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namjoonswaifu · 2 years

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Chapter Five- Royal Residences Part One

warnings: mentions of weight, AFAB character, mentions of female body parts, references to the weight of M/C, loosely based on my own research of the ancient Korean royalty system, bullying, loneliness, anxiety, money problems, mentions of how other people view characters body

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You made your way to the front, the sound of your name, leaving nearly everyone shocked but your best friend, who had the biggest grin on her beautiful face. No one had expected you to get through, not even yourself. A blush blankets your face as you make your way to the line at the front. A moment passes as everyone waits for the ladies who did not get through to leave the smaller courtyard.

"Congratulations ladies" you hear Hoseok speak, breaking the silence, whilst looking over each and every one of you. You don't know if you were just imagining it, but the tall and handsome man had sent an almost imperceptible smile your way, making your eyes go wide. "Now, myself and Jungkook will tell you your residences, and we will also assign you 2 maids and a manservant for you to use at your convenience"

"Let's start with the furthest away from this little courtyard shall we?" Jungkook questioned, though the question was rhetorical.

"Bae Suzy, You are in the Sapphire Apartment. Along with the manservants, you brought along with you, you are also being assigned Shin Won-ho as your manservant and Kim Tae-Yeon and Chou Tzu-yu as your maids. Please proceed to your apartment"

"Next we have the Chariote Apartment, the person who will be staying there is Han Sun-Hwa. You are being assigned Lee Jong-Hyun, Jeon So-Yeon and Kwon Yu-Ri. Please proceed."

The process carried on.

"Ruby Apartment is for Hwang Yeji, You are assigned Kang Dong-Ho, Ahn Sol-Bin and An Yu-Jin. Please proceed.

"Opal Apartment. Kim Seol-Hyun. Woo Ji-Ho, Son Chae-Young, Cho Seung-Hee"

"Carnelian Apartment. Kwon Eun-Bi. Yoo Ki-Hyun, Lee Hae-in and Lee Young-Yoo"

"Amber Apartment. Choi Mi-Young. Doh Kyung-Soo, Bae Woo-He, Baek A-Yeon"

"Azurite Apartment. Kim Si-Jeong. Lee Byung-Hun, Go Woo-Ri and Park Hye-Won"

At this point, everyone had left apart from you. "Miss Seo, as you were an unexpected candidate, your apartment is still getting ready and the maids needed a few more moments, so we were trying to prolong this for as long as possible. You have been assigned Moon Jong-Up, Ahn Hye-Jin who goes by Maria or Hwa-Sa and Jun Hyo-Seong. I hope that they treat you well. To prolong this even longer as we have not received the signal that they are ready, we are going to give you a tour, are you okay with that?" The pair asked.

"Perfectly." You responded. "It would be my honour" You carried on with a smile. "Please, Lead the way". The two young men smiled at you, before moving down the stairs towards you. Suddenly, you felt incredibly nervous, these incredibly attractive young men were looking directly at you, with no signs of distate anywhere on their faces or bodies. The men took a space on either side on your, Hoseok moving his arms to point the way out of the courtyard. "Do you have a flower that you appreciate the most?" Jungkook asked "Good question Kookie" Hoseok said, the nickname making your eyes widen again, almost not expecting the men to be so close that they were using nicknames. "We might have your favourite here in one of the gardens"

"Cherry blossoms, Chief State Councillor and High Councillor. My most appreciated flower of all is Cherry Blossom." The two men share a look between each other. "That is our Gracious King's favourite, so much that he has a garden dedicated to it, coincidentally, the garden is right next to your apartment" A small gasp left your lips, the excitement evident not just on your face but on your whole body as you turned to both of them, your hands clasping together joyfully. "Really!?! Can we go there?" You asked hopefully. Both men smiled at your excited state before telling you that you could, and led the way, right to the entrance of the garden. There was a small bridge to cross before you would actually be in the park, and you ran quickly across it, accidentally forgetting about the two men behind you. You span round quickly, a giant smile on your face, trying to look everywhere at everything.

"I take it that you like the garden," a voice behind you, which you quickly identified as Hoseok, spoke. "Almost more than anything in the world," You said without thinking. Both men let out a laugh, which made you look at them with a questioning gaze. "You have almost the same reaction as the Good King". This very sentence made you stop in your spot, your face dropping, looking almost horrified to be compared to the King. "Omo, I am not worthy of being compared to our gracious King" You spoke, anxiously wringing your hands together. "My apologies Lady Seo, we didn't mean to make you anxious," Jungkook said. You noticed a young woman run up to the two men and yourself. She spoke quietly to the men, before bowing and turning away. The two men turned to you, smiling slightly "Your apartment is ready Lady Seo, let us lead you there" Hoseok said. Nodding, you spoke gently "Please do lead the way". You bow gently, allowing the men to turn around and lead the way out of the garden that you had fallen in love with, and almost didn't want to leave.

