#ki jeong

[lemonsourcrisis]

The Uncanny Counter S2 Opening

#lemongifs #the uncanny counter 2 #the uncanny counter #kdrama #korean drama #kdramaedit #kdramadaily #asiandramaedit #cho byeong kyu #yoo joon sang #kim se jeong #yeom hye ran #ahn suk hwan #yoo in soo #kang ki young #kim hieora #queue #tucgif

[liveasbutterflies]

The Uncanny Counter Season 2 Teaser Poster

#the uncanny counter: counter punch #the uncanny counter 2 #the uncanny counter #kdramaedit #kdramanetwork #kdramadaily #kim se jeong #jo bum kyu #yoon jun sang #yeom hye ran #ahn suk hwan #yoo in soo #kang ki young #I can't wait!! #hopefully it'll pull me out of this kdrama slump

[dangermousie]

Pre-Joseon Sageuks: a Biased and Incomplete List

So, as promised way earlier, a post on pre-Joseon sageuks that I’ve either watched or plan to watch so am aware of them. I am sure there are others but here is what I got. Obviously my takes on them are subjective blah blah blah.

Jumong - arguably the Daddy of all Traditional Sageuks, this one ran for over 80 episodes and had insane ratings. It follows the rise of the mythical founder of Gogureyo tho it takes fantastical elements of his story and changes them for historically plausible ones. It’s very long and very meaty and politics/battle heavy and has a large cast of complex characters (including pretty nifty women and a LGBTQ supporting OTP) but it is anchored by the incredible performance of Song Il Gook as the titular character as he slowly but believably grows from nothing to a hero if at the cost of losing his marriage.

The King of Tears Lee Bang Won - this is basically a half and half beast as (you can tell by the title), it’s set in the last days of Goryeo and early days of Joseon. The time period covered is the same as in My Country and Six Flying Dragons, but this is the most traditional take of them all, even more so than 6FD. Not a single pretty face in the cast (tho Joo Sang Wook is a mighty fine man, emphasis on “man”), this is for the real fans of traditional sageuks. I enjoyed it a lot but if you want to check out pre-Joseon sageuks but have mainly watched youth sageuk stuff before, you should probably start with another drama on this list.

The Great Seer - set in the reign of King Gongmin, the last proper king of Goryeo (his son King U is technically the very last but there are questions as to his status), this is for those of you who want to watch Ji Sang in a sageuk. It’s centered around seers but don’t expect mysticism, this knuckles down to politics.

Shin Don - hi there, another story set in the reign of King Gongmin! From the title, you can tel it centers heavily on the powerful monk who ruled for the King at one point. This has been on my to-watch list forever because this appears to devote a decent chunk of its time to Gongmin X Noguk and I am dying for a proper drama for those two. This is from 2005 so if you do watch, keep that in mind in terms of visuals etc. That cast is lit!

Bicheonmu - this is sort of cheating because it’s pretty much set in China but it involves Koreans so. It’s a drama take on the same story told in a pretty awesome movie. Tragic love, battles, young Joo Jin Moo etc. i am very fond of it. This said, find and watch the Chinese version, Korean one was shredded.

The Iron Empress/Empress Cheon Chu - set in Goryeo, this was another of women ruler centric dramas that had a mini popularity peak in late 00s/early 10s (a trend I wish continued.) it got overshadowed by Queen Seonduk but by all accounts is a solid drama. It’s on my list but I haven’t watched it yet.

The King’s Daughter, Soo Baek Hyang - by the writer of The Rebel and My Dearest. Have I got your attention? Another woman centric ruler tale set in Baekje. Yes, there is a love story. That cast is great, to boot. I have started and liked what I’ve seen but got sidetracked. Need to get back to it. Before you look at the ep number and faint seeing the number 108, keep in mind that the eps are half an hour long so it’s an equivalent of a normal 54 ep sageuk so if you can watch eg Empress Ki, you are good with this.

My Country: The New Age - Lee Bang Won but make it gay. OK, I kid, sort of (not really) but this is smart and passionate and heartbreaking. If you want a wide scope or lots of politics, probably not a take for you (Six Flying Dragons is RIGHT there), but if you want an intense, emotional tale, come right in!

Six Flying Dragons - to me, this is THE drama about Lee Bang Won. It’s smart and emotional, deals with politics and has heart. It has a large cast of characters I got invested in, OTPs that will blow your mind etc etc.

