#Sorry that Superman's a jerk I just get those vibes from him when he talks aboht clones

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Soulmate Event - Clark Kent

Title: In A Dream Character: Clark Kent (Superman)  Number of votes: Two Trope: Having dreams of your soulmate before you meet

Here is the first posting for my soulmate event! I hope you all enjoy!

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***** The first soul dream that you had was when you were very little. There was a boy sitting across from you, legs curled under him, and you moved to copy his position. "Oh," he said as he saw you, eyes bright as he looked you over. "You're my soulmate?" "I guess so." You tugged at the hem of your nightgown and looked at the boy curiously. "Are you nice?" "I try to be," he offered with a shrug. He looked to be a few years older than you, but not too much older. "My parents are raising me to be the best man I can be." He put too much emphasis on the word man, but it wasn't something you noticed at your young age. Instead you noticed that his hands were clenched in his lap, that he was wearing ratty plaid pajama bottoms and a white tshirt with a red blanket sewn to the shoulders. "We can't say our names in these dreams, can we?" He mouthed a word, his name most likely, and you shook your head. That was one thing you had always been taught, that names were forbidden in the soul dreams. "Well then how about a letter? C." "C? Like cat?" The boy nodded and you smiled. "C. You're weird." The boy laughed, looked surprised afterwards, and then scooted a little closer to you. "What about you? Give me a letter?" "My letter is--" But you were jerked from the dream as your father knocked on your bedroom door to tell you it was time to get up. You thought about the boy, C, and wondered if you'd ever get to meet him. When you stumbled out of your bedroom, rubbing your eyes, you watched your parents move around comfortably in the kitchen and promised yourself that you'd meet your soulmate one day. The world was only so big. You'd find him. ------ The soul dreams were few and far between. They picked up as you got older, but were still seldom enough that you noticed C had had a growth spurt at some point. His bright blue eyes moved over you, a smile stretching over his lips. It had been almost a year since the last dream. "You've gotten taller," he said, using the first letter of your name that you had finally been able to give him. You knew that his name started with C-L, but hadn't gotten a third letter yet. "That happens as you get older." You smiled, looking down at your sleep shorts. "You've gotten taller too." He stood up, walking over to you and then kneeling down beside you. He always moved closer, always tried to get as close as he could. You wouldn't be able to touch for a while yet, but that didn't stop him from reaching out as if he was going to touch your hand. "It's time for a new letter isn't it? A." He looked at you expectantly and you opened your mouth, giving him the next letter of your name as well. He smiled as he repeated it with the first letter as well. "C-L-A," you said with a hum. "Probably not Clarence, right?" He laughed and you looked down at your hands, wracking your brain for another name with those letters. One came to you and you looked up expectantly as you voiced it. "Clark?" "Yes!" He laughed and then sat down beside you, reaching out and letting his hand hover over yours. "Now what's yours? You should be able to say it now." "Y/N," you said with a laugh. He repeated it and then laughed, leaning back a bit. Slowly his laugh faded and he looked up at the darkness that surrounded the two of you. "I don't want to wake up." That was fairly defeatist. He had made the comment, or one similar, once before. You shifted close enough that if you could, your knee would be touching his. Instead it was like pins and needles. "Do you need to talk about it?" At his confused look, you shrugged and looked away. "Aren't soulmates supposed to be there for each other? Even in the beginning?" "I guess so." He scuffed his palm against the ground although you knew he wouldn't feel anything. The soul dreams took place in a room that didn't exist. "Sometimes I think I'm so different that I'll never... never fit in." "You aren't that different though," you said softly. "If you were, you wouldn't have a soulmate." Clark smiled and ducked his head. His form shuddered a bit, a sure sign that he was starting to wake up. He stood up and dusted off his pajama pants. "I have a field trip today. Maybe something good will happen." "Maybe so," you said encouragingly. Both of you were very wrong, for different reasons. A few nights later you saw Clark again and without telling you everything, he did tell you that there had been an accident and his dad gave him some difficult news. Even though he was obviously upset, you knew you needed to tell someone, so you informed him that your parents were divorcing. It wasn't unheard of, soulmates not working out. Clark seemed astonished but supportive, as a soulmate should be. You thought about your parents and how you hadn't realized they were unhappy, but before you could talk to Clark about it, your form shuddered and then you were awake. ------ The dreams started to come more often, which wasn't saying much. It turned into a few times a year, giving both of you just enough of a connection that you missed him when you were awake. Having a