It took barely two minutes before you arrived in front of the apartment. "This is the Emerald apartment. Next to you, there is the Queen Dowager's Garden, you are not allowed to enter that space without her explicit permission" Jungkook stated sternly. "And on your other side is Lady Hwang" Hoseok finished. This made you smile, your apartments here, being closer to each other than the houses in your town were. "Lady Hwang Yeji is my best friend," You spoke gently, a small but warm smile on your face at the mention of your best friend. "We have known each other since we were born, my eomma likes to say that I have two sets of parents, both our parents raised both of us..." you paused, your smile turning into a frown "well my eomma and Yeji's parents, my appa..." you spoke again, your frown becoming bigger. "You don't need to tell us, Lady Seo" Hoseok said calmly, laying a gentle hand on your shoulder. You look up, and into the handsome man's eyes, your eyes slightly blurry with tears, making something flash in Hoseok's eyes. "I feel like I almost need to" you spoke "My appa, he used to be a good man, until he fell from grace, he lost a lot of his respect, and therefore money, and the money he did keep, he used to drink. He would blame me for his drinking, he would tell me it was my fault, that he wished it was I who died and not my sister. Before I left, he attacked me for the first time, he dragged me by my hair to the floor and yelled at me. My eomma, she's a wonderful woman, she grabbed him by the ear and dragged him out of the house once she realised he was in my room and harming me. Appa had a bruise on his ear still, when I left for the procession. My bruises still remain intact too, but when I remember what my eomma did, the fire in her eyes, I feel proud to be her descendant" You finally finished your story.

You could see anger clearly on both men's faces. "I know I need not worry about my eomma whilst I'm here, she is as fierce as the summer in the sky in the summer sky." The warm smile lay on your lips, remembering your eomma. "She sounds like a wonderful woman" Jungkook spoke, a smile that could be perceived as genuine if there were someone looking on from the outside in.

"Anyway's my Chief Councillor and High Councillor, I must leave your warm presence and settle myself into my apartments. I hope to see you soon Your Honours. May the sun warm your cheeks, and the food fills your bellies" You speak eloquently, bowing low before the two handsome men, before turning and leaving their presence to enter your apartments.

The apartment that you entered was spacious and homely. In the room stood your friends Chan and Changbin with large grins on their faces, along with your assigned manservant and maids.

"My Lady, Your room is this way, would you like me to help you redress" Hyo-Seong spoke, her hand pointing to an area separate from the room you all stood in. The room was separated from the room you were in by a wall of sliding doors. The entire apartment was decorated in green and brown, the sliding doors were made of oak, and the cloth was painted with the seal of the kingdom in the colours your apartment was named after. It was a beautiful sight to behold, and you knew that if you had any spare time, you would ask your maids to retrieve any painting items they could get a hold of so that you could show this image to your eomma when you got home again. You knew that she would take great delight in your painting, and knowing how an apartment within the royal castle looked and would love the painting even more so, knowing it came from her daughter.

"That would be lovely Miss Jun" you spoke to the woman. She nodded her head as a slight bow, walking to the room you now identified as your bedroom. In the room, there was a large box placed near the window, on top of it was a new hanbok ready for you to wear. "Would you like a bath Lady Seo?" Hyo-Seong asked. You shook your head, a feeling of exhaustion coming over you in a quick wave. "Do you think it would be possible to sleep for a short period Miss Jun?" You asked hopefully. "Unfortunately not, My Lady, there is much to do. As you have reached the second stage, you must prepare for a meeting with Queen Dowager. You will soon also be accepting gifts from the royal family, of which I am unsure, but you must prepare to receive them. We must also start preparing you for your interview, and the luncheon that is happening tomorrow. There is also a Royal Banquet that we must prepare you for. I assume you have attended a banquet before, but a royal banquet is much more different to the ones of the high class" The maid in front of you explained your schedule for the coming potential one to two weeks that you would be residing in a royal apartment.

