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[idleminds]

Endless Rain (2021) ‘비와 당신의 이야기’ dir. Cho Jin-mo

[erosmutt]

am I the only one who genuinely does not give a fuck if Hayden wears colorful shoes

[bioskoop]

[gabrielokun]

[aricastmblr]

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旅の最後の日を楽しむ2人の姿をチェック✨

ディズニープラス で独占配信中👣

AreYouSure #JiminxJungKook

Jimin #JungKook

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[iamkateygretchen]

✨😎 Expo 2025 in Osaka, Japan — now through October 13th 🌊💗

(I love AANHPI Heritage Month so much because of all that Asian culture: manga, anime, gaming, cosplay, J-pop, J-beauty...oh my!)

On me:

• Osaka crop top, MMXXV denim skirt, 60s-70s-and Y2K-inspired heart anime boots

• BodyStickers - two mochi donuts plus a pillow

• Designed belly ring - pink + orange; white + pink + brown (neapolitan)

#CandyCrushSaga earrings

Makeup:

• Nail Art - Get Started (Alison Wonderland) +

KATSEYE - “Gnarly” (STUDIO CHOOM)

• Mochi Donut lip art (mango)

• Face Stickers - hexagon-shaped snack cakes

• Lemon eyeshadow

• Bubblegum pink hair

[emotionallychargedtowel]

the case against My Star 2’s deceptive flash-forward reveal

Before I get started, I just want to say for the record that I have a really high opinion of To My Star 2 in general and both seasons of TMS have a very special place in my heart. Also, Hwang Da Seul is a goddamn genius whose work I admire across the board. That being said, this post is about a specific aspect of the second season of To My Star that I’m not a fan of.

I’m currently rewatching the entirety of To My Star and posting about it. I couldn’t let this aspect of the second season pass without mentioning it, but I didn’t want my thoughts about it to overshadow my other thoughts about the first episode, hence giving these thoughts their own post.

I had already watched To My Star 2 a few times before I read a tumblr post where someone remarked on the fact that certain scenes that appear to be flashbacks are actually scenes from the future. That is to say, the story opens after Seo Joon and Ji Woo have broken up and shows scenes of them together that the viewer naturally assumes are flashbacks, but these scenes take place after they’ve reunited toward the end of the series, at which point they’re shown again.

I guess it has something to do with my ADHD/quite possibly AuDHD brain, but I can be very observant about some things in media while missing things that others find obvious. It’s hard to gauge just how apparent this maneuver was to the average viewer, but maybe most people did notice it. Regardless, I didn’t catch it until I saw that post and subsequently watched the series again.

At first I felt too self-conscious about having missed this detail to stop and think about whether I thought editing the series in this way was a good idea. But since I’m an incorrigible rewatcher, I saw the show quite a few times after I had my realization and had some more time to consider it. And I have to say, the viewpoint I’ve landed on is that this was not a good move. You could make a case that I’m just cranky that I didn’t catch it at first, and actually, that is a piece of it, because I think it’s more subtle than it needs to be and that’s part of the reason it didn’t register for me initially. But I have other reasons as well.

First, let’s take a step back for a second and think about how this sort of maneuver is typically used in TV and film. It’s not uncommon at all for viewers to be shown one or more scenes and then for later revelations to show that assumptions we made about those scenes were incorrect. If you look at this phenomenon in a really broad sense, it happens almost anytime something notable is revealed about a character. But it’s less commonplace for revelations about characters to be radical enough that they make us rethink an entire story. When they do happen, revelations of this sort can be the centerpiece of a story or even its raison d’être.

We’ve all encountered this sort of thing. M. Night Shyamalan made this maneuver his signature. Other filmmakers have dabbled in it, like Scorsese did with Shutter Island. In these sorts of intense examples, we’re asked to re-evaluate pretty much the entirety of the story. Whatever the big revelation is, it’s usually something with a lot of emotional impact. When this is done poorly, it just comes off as a gimmick. When it’s done well, the forceful way the new information hits us serves the themes of the film or series not only by making us sympathize with characters who are suddenly confronted with the big revelation, but also by intensifying our emotions by making us digest an entire story’s worth of information in one go instead of absorbing it over the course of the movie/show.

But this isn’t one of those big revelations that changes the story. Actually, it’s quite the opposite: it changes absolutely nothing. These cute moments between Seo Joon and Ji Woo didn’t happen during their first year together, as it initially seems. But they must have had other interactions that were like that. After all, they had similar moments together at the end of season 1. When it comes to the plot, this little mislead has zero impact.

What other impact does it have? Well, for a first-time viewer the main function of these clips is, to put it bluntly, emotional torture. We see some sweet interactions between Ji Woo and Seo Joon, then find out they’ve broken up. Similar clips come up again here and there and twist the knife a bit more. Even now that I know these snippets are flashes forward, not back, I still find them depressing whenever I rewatch the show. I guess the intense contrast between Seo Joon’s and Ji Woo’s happy times together and how terrible things are at the present time of the story feels bad even though I know everything will be OK. So when I watch the series again with full knowledge of the nature of these clips, I still feel all the pain I did the first time around, or at least 99% of it. But now, it’s further disconnected from the characters' experiences.

