretty Noona again. Who was I kidding? But it has been an actual while since the last time I watched this so this time around I\’m noticing things that I don\’t typically notice. Different beats.
So, I\’ve always thought Joon-Hee telling Jin-a that she\’s in trouble now that he knows she likes breaking taboos was his first volley. But, I don\’t think it was. I think it was the drama laying the foundation for player Joon-Hee. He\’s a huge flirt so he was just saying whatever. I don\’t think it\’s actually until the 2nd ep that he starts looking at Jin-a as a viable love interest. He tells Jin-as brother that he likes an older woman in ep 2.
But when does Jin-a start seeing Joon-hee as something other than her best friends little brother?
Right from the beginning we see them forging a relationship outside of the sister as they have their lunch together.
And we see flashes of attraction from both sides right from the beginning as well. But where Jin-a is fighting it (horrible clingy won\’t go away not quite an ex, and her best friends little brother) Joon-Hee is ready and willing to fall.
I love LOVE LOVE the quick smile Joon-Hee gets when the brother asks him if there\’s a girl he likes.
But then they both act jealous in the first couple of episodes. Well before either admits(even to themselves) that they are into each other.
I wish I could tolerate the actress in One Spring Night even a little but since I read that\’s supposed to be the better version of this. Also, cheating is gross so I just could never get into it.
I need a new noona romance to be obsessed with.
isa: I'm not a serial killer I'm just really passionate about things
April 19, 2024 at 10:20 PM
But my lands the tiny microexpression on Jun-Huis face when Jin-a tells her parents that she doesn’t like him. It breaks the heart. It’s so fleeting. He’s only *just* admitted to himself how he feels just for her to shut him down.
🌸 Cera (@Seeker) 🌸
April 19, 2024 at 11:38 PM
The Midnight Romance in Hagwon seems promising. Also same director. 😊
Blue (@mayhemf)
April 19, 2024 at 6:48 PM
Best Choice Ever
Love all convos with grandma. Such wise yet comforting words. I love this actor. 💙💙💙
abalyn
April 19, 2024 at 7:34 PM
Grandma is the best part of that drama! The actress has started showing up in a lot of shows since her incredible role in Meet Yourself. None of the shows I have seen her in have been as good as MYS, but the actress’ acting is equally strong.
🌸 Cera (@Seeker) 🌸
April 19, 2024 at 11:38 PM
👌
Kurama
April 20, 2024 at 12:13 AM
I’m so tired by the mother…
Blue (@mayhemf)
April 20, 2024 at 3:27 AM
Sigh. It’s exhausting. Not sure how far you are in the episode. But what she did was so awful.
jillian
April 20, 2024 at 12:38 AM
Isnt she also the grandma in Meet Yourself? I love her role there!
Blue (@mayhemf)
April 20, 2024 at 3:28 AM
Yes !! She is. She is wonderful here too. Her voice is so soothing.
isa: I'm not a serial killer I'm just really passionate about things
April 19, 2024 at 6:21 PM
So, as I\’m watching INAR I find that I don\’t hate Tilda as much as I used to. I mean I clearly hate her but not as much as usual. By not binging I guess I see everyone\’s culpability in the lie but also, even without Tilda they all would have ended up in the same place. Kim Min Kyu would have felt betrayed no matter what.
But also, my poor heartbroken little puppy. At least my favorite scene is on the horizon.
I forgot how freaking painful this part of the drama was. How did I watch this live?? Those showrunners are some punks.
Bebe | Nessa❣️
April 19, 2024 at 9:29 PM
One of the things that this drama has done right—and there are MANY things this drama has done right— is how it kept the angsty painful parts pretty concise and not dragged out, giving it all an actual purpose and then getting to the resolution… At least, that’s how I remember it
isa: I'm not a serial killer I'm just really passionate about things
April 19, 2024 at 9:51 PM
The angst has a purpose. There isn’t angst for angst sake. But, man. When it hits it HITS.
Bebe | Nessa❣️
April 19, 2024 at 10:15 PM
💯
Minnie🫘👩🏻🚀Pioneer and Teacher 👩🏻🏫🌱🏹
April 19, 2024 at 5:18 PM
The production value of Mr Sunshine….😮😮😮😮😲😮😮
Minnie🫘👩🏻🚀Pioneer and Teacher 👩🏻🏫🌱🏹
April 19, 2024 at 6:30 PM
And it has the Narco Saints guy!! Woooo, I didn’t know that. He looks so good. He was my fav in The Beauty Inside too (the movie).