"Very well, then we must begin," You say a small polite smile on your face. "What's first?" you ask. "First My Lady, we must dress you," she says, returning your attention back to the box that had caught your attention when you first walked into the room. You didn't recognise the hanbok, remembering all the ones that you owned. "I apologise, but this is not my hanbok," you tell your maid "No My Lady, the Queen Dowager sent this. It's the first gift from the royal family." Excitement fills your body, knowing that this was something that the Queen Dowager herself had someone make and be sent. "But only 6-7 were predicted, and I'm not the average size", you questioned slightly, the anxiety that you had felt earlier in the day returning in full force. "The Queen Dowager had this one sent specifically, it was a hanbok she had in her storage, she wore it when she was pregnant with the King. She sent a letter along with it" you were told before being handed the letter

Dear Lady Seo,

The Royal Family apologises for not having anything prepared for you. I did not have a gift prepared for you, however, your crest is a crest that has a long line, and the crest on your hanbok is a phoenix. This was my family crest before I married King Sejong, the King's late father. It was a hanbok I wore when I was pregnant with the King. I hope that it does you well, as it is now yours. Please meet me in my gardens at 3.

Sincerely,

Her Royal Highness, The Queen Dowager Kim Eun-Ji

"What time is it?" You ask loudly, waiting for anyone in the household to respond. "2:30" you hear someone yell, unsure of who it was due to the closed doors between you. You feel your face pale. Turning to your maid you speak again "We must hurry, please call Miss Ahn in, time is not on our side". The maid nods, before running the door and calling in the other woman.

Within 20 minutes, your hair had been brushed and moved into a restyled updo, behind held back with a purple dwikkoji, your under clothes being changed for cleaner ones, and then the gifted hanbok was placed onto your body. It fit almost like a glove like it was made for you. The jeogori was a gorgeous dark purple colour, decorated with golden detailing featuring a phoenix, the goreum was also in an off-gold colour. The chima was a black colour with the same golden detail. Your beoseons were black as well as your shoes which were decorated in the same gold detailing. With a few minutes to spare, your maids applied some basic makeup consisting of plant ash to apply a dark brown colour to your eyebrows, safflower was used to apply a light rouge to your lips and cheeks and cherry blossom petals took right from the very cherry blossom garden you had just been in (it was a perfume that was on the dressing table when you got here, you had just assumed it was a gift everyone received) mixed with water was used to make a delicious spelling perfume.

With exactly 10 minutes left before the Queen Dowager wanted to see you, you left your apartment, your manservant Moon Jong-Up directing you, almost acting as your guard as well as your guide. When you arrived outside the Queen Dowagers garden, which only took moments as you quickly found out was right next to your apartment, Mr Moon stepped aside to let you enter first, before following you slightly behind, allowing you to look like you had found the garden yourself.

It doesn't take long to notice the Queen Dowager, it shocked you slightly when you saw that she was wearing the same colours just the other way around. The lady in front of you turns towards you, hearing your footsteps. She waits at the top of the stairs of the Pavilion she was standing in. Once you reach the bottom of the stairs, you bow as low as possible to the elegant woman before you. "You're early Lady Seo" the woman speaks. "My apologies Your Majesty, I was excited to meet you once again." You speak, not allowing your nerves to take over your anxiety.

“Don’t be, it is a good thing for a woman to have, to have time management perfected, especially for a woman. Especially for a woman who may be the future mother of the kingdom, the future queen.” She says, her very words making you blush.

“You speak of me too highly My Queen,” you say. “I am eternally grateful for your gracious gift. The fabric is the softest thing I have ever had touch my skin. If there is anything I can do to show my thankfulness, please allow me to do it. Would you like some tea, Your Royal Highness?” you ask, noticing the teapot and teacups whilst you were looking around in nervousness.

“You need not worry Lady Seo, this is no longer a test, you do not need to pour my tea for me,” she says, her voice full of authority, before nodding slightly to a man that you almost hadn’t seen when you entered the pavilion. “You intrigue me, Lady Seo, you are so unlike the other candidates, both in looks and mentality. Most of your candidates, when I had asked them why they were doing this, responded with generic answers” she speaks “For his Royal Highness the King’s happiness, to get to know you Your Highness” she carries on, her voice changing to mimic the people she was speaking about, at the sound of her change in voice you let out a giggle, covering your mouth. “But your answer, it was different, you wanted to make your family proud. This was something I wanted when I was a candidate to marry the King's late father” she finishes, the words turning the mood serious once more. A lady, small and almost meek approached the table, taking the teapot and pouring tea into both the cups on the table, before retreating to her spot against the wall of the garden. “You have a beautiful garden My Queen,” you tell her trying to achieve the once jovial mood the pavilion had a matter of minutes ago. “I spent a few brief minutes in the cherry blossom garden, and I truly believe that it was the happiest moment of my life,” you tell her, allowing the smile to fill your face as your mind retrieves the memory you were talking of.