It’s interesting that the viewer goes through this shift in perceptions alone. Shifts like this normally happen to viewers in parallel with characters. For example, Bruce Willis's character in The Sixth Sense realizes he’s been dead this whole time, and we realize it with him. But in To My Star season 2, we experience these flashes forward alone. It's not as if Seo Joon and Ji Woo are thinking about these moments but are under the impression that they happened in the past—they don’t know about them at all. So the viewer is on their own. This means the new perspective the viewer gains tells us nothing about any shifts that may be occurring in the characters’ perceptions.

So, if a first-time viewer is observant enough to recognize these apparent flashbacks when they’re shown again at the end of the series, when the narrative has caught up with them on the timeline, what are they supposed to think or feel? To be honest, I’m not sure.

They might reflect on the fact that they erroneously assumed the clips were flashbacks and wonder if they should’ve known better. But that’s not reasonable. The clips are presented in a standard way that almost always means the material being presented is a flashback. The show follows longstanding film/TV conventions in this respect, conventions most of us learned to interpret from an early age. Experienced media viewers learn to pick up cues that imply we’re watching a flashback. We need those cues, and need to be able to read them, in order to understand stories that are presented in standard nonlinear ways. Bottom line, it’s not weird for us to interpret these clips as flashbacks when they are presented to us as such using commonplace editing conventions.

But it’s hard not to feel a little bit stupid when having this realization. It almost seems like the show has played a trick on us and is now saying, “gotcha!” It doesn’t feel great, and it does nothing to serve the experience of the show or reinforce its themes. Like I said, when a big realization hits the audience in a film of TV show, one of the main ways it strengthens their experience of the story is by causing their feelings to parallel the feelings of one or more of the characters. But this reaction doesn't do that. It isn't related to the story in the slightest.

Another way this might be experienced by viewers is less as a commentary on their lack of astuteness and more as an illustration of the filmmakers’ cleverness. I can see why some people who pick up on this maneuver might think, “wow, that’s clever.” Personally, I don’t appreciate this kind of move unless it actually serves the story or clarifies things about the characters. If there’s nothing substantive behind it, then in my book, it’s not very clever after all. That said, if people can appreciate this choice by looking at it that way, hey, I’m all for it. It’s just not something I get any enjoyment from in this instance.

Let’s review. It’s normal and reasonable for viewers to assume these clips are flashbacks. When they turn out not to be, there’s some potential for viewers to doubt themselves, feel stupid, or feel like filmmakers have played a trick on them. The clips still function in the same way emotionally that real flashbacks would have (indeed, there are also actual flashbacks, and they do function similarly). When we learn they actually were moments from the future, this doesn’t change the meaning of the story, provide us with any particular insight, or create any particular emotional impact (other than the possibility of feeling pointlessly embarrassed in a way that has nothing to do with the story).

In summary, I think this maneuver is at least somewhat difficult to notice and understand, has the potential to be somewhat unpleasant for some viewers, and doesn’t serve any useful purpose in the story. I still love TMS 2. I just don’t think this choice adds anything of value to it.

Now that I've got that out of the way, I'll get back to posting about my season 2 rewatch!

Thanks as always to @my-rose-tinted-glasses for being my biggest To My Star sounding board!

[staydandy]

To My Star 2: Our Untold Stories (2022) - 나의 별에게2 : 우리의 못다 한 이야기 - Whump List

List by StayDandy Synopsis : Head-over-heels for each other, actor Kang Seo Joon and chef Han Ji Woo believed they had finally found their happily ever after. But their happiness turns out to be short-lived when one of them disappears, leaving nothing but a note behind. Lost without the other, will these two star-crossed lovers find a way back to each other or has their fairy tale romance truly come to an end? (MDL) AKA : Our Unfinished Story

Whumpee : Kang Seo Joon played by Son Woo Hyun (left)

Country : 🇰🇷 South Korea Genres : Romance, Drama, BL / Boys Love

Notes : This is a Partial List - I didn't list every bit of whump, just what caught my attention the most • Sequel to To My Star (2021)

Related List : To My Star (2021) - Full List

Episodes on List : 2 Total Episodes : 10

*Spoilers below*

04 : Kang Seo Joon is unsteady.. bites his lip

07 : Small panic attack

[idleminds]

Endless Rain (2021) ‘비와 당신의 이야기’ dir. Cho Jin-mo

[erosmutt]

I want to kiss every single beauty mark that adorns his skin <3

[bioskoop]

[gabrielokun]

[some-love69some-crazy]

남친없는 척 이남자 저남자 찌르고 다님..

남자들 촉이 얼마나 빠른데...

알면서도 모른척하는 이유는 아직 더 알고 싶은거지.

많이 만나고 많이 알아가는 시절에는 남녀가 서로 찌르고 다닙니다.

