#and oh yea job being the most important thing for 'personal growth' actually? | Explore Tumblr Posts and Blogs

biwenqing · 3 years

Text

So this is for the day three prompt: Social Media AU for Spring Sleuthing over at @tsomdevents! I wrote this fic a while ago, and it fits perfectly for this. But I realized it was going to be more than one chapter. I will continue it once the prompt week is over!

WZ @theroommatedilema

i made this secret account to live tweet my two oblivious roommates having a quarantine romance. or not. they are idiots. follow to find out will they/won’t they.

he/him | Joined March 2020

WZ @theroommatedilema . March 27 we are starting week 2 of quarantine and i realized i needed to document this. my two roommates who have been dancing around each other since before shit hit the fan are driving me crazy and if i have to watch this the world has to as well.

WZ @theroommatedilema . March 27 we need to give them code names because, while i don't think either of them will find this account, best not to tempt fate. so we have 'hot chef' and 'smart aleck'.

WZ @theroommatedilema . March 27 all that out of the way, we can now get to the live tweet. hot chef was doing his laundry so he was walking around the apartment shirtless. smart aleck walked into a wall, not once, not twice, but three times. hot chef didn't help this when he put on an apron

WZ @theroommatedilema . March 28 smart aleck started the day by almost burning down our kitchen trying to make breakfast to impress hot chef. luckily i was awake and stopped things before there was a grease fire, before making breakfast myself. they both seemed to like it.

WZ @theroommatedilema . March 29 hot chef thinks we should try and exercise, but i think it is cold and slippery out, so if he expects me to join him on his morning runs, he is wrong. smart aleck did make an attempt and i got to watch him wipe out from the window. lucky for him hot chef caught him. yea i know

WZ @theroommatedilema . March 29 follow up to wipe out: hot chef helped smart aleck back into the house and then took care of him, before then still going on his run. smart aleck pouted next to me on the couch, watching out the window for when he came back like a puppy.

WZ @theroommatedilema . March 30 smart aleck has decided he needs to clean and organize the whole apartment. i think he just doesn't want to do his real job. this has led to an argument with hot chef because smart aleck has taken everything out of the kitchen cabinets and messed with his books.

WZ @theroommatedilema . March 30 as a household, we have a pretty solid 'don't touch my stuff' understanding, but that apparently goes all out the window during a pandemic. hot chef keeps all his cooking tools and supplies in a special order that makes sense only to him and i leave it be

WZ @theroommatedilema . March 30 but smart aleck wants to "help" and didnt ask if anyone wanted help so here we are. don't worry, this account isn't in vain, i can confirm that their argument is more bickering and that bickering is the stereotype of an "old married couple"

WZ @theroommatedilema . March 30 SA: but you do so much, i wanted to help! HC: if i need help, i'd ask for it SA: *arms crossed* would you? give an example of when you have asked for help. HC: ....i haven't needed help SA: bullshit! remember when you got the flu last year and didn't tell us?

WZ @theroommatedilema . March 30 SA: you practically passed out before you let WZ and i take you to see a doctor! and then you still argued about us making sure you got the food and fluids and everything you needed so you didn't die! HC: ...i didn't want either of you to get sick

WZ @theroommatedilema . March 30 SA: oh yes so ignoring the issue really helped? it’s better that you almost died? in case you didn’t already notice, smart aleck is always dramatic.

WZ @theroommatedilema . March 30 for those wondering, smart aleck is not wrong here. this is exactly how events occurred. it was only a few months after I moved in with them. for the fight i think smart aleck somehow won this round. tune in tomorrow for what happens next!

WZ @theroommatedilema . April 4 no updates because they have been pretending to ignore each other and focused on work. hot chef in particular. smart aleck claims it is because hot chef isn’t used to being cared about. he told me this in a deliberate stage whisper.

WZ @theroommatedilema . April 4 i think it is important to note that hot chef did still make dinner each night to share... he just went back to his room after.

WZ @theroommatedilema . April 5 i got a question asking what we all do for work. that’s classified. and mostly unrelated. though it is how we met in a very odd course of events.

WZ @theroommatedilema . April 5 that was not an invitation to send me more questions. i know you are all nosy, or else why would you be following this account. but we have established this account must go unnoticed.

WZ @theroommatedilema . April 5 fine. general ages = smart aleck is in his 20s. hot chef is in his 30s. and because you for some reason all want to know: i am also in my 20s.

WZ @theroommatedilema . April 5 pets = yes one. smart aleck has a pet cat named goat he inherited from a past roommate. goat the cat tries to eat anything and everything, thus the name. she particularly likes to eat house plants. she likes smart aleck the least, hot chef the most. i hold a pretty solid 2nd place.

WZ @theroommatedilema . April 6 update: they made up. a package arrived today and it was apparently a pan to replace one smart aleck had destroyed. hot chef made smart aleck’s favorite dinner. SA talked the whole way through to meal, and HC looked smitten. so we’re back to normal.

WZ @theroommatedilema . April 10 where do we rank the level of domestic where one person brushes their teeth/gets ready for the day while the other is in the shower? bonus points for some mild discussion and/or bickering.

WZ @theroommatedilema . April 11 smart aleck has a new scheme. he is trying to persuade hot chef to teach him to cook. so far HC has held firm. we mark day one of this new standoff.

WZ @theroommatedilema . April 12 i’ve been asked a few times why i don’t just use initials of smart aleck and hot chef’s names. it’s all part of keeping this hidden. i have also chosen nicknames that i don’t think they would think i’d use for them.

WZ @theroommatedilema . April 12 smart aleck is the type to figure this out if i’m not careful. he’s both too clever and too dumb for his own good. which is part of the reason i must document all of this, so i can shove it in his face later.

WZ @theroommatedilema . April 12 we are also on day two of cooking teaching standoff. i think some of you rightly assume SA is imagining hot chef standing behind him and idk helping him cut vegetables

WZ @theroommatedilema . April 13 standoff continues. i made dinner to see if that would throw the balance off. no change yet

WZ @theroommatedilema . April 14 resolution! hot chef did give in, on the condition that he teaches both of us. i didn’t manage to escape because smart aleck seemed to decide this was the only way. don’t know how this fits into whatever romantic daydreams he had.

WZ @theroommatedilema . April 14 i see those comments that this might give me a chance to put them together. but i think it is more fun to not help them at all. they need to do this on their own

WZ @theroommatedilema . April 15 to do such teaching, a grocery shopping mission is needed. because the world is... well. i suggested just they go together so fine. maybe i will try and assist.

WZ @theroommatedilema . April 15 level of domestic of sneaking things you know your “just friends roommate” loves but won’t buy for themselves in the cart without them knowing?

WZ @theroommatedilema . April 15 you ask how i know that and it is of course because smart aleck, so proud of himself, announced it as soon as he reentered the apartment. goat the cat tried to get into the bags to eat raw fish while this occurred.

WZ @theroommatedilema . April 16 first cooking lesson, some simple stir fry. i already can cook this so i get to just perch at the counter and watch. vote on the poll below how you think this will turn out

[hands brushing softly] [sparks, and not the sexy kind] [food hopefully?]