Ally
April 19, 2024 at 7:17 PM
Why it’s in my top 10 dramas.
Bebe | Nessa❣️
April 19, 2024 at 9:29 PM
Yea, when you’ve got veteran Lee Byung Hun as the ML 🤌🏻
alasecond
April 19, 2024 at 11:14 PM
i am so confused howpeople react one way and then the another way on a topic.
The ML in the show is a known predator, if i may say that. He is known for cheating, casting couch etc… and yet he is such a celebrated actor with knetz, international media… no one saying a word against him because he is a hot and a good actor
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enjoy the show, it is a well made show… i am just sharing additional information as FYI
DK-Drama 🫘🏆Image of drama FL Character Deterioration🚺🍉🌱
April 19, 2024 at 4:04 PM
Modesty
The Crown Prince is humble before the task of describing such an exceptionally wonderful man.
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Please tag anyone you find missing on this list
@claire2009 @minniegupta1 @midnight @sonai @koalatown @nefret @isagc @bebeswtz @skiee @23new2kdrama @jls943 @amany
Healer’s
April 19, 2024 at 5:46 PM
And Jaeyi’s expressions 😂😂
DK-Drama 🫘🏆Image of drama FL Character Deterioration🚺🍉🌱
April 19, 2024 at 5:56 PM
She can’t believe it.
I love PHS when he is that kind of awed by himself.
Minnie🫘👩🏻🚀Pioneer and Teacher 👩🏻🏫🌱🏹
April 19, 2024 at 6:18 PM
She is not impressed. Poor guy! 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Oh my heart, this episode.
No wonder he still can’t summon the courage to gift her anything 😂😂😂 She is a hard one to crack.
Unaspirated
April 19, 2024 at 7:22 PM
The most perfect man under heaven? I believe it. I certainly turn to get a second glimpse whenever this guy shows up.
Koalatown
April 19, 2024 at 10:36 PM
Hopefully you have seen how he pigeonholes himself into some unsavory task and the sheer joy JY had watching him squirm. He can’t change the narrative now Scholar Park since he talked him up so much. 🤣
DK-Drama 🫘🏆Image of drama FL Character Deterioration🚺🍉🌱
April 20, 2024 at 1:16 AM
Do you notice that small movement of his eyebrows, as saying: “You see? I gave you an exact description.”
sonai
April 20, 2024 at 1:55 AM
Yay!!! You started watching! 👏🫰🥳
Hahaha there are so many hilarious scenes like this. I quite like this drama 💯
jerrykuvira
April 19, 2024 at 4:00 PM
Funny how I was cool with the teases in Dr. Cha but having a distasteful palate in Nothing Uncovered.
The way they\’re romanticizing the affair in here is appalling.
The justification too. She should have just walked away from the marriage instead of all this drama. Now all 3 of them are facing the ripple effects of each\’s actions.
As if the emotional affair wasn\’t enough, it was taken a step further.
I\’m cool with unmasking a deceitful spouse. But what I\’m not cool with is becoming guilty of the very things the deceitful spouse is guilty of, whilst the unmasking is going on. The justification that deceitful spouse was already guilty isn\’t going to cut it. It is lame. Even if I am to fight dirty with dirty or give a taste of your medicine, I\’m not going to descend into the mud with you. What separates me from you when I do that?
I\’ll ask the husband in Nothing Uncovered to sign divorce papers as quickly as possible, if ever his wife serves him one. If she doesn\’t, he should file for one himself and give to her to sign her part. His marriage with his wife is not worth fighting for. He should walk far away from her. And, he should get better. Find another anchor and heal. And by anchor, I do not mean a person to love. Love is not therapy or medicine that erases a disease.
Blue (@mayhemf)
April 19, 2024 at 3:42 PM
Shogun Ep 9
What a fantastic yet devastating episode. I was expecting War but this was more than what my heart could handle.
Anna Sawai shined this episode. Her talk in the hall with Ishido gave me goosebumps. And Blackthorne’s offer to second her, he finally gets it.
I am heartbroken. 💔💔💔💔
“Flowers are only flowers because they fall”
On a lighter note. I saw this on the internet.
“Shogun is Game of Thrones if Ned Stark had been as smart as Toranga.”