Faith/The Great Doctor - if you are a fan of old school shoujo like Red River, Basara or Fushigi Yuugi, this or Moon Lovers are your best bet on this list. A time traveling tale with other fantasy elements about a modern day plastic surgeon who ends up being kidnapped into Goryeo during the early days of King Gongmin’s (hi!) reign by a tormented, oath bound warrior played by Lee Min Ho at his hottest (and playing historical General Choi Young. Do RPS at your pleasure), this one is one of my all time favorites.

Seodonyo/Ballad of Seo Dong - I am actually currently watching this one tho I haven’t been posting about it. Set in both Baekje and Silla, this is an angsty love story with a side of politics. It’s filmed in 2005 and looks accordingly but if you don’t mind dated visuals, this is pretty great!

Emperor of the Sea - set in Silla and Tang, this was a huge hit and deservedly so. Our protag is a slave and gladiator and a great naval hero. This is grim and smart and epic. It’s from 2004 so once again, if dated visuals are no-go, skip, but if you want a great story and performances, this has your name on it.

The Kingdom of the Winds - an epic cursed prince narrative, our ML (Song Il Gook at his sexiest) rises from abandoned prince and slave and abused assassin to general, royal and king, sparing time for an angsty delicious love story with an enemy princess. This has serious sageuk bits AND the best shoujo tropes in the business, plus enough whump to keep anyone happy.

Gye Baek - Lee Seo Jin, another sageuk stalwart, stars as the title character in this tale of a Baekje commoner, war slave and general. This is grim but glorious.

Soldier/God of War - this is a traditional war-centric sageuk and grim as hell. Another slave to general tale.

King Geun Chu Go - this is on my watch list; it’s about a warrior king of Baekje. Haven’t seen it but heard good things.

Ja Myung Go - smart and unrelentingly tragic, featuring Jang Ryeo Won and Jung Kyung Ho as doomed lovers and Park Min Young in an evil role, this is great and has deeply flawed characters in the very definition of doomed by the narrative tale.

Arthdal Chronicles - this is obviously a fantasy but the tale of prophesied twins, magical priestess, wars and mysticism is clearly set in a pre-Joseon in terms of aesthetics world.

Alchemy of Souls - like Arthdal this is pure fantasy but also like Arthdal, a lot of its styling is pre-Joseon so on this list it goes.

Moon Lovers/Scarlet Heart Ryeo - ok I think if people have heard of only one drama on this very long list, it’s probably this one. Modern time traveling heroine ending up during the reign of Goryeo’s King Taejo, in the middle of his sons’ fight for the throne, having an epic but doomed romance with shoujo catnip tortured bad boy Lee Jun Ki.

Shine or Go Crazy - if you want a more historical take on Moon Lovers succession fight but still with plenty of hotness, angst and doomed romance, come right in. This baby stars Jang Hyuk, so you know it’s bound to be good. I actually started it and enjoyed it but got sidetracked. Need to get back to it. Fun fact: while Moon Lovers was hugely popular internationally, domestically Shine or Go Crazy (they aired around the same time), did much better.

The Legend/The First King’s Four Gods - for a long time this was my favorite kdrama of all time and is still probably in my top 10. Ignore the odd first episode, the rest is perfection. Expensive and wonderfully written, this was Bae Yong Joon’s last drama before he retired to rest on his pile of money (if you are young, you probably don’t remember what a big deal he was, bigger than all the Hallyu stars nowadays put together. He basically was singlehandedly supporting the kdrama industry at one point), but what a worthy way to go out. It’s an epic Goguryeo fantasy tale of a prophesied prince coming into his own, with such amazing characters and relationships and OTPs and battles and points about destiny versus free will. It is everything and I kinda want to rewatch now.

The Blade and The Petal/Sword and Flower - ostensibly a star-crossed Gogureyo love story, this really is more about politics. It’s a mixed bag. The visuals are insane but Uhm Tae Woong, while always solid in modern dramas, is out of place in a sageuk (in QSD Kim Nam Gil stole his thunder; there is nobody to do so here but that doesn’t help him.)

Queen Seon Duk - probably the most famous entrant into female power sageuks, this was a mad hit and centered on the titular character’s rise to power and fight for the same with her female nemesis Mishil. If you want love stories, angsty fighter Bidam propelled Kim Nam Gil to stardom as he stole the leading man mantle from Uhm Tae Woong.

Empress Ki - currently rewatching this. It’s set in the waning days of Goryeo but takes place mainly in Yuan. Still, the FL is Korean and a lot of the story revolves around one of her suitors’, a deposed Korean king, attempts to get his land back. As you can tell by my rabid posts, this is a great drama - politics, romance (I ship FL and the Yuan emperor like mad), murder, dysfunction and everything good.

