#firing in siwan

[bigyikes97]

Triangle, my beloved

This drama was a DUMPSTER FIRE that, in my opinion, crossed the line between just awful into some secret tier of amazing. It's the Sharknado of Kdramas. I have to tell you about this show.

First, the premise was amazing. A better writer could've made it the buzziest show of its season. You see glimmers of greatness all through it. However...

The story was NOT written in advance. It was written episode by episode according to input from online fans. And BOY, the results were INSANE. He loves her! He hates her! We need a love triangle! We're going to forget it happened! We can't figure out how to get him out of jail...so the next episode opens with a 2-year time skip and we move on!!

It was COMPLETELY unpredictable, with flat out continuity errors--I'm talking day/night errors, totally forgetting where characters were, cutting to people in the wrong places, people getting stabbed and left for dead and walking around the next day, the whole shebang. One character even completely forgot that he had very emotionally beaten another unconscious and been charged with "finishing him off" in front of a ring of watching gangsters that afternoon--IT CUT TO HIM STANDING IN HIS KITCHEN PEACEFULLY MAKING DINNER AT NIGHT IN DIFFERENT CLOTHES AND THE OTHER GUY WAS INEXPLICABLY FINE!

At that point, to me, it veered completely into comedy and I couldn't stop watching. The characters were a special highlight to me. Have you ever wanted to see a gangster played by Kim Jaejoong whose lipstick occasionally and unevenly turns distractingly pink or orange in-between takes? Now's your chance.

For Im Siwan's character in particular, it seems they were trying to go for a nuanced villain/anti-hero, but couldn't figure out what they wanted and so swung WILDLY between wanting to learn his family's business from the employee-level up, to wanting to escape, to being just some guy, to wanting to return as a mustache-twirling overlord...it was like a parody, and somehow it hit just the right wavelength of being hilarious. He saved it by apparently approaching each episode as a stand-alone concept and putting his whole heart into each week's iteration of the character. It was like, I don't know exactly what this guy is feeling because he's changed his entire motivation and MO like 3 times in 4 episodes, but boy is he feeling something!

(Also, nobody looked ANYTHING like their promo images. Wardrobe, hairstyles all totally different, it was hilarious.)

Towards the end, flashbacks grew longer and longer as the executives apparently quarreled over what material to include. As the actors started to have other encroaching deadlines because they were going over time, they couldn't execute even the plans they wanted, and the ending was completely in the air even as the final episodes were being filmed. Finally, at the end,

(SPOILER!!!)

A main character died in the first 10 minutes of the finale, from a tiny knife wound and in the arms of a trained emergency responder over an excruciatingly long period of time in which said responder did not do any kind of medical treatment or call an ambulance. Both of the other main characters had taken 5 times the damage of that tiny lil wound and bounced back without a scratch.

(END SPOILER!!!)

I mean for the first three episodes our main man was getting beaten to the point of death, stabbed multiple times and left for dead like every 15 minutes and then walking it off the next day:

so watching this other guy keel over from a tiny little cut was jarring and random to the point that it would've been comedic if all three actors hadn't also been acting with their whole hearts to make you forget the abysmal context and silliness of all that preceded.

Come to find out--that particular decision WAS random!! They had gone so far over time that the actor literally had to fly to France to film another show and so they just killed his character and changed the entire end of the story! Which is honestly just very on-brand for the rest of the show.

If you watch it as each scene by itself, each scene is awesome. If you watch it together? Reverse Gestalt theory!! It's somehow less than the sum of its parts!!! But still? Glorious. Also everyone is gorgeous which is definitely a perk.

To summarize, the process was basically a budgeted improv club on steroids in which everyone did their absolute best to keep pace with the bizarre new twists and act surprised each time the repetitive ones repeated. Vibes: Improv - The Office US - YouTube.

I didn't actually finish it; I think I watched the first 15 minutes of the last episode and then just recapped the end. But honestly? No regrets with the show, it's my favorite worst thing and my go-to for "bad" examples of writing and continuity when I'm tutoring. If you want to see some gorgeous faces and kill brain cells, you must watch Triangle, it's a riot.

(look at all that drama they brought to this dumpster fire! Loved it haha.)

[doomdvys]

[ ACCESSING DATABASE... ]

[ yim siwan, demi-man, he/they ] Look who just landed! DAESUNG SHIN (SH-1N V4.5), I sure hope you packed all you need. Perhaps you’re not worried as SCIENTIST of X ACADEMY. The city has plenty of spots for a 32 year old ANDROID like you. You’ll be known in the city soon enough as THE DOUBLE EDGED SWORD, being AFFABLE and ABSENTMINDED. ( anna, 26, gmt+7, removed for discretion )

DOSSIER.