WZ @theroommatedilema . April 16 everyone who voted for fire won. the neighbors are quite upset. and not even goat the cat will eat the final product. i ordered take out and a fresh fire extinguisher while they dealt with the mild fire and smoke detector.

WZ @theroommatedilema . April 17 smart aleck is pouting so there will be no cooking lessons today. the good news (for his employer) is he seems to actually be focusing on doing his job.

WZ @theroommatedilema . April 20 hot chef actually asked smart aleck if he wanted to try cooking again. very interesting. this has mostly been coming from SA’s side, so i would call this positive movement.

WZ @theroommatedilema . April 20 SA has completely perked up and agreed.

WZ @theroommatedilema . April 20 oh apparently the plan is SA will watch and i get the place as the student in the kitchen. this is probably safer for everyone

WZ @theroommatedilema . April 21 for those asking what happen: dinner was made with no issue. I was in charge of the main dish and that left HC to work on side dishes. SA even helped wash and chop some vegetables. goat took some chicken right off SA’s plate and ran away with it growling.

WZ @theroommatedilema . April 21 i take that to mean the cat approves of my cooking. but she also tried to steal things from the trash, so that isn’t much of an endorsement.

WZ @theroommatedilema . April 22 SA is avoiding work and trying to clean again. he actually asked if he could move stuff around. growth.

WZ @theroommatedilema . April 25 hot chef spotted leaving smart aleck’s room this morning?

WZ @theroommatedilema . April 25 false alarm, he was just looking for the cat.

WZ @theroommatedilema . April 30 final report for this month: progress made in communication. new together activity established. the apartment has not burned down. a baby step closer, yet still so far away from them figuring this out...

#the sleuth of ming dynasty #tsomd #wang zhi #tang fan #sui zhou #springsleuthing #my fic #we'll pretend any grammar or spelling issues are on purpose idk amshauwhroaw #it is very late and i am Tired #sleuth trio #idk how dong'er fits into this i'm thinking on it #since this is only the start

16 notes · View notes

daesungindistress · 4 years

Note

What I mean, is that most of the vips seem content with the fact that he hasn’t gotten what he deserves as a singer/BB member and it pisses me off. That poll might not be important but it highlights what has been going on for years it seems. And don’t even get me started on the delusional ot5s. Why are the majority of Daesung fans still trying to hold on to that when the other fans have moved on??? Is it the underdog complex, because yea the maknae line were paid dust, but still...

Oh anon... this was the follow-up I was hoping I wouldn’t get. The clarification I didn’t want to hear.

Gonna divide this into two parts.

Part 1:

“What I mean, is that most of the vips seem content with the fact that he hasn’t gotten what he deserves as a singer/BB member and it pisses me off. That poll might not be important but it highlights what has been going on for years it seems.”

I’m going to be honest with you: I really dislike this complaint. It’s one I haven’t seen much from Daesung’s fans over the years -- until recently. Interestingly, it’s starting to pop up more here and there. Is this about that kpop idol vocalist poll floating around Twitter? Or the birthday hashtag poll? Either way, it’s like you said: they’re not actually important. Like, at all.

But it seems you’re bothered about something greater, something that runs deeper. I'll try to answer as best I can though this is a conversation I don’t want to have. A can of worms I don’t want to open.

Because I am one of those VIPs you’ve just called out. I’m more than content, I’m quite happy for Daesung regarding his success, popularity, and place in BB. Why? Well, for starters, because he seems happy. And when it comes to his happiness and well-being, more than anything, I take my cues from him.

It may also be a matter of perspective. Not sure about other Dae stans but speaking for myself, I’ve never needed much in terms of wealth or fame, recognition or praise. My hopes and dreams are nothing extravagant, I’ve never been of the “more, more, more” mindset, and perhaps it’s because of this that I don’t feel the need to demand more of or for my favorite member. I’m just glad to receive what they’re willing and able to give, when they’re willing and able to give it. And Daesung... well, we know very little about his personal life, but when it comes to his career, everything he's shared with us to date points to him taking a similar humble approach to career growth: ready for more if there’s an opportunity, but always sincerely grateful for what he has, whatever that may be.

In other words, he isn’t the ambitious type. When given a chance he gives his all, but he doesn’t need to have it all.

And this is why we really need to stop comparing him and his popularity to that of the other members. He’s Daesung of Big Bang. No matter where we might see him in relation to his bandmates, one fact remains: he’s seated firmly on his throne at the top of the game. The throne he calls Big Bang.

*Of course, this is to say nothing of his hugely successful solo career in Japan. But what needs to be said about that? His chart-topping success there speaks for itself, and your frustration seems more geared toward his contributions to BB -- and the recognition (or lack of it) he receives.

You may disagree, but here’s how I view his place in Big Bang. What you see as “settling” for second best, I see as accepting, and even embracing, that within BB Daesung is right where he wants to be. He isn’t looking to compete with his members for success or seeking to be the best. A team full of need-to-be-number-ones would never work out. Daesung seems to recognize this and consistently and reliably shapes himself to fit whatever he thinks BB needs him to be, balancing out the team to keep these "free spirits” from fighting -- and he does it seamlessly, taking new form without flaw.

In fact, Daesung has said that within Big Bang he actually prefers his placement behind the other members. He doesn’t want to take the lead (“I don’t take the lead, I just enjoy things from a step behind”). He doesn’t crave the spotlight. He’s comfortable giving his members room to work their magic as he soaks up the atmosphere and watches over them -- “directing traffic” I think he once called it. His place in Big Bang allows him intermittent bursts of performance and passion without the burden of having all eyes on him at all times. Sounds to me like maybe he likes it. Maybe it works for him.

Does that mean he’s also made sacrifices for the group over the years, sometimes stepping back when he didn’t want to so that the other members could shine? Yes. Absolutely yes. Youngbae addressed this in a letter to him some years ago. He commended Daesung for his selflessness, said he greatly admired that quality of his and realized he could learn from him.

That resonated with me. Because rather than get upset on his behalf, believing him to be wrongfully ignored or overlooked, Daesung’s tendency to submit to his seniors for what he considers the greater good makes me notice him and love him more. I assume he does it willingly, with a good heart and a positive attitude -- and hopefully because he believes it to be best for everyone. Has anything he’s shown us so far suggest that he feels otherwise? I doubt he would talk so openly about his self-assigned role in BB (the waist, the middle, the lubricant, the balance) if he disliked it.

"He hasn’t gotten what he deserves,” you say. And yet all Daesung has done over the years is consistently express gratitude, calling himself “lucky” and “blessed”, describing himself as “drifting in a dream”, and acting surprised at the opportunities he’s been given and mystified by the love directed at him. To the point where he’s questioned if he’s really “deserving of so much love.” In his D-Day documentary he quietly commented that he “wasn’t meant to be this kind of person.” Because he’s “just an ordinary man.”