soulmate didn't stop you from dating. You didn't know if Clark dated or not, assumed he probably did because he was growing into an attractive young man, but it wasn't taboo these days to date before you met your soulmate. You had fallen asleep at the house of the guy you were currently seeing when you had another soul dream. Clark was sitting in the middle of the dark room, wearing just basketball shorts. He didn't even seem to notice that he was in the dream until you settled down next to him. "Y/N," he said happily, eyes averting when he realized you were just in a sports bra and some cloth shorts. "Oh, sorry." "It's okay," you said as you got comfortable. You still couldn't touch him, but the feeling you got when you tried was no longer pins and needles. Now it was almost some sort of warmth. That meant it wasn't long before you'd be able to feel him. "It's been a while this time." "Yeah, a few months. What are you up to?" "Not much, taking some summer classes at the community college. I start there next semester you know." You rubbed a hand over your arm and decided to just bite the bullet. "I'm actually at the dorms right now. A guy offered for me to stay with him instead of going home since the class got out late tonight." Clark froze, looking over at you uncomfortably. You were testing the waters, wanted to know where he sat on the topic of dating outside of soulmates. His face answered that enough for you. "That's... ahem. What's he majoring in?" His eyebrows drew together after he asked and you knew that he realized that was a strange question. You shrugged, rubbing your hand over your legs as you pulled them up to your chest. "He wants to be a lawyer, wants to help people." Clark's entire face twitched and he quickly stood up. You watched him pace a little, trying not to stare at the muscles of his back... or his abs. There was a lot that you were trying not to stare at. He spun around to look at you, cocking his head to the side a bit, and you noticed a distinctly upset vibe on him. "That's what you're interested in? Guys like that? I mean, I grew up on a farm. What do I know about..." He gestured helplessly and you stood up, moving over to him. Before you could reach out, he shook his head and closed his eyes. "I'm going to wake up now. I'll... see you later." And then he was gone. You existed in the soul dream for a moment longer before you shot awake too. Awake, you looked over at the guy in the bed with you and sighed, sliding out of the bed and moving to grab your things. A few days later, you slid into the dream once more. It was sooner than expected, usually it was at least weeks later, but when you got there, you were frozen. You had wanted to put Clark at ease the next time you saw him, tell him that you were still waiting for him, but you saw him huddled on the floor and crying. Quickly you moved to him, grasping his face until he looked up at you. You didn't even notice until later when you were awake that you felt warm skin under your palms, not just the warmth of the connection. You pulled him into a hug while he cried, hands fisted on your hips. "He's gone," he cried, body wracking with sobs. "I could have saved him but..." You let him tell you the truth about himself, about what he was and what he could do. You let him mourn his father and the fact that he hated feeling helpless. And then you tilted his face up to yours and smiled down at him, telling him that it was never too late to make his dad proud. ------ The next few years were different. The soul dreams happened more often and you were grateful for it. The two of you kept in touch that way, as well as exchanged phone numbers. Clark disappeared for large chunks of time so the dreams were the only ways you could reach him. He told you about all that he'd seen, all that he'd done. He moved around the country, the continent, hiding who he was. He was a drifter, never stayed in one place very long. And the night that the others came, you felt more lost than ever. You went to sleep that night praying that Clark would be there, but it was empty. Suddenly people knew aliens existed, knew that there was one somewhere waiting. The military admitted to trading the alien over and you cried yourself to sleep, worried that you'd never get the chance to meet your soulmate now. In the soul dream, you could feel an echo of the man you'd fallen in love with. He was still alive somewhere, but not able to reach you. "Clark?" You called his name in the empty space and closed your eyes, listening for any kind of response. Instead you were woken up by your neighbor banging on your door. Metropolis was being attacked. You lived close, although not exactly in city limits, so all of you went to one of the apartments and watched the news coverage. As the news anchors mentioned Superman and his fight to save the city, the world, you felt tears gather in your eyes. He was still alive. ------ "I'm coming," you called as your doorbell rang. You put the groceries down and headed over to the door, pulling it open. Your smile started to grow as you recognized the man standing in front of you. "I didn't want to live another day in a dream." Clark had on a pair of glasses you knew he didn't need, a messenger bag hanging over his shoulder. You reached out, letting your fingers touch his jaw lightly. He smiled and grabbed your waist, pulling you into a kiss that you felt down to your toes. This was better than you could have ever dreamed.

