#jo yeong

[1liv]

THE KING: ETERNAL MONARCH (2020)

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[kitkatsudon]

A brief foray into the military ranks of TKEM characters…

It’s no secret that our favourite boys from the Kingdom of Corea have a history in the military - but apart from Gon being bottom of his class in the Naval Academy (as confirmed by Choi Gitae in Ep4), what else do we know? As with every tiny detail that sparks my interest in this show, I took it upon myself to find out, and gave myself a headache in the process. Let’s have a look, shall we?

Lee Jihun:

I’m starting with him because he’s the only one I could find a concrete answer for, thanks to him being from a universe very similar to ours. Though we only see him very briefly in Ep16, from that short scene we can glean a little bit of information about what he was doing:

To find his rank, one needs only to look at his epaulettes. You can see that his are black, with three gold stripes: two thick ones, with a thin stripe in the middle. This identifies his rank as follows:

He’s a Soryeong, which is the equivalent rank to a Lieutenant Commander.

However, what I find perhaps more interesting for Jihun is this badge he’s wearing:

Though it’s blurry when you zoom in, I’m pretty sure it’s this one:

You heard it here first, folks. Lee Jihun is a Navy SEAL. They didn’t have to include this detail - you’d probably have to be quite familiar with the military to recognise it straight away, and I doubt that even most Korean fans would be able to recognise it, because I can tell you for a fact that I wouldn’t be able to recognise the equivalent for my own country. Someone on the production team decided this, and I want to give them a big kiss on the mouth, because now it’s confirmed that the sweet little Jihun we saw grew up to be totally badass after his abusive father passed away. I sincerely hope that it was a good life that led him to joining this branch of the military, and not some combination of horrible factors that pushed him into joining one of the most intense and dangerous branches… hm. I’m not going to dwell on that, actually. You can all make your own conclusions here.

Now… to the Kingdom. *sigh.* This is where things start to get more vague and confusing. I’m going to start with ranks first, and then go onto what they were doing as one big section because, spoiler alert, I haven’t got any sort of concrete idea.

Lee Gon:

His rank is easiest to determine, because Choi Gitae says it explicitly when they met at his father’s funeral in Ep4. I cross-referenced this with the closed-caption Korean subtitles, and everything adds up nicely: though he’s the Commander-in-Chief of all the armed forces in the Kingdom, thanks to his position as the monarch, while he was actually serving, he rose to the rank of Daewi, or Lieutenant - the highest rank of the junior officers - before leaving the navy.

Jo Yeong:

When we see Yeong in his navy uniform in Ep6, this is what we can see:

Once again, that same pattern emerges on his epaulettes of two thick stripes surrounding a thin stripe - he’s a Soryeong, a Lieutenant Commander. This means that Yeong ranked one rank higher than Gon before he left the navy, which is something that brings me quite a lot of joy.

However, something I like even more than that is Yeong’s current title, as the leader of the Royal Guard. We all know him and love him as Captain Jo, but in Korean he’s referred to as 조영 대장 - Jo Yeong Daejang. This is what Gon calls him in the iconic “Are you having fun, Captain Jo?” and you can also see that title of Daejang on his character page on the official TKEM website. On WordReference, this is what happens if I search for 대장:

Ignoring the results about other things, it doesn’t seem to mean “Captain” explicitly, it’s more like a general kind of leader title. His rank isn’t necessarily “Captain,” it’s whatever Daejang is equivalent to. So… how good is a Daejang? Looking at the South Korean armed forces, in the army, air force, and marine corps, Daejang is equivalent to General, and in the navy, Daejang is equivalent to Admiral. To put this into context a little better, the only rank in the South Korean navy higher than Daejang is Wonsu, and this rank only exists on paper and has never been given to any officer of the South Korean armed forces. To achieve this rank of Wonsu, you’re appointed from the rank of Daejang when you have “distinguished achievements.”

In conclusion: Yeong has an incredibly high rank in the armed forces, second only really to Gon himself, assuming no one from the Kingdom has ever been appointed the rank of Wonsu either. However… there’s a first time for everything, and though I’m only speculating and of course could never say anything for sure, if anyone was going to get those distinguished achievements needed to be a Wonsu, it would be our Jo Yeong Daejang.