“The King’s favourite spot is also in the cherry blossom garden, he begged his father to plant the trees when he was still King, persuading him by telling him that he would propose to his future queen in that very garden,” the Queen Dowager tells you, allowing you a little into the past of the King, who you were yet to set eyes upon.

Before thinking, you blurt out “Were you scared when you made the application to become the late King Se-Jeong’s wife?” A few moments pass, and just as you go to open your mouth to apologise, the dowager stops you. “I was, in fact, I was terrified, to tell you the truth, I never wanted it, but I needed to do it for the pride of my family. I was lucky that I fell in love with the King eventually, and we had a good, long and happy life,” she answers with a small smile on her face, reminiscing on the memories of her past. “I actually have a few questions for you myself if you don't mind”

“It would be my honour to answer your questions My Queen” you respond, nervousness filling your body even more.

“The king is very… uh… close with his closest men. Would that be a problem with you?” she starts. “Of course not, if our Great King is happy, then I myself shall be happy,” you respond, hoping your answer satisfies her. She nods, with a small hum of approval.

“And concubines? What are your opinions on the concubines?” she continues her questioning.

You pause, this was something you had thought about. “Well My Queen, I have a feeling that if I was ever to become Queen, the other two candidates that would have gotten through, would be my school bullies-” the queen cuts you off after hearing of your bullies “Your bullies are in the palace?” She questions with an eyebrow raised.

“Yes Your Highness, Kim Seol-Hyun and Kwon Eun-Bi, their apartments are Carnelian and Opal if I remember correctly”, the Queen Dowager nods again. “So what would you do if you became Queen and them the concubines?” She asks, her interest even more peaked.

“Part of me would want to through them into the dungeons like they had threatened they would do with me earlier today. Another part of me would want all of the king's concubines gone but the biggest part of me wants the King to be happy, and if the concubines make My Great King happy, then I shall live with the concubines.” The Queen Dowager looks almost shocked. “The Kings happiness, at the end of the day, will always be my source of happiness, whether I get through to the final round, or I don’t. The King, from what I have heard in rumours spread across cities and towns, near and far, is that when the King is happy, the land thrives, and the people are well. My family are part of his people, and as well as making them proud, I desperately want them to be happy… even my father.” you tell her.

“Your father?"

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x-lulu · 2 years

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quotes from different kdrama’s I’ve seen over the years part I

nevertheless

happiness is like a butterfly. when pursued, is always beyond our grasps, but if you sit down quietly may alight upon you

you know what I regret the most? not knowing my own feelings. no, pretending not to know

some things just work out suddenly. even when you think theres no hope

you’re beautiful

you two twinkle so brightly, it’s beautiful. as stars that shine brightest in the darkness, I pray that they will not lose their light even when darkness overcomes them

hwang tae kyung

then I can’t hold on to you. I wanted to be able to see you well when you came back, so I was trying to see even in the dark. every day, I even ate the carrots and spinach I hate, because I worried that I might lose you in the dark. because I didn’t want to lose you. but I can’t even hold on to you when I can see you well

you’re listening now, aren’t you? It’s so bright here, and your side is so dark that I can’t see you. please, don’t be where I can’t see you! come to where I can see you. give permission to let me see you

I’m going to keep telling you, so listen good every day. I love you

you can not hear it because im only yelling it inside my heart

seeing how you worried about me even though you were that sick, you seem to have some loyalty. seeing you enduring through it, you’ve also got some spirit. I haven’t wanted to accept you and wanted to reject you, but because of this, I’m accepting you. I’m on the same team as you now, so I feel a duty to look after you, and I’ll take responsibility for your affairs, too

ko mi nam

even so, the moon has its uses. rather than pointlessly brightening up an already bright day, it gives light on a dark night. isn’t that useful?

he’s like a bright, shining star. when I receive that light, I feel brighter and also darker. When it’s bright I get my hopes up, and when it darkens I feel disappointment. I hate myself for this and feel ashamed

I am too ashamed of my heart and I just want to hide it in the dark

if I’m far away, I’ll search for stars and think of you

I wish that the world can be quiet so I can make sure my heart heard it right

right now I only see one special star. There are a great many of them, but this one star sparkles so brightly that I keep only seeing that star

you’re not ashamed of your feelings, or sorry for them. Even if you’re a fool, you are an admirable fool

kang shin woo

I’m not asking you to give your heart in one go. If you can give your heart bit by bit, then that’s a start… I’ve started

until now, I tried to hold onto you. In other eyes, it must have looked foolish. Because I tried very hard, in the end, since I couldn’t get you, I was able to let go

until someone will come to love her, I will just stay like this beside her. Because this is a love im happy to give and I wont expect anything in return

jeremy

that writer wrote, 'everyone who doesn’t love is guilty.’ that means that anyone who loves, no matter who they love, is guiltless

when I thought you were a guy, I was okay with it. whenI found out you were a girl, I was okay with it. but if you like him, I can’t be okay with it. why? why wasn’t it me? I told you about my treasure bus, and I let you close to Jolie and I was going to sing a song only for you. why don’t you like me?