FULL NAME: daesung shin. NICKNAME: dae, sh-1n v4.5. DATE OF BIRTH: x 2405. GENDER: demi man. PRONOUNS: he / they. SEXUAL ORIENTATION: demisexual. ROMANTIC ORIENTATION: panromantic. CURRENT AGE: thirty two. MODIFICATION: android ( unaware ). AFFILIATION: x academy. BIRTHPLACE: new jakarta, mars. CURRENT NEIGHBOURHOOD: mawar district. OCCUPATION: scientist of x academy. KNOWN LANGUAGES: english ( native ), korean ( fluent ), japanese ( conversational ), indonesian ( conversational ).

APPEARANCE.

FACECLAIM: yim siwan HEIGHT: 5'6" EYE COLOUR: dark brown. HAIR COLOUR: black. CLOTHING STYLE: their style tends to lean towards dark academia. you'd often find him with in layers with dark and/or muted earth colors. JEWELLERY: daesung tends to stay away from jewellery, though they're rarely seen without their stainless steel watch. TATTOOS: daesung doesn't have any tattoos. MARKS/SCARS: daesung has no scars on their body, mostly thanks to the artificial skin. there is a small panel on their left shoulder blade, perfectly and seamlessly hidden unless you're purposefully look for it. access to it will allow you to review and modify his programming. MODIFICATIONS: daesung suffered from an artificial skin grafted due to burns he suffered in their youth. the artificial skin is thicker for constitution, their eyes glows yellow when certain protocol is of their programming is engaged. SCENT/FRAGANCE: daesung smells of amber wood, with a hint of spice.

PERSONALITY.

STR - 12 | DEX - 11 | CON - 13 | WIS - 9 | INT - 14 | CHA - 14

POSITIVE TRAITS: affable, intelligent, focused, professional. NEUTRAL TRAITS: enigmatic, reserved, idiosyncratic, structured. NEGATIVE TRAITS: absentminded, naive, malleable, erratic. PEEVES: messy surroundings, not being able to solve a problem. FEARS: fire, finding his memory retention worsening. SKILLS: an expert in biochemistry, decently knowledgeable in engineering, approachable and rather dependable. when hyde protocol is activated, they have greater strength and reflexes. GOALS: working his way up x academy and exacting his creator's revenge continue making innovative tech, hopefully finding something to help him restore his memory of his past.

INSPO.

QUOTE: the moral of this story is: don't trust people. trust the circumstances. LABEL/ARCHETYPE: the double-edged sword. TROPES: ditzy genius, jekyll & hyde, transferable memory, was it all a lie? MEDIA PARALLELS: bucky barnes ( marvel cinematic universe ), orion hong ( secret shanghai series ), rachael ( blade runner ). THEME SONG: young and menace - fall out boy.

BIOGRAPHY.

to be expanded.

graphic credit: character template by enchanthings

[bhanustark]

Chhapra laborer dies in Siwan: Fire was hit while working on the chimney, family members expressed the fear of untoward

A laborer of Chhapra has died in Siwan. The deceased used to work on a brick kiln in Siwan. Got scorched while working. It has died in the course of treatment. As soon as the news of the death was received, there has been a scream among the family members in Taraiya. The deceased has been identified as Rajesh Kumar Ram (44 years) father Krit Ram, resident of Chainpur village of Taraiya police…

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[solitudeandseclusion]

I posted 2,287 times in 2022

That's 999 more posts than 2021!

31 posts created (1%)

2,256 posts reblogged (99%)

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I tagged 2,210 of my posts in 2022

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#quotes - 100 posts

#tiktok - 86 posts

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Longest Tag: 104 characters

#if you sip the water first then the pills start dissolving the second they touch the water in your mouth

My Top Posts in 2022:

#5

if gregory does not kiss janine by the end of this month, i'm gonna be so pissed

22 notes - Posted November 18, 2022

#4

so I watched Hell is Other People (alternate title: Strangers from Hell). now from spoiler free gifs on tumblr and TWO edits I'd seen on twitter made me assume this was a drama with some petty crime where Lee Dong Wook is a bit quirky insane 🤪

I watched the show in two days. 5 eps each day and GOOD LORD LDW IS SCARY AF AND THERE IS SO MUCH CRIME 😭😭😭 LDW is what drew me to the show but I have to admit Im Siwan is fkn amazing as well. Lee Jung-eun is a (creepy) queen. The rest of the supporting cast is also great. Ugh this show has disturbed me so greatly but what I hate the most about it is how fkn hot LDW looked in all black in the final ep like pls leave my head. I need help. Fin.