Choi Gitae:

I’m including him briefly because I have a bone to pick with the subtitles. In English, he’s Captain Choi. In Korean, Gon refers to him as Hamjang, which, as far as I can tell, doesn’t exist in the South Korean navy of our universe. In the Korean subtitles in Ep4, he’s named as 최 소령, Choi Soryeong, and he’s just… he’s not that. Let’s take a look at some pictures:

The epaulettes on the first picture and the star badge on the second tell us that his rank should be this:

He’s a Junjang, equivalent to a Rear Admiral (lower half). Not a Captain, and not a Lieutenant Commander. As for the Hamjang/Junjang disparity, I’m going to suggest that Hamjang is the Kingdom of Corea’s equivalent to the Republic’s Junjang.

So, what was everyone doing in the navy?

The only clue we have is a badge:

This is from Yeong’s uniform, but in Ep6 Choi Gitae was wearing the same, and Gon was wearing a gold version of it. However, for the life of me, I can’t seem to figure out what it is! The design seems to be that of a ship sailing through the waters, but that just gives ✨navy✨ in a general sense. Browsing google images, I’ve noticed the same golden badge that Gon wears on other high ranking members of the South Korean navy, so maybe it signifies a high rank? Or maybe it just means that the wearer is in the navy? I don’t know! I can’t work it out! What it tells us at least is, if Yeong isn’t wearing a “specialised” badge like Jihun… it’s unlikely that he served in any kind of special forces… which I feel is a piece of information that might break some hearts in the fandom as their headcanons shatter into pieces. I’m disappointed too, because when I saw Yeong’s badge without paying attention to any of the other characters, I thought that the two shapes on the sides looked a little like submariner dolphins, so I’ve spent half a year or so thinking that’s what Yeong did in the navy, before I realised that Gon and Choi Gitae had the exact same badge.

So, if anyone has been bothered enough to read this far and also happens to be a Korean military buff, I would love you forever if you could tell me exactly what this badge means, and whether it gives us any indication of what Yeong or Gon or anyone else was doing in the navy. However, maybe it’s good that it’s unclear, because that leaves fic writers plenty of room to wonder about what Gon and Yeong were doing in the military - whether they were doing different things, strengthening their bond as best bros doing the same thing, and if you’re on the same side of this fandom as me, whether they were repressing some big feelings at seeing each other in their military uniforms, or whether they were engaging in certain activities that are maybe stereotypical of sailors cooped together on the same boat without women to spend their nights with… there’s plenty of room for interpretation :D

#my favourite thing that I’ve learnt from this is Yeong ranking higher than Gon in the navy #there’s SO MUCH POTENTIAL THERE #something else that ep6 demonstrates is that soryeong is a rank in the corean navy because yeong hands gon’s flag to someone with that rank #it was said verbally and it was consistent with his uniform #so why is soryeong consistent but not hamjang/junjang?! #ANSWER ME KIM EUNSOOK #another honourable mention is… do you guys remember the yoyo kid’s older form? #he appears in the republic to bully shinjae and he’s also on gon’s rowing team #anyway you can see him in the funeral in ep4 and he’s also a soryeong #something that’s interesting to note is that no one in uniform in ep4 is wearing that mysterious badge #not even choi gitae even though he’s wearing it in ep6 #it makes me wonder whether they added it as an afterthought #i wouldn’t be surprised #tkem #kitkat’s tkem deep dives #lee gon #jo yeong #lee jihun

[ivyithink]

local little bodyguard all cool and collected until he has to say goodbye to his king BESTIE , who leaves for naval academy

(just in case! every single bruise is a result of training and silly teenage boys activities! I try tagging properly any triggering stuff on this blog, and this ain’t it!)

#my art #my doodles #me? falling into yet another king/right-hand-man-bodyguard-knight-UNBREAKABLE SWORD???(how is that title even real honestly) #dynamic? very unsurprising to anyone who’s been on this blog for 3 minutes I’m sure #I just think they’re neat #jo yeong #lee gon #the king: eternal monarch #tkem

[jeong-guwon]

Noooo the way this looks like Gonjo's engagement photo or something 😭 THIS IS FINE (it's not) I'M OKAY (i'm not)

#the king eternal monarch #tkem #gonjo #jo yeong #lee gon #the king: eternal monarch

[alic3dix0n]

The only 2 bodyguards you will ever need.