for me, those words where precious, so I was sparing them. but if you spare them too much… they become words you can’t say

right now I can’t tell you that I’m okay, but once the bus goes around full circle.. I’ll be okay then. […] once we get off this bus, I’m going to be the fun, outgoing Jeremy again. forget everything I said in here. if you don’t, I can’t ever go back

the world is round, so no matter how far away you go, just like the magic bus, you’ll immediately return to the place where you belong

not telling her that you’ll wait for her is the same thing as not waiting at all

tempted, the great seducer

take care of your own heart too

trauma isn’t something grand. just on some random day, the thorn digs deeper stopping you in your tracks so that you can’t swallow or spit anything out

I didn’t know my mind was something I couldn’t control

one’s heart is like one’s muscles. your heart has been trained to like someone so much that it’s hard to forget it or love someone else. just like your body remembers certain actions, your heart only moves towards the person you love

my secret romance

you planned this from the start, didn’t you? you wanted to get back at me for playing dumb… that’s why you were nagging me. fine, I remember everything. I was lying. I remember the resort, the wine, what we did on the beach! I remember it all

go get her. are you going to let her get away? people always make fun of the way I dress. they say its tacky, unflattering, strange, and that I’m crazy. I know that. I know everything, but I play dumb, act calm and firm. I just ignore it. why? because I like the way I dress. because I want to do it. because this makes me happy

I was thankful to you earlier today. nothing is working out for me these days… and I’m so lonely… I was having a really hard time. but, no one ever asked me if I was all right. you were the first to ask. you were the first to ask me if I’m okay. it’s not even a big deal, but those words… strangely comforted me

even if a hundred bad things happen, when one good thing happens that day is a lucky day

those habitual hiccups of yours, I think I know what they mean. those hiccups are only for me, right?

I’m not your man. I’m mine.

I think you’re a force to be reckoned with

I wanted to do what I could to be with you. I don’t want to eat by myself

I’ll go wherever my heart takes me. Let’s see how far it takes us

it feels like a dream, and I don’t know when I’ll wake up

if you try to hold on to her, she might run away

a vacation is like dating. the way your heart races with excitement before a vacation, the fun you have while learning about a new place, the sadness you feel when the vacation ends and you go back home, in these ways it’s quite similar to dating

think about it carefully. when she’s with you, do you think there will be more days when she’s smiling or more days when she’s crying?

I’m thankful that my first love and my last love is you

I know it’s useless now, but let’s pray to be like a coin. you’re the front side, I’m the back side. when one side is missing, the coin is thrown away. let’s pray to be a coin. even if we can’t see each other, we’re always together. even if we can’t check on each other, we’re always together

I can do it. whether it’s 3 years or 30 years, I won’t go anywhere and wait for you. I’ll wait for you, so come back when you’re ready

we never know how or when something will begin

don’t be scared of getting hurt, and don’t hesitate because of what other people might think. just do it

I’m going to be by your side and only eat the food you make me, for the rest of my life

strong woman do bong soon

men are all dogs. dont insult dogs

when life gives you difficulties, just ignore them and laugh them off

sweet home

even the blackest darkness, vanishes in the faintest light. even the slightest chance, can give us hope

when someone promises something and it's nearly impossible to keep, there's a good chance it'll end up being a lie

it's the time in which it's more difficult to find reasons to survive than to actually survive

all of us are dead

they say when people confirm their situation is hopeless, they truly fall into despair - choi nam ra

I still have things to do here - choi nam ra

today I'm the happiest guy in the school - lee cheong san

you have to live for them - lee cheong san

do you know when it is the hardest for us? right now. because we have to save the most people, not the people most precious to us - park eun hee

all of us have some sort of prejudice. we all have preconceptions about other people - choi nam ra

I will always stand with the powerless people - park eun hee

we're the only ones who can save ourselves - lee cheong san

her private life

fill your room with the things you love so you can live a happier life

it's not that I don't like holding hands. I don't like the moment when I have to let it go again

art may be great but it cannot be greater than a living human being. I am still greater than those painting that are hung on that wall. because I am a living being and I will continue to live

money heist korea, joint economic area

it was clear that everyone on the train smelled the same thing. It was the smell of hope

if you’re gonna throw your life away, why not put it in my hands?