I don’t know how fans can hear him talk like that and think, “It’s not enough.” Why choose to focus on that? Daesung has done so well for himself and is so successful and has achieved things he never thought possible -- especially when you take into account what he went through all those years ago. You know, the accident. It always strikes me as strange to hear his fans complain that he “hasn’t gotten what he deserves” when everything he’s ever said suggests he feels that he’s gotten more than he deserves 💔

Of course we love him and want everything for him; as his fans we think he deserves the world. But maybe, to Daesung what he has is the world. Who knows? We only know know what he lets us see. And the way I see it, spending our stan energy fuming about some perceived injustice / inequality that he has never addressed himself with anything but positivity seems to fly in the face of that humble, ever grateful, everything-happens-for-a-reason optimism he carries with him everywhere. “Do it like Dae,” a friend and I decided recently. We were discussing attitude and how it influences our view of a situation -- and in a broader sense, how it affects our approach to life.

Side note: there’s a song by another artist called “In Your Shadow (I Can Shine)” and I’ve always found that intriguing. Daesung shines just fine on his own, whether he’s standing before the others or standing beside them. But his shine, when he stands behind them, doesn’t disappear... it takes on a different quality. Don’t underestimate the value of a team player. All those metaphors he’s used to describe this side of himself... let’s just say Big Bang wouldn’t have made it this far without him to help hold them together and smooth the way. And personally, I find this to be one of his most attractive qualities; that he seems satisfied with a more supportive role in the group is actually part of what drew me to him in the first place.

So, to sum up, settling for second best doesn’t have to be a bad thing. Even when he’s “settling” he stands out to me.

You may continue to be bothered by it no matter what anyone says. I just hope I’ve done a decent job of explaining why I’m not.

#whew #will reblog later with the 2nd part #ask #anon #daesung #dlite #bigbang #another thing #do I wish he had more english speaking fans? hell yeah I do #but you can't force people to like someone or find someone interesting or attractive #if a greater proportion of fans gravitate toward other members that's their choice #as for listening to and promoting his solo work #his solo stuff is so very different from bb's work and the solo work of the other members #so I honestly don't blame anyone if it isn't to their taste #everyone has their preferences and that's perfectly fine #not sure if anon had any of these points in mind when sending this ask but thought I'd throw it in as an aside

17 notes · View notes

louiphotography · 3 years

Text

Starting a photography business… how to keep a sane mind.

By no means has this been easy, my current 9 to 5 is with a financial institution that changes processes/procedures almost daily… so it’s saying a lot that getting into photography has been the hardest thing I’ve ever had to work through. I want to take a few moments to discuss a few examples of how I structured my plan. By no means do you have to follow this as a guide, it’s simply a few tips I wish I had been given and hopefully you can learn from some of the hiccups I went through! Further below I will dive into each of these further however here’s a quick recap of the topics will cover in this post:

Social media

Organization

Helpful services to leverage

Portfolio

—————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————

Let’s first start off with social media. It’s easy to feel that this channel isn’t going to really make a difference in your business including learning, growth, and overall success… but you’d be wrong. Everything I know about photography (outside of “gut feelings”) is from self taught social media. Social media does not hand you the answers, but it gives you great direction to go off and practice until you find that best fit for YOU. Instagram, TikTok, Pinterest, Facebook, and YouTube are my main go-to’s. Not only does this give you an opportunity to find inspiration whether that be styles/locations but also things that could take you years to figure out… experienced photographers are happy to clue you in on. Often there are going to be demographics that you meet with each source, for example there are some people who just refuse to download TikTok, however you likely could still connect with them via Facebook or Pinterest.

Make sure that when you are first starting out and find a name/brand that you want to build, go through and create an account on each of the above platforms to reserve your name (or close to the name if not available). Whether or not you use each one, you at least want to avoid someone else from utilizing your handle on a social media site- that can get confusing! The other piece of advice I’d give is to get organized. We will discuss this more in the next section, however have a plan for social media usage. This could include ideas that come to you to post, when/how often you want to leverage each account, and tracking what you’ve done on each platform. I’ll provide you examples of what this looks like for me in the next section. To sum this up, leverage social media!

Avoid: setting up social media accounts before you have a set name. I did this before I registered my business, and my original idea ended up not being available through my state. Not fun to go change all emails/accounts and in some cases make new accounts! —————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————Next up is organization, and it’s the topic I feel most passionate about. My corporate job has created a monster who loves spreadsheets and honestly it has helped my business immensely. It will be easiest to just bullet point the programs I use, and what I use them for:

Excel spreadsheet tabs

Items to do

Social media ideas

Social media usage tracker

Location wishlist

Shoot ideas

Shot lists

Expense Tracker (taxes)

Folders within external hard drive

Sessions- break down by year, subfolder for client, then within each client folder they have a “edits” subfolder, within that a “social media” subfolder

Social Media- subfolders for created IG posts, IG stories, Pinterest pins, TikTok, marketing, welcome guides, session guides, recap guides

Branding Pack- all the color schemes, logos, fonts that I use for my company brand

Business documents- anything related to registering the business, all emails saved from the state or IRS, receipts subfolder taxes

Purchases- where I keep any items I got from Creative Market (fonts/graphics)

Notes app

Post templates- I keep a note for each type of post I may make during the day, so I don’t have to find my commonly used format/hashtags for each social media platform

Ideas list (for when I’m on the go and can’t update my excel sheet) however I make it a point to update my excel each night before bed

Calendar app (I leverage this to schedule myself weekly tasks). For instance:

Monday- Engagement, check in with people and see how their weekend went, post your weekend in photos and post weekend challenge results

Tuesday- Content creation day for the next week (or more if possible for backup)

Wednesday- Schedule content for the next week (or more if possible)

Thursday- Weekly blog write up

Friday- Photography challenge jar to accomplish over the weekend

Saturday- Shoot as much as you can/focus on photography challenge/work on any extra “to-dos” such as Lightroom practice

Sunday- Shoot as much as you can/focus on photography challenge/work on any extra “to-dos” such as Photoshop practice

Even writing that felt like a lot… and truly it is. Starting a business and getting into the “groove” is NO JOKE. Now image this on top of your regular 9-5, actually having consistent photoshoots, the client management aspect, possibly having a family or spouse, and trying to manage your health both physical and mental. If you have a loved one that is starting a business, GIVE THEM A HUGE and maybe some Starbucks! Again these are not things you HAVE to do when starting your business, these are just items I feel work for me.

Avoid: Having NO organization plan whatsoever or feel as long as you take some notes here and there, it will be sufficient. There is so much information available to us that I would write down pages of information and when I’d review, it was too overwhelming and I would want to quit. Play around with it and see what works best for you!

Now let’s get into the systems/services I use that have really made a difference! Yes I pay for each one of these, it can add up, but I wouldn’t have it any other way.

PicTime- Delivering client galleries on a professional platform and provides them high quality products for purchase (1 FREE month code- M275PS)

Honeybook- online service for client management, helps automate tasks for example “as soon as client sends in XYZ document, the system shoots them the contract to sign”. It saves so much time! (20% off)

Lightroom- Photo editing

Photo Mechanic- Photo culling system that helps me go through thousands of photos in a JIFFY prior to Lightroom importing, works in tandem with Lightroom to flag which photos you’d like to edit, and will import directly for you.

