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biffhofosho · 1 year

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Prisoner to Temptation | Epilogue

Putting a cut here for my beloved @starlightfantasy so as not to spoil things for her. :D

Word Count: 2k (I know, short but super sweet)

A/N: I really should have known that taking a mental break from finishing this story would have disrupted the flow of the universe as we know it, and now we’ve all been made to suffer through the extraordinary stellar beauty of half-naked Chae Hyungwon. He really did that and he did that for me. And, here, I foolishly deluded myself into thinking that I was the one controlling the pain around here. Hyungwon’s had all of the power all along... He compelled me to stay up until 2AM to publish this so I didn’t miss the final week after all.

Anyway, onward toward our happy ending!

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The royal wing rang with shrieks of pain and howls of agony so loudly that most corners of the palace grounds had been pierced, too. At the epicenter, in the former bedroom of the Princess Supreme, they were most shrill. There, Naran was propped against her headboard, her hands gripping two straps tethered to the ceiling as a pair of mid-wives pressed back her knees. Sweat poured down the princess’s face, and her thin cotton robe clung to her body.

“It is time, Your Majesty,” said a squat, wizened woman, with her own sweat-peppered brow and wise eyes.

Empress Indeok turned her attention to her daughter-in-law, though the princess couldn’t seem to focus her gaze on anything in the room. In her firm, soothing voice, the empress said, “Naran, are you ready to welcome your baby to the world?”

“No, I want Saran. Where’s Saran?” demanded the frazzled princess.

Hyungwon mopped a fresh cloth along his wife’s forehead as he answered, “She’s still a week out, darling, remember?”

Naran’s eyes widened to their limit as panic overtook her. She shook her head frantically. “No! I have to wait for her! She has to be here. We can wait, right?”

“Your Highness,” warned the mid-wife, “you must keep Her Grace calm.”

“And just how do I do that?” he snapped. “She’s suffering so.”

“Talk to your wife, Your Highness. She will need you to help her through this,” the old woman urged.

Hyungwon grabbed the support ties by Naran’s hand, and the princess immediately snapped the trap to clench his hand, too. With his free hand, he brushed his wife’s sodden bangs from her forehead as he praised her, “Do you have any idea how beautiful you are right now?”

“Liar,” snarled Naran though she squeezed his hand urgently.

“You’re having our baby. What could be more beautiful in the whole world?”

“Wonnie, I’m so scared.”

“As am I, my love, but it’s a good kind of scary, isn’t it?”

Indeok rubbed Naran’s forearm as she added, “It is terrifying, but in a few minutes, it will be perfect. You’ll be a family.”

The princess let out a pained sob but nodded. “Please do not leave me, Mother.”

A single tear slipped from the corner of the empress’s eye as she laid a reassuring hand on the princess’s enormous stomach. “I swear it then.”

“Your Highness,” said one of the younger midwives to Naran, “it is time to push.”

The panic was back in Naran’s voice as she jolted up. “How?”

The old woman who knelt between the princess’s legs gently guided her ankles back a bit higher and wider as she continued in a sturdy, confident voice, “Bear down as hard as you can and trust what nature tells you to do. Do not forget to breathe, Your Highness.”

Naran’s terrified eyes whipped up to her husband. Sweat dripped into them, making them itch, but Hyungwon was quick to wipe it away.

“You’re ready, my love. You can do it,” he assured.

“I can’t. I can’t. It hurts. You’ve no idea how much.”

“You’re right, I do not, but you are the most fearsome person I have ever met, Naran. You can do anything. Squeeze my hand as hard as you can. Hurt me if you must. I’m right here.”

The princess looked at her husband, who had never looked surer of anything in his life. Her hand tightened around his tighter and tighter and tighter, and though her nails bit into his skin until creases formed at the edge of his eyes, Hyungwon’s support did not waver.

At last, Naran announced, “I am ready.”

“Push, Your Grace,” urged the midwife, and Naran let out a grunt and a wail as her eyes winched shut until she saw blooms of white like dandelion seeds exploding in the wind.

“Breathe,” Hyungwon whispered in that reassuring rasp that she loved.

The princess gulped for breath, and as the other midwife counted down on her fingers, the one stationed between her legs said, “Push!”

Another round and then another and then another. Each time, the agony intensified until Naran was nothing but a bundle of straining muscles and raw nerves.

“There’s the head!” the midwife rejoiced at length.

Naran’s head sagged back on her shoulders. It wasn’t the pain that overwhelmed so much as it was the intensity of the whole experience. Her body felt distended to its max. She wanted to curl in on herself like a pill bug to escape, but there was an even more pressing need to purge herself. Her body had not been her own for months on end, and it was fighting tooth and nail to reclaim itself.

“Wonnie,” she whimpered, “I don’t know how much more of this I can take.”

He kissed her then and turned his hand in hers to hold it properly. His soothing gaze met her strung-out one, and already, she felt strength welling in her again. He smiled then and said, “It’s almost over, darling. We’re finally going to meet our baby.”

“Yeah…” she said breathlessly.

“And when you teach it Moghul, you’ll teach me, too, right?”

“Push, Your Highness!”

Naran screamed a yes through another squeeze as the midwives readied the room for the baby’s arrival.

Hyungwon continued combing his wife’s bangs back from her forehead as he continued, “And when our child is old enough, we will ride back to Moghulikhan.”

“I was born... On a horse... You know,” she managed through gritted teeth.

“I know.”

“One more!” the midwife commanded again as she pressed back the princess’s knees, and this time, as Naran gulped for breath and winched her eyes shut, she funneled what was left of her strength into her belly muscles. At last, the pressure released, and as soon as it did, she felt her bones turn to jelly. She sank into the bed with an incredulous sob and a drunken laugh, and when she glanced up, Hyungwon was crying.

“My love?” Naran said weakly.

Only then did the shrill cry pierce her foggy brain.

Their baby had arrived.

“It's a girl, Your Highnesses!” one of the midwives proclaimed.

Again, Naran looked nervously to her husband, but the enormous smile on his face was equaled only by the day she had told him she loved him too. Wet tracks glistened on his cheeks as the midwives handed their daughter to the prince. The bundle was small and tight, but the wails were earsplitting, yet it was the most resplendent sound she had ever heard in her whole life. The princess couldn't see her baby's face, but she didn't need to. She saw her husband's. Every curve of Hyungwon’s face was as soft and puffy as a cloud and just as bright as he rocked the bundle in his arms.

“She's beautiful, like a little star,” he whispered. It was nearly drowned out by the baby's cries, but Naran heard it all the same. “Just like her mother.”

The midwives finished cleaning up the princess, and Naran barely had the strength to do anything other than stare at her new family beside her. The eldest midwife rattled off instructions for the prince, who nodded and hummed as though he were listening though his eyes never left his daughter. The midwife grinned as she grabbed a wet cloth and dabbed the baby's face clean before she returned to the princess.

As the sheets were tucked around the princess's waist, the grandmotherly midwife said, “Congratulations, Your Highnesses. May she be as strong and gentle and beloved as the two of you are.”

“She’s already beloved,” murmured the prince.

He bowed to the midwives and, at last, laid their daughter on Naran’s breast, its scrunched and angry face huffing out rattling breaths that soothed with every beat of its mother’s heart. A moment later, Hyungwon crawled into the empty space beside Naran and joined her head on the pillow so they could both stare at the little moon face who had finally stopped screaming. His arm wrapped around his wife’s waist as he pressed his forehead to hers.

“Welcome to the world, little princess,” cooed the empress as she tickled her finger under the baby’s chin. There was marvel in Indeok’s eyes as she whispered, “A granddaughter… How lovely. I always wanted a little girl. She’s perfect.”

“She is,” echoed Hyungwon.

Naran nodded, a drowsy smile pasted on her lips. Her words were slurred with both exhaustion and love as she said, “Someone please tell my Magda, though, no doubt her ear is already at the door.”

“Wouldn’t dream of it, My Lady!” came the trembling proclamation through the wall along with the telltale hiccup of poorly controlled sobs of joy.

Indeok laughed and kissed all three of her loved ones on the forehead before she stood, smoothed out her hanbok, wiped another round of tears from her eyes, and headed for the door. “I will share the good news with the palace. You three stay here and fall deeper in love.”

“My mother,” laughed Hyungwon, “ever the poet.”

