#seo moonjo icons

[blue-ladoo]

jongwoo when moonjo speaks to him

#strangers from hell #yoon jongwoo #yim siwan #hell is other people #kdrama #kdrama screencaps #im siwan #mjjw #seo moonjo #yoon jong woo #seo moon jo #sfh icons #sfh #my edit #tag yourself im top middle #타인은 지옥이다

[kawaiill]

Moonjo

#my edit #lockscreen #phone lockscreen #phone wallpaper #wallpaper #foryou #forypupage #icons #seo moonjo #strangers from hell #korean drama #korean manhwa #manhwa #korean series

[moonjobf]

#moonjo sfh #sfh #sfh icons #strangers from hell #strangers from hell icons #moonjo #jongwoo x moonjo #seo moonjo #jongwoo #jongwoo sfh

[snoooze]

you eat really well. that's human meat though.

#hell is other people #hell is other people icons #strangers from hell icons #webtoon icons #strangers from hell #seo moonjo #yoon jongwoo

[blurryscripts]

'Deadly' Iconic (literally)

I came across an intriguing post while scrolling through my Twitter—or X, whatever you call it—timeline. The post shows a picture (shown below), with this caption:

Which character is this?

Since I was in the mood to type a rather long thread at that time, I wrote—or typed—my ass off in my private Twitter account (which only has 4 followers). It was only a week later that I thought, "I probably should have posted it on Tumblr instead," so here you go.

Note: Since I originally posted this on Twitter, the writing was not good (I tend to just typed down whatever I have in mind when on that app), so I edited it to make it more readable.

Well, since I'm still in the after effect of Strangers from Hell, I'd say it's Seo Moonjo. His role is so damn iconic that I, and probably many other watchers, didn't even realize that his screentime was only around an hour... in the whole goddamn series that's about 10 hours long in total. In other words, his screentime was just one-tenth of the whole show, very contrasting to the fact that he was literally the second lead character in said show. What is even more mind blowing is the fact that I only realized how short his screentime was because the actor himself mentioned this, not because I realized it on my own.

To quote, the actor, Lee Dong-wook, said: "I'm not greedy for screentime. I used to be, but when i was playing in Strangers from Hell, I only appear in the show for about an hour in total, but it turns out people like my character so much, and the feedback was so good... Since then, I am never greedy of main character roles anymore and always try to make my own character special, in their own way, instead."

To conclude, he said that it doesn't matter (anymore) to him which role he got to play. In a good show, each character always has their own appeal, and as long as the actor/actress plays the character well, that character will shine no matter how trivial their role in the story is.

I (as a spectator who merely watches movies or dramas and read books then try to analyze them in the most objective way) think that this is very true. A lot of characters in iconic books and shows are dead already in the plot's current time, and are only shown in flashbacks, but they are imprinted on the readers' or watchers' mind more than the living characters do.

A very good example is the character Donquixote "Corazon" Rosinante in the manga (and anime) One Piece. He was already dead long ago and was only shown in Trafalgar Law's childhood flashbacks, but damn i think more than half of the One Piece fandom love him so much, and the other half really like him. (there's even a saying that goes, you are not a human if you hate on two One Piece characters; Corazon (Rosinante's nickname), and Bon Chan.)

Another One Piece character (yes this is the manga I love the most) is "Red Haired" Shanks. He was the father/mentor/role model figure to the main character, Monkey D. Luffy, and he first appeared on the story in Luffy's memory of his childhood.

Since then, he only appeared in like two to three panels (around 10-20 seconds in the anime) for every 100 chapter/episode (I am not even exaggerating), but still, he is actually one of the most iconic and awaited character in the whole manga/anime, which has more than 600 characters in total. He even quite easily places in "Top 10 Most Iconic One Piece Characters" lists no matter who made the list.

This, in it's own way, is quite like what happened with Seo Moonjo's character in Strangers from Hell, who only appeared in one-tenth of the show but at the same time is also the number 1 most iconic and memorable character there.

Anyway, in the same way that Shanks is similar to Seo Moonjo, I think Corazon's character is similar to Jeong Jinman's in A Shop for Killers (also played by Lee Dong-wook). They're both dead characters that only appear now and then through one of the main characters' memory, but they're so iconic that, in Jeong Jinman's case, it sometimes make the watchers forget he's not actually the main character.

#strangers from hell #one piece #a shop for killers #seo moonjo #shanks #corazon one piece #jeong jin man

[braceletofteeth]

is that the aroace flag in your icon? can you talk about why you chose it for moonjo? genuinely interested in your hc for him

Hello, anon!