Canva- Program to build social media content, I also used this for building all guides for my business.

Creative Market- online marketplace for creatives to sell their graphics/fonts/templates. They also will have weekly freebies that are amazing!

Avoid: signing up for things before you need them. For instance, since I’m starting out and have minimal clients, I haven’t pulled the trigger on customized accounting or even quickbooks. Once I find a consistent client stream, I will certainly do this however I personally feel confident in my tracking/organization for taxes purposes at this time.. I’m not going to pay hundreds for an accountant before I actually need it. As small businesses starting up, money can be tight, I would really do your research on what you need vs. what you think you should do because you saw it on the internet. Again I am not a financial master, this is just my two cents!

Portfolio time! This is something that I was so worried about when starting… if I’m just starting, how am I supposed to get clients?! My honest answer- ASK PEOPLE! Ask your friends, mother, neighbor… anyone you feel comfortable working with! Not only does it give you a chance to practice, but they get free photos (saving hundreds mind you). Now, this also depends on what you want to shoot, but when you are starting you really should shoot anything purely for practice. This also helps you really nail down what you want, you may think couples are fun to shoot, but when practicing you find that families are where you have the most fun. The only way to really know is to shoot- for example I have such a huge passion for travel photography, my favorite photos I’ve taken are from trips. However there is no way to constantly practice traveling… I have a job, oh yea and Covid is a thing! I always have a blast shooting families/couples/individuals so for the time being I am throwing all my effort into creating the best experience/product for those clients. Eventually with practice I can get to that “end game” dream, but no one is above practicing and putting together a solid portfolio to show what you can do.

It will be very hard to get any paying client to trust you enough to book, without examples of what your results look like. If you are going to offer family shoots, I recommend having at least 2-3 full session examples you can showcase to a potential paying client. I also found that creating guides that not only showcase your work, set an expectation for pre & post session, and then having a professional gallery to deliver images is HUGE for the client experience. At the end of the day, there are a ton of photographers, but I want you to focus on how you set yourself apart in the experience you provide (this is what clients will remember and share)!

Avoid: Thinking your first session will be how your pictures will always look! Even if you like them, you will find your photography game will change/grow with each client. Take each session seriously, learn all you can, and try to prepare… but do NOT get dow on yourself if everything doesn’t go 100% perfect, as long as you take steps to avoid it the next session. This has been such a learning experience for me, and continues to be each day. I’m always happy to talk through things if you have any questions, feel free to shoot me an email or direct message at the below resources. Keep your chin up, it doesn’t get easier, but you will continue to get better!

E: [email protected]

@thelouiphotography

#newphotographybusiness #photographybusiness #newsmallbusiness #photography #photographer #minneapolisphotographer #twincitiesphotography #newphotographer

0 notes

dawniel · 4 years

Text

a tag update

I saw this tag I did in Jul2017 I was almost 18 and I'm being crazy nostalgic rn. I’m trying to give an update to my answers and have a look at my growth. if the answer is the same I'm leaving it, you’ll see what I mean. The changes are so unbelievable to me and I am proud of my progress.

THE LAST…

1. Drink: water 2. Phone call: from my dad school office for academic enquiry 3. Text message: “did you even listen” “goodnight babe” 4. Song you listened to: God Knows I Tried Level of Concern tøp 5. Time you cried: yesterday today lol

HAVE YOU EVER…

6. Dated someone twice: havent dated someone once yes 7. Been cheated on: how if i havent dated someone once no (? 8. Kissed someone and regretted it: havent had my first kiss yes 9. Lost someone special: yes 10. Been depressed: hahahahahah why would you ask so? do i look like-? oh yes? yes. (I was being so annoying but yea 11. Gotten drunk and thrown up: nope yes

LIST 3 FAVORITE COLORS:

12. dusty pink baby pink 13. white black 14. pale/ baby blue beige

IN THE LAST YEAR HAVE YOU… 15. Made new friends: so many internet friends god bless y'all kinda 16. Fallen out of love: never actually been in love? yes 17. Laughed until you cried: i guess?? 18. Found out someone was talking about you: yea that isn’t hard I’m problematic 19. Met someone who changed you: of course I’m quite easily influenced by people actually 20. Found out who your true friends are: yes but I’m still figuring out tbh 21. Kissed someone on your Facebook list: no yes 22. How many of your Facebook friends do you know in real life: idek who is on fb 23. Do you have any pets: not rn:( 24. Do you want to change your name: no 25. What did you do for your last birthday: i forgot? wait let me check i had a cake with my parents and,,, sorry i really can’t recall probably had fun with my friends I ate sushi with my bf and went back home, my dad surprised me with a homemade cake I celebrated it with my parents it was very cute 26. What time did you wake up: 5sth am and sleeping again at 11am? and then waking up again at 1pm??? 830am 27. What were you doing at midnight last night: doing the phil curly hair animation sleeping...who was I, also that animation is still cool good job old rosie 28. Name something you cannot wait for: the graduation dinner perhaps? i didn’t have much to look forward to,, death? for this coronavirus to be over! I was so sad then:( 29. When was the last time you saw your mother: just now 30. What is one thing you wish you could change about your life: how i see life?and how i see myself? but kind of dont because i dont want to change everything about myself I have changed but I am excited for the growth to continue :) 31. What are you listening to right now: my father talking silence 32. Have you ever talked to a person named Tom: does tommy count he’s a creep this is crazy.. my bf who is with me for almost 2 yrs is named Tom 33. Something that is getting on your nerves: the me talking to me reacting the the world lately it is the limited working space at home to paint for my course 34. Most visited website: tumblr and youtube

35. Elementary: (not too important) 36. High School: high school is basically my life falling apart except that i know i want to do art in my life it is interesting looking back 37. College/university: for uni i hope i will get the offers sigh this depends so much on the grades of the entry exam and we dont know the results yet bitch I'm proud of you you got your first choice 38. Hair color: lighter brown 39. Long or short hair: short longg 40. Do you have a crush on someone: yea 41. What do you like about yourself: how i think (when I’m not depressed) in a quirky way I am serious with thing that are important 42. Piercings: i got four now 5 43. Blood type: b 44. Nickname: rosie my bff calls me lettuce head sometimes but I dont really have a nickname 45. Relationship status: hello darkness my old friend occupied 46. Zodiac sign: my sun is cancer 47. Pronouns: she/her 48. Favorite tv show: idk my mind is empty now Bojack/ the Good Place/ the end of the fucking world can't decide 49. Tattoos: desperately wanting one but none yET 50. Right or left hand: right handed

FIRST… these remain the same ofc

57. Eating: no 58. Drinking: no 59. I’m about to: sleep 60. Listening to: the typing sound 61. Waiting for: i wait for life to end/ but it never comes around (making a ldr reference that no one will ever know) i guess my other day out? another houseplant? idek i dont have much expectations going out and summer! 62. Want: to love myself, be a good person, and be happy. also be better at art. (all still true:) 63. Get married: maybe if i find someone special in the future yes uwu 64. Career: i would say art but I’m re considering fashion design again? I’m still contemplating,, to work in a social engagement art space

