#yi bangwon

[dykedivorce]

MY COUNTRY: THE NEW AGE | Bangwon + Julian Randall

#my country the new age #my country: the new age #mctna #mctnaedit #yi bangwon #yi bang-won #that ending shot for him........ could not be a sexier conclusion to his arc . what a delicious delicious choice #that was typography practice but i think it's the typography that practiced something on me because jesus christ i suck at it #mine

[nubreed73]

And every time I step up in the building Everybody hands go up

Prince Jeongan aka Yi Bang-won aka Taejong of Joseon - the antagonist who is the hero in his own story.

#mctna #my country the new age #yi bangwon #all he does #is win #my fanvid #mctna fanvid #Youtube

[astarlightmonbebe]

thinking about how yi seunggye and bangwon are both driven by shame. for seunggye, it’s a matter of virtue. if he gives something up, if he gives in to his ambitions, he becomes someone who will feel shame. he hides the shame of his story, to the point that he bows his head to lee ingyeom, because that is the least shameful thing to do.

meanwhile bangwon is driven by the urge to never succumb to shame and act in the way he views as shameful. he won’t break in the state tribunal, because that would make him a chicken. he won’t bow to or shake hands with hong inbang, because he views hong inbang as cowardly, someone who has done something bangwon views as the epitome of shameful. seeing his father brought down and lower his head in shame broke his trust in his father. he is always proactively acting to avoid feeling that way. the lee brothers made him feel lower than he ever had, so he killed them.

in a way, it all connects back to pride. bangwon and his father are prideful in many different ways. his father because he wants to protect his virtue, his place as a protector of the people. bangwon’s pride has nothing to do with the so called goodness, but justice. like he tells hong inbang, he has no desire to be good, and if he is not, at least he is just. he’s made his peace with having bloody hands, taking responsibility, and even though he’s not the only one to kill—sambong and other ‘heroes’ all build their plans with death, in a way—he’s the only one who can always view his actions through the greater lens. and i mean that not as in he is never swayed, but that once his path changes—from sambong to himself, from follower to leader, etc—he never hesitates, and never deviates. anything less than surety would be shameful to him. so he never stops.

#star stumbles #kdrama #six flying dragons #star rewatches sfd #yi bangwon #tbh i have more to say about him #and like i could go on and on about his specific mindset #and how it works in relation to sambong and the other characters #but i’ll leave this here #onto ep 10 so torture time #and it got me thinking about how similar bangwon is to his father #and how dofferent #*different #the lack of shame implies the presence of pride #or the fear of it (shame)

[pondsphuwin]

yi bangwon + text posts

#yes i'm biased and so what #yi bang won #bangwon #banghwi #jang hyuk #yang se jong #my country: the new age #mctna #mctnagifs #kdrama #kdramagifs #gif 3 #seamayweed

[mctna]

was at the mall today with friends and there were posters for an interview with jang hyuk. the one and only. OF MY COUNTRY YI BANGWON FAME

#he was promoting his movie the killer but omggggg #he was so handsome. please #wish i couldve asked him smth about my country #jang hyuk

[vyinter]

Lee Joon is so good really good at playing the trapped king...... but when jang hyuk is on screen playing the left state councellor...... who else has to take a second and wilfully forgot about yi bangwon with a single dangly earing and later in red official clothes walking into the palace like he built the place

#lee joon is the king but jang hyuk is the kingmaker you can see it with a single glance ofc they cast jang hyuk for it #joon has just started showing his character's nails but i just cant imagine him out-charisma-ing the king when jang hyuk is literally #standing to his left. making everyone who's seen my country visualize what could have been #omg if lee joon exceeds my expectations i will SCREEM #bloody heart #kang hana is sooooooo good tho she's got that shit under lock and key #oh i just realised even joon's king voice is inspired by jh's king voice

[springkitten]

my love, i have carved many a heart out--------- i have been wrist-deep in others' blood, i have reached through flesh and rib and put that blood to my lips-- i have had my hands in it, i have dripped it like tears upon my skin, i have dripped it like tears upon my cheeks my love, i have killed------------ i have had men scream and bleed, i have had them torn in pieces--- i have hurt them in such ways, in ways so v i l e that they would never know, nor want, nor d r e a m of peace i have torn lovers and families alike a p a r t i have hurt and i have drowned, i have betrayed and i have lied, i have bled and oh, how i have sacrificed for this country i have----------- done it all, all a man can do, i have all but died i have loved, i have given up all my faith and gone against my pride, i have become a monster of the people, worse than any nightmare in the night---- my love, the heart i tore out------ was mine my love, you were the heart

#my country the new age #mctna #poetry #yi bangwon #please i am begging you reread the first verse after the end #if you get to the end lmao #anyways thanks and goodbye i love him #my poems

[joseerkive]

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#jang hyuk #jang hyuk icons #yi bang won #yi bangwon #yi bang won icons #yi bangwon icons #my country #my country: the new age #my country the new age #my country jtbc #my country: the new age jtbc #my country the new age jtbc #my country icons #my country: the new age icons #my country the new age icons #kdrama #kdrama icons #나의 나라 #icons #𝔟𝔩𝔲𝔢 » my country: the new age #𝔟𝔩𝔲𝔢 » mine

[chthonicbeekeeper]

"I guess I'm not drunk enough. All right then. Put some in this bowl this time." — "Sure." — "Hold on. Since when did such a beauty live within the walls of Ihwaru?" — "I am Hwa-wol, the flower that bloomed under the moon." — "Then... What do you say to our love underneath the moonlight?" — "My lord, you are embarrassing me!"