Hwarang - it’s so brain dead it might as well be a brain-eating amoeba in drama form but it did give us both Park Hyung Sik and Park Seo Joon before they made it big in drama world. It’s terrible tho, stay away.

River where the Moon Rises - I have such a love/hate relationship with this drama - I loved the beginning, with our tormented assassin heroine slowly being warmed by the loyal rustic ML with his own trauma. And then Ji Soo’s bullying scandal happened and he was replaced by Na In Woo, aka the actor I like least from any country in all my close to two decades of watching dramas. I tried but I simply couldn’t and I am still mad. This said, if you don’t share my NIW allergy, it’s probably worth a watch.

The Great King’s Dream - if you liked QSD and can’t get enough of the period but want an even more traditional tale, you can do worse than this drama. I liked what I saw but this baby is 70 eps and lacks Bidam so I peaced out. Maybe I will get back to it sometime, but probably not.

Jeong Do Jeon - as you can tell by the title, centers on JDJ and the last days of Goryeo. Not really my bag (time period been done plenty in other dramas and I don’t have that much interest in JDJ) but supposed to be solid.

My Only Love Song - a short silly mess but still probably better than River (which tells the same story) because it doesn’t have NIW.

King Gwanggaeto the Great - 92 eps. I can’t!

The King Loves - delicious love triangle (that goes ALL ways), angst, prettiness, a side of bodyguard romance. What’s not to love in this Goryeo tale?

ETA: this post was so long that when I tried to tag every drama I mentioned, tumblr told me you hit the tag limit of 30 tags no more tags for you. Oh well, sorry dramas that ended up I tagged!

#kdrama #the legend #faith #my country #queen Seon duk #six flying dragons #the king of tears Lee bang Won #shin Don #the river where the moon rises #Jeong do jeon #my only love song #the great seer #empress ki #king gwanggaeto the great #shine or go crazy #moon lovers #ja myung go #emperor of the sea #jumong #the blade and the petal #alchemy of souls #Arthdal chronicles #god of war #gye baek #ballad of Seo Dong #the king’s daughter baek soo hyang #the kingdom of the winds #the iron empress #bicheonmu #the king loves

[7kyujin]

사랑 ૮꒰ྀི ୨ ៸៸៸ ୧ ྀི꒱ა ❤︎ ໋𓈒 ◍ 🧸

사랑 ૮꒰ྀི ୨ ៸៸៸ ୧ ྀི꒱ა ❤︎ ໋𓈒 ◍ ☕

#❥ 7kyujin 𖨂 𝓵𝓸𝓿𝓮𝓭 #loc cr ; toruyak ki #gif made by me #plushies : the event #ateez yunho #jeong yunho #yunho moodboard #ateez moodboard #ateez yunho moodboard #kpop moodboard #messy moodboard #brown moodboard #light brown moodboard #dark brown moodboard #biege moodboard

[theinfinitedivides]

me literally every time Ki Cheol and Jun Mo are less than three feet away from each other/interact in any way shape or form:

#tv: the worst of evil #the worst of evil #wi ha joon #wi ha jun #ji chang wook #kdrama #local gay watches TWOE (and ships everyone within sight).txt #local gay watches k-dramas.txt #more accurately why are you bisexual but ykw that's obvious. Ki Cheol had bi lighting in the club when he was working as a DJ #and Jun Mo looks like he is in desperate need of d*ck at any moment to calm him down. he also loves his wife but yk you can't #convince me he didn't lay eyes on Ki Cheol and go 'fml. he shouldn't be this hot fml' #even better i raise you the idea that the reason he's so pissed about Ki Cheol and Eui Jeong knowing each other is not just bc she's #his wife and she never told him but bc he wishes it was him. he is jealous af we need to lock all three of them in a room together #and not let them out until they've announced their engagement istg

[underture]

Extraordinary Attorney Woo 🐋 | 이상한 변호사 우영우 (2022) Ep 16: Though Unusual and Peculiar

I've worked at Hanbada for over 14 years and have always put the interests of the client ahead of social justice. If someone calls me a "law technician" and criticizes me, there's not much I can say to refute that. Because it's true. But Attorney Woo is not Attorney Jung.