#woo do hwan #ji chang wook #jo yeong #kim je ha #the king eternal monarch #the k2 #hot bodyguards

[survivalistghost]

top 10 kdrama bromances to feed your empty heart

if you scroll through my page, you can already guess number 1.

#10 - our beloved summer : choi ung and kim ji ung

beautiful beautiful men choi woo shik and kim sung cheol played ung bros for life in this beautiful beautiful drama. one of the best handled love triangles ive seen. they were there for each other through thick and thin, and helped each other through sm. best. on the tenth spot because they could've expanded on it more :(

#9 - what's wrong with secretary kim? : lee young joon and park yoo sik

i could never make it through the series. i left it behind on ep9/10 i think, and primarily because i physically cannot digest how emotionless park min young is. BUT, kudos to the hilarious office best bromance by the great park seo joon and kang ki young. ps - why is kang ki young the pankaj tripathi of korean dramas?

#8 - strong girl do bong soon : ahn min hyuk and in gook du

can we ever forget the legendary wink? or the dream where min hyuk is dressed as a woman? i think not. this was more of a frenemy type bromance, united by their love for bong soon and ironically divided by it, too. i refuse to acknowledge this as a love triangle tho. bong soon was astronomical in not hurting gook du and i will not take any criticism. is it a bromance if one of them is pretending to be gay? (and no, we will not discuss any sort of iTs pRoBLeMaTiC debates here.)

#7 - tale of the nine tailed : lee yeon and koo shin ju

don't come at me with the lee rang comments. rang was his half brother, related by blood. their relationship was top tier, but the stay at home husband yeon and working husband shin ju was too cute to not be classified as a bromance. in the beginning, i saw their relationship as shin ju serving yeon, a dynamic that they both seemed to embody. but as the show progresses, yeon baby we know you love shin ju just as much :*

#6 - alchemy of souls : jang uk and seo yul

song joon ki seems to have an attachment to bromances. han seo had the best character arc of the ENTIRE kdrama universe fight me. that court scene where vincenzo pats han seo's cheek was max bro cuteness. still not over his death. he deserved better.

#5 - vincenzo : vincenzo cassano and jang han seo

even though i didn't very much like the show's first couple, bromance delivered well. hospital scene peaked, complete true beauty sameness. it was pretty hard to understand who was the superior officer in this tbh initially, since their comraderie was so cool, shi jin was kid to soldier in a split second. loved how they chose not to unnecessarily exaggerate the love triangle initially bec i was only rooting for the second couple.

#4 - descendants of the sun : yoo shi jin and seo dae young

business proposal was the first kdrama i saw. i finished it in a three day trip, and i remember thinking more about the bromance than the romance. i was NOT used to the clumsiness of kdramas in general, like wattpad fics incarnated. the bromance delivered well, made me root for the second couple, and was the only initial indicator of kang tae moo being human instead of archaeopteryx. that word was a nightmare to spell.

#3 - business proposal : kang tae moo and cha sung hoon

the most wolfstar bromance if I ever saw one. and NO, i do not ship wolfstar just like i do not ship these two. they are totally adorable, and specially since their personalities seemed to switch from when they were children. yeong turned all serious face and lee gon got fun. love their years of friendship sm, their wordless communication and yeong in general. the acting was amazing.

#2 - the king - eternal monarch : lee gon and jo yeong

#1 - guardian - the lonely and great god : kim shin aka goblin and wang yeo aka grim reaper

yes, i know I'm missing a lot of iconic ones. unfortunately, i haven't seen alot of kdramas and have left alot in bw (like true beauty bec i couldn't see second lead hurt).