“Yes, well, I have much to write about these days, do I not? I will send for some fresh cold water and some nourishment. Congratulations, Your Highnesses,” said the empress with a deep bow for the two generations behind her.

“Thank you, Mother,” Naran said weakly though it was with a grateful smile.

With that, Indeok slipped out, and the last thing the princess saw before the door closed was Magda’s red face bloated with tears and a toothy grin.

“Saran is going to be so disappointed she missed this,” murmured the princess.

“How can she be disappointed with such a mesmerizing creature here to greet her?”

Naran smiled and sighed effervescently.

“How are you feeling, my love?” Hyungwon asked.

“Exhausted and very sore, but never better.”

“Whatever you need, just tell me,” he urged.

“A kiss?” suggested the princess, tearing her eyes away from the squirming, huffing bundle on her chest to her husband’s glowing face.

The prince planted a lingering kiss on her lips before he nuzzled his nose along hers, and then they returned their loving gazes to their new baby.

“What shall we name her?” asked Naran, entranced.

“How about something Moghul?”

She gawked at her husband. “You want to name a Goryeon princess something Moghul? The Emperor will laugh us out of the realm.”

“You’re still here, Princess Narangerel,” he teased.

“Yes, but I walked into this role. I wasn’t born into it, and I’m certainly not the granddaughter to the mighty Emperor Gongmin.”

Hyungwon scoffed playfully. “By the time Goryeon Court gets done with its thirty million ceremonies, our little star will be gifted another thirty million names of distinction. She is ours and her name should be a special gift from us.”

“I love you,” Naran blurted suddenly.

The prince kissed her again, slowly and gently, careful not to wake the tiny pink bean now slumbering. When he pulled back, he said, “So, is that a yes to a Moghul name?”

“Absolutely yes, and I think I have the perfect one.”

“Let me hear it, my darling.”

“Odgerel.”

Hyungwon tested it out on his lips, and by the last syllable, the name had curled them into a smile. “What does it mean?”

“Well, my name means sunlight, my sister’s, moonlight, and Odgerel means starlight. I thought since you have called us both your little star—”

“I love it. It’s brilliant.”

“You do?” Naran asked excitedly.

The prince nodded. “It’s a name fit for a princess of two realms, but more importantly, a name fit for our little princess. Odgerel.”

“Odgerel,” repeated the Princess Supreme as she studied the scrunched face of her daughter. With a happy sigh, Naran said, “She has your button nose.”

Hyungwon grinned a wonky grin and tightened his arm around his girls. “You think so?”

“Mm, definitely. I loved that nose the moment I saw it,” his wife said as she kissed him on its rounded tip.

“Naran?”

“Hm?” she murmured, her eyelids drooping with every passing blissful second.

“This is the happiest day of my life.”

“Mm, mine too…” said she as she drifted in and out. “I love you, Wonnie.”

The prince kissed both his princesses’ crowns then, and with the last of her consciousness, Naran heard her husband whisper, “I love you more than anything, my lights of my life.”

A/N: I hope I fulfilled my promises to you and delivered the fluffy, joyous ending our leads deserved. At over 125k, we can add another tally to my MX archives of excessive indulgence. I know there’s a serious lack of chapter Hyungwon fics out there (why??? He’s so deserving of adventures and romance and happyhappyhappy endings. Where are you, my fellow writers??? *sob*), so I’m super-duper happy to have contributed something now for other people who resent this, too.

Now for my love song to you, my reader friends:

I can’t emphasize enough how grateful I am to have journeyed with so many of you to our happily ever after here. When I started this story, I knew it was going to special to me (because Hyungwon is special to me), but I had no idea it would be so special to so many of you. Through Hyungwon and Naran, I have gotten to meet many of my readers, including those of you who prefer lurking in peace yet still reached out to tell me you enjoyed the story. Thank you all for including me in your reading experience! I feel privileged. <3 I write everything with love, so I’m thrilled that so many of you felt that.

I promise I have lots more inspiration and even motivation (*coughs* GQ behind-the-scenes *coughs*). The MX community is comparatively so quiet despite how large and international its fanbase actually is, so I feel the compulsion to continue to contribute on the regular. I’ll have four more October stories coming down the pike, but in the interim, I also have the completion of Neo Seoul, a few other oneshots I have so close to completion, a Changkyun chapter fic I’m honestly pretty jazzed about, another Hyungwon chapter fic inspired by Cowboy Bebop of all things, and another OT7 embarrassing smutfest, too, eheh. Count on more universes, themes, and new styles, too—but no second person (but y’all know that by this point haha). I hope you find a few more things you can enjoy with me. <3

Signing off from the prosperous, optimistic, and happy capital of Namgyeong,

Biff Hofosho ;)

#monsta x smut #multichapter #hyungwon smut #prisoner to temptation #royal au #arranged marriage #romance #slow burn #bodice ripper

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incarnateirony · 1 year

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Lateralus Project: Evolved:

The Winchesters Edition

So. First things first. Boy am I dizzy. This is, at this point, four years of work invested in this video series. We won't get into the nitty gritty on WHY it works out so well, as much as enjoy what it is!

I KNOW THIS STORY LOOKS FAMILIAR BUT I AM GOING TO PUT THE PIECES TOGETHER IN A WAY YOU MIGHT NOT EXPECT!!!! - Dean

I want to change the World. But this monster in my head could destroy everything.

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334 episodes*; 13 songs; 13 processes, 13 episodes; 2 sides to the coin; the hardest beast to face is the one within; even with your helpful half djinn son or the light in the road calling you home. We're turning over all the cards and opening all the doors in the info and episode shuffles behind the cut. YT includes episode timestamps in the full movie. So does the cut, as well as links to lyrics, quick summaries and more general information.

Follow the Path of The One towards Heaven.

You can find more information about the Original Double Order over on This Post. (2 direction shuffletrack with different endings moving through consciousness as a movement of along spirals: "Spiral out, keep going, spiral out")

However, The Winchesters took its own means of reshuffling. If you view the old post, one song remained the same in both directions: 11 is 11, Reflections. It's a causal point, and has been moved to midseason, respectively, as 1x7 Reflections. Rolling back, if one starts the spiral at Mantra, 11 becomes 7, and the track plays out, reverting after 12 to the steps missed earlier, 1-4 respectively, but reverse: 4-1.

I know that sounds like wonky math, don't overthink it, just. Explaining there IS method to the madness. The simplest thing to remember is, follow the basic ideas: Generational Trauma, who the generations ARE, doors, spears, guns, blossoms, you name it. You WILL get dizzy you WILL be overwhelmed but ride it and you'll put the pieces together.

EVERYTHING means SOMETHING. The current order then is:

ACT 1: THE PAST -- IN THE BEGINNING

Ep 1: 0:00 - Intro: Mantra: What makes a story work? Jensen and robbie's revenge

Ep 2: 03:29 - The Spiral: Lateralus (Lyrics) The snake is the-- Ep 3: 12:44 - Trauma Broadcasting System (TBS): Faaip De Oiad: Tower

Ep 4: 15:21 - Transmutation: The Grudge (Lyrics) The Rupture

ACT 2: THE SELF AND INFLUENCE -- THE ONE

Ep 5: 23:53 - Generations of Eden; Triad: Father, Cursed Christ, Holy Ghost Ep 6: 30:21 - Aeon: Eon Blue Apocalypse: Midnight channel interrupted Ep 7: 31:34 - Reflections: Reflections: Reflections; Narcissus (Lyrics)

ACT 3: THE PRESENT -- KNOW THYSELF

Ep 8: 42:45 - Face it to Get Out: The Patient (Lyrics) Vampire act's a little old. Ep 9: 50:05 - The Akrida: Ticks and Leeches (Lyrics) I hope you choke. Ep 10: 58:13 - The Truth: Schism: The Trap (Lyrics) Bring the pieces back together (in a way you might not expect), rediscover Communication.

THE FINAL ACT --- THE FUTURE

Eps 11 & 12: 01:05:11 : Don't Spiral, Evolve: Parabol & Parabola (Lyrics)

The Eternal Soul. People, families. That's real. We are.

Finally, Ep 13:01:14:13: In the Light you will Find the Road: Disposition (Lyrics) Mention This To Dean, Watch The Weather Change

The moon gives me her secret, a confidant; as full and bright as I am this light is not my own and a million light reflections (of the sun) pass over me.