#extraordinary attorney woo #이상한 변호사 우영우 #tv #netflixedit #tvedit #kdramaedit #kdramadaily #kdramagifs #woo young woo #jeong myeongseok #kang ki young #the way kang ki young was like they never give me any roles where there's soft emotional background music #+ the subs translation is .... not that great.... but idk i didn't wanna translate it myself and make it worse gdhdfgdf #but proud dad moment for attorney jung ToT #*

[kdram-chjh]

Kdrama: Moon Lovers: Scarlet Heart Ryeo (2016)

It’s been 7 years.. we’re still waiting for Season 2! 😭💔 #이준기 #달의연인_보보경심려 #moonlovers #leejoongi

Watch this video on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/DPzlGHuO0Ks

#Moon Lovers: Scarlet Heart Ryeo #달의 연인 - 보보경심 려 #Dalui Yeonin - Bobogyungsim Ryeo #Time Slip: Ryeo #2016 #SBS #youtube #kdrama #Korean drama #shorts #short video #IU #Lee Ji Eun #Hae Soo #Lee Jun Ki #Lee Jun Gi #Wang So #Kim Ji Soo #Wang Jeong #Seo Eun Sol #Wang So & Hae Soo's daughter

[samuoni]

i love how each one of the yeom siblings is relatable but in completely different ways. and relatable not in the "i do this (sometimes)" sense but "it feels like someone ripped open my chest and looked inside" sense.

there's gi jeong with her irrational fear of embarrassment, driving her to the point of faking an accident. nothing makes me feel more seen than the visual representation of me wanting to get hit by a truck every time i feel like i've been perceived. why can't you, the world, shut your eyes off to me existing? feeling tired to the core, all day every day without a valid reason to back it up. wanting to take off your arms and legs for a moment, wishing for someone to carry you and scrub your back. analogies that never sit right with anyone. i'm sorry i told you that i would pick up my lover's severed head, do you still think i'm hot? guilt soaring so high in your system that you're on your knees, bowing down to what? you don't know yourself. but bowing down nonetheless - i'm sorry i'm sorry i'm sorry - as the moonlight creeps in.

chang hee with his lack of direction in life, living from one day to the next in itself can be be a chore at times and he's felt it. how do you expect me to peer into the future when i barely managed to survive today? why can't that be enough? realization dawning upon you that you might be the very thing you hate and wanting to slap the wits out of yourself because of it. in constant search for an elder male figure to validate you because you never received any from the one whose blood and bones are your very own. tell me i worked hard. tell me to rest. giving up on persuing romantic interests because you know, just know, that you will not be enough.

and mi jeong. mi jeong my beloved. no character has touched the inner workings of my soul as much as her. not feeling like you belong in public settings, forcing yourself to smile and nod because that's what they've told you will make you worthy of acceptance. wondering how people living on top of the world don't just jump off, thunderstorms making you comfortable because all you've ever wanted is for the world to end. never finding the strength in yourself to fight back, never being able to free yourself from the familiarity of attachments, never feeling complete. she's exactly what the personification of daily life existentialism would look like, neither happy nor sad, stuck in a repetitive state of being. how do you not want to coddle her in your arms? frogs getting torn to shreds, bad-mouthing your senior at work, biting into the flesh of what you adore - discovering that loving is listening, loving is saying out loud whatever comes to mind.

i will take this reassurance - you, too, can live the life of a main character - down to my grave.

#my liberation notes #my liberation diary #kdrama #yeom mi jeong #yeom chang hee #yeom gi jeong #kim ji won #lee min ki #lee el #writing #writers on tumblr #writblr #this really is just one big rant #sorry not sorry #mei's notes

[thedetectivessay]

5 Kids, 3 Chairs chart: Season 1 Culprits edition

#Meme Mondays #Jang Gwang #Yoo Yeon Seok #i'm not even going to try to tag all the genius detective team members #Shin Hye Jeong #Park Hae Jin #Kang Sung Jin #Lee Ki Woo #Seo Kang Joon #Woo Hyun #Busted Netflix #credit to majority of the pics: Katherine Does K-POP

[nofatclips]

Chukje (Festival) - dir. Im Kwon-taek (1996)

Full movie available on Korean Classic Films YouTube channel

#somethingneweveryday #cinema #im kwon taek #korean cinema #kwon taek im #chung joon lee #sang hyo yook #byeong kyeong ahn #sung ki ahn #sung kee ahn #lee eol #eun jin han #kim jong goo #seon kyeong jeong #kyung soon jung #jung hee nam #su chol kim #seung bae park #sun duk park #yu joon kim

[dreamsandstars24]

The uncanny counter season 2

WHEN I TELL YOU THAT I GASPED WHEN I SAW KANG KI-YOUNG I AM NOT JOKING 

HE WENT FROM “Excuse me, can you please kneel?”

To “Kneel. Now.”