Lord Cobol (Kdramas, like water, flow downhill)
April 19, 2024 at 2:23 PM
1: How to tell the person dreaming of a better world is a Korean.
2 & 3: Let us know how that works out.
(Chief Detective 1958, day 1)
Minnie🫘👩🏻🚀Pioneer and Teacher 👩🏻🏫🌱🏹
April 19, 2024 at 3:09 PM
😂
Kodra aka Qanon something
April 19, 2024 at 4:09 PM
Oh Lord, I laughed so much. Thanks! 😊
mmmmm
April 19, 2024 at 10:44 PM
What is the word you use when you almost throw all your food out of your mouth unexpectedly when you read something hilarious? Well, that happened to me while reading the first description and scrolled down to see the first pic…
zindigo
April 19, 2024 at 1:31 PM
Oooh, it\’s Rowoon appreciation day on @Seeker\’s fan wall! 😍
HopefulRomantic 🦋 Tigermoth 🦆❤️🦆
April 19, 2024 at 1:36 PM
zindigo
April 19, 2024 at 1:41 PM
Why yes, it is! There is much joy to be had 🤩
HopefulRomantic 🦋 Tigermoth 🦆❤️🦆
April 19, 2024 at 2:48 PM
It’s raining Rowoons!! 🥰☔️
Seon-ha
April 19, 2024 at 3:27 PM
Oh hey, Hopeful? Did you ever finish the college student/pyramid scheme episode of Apartment 404 to see what the winning team won?? If so, were you not diverted???
Sorry @zindigo for this brieeeff non-Rowoon-related question!
HopefulRomantic 🦋 Tigermoth 🦆❤️🦆
April 19, 2024 at 4:02 PM
Eegad I haven’t! 😱 I totally forgot!! My “currently watching” list has expanded to an unwieldy state!
Seon-ha
April 19, 2024 at 4:08 PM
Oh it’s definitely not urgent. I just found myself chuckling about it today.
HopefulRomantic 🦋 Tigermoth 🦆❤️🦆
April 19, 2024 at 4:28 PM
LOL Na-ra makes high pitched dolphin sounds: 🐬🐬🐬
Everyone: 😂😂😂
HopefulRomantic 🦋 Tigermoth 🦆❤️🦆
April 19, 2024 at 5:13 PM
Lol Seon-ha their prize!! 😂 Classic. I laughed out loud at the reveal!
Seon-ha
April 19, 2024 at 5:21 PM
It was like the most depressing news event too…with kids trapped in storage units forced into selling products in a dastardly pyramid scheme, but, YAY! The winning team gets like a ton of Subway sandwiches??? OMG. Snort.
That said (and again sorry @zindigo, we care for you too!! What are you watching that we can talk about??) I keep thinking about the phenol/water episode and how bottled water was really hard to come by in Korea in 1991…everyone was still boiling their water to ensure its safety. I haven’t double-checked this historical fact, but isn’t it an interesting thing to connect this idea to how much freaking alcohol they seem to drink–a safe thing to drink in terms of germs, obvs. Also, it somewhat helps me understand why people are treated to water when they sit down in someone else’s kitchen and/or why there’s always drinkable water around (identified by its location in a pitcher as “drinking water”).
I mean I’m making this all up–but I’ve always wondered about their particular cultural relationship to water…and by extension alcohol…and I can’t help but think that the fact that even as late as 1991 it was difficult to access clean drinking water without having access to fire.
HopefulRomantic 🦋 Tigermoth 🦆❤️🦆
April 19, 2024 at 5:30 PM
Oh, absolutely, the actual news case the plot was based on is AWFUL. And terrible to think of something like that happening so recently, too – how could there not be any responsible adults around to notice and help sooner? And yes that’s such an interesting parallel with the water issues… I had noticed the different approach to water (kept in a specific pitcher on the table, or drinking from bottled water in the fridge) in dramas, but hadn’t thought about it further than cultural differences. The episodes get a little heavy handed with their moralizing in the epilogues, but I don’t mind, because I’m enjoying learning more facets of history than what I’ve heard referenced in dramas and other variety shows. Plus, it’s not all educational – Jeong-ha remains absolutely adorable! 🥰
🌸 Cera (@Seeker) 🌸
April 19, 2024 at 10:52 PM
Kurama
April 20, 2024 at 12:18 AM
It was funny to see the MC “fangirling” with Rowoon and KHY ending with Kang Ho-dong by default.