why Tokyo of all places? because we’re going to do a bad thing

if there’s even a drop of water from the tiniest crack in a dam, the dam can break, regardless of how big and sturdy it is. we will seize that one chance

if you keep running away, it’ll become a habit. you will have to face it at some point

just because somebody is willing to risk their life, that doesn’t mean they welcome death. it just means they’ll do whatever it takes to make their dream a reality

all of us are just born to die anyway. it’s only a matter of how soon you go

#lu watches #nevertheless #tempted #the great seducer #strong woman do bong soon #you’re beautiful #my secret romance #sweet home #all of us are dead #her private life #money heist korea #cjk creations tag

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jaehwany · 3 years

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What if the person I like... doesn’t like me back? What if... they like someone else? Then... you should just stay by their side. There will come a day when that person struggles because of the person that they like. That’s how unrequited love is like. Instead of doing nothing, you could stay by their side and do your best in the way that fits you. That way, you won’t end up with regrets.

LIGHT ON ME (2021) dir. Lee Yoo Yeon

#light on me #shinwoo x taekyung #kdramaedit #kdramanetwork #kdramadaily #asiandramanet #bbelcher #chewieblog #kang yoo seok #lee sae on #kdrama #mine #just shin woo staying by tae kyung's side #and supporting him in his own quiet selfless way #without expecting anything in return #🤧🤧🤧🤧

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yetaeso · 3 years

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i finally finished watching light on me. sorry for being ia, i had some irl stuff going on so i didn't really get to watch many bls in a long time. BUT i did finish this one and oh boy do i have quite a few things to say.

first of all, shin woo. that boy might just be one of the best characters ever written. and he is in all aspects a character worthy of being called a comfort character. and not in a "he is so perfect, i wanna marry him" sort of way. he is far from perfect, which is basically normal and very REAL given the fact that perfect people don't exist. so i really like that they showed him as a very good person with some struggles and traumas that resulted in him not acting all kind and nice at the first glance. i like that realness in the show where a character who is basically gay doesn't go around being "i'm gay", but he also doesn't go around hiding who he truly is. (don't get me wrong, both situations are valid but there are also people who just don't give a fuck about going around denying or confirming their sexuality as if that's something that matters, just let people love each other, gay people don't owe you an explanation). he just chooses not to say anything and not denying means people are gonna spread rumors and he just doesn't care and i absolutely adore that about him. sure, it took a lot of struggle and bullying and wishing he wasn't who he is, so he would now be like "i am who i am and i don't give a heck what you have to say about it". but then again, he is definitely NOT perfect. he isn't very sweet and hostile, he isn't talkative, but he is good. he loves tae so much. he makes him feel so good. he loves his friends to the point he would give up his own happiness to save theirs. we saw how he gave up on tae so da on would be happy. and the things he does for both of them are just so precious. that boy is a very good character and i enjoyed watching him. not to mention that kang yoo seok is an absolute beauty and he rocked this character !!

i don't have much to say about tae kyung. he is a very complex character, definitely not so easy to read. he is a bit weird, different. not necessarily in a bad way, but definitely not a person you can meet whenever. i like that uniqueness about him. he just says and shows what he feels and means and it's a good trait. sure, it can make his feelings get hurt very easy, but he likes to feel everything raw and just move on if it doesn't work or stay there if it does. he has no time to waste. i feel like he wants to feel it all and if it doesn't work, he will be sad for a while, but he won't dwell on it. it's a good character, definitely something we need in the bl representation more.

