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WOO DO HWAN The King: Eternal Monarch (2020)

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“…I know that drummers tend to be the butt of a thousand jokes, usually from the uninformed and untalented, but I always felt I had an important role. “

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my baby passed away today. it’s been really hard, so i’d like to imagine he’s in the best hands up there. (ft. the last picture i took of him earlier today when he was just fine.) 

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“I want to run the company the right way. I really don’t want people to get killed. I mean that.”

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에피톤 프로젝트｜불면증(sleepless) MV teaser 4cap

기억조차 희미한 한여름 밤의 꿈 때로는 그 무게에 짓눌려 잠이 오지 않던 밤

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Start-Up thought for the day:

Second-male lead syndrome hits especially hard with Ji-Pyeong because of the cinematography of the scenes featuring the love triangle, the majority are shot through his perspective.

Examples:

- The string in Dal-Mi’s hair: the camera angles and focus suggest that the viewer was meant to want Ji-Pyeong to be the one to move it. The shots feel his hesitation and then heartbreak when Do-San reaches for her hair. We watch that moment over Ji-Pyeong’s shoulder.

- The conversation after the networking party: that whole scene features, a very comical, tiny Ji-Pyeong noticeably in the background. Many of the angles are from his point-of-view or have him somewhere in the frame. The viewer is meant to feel his exclusion and desperation to get Do-San out of there. The moment never really feels personal and private because Ji-Pyeong’s presence is almost always known by the camera.

- The DoDal hug when they’re accepted into Sandbox: until he leaves, that moment focuses mainly on Ji-Pyeong’s perspective and, once again, the viewer feels his wish for his and Do-San’s places to be swapped.

- The dinner at their house when Dal-Mi gives them different sizes of meat: the camera doesn’t pay special attention to Dal-Mi serving Do-San. It stays with Ji-Pyeong when he realizes what’s happened. The camera wants the viewer to feel the initial elation of Dal-Mi serving him first, then the instant hurt of finding out she gave Do-San a bigger piece. Honestly that whole sequence from the moment they reach the house through the entire night and morning, Do-San’s desperation to have time alone with Dal-Mi and her grandmother is played off in a comical and whiny way while Ji-Pyeong’s instance to stay, still also comical, is played off more understandably, like the viewer should agree that yes, he should stay. Neither is more deserving, but the viewer is meant to want both of them there. (Gah, while writing this, is so obvious that whoever you shipped by then was who’s side you’re on through these scenes. Oof what a mess. That’s not how that should be.)

- The aftermath of the fist-fight: the first person Dal-Mi runs into is Ji-Pyeong, so just on that and potentially the fact that makeup gave him more bruising, he is seen as the victim in Dal-Mi’s eyes and Do-San as the attacker when she later connects the dots that they fought each other. It’s the principle of little kids fighting and whoever makes it to the parents/authority first is seen as the defensive side. I’m not really sure the psychology behind that, I’ve just noticed that pattern.

I have more examples, but I don’t want to scare people away with a long text post. The big takeaway, which has been obvious since the first scene when he was the first character to be introduced, is that no one should be surprised that the viewers have put so much love and focus on JI-Pyeong because the direction did that first. Intentionally or not, that’s what happened. Sure, it was mostly for plot-twist purposes that Do-San’s story has taken more time to unravel, but the initial viewer sympathy, if you came into the show unbiased, was put on Ji-Pyeong and Dal-Mi and their connection. Initial reasoning for the letters aside, it was obvious he started to care about her. The grandmother didn’t dictate every letter, just the first.

TL:DR: Start-Up’s character dynamics have been unfairly balanced since the beginning and no matter who you root for, the ending isn’t likely to feel earned because of the mess they’ve made throughout the arc of the plot. The strong attraction by the viewers toward Ji-Pyeong can be traced back to who’s perspective starts a scene and his has been featured heavily. 

I will make another post about this later cause I have more thoughts comparing this show to She Was Pretty and how to do mistaken identity and love triangles. Cause oof this show…this writing…the viewers shouldn’t be this split. Creators shouldn’t purposefully want to divide and anger their audiences. I’ve always been confused by that.

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( ･ั﹏･ั)

I always wished I had met you sooner.

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Ms. Won?

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Kyooooot (๑♡⌓♡๑)

Good morning, Ms. Won. 

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Jipyeong never had the privilege to take things lightly and carefree because it was literally life or death for him. He can’t trust things will just work out. Life wasn’t kind to him. He wasn’t protected. He wasn’t safe. He never had the opportunity to play around and take risks for the hell of it. Of course he’d die without thinking or planning. So yeah, he thinks differently. He has a survival mentality. That’s how he survived. That’s how he thrived. Asking him to do something for fun or without a reason or without the plan thought out is going against the way he had to live. He literally can’t do that. If there’s one thing about Jipyeong, he’s valid and he’s right.

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Omgeee yess

different duo, same energy

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Han Ji Pyeong // Episode 15

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- “Good Boy, are you going somewhere?” - “Where would I go?”

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You did a good job.

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Kyoooot (つ≧▽≦)つ wish this was what really happened.

Not at all.

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He can’t drink. He can’t control himself. 

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Dimple couple

Kang Han Na and Kim Seon Ho in Start-Up (2020)