Yes, that would be correct. This is the most popular flag used by aromantic asexuals. I’m happy that you recognized it, and I’m glad you asked about my headcanon, because so far I’ve talked about it here and there, but, until now, I’ve never delved much in the subject (to people other than myself).

The reason why I chose the aroace flag for Seo Moonjo is because I believe he may be part of both the asexual and aromantic spectrums, for not experiencing sexual and romantic attractions, or experiencing them in a way that comes as non-traditional in comparison to that of allosexual and alloromantic people.

To begin with, when it comes to sexual attraction, I feel inclined to say he feels it absentmindedly, faintly, or that he generally doesn’t experience it. He may be able to recognize when a body is aesthetically pleasing by common public criteria, or in his own criterion (if he has that), but he doesn’t necessarily feel an urge to do something about it (**sexually, I must specify, because Moonjo, being Moonjo, may still desire to work on a body in some artistic/intellectual capacity, in response to his compulsion to break and rebuild things (that’s not the topic in hand, though, so let’s save it for another day)).

That’s the default, I’d say, but only in general conditions. And I put it that way, with room for change, for exceptions, because I also believe that the possibility of Moonjo’s sexual attraction would rely on context. It would depend not on how physically attractive a person is (considered to be), but rather in specific circumstances / a specific connection.

Therefore, because the nature of this type attraction is conditional (to something beyond gender), I often refer to Moonjo’s sexuality as “graysexual” (sexual attraction depends on particular circumstances) or “demisexual” (sexual attraction only becomes a possibility after some type of connection is formed).

Despite these personal preferences, I have also seen another plausible term being brought up inside the fandom to refer to Moonjo’s sexuality, being it, for your information’s sake, encephalosexual, which is also a sexuality under the umbrella of the ace spectrum, and refers to individuals that need to feel a mental attraction towards someone, or bond intellectually with them, in order to later develop sexual attraction. This “intellectual bond” can be formed over shared wisdom, interests, aspirations, hobbies, etc., and even though not all of us are convinced Moonjo is part of the asexual spectrum, everyone was a witness to Moonjo and Jongwoo’s intellectual bond, so this idea has a strong theoretical foundation.

In all honesty, I don’t worry much about the label. The most important part I usually focus on is the fact that Moonjo experiences (or doesn't) sexual attraction different than most, which is enough to define oneself as asexual, even if a person is not completely sure about what “different” implies in their case.

Now, moving on, in regards to Moonjo’s aromanticism... I must first admit that I’ve only recently come to terms with it. Before, I was torn between thinking “no way someone can fall in love so easily, so fast, and be aromantic” and acknowledging that he had too many aromantic traits to be anything but aromantic.

One of the factors that helped me end the conflict was my reexamination of an older headcanon, about Moonjo already feeling romantically attracted to Jongwoo during their first meeting. Lately, in contradiction to that, I have been giving more credit to the idea of him gradually falling in love through the week, as Jongwoo’s true self distinguished him from Moonjo’s past projects.

It made me consider that, in alignment with his sexual attraction, perhaps his romantic attraction could also depend on specific circumstances / bonds.

And to that conclusion some people may reply “well, wasn’t that an obvious leap?”, to which I feel obligated to clarify here that, although for allosexual and alloromantic people their sexual and romantic attractions are almost always aligned with each other, with aroaces is a common thing to find discrepancies between one and the other. We should never assume that someone’s romantic attraction defines their sexual attraction, and vice versa.

Still speaking of Moonjo’s romantic attraction, now. It may be infrequent, but it isn’t feeble, when he does feel it. For some aromantics, especially grayromantics, it can come as a light pull, easily dismissed and forgettable, but that didn't seem to be Moonjo’s case.

Let’s keep in mind, however, that Moonjo, being aromantic, may have a hard time distinguishing (what he thinks that is) romantic attraction from something else, which could be another type of attraction (platonic, aesthetic), an obsession, or a different desire. His desire for (worthy) companionship, for example, could have led him to want a romantic relationship, despite never having felt romantic attraction in the past. It could have led him (as well as me) to imagine he had fallen in love, when in reality it could have been nothing more than “wishful thinking”.

It can be hard to tell the difference. When you're aromantic, the line between what is romantic and what is non-romantic may be unclear, which brings you to draw your own line, come up with your own definition of romantic love (that you may or may not be favorable to), or accept the definition of others, even if you don’t understand it, or if their definition makes you indifferent or repulsed by the idea of romance.

