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[nonglukest]

Ju Yeong & Do Hoe | Episode 8 | Let Free The Curse of Taekwondo

[heretherebedork]

The kiss! The sweetness and then Dohoe pulling away when Juyeong tried again and isn't that just heartbreaking and a sign of everything else that keeps happening and how they relate to each other and the pain and the fear and the love that keeps hurting because neither of them really knows how to love.

[divineandmajesticinone]

LET FREE THE CURSE OF TAEKWONDO I EP. 04

[queercowboyinspace]

this trend but make it queer

[benkaben]

A messy relationship with his father? An image he had to keep in order to fit in? Feeling worthless without the richness everyone perceived?

Close enough!

WELCOME BACK LEE DOHOE

[hotasfahrenheit]

i know it probably makes practical, financial sense that Dohoe moves in with Juyeong instead of them trying to hang on to Dohoe's apartment- without the tutor job and with having to serve 6 months in jail meaning he probably got rid of the apartment anyway instead of paying for it while he was gone, and with Juyeung probably not making a lot of money by the time the official living together point happens after that, they need to live in the less expensive apartment if the other was even available anymore- but i love that it's Juyeong's place they end up in because Dohoe's apartment felt so empty and cold and full of shadows, but Juyeong's place feels warm and full of light.

Dohoe's apartment was big and fancy and sparse and a manifestation of the lies he was living, the trappings of success without any real substance filling the space at all, a place that had stuff in it but still felt like it should echo with how empty it was. it's where he asked Juyeong to focus on only the present, and it's where they reconnected physically with each other, but especially with the flashback comparison to their first time together, there's still the obvious disconnect between them emotionally at that point.

Juyeong's place is cozy and warm and his bed is surrounded by windows and actual lights, with a lamp at the foot of his bed and a bulb hanging over the pillows AND a desk lamp on the desk right next to the bed; the whole place is full of personal touches and bits and pieces of his life and the things he loves, and even tho Dohoe has said he only cares about the present, the first time he walks in the door he immediately is drawn to the pieces of the past Juyeong has kept there. Juyeong always clearly felt out of step and out of place in Dohoe's apartment, but Dohoe is immediately comfortable in Juyeong's space and it feels natural for them to be there together.

it's a home filled with light and laughter and love, and it's where they can start to build their shared future and shared lives and grow together in a place that is a healthy safe foundation for both of them. a place where they can be honest with each other, and be themselves, and just be happy. which is all they've both ever wanted anyway.

[jackandjoker]

kitshane & kimmon x let free the curse of taekwondo quotes

[dramalove247]

Favorite Things:

Let Free the Curse of Taekwondo

Wow. This show was so good. Painful, but so worth it. Gave us a lot to process and unpack with complex and real characters. One of us has already rewatched it. Really beautifully done series.

❤ Sharing some of our favorite posts about the show below (spoilers ahead):

Great post about Ju Yeong by @badsassitude. The characters are both dealing with trauma in their own way and we love how the series showed this and the conflicts it caused between the two characters.

Ouch. This scene hurt. Beautiful GIFS by @my-rose-tinted-glasses

Mind blown. This is why I love the internet!!! If I wasn't already in love with @my-rose-tinted-glasses, I am now!

We loved the contrast between the intimate scenes from their youth and then later. The second one felt layered with sadness and weight. Enjoyed this take on the scenes by @biochemjess

Reasons to love the ending by @twig-tea

Way to twist the knife @dengswei!

Just so much to unpack with this story. Great post by @biochemjess

We could keep sharing posts for days, but we will make ourselves stop. Thanks for all the great posts everyone!

[dropthedemiurge]

Let Free the Curse of Taekwondo is fascinating, fascinating story. Complicated one, with flawed characters and complex emotions and themes.

Just 2 episodes ago I was rooting for Juyoung and Dohoe and thought they were perfect for together, and now I think they won't work out this way at all - and isn't it the great portrayal of first teenage puppy love versus adult relationships?

It's fascinating. I don't think is BL is bad at all, despite me having more complicated feelings about Dohoe now, and there are many details that can be interesting to poke around and discuss with other tumblr folks. Also I think the time gap was really needed and made a lot of sense, in case some people still doubt, it was clearly shown.

And still, I sigh. I had one short thought that might be they really should just let go and move on, and this will be their happy ending, but I know Juyoung and Dohoe aren't easily torn apart.

But also the burden on their necks and above their heads are way, way too heavy, and can't be just put aside like a cross necklace.

Fascinating.

[yuzusfinest]

seeing people misunderstood/not talk about Dohoe's issues is KILLING ME, Like dude he cut off contact with Juyeong after the horrific realization that it was so easy for him to become just as bad as his father (hell even WORSE than his father, he was gonna straight up murder him), and he fears that he might treat Juyeong the same way as how his father did the same to him. He was trying to not enter the cycle of abuse but unintentionally hurts Juyeong in the process. anyways please send Juyeong and Dohoe to therapy.

[heretherebedork]

I'm just a loser with too much pride. Please, don't abandon me.

[zhaozi]

HANDS. HANDS. HANDS.

[dekaydk]

Oh, damn, matching cozy lounge-y outfits

This is so cute. I don't think the pre-reunion Dohoe would have done this.

Credit to @jimmysea for the GIF

[conscbgb]

Dohoe repressed anger : here she comes 👇

[benkaben]

Yeah I do burst into tears when a character cradles another, often while they're being a sobbing mess, and tells them, sometimes breaking down themselves, that whatever brought them to this point it's not their fault, it was never their fault.

Which could mean nothing—

[hotasfahrenheit]

one of the things that is catching me up over and over and circling in my head about Let Free The Curse of Taekwondo is the way that Do Hoe keeps telling Ju Yeong to leave, and how at no point is it because he doesn't like Ju Yeong or doesn't want him around- he usually tells him to leave when he talks about leaving himself, even- but it's the looming, inevitable feeling that it is only a matter of time before his father hits Ju Yeong like he hits Do Hoe and all the other boys, and the fact that Do Hoe wants Ju Yeong to get out before it can happen.

there's such a feeling of resignation about it when it comes to Do Hoe expecting the abuse for himself, in carrying the weight of knowing he can't protect anyone else either. and he knows that the bubble of safety that Ju Yeong arrives with because of his family and his mother and his situation can only last so long.

and the way he looks absolutely crushed when he realises that it's already happened and that Ju Yeong is hiding his wounds because he doesn't want Do Hoe to know and add to his guilt just in turn crushes me.