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dangermousie · 3 months

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Ooooof, this scene!!! And it's such a believable fissure in their marriage - she believes in imperial rules and power of the clans - ie status quo forever (and it's clear she's always been a traditionalist - we saw it consistently - she was willing to bend a little for him but ultimately this is her whole way of life) and he's the reformer. Yes, she does not want another woman in the harem (and the irony is he doesn't either - he's as cut out to be monogamous as any period man can possibly be) but ultimately, it's about their incompatible world views.

And then, this line:

And the tragic but inevitable thing, she does not learn, she still pushes. And another tragic thing is despite saying this, he still clearly loves his queen and she's gonna wreck it. I mean, you see his wedding night with the minister's daughter and the sheer mortifying awkwardness of it is conveyed so well. She doesn't fancy him and he doesn't fancy her either. He married her literally for reforms and her father. He eyes the prospect of sleeping with her with as much delight as eating a bag of nails. During their convo, she can tell he still loves the queen. And yet none of it is gonna be enough - not to save his marriage to the queen, not to put them on the same page, or even to make anyone involved truly happy.

And he leaves without touching her.

The one thing I love about her is she's very clear eyed about life. She didn't go into that marriage expecting love or even companionship - she went in to protect her father and for political goals. Paradoxically, I think she is much more compatible with him in personality (and goals of course) than his empress. We shall see. He honestly is portrayed as someone who doesn't have much of a libido (probably because he was a monk for so long) and it actually makes me wonder how annoying it must have been to have a harem if one isn't particularly horny all the time.

PS This was such a glorious conversation but this was my favorite part:

This drama is so good - so adult, so measured, so solid, so well written. It is honestly pretty rare to be catered to in terms of a solid historical that's not just an adult character piece or a romance (not that there is anything wrong with those), and we are not talking about all the fluffy/ahistorical teen-oriented things (once again, nothing wrong with that but...) I am just delighting in watching an old school, proper period epic about court, battles, politics. IT IS SO GOOD!!!

#kdrama #goryeo khitan war #kim dong jun

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diversamenteintelligente · 7 months

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(via CHIEF OF STAFF)

Un classico drama coreano pieno d’intrighi, colpi di scena, tradimenti e commistioni tra politica e i chaebol con il loro denaro. Da vedere assolutamente se piace il genere, tiene incollati alla visione per tutto il tempo.

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dramastream · 2 months

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A SHOP FOR KILLERS + hugs

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mangodelorean · 2 months

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Lee Dong Wook as Jeong Jinman and Kim Hye Jun as Jeong Jian in A Shop for Killers [2024]

dir. Lee Kwon

#a shop for killers #lee dong wook #lee dongwook #jeong jinman #jeong jin man #kdramaedit #kdramagifs #kdramadaily #disney+#kim hye jun #jeong jian #tvgifs #the killer's shopping mall #킬러들의 쇼핑몰 #이동욱 #dorama #김혜준 #lee kwon

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moonlightsdream · 3 months

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A Shop for Killers 킬러들의 쇼핑몰 (2024) — ep. 4 | the shopping mall

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leedongwook · 3 months

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Lee Dong Wook as "Jeong Jin Man" 🥵

A Shop for Killers 킬러들의 쇼핑몰 (2024) // Episode 6

#seamayweed #userannnie #lee dongwook #lee dong wook #the killer's shopping mall #a shop for killers #kdrama #kdramaedit #kdramasource #kdramadaily #dramasource #asiandramasource #haleysashopforkillers #mone #my gifs #Kim Hye Jun #kdramanetwork

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pondsphuwin · 3 months

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A Shop for Killers (2024) | Ep. 1

#love it that we don't know if he's being serious or not #in love with their dynamic #asiandramanet #lee dong wook #a shop for killers #kim hye jun #kdrama #korean drama #kdramagifs #seamayweed #gif 3 #the killer's shopping mall

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jeongjinman · 2 months

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fambly 🥺❤️

#a shop for killers #the killer's shopping mall #lee dong wook #kim hye jun #kim min #like stop it...#they are so cute #usermone #also apologies if someone has posted this already i haven't had the time to go through the tag yet!

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andaniellight · 2 months

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"i am neither your mom or your dad, and i can never be" i know. but do you realize that your murdered brother, my dead father, named me a name monophonic to yours despite of you being missing for seven years and a half? and i somehow just knew under the bed wasn't the answer when i saw your friend who you called after you went away and came in to secure my safety got killed by uninvited guests through the slight gap of my bedroom door, it's actually the fall from the window that'd kept the murderer away from me. and i was only seven at the time, but even the evil, evil man said "you are definitely his family by blood" and "the apple doesn't fall too far from the tree" when i chose to hurt myself just to get away from them, just to keep on living because you said you'd come back.

and you did come back.

#2 episodes in and i already cried two fuckin times #A Shop for Killers #Shopping Mall for Killers #KDrama #Lee Dong Wook #Jeong Jinman #Jeong Jian #킬러들의 쇼핑몰 #Korean Drama #Kim Hye Jun #Lee Dongwook #Kim Hyejun #Jeong Jin-man #Jeong Ji-an #chosen family always has my entire heart

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davinciae · 11 months

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#BonVoyage2ndWin

#dreamcatcher #dreamcatcherdaily #dreamcatcheredit #yoohyeon #sua #handong #kim yoohyeon #kim bora #han dong #ggroupsdaily #femaleidolsedit #femadolsedit #my gifs #macaulaeys #alicenthightowr #turn this into one of those memes of friends with two different energies #she's bouncy!!!#here's how this is another form of guerilla marketing for bouncy the new title track by ateez coming jun—[gunshots]

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dangermousie · 3 months

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God, this was so glorious. This drama makes the Goryeo equivalent of "divine right of kings" arrogance attractive as hell, because that certainty is coupled with competence and desire to run the place well.