🌸 Cera (@Seeker) 🌸
April 19, 2024 at 10:53 PM
🥰♥️
🌸 Cera (@Seeker) 🌸
April 19, 2024 at 7:17 PM
Thank zindigo.
As you might have er, … noticed I do tend to get a little bit carried away. Although if I try to piggyback either Rowoon or Byeon Woo-seok and run away with them … you would probably not even get to see me on a hospital bed. 🙃
🌸 Cera (@Seeker) 🌸
April 19, 2024 at 11:03 PM
… or I get to see him up-close. 🙃
🌸 Cera (@Seeker) 🌸
April 19, 2024 at 11:04 PM
So … win-win⁉️
🌸 Cera (@Seeker) 🌸
April 19, 2024 at 7:19 PM
Carry Sun-Jae is making me miss Rowoon so so so much.
But I must say Byeon Woo-seok is doing a darn fine job and has really jumped up high on many a fangirls list.
zindigo
April 19, 2024 at 8:03 PM
I mean… Rowoon is in a class by himself. But I’ve liked BWS since Flower Crew. I also appreciate that both of them do seem to make an effort to improve their acting skills
🌸 Cera (@Seeker) 🌸
April 19, 2024 at 8:20 PM
💯 that is the best thing about both of them. The effort really shows and right now both are shining!!
🌸 Cera (@Seeker) 🌸
April 19, 2024 at 12:50 PM
HopefulRomantic 🦋 Tigermoth 🦆❤️🦆
April 19, 2024 at 1:38 PM
🥰🥰🥰
Kurama
April 19, 2024 at 1:44 PM
190cm against 0.9cm who won? The bug 😂
🌸 Cera (@Seeker) 🌸
April 19, 2024 at 7:21 PM
Kim Hye-yoon is a good friend. 😊
🌸 Cera (@Seeker) 🌸
April 19, 2024 at 12:41 PM
What a 2ML. 😍😍😍🥰
Kurama
April 19, 2024 at 12:45 PM
The cutest scene was with the rabbit ears 🥰
🌸 Cera (@Seeker) 🌸
April 19, 2024 at 12:59 PM
Totally adorbs. 😍♥️
Kurama
April 19, 2024 at 1:02 PM
I never had a second male lead syndrom but I loved his arc.
HopefulRomantic 🦋 Tigermoth 🦆❤️🦆
April 19, 2024 at 1:06 PM
Same! He was a total scene stealer in this role!
🌸 Cera (@Seeker) 🌸
April 19, 2024 at 1:13 PM
It was evident that THIS is an actor to watch out for.
🌸 Cera (@Seeker) 🌸
April 19, 2024 at 1:15 PM
I’m very glad that he’s got his due and didn’t have to kick heels in 2ML territory for long
All said and done AoS did put him on the path to global fame.
Blue (@mayhemf)
April 19, 2024 at 2:03 PM
😍😍😍😍😍
He was so good here.
🌸 Cera (@Seeker) 🌸
April 19, 2024 at 7:22 PM
Literally a breakout role. 🥰
alasecond
April 19, 2024 at 11:18 PM
the show where ML becomes a tertiary side character or 4th/5th side character…
and the show where a 10th side character becomes the main character…
and the second lead of secondary love story continues to be the second lead of the now primary love story
it was a girls’ show. Both main lead and second lead female. It was about them breaking free and changing the world
🌸 Cera (@Seeker) 🌸
April 19, 2024 at 11:30 PM
Looking back it was indeed a very confusing plot and could easily dissolve into a hot mess. I don’t know how or why it worked but it is very memorable and I loved all the actors. 😊
lapislazulii
April 20, 2024 at 12:04 AM
yeah favourite task was trying to describe the plot of the show to a friend using the terms ‘ML, FL, SML, SFL’ lol ‘yeah so the SFL who’s actually the real FL is….’ 😆
🌸 Cera (@Seeker) 🌸
April 19, 2024 at 12:21 PM
Reply1988 -❣️Mother Bean❣️
April 19, 2024 at 12:45 PM
This is my favourite one, I wonder how old he was here?
🌸 Cera (@Seeker) 🌸
April 19, 2024 at 12:56 PM
It is from last month.
HopefulRomantic 🦋 Tigermoth 🦆❤️🦆
April 19, 2024 at 1:07 PM
🥰😍😍🫠
Reply1988 -❣️Mother Bean❣️
April 19, 2024 at 5:33 PM
Wow he looks so young and fresh faced the makeup is spot on.