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Appearing before the Dramacourt: Man to Man Ep 01

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Issues:

Whether the sniper shooting scene was realistic

Whether the “prison break” was believable

Whether the evil scorpion man villain scene was the funniest thing ever

Whether the breakup with the mob boss’s daughter was legit

Whether ex-fangirls would really make the best managers

Whether the explanation on ‘how to contact a Ghost Agent’ was hilarious

The Rule(s):

Absolutely not. There’s a reason snipers don’t move around and jump across buildings when on a mission.

Somewhat. It started out strong and then its like the write gave up thinking halfway through.

Totally. Cheap, terrible CGI and random NYPD in the most un-New York environment is totally ridiculous.

No. It was totally not legit. So many unanswered questions.

Depends.

Yes. Totally hilarious.

Analysis:

RedRosette J: Finally. A show that isn’t absolutely horrible right from the start. I have to say that I was waiting for this show ever since they announced it. I love James Bond-y spy shows, so this is totally up my alley! It got off to a rocky start with the ridiculous “sniper” scene (See Issue 1) at the beginning but after that the show picked up. There was all the super secret spy stuff, running around Europe, and things blowing up just like in any good spy show. There was definitely a LOT going on in this episode and I had to stop for breaks throughout (this probably has nothing to do with the actual plot though and more to do with the fact that my brain is tired from studying. Exams. Ugh). Park Hae Jin is totally believable as Agent Kim Seol Woo. He’s done previously “soul-less” roles before (Bad Guys and arguably Cheese in the Trap), so there’s no doubt he can deliver. I also like that he brings a little bit of a “I-give-no-shits” vibe to the character. I really liked the introduction of the movie star Yeo Woon Gwang and the people around him. They all seem to have unique and well developed characters. Right down to a Descendants of the Sun spoof! I’m excited to see how Park Hae Jin’s and Kim Min Jung’s characters interact as the show goes on. For right now, it seems to be the typical borderline love-hate situation. As for the political plot line, I got bored and sort of zoned out, but I’m hoping it gets better later on. The production is well done and the OST is decent too. So far, I don’t hate it and I’m really hoping it continues this way and doesn’t disappoint.

Jubiemon J: Overall, I’ve enjoyed this episode. We had a good mix of action and humour. I also liked how the episode showed a contrast between Kim Sulwoo and Yeo Woo Gwang through the transitions. When Sulwoo is suffering in prison, you have Woo Gwang being a jerk to all the workers around him. There’s a nice contrast between their personalities, yet they’re similar in many ways as well. Sulwoo can charm people like how Woo Gwang is great at acting as if he cares about the people around him (not his direct team; other directors/actors). However, Sulwoo seems to be less conceited and has a more serious, responsible personality unlike Woo Gwang who is really the arrogant type that you can’t hate completely since he’s still good at what he does. Also, though the spy scenes in the start were a bit cheesy at first and the long English scenes were kind of excessive, I still enjoyed seeing that setup for Park Haejin’s character. I felt like the crew intentionally had that long intro segment to lightly make fun of typical spy movies too. In spy movies, there’s always that femme fatale and how Haejin’s character ended the relationship he had with that woman in Hungary was hilarious and totally made fun of spy movies.

I wouldn’t say this episode was a 10/10 because there were still some parts that bug me. I did think that how Sulwoo entered the prison was on the ridiculous side; he could have just committed some crime and entered or acted as some prison guard. Instead, he had to go through that long saga with getting kidnapped by some peeps to get to the Russian military leader.  I also don’t particularly enjoy Cha Do Ha as a character. She seems to be the typical Mary Sue. She’s a kind, devoted woman with good intentions and is completely infatuated with Woo Gwang to the point that it’s embarrassing. She’s like at least 30 in this drama . . . and she fan girls like a teenager. I know it’s supposed to be cute/funny, yet I just cringe. Not to mention, did they HAVE to give her the worst bowl cut ever? She also keeps interfering with Sulwoo’s mission which sincerely irritates me. I’d rather watch how his mission will play out than have her believe he is some paparazzi. Even worse, it’s completely obvious how Sulwoo will eventually fall for her. There’s already some hint that something about her “bugs” him; his boss even alluded that there’s always a woman involved. Finally, the political parts were still . . . ugh. Can we just let go of all the corruption dramas going on? -0-‘ So sick of this theme. (I do have to say this drama has done the best so far in terms of dealing with the politics; not TOO TOO much like in some dramas like Defendant. God. No.)