SHIN DA ON !!! I HAVE A LOT TO SAY ABOUT THIS ONE !!! i hate how easily he became my comfort character the moment i played the first episode. the pure kindness in his heart, the constant need to help and please others because he just wants to be noticed and appreciated SO BAD, but constantly fails to be so. and i blame all that family trauma for it. his parents suck real bad. but, as i said, he too isn't perfect, but while shin woo doesn't want to prove anything and just lives his life how he wants to, on the other hand, da on tries his best to please and make everyone else proud and happy, no matter if it makes him comfortable or not. but you know what they say: you can be so good to someone and they will still break you apart with no mercy. and that's what everyone does to da on. e v e r y o n e , starting from his own parents up to his friends (not considering tae, shin woo, shi woon and mr seo) and up to the girl who claims to love him and all those random people who always asked for all sorts of favors but never appreciated it enough. he tried so hard to fit into that mold other people made and even though he got blisters on his palms and tears behind his eyes and even though his limbs ache from trying to fit in SO BAD, he did it so flawlessly for such a long time, never showing that he actually isn't okay at all. and it absolutely pains me. because his character is a good character who just tried to be liked by everyone, he wanted to prove that he was worth the love and affection and good enough for people to consider him a friend, or a son or a lover. but people just never appreciated it enough. that's why he couldn't be a person tae kyung likes, he couldn't be someone who is not considered likable in a society that he tried so hard to please. and i understand that. being a queer person in this world is very hard on it's own, adding his insecurities and trauma on top of it is even worse. he felt like he couldn't handle it, like it wasn't supposed to be like this. and in that constant need to prove himself to others, he kind of lost the track of his own self. he doesn't know how to love who he truly is, not because he doesn't want it, but because he has no idea who he is. and i think that's something he needs to work on FIRST before getting a lover, before breaking any more hearts. and i adore how he actually ended up changing and figuring that part out at the end. slowly, but he is getting there. i think he understood it eventually, too. that's why he gave up on tae when he saw that things just don't work like that. we miss chances sometimes and as much as it can be painful and as much as we regret them, we can't get them back and da on knows it. he finally knows it. and i'm happy for him, he is finally learning who he is. and my opinion is that he deserves all the happiness in the world. i fell so deeply for him.

i didn't want him to end up with taekyung, not because i thought he wasn't fitting, but because i felt he needed to explore himself more. he deserves love, so much love. and i hope someone will be able to give it to him eventually.

i won't say much about so hee. she is that typical girl in bl dramas that has to ruin something lol. but i'm glad she ended up figuring out her mistakes and that she fixed whatever she could in the end. it shows some kind of growth even though i could never forget what she did to da on. you don't hurt the people you love.

haet bit is a good teacher, a good senior. i adore him so much, he is just a ball of fluff and sunshine. all those things he did for his students and taekyung make me feel so emo. really a senior you could wish for.

and of course i saved best for the last. my precious baby shi woon. one little ironic, funny and caring mf. i fell in love with him in the first episode. he is just so perfectly good and nice to his friends and he has no chill if u dare say shit or do stuff to his friends and i absolutely live for that. he is a huge marshmallow in general but if you dare touch his friends, he will bite your hand off. i like how he just knows everything but choses to stay quiet in some situations and then help in other WHEN it seems fitting enough, he really cares a lot. the scene where he is pretending to barf in front of shin woo and tae flirting still gets me.

overall, this series was a great experience and i really enjoyed it. it wasn't too deep, too smutty or anything like that, but it was very fun and very meaningful and it just showed the real side of being a teenager. i'm not saying all bls should be smutty, deep or stuff like that btw. i'm just saying, it was a package where nothing outdid the other, like kissing scenes weren't better than deepness of it and the other way around. it was a little package and everything was not too much, but just enough. i really really liked it. i give this series a 9/10. it was a great experience and if i have time, i would want to rewatch it. absolutely gorgeous. <3

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My top 10 of 2016

Hello!

I’ve had as a tradition for quite a few years now to make my ‘lists of the year’ and 2016 is not going to be an exception from this. As I was mostly into Korean stuff in 2016 I will have similar categories to the ones I had in 2015 - however, with a few tweaks. My reasoning for my choices are mostly about ‘who/what do I remember now when 2016 is over’. Therefore, there is a chance that things released in the later half of the year will get more attention. I tried to counteract this by going through everything I reblogged here on tumble (on my other blog) to see who/what made the most appearances etc. Further, the songs I picked are mostly based on the amount of plays they have in my iTunes library. However, a big note should be made about the fact that these are MY picks - you do not have to agree with any of them. You can even send me your lists, if you so please and I will be happy to post them as well. Without further ado;

Here are the categories of the year:

Top 10 Males of 2016 Top 10 Females of 2016 Top 10 Groups of 2016 (male and female) Top 10 Actors of 2016 Top 10 Actresses of 2016 Top 10 Dramas of 2016 Top 10 kpop songs of 2016

Top 10 Men of 2016

Jisoo (EVERYTHING he has done in 2016)

Nam Joo Hyuk (Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok Joo)

Jung Jinyoung (B1A4)

Jackson (GOT7)

V (BTS)

Lee Jong Suk (W)

Ji Chang Wook (The K2)

Leo

Mingyu (Seventeen)

Sandeul (B1A4)

Top 10 Females of 2016

Jung Eunji (A-Pink)

Yuju (GFriend)

Nana (After School/Orange Caramel)

Lee Sung Kyung (Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok Joo) (She was also in Doctors but there I didn’t really like her character...)