Bebe | Nessa❣️
April 19, 2024 at 3:59 PM
I’d always thought that Rowoon looked like some other actor I know, and I FINALLY got it:
Rowoon looks like C-actor Neo Hou Ming Hao, imo
Coincidentally, Neo Hou actually trained in S.Korea for a time before going back and starting his career in Mainland China instead. I wonder if he ever learned enough Korean to be fluent like Wang Yi Bo 🤔
Reply1988 -❣️Mother Bean❣️
April 19, 2024 at 5:35 PM
I just looked him up and in some photos, depending on the angle, you are so right.
🌸 Cera (@Seeker) 🌸
April 19, 2024 at 7:23 PM
Drama twins!! 😂
lapislazulii
April 20, 2024 at 12:05 AM
OMG YES I SEE IT!!!
🌸 Cera (@Seeker) 🌸
April 19, 2024 at 12:13 PM
HopefulRomantic 🦋 Tigermoth 🦆❤️🦆
April 19, 2024 at 1:08 PM
Lol when I scrolled to that second picture I accidentally said *wow* out loud 😂
🌸 Cera (@Seeker) 🌸
April 19, 2024 at 1:16 PM
I would say that “on purpose” – that’s why he’s Wowoon!!
🌸 Cera (@Seeker) 🌸
April 19, 2024 at 1:17 PM
*Thanks to @Elinor‘s autocorrect.
HopefulRomantic 🦋 Tigermoth 🦆❤️🦆
April 19, 2024 at 1:19 PM
Haha WOWoon for sure!!!!😂🥰
Healer’s
April 19, 2024 at 5:48 PM
This man and Lee Jongwon look so good in long hair!!!
🌸 Cera (@Seeker) 🌸
April 19, 2024 at 7:08 PM
Absolutely natural. Or say they say – born for it.
🌸 Cera (@Seeker) 🌸
April 19, 2024 at 7:08 PM
* as they say
Sigh
🌸 Cera (@Seeker) 🌸
April 19, 2024 at 12:06 PM
🌸 Cera (@Seeker) 🌸
April 19, 2024 at 11:59 AM
Lessons on how to aegyo by Kim Seok-woo
🌸 Cera (@Seeker) 🌸
April 19, 2024 at 11:38 AM
Just because … I’m missing a TALL GIRAFFE
HopefulRomantic 🦋 Tigermoth 🦆❤️🦆
April 19, 2024 at 11:49 AM
I can’t believe I had forgotten that scene!! 😂🫠
🌸 Cera (@Seeker) 🌸
April 19, 2024 at 12:03 PM
It was a hidden gem kind of drama … it was the first role of so many young actors and I love them all.
Kurama
April 19, 2024 at 12:20 PM
Did you watch the “conference” they did one year later with the PD, Rowoon, KHY and LJW?
🌸 Cera (@Seeker) 🌸
April 19, 2024 at 12:25 PM
Yes … many times. I also saw that House on Wheels episode.
Kurama
April 19, 2024 at 12:32 PM
I loved when LJW said his favorite scene was when we saw for the first time Haru’s face 🤣🤣
🌸 Cera (@Seeker) 🌸
April 19, 2024 at 12:37 PM
It was a perfect moment and that reveal was just mesmerizing. Still kudos for a co-acor / competitor to acknowledge that. Obviously no one knew how much Lee Jae-wook himself would blow up internationally.
I loved their genuine friendship. That is exactly the vibe I’m getting from The Midnight Studio crew.
Kurama
April 19, 2024 at 11:58 AM
Watching Kim Hye-Yoon with Byeon Woo-seok made me rewatching her BTS scenes with Rowoon. They were so adorable together! I really like their friendship because they have the same age and it was their first role, so they relied on each other a lot.
🌸 Cera (@Seeker) 🌸
April 19, 2024 at 12:01 PM
🥰🥰🥰 SAME!!
I’m missing Rowoon so so so much! 🥲
🌸 Cera (@Seeker) 🌸
April 19, 2024 at 12:02 PM
We’ll just have one more drama and then he’ll be off to military.
HopefulRomantic 🦋 Tigermoth 🦆❤️🦆
April 19, 2024 at 1:09 PM
Noooooooooo 😭
🌸 Cera (@Seeker) 🌸
April 19, 2024 at 7:07 PM
🙃😭