spring onion slays ^

told ya, if u follow me u already knew what the first one was gonna be. being the simp i am for the goblin and grim reaper, these two achieved the max points for their bromance. that slow dynamic of goblin calling reaper's hat tacky to fighting with knives to that iconic 'saranghae' to 'HOW DARE YOU' to goblin boiling eggs with his powers while reaper chills the beer. they know each other so well. love love love them and you should too 🔪

in my heart, the trio of our boys beats nothing (except for the gookdu-minhyuk relationship of the crown prince and uk). but instead of choosing the frenemy thing, i decided to love yul and uk more. yul was such a quiet character, with incredible potential in him for me to hate him, but then...(the guy is literally too sweet and beautiful and nice i can ramble for days). and uk, man, our power baby who loves every version of our beautiful but slow girl, needed so much emotional support. uk and yul were not afraid to show their affection for each other, a trait i admired in all the three boys (jang uk, seo yul and park dang gu).

#kdrama #korean drama #kdrama review #review #lee dong wook #goblin #gong yoo #vincenzo #jang han seo #song joon ki #descendants of the sun #the king eternal monarch #lee gon #jo yeong #our beloved summer #choi ung #choi wooshik #what's wrong with secretary kim #lee young joon #park seo jun #strong girl do bong soon #tale of the nine tailed #lee min ho #lee yeon #alchemy of souls #jang uk #seo yul #business proposal #kang tae moo

[solrosan]

Chapters: 1/1 (4 685 words) Fandom: 더 킹：영원의 군주 | The King: Eternal Monarch (TV) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Jo Yeong & Lee Gon Characters: Lee Gon, Jo Yeong, Jo Yeong's Father Additional Tags: Pre-Canon, Backstory, Naval Academy, Fanfiction, Characters Reading Fanfiction

Summary: Lee Gon finds out people are writing about him and Jo Yeong, and learns something about his mother.

Notes: The first version of the first part of this fic was written in the comment section of another fic (I don't remember which one, might go and find it later), prompted by a question by MArzu.

#the king: eternal monarch #the king eternal monarch #tkem #jo yeong #lee gon #the king: eternal monarch fic #fanfiction

[mokosza]

these two dumplings are the real love story 😭💞

The King: Eternal Monarch Ep. 13

#the king eternal monarch #kdrama #korean drama #lee gon #jo yeong

[takinginspiration1]

Hi,

I am trying to find a fanfic. I do not remember the name or the author.

It is The King:Eternal Monarch fanfic in which Jo Yeong dies at the night of the coup and Gon had to leave his body in the past. When he comes back to his timeline, he asks Lady Noh about the person who saved his life. She tells him that they buried the stranger (Jo Yeong) with honour. She shows him Yeong's grave.

Please help me find this fic again.

#tkem #the king eternal monarch #lee gon #jo yeong #lee minho #woo do hwan #the king #gonjo

[carmenlire]

jo yeong makes me experience emotions no human has ever felt before. he is a man who was given to the king when he was four years old. his life was never his own but he accepted his lot before he even knew what his sacrifice even meant. he has killed. he has been killed. he has risen from the dead. 

he knows his duty and takes pride and assurance in it. post tkem, i envision him as a man whose demons visit him every time he blinks. they don’t rest. and so he-- becomes someone who decides to wrestle them into submission.

rereading blau’s fics and i just adore the path his life takes post tkem where he leaves king and court and takes back his life. he is a man people are drawn to. he has friends that gon doesn’t know about. he has led a life outside of his vow as the unbreakable sword.

he disappears for a while. he takes lovers across continents and drinks until his demons have to swim to keep up with him. he leaves traces of himself in every place he visits-- a conversation with old men playing games in a town square; saving a woman from a stranger harassing her one night; a whirlwind weekend affair with a man  whose name he never learns.

and when he’s ready, he comes back. but not to gon. no he comes back to corea, to the people he loved and left all those months ago (after he almost left them in a permanent way in another time, another universe) and he settles down. he occupies his days working a quiet job-- at a daycare for awhile because it reminds him of a brother he’s never had and how, maybe, they really were more similar than yeong ever let on. or at a plant nursery, anonymous as he discovers an affinity for plants and nurturing life in a way he was never allowed to before-- before when his mission was to take life and make it submit to king and country.

gon is lost without yeong but can’t begrudge yeong from running away because gon took everything from yeong before he even had anything to offer except the most expensive act of kindness the kingdom ever witnessed.