I cared about the Whole World because of you. (see Vitriol)

With my feet upon the ground I lose myself between the sounds and open wide to suck it in, I feel it move across my skin. I'm reaching up and reaching out, I'm reaching for the random and whatever will bewilder me, whatever will bewilder me. And following our will and whim we may just go where no one's been. We'll ride the spiral to the end and may just go where no one's been. Spiral out. Keep going. Evolve.

SEE ALSO:

Traxxverse; Find The Queen; Ramble On;

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(Art by Mortea. Six flags here we go, 1x12 Barrelhouse. Dizzy. Rolling downhill in the barrel into the riverside or the tunnel or dean's opening, I don't know anymore)

Castiel's Resolution

Dean's Resolution

End Of The Line

End of the Road.

Steal Your Heart; Death Has Something I Want;

VITRIOL: The Occultum

Saturn (Not Grudge, but as The Grudge/The Trap tells us, Saturn comes back around to show you everything) As above, so below.

Perfect Landing, Son (The Garden, The End, Calling you home; the moon at the end of mary's tunnel; we're opening all the doors; we're turning over all the cards. At the center of it all is the magic kingdom. the garden. We're the one thing he couldn't control. Follow the Full Moon through the storm; Watch the Weather Change; Lift the Fog, Find the Truth; 15x18. Despair/The Truth. Chuck only wins if you let your life go by without meaning. It's in just being. It's in just saying it. Cas, there's something I have to say.)

Windmills. I came to in a garden. Three days journey, end of the stream, or a river, or a tunnel, or a road, or an opening. You'll find a clearing. You'll find your angel blossom there. In The Trap you still are stuck in. Not in Purgatory, but for yourself. The Rupture. The Trap. And The Truth.

It's all about the Truth.

There's something I have to say.

IF YOU APPRECIATE THE QUITE LITERAL YEARS OF WORK PUT INTO THIS SPIRAL PIECE AND ITS MANY WEBS AND BRANCHES AND LIMBS OF REACH AT THIS POINT,

PLEASE CONSIDER BECOMING A MEMBER OF MY PATREON TO ENCOURAGE ME, YOU KNOW, CONTINUING TO MAKE BACK BREAKING CONTENT LIKE THIS.

⛤|| Creations: Youtube || Ao3

⛤|| Support: Patreon

⛤|| Community: POLOL Discord || Kripkeverse Guilded

** This project was first developed as 13 parts in two directions season 14. One was released with ep 300, and the others with Ouroboros. Only two were directly updated season 15, For Reasons, also on hiatus. All 13 tracks are now master tracked with The Winchesters content, Ouroboros, In The Beginning, The Future, The Truth and processes in alchemy gathered as a secondary partner project through Season 15's myth-arc. This final wave was developed beginning a few episodes into The Winchesters, for targeted mass release today, Weds 12/7/2022, in sync with the airing of 1x7 Reflections, which one could call. Conveniently named. Heh. Consider this The Final Hiatus. Once episode 13 airs we may end up with a Final Final Final Right Edit, if you will, but otherwise this is it. Entertain yourself picking this apart all hiatus.

#Youtube #winchesters codex #lateralus project #lateralus evolve #spiral narrative #serpent #i couldn't possibly tag this everthing #marriage of the minds #that's the right tag #and of the opening #in the body #that totally isn't another hole #Lata begs us #no one gives us anything #i took it #magnum opus #The Work is done #the clown's journey is done #it's time to tap out and enjoy the ride

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chaosandwolves · 1 year

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Happy 911 day

Today I offer you this gif edit set with my original poem "your name on my tongue"

I wrote this poem after watching 6x10

I hope you like it.

Full poem and image description under the cut

Your name on my tongue

like burning embers

choking my lung

I tie your heartbeat to mine

come hide in my soul

Let my body be your shrine

I press my breath into your veins

hold on, my love

give me more than remains

I don't care about your destiny

I won't back down

when god asks for my testimony

The reign of this pain

My blood on your lips

I won't let it be in vain

I'll make the stars align

I shift the universe

But I won't cut this line

I won't let you die that young

I will fight the gods

with your name on my tongue

[Image description:

A set of 3 gifs, 1 picture and 3 gifs again. Each one has one verse of the poem written on its middle in a white cursive font which opacity has been lowered to blend into the gifs. The gifs are each made of two scenes merged into each other and partially overlayed.

Gif 1: two scenes from s6 ep 10. On the left there is Eddie shouting "Buck" when he spots him hanging from the ladder. It merges into Eddie on the right who arrives on top of the ladder shouting , "Buck".

Gif 2: on the left Eddie can be seen clipping the safety rope into Buck's harness before he goes up the ladder in s6 ep 10. The gif on the right shows Eddie from s4 ep 14 when he tells Buck that he made him Christopher's legal guardian. Specifically the moment he says "by you"

Gif 3: both scenes are from s6 ep 11.on the left Eddie is shown doing CPR on Buck while he's being wheeled into the hospital. It merges into the right where the camera swings from the ECMO machine over its tubes to where they're connected to Buck to where he is shown lying unconscious in the hospital bed.

Picture: A black picture with the fourth verse of the poem written on it's middle.

Gif 4: On the left there is the scene of Buck standing with a shocked expression and blood all over his face from the shooting scene from s4 ep 13. On the right a distressed Eddie from s6 ep 11 is shown how he looks after Buck who's been taken into the hospital after they've given him over. There is a tear on his right cheek.

Gif 5: the first gif is mainly on the left and overlaying the other gif partially on the right. The scene is from s4 ep 05 where Buck is alone in the fire trying to safe the person trapped there. It shows Eddie grabbing the rope Buck uses and his Eddie looks then down at Buck. On the right Eddie is shown how he tries to pull Buck up on the rope in s6 ep 10 on top of the ladder.

Gif 6: the left gif is from s4 ep 14 from the "legal guardian" scene and shows Buck looking up at Eddie in surprise when he says "Because, Evan". On the left bottom corner which shows a part of Buck's chest there is a block font in white reading "Evan". Its opacity is lowered to blend in well.

The gif on the right shows the scene from s6 ep 11 where Buck's limp body hangs from the ladder and there is rain and the light is changing into red, probably from the lights of the firetrucks. It's the moment when Eddie shouts "Buck" for the last time before he starts lowering him. In the right upper corner there is "Buuuuuck" written in the same font as "Evan" in the bottom left corner.

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#Buddie #Buddie edit #poetry #evan buckley #eddie diaz #911 on fox #6x10 #6x11 #it took me entirely too long to figure out how to make the gifs looking the way I want them to look #yes I taught myself gif making using photopea over night #chaos writes poetry #chaos gif edits #Buddie poem #Buddie poetry

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whump-lover-and-reader · 1 year

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Tokyo MER: Mobile Emergency Room Whump List

Synopsis: Tokyo MER was formed by order from the Governor of Tokyo. The members are emergency care professionals who go to sites of dangerous accidents and disasters using ER cars. Their ER car is a large vehicle equipped with the latest medical devices and an operating area where Tokyo MER saves the lives of the injured.

Kitami Kota is a doctor for Tokyo MER and its leader. He holds firm convictions that he goes to accident sites to save lives regardless of the dangers.

Genre: Medical, Thriller, Drama

Whumpees: Kitami Kota played by Suzuki Ryohei and Otowa Nao played by Kaku Kento

Note: Joint effort! Up to the 5th episode this list was done by the wonderful @love-me-a-lotta-whump, the rest is by me

!!Spoilers Below!!