We’d never get anything done if professors looked like this

Fake dating

Tea with a mob boss

Shady shit always goes down in alleys

LOL!

Making sure everything is perfect because you have the boss from hell

Smiles

When someone interrupts your “me time”

This guy tho

“Let me see your equipment” ;)

When you can’t believe he’s so pretty!

There’s some political stuff too…

Issue 1: Whether the sniper shooting scene was realistic

RedRosette J: I get what the drama was trying to do. I really do. They wanted to show him as a rebel who doesn’t follow the rules and does crazy stuff. I get it. But there are tons and tons of other much more realistic ways of showing that! There’s a reason that snipers lay in wait and don’t move. It’s all about precision and timing. It takes time to focus on your target and wait for the opportune moment. It is highly and I mean highly unrealistic for a sniper to be able to pick up his giant ass gun, run across a building, jump down said building and then aim and shoot a man. Seriously? Not to mention, those guns are really not meant to be “portable and user-friendly.” I just found this scene completely ridiculous and thought they could have done much much better.

Pretty sure that’s not how a sniper works

Breaking all the rules

Dude: “He doesn’t listen to anyone.” Dude 2: “Perfect let’s recruit him”

Issue 2: Whether the “prison break” was believable

RedRosette J: Let me just start off by saying that I am a HUGE fan of Prison Break (Season 5 airing now!). So, any show that does anything remotely related to a prison break, I expect Prison Break level standards for the breakout. I was super super excited when things started rolling towards a prison break: stuff got exchanged, soap molds were made, prison batteries were made, shank keys were cut and then the actual breakout was WTF? They just ran. Like ran through the prison. I’m sorry but where were the guards and the locked doors? It’s a prison. Not some hotel hallway where you can casually run down. It gets worse. They get to a grate in the wall which just opens and then they jump into some hole and the scene cuts to them sitting in a car by a helicopter. What? So many questions are unanswered!!! Where did the tunnel lead? How did they get out of the tunnel? Was it even a tunnel? Where was the car? How did they get the car? Did they talk to someone? I don’t know…It was really like the writer got too tired to think about the ending and was just like ‘whatever I’ll resolve it off screen’. No. Brah. You have to see it through!

Jubiemon J: What I did like about the prison break was the start of it, the part where Sulwoo stuffed something on that door which then led to something being lit up. The lights then all shut down. I quite liked that part. I wouldn’t say the prison break was THAT bad compared to the ones I’ve seen in other movies. It was just okay. What bugs me more is HOW Sulwoo ended up in prison. It was totally unnecessary to have to have dated that daughter of some evil guy and then get kidnapped by the dad and thrown to prison. Ha. Like I said before, he could have had a prison guard there. Also that ending part with the Russian military leader being sent off by his crew ? If he could have gotten a helicopter all set up, why couldn’t he have broken out earlier by himself? Was Sulwoo really necessary? I doubt it.

When you in prison but still got moves…

  When you in prison but you still chill af…

What is this? Where does it go?

Issue 3:  Whether the evil scorpion man villain scene was the funniest thing ever.

RedRosette J: I LOL’d so hard at this! This was the funniest thing ever. The dude was wearing like a full on body suit (Batman style) and had a massive scorpion tattoo on the side of his face that glowed! It was completely ridiculous and totally hilarious. The shitty CGI made it even funnier. It was also set in New York (?) but looked like it was actually outside a strip mall. LOL! Dead. So funny!

Jubiemon J: This part really, really confused me at first because I thought there was some supernatural element to this drama. I almost got really mad and wanted to say no to this drama. After I realized that he was just filming as a “bad” Superman, I thought it was all right. I guess they wanted to introduce a popular guy who does action films that can sometimes be cringey yet still popular. (Hinting at lots of those sequels and franchises I bet.)