YOUR TYPE…

65. Hugs or kisses: hugs kisses 66. Lips or eyes: eyes 67. Shorter or taller: for girls i wish to be similar, for guys taller 68. Older or younger: older 70. Nice arms or nice stomach: idk arms 71. Sensitive or loud: dont be loud but not too sensitive because i already am a sensitive fuck (is this abt sex and I didn't know hahahahah) sensitive 72. Hook up or relationship: relationship 73. Troublemaker or hesitant: both have its charm what can I say true but troublemaker

HAVE YOU EVER… 74. Kissed a stranger?: i havent kissed someone yes 75. Drank hard liquor?: no I’m a good girl I’m still good,, yes 76. Lost glasses contact/lenses: yes 77. Turned someone down: yes 78. Sex on first date: havent been on a date no 79. Broken someone’s heart: i think no? but may to friends? I’m not sure probably 80. Had your heart broken: always I’m so flipping dramatic ffs I hadn’t at that time, and yes 81. Been arrested: no 82. Cried when someone died: yes 83. Fallen for a friend: until this day I still wasn’t sure if i had a crush on her yes

DO YOU BELIEVE IN…

84. Yourself: i wish fr I wish more than I used to 85. Miracles: yes but not when I’m in the situation 86. Love at first sight: kind of YES 87. Santa Claus: when i first knew him i was already presented that he is a fictional character 88. Kiss on the first date: can you believe in a kiss?? what does this mean?? 89. Angels: not quite but mo you right there’re a lot of good ppl out there that help us in life like angels

OTHER… 90. Current best friend’s name: carol (still true❤︎) 91. Eye color: dark brown 92. Favorite movie: neon the professional not sure, could be About Time

#this has been a journey #you should find your old tag and do the same!#im gonna slp now #this is special #rosie rambles

0 notes

africanfilmny · 7 years

Text

The Way Of Grace: In Conversation With Playwright Tarell Alvin McCraney

By Natasha Nyanin

Read this article and other arts & culture pieces like these on her blog, The Ecstatic Flash.

Photo: Tarell McCraney, 2013 MacArthur Fellow

I had been waiting for thirty minutes, fidgeting with my phone in fear he would not show. I was seated in Joe, a coffee shop in downtown Manhattan, waiting to meet with the playwright that New York Time’s theatre critic, Ben Brantley, describes as “extravagantly gifted”, Tarell Alvin McCraney. Surely the man senses must have seized him and caused him to realize he can’t devote an hour to the three readers of The Ecstatic Flash in the melée of previews of the New York debut of his play, right?

McCraney may be a MacArthur-Genius-Grant-receiving, Doris-Duke-Award-winning tour de force, but he is above all a gracious and graceful human being: he was simply running late because he’d gone the wrong way. It says a lot about his temperament that he carved almost an hour to sit and chat with me about his life while the production of his play, Head of Passes, starring Phylicia Rashad was in the throes of previews. Show up he did, if a fitted maroon sweater, with chambray collar peaking out just so from beneath the crew-neck, topped with a pristine pea coat in very civilized navy.

Head of Passes, directed by frequent McCraney collaborator, Tina Landau, is currently running at The Public Theatre in New York (March 28th – April 24th, 2016). NYT’s Brantley rightly raved about the production and the “surprises [it has] in store — and not just of plot but of tone and structure that make the patience-taxing conventions of the first act worth sitting through”. The play, inspired by the book of Job, is a rumination on tribulation as lived through a matriarch, Shelah (played by with impassioned yet meditative vivacity by Rashad), and her gallant grappling with grace as life literally caves in around her.

McCraney is himself no stranger to trial or to grace. Initially laconic in his responses, the immaculately-dressed gentleman’s paucity of words at the beginning of our interaction gave way to a flow of inspiring personal truths and stories about art, creativity, self-doubt, faith and the way of grace.

TEF: So tell me, who is Tarell Alvin McCraney

Tarrell Alvin Mcraney: [Laughs]. I have no idea. All I know is that I was born in Miami. I grew up in New York, sometimes LA, sometimes in Chicago, a few times in London. Yea. I write plays. I do that, and I teach at the university of Miami

What do you teach at the university of Miami?

Playwriting. It’s mad simple. Acting too sometimes.

Do you act at all?

Not anymore.

What’s your educational background?

I went to a performing arts high school and I then went to undergrad at [The Theatre School at] DePaul University. I majored in acting.

Was performing arts high school your parents idea?

No, no: it was my idea.

Really? So have you always existed in a creative space and identified as a creative person?

Oh yea, yea, yea. Someone asked me the other day, when did you start working? When did you start performing?” I was like “That’s a really tricky question!” My earliest memories are of performing, since 5 years old. Even though I did not grow up in wealthy family —in fact I grew up in the opposite of a wealthy family; I grew up in a pretty impoverished family (particularly on my mothers side)—somehow I was still able to eke out a really practical education in the arts.

That’s particularly interesting given that notion that the arts— the classical arts— are indulged in and enjoyed by people of privilege.

It is, and understandably so. Although, it’s a privilege that we all need to be afforded, it is a privilege. In terms of what parents think of as necessary for children, we know [the arts don’t] provide any needs: it doesn’t feed your kids, it doesn’t make sure that they have shelter. But, it’s a need in terms of their imagination and their growth as human beings: its necessary. Somehow, I got a really great education in the arts. Mostly because there were a lot of social contracts that I sort of wandered myself into as a kid.

Given your great education it the arts, I imagined you dabbled in more than theatre in your youth. What other modalities of art were you involved in growing up?

We had all kinds of classes. I was acting always. At about 14, my mother was in rehab, and in the rehabilitation center there was a new director of prevention for students and in that program they wanted to do theatre outreach. So, this new director who had studied avant-garde theatre started a guerilla theatre group of students who would go into the community and do agitprop or preventative theatre. And it was a crazy experience because he was teaching us things he had just learned. He was showing us Augusto Boal, and Peter Brook, and Jerzy Grotowsky. It doesn’t sound profound but when you are teaching it to 13 or 14 year olds who come from the inner city…

By the time I got to undergrad, they were like, here is this thing you’ve probably never heard of”and I was like, oh I’ve done this! I’ve heard this! “ [This exposure] coupled with the fact that I did go to a performing arts high school where I was learning Stanislavsky and Chekov, it was just really well-versed education. I also started learning dance there. I had to take singing unfortunately. We had to take visual arts courses. By the time I got to undergrad, I had had a really solid base. And in undergrad I would still take dance classes outside of school, learn religious arts, and then take the conservatory program at the Goodwin School of Theatre at Depaul. And then when I left DePaul, I decided I wanted to focus on playwriting specifically. It was the one thing I felt like I didn’t have a formal enough education in. In the summers I would come here [to New York] and study at the Ailey School, dancing.

Are you still dancing at all?