#idk what this is #all i know is yeong is a soldier and i love that side of him #but he is also a man who deserves softness and is capable himself of such overwhelming connection and kindness #i want to explore both sides #tkem #jo yeong

[nevicha]

[이곤X조영] 황제를 구한 건 미래에서 온 근위대장이였다 :: 문제의 답 | 더 킹: 영원의 군주 상플

#the king eternal monarch #korean drama #fanvid #fanmade #lee gon #jo yeong #Youtube

[kitkatsudon]

On the topic of my previous post, I want you all to appreciate how in this iconic picture, Yeong’s phone background…

…Yeong ranked higher than Gon here. When Gon is the commander-in-chief, he wears epaulettes with five stars on them, and those stars clearly aren’t there. Though the angle makes it hard to tell, I think those epaulettes have the two stripes signalling his rank as a Daewi/Lieutenant - and Yeong, we can clearly see, is a Soryeong/Lieutenant Commander.

What’s the purpose of this information? Idk! I just like it ^-^

#tkem #lee gon #jo yeong #YEONG OUTRANKS GON i really will never be over this #AND THEY DON’T TELL US THIS EXPLICITLY IN THE TEXT #GRRR THE WORLD NEEDS TO KNOW

[cumberbatchedandproud]

not pining, not unaware about your own feelings, but a (not so) secret third thing (shaping your whole life around your sense of duty, and your sense of duty giving sense to your whole life)

- jo yeong (tkem)

#tkem #the king: eternal monarch #the king eternal monarch #jo yeong #secret third thing #i can't believe i am memeing #but yeong is so intense i can't help it #duty as love #duty as religion #duty as everything

[idrilka]

open like a hinge | 37k | explicit | the king: eternal monarch | jo yeong/lee gon | jo yeong has a secret he's been keeping for years. now, it's trying to break free

link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/43788819

#the king: eternal monarch #tkem #tkem fic #gonjo #jo yeong #lee gon #writing

[lovebts7654321]

Hey everyone I have just started writing fanfiction. I have never done this before pls support and please let me know what u think if u have any suggestions pls do tell I am new to this I will love to where I can improve or what part u liked thankyou. https://www.wattpad.com/story/361925168?utm_source=android&utm_medium=link&utm_content=story_info&wp_page=story_details_button&wp_uname=thecapablebeauty .

#tkem meta #jo yeong #the king eternal monarch #lee gon #fanfic #fantasy #tkem

[mashed-brainrot]

jo yeong (the king eternal monarch) x reader

“What are you staring at?” Yeong asks, not even bothering to look up from his phone.

“Don’t mind me, just admiring the view,” I don’t break my gaze. It’s not a complete lie, there’s a large window overlooking the vast gardens right behind him. He scoffs and I know he knows I was just caught staring at him. I catch the small twitch on the outer corner of his lip. His composure doesn’t change and I have half the mind to share the more…intimate thoughts in my head to get a reaction from him. I smile at the mental image. The Jo Yeong, stuttering and stammering after his subordinate shares her desires to put something in her mouth other than two metal chopsticks. But I held back. As much as I want to see that image becoming a reality, he’s my boss. I can’t risk losing my job over some guy.

“If the king finds out you like spending your break daydreaming he’ll have you beheaded,” he says in that monotone cadence he always has.

If you were my executioner, I would daydream a hundred times over just to have your face be the last one I see.

“You say that but then who’s gonna cover for you when his majesty drags you into some mess. Admit it, I’m very useful in this palace.”

Yeong sighs and finally meets my eyes. For a second, my heart skips a beat. As I search in his eyes, my heart aches when I know he will never feel the same as I do. I ignore the lump in the throat and the butterflies in my stomach. He only sees me as his co worker. An American-born foreigner as a handmaiden for the King of Corea. Nothing more, nothing less.

Without warning, Yeong brings his hand close to my mouth and with gentleness he wipes off a grain of rice.

“It was bothering me,” he says simply. I only nodded in response, pretending to not feel the cold ache in my heart.

#jo yeong #tkem #the king eternal monarch #jo yeoung #kdrama #netflix #x reader #jo yeong x reader #the king eternal monarch x reader