LOL!

That tattoo tho LOLOLOL

When you famous because you were in a corny movie, but still got swag

Issue 4: Whether the breakup with the mob boss’s daughter was legit

RedRosette J: I totally understand the logic behind why he had to die for there to be a proper wrap up of the relationship. He’s right. You do not want a scorned woman on your case if you are an international super spy. My only issue is with the execution of said death plot. The car explodes with him in it while she’s walking towards it. Cool. But how did he get out? And then he just walks away right in front of the burning car and she’s supposed to be right behind the car. How did she not see him walk away? I don’t get it. Again, this could have been written better, eg: engineered drive by shooting with a fake blood pack and a bulletproof vest or gets pushed off a cliff into the ocean, or I don’t know anything else that seemed a little bit more legit. It’s for the dramatic theatrics, yes, but still I hold spy dramas to a higher standard.

Jubiemon J: I can kind of see how she wouldn’t notice him going away. When someone is caught by surprise and he/she isn’t trained to be immune to these dangerous scenes, he/she would probably be caught up with whatever that surprised the person. It’s sort of how there has been this experiment that has shown that when there’s a fire, most people are way too shocked to even react and run away. They just freeze. I think it’s reasonable for her not to have noticed Sulwoo walking off. I do agree that we’re kind of left wondering how he escaped; I think that might have been the writer/director thinking that this would show us how awesome Sulwoo is as a spy. We’d never know how he escaped. That’s the beauty? A magician doesn’t reveal his/her tricks?

NO.

Issue 5: Whether ex-fan girls would really make the best managers

RedRosette J: You’d really have to make sure that she’s not some psycho stalker first. But in an ideal situation probably yes they’d make good managers. Case in point is Cha Do Ha (Kim Min Jung’s character), who literally picks up the Yeo Woon Gwang’s car with a forklift because he was making out with some random actress in it. Talk about an extreme deterrent. Ex-fangirls would definitely be willing to go to extremes to protect the star…that much I believe.

Jubiemon J: No. You don’t want someone that’s a crazy hormone-filled fan girl to act as your manager. Sure you will get someone who understands your pet peeves and habits, but you also have someone that’s likely fantasizing being with you or stalking you. It’s also unprofessional for her to be going goo-goo ga ga behind the scenes when there are co-workers around her. It’s cringey and embarrassing. I also think that having someone like her who only sees him as that perfect man will eventually end up stunting his career. He treats his closest staff so terribly that they will likely want to leave him later. Also, I think someone would want a manager to be able to bring some sense to the star like keep them grounded. I think the only reason that he has kept her around is that he is a narcissist. He wants someone to idolize him completely. (This is just on the first ep; his character assessment will likely change b/c we have that hint of him being all sensitive when the politician’s wife told him she managed that clothing brand.)

How you react when you an exfangirl and your bias does something cute

This is top notch deterrence

Issue 6: Whether the explanation on ‘how to contact a Ghost Agent’ was hilarious.

RedRosette J: This was absolutely hilarious. The best part was that what Seol Woo’s “handler” Lee Dong Hyun (Jeong Man Sik’s character) was explaining to the Director was totally realistic. You know how they say the best spies are the ones who wear no disguises? This is totally that except the best spies are the ones that act like regular people! The director was all “how do you contact him?” and Lee Dong Hyun is all “I texted him” LOL! Totally totally hilarious. He goes on to explain to Seol Woo later on that the Director thought he was kidding because it was too normal and realistic. I love it!

Conclusion: Appeal Allowed.

Rating: 3 = MM. Okay. Fine. (It was good. Not cookie worthy good, but still good. Here’s to hoping it gets better)

Dissent from Jubiemon J – 3.5 – that .5 comes in because Park Haejin really studied hard to execute his English lines! He executed his lines very well considering how English isn’t his mother tongue. I’d probably would have given this a 4 if it weren’t for the cringey Cha Do Ha. I think cutting her character out would be fabulous.

  File No: Man-To-Man-EP-01 Appearing before the Dramacourt: Man to Man Ep 01 ***If this is your first time browsing The Drama Files, please read The Rules section first for our reviewing and rating system***