Kitami Kota

Ep. 00: no appearance

Ep. 01: in an explosion, covered in blood/debris/ ashes, traumatic flashbacks, anxious ::: breathing in toxic gasses, feeling unwell, coughing, heavy breathing, blurred vision, passed out, collapsed, saved, in an explosion ::: sitting with an oxygen mask over his face

Ep. 02: none

Ep. 03: shot at multiple times, collar grabbed ::: collar grabbed

Ep. 04: none

Ep. 05: oxygen mask over his face

Ep. 06: secretly watched

Ep. 07: being near an explosion, took off protective mask in a basement potentially full of poisonous gas

Ep. 08: questioned, questioned by a teammate, out in heavy rain, leg hit by a sliding boulder, fell, electrocuted, unconscious, his heart stopped, being resuscitated, his team was ordered to give up on him, coming back to life

Ep. 09: trapped in a place with high CO2 concentration, the team is not allowed to rescue him, running and carrying someone, on the verge of passing out, saved, saving someone by doing cpr

Ep. 10: held hostage by a terrorist, accused of aiding them, held at knifepoint, locked up in a room, saving someone by doing cpr, in explosion, covered in burns and soot, saving someone by doing cpr, his sister died, taunted by her killer

Ep. 11: in hospital after collapsing off-screen, feeling guilty and depressed, accused of being a terrorist, grieving, crying, saving someone

Otowa Nao

Ep. 00: no appearance

Ep. 01: saving someone ::: cuts on his face, covered in ash

Ep. 02-04: none

Ep. 05: trapped in an elevator ::: still trapped, the elevator catches fire and the elevator floods with smoke, coughing ::: inhaling smoke, refusing an oxygen mask (sorta self sacrifice) ::: inhaling more smoke, coughing ::: panicked, pressured, anxious, collar grabbed, defiant ::: inhaling smoke, coughing, looked after ::: inhaling smoke, coughing, losing consciousness, growing weak, saved, looked after, saved, emotional, passed out, collapsed into someone's arms ::: asleep in the hospital, woke up

Ep. 06: none

Ep. 07: being near an explosion

Ep. 08: out in heavy rain, saving someone by doing cpr, out of breath after

Ep. 09: none

Ep. 10: held hostage by a terrorist, saving someone by doing cpr

Ep. 11: breathing in poisonous gas, coughing, losing consciousness, burred vision, on the verge of passing out, held, saved

#whump #whump list #asian whump #jdrama whump #jwhump #tokyo mer #tokyo mer mobile emergency room #kitami kota #otowa nao #suzuki ryohei #kaku kento #would honest to god not recommend this drama i cringed SO hard barely could sit through the last like 3 episodes

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fantasticalbiology · 5 months

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Secret Life Chronicler: LDshadowlady

Secret Life Chronicler bring you the lives, death and confidential task of the secret lifers. As you read the title you know who this is about.

LDshadowlady Secret(s) Life 1 Ep 1: Write a poem about a player and read it to them Recipient Smallishbeans Lost: 2 hearts Success time: 15: 45 Reward: 2 hearts and items Ep 2: Get accused of doing 3 fictional secret tasks Victims Lost: 20½ hearts Failure time: 15: 05 Reward: None Ep 3: Yes man: you can not deny any any request or question from another player. You must say yes Lost: 29 hearts Failure time: 21: 59 Reward: None

Life 2 Ep 4: Connect your base yo everyone else’s base Lost: 0 hearts Success time: 11: 54 Reward: 3 hearts plus items Ep 5: Every time someone tells you to do something, repeat it back to them in a quieter, whiny voice for the whole session Hard Task: Get the server to sleep through the night Failure time: 16: 56 Reward: None lost 10 hearts Cause of Death: Slain by Solidaritygaming

Life 3 Ep 6: Red Task: Use redstone to damage a non-red to damage a non-red player. You can not hit them with the item, it must be a machine or trap of some kind Victim Smallishbeans Lost: 2 ½ hearts Success time: 11: 20 Reward: 4 hearts plus items Red Task: Summon a mob using an egg to deal any damage to any green Victim Skizzleman Cause of Death: fell into the void

#secret life smp #ldshadowlady

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goodwhump-temp · 5 months

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Gray Whump | Fairytail (Eps.01-150)

Ep.02 - Underwear taken, slapped Ep.06 - Knocked back x2, restrained Ep.10 - Headache, passes out Ep.11 - Knocked unconscious, carried, restrained, shipwreck, freaking out Ep.12 - Crying, hit with ice blast x4 Ep.13 - Weak, carried, crying, unconscious, gutpunched unconscious Ep.14 - Bandaged, pain Ep.15 - [Flashback; Survivor, trapped under rubble, unconscious, injured, crying x3, shirtless lore, guilt] Ep.16 - Punched x11, stabbed, gutpunched, kicked x2, bitten Ep.17 - Crying Ep.19 - Body switched, back pain, body crying (16:10), ice drool Ep.21-22 - Bandaged cont. Ep.25 - Drowning, bandages/pain, hit with boiling water Ep.28 - Unconscious, weak Ep.29 - Whack-a-mole'd Ep.31 - VERY aggressive pillow fight, bandaged Ep.33 - 'Knocked unconscious' Ep.37 - Hit by fireblast, half eaten, Ep.38 - Weak, carried Ep.43 - Hit with beam x4, knocked unconscious Ep.46 - Weak, pain Ep.47 - Struck by lightning Ep.50 - Enchanted x2, irrationally angry, unconscious Ep.51 - Hit by Natsu (off-screen-ish) Ep.53 - Knocked down x2 (mostly offcreen. this is BS.) Ep.56 - Knocked down, hit by motorcycle, trapped in ice Ep.57 - Squeezed unconscious Ep.58 - Found unconscious Ep.61 - Knocked down Ep.63 - Boobytrapped/trapped Ep.64 - Whacked x5, ice shield broken, knocked unconscious Ep.65 - Unconscious/"dead" (11:05) Ep.66 - Weak (his muscles look very defined here js) Ep.68 - Bandaged Ep.70 - Punched, gutpunched 'unconscious' Ep.71 - Knocked unconscious (07:05), carried x2, unconscious body attacked (11:05) Ep.75 - Knocked down Ep.79 - Emotionally supportive marshmellow Ep.86 - Feelings hurt (practically invisible) Ep.87 - Trapped in quicksand Ep.88 - Hit x9 Ep.89 - 'Unconscious, captured/restrained' Ep.92 - Knocked back x3 Ep.93 - Marshmellow version crying Ep.96 - Emotionally supportive marshmellow Ep.104 - Surrounded Ep.108 - In danger (Juvias imagination (07:35)), upset about partner quitting Ep.110 - Pain intertwined with Juvia, great pain Ep.111 - Cold feet (literally), pain Ep.114 - Strength drained Ep.116 - Kicked, hit with bubbles x2, knocked back, thrown, blood frozen, hit with thorns x2 Ep.117 - Pain, weak, collapse, carried, shot (17:49) Ep.120 - Bandaged, squeezed (20:40) Ep.129 - Hit with pan, punched Ep.133 - Feels run-down (15:30) Ep.134 - Kinda embarrassed/flurty? 👉👈 x2 (14:00, 20:00), trapped in hot goop Ep.140 - Knocked down (07:50), freaked out (15:00) Ep.144 - Passes out (05:40)

#whump #emotional whump #whump list #whumplist #anime whump #fairytail #fairytail whump #fairy tail #fairy tail whump #gray fullbuster #gray fullbuster whump #gray whump #gray fairy tail #gray fairy tail whump

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Oh No! Here Comes Trouble (2023) - 不良執念清除師 - Whump List

List by StayDandy Synopsis : Pu Yi Yong is a typical high school student. When he unexpectedly gains supernatural powers after waking up from a car accident, his previously uneventful life is suddenly not so ordinary anymore. (MDL)

Whumpee : Pu Yi Yong played by Tseng Jing Hua (center) • Cao Guang Yan played by Peng Cian You (left)

Country : 🇹🇼 Taiwan

Notes : This is a Full Whump List • I want another season of this so badly! It was well done ... written, acted, cgi ... loved it! • Most of the whump is comedic (until the very end), but it's still a really good show!

Episodes on List : 11 Total Episodes : 12

*Spoilers below*

01 : Cao Guang Yan falls down some steps, sprains his foot … [flashback] hit in the head with a sport-ball (3 separate times! - comedic) … [present] Pu Yi Yong is in a major bus accident, trapped under a large hunk of metal, wakes briefly before passing out again … wakes in a hospital, oxygen mask, was in a coma … (@ 31:56 you go Mama!!) … hospitalized, physical therapy, walking with crutches

02 : Faints several times in a row (comedic) … (@ 16:00 my god, personal space ma dude!) … [flashback] found under the metal at the accident site, piece of metal speared in his side, heart stopped, CPR administered … [present] put in an arm lock (comedic)

03 : (at end) Guang Yan is punched

04 : … continued from previous ep. ... (replay) Punched & knocked out (by Yi Yong), Yi Yong is punched & knocked out (by his mother 😂) … trips & falls … put in an arm lock (comedic)

05 : Hit with the butt of a metal bat … bruised, handcuffed … trips & falls … Guang Yan has a headache … Yi Yong trips & falls … legs & hands skinned up from tripping & falling several times

06 : (near end) Guang Yan is nauseous an amusement ride

07 : Yi Yong trips & falls, Guang Yan trips & falls (comedic) … Yi Yong is slapped (comedic) … (@ 29:33 Guang Yan knows all of Yi Yong's food prefs.. yeah, totally not a couple 😏) … in shock, almost punches Guang Yan without realizing … slapped (comedic) (Guang Yan has great reflexes 😂) … nightmare

08 : Slapped (comedic) (he's gonna get a concussion if this keeps up 😂)

10 : Tackled to the ground, wrist & arm scratched

11 : Falls to the ground in shock

12 : Knocked out … hands zip-tied, dragged, throws up … hit in the head with a hammer, knocked out … wakes, head pain, bleeding … in a fight … tossed over a railing, clings to the edge, falls 2-3 stories, bleeding heavily, CPR administered, coughs blood … comatose … (that ending scene legit made me cry 😭)

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just-whump-and-suffering · 1 year

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DCU: Deep Crime Unit

Plot: Niina Masayoshi is the leader of DCU. The group was newly created by the Japan Coast Guard and stands for Deep Crime Unit. Their mission is to find evidence and dead bodies hidden underwater, that are crucial to solving criminal cases. Niina Masayoshi never gives up investigating the truth.