#my country the new age #my country: the new age #yi bang won #hwa wol #hong ji yoon #jang hyuk #ahhhh they're so cute i just can't #though bangwon's flirting's kinda cheesy he's in fact really nice to her

[dilebe06]

My Country: The New Age episode 14 still

#my country the new age #my country #my country: the new age #nam seon ho #seon oh #seo hwi #yi bang won #bang wo #bangwon #drama #k drama #korean drama #netflix

[dykedivorce]

My Country: The New Age + Ocean Vuong

#my country: the new age #my country the new age #mctna #mctnaedit #yi bangwon #mine #nobody talk about the crustiness of the gifs i could only find the eps in 720p. who's going to look at this anyway? #this could only be more self-indulgent if i made a gifset of him looking cvnt. which i will #anyway. the mctna premise could be hmmm what if two men being really fvcking shitty fathers brought so much tears and blood and death? #what if this historical figure dripping in blood &known for his ruthless ambition was all that but also. he just wanted his dad to love him #when a son is a sword is a shield is a bomb #all the while being a homosexual with eyes constantly full of tears!! and on that: moiraine 🤝 bangwon

[nubreed73]

VidUKon roundup

So I managed to complete 4 (four!) premieres for VidUKon all MCTNA and a back catalogue vid for vidder's choice. They were:

Green Light for Premieres - a SeonHwi breakup/makeup vid

Through Me (The Flood) for @frayadjacent12's Embodiment vidshow, a Seo Hwi character study focused around his relationship with his chronically ill and damaged body

Love SOS for my vidshow How Do You Love? Like a fist, like a knife - a SeonHwi vid centred on violence and intimacy and their intersection in MCTNA

All Yi Bang-won does is win for Antagonism - an Yi Bangwon character study

Don't Blame Me: non premiere submitted to Vidder's Choice - a SeonHwi vid centred around how deeply unhinged Hwi is for Seonho.

Also if anyone wants to check out my vidshow which is all about violence and intimacy and how these things intersect, here is a link to all the vids and accompanying notes:

#vidukon #my vids #mctna #my country the new age #otp: please stop stabbing each other #seonhwi #seo hwi #nam seon ho #yi bangwon

[astarlightmonbebe]

what i love about sfd is how it shows the yi family. my country largely fails at this, if only because it is in the aftermath of the creation of joseon. the yi family in my country is stilted, broken. they hardly hold the screen. we only see bangwon’s broken relationship with his father—cold, unforgiving—and his younger brothers, who of course don’t have long to last. the one given to us in sfd is a clan, strongly bonded together. the sons share their father’s strong temperament, different aspects coming through in different sons. what happens with them hurt so much more because we are given child bangwon laughing and playing with his brothers. we are given teen bangwon begging and pleading with his family to see his vision. a family that can’t turn away from each other, no matter what is done. if bangwon committed a crime, only we have the right to kill him. because he’s our brother; because he’s your son.

#kdrama #six flying dragons #star rewatches sfd #and it hurts so much more when you consider that particular phrasing #when bangwon is the one who exiles and kills his brothers #and anyone who is a threat to him #family which was everything to him becomes his greatest threats #the one thing none of them wanted to give up becomes the biggest obstacle #the first thing bangwon has to give up to keep power and cultivate it

[pondsphuwin]

"any sacrifice that leads me to it is mine to endure."

(bangwon + all these things that I've done by the killers)

#ah my my babygirl and you've really sacrificed so much haven't you <//3 #ahem ofc i'd turn a bangwon set into a lowkey bangseon one #my country: the new age #mctna #bangwon #yi bang won #bangseon #jang hyuk #kdrama #kdramaedit #kdramagifs #web weaving #mctnagifs #seamayweed #sea ♡ #gif 3 #woo do hwan #seonho #nam seon ho

[kakenaku]

so joseon exorcist is cancelled next week to accommodate for changes regarding the 'chinese elements' (no comment on this because i'm neither korean nor chinese) in the costume props and design. they're also changing the characters' names so they aren't based off the real yi bangwon reign anymore which i think is a good choice actually because it doesn't limit their creativity. this all could've been avoided if the writer and his team did more research/took precautions considering he got criticism for it before but yh we have to wait an extra week for episode 3-4...

#joseon exorcist #i have no idea how they're gonna edit out literal costumes but good luck with that #there's no problem with the abnormally early arrival of catholicism though so father john can stay lmao

[sunandrainfic]

SIX FLYING DRAGONS THOUGH

SIX FLYING AF DRAGONS

THANK YOU NONNIE FOR TELLING ME TO WATCH THIS SHOW. (I mean I was going to anyway, since I enjoyed Yoo Ah In in Chicago Typewriter. But I always like to share my love of these dramas with other people, and also 50 episodes is looong.)

Who else has seen this? COME FANGIRL WITH ME. IT’S BLOWING MY MIND. LEE BANG-WON, HOW ARE YOU SUCH A GENIUS. I NEVER SEE YOUR SCHEMES COMING. BUT IN HINDSIGHT THEY ARE SO OBVIOUS. I CANNOT EVEN WITH YOU.

Also all the ladies are such badasses, I cannot.

#boon-yi is my fave #six flying dragons #kim myung min #blowing my mind as jung do jeon #yoo ah in #still awesome how you doin bud #lee bangwon blows my mind