I take class. I wouldn’t consider myself a dancer but yea, I do take class.

It’s brilliant that you make time to take class with your hectic schedule.

It rarely happens. It happened more so when I first started rehearsal [for Head of Passes].

Do you find that there is in any crossover between your dance education and your work as a playwright?

Absolutely. Absolutely. I am only interested in what the bodies can do in space and sometimes…my plays are more structured like ballets than they are plays. I probably see more dance than I do theatre. I am sure some people are like “I wish he would see more plays.”

Is that shade to yourself?

I just know people who feel that the structure of plays should be in a very well made a b c order but something about dance feels more organic in storytelling. There is a something more naked in it.

I suppose in any art form there is the technique and structure right? One of the most profound things I recall one of my dance professors saying is you study technique so you can break free of it. So that you have that backbone that you can do whatever you want…

Yes that! But also, form and content crossover. What’s interesting is that we often try and silo what works in [one art form versus another]. So, you would, say, never try to make a Pointillism play. But that is not true. If you look at Brecht’s work or any other playwrights that wants to take moments that are really small and intimate and pick them apart so that when you stand back from them, [it is evident that form can crossover] and that it a worthy practice. So, just because the divertissement is [a feature of] ballet doesn’t mean it can’t exist in other forms [of art].

What inspires you to create?

It is very difficult to pinpoint. Inspiration is all around. You walk down the street and the way the sunlight hits a tree… The important thing about inspiration to is to grab it, feed it, and grow it. It’s difficult with busy schedules. Sometimes you are like, “Wait! Wait! Wait! I have to finish this first”

I know, rright? You want to scream “Holllllld! Why are you coming now? Where were you last week when I had nothing going on?

Exactly! [Laughs]. “Hollld” is a very good way to put it.

What is a your process like when you are writing a play?

I am always writing a play. It may not be on the page but I am always writing a play. You kind of just let things build around it—at least I do—I let things build about in my mind until I am like, “ok, I have to get this out. “ That normally happens when I know what the ending of the play is. You’ll just keep writing and writing and looking for it and I know won’t find it unless I already know it. Maybe I am just lazy, because it is exhausting in my head to seek where the piece is going, so the best way to get there is to know that’s what we are after so I can just fill in the blanks. When the imagination has filled the world , I can put it down; its difficult for me to fill the world on the page. My hand is not faster than the world that is being created at the same time.

What’s your favourite part about the playwriting process?

Collaboration. Its also the most nauseating [aspect] because you never know who you are actually collaborating with until its too late sometimes. You don’t know if someone is as eager to give in to process as you are or in what way they give in. People come to the table differently. It is thrilling. I am working with Phylicia Rashad now and I have never worked with someone who is just so generous and so hungry. In terms of how quickly she takes the information and runs with it, its just stunning.

I have worked with Tina Landau, [the director of Head of Passes], for a long time. We come from different backgrounds in terms of theatre,. She will tell you she grew up seeing Broadway shows with her family (her parents were in the industry). What is interesting is that we have very similar ways of working around the work. We are very courteous and kind of all in. But I’m also very much like oh, Tina is working so I can sit back now,” There’s a certain kind of protocol —a protocol that is organic — between us. We understand how we each need to work and have room for that. So that’s my favourite part: I like working with people

What’s your least favourite part?

My least favourite part is people trying to fix something about the work but not having any idea [how to fix it]. You are more than welcome not to like something, but if you are coming to me as the writer to say, “oh I didn’t like that”or “you need to fix it”, then let’s talk it through but people just sort of walk away. And so now what was the point? My feelings are hurt and nothing constructive came of this.

Do you think there is any such thing as constructive criticism?

Absolutely. Absolutely. I believe in it completely because. When people love something or have found their way into something, even if they don’t enjoy it per se, there is a way to say I wanted to be invited into this work like this or like that. One of my weak areas is visual art, I would say. I have a very crude understanding of visual art. I would see something and say “oh that’s nice” and move on. I am still learning how to take pieces in and how the gaze of visual art works but in that, even when I am not understanding something, I am there for the learning experience. I am there for “oh you are not taking this piece in correctly”, or “you walked away too fast. No, no, no stand here”. I am interested in that conversation. I think all art—especially by living artists—is living and so it is important that we live in it , that we handle it in different ways and that it affects us in different ways.

Switching gears a bit, let’s talk about Writer’s Block. Do you believe in it?

Sure. I believe writers get it. I certainly believe that there are times where you don’t know the answer to something. I have never had a paralyzing moment where I didn’t have anything to write: that I have never experienced. I am sure it happens but again, even if it may not be good, there is always something to write about. But I understand more the fear of people. There is a gripping fear people nurse, trying to write the best next something or other and I get that fear totally, but again, I’ve never had a moment where I have never had anything to write.

I find that to be really admirable advice. Another writer friend of mine mentioned a story about Dr. Dre. It was something to the effect of his secret to success is that he works everyday. It’s not always good work, but he works everyday nonetheless. And I believe it’s Isabelle Allende who said show up, show up, show up and eventually the muse shows up too.”…

Yea. Suzan Lori Parks says the same thing: just write until the end. I can’t remember the exact quote but Athol Fugard says the biggest censor in his life was not any government trying to stop his work but the time he had a fear of putting the pen to the page. He just stopped himself and he lost volumes of work that way.

Story of my life.

We all live there, don’t worry. We all are in that terrible, terrible state together

Do you ever have feelings of self-doubt?

All the time. I have to go to therapy. I am extraordinary self-deprecating.; I doubt myself constantly. What I don’t doubt is that these stories are compelling, because I didn’t make them. There are no new stories anywhere. We have just been telling the same 26,32,28 stories all over the world in varying degrees. I also know that I usually don’t get to sit down to the page unless it feels like this is necessary. And I know that even if I get it out and it doesn’t work out in the way that I wanted it to, that’s not the point, the point is to get it out. And as I have seen with all of my work, somebody always doesn’t like it.

Speaking of not being able to please everybody, do you believe that how good something is can be measured by a set of codified parameters (i.e. that beauty is not a subjective determination.)

It’s complicated. We see it all the time with people’s idea of beauty and shifting what they find beautiful with time. I do think that there is a universality in the human condition that opens people’s understanding just a crack and as such they are able to let in more experiences; you know, that saying about making the familiar foreign or the foreign familiar. I am a Libra so unfortunately I’m ruled by Venus so beauty is a thing [I can separate from liking]. My friends get mad at me all the time because we will notice somebody who is really a not niece person. And I’m like “Yeah, they are not nice. They are beautiful, but they are not nice.” And they are like, ”Why do you keep saying that? They are not beautiful if they are not nice,” and I’m like “that doesn’t make any difference. They are physically appealing…I can’t turn that off. I’ve seen some really gorgeous or incredible pieces that I felt were not really great but found something about it that is appealing. So I don’t have that filter but I know some people do.

Do you have any favourite playwrights or plays?