Language: Japanese

Subber: aoinousagi (on Twitter and Tumblr)

Niina Masayoshi played by Abe Hiroshi

Ep 01:

Hit by debris from an explosion, unconscious

Ep 05:

Ambushed, held at knifepoint

Tied up

Have a knife cut into his neck, blood

Ep 08:

"Drugged"

has his head forced underwater

Ep 09:

Stabbed, hospitalized

In pain and collapse from his injury

Attacked while diving, Handcuffed to railing and trapped underwater

Seno Haruki played by Yokohama Ryusei

Ep 01:

As a child, thrown into the sea by his father just as their yacht explodes. Is rescued but is pulled underwater. Loses his memory of the incident

His diving line gets stuck on some rocks, regains his memory as a result. Starts to panic in the water and has to be saved by Niina

Manhandled; arm twisted behind his back then shoved to the ground

Ep 02:

Pass out while in the water, almost drowns

Revealed to have PTSD and is hiding it to continue as a diver

Hospitalized

Ep 03:

In shock after finding the body of his colleague/friend. Anguish screaming

Crying, lots of crying

Ep 04:

Unable to get into the water due to Ptsd

Ep 05:

Blindfolded and manhandled

Kicked to the ground

Knife held to his neck

Punched in the face

Manhandled again and tied to pillar

Emotional whump: realizing he has been betrayed

Ep 07:

Targetted by a sniper

Ep 09:

Locked in a room with a bomb

Nishino Toma played by Takahashi Mitsuomi

Ep 08:

Unconscious from breathing poisonous fumes

Almost drowns as he was in an onsen when he fell unconscious. Saved by Niina

Wakes up disoriented

Thoughts:

Interesting and exciting concept, but disappointing execution. It would have been better if they didn't do the "dead friend is actually alive and is now the baddie" trope, and also if they had not killed off that character in ep 03. Well, at least there were some whumpy scenes.

#dcu: deep crime unit #asian whump #whump #jdrama whump #japanese drama #jdrama #japanese whump #whump lists #whumplist #whumplists

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lgalacticjayl · 1 year

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Ok Friday was super busy so heres my weekly Tango Live tweeting,

featuring my friend @fakezircon who i live tweeted to

GalacticJay — 04/21/2023 10:58 PM do u want live tweets?

FakeZircon — 04/21/2023 10:59 PM Yes

[10:59 PM] Who are you starting with

GalacticJay — 04/21/2023 10:59 PM tango

FakeZircon — 04/21/2023 10:59 PM Wait it’s obvious

[10:59 PM] Ha yeah

GalacticJay — 04/21/2023 10:59 PM ..

FakeZircon — 04/21/2023 11:00 PM Hehe

GalacticJay — 04/21/2023 11:00 PM oh boy

[11:00 PM] only 15 minutes

[11:00 PM] they are pouring one out for skizz

FakeZircon — 04/21/2023 11:00 PM I haven’t seen his ep actually

[11:00 PM] Might pull it up and watch as well

GalacticJay — 04/21/2023 11:00 PM watch alonmg

FakeZircon — 04/21/2023 11:01 PM augh "team TIE"

GalacticJay — 04/21/2023 11:04 PM tango wanting to avoid tnt minecarts

[11:04 PM] team TIME?

FakeZircon — 04/21/2023 11:04 PM hehe Martyn

GalacticJay — 04/21/2023 11:05 PM hearing bombs while underground is wild

[11:05 PM] skyspagetti

FakeZircon — 04/21/2023 11:05 PM I think we are near perfectly synced (edited)

[11:05 PM] you sent that as they said it in video

GalacticJay — 04/21/2023 11:06 PM i will likely pause and go back periodically

FakeZircon — 04/21/2023 11:06 PM fair

GalacticJay — 04/21/2023 11:06 PM it's begun

FakeZircon — 04/21/2023 11:07 PM I've seen 3 vids already

GalacticJay — 04/21/2023 11:07 PM oo setting up a dripstone kill

[11:08 PM] immeditatly took down their own trap

[11:08 PM ]hahahah grian far away scream

[11:08 PM] OMG

FakeZircon — 04/21/2023 11:08 PM ha

[11:08 PM] god, Grian's squawk there killed me

GalacticJay — 04/21/2023 11:08 PM yeah that was really good

FakeZircon — 04/21/2023 11:08 PM killed him too

GalacticJay — 04/21/2023 11:09 PM seeing the tnt fall and then just a hole is wild

[11:09 PM] NOOO BDUBS

[11:09 PM] also they added titles

FakeZircon — 04/21/2023 11:09 PM yeah!

[11:09 PM] bdubs

[11:10 PM] impulse finally got his revenge on bdubs

GalacticJay — 04/21/2023 11:10 PM god

[11:12 PM] scar got spleefed

FakeZircon — 04/21/2023 11:12 PM that kill is so fucking funny from martyn's video

GalacticJay — 04/21/2023 11:12 PM all the spleefs are

FakeZircon — 04/21/2023 11:12 PM oh yeah

[11:12 PM] the best part of skynet, spleefing

GalacticJay — 04/21/2023 11:13 PM game?

FakeZircon — 04/21/2023 11:13 PM ouch

GalacticJay — 04/21/2023 11:13 PM WHAT

FakeZircon — 04/21/2023 11:13 PM ha

GalacticJay — 04/21/2023 11:13 PM WHO DID THIS

[11:14 PM] blew up out of nowhere by grian

FakeZircon — 04/21/2023 11:14 PM he has such bad luck with tnt minecarts

GalacticJay — 04/21/2023 11:14 PM why is scar attacking ahhh

[11:14 PM] nooooooooo down to 14 minutes

FakeZircon — 04/21/2023 11:14 PM top tier tango noises tho

GalacticJay — 04/21/2023 11:15 PM "i loved hunting him like a wolf"

[11:16 PM] TANGOOOO

[11:16 PM] YOU IDIOT

FakeZircon — 04/21/2023 11:16 PM yep

GalacticJay — 04/21/2023 11:16 PM AHHHHHH

FakeZircon — 04/21/2023 11:16 PM his curse continues

GalacticJay — 04/21/2023 11:16 PM immediate cut to scar cleo and bdubs dead

[11:16 PM] inconsequencial death

[11:17 PM] no angst

FakeZircon — 04/21/2023 11:17 PM anti climactic and ultimately pointless death

GalacticJay — 04/21/2023 11:17 PM man

FakeZircon — 04/21/2023 11:17 PM 4/4

GalacticJay — 04/21/2023 11:18 PM well i still dont know who wins, the only other povs i was watching were scar and etho

FakeZircon — 04/21/2023 11:18 PM :

#limited life #live tweeting #tango

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lyrker · 1 year

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Malevolent, Episode 17, “The Pit” music timestamps

John: You Call It Madness (I Call It Love) (Russ Columbo, 1932)

Arthur: Faroes Song (Original piece by Arthur)

Faroes Lullaby (an “important song”, has to do with Faroe)

Reminiscent: Category for all the piano pieces that are not Faroes Song and A Lullaby

Ep 17. The Fall

Pit in the caves of the Dreamland deserts

-13:01 “Reminiscent”

Arthur and John argue about the monster, how John doesn’t remember it. John doesn’t remember being the King in Yellow.