Moonjo appears to me like someone who came up with his very own definition of love, in order to explain what he felt—an unfamiliar feeling, difficult to place, because he had no precedent of his to compare it to. Perhaps he had felt something similar in the past, but not quite like it; never directed at someone. Only things—not people (and the things that were once people didn’t count; the craving and the fascination were of a different kind, a new kind).

... And that’s pretty much it for this headcanon? I hope it made sense to you, anon. I’m sorry for using many terms you may not be familiar with, I tried to explain them to the best of my capabilities. If you have any doubts, or any questions at all (about this subject or something else), feel free to sent me another ask at any time.

Bye <3

#answered #strangers from hell #took me two non-consencutive days to write this but two months to approve it #still feels like I'm missing something but I can't figure out what #explaining the aroace experience through someone else's perspective is very hard I discovered #even if the person is Moonjo and I've been studying his mind for a long time now #I feel like I got a little lost by the end.......... #why is romantic attraction so complicated 😩 I act like I know how it works but hdhjxjxhdh WHO knows

[kierenwalkersbf]

“I could fix him” Boy fix ur taste in men first

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#it’s me. i am Boy #strangers from hell #strangers from hell icons #hell is other people #hell is other people icons #seo moonjo #seo moonjo icons #seo moon jo #seo moon jo icons #lee dongwook #lee dongwook icons #dongwook #dongwook icons #icons #horror #horror icons #was listening to plug in baby while making this so Hashtag feeling sexy #rest in peace to my in the flesh era💔 yer gonna see a lot of this guy from now on

[gongchanida]

★ strangers from hell icons ★

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[meri-meri-mwah]

Idk if y'all know, but Dongwook's hair is long enough to pull Mr. Big Eyed's hairstyle now. 👁️

And he said he isn't cutting it anytime soon? OCN, WHERE'S OUR PREQUEL?

#strangers from hell #lee dongwook #yim siwan #seo moonjo #yoon jong woo #gosh he's so hot #just fix the hair a bit and put on that iconic black long sleeve shirt/sweater #boom we got ourselves the OG look y'all

[vicknanda]

#icon #lee dongwook #dong wook icons #queer artist #queer #lgbtq representation #lgbtq #kdrama #dorama #seo moonjo #moonjo #strangers from hell

[dwookie]

× strangers from hell icons. - seo moonjo.

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#lee dong wook icons #lee dongwook icons #lee dong wook #lee dongwook #kdrama icons #drama icons #korean drama #twt icons #korean icons #twitter icons #asian drama icons #icons #strangers from hell icons

[storyblcd]

👑 Seo Moonjo

SEND ME 👑 + A CHARACTER NAME OF A CHARACTER YOU THINK I SHOULD WRITE ! 

I’LL REPLY WITH 

WOULD I: YES / MAYBE / NO

HAVE I EVER BEFORE: YES / NO 

ICON & WRITING SAMPLE (IF YES TO EITHER PREV. QUESTION):

»»————ANTISEPTIC - clinical detachment tastes like rust on tongue, sharper still against the murmur of fear - the fear of death, the quiet, suffocating horror of mortality creeping, slow and inevitable from the shadows with its fingers outstretched - there’s a particular ART about dying. Moonjo finds that he has NEVER tired of watching the process - in the face of its ending, no matter who it belonged to, life becomes - clearer, simpler, pure again. 

(Ah, he has ALWAYS liked hospitals.)

Scarlet mouth twists into grin, all teeth, as he comes upon the man he’s looking for. Black-eyed gaze meets black-eyed gaze - one and the same, an infinity of mirrors - and he undoes one button, and another, and with infinite tenderness, takes that hand in his, guiding NEWLY CHRISTENED fingers to feel edges of raised scab at the base of exposed throat - he quite likes the return gift. A bracelet of teeth and a necklace of crimson, their bond sealed in bone and blood, and he is looking, always looking only at him  - 

Rasps, finally, soft and slow, gaze never leaving his magnum opus -  “Did you MISS ME, jagiya?”

#tw death #tw murder #tw scars #tw violence #tw toxic relationship #choi-yoon #x. answered #((im never going to have enough trigger warnings for this man probably)) #((also g o d did he take a lot out of me with even just the tester thread)) #((anyway the moonjo survives and visits jongwoo at the hospital sample we talked sort of about)) #((and also fOR A SMPLE TEXT I WROTE S O MUCH))

[snoooze]

자기야?

#strangers from hell #kactors icons #lee dongwook #lee dongwook icons #strangers from hell icons #kdrama icons #dorama icons #seo moonjo