I like the red letter plays but Suzan-Lori Parkes: Fucking A, In the blood . I don’t now if I have a favourite. If you go through the canons of people’s works, there are lots where I can go, I love that play, I love that play, I love that play. I don’t know if there is one I return to over and over again. I am sort of obsessed wit the Scottish play at present and Julius Caesar. I don’t know why.

I was very much obsessed with Julius Ceasar when I was in the 9th grade. I don’t know why either. I am always obsessed with the Scottish Play. You worked with the Royal Shakespeare Company, did you not? What was that experience like?

It was an experience. I learned a lot. I was happy a lot. I was sad a lot. I was mad a lot. It was a life. It really does feel like a life, but one I would not trade for anything. I wish I had…gotten to know more people. I walked away with a few relationships there or from there. This guy named Tunji Kasim is one of my close friends and I love him to death. Michael Boyd: he was the former artistic director and I still adore him. Otherwise, I don’t have a lot of relationships there, mostly because many of those people left to be fair. For instance Jeanie O’hare became the head of Yale playwriting and then a guy named Jeremy who was producer there actually came to the Public [Theatre]. Anyway, the relationships there weren’t as strong as I would like or as I have had at other theatres but as for the impact of it, I can only pretend to guess what it will do and what it has done. I still think about moments and think, “ohhh now I know what that means.

And now your play, Head of Passes, is opening on the 28th of April at The Public. Tell me a bit about that.

Head of Passes was a commission from the Steppenwolf [theatre] and this production is a co-production between Berkley and The Public theatre, which has supported my work since before I was out of grad school, which has been incredible. It is a play that was inspired by the book of job. It takes place in the Head of Passes which as an area just south of Louisiana where the Mississippi river pours out in to the Golf of Mexico, on a slice of land which is shifting as we speak. It takes place on the night of Shelah’s birthday. She is not doing well and wants to gather her family to talk it through. A storm hits and the events of the night unfold. The play is dedicated to my grandmothers because it is a portrait—for lack of a better word—of how I have seen them engaged in faith especially when life’s perils hit. Its an and hour and forty minute piece and we are doing the best we can with it. I am really proud of it in a lot of ways; its terrifying in a lot of a ways. There are questions I don’t know the answer to.

McCraney’s Head of Passes, directed by Tina Landau & starring Phylicia Rashad

Are you a man of faith yourself?

I am. I wrestle with faith. I don’t know how faith can be a stagnant thing. Life is changing in all the time. Your belief in things and the world around you has to shift a little. You try to be steadfast on something and then the ground underneath you slips and goes and then what do you believe in?

Is faith a constant theme in your work?

Yes.

Both your grandmothers are named Grace. It’s a beautiful coincidence.

It’s amazng. Also both my grandfathers are named Alvin. So I carry the name Alvin because it’s a family name from both sides. So there is Grace and Grace and there is Alvin and Alvin, which is strange.

How would you define grace?

When I was taught the word grace it was the notion of grace of god: this ability to, no matter what, give to people to be generous to people, to have love for them no matter what . [Grace may] translate differently when we think about stature and physical presence. I have been called graceful all my life but I don’t find anything generous about my movement. I am shy so I constrict myself most of the time. But there is a pervading grace that we find within ourselves that is about space…I don’t know how to describe it…but allowing people into space. I was on the train coming down here and someone was taking up a lot of space and realized that they were doing so and so they moved in this way that was not perceptible, but they just moved so that people could come around them. That to me is graceful. That’s full of grace: the ability to just sort of allow and be and understand that I have my space but I am also going to allow us to be here together. I am not finding a clear definition

That is quite clear. The word “allowing” is quite poignant. In the film The Book of Life there is the line where he says there is “the way of nature and the way of grace.” I think of grace as accepting and allowing things, especially adversity, to also have their space.

Right. Because we have this ability to consciously fight and go against. In a way Consciousness in itself can be a way of going against. The fact that you know that there is sugar there already is identifying it, trying to hold it, trying to put parameters around it. But then, there is a way to use that consciousness to just allow the sugar to be there.

Precisely. “There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so,” right? (Alluding to Hamlet)

Yea. Absolutely. That’s great. That’s exactly it.

You are in previews now with Head of Passes, you open next week and then what’s next in your world?

Oh my god. I am going home. I am going back to my students. I am starting a summer program for young women of colour in the neighbourhood I grew up in my city. It’s a leadership program where they can come and do a 10 week course in theatre arts, experiencing what it is like to run their own theatre company . We have a terrible inequitable situation in the arts where there are not a lot of women, especially women of colour, in leadership positions and because of that, we don’t see a lot of representation of women of colour in the arts and so for me its about using my position to provide them with the accessibility and the experience to be able to practice so that when they do go off to college and out into the world they will have this under their belt.

Do you have any advice for up and coming playwrights or people interested in a careers in the arts?

Invest in your craft. have a friend who says all the time that if he could just put a little stage in the back of his house and do plays for 10 people or 5 people to come in and sustain that life, he would be very happy. I believe that you have to know what your little stage is. You have to know what your base minimum happy is in the arts because if you don’t, people will snatch it from you all the time. If your happiness is “I would like to be the next Will Smith, then do that. But, if its also, “I would also like to make a sculpture and put it on the corner and have people look at it, “ then know that, and invest in that because that is what is going to feed you…nothing else will.

Do you believe that as an artist you have to sell out–even a little– in order to be successful?

No. No because you define your own success. When my friend talks about putting up a little platform up in his backyard, I’m like, “dude I totally want to write plays for that space. Let’s DO IT.”I enjoy working with people in various ways. When I was 14, we were doing plays for people in halfway houses and I was like: THIS IS SUCCESS. Those were and are some of the best times of my life and I felt successful.

What is the proudest moment of your career?

There are many: working with the young people that I worked with in Choir Boy; seeing some of the people I have taught come see and my plays and be moved in certain ways; the collaborations…as well as many disappointments. But the disappointments always felt like learning opportunities whereas when you get too congratulatory sometimes you forget what you were supposed to learn from the experience. I am always like, “where is the growth in this?

A Production of McCraney’s “Choir Boy”

As my yoga teacher, Kquvien, puts it don’t exist too much in the euphoria or in the sadness and fear. Be aware but don’t cling to it.

For sure. If you hold on to something, nothing can get in our out. Your hand is tight so even if you want more, you couldn’t get it. You have to let go first.

And so it is that Tarell continues to carve space for himself among the pantheon of American playwrights of our time: like Rumi’s “Birdwings”, with an unclenched fist, he is gracefully giving of his talents, accepting grace from the universe and allowing the dynamic equilibrium of existence in general (and creativity specifically) to sort itself out.

#tarell alvin mccraney #moonlight #phylicia rashad

1 note · View note

thedramafilesblog-blog · 7 years

Text

Appearing before The Dramacourt: While You Were Sleeping Eps 5 and 6

***If this is your first time browsing The Drama Files, please read The Rules section first for our reviewing and rating system***

***Disclaimer***: This analysis based on Canadian law. This is also NOT LEGAL ADVICE for anyone and this drama is FICTIONAL.

Issues:

Whether Seung Won actually killed So Yoon’s Dad in the dreams.