-13:47 “Faroes Song”

Arthur will not die trapped in a corner like a rat. He rummages through the bag for something; a book, with the symbol the same as the book John came from. Arthur is looking for answers. The book has even more symbols. 3 on the front, two faded, and 3 unique ones on the back.

There’s many chapters and headings with names, maybe. It’s handwritten with descriptions (ex. Habitat). It’s a beastiary.

-16:58 “Faroes song”

A deeper version.

John and Arthur argue about what they should do. John argues they should escape rather than search for knowledge on the creature. He says this world isn’t meant to be understood, that Arthur’s pursuit for answers clouds his mind. Treating it like an investigation isn’t going to end well, that this “isn’t survival.” Arthur says it is; they’re leveling the playing field, navigating the sea at night using the stars to carve the way forward, unable to navigate first without learning the patterns.

John says you cannot navigate with stars that move.

John still says learning the rules isn’t going to work; Arthur says it can’t hurt.

They read.

-30:05 “Reminiscent”

As John mentions that the area seems like a game, Arthur mentions the Minotaur, how it’s similar, because of Theseus. John is dismissive about the story, at first. John tells Arthur needs to take a leap forward, and he lands successfully. John then asks who Theseus is. Theseus fell in love with the kings daughter, and was the only one to ever find a way out. They hide again. John asks how Theseus escaped. He had a thread the kings daughter have to him, tying it to the entrance, allowing him to find the way out. He killed the minotaur, stories varying on how.

John suggests a big rock.

-34:48 “Faroes Song”

The deep version of Faroes song.

Arthur talks about how when they fell, he felt like he slipped away into a nightmare he has often. Reoccurring, ever since Faroe. The night she died. Arthur says he failed her, but as John prys Arthur ignores him.

-39:32 “Faroes Lullaby”

John assures Arthur they can do this. That they’ve been through a lot, faced so much. Seen the void and fell in, but haven’t let it take them. They can do it, together.

-40:00 “Faroes Song”

Arthur talks about Tess, a woman he hired to help. She looked after Faroe as he worked. Arthur calls himself “self-involved” in a bad way.

Tess asked weeks prior if she could have the evening off. Arthur ignored it. Tess ran the bath for Faroe and told Arthur herself that she was in the bath and told him to check on her. Tess’a carriage arrived and Arthur wished her a good night. The water kept running and Arthur kept writing.

Arthur wrote music as Faroe drowned.

Arthur says he doesn’t deserve Johns belief or trust, that he instead deserves the monster below them.

Arthur tells him not to be sorry, that he doesn’t deserve sympathy. That he failed that day.

John says he won’t let him fail again.

#YAHOO CRUSH SOMETHINF WIRH A BIG ROCK #AGAIN !!!!!!#almost cried in class at this ep #malevolent #malevolent podcast #lyrker unlurks: malevolent

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gillianthecat · 2 years

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The Devil Judge: Episode 16

I just finished The Devil Judge and something about this show compelled me to take copious notes - it had emotional intensity and layers of mystery. These are long and rambling, so they're likely not of interest to anyone else, but since I spent all that time writing it I decided, why not post it. Perhaps someone will find it interesting.

Below are my moment-to-moment reactions, predictions and analysis as I watched episode 16.

eps 1&2 ep3 ep4 ep5 ep6 ep7 ep8 ep9 ep10 ep11 ep12 ep13 ep14 ep15 ep16

I wrote about my initial impressions, up to episode 5, here and here.

This is cleaned up only slightly. I followed the spelling given in the Viki subtitles. I mostly don't explain what I'm reacting to, so this will probably only make sense if you've seen the episode recently. Occasionally I give timestamps.

ok. here we go. deep breaths

oh god my heart. these two. their faces.

oh god. is one of them going to die? "even if it costs me my life." do they have to bury the gays even when they won't admit they're gay? It is still hard for me to imagine what a happy ending could even look like here, even if they were allowed to be in love.

Ga-On now has no power, he has to beg a low level police officer to intervene, just like an ordinary citizen.

Is he going to end up in jail too? or maybe he's trying to get himself arrested so he can bust Yo-Han out from the inside?

starting to feel like a rat trapped in a maze. what doesn't Seon-Ah control at this point? I hope she doesn't get flattened out into just a conspiracy mastermind at this point.

I'm confused about the timeline here. I thought Prof. Min had been a supreme court justice for a while now? and it seems he'd known Seon-Ah for many years. How long ago did Ga-On become a judge? Based on my research I'm guessing any time from age 24 on, and now he's 30, so it's been 5 or 6 years?

but now it's looking like she only tried to rope Prof Min into her plot when Yo-Han began planning the public trials. Which is just within the past year or maybe two?

(8:15) either way, it's looking like Prof. Min truly is a moral person who got tricked by Seon-Ah because he wanted to stop the televised trials, which seemed dangerous to him (same, dude). My first reaction is that he's pretty naive, but he doesn't see the same Seon-Ah that we get to, so perhaps she's just that good at fooling people.

They're having it both ways: he was conspiring with the enemy AND he's a moral center in this universe. Surprisingly that actually works for me.

"Whatever it takes" a theme of this show - everyone has made this promise and then asked if it was worth it

I'm predicting she's misjudging him here. i still believe he's one of the few not motivated by personal ambition. he has no interest in being chief justice, he's interested in right and wrong

"Someone had to become a monster to stop Kang Yo-Han" With Prof. Min's face sideways reflected in the table! I think this is the first time they use the reflection framing for him? now that we know he's also participating in the games of power.

Ga-On. You're just careening around this world like a pinball now. You lost Su-Hyeon, then you thought Yo-Han had betrayed you, then as soon as you found out he hadn't, he was sent to jail and you discovered your mentor, your moral center had betrayed you instead. I feel like you must not even know which way is up anymore.

he's a reactive character - that's his role in this narrative, but they make it work so he doesn't feel passive or stupid or without agency

oh god, the bandage on the hand. the framing continues to emphasize the intensity of Y & G's connection.

(14:05) Seon-Ah's in pink again as she enters the den of power. Pink because she's feeling safe and in control? and the first time we've seen her in pants and not a short skirt? I feel like she's dressing more for herself now because she feels secure enough in her power.

Cigars again. Last time we saw a cigar someone died. a servile president Heo. He's in the fall part of his rise and fall. This actor is great - the role could easily feel like a caricature, but he somehow manages to make him seem like a plausible human being.

Our Two Representative Businessmen are acting more and more like cackling hyenas. hmm, interesting theory that Seon-Ah has here.

oh yeah, i keep forgetting about this Dream Village plot. I think it's because it's never really felt like it's the reason why Yo-Han is battling these guys? the show is either still keeping his motivations mysterious, or is just confused about them.

Ah, the wives! I was just thinking we hadn't seen them in a while. I hope they're going to be doing their own plotting.

oh god, this is creepy. This is getting very dystopian.

Ga-On's note to Elijah. It's so sweet that he wants to comfort and reassure her. and yet it's just reminding me I'm pissed that this plot twist doesn't make sense. and is a confusing explanation of Yo-Han's behavior

brave boy, preparing to go into the dragon's cave to rescue his prince. He's lost all his protectors and now he has to become the schemer and protector.

I keep thinking about Yo-Han's motivation. They haven't yet sufficiently connected the dots between 'wants to protect Elijah from the guilt of killing her parents' and 'devotes his whole life to a complicated plot to take down the shadow government, committing many immoral acts along the way.' Like, he was always an outsider, and an adrenaline junkie, and walked the line of becoming the monster that everyone thought he was. He was always an ends justifies the means person. I guess I'm struggling because the big church fire reveal was framed as giving us the key insight into Yo-Han's personality and motivations. but it was just a small detail, really. most of what explains his behavior either we already knew or they haven't told us yet.