그걸 못하고 안하는것이 가치 있다고 생각하기도 합니다만

어떤것이 정답은 아닐겁니다.

정말 못헤어질만한 사람을 만나면 수많은 단점이 눈에 보여도 품습니다. 그러기 싫어도 받아들입니다. 같이 손잡고 걸어갈수 없어도 분명 사회적으로 용인되지 못하고 비난받는다해도 어쩔수없는겁니다.

마치 하얗고 품위있는 강아지가 비루하고 볼품없는 강아지를 졸졸 따라다니는걸 보는것과 같습니다.

겨울이라면 그래서 얼어붙은창밖에 볼수 없다고 생각하면 문을 여는것도 한방법일겁니다.^^

[11to6]

B가 한국에 돌아왔다. 노렸는지 아니진 몰라도 일단 중간고사가 끝나는 시점에 귀국을 했으니, 그리고 오늘 연락이 왔다.

"아저씨"

마감기사를 작성하고 있었기 때문에 미리보기만 살피고는 계속 하던 일을 하였다. 몇 문단을 클리핑하는 새에 또다시 메신저 알람이 울렸다.

"오빠"

쓴웃음을 지으며 폰을 꺼내들었다.

"어디야?"

"집, 일하고 있어"

"공휴일에?"

"뭐, 그렇게 되었어 ㅎ"

잠시 후, 다시 톡이 울렸다.

"나, 땡기는데 오늘?"

"..."

"스무살이 이러면 보통 바로 날아오지 않아?"

마무리는 모텔에서 해야겠다. 하고 노트북을 가방에 넣었다.

"어제 사진은 뭐야?"

"아... 그거?"

B는 배시시 웃었다. 색기가 어린 웃음은 정말 함부로 흘리는게 아닌데,

"남아공 가기 전에 체육복 ��로 나와서 입은김에 찍었던건데, 이번에 돌아오면서 오빠 선물 못샀지 뭐야;;;; 그래서 ㅋ"

"사진 사이즈보고 대박 놀랬어 ㅋㅋ 액자 만들어서 벽에 걸어도 되겠더라 ㅋ"

신호가 바뀌고 차를 정지선에 가까이 대는 순간, B의 입술이 내게 다가왔다. 아니 손과 함께. 순식간에 입술 사이를 뚫고 뜨거운 열기가 잔뜩 묻은 혀를 휘감고 나서야 그녀는 만족한 듯 입을 떼었다. 아니 손은 아직 나의 발기된 성기 실루엣이 드러난 면바지를 쓰다듬고 있었다.

"오빠는 웃긴게, 말은 되게 젠틀하게 하면서 아래는 잔뜩 서있더라?"

"그거야, 니가 계속 날 자극하잖아"

아무렇지 않게 나온��� 핑크색 트레이닝팬츠를 입은 그녀의 허벅지가 눈부시게 반짝거리고 있었다. 매끈한 라인의 다리를 따라 내려가면 무엇인가 불만이 쌓인 듯 연신 꼼지락거리는 발가락의 움직임조차도, 말그대로 머리부터 발끝까지 그녀는 이미 젖어가고 있었다.

B는 다리를 벌렸다. 타이트하게 조여진 트레이닝복 사타구니 사이는 그녀의 도끼자국이 선명하게 드러나 있었고, 팬츠의 바짓단 안으로 뽀얀 속살이 보일듯 말듯 움직이고 있었다.

"나 속옷 안입었다?"

"!!!"

"뭐해, 신호 바뀌었잖아"

그녀는 분명 나를 놀리며 즐기고 있음이 분명했다. 자연스럽게 나는 운전대를 잡은 와중에도 한손으로 그녀의 둔덕 위를 쓸어갔다. 얇은 팬츠 하나만 사이에 두고 따뜻하다 못해 뜨겁기까지 한 그녀의 질둔덕위로 습기가 느껴졌다. 이미 젖어있음이 분명했다. 조수석을 뒤로 젖힌 B의 입가에서 야릇한 신음이 새어나왔다. 우리가 지금 모텔로 가는 길이 아니었다면, 이미 갓길 어딘가에 차를 정차시켜놓고 뒹굴고 있을지도 몰랐다. 그만큼 몇달만에 본 그녀는 또 달라져있었다.

반바지라기엔 너무 짧은 팬츠 안으로 - 그러니까 그녀 허벅지의 안쪽을 지나 성기까지 도달하는 것은 어렵지 않았다. 나는 가뜩이나 발기되어있던 페니스가 더할나위없이 불뚝거리는 것을 느꼈다. B의 부드러운 소음순과 클리토리스를 지나, 아무것도 만져지지 않았음을 알아차린것이다.

"나, 왁싱했어"

그녀가 짤랑거리며 웃었다.

"자위해봤는데도 죽을듯한거야, 그래서 오빠랑 섹스하면 얼마나 좋을까, 생각나더라?"

이미 그녀의 팬츠 아랫부분은 젖어서 자국이 생기고 있었다. 우리는 밑도끝도없이 달아올라 있었다.

[hyeonginkorea]

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