Whether we are going to end up having Second Lead Syndrome.

Whether all low level employees are terrified of being summoned to the Boss’s office.

Whether the justification for why the other prosecutor didn’t indict So Yoon’s Dad makes sense.

Whether Woo Tak and Jae Chan should totally have a bromance.

The Rule(s):

It’s complicated.

Second Lead Syndrome is going to be upon us! Bring on the tears and tissues!

100% Petrified.

Absolutely not!

Yes please!

Analysis:

RedRosette J: So this episode begins with the race to save Seung Won’s fate from unfolding and in the process we learn many things about other characters. I really like how this drama portrays cause and effect and how it shows that each person’s actions can have a knock-on effect onto someone else. We find out that the policeman who Jae Chan saved, Han Woo Tak (played by Jang Hae In), is also having dream premonitions connected to our duo. It’ll be interesting to see his role in preventing future catastrophes. I do like that each person who sees these visions brings something specific to being able to stop it from happening. In Jae Chan’s case, the fact that he has control over whether or not someone will be prosecuted which sets into motion a chain of events that might prevent something else from happening. Woo Tak plays a similar role as a policeman by being able to actively get involved in preventing a course of action.

Jubiemon J: I quite like this cause and effect too. I also do like that twist where Han Woo Tak is able to dream too! I think this drama forces you to want to do something about a situation. Often, we just walk by things or ignore them when may be something could have been done. I think this happens a lot in some Asian cultures, where it’s better not to stick out and go with the crowd and keep the harmony. It’s nice that Jae Chan has that dilemma too, but I think he went on far too long with his debate….just prosecute the guy, okay? =-=’

Sleeping on the job like…

Why is it that shady shit always seems to go down in fancy living rooms?

Dude! Where did you come from? You’re so cute!

RedRosette J: I’m also interested in how the premonitions themselves work, because it seems like each person dreams or sees a different point of view of the same events. They each seem to dream information that the other person doesn��t have. I’m curious to see how our Three Musketeers start playing their “future-bad-situation-preventing” roles.

Preventing disasters like…

Saving people like…

LOOOL!

This guy and his upset stomach tho….

When you see the future unfold before your eyes

RedRosette J: Just as how we got some insight into Hong Joo’s past last week, in these episodes we saw Jae Chan’s past and his relationship with his father. As it turns out, he lost his father to the same soldier who blew up the bus with Hong Joo’s dad in it. (I totally called this btw! I knew it had something to do with the soldier!). I honestly wouldn’t be surprised if Woo Tak also had some past connection to the soldier incident. So we’re starting to see the characters’ backstories evolve into this complex narrative in the past where their fates were intertwined on that same day, and maybe this is what caused the premonition-effect.

Getting kicked out with Dad like…

One-on-Ones with Dad

This guy tho. ugh.

Tragedies

RedRosette J: On the other hand, the change in the brothers’ dynamic is also important for Jae Chan’s character growth. I think he needs to hear that he’s copping-out from his little brother, and I think that Jae Chan gained a real sense of the consequences of his “copping-out” after seeing poor Seung Won’s fate in his dreams. Hong Joo also took some steps forward in her relationship with Jae Chan and we see how much he needs someone to believe in him as much as his father did. Hong Joo and her pushy self seems to be a good fit for this role.

Arguing with your brother like…

Dreaming like…

This bus stop tho.

Trying to save your girl from hard labour like…

RedRosette J Aside: Here are some funny moments from the episode just for kicks.

Issue 1: Whether Seung Won actually killed So Yoon’s Dad in the dreams.

RedRosette J: Tbh, this whole scene moved really fast and it seemed like Seung Won didn’t actually do anything except duck or something when the dad came at him with the golf club. Even if he had pushed him over the balcony, I’m sure that a defense could have been made based on self-defense. The guy was obviously attacking everyone including Seung Won and he was just defending himself. Either way, I doubt that Seung Won was a real “murderer” in the sense that the show put it.

Nooooooooooo

Thank God this is just a dream

Issue 2: Whether we are going to end up having Second Lead Syndrome.

RedRosette J: Okay OMG its happening. I can see it happening. Second Lead Syndrome is coming. At first I thought Lee Sang Yeob was the second lead, but he’s just the evil bad guy, so OMG cutie Jang Hae In is probably the second lead. Is it just me or did anyone else get vibes that he’s going to end up crushing on Hong Joo? Also, he’s just super adorable trying to be friends with Jae Chan and I can’t wait for him to part of our crime fighting trio. I swear this guy came out of nowhere, but he’s actually been around since 2014. He was the famous “Tae Hee Oppa” in Goblin that Gong Yoo was super jealous of. Who knew? I can feel the syndrome and the tears starting to kick in!!

Not the Second Lead

Total Second Lead vibes

Issue 3: Whether all low level employees are terrified of being summoned to the Boss’s office.

RedRosette J: Yes. This is a universal thing. Anyone working as a low level employee is petrified of losing their job and being called into the Boss’s office. Having worked in several intern roles, every time I had to go see my Boss I was absolutely terrified. I totally feel poor Jae Chan’s fear when he’s asked to see his Boss. Hang in there man. You won’t be low level forever.

When your Boss scary af…

…and you scared af

Issue 4: Whether the justification for why the other prosecutor didn’t indict So Yoon’s Dad makes sense.

RedRosette J: Unless I’m missing something based on the translation, the female prosecutor made it sound like she chose to make indictments based on the victim’s situation. She talks about how in most domestic abuse cases the perpetrator is the breadwinner and if you remove the breadwinner, the victim is in a worse situation because they’ll have to struggle to survive, so the prosecution should not indict the perpetrator based on this. I disagree with this very strongly. Justice is justice. There is no justice with a caveat; if someone commits a crime they are answerable to it and should be punished justly. The prosecution can’t be going around being all “oh yea, he abused her but she’s going to have to go out and get a job to survive without him, so we’re just not going to do anything about it and leave him unpunished because it makes her life harder if we do”. Uhhh No. Her life is already hard. He committed a crime, and should be indicted, regardless of whether or not the victim is going to have a harder life because of said indictment. I think even if the victim were to struggle financially, it would better than suffering repeated emotional and physical abuse. This approach is an extremely victim-blaming one and this mentality should have no place in the justice system.

Trying to decide what kind of person you want to be

Having a crisis of faith

Trying to sort out existential problems like…

Issue 5: Whether Woo Tak and Jae Chan should totally have a bromance.

RedRosette J: Yes please. These two are going to be so cute!!! I can’t wait to watch them prevent their dream-futures from coming true! Give us more of Woo Tak being cute and Jae Chan being crotchety while swatting him away!!

Yes! BFFs!!!!

“The Three Flying Dragons”

“Maybe its fate” LOL!

Conclusion: Appeal Allowed.

Rating: 4 = I’ll Give You A Cookie (This was a good plot)

File No: While-You-Were-Sleeping-EPS-5&6 Appearing before The Dramacourt: While You Were Sleeping Eps 5 and 6 ***If this is your first time browsing The Drama Files, please read

0 notes