Solar (Mamamoo)

Amber (f(x))

Tzuyu (Twice)

Hani (EXID)

Joy (Red Velvet)

Song Ji Hyo

Top 10 Groups of 2016

BTS

B1A4

Gfriend

Mamamoo

KNK

Twice

EXO

VIXX

Lunafly (They have barely done anything so.. ㅠㅠ)

f(x)

Top 10 Dramas of 2016 (Dramas who aired the majority of their episodes in 2016 is considered for this list, meaning that if a 20 episode drama aired 10 episodes in 2016 it can be added)

The Flower in Prison

Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok Joo

Doctors

The Legend of the Blue Sea

Goblin

Moonlight Drawn by Clouds

Shopping King Louis

The K2

Marriage Contract

Now, Let’s mentions some positive things about dramas this year: Many nice (looking) actors played major roles this year. And, overall, there are quite a few really good dramas that were out this year. However, there were definitely times this year when I felt like I had nothing interesting to watch (although, since The Flower in Prison is a 51-episode drama that managed to keep me satisfied for most parts of the year). A drama I watch surprisingly a lot of is Five Children (I have finished 48 out of 52 episodes). But, this drama suffered from the same thing most of these long~ dramas - way too many different plot-lines! I was interested in the blooming romance between Sung Hoon’s and Shin Hye Sun’s characters but they were only side-line characters and therefore I fast-forwarded through a lot of this drama. I tried to start Descendants of the Sun two times but both times I only got to about episode 5 so..

The worst drama which aired in 2016 is, without a doubt, Beautiful Secret.This is a Chinese drama which I tried to watch for f(x) Victoria's sake since she played the main lead but the drama characters and plot was just so STUPID. Further, I completed Uncontrollably Fond out of sheer force because I just couldn’t leave it unfinished, but that drama was also really bad. Another drama which I haven’t managed to finish was Mirror of The Witch (although I still have it on my ‘On-Hold’ list. This drama just.. confused me and if I want to get through I am going to have to start from the beginning and I do not know If I am going to have the will to do that). A drama that had such potential and that I was so invested in, in the beginning, was Moon Lovers; Scarlet heart Ryeo. But, the horrible way the plot went, and I just could not make sense of much of it, caused me to stop keeping up and I am, to this day, still only on episode 13.

Top 10 Actors of 2016

Nam Joo Hyuk (The Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok Joo/Moon Lover’s; Scarlet Heart Ryeo)

Lee Jong Suk (W)

Park Bo Gum (Moonlight Drawn by Clouds)

Song Joong Ki (Descendants of the Sun) [even though I haven’t finished the drama... he’s just too dreamy to leave out]

Lee Dong Wook (Goblin)

Ji Chang Wook (The K2)

Go Soo (The Flower in Prison)

Sung Hoon (Five Children)

Seo Ha Joon (The Flower in Prison)

Lee Min Ho (The Legend of the Blue Sea)

Honorable mentions;

Gong Yoo (Goblin)

Yoon Sang Hyun (Shopping King Louis)

Seo In Guk (Shopping King Louis)

Kwak Dong Yeon (Moonlight Drawn by Clouds)

Yoon Gyun Sang (Doctors)

Lee Tae Hwan (W)

Kim Woo Bin (Uncontrollably Fond)

Top 10 Actresses of 2016

Jin Se Yeon (The Flower in Prison)

Han Hyo Joo (W)

Lee Sung Kyung (Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok Joo/Doctors)

Park Shin Hye (Doctors)

Kim Joo Yong (Moonlight Drawn by Clouds)

Jeon Ji Hyeon (The Legend of the Blue Sea)

Shin Hye Sun (Five Children/Legend of the Blue Seas)

Nam Ji Hyun (Shopping King Louis)

Song Yoon Ah (The K2)

Chae Soo Bin (Moonlight Drawn by Clouds)

Top 10 Kpop songs of 2016

NCT U - Without You

K.Will - 말해! 뭐해? (Descendants of the Sun OST)

BTS - Save Me

HyunA - Do It!

Cross Gene - Noona, You

SHINee - Tell Me What To Do (SHINee)

Seventeen - 아주 nice

Gfriend - Navillera/Rough

Brave Girls - Deepened

SS301 - Pain

Honorable mentions;

BLACKPINK - Boombayah

Jung Eunji - Hopeful Sky

NCT 127 - Taste The Feeling

Taemin - Press your number

Red Velvet - Russian Roulette

B.A.P - Feel So Good/That’s My Jam

Punch and Chanyeol - Stay With Me (Goblin OST)

BTS - 21세기 소녀

B.I.G - Hey Girl (Moorim School OST)

AKMU - How People Move

KNK - Knock

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