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♪ What do you know about love? ♪

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someone finally said it! i get so irritated when people go “this is a slice of life there can’t be any romance” when the fact is that slice of life as a genre has some of the biggest most popular romance plots under its belt with dramas like homecha, yumi’s cells, because this is my first life, hospital playlist etc. bc romance is essentially just a part of life!

and they’ve been setting it up for a while now too! like junyeong telling her she’s given him the best reason to stay, constantly looking over at her and what she’s up to at work, always smiling at her being adorable

plus the huge big OBVIOUS romance set-ups like junyeong’s heart racing after she accidentally hugged him, staring-smiling at her when she’s not looking, freaking out over how to send her a congratulations text, very obviously being bothered and jealous over her closeness with jihyung, showing up to her house for comfort after visiting his dead sister, getting excited that she was going to ask him out outside of work, wanting to speak to her casually (which might i add, is VERY OOC for junyeong), plus that big typical kdrama moment when he showed up and asked her to give him her dad’s gift instead

can’t believe people are choosing to ignore all those signs bc of a label of a genre which they aren’t even interpreting correctly

twitter kdrama fans piss me off sometimes like the drama will explicitly hint at things and they will still say 'no not happening cause it's not tagged as this genre on mdl' like get your shit together....today's webtoon being a slice of life does not mean they can't include romance also it might be different from the original japanese drama have you never smiled a day in your life...

#today's webtoon #on ma eum #goo jun yeong #kim sejeong #nam yoon su #nam yoon soo #sorry i had to get this off my chest

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“Cheer up.” “Do your best.” The more I hear them, the more demotivated I feel. I’m already doing my best with everything I have. I’m supposed to do better than my best? How much more? And how? It makes me feel pessimistic. 

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Did you see the reactions to Peeve Weapon? Everyone says it’s very fun.  I saw them. I’m glad. You worked so hard. 

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Today’s Webtoon (2022) | Episode 9

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Ahn Hyo Seop as Kang Tae Mu & Kim Se Jeong as Shin Ha Ri in A Business Proposal (2022)

#one of the best kdrama couples of all time #business proposal

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you look so pretty today

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for a show as cheesy and many cliches, i have to admit one thing business proposal did extremely well was resolve their conflicts quickly and realistically.

in the case of taemu finding out about geumhee, sure, there’s the little bullying tangent he goes on (not his best moment, but it’s mostly because he gives her a chance to come clean and she decides to lie to his face instead which enrages him more) but we see his anger slowly subside into pity as he realises how much she’s struggling and when she finally does come clean (albeit drunk), he immediately puts an end to the fine-tuning of her product and their fake-dating contract, wanting to make things easier for her

then there’s the conflict between yoora, hari, minwoo (and in a way, taemu too). we get a glimpse of it in episode 7, where taemu pretends to be her boyfriend in front of her friends. when minwoo gets too possessive of hari and goes as far to imply that she is undeserving of taemu to his face, he tells him off (even drops honorifics for one line to make sure minwoo understands just how pissed off he is) but he doesn’t mix his work-personal life to fire minwoo/ruin his life like many other powerful male leads would’ve done. in fact, that is the ONLY instance in which taemu gets involved. otherwise, he respects the fact that this is hari’s issue and butting in and throwing his power around in a fit of anger would not be the best thing to do. he’s there to support her when she needs him but he never pushes boundaries.

when it all comes to a high after yoora spreads rumors about hari, minwoo, and taemu, hari actually EXPLAINS to youngseo (and the viewers) why she didn’t lash out at either yoora or minwoo. she could have done so and created more drama for the show, but the approach she takes is way more mature and realistic. she explains that initially she did feel angry, but she took the time to reflect on what she did that might’ve drove yoora to do such a thing and even tried to understand her. she doesn’t hide behind taemu and allow him to throw a fit about it either, nor does he even think of doing so (like i said, his main priority in this instance is protecting hari and supporting her)

also the way they resolved hari and minwoo’s relationship was VERY VERY mature, it really impressed me. any other drama would have had her telling him off, leaving him crying and regretting everything he ever did but this was sweet. she opened up about how much her crush on him impacted her personality that it would take a while for her to let go of that part of her completely. and it was really heartwarming that they were both willing to try to go back to the way things were when they were really just friends, it made ME, as a viewer who had BARELY seen them as friends miss that era of their friendship and even wish i had gotten to see their friendship without all that drama.

then there’s youngseo and her father. she cut ties with him but she was still understandably upset about it. it was nice to see that she didn’t magically girlboss her way out of it without feeling any emotions and she even tried to defend him despite it all so that sunghoon wouldn’t hate him. this was a very nice touch because in the webtoon, i don’t think they ever address the fact that her dad views her as an asset rather than a daughter. even when he approves of sunghoon, he’s more happy about the fact that she beat yoojung at something than actually finding happiness.

and with the chairman and hari, i’d actually like to point out that his reaction to being deceived by her is very similar to taemu’s initial reaction. he’s angry that he let himself get fooled so easily and also a little hurt because he genuinely liked geumhee (just like taemu did). i’d even argue that if yoora never spread that rumor, he would’ve warmed up to her much quicker because you could already tell by the way he looked at hari when she came back in the rain for taemu that he could see her sincerity. 