Is he devoted solely to the few people he loves, and let the world burn? He's literally said this before. and a lot of his actions support it. but his complex plotting seems only to make sense if he cares about humanity at large, or about an abstract idea of justice. If the foundation isn't responsible for the fire, than revenge can't be the reason he's going after them. and i believe that he's not interested in personal power for his own sake, he's not like Seon-Ah. or in money or fame like the Two Representative Businessmen and Prez. Heo. The only other explanation he's stated (although it's always been ambiguous if we should trust this) is that he cares about humanity and justice. which is literally the opposite of "let the world burn"

So. Is there going to be another reveal that the foundation was somehow to blame for the fire? Or does Yo-Han blame them because the only reason they were at the church was because they tricked Isaac into a donation? It's a tenuous connection to motivate a 10 year revenge plot, but I could believe it fit's Yo-Han's character. He apparently killed that firefighter just for stealing a watch off Isaac's dead body. But the problem is he hasn't said this, and he's explained a lot of reasoning by now. and it's so slight a connection it needs to be overtly explained for me to buy that's the reason.

maybe it's a structural issue? I think they're trying to tell two different stories - an intimate domestic story and a sprawling political story, and Yo-Han is the connection point between the two. but the two stories have different requirements for the character's motivations, and the writers haven't fully integrated those contradictory demands. I think it's theoretically possible to make it work, but very challenging

But, patience. I'm sure they'll tell us more, and there's a chance it will even make all these contradictions make sense.

life in prison. People from Yo-Han's past are trying to come back and haunt him now that he isn't protected. I'm not worried though. even if he dies it won't be at the hand of these bit players.

(24:30) ok. adventure heist time. Ga-On has smuggled himself into the medical center in a box. what horrors await us?

i don't' know if it's intentional, but all this plastic sheeting is evoking the false mansion that Seon-Ah built for the kidnapping

well, this is disturbing. I'm guessing it's all vibes, and there's no logical medical/research explanation for what we see, but the vibes are effective.

perfect timing on the espionage Ga-On! almost like you were the protagonist of a movie

WOW this is an interesting choice in the middle of a real life pandemic where people aren't trusting vaccines. (apparently vaccine conspirecy theoreies are not a major problem in South Korea, but still)

https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/19/16/9914/pdf?version=1660218026 (opens a PDF)

Ga-On put your cap back on! These people know what you look like! I can't see how he's filming, but presumably he is.

(min 29) somehow this cartoonishly evil conversation works. It seems like it should feel over the top, but i guess i believe in the evil of billionaires, and their honesty amongst themselves.

laughter, music and slowmo, echoing that first dinner party he attended with these hyenas

they're definitely making it seem like the Two Representative Businessmen are holding the cards here.

gasp! I jumped. but yay allies! Ga-On, I hope you're filming everything.

Seon-Ah looks genuinely shocked and appalled. But what did she think was happening at the dream village? It's always tricky in stories, to depict the conscience of an ambitious schemer who's done plenty of evil herself. How do you make it feel real that there are lines she won't cross?

Oh no, the girl from the orphanage is here. Her grief over this one individual feels realistic. She sees herself in this girl. And she's already been seen to have emotional connections to individual people (Jae Hui and Yo-Han)

ah, so Min Jeong Ho accepted the Chief Justice position. What is he thinking? Has he been corrupted or does he still think he's doing good with this? "doing good" was not how Seon-Ah sold it to him, though

(37:49) I don't believe it though. Besides the fact this is not the kind of story they're telling, that didn't even show him die. But, what did happen then?

this music, their music, playing over Ga-On's face. It still makes me sad even though I'm pretty sure he's not dead. and we see Ga-On in reflection, hmm. Does that mean he's behind this fake-out, or just that there is scheming afoot in general?

Seon-Ah's reaction. her face. the wine. she did love him, in whatever form of love/obsession that was. and the way they're cutting between Ga-On and Seon-Ah's reactions. hmm.

(also that was the most colorful outfit we've seen on her, or anyone, yet)

hyenas in their yellowing den.

i'm wondering - As these rich men take more and more power back, their meeting places get smaller, less stylized and more "realistic" if that's the word. those early shots from above of that stylized table in those stylized grey rooms. whereas this feels like the kind of ugly expensive old fashioned rooms where the backroom deals really happen. and the lighting gives everything the same yellowish tint that most of the shots from the blue house had. It's the lighting for people who don't care how they look because they don't need to impress.

I don't know how to interpret this yet, because I still can't predict who is going to "win" in the end. although I guess my gut is saying it's going to be the Two Representative Businessmen, cause i can't see a way out, storywise.

(40:40) What is Min Yong Sik doing here? If i'm remembering correctly, this is the first time that one of our Two Representative Businessmen has come up with a plan independently (on screen, i'm sure they have lots of plotting happening that they don't show us). This feels significant, like they're no longer background characters.

um, this shot of the back of her head in her desk chair while she's holding a cigar is making me nervous. That is way too similar to the final frames of Minister Cha. like, these are very explicit parallels.

unformed gender thoughts on women and cigars, and the hyena trio's misogyny. which also didn't really get shown until about halfway through the series.

all four of them look confident that they have the upper hand. Who is right?

Seon-Ah even orders her assistant to get her a gun. Is this going to be a re-writing of Cha's story, or an echo?

I'm excited to see what her plan is! I assume she's not going to straight up shoot the president on live tv.

Oh Jin Ju, the secret weapon in this scheming, one we wouldn't have expected from her silly beginnings. I love this for her. and somehow despite the odds, she managed to feel like a real person.

uh oh, what is Ga-On planning? Why does Oh Jin Ju need to leave? my immediate thought is: bomb? and is he acting out of rage and despair because he thinks Yo-Han is dead? or does he know that he's not, and this is part of a bigger plan. I can't see how they could be working together, but they have a lot of secret friends that keep emerging when needed. oh right, he was going to reveal the truth about the medical experiments at dream village. Is this how? is he bravely soldiering on with his work of exposing evil, despite his grief?

oh wow. he's been suicidal since Yo-Han got arrested. This was planned before Yo-Han's (alleged) death. no wonder he looked so blank faced at the news. but i don't think he's actually going to die. We have 45 minutes left. and i don't think it's that kind of story. (she reassures herself)

the plan sort of makes sense from a p.r. standpoint, i guess.

but also, Ga-On. you've been so broken down. There's been so much other plotting going on that I sort of forgot about your grief, but your grief is huge.

FUCKK! I was genuinely not expecting that! (47:40) but this is the perfect way to get us out of this predicament.

also so fucking romantic. This is not platonic. there is no need to shove him up against the wall to disarm the bond. Yo-Han's James Bond smile, his hands on Ga-On's chest. the slow mo, the way they look at each other. the way they can't stop touching each other. That embrace!! (probably the closest thing we're getting to a kiss)

Also, Yo-Han has shifted the tone to confident and humorous. it's heist movie vibes. So I'm starting to feel hopeful we'll get a happy ending for these two after all. it may not be a logical victory, but i'll take it.

Is he bluffing? Who cares? He's hot.

oh, i thought that was the plan they made, they were going to use the fight to smuggle him out somehow. or even switch places with the dead guy. but the warden was shocked.

I see that Yo-Han is not fully reformed. still unbothered by killing this guy. In fact, he looks a little high off of it. That's less disturbing now that I know it wasn't premeditated. I'm glad actually that he's staying a bit feral, a little amoral.

and Yo-Han adapted and came up with the same plan as me. (everybody is getting smuggled out in body bags)

The plot is flying at us fast and furious now. it may not make sense, but it's gonna keep moving. and I'll place a bet on our boys winning. I don't know how this tonal shift is going to fit with Seon-Ah's storyline.

This man loves his vengeance. (52:20)

(53:15) I had a sudden image of the 7 of them trapped inside the court room and killing each other off, gladiator style. we know (assume) there's at least one gun in the room. it would be a convenient way to get rid of them all, but i don't think it's going to happen. a) it leaves Ga-On and Yo-Han too uninvolved. and b) i just don't think its that kind of story. But I would buy one or two of them dying. the president? Chairman Park? Chairman Min still has a scheme afoot that i'm expecting to see play out.

of course. This is cute. and obvious now that it's happening. return to our roots - the public trials.

The wives finally get names! (or perhaps the subtitles finally give the names?)

yeah, i think they would react with a little more composure? or at least pull themselves together quickly. they're used to being in the public eye, to maintaining an image. i guess they are drunk

but mostly i expect this is how the show is going to resolve the unresolvable - the satisfying theatrics of a trial, the powerful conveniently acting like idiots, and just ignore what happens to the country after this power vacuum opens up.

although i wonder what's going to happen with Seon-Ah's Chekhov's gun. I'm betting someone will die. If forced to guess, I would say her, even with this tonal shift.