I feel offended that they kept this from me. I do. Another man who is older than me and already has my heart. 

AND HIS EVIL ERA!!!!! I AM HERE FOR IT!!!!

But honestly, it should be illegal for all of them to look this good. 

I need a lot of hobi water in order to continue watching this. 

#kdrama netflix #kdrama daily #kdrama #the uncanny counter #extraordinary attorney woo #kang ki young #cho byeong kyu #yoo joon sang #yeom hye ran #yoo in soo #ahn suk hwan #kim se jeong #jin seon kyu #kim hi eo ra #moon sook #lee chan hyung #kim hyun wook #kim so ra #yoon joo sang #lee joo shil #lee ji won #song byeong geun #kim eun soo #sung byung sook #im shocked #i need hobi water #evil era #villian #mama im in love with a criminal #why are all men over 40 looking like this?

[sadnessconnoisseur]

Damn straight up facts!!!

#my liberation notes #mr gu #gu ssi #mijeong #sukku son #son suk ku #son seok koo #kim jiwon #yeom mi jeong #gu ja gyeong #my liberation diary #lee min ki #lee el #yeom chang hee #yeom gijeong #jtbc my liberation notes #sanpo

[stuff-diary]

Wedding Impossible

TV Shows/Dramas watched in 2024

Wedding Impossible (2024, South Korea)

Director: Kwon Young Il

Writers: Oh Hye Won & Park Seul Ki (based on the webtoon by Song Jung Won)

Mini-review:

Well, this drama was entertaining, but nothing more. It was especially funny at the beginning, thanks to that sort of 'rivalry' between the leads. However, once they solved that and started moving into purely romantic territory, the story began to lose steam quickly. Tbh, I kept watching to the very end because of the sizzling chemistry between Jeon Jong Seo and Moon Sang Min. And I guess I wanted to see how in the world they were gonna clear up the mess created by the characters, which was pretty fascinating. I feel like the show would have been better if the director had put more thought into its style, cause the whole thing looked pretty cheap and bland. But still, Wedding Impossible is fun enough, and I can see fans of classic romcoms enjoying it a lot.

#wedding impossible #kwon young il #oh hye won #park seul ki #song jung won #jeon jong seo #moon sang min #kim do wan #bae yoon kyung #kwon hae hyo #park ah in #hong in #kim ye won #kim soo jin #kim kwang gyu #seung you #kim young hoon #seo woo jin #song sang eun #kang na eon #min jin woong #jeong hee tae #shin moon sung #shin yong bum #romantic comedy #k drama #kdrama #lgbt characters #lgbtq #2024 tv shows and dramas

[theinfinitedivides]

and it just goes on and gets worse doesn't it

#tv: the worst of evil #the worst of evil #wi ha joon #wi ha jun #ji chang wook #im se mi #kdrama #local gay watches TWOE (and ships everyone within sight).txt #local gay watches k-dramas.txt #Knife Husband attempting to kill Investigation Colleague. Jung Bae is back in the office but this time it looks like he's got the whole #gang on his side in the time it took Ki Cheol to get there. Jun Mo blowing up at Eui Jeong. the things that i am seeing would put #lesser men in therapy. as it is every person in this show needs at least four therapists allotted to themselves

[everythingsouthasian]

MY LIBERATION NOTES 나의 해방일지 (2022—) | "Episode 4" dir. Kim Seok-Yoon

#my liberation notes #mlnedit #tae hoon x ki jeong #userbbelcher #dailynetflix #kdrama #kdramaedit #kdramadaily #dailyasiandramas #otpsource #pocheroes #charactersofcolordaily #usertvfilm #useroptional #tvedit #filmtvcentral #filmtvdaily #tvfilmsource #minimalistsource #esagifs

[sneblr]

Today I completed EXTRAORDINARY ATTORNEY WOO season 1 and I saw how Woo Young Woo was bullied back in her middle school & had no friends because of her autism. Her classmates plays awfull prank on her during a game of "I'm sorry".But if a person like Woo Young Woo was in my class then instead of bullying her I would support her not b`coz she is intelligent but imagine having a friend who has a pure heart, never thought or done bad for someone, never betrayed anyone and most importantly stayed loyal. Don't you think that getting this type of friend is a real blessing.

12March2023

#extraordinary attorney woo #Woo young woo #kdrama #Lee Joon-ho #Park Eun-bin #Kang Tae-oh #netflix #Kang Ki-young #Jeon Bae-soo #Baek Ji-won #ENA #Lee Joo-ho #Lee Jeong-hwa #Moon Ji-won #Yoo In-shik #whales