BUT while he didn’t go about it in the best way, i think you can see by pushing taemu to break up with her, he was trying to do what he thought was best for the situation. in a way, he was even protecting hari too when he talked about how she wouldn’t be able to continue working at the company normally after word about her relationship with taemu got out. he was just trying to salvage the company, protect taemu and his job (which has really always been his no 1 priority) and hari. 

of course, he’d already fallen for hari after she took care of him at the hospital but she didn’t even realise it. and overall, i have to say i really LOVE the way this drama handled parents’ disapproval of the relationship. if you’ve watched kdramas, you would know this trope is very common and VERY EXHAUSTING. in youngseo’s case, she didn’t hesitate to stand her ground (which was very in character of her and somehow not an option for a lot of other kdrama characters??)

but in hari and taemu’s case, taemu has a heart to heart with her dad (ONE OF THE SWEETEST CONVERSATIONS IN THE SHOW TOO) and eventually gains his favour. hari wanting to get the chairman’s approval is prominent since ep 9 and it’s obvious she struggles a lot with it but my most favourite part about this stuggle is that hari and taemu stand by each other but they don’t do anything to harm the chairman or each other. taemu tells him time and time again he’ll never give up on hari but he isn’t rude or disrespectful about it. and when hari’s upset about it, he always cheers her up, reassures her, reminds her that they’re not in a rush and can take their time...it’s just so realistic and imo, the BEST solution to these kinda conflicts. because all they really had to do was show that their love would persist throughout it all and keep trying their best. like it’s actually very possible to respect both your partner and your parents who have yet to approve of your relationship without doing something that could seriously hurt/ruin your relationship with either party, as is the case in many kdramas (i wish they would learn a little from this)

ok i rambled way too much i just wanted to write my thoughts down SOMEWHERE

#business proposal #shin hari #kang taemu #kang tae moo #jin young seo #cha sung hoon #kdrama #business proposal spoilers #business proposal ep 12 #ahn hyoseop #kim sejeong

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TAE MU 🤝 HA MIN being brothers-in-law

#business proposal #i can't believe we only JUST got this adorable relationship in the last 3 eps #they better give me more of them in ep 12 #give me taemu enabling hamin and defending him against hari #hari letting them get away with it because she thinks big brother in law taemu is TOO CUTE #hamin knowing he'll get away with anything as long as he has his hyung around and using it too his FULL advantage

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Something I really appreciate about Tae Moo is that when it comes to the physical part of their relationship, he lets Ha Ri take the lead and initiate things. Sure, he is very vocal about his feelings and how he wants to be with Ha Ri, but he lets her make the first step. She initiates their first two kisses and then he initiates the third kiss but only after he knows she wanted it. And in episode 11, his kisses only get more passionate after she removes his tie, indicating what she wants. And then he makes sure to be the one first on the bed so he can follow Ha Ri's lead. Once she removes his shirt (which she already started to unbutton at a point we didn't see btw) does he continue moving things along.

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crying over how much taemoo just simply ADORES hari like he is 120% always in her lane, member of the shooters for hari club, will not let anyone speak ill of her ever because he truly knows how wonderful of a person she is like WHAT A MAN

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sleep well

#business proposal #she loves him so #MUCH #look at the way she looks at him

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the most wonderful morning

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this. i understand youngseo’s perspective because she probably just thinks she’s defending her pushover boyfriend who prioritises his job more than the relationship and she doesn’t know they’re his adoptive family. but again, neither taemu nor sunghoon owe her an apology for the blind date because taemu didn’t send him there to pretend to be him but to simply relay a message as his secretary— which is what he would’ve had to do regardless anyway since it’s his job. sunghoon should only really apologise for not telling her when he had her cousin in his apartment when she came over.

I'm not trying to be mean because I love Young Seo's character so much, but I think it was a bit of a hypocrite move on her when she got mad at Secretary Cha for going on a blind date for TaeMoo and even said, "Are you that Family's servant?" As if she didn't do it to ger best friend, not once but many many times before Tae Moo as well

#business proposal

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It felt good when you introduced me as your boyfriend to the owner. Do you think that I always want to hide it from other people? “President Kang is my boyfriend.” I want to say that confidently.

Ahn Hyo Seop and Kim Se Jeong Business Proposal (2022)

#they deserve all the best couple awards

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Everything Ha Ri was doing to make Tae Moo think about the rain as little as possible in this episode made me tear up. Ha Ri has such a big heart and all she wanted to do was make sure her boyfriend wouldn’t be triggered by the rain any more than he had to be. And then when Tae Moo was going to tell her everything about what happened, but Ha Ri stopped him from saying it because I think she could tell that he wasn’t ready and was only sharing because he felt like he had to. So, instead of having him talk when he wasn’t ready, she gave him a hug. Ha Ri is so thoughtful and caring and I love her sfm.

They haven’t said it to each other yet, but you can tell how much Ha Ri and Tae Moo love each other. I can’t wait until they actually say it to each other for the first time.

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Let’s go on a proper date after work tomorrow. Let’s go somewhere nice, okay?