(58:24) this moment though. this moment with Ga-On and prof. Min. it works, it's poignant, i can feel the history and the heartbreak.

but i guess we've gone to a black and white thinking type of world. Prof. Min needs to stay the bad guy, so that Yo-Han can be the good guy and Ga-On's choice is justified. The frustrating thing is that it still makes sense for Ga-On to choose Yo-Han even if both are morally grey. but that doesn't wrap things neatly in a bow. It could be that what we're seeing here is just Ga-On making that choice, but it feels like this is also the show's point of view.

Yo-Han just really wants to get the public to collectively murder somebody.

I feel like he's not actaully going to set off the bomb, the tone is too cheerful for that. but who knows at this point.

i was right about the 'trapped in a death room' vibes.

At least this time we're not pretending he's a legit judge. but we've gone back to a conveniently credulous public that will do whatever is necessary to move the plot along.

but Seon-Ah's face. this whole time

I should stop trying to find logic in places where I know it doesn't exist, but it seems like people can vote as many times as they want? How is that democracy? (shushshush, we're here for the vibes. for Yo-Han looking like a badass. stop thinking)

He's going to the courtroom?

Min Yong Sik is muttering to himself. OH! he was scheming with Yo-Han since that meeting where he suddenly became an individual? That's why he suggested the celebration here? I wonder what he thought the plan was?

But why do any of them ever agree to do anything with each other? it always seems to end in betrayal.

Drama! but he's not suicidal. The tone of this doesn't match that at all.

Ga-On is freaking out though, understandably.

oh, it was a threat against chairman Min, not a promise. that makes more sense.

i love a long-legged Yo-Han leaning against his bedframe.

I assume this part is all filmed and broadcast as well?

ooooh. and they're connecting it back to the church fire as well. unfortunately it's just a reminder of how flimsy that plotline turned out to be.

It's still powerful imagery though. the lights are going on one by one. the rachmaninoff over the slow mo fighting and hair pulling that echoes the chaos in the classroom flashback. the switch to that tender violin music and then the footage from the church fire. Yo-Han's face as he stands there unmoving. his face! his "hyung"

(1:09:02) and this is their final faceoff. black vs. white. waiting unmoving on opposite sides of the room as the power brokers fight like desperate children, not even noticing Seon-Ah.

about 20 minutes remaining.

and THAT was the correct use of Chekhov's gun. perfect timing

Yo-Han's little smile. I think he does love her, a little, in a way. he knows they are kindred spirits.

this faceoff. "Is it the two of us, in the end?" "Come with me, Seon-Ah."

I think this ending is working for me after all. bringing us tightly back to our main relationships.

"Come with me, Seon-Ah." and that slight smile. oh, I'm getting chills. maybe i was wrong, maybe he has to die for Ga-On to be free? I don't know!! This is getting intense again. their faces. her slight smile. the tears in both their eyes. they see themselves in each other. wow. both completely ignoring the people around them begging. eyes fixed on each other

and it's not a performance of sexuality. all their previous interactions had this layer of pretend sexual seduction. but this is just them, stripped bare at the end, seeing themselves in each other's eyes.

exhale. i'm both shocked and yet was also expecting that. She was given too many exact parallels to Minister Cha. But why did she make that decision?

(i'm getting concerned that all three of our major women have died (and all by gun))

the last lines of the song, right before she shot herself, were"I cannot stop it anymore, it swallows me whole. save me from myself" was that what she was doing, sacrificing herself to save Yo-Han? she jumped out the window before for him (so far as they've explained) "damm it, this is bullshit" she said before she put the gun to her head.

oh god, the broken plate. and his kindness. heart wrenching

more thoughts on her "you know, i always loved you, young master" later

this overhead shot. her white dress (she wears white to murder) Yo-Han's face. his sigh.

and as soon as the Yo-Han & Seon-Ah relationship is resolved, Ga-On comes rushing through the door. less than 20 minutes to resolve everything.

I don't know whether to believe him. it really depends on which story they're trying to tell. A[repentant?] Yo-Han, ready to die for justice and because he thinks he's done with his work, feels compellingly intense. and it gives Ga-On the chance to save him. or to lose him. and even with Elijah his love has been the sacrificial kind, not the stay with her kind.

but it just doens't feel like who he is. he's not suicidal. and he would not let Ga-On stay there to die too. that just feels absolutely out of character for any version of him.

Once again I wonder, is this being broadcast to the nation?

"I will go with you." "You will be the hero. For the devil, I will be enough." wow what lines. I guess he's genuine? and they're going for emotional intensity over plot and character logic? i'll buy in, these guys do intensity so well.

holy fuck

and the intensity delivered. I'm actually crying right now. I wanted to see them together. elijah. my babies. Even though two minutes ago I was complaining that it makes no sense, it's still emotionally devastating. my god. Ga-On. What are you going to do? you've lost absolutely everyone. I want to hope that it was a trick, we didn't see him die, just the ceiling falling down. but... ah, who even knows at this point

the full circle symbolism of him destroying this courtroom at the end.

Ga-On sitting on the curb. Oh Jin Ju's kindness. him wandering that house alone. I keep crying.

I want to have hope for a twist, but I'm scared.

remembering the times when one of them was shirtless. their history. (yeah this ain't a platonic relationship)

[long exhale] oh. this memory of the cards. and Elijah wasn't there. I'm starting to have hope. Hope is a dangerous thing. oh fuck.

(1:21:55) holy fuck, yes!!! YES!! this blueprint. I think I'm allowed to hope now. Are my dreams coming true? Is this happy little family going to hide from the evil world together?

they really just wanted to fit all the endings in there.

ok, whew. i didn't really think elijah would have committed suicide. but for a second there I was kinda worried.

What is this "just the two of us" nonsense, Yo-Han? you're not going to bring your boyfriend? you left him hints.

ok, we're wrapping everybody up. The housekeeper. Judge Oh..

send Ga-On to Switzerland at the last second, show. or have Yo-Han pop up somewhere unexpected to surprise Ga-On. please don't let me down. you don't have to make them gay. just let them be together. Ga-On is alone now, you've gotten rid of everyone else in his life, you can't leave him without his new family. please don't let me down. we've made it this far.

structurally though, i think it's likely. We have at least five minutes left and we're saying farewell to the supporting characters. and i really don't think they'll leave him alone, this is turning into a happy ending type ending. and an alone Ga-On is a melancholy ending.

oh, i guess they've gotta try and wrap up the political stuff too. a sober meeting in a sober room (one we've never seen before) and a sobor new group of people (whom we've never seen before) we'll pretend that starting over with all new politicians will make things ok so our heroes are free to leave the stage.

(1:29:58) hmm, maybe I read that one slightly wrong. It looks like there will be infighting and power games among this new group. we do get an inspiring hero speech from Ga-On about justice and responsibility. and a brief defense of Yo-Han

I guess another possible ending is he becomes the hero he was set up to be from the beginning, and stays to work tirelessly to reform the judicial system. But even then I think we'll see a text message or something from Yo-Han in the final seconds.

I really want him to go to Switzerland though.

ok, Ga-On yet again asking the questions that are on my mind. "It's the same, nothing has changed. What should I do now, to help create a world that doesn't need Yo-Han?"

wait. Is this it?! Is this how they're making my dreams come true?! not to mention Ga-On's dreams!

oh fuck yeah! who cares if it makes any sense, this is amazing! that salute at the top of the balcony! they're having Ga-On run to his love!!

oh my god. their faces. the tears in their eyes. the love the connection. it maybe looked a little like a goodbye, like a one final taking him in before he's gone forever. But. i'm going to choose to believe it was taking him in after you had almost lost him. because Yo-Han's little nod just before he walked away? i'm going to interpret that as a "follow me"

ok. ok

I guess they're going with an open ending. They had Yo-Han walk away and Ga-On stand there staring after him. So viewer's choice. It could be that it was their last farewell. Ga-On stays and works to reform the government.

But. they gave us enough for me to believe that Ga-On follows him and they end up together, somewhere, whether it's Korea or Switzerland, whether Ga-On still keeps working on reforms, or he retires and becomes a hermit with his new family.

Look, Yo-Han has already returned from being lost at least three times. He's gonna pop up in Ga-On's life again.

fucking homophobia. I don't know what forces were at play that led to them making what is very obviously a romance and then censoring it. but the romance side did manage to give us an ending that felt happy with only a little squinting. so good job them.

I could probably write a lot more words about the themes and storytelling of this series. But I'm just gonna take some time to recover from that emotional roller coaster of the final 30 minutes, and bask in their love.

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