30 notes - Posted September 20, 2022

#3

warming my hands around this dumpster fire on this chilly night

37 notes - Posted November 11, 2022

#2

so true

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40 notes - Posted March 23, 2022

My #1 post of 2022

ep 14 had so much. but i felt the most for baek yi jin and ko yu rim. yi jin is the oldest in the gang and even though the others are stepping into adulthood in their own ways, they do not fully understand just how harsh this world could be. baek yi jin had been warned by coach yang that this closeness with the subject could blow up in his face and while it was not hee do but yu rim, it turned out to be worse. this man's family had been a supporter of yu rim for ages but they could not continue due to their own misfortunes. yu rim's family continued to be nice to yi jin's family regardless of their stature. baek yi jin fully knows his duties as a reporter and he understands that him breaking the news would be kinder for yu rim (even though the younger ones do not get it yet). he becomes the bad guy in the story just so he could accurately present the story without sensationalizing it. yu rim gets it though. she understands when she calls him a reporter and asks him to go forth with the questions. but she does not explain this to the others. this is between her and yi jin, who have known each other through thick and thin. guilt-ridden (and due to the nature of his job), yi jin does not see her off at the airport. he finally breaks down at the end of the episode when he just cannot handle how much it hurts. if only he still had the means, he would've paid off all of yu rim's family debts, he knows that in his bones. but life is just so so cruel and we know they both deserve better but what can you do. that's what growing up is.

98 notes - Posted March 27, 2022

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[teenmanhua]

The Odd One Next Door

Read manhwa The Odd One Next Door on teenmanhua.com After her ex left her to marry a famous actress. Yoo Gaeun has ended dating. Now she spends her days running her late mother's studio and cleaning up after the twins' messes. But her quiet life changes dramatically when the rough and irritable Kang Siwan moves into a nearby house. Although Gaeun tries to be gentle with his quirky neighbor, every time they see each other sparks are fired, sparking one argument after another. Will she ever make peace with Siwan, or will the spark ignite something else inside her? Read the full article

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On Camera, Burning Man Under Bus, Cops Flee In Bihar Shocker

On Camera, Burning Man Under Bus, Cops Flee In Bihar Shocker

Videos show police officers getting off the bus and fleeing the scene. Patna: Three bikers were killed when a bus carrying policemen hit them on the Chapra-Siwan Highway in Bihar on Wednesday morning. Disturbing videos show one of the bikers under the bus, in flames, as the bus caught fire after its fuel tank exploded. Policemen can be seen rushing out of the bus and standing at a distance,…

[centraltitta]

Ittle dew 2 walkthrough switch

(A shovel can be found on the broken bridge towards the Fort Joy Gate) To the east of your starting area, there is a shrine. ) If your character is not a lizard and you would like to have a lizard in your party, you can find a potential party member The Red Prince to the south, not far from your starting area. It's an undead squirrel with its own quest. (you will also meet Sir Lora if you have his DLC installed. Go search the beach, and collect useful items such as coins and consumables, some treasures are buried so you will need a shovel or a Lizard to dig them up. Your primary goal at this point is to escape the island. Your character is one of the sourcerers taken here by force and you are collared, so no source skills can be cast at the start of the game. If you try to save the magister and the prisoners you won't make it to the lifeboat.īut you survive, and wake up on the beach at Fort Joy, an Island used by magisters for holding sourcerers. After the battle, head back to the lifeboat only to see the entire ship destroyed by the Kraken before you get there. Defeat the enemies using strategy, being careful not to let yourself be ambushed by multiple voidwokens. Here you'll find the other prisoners now awake, and this place also filled with voidwokens. Use the ladder next to the lifeboat to reach the lower deck. Insist that there's no time to spare you can escape right now, but agree to save the others and you can earn more XP. Once you reach the lifeboat, a kid onboard asks you to find other survivors on this ship. Now you'll need to fight some voidwokens in order to reach the other side of the deck. Head to the deck where a giant Kraken appears and attacks the ship. (Note: Some locked doors can be broken by force by holding the CTRL key and attacking them.) Find the Skull-Marked Key from the Corpse of Magister Priest Medwyn. At this level, you will find Magisters Murtof and Ricks, and you can persuade them to help Siwan (need 1 or more Persuasion skill points), or you can kill them. Stepping on fire will burn you, causing continuous loss of health. Go upstairs and search the rest of the ship, but be aware of the fire on the ground. You can also return to the torture room where you first awoke and slay that female magister for some coins (It is possible to kill her right when you first meet her if you choose). You can now loot from dead bodies and further explore this ship, but other prisoners are currently unconscious. The use of source abilities summoned voidwokens to the ship. Once you reach the stern, you'll see a prisoner being attacked by magisters. Near the sheep there is a vase that has the cargo key, you need to move some crates to see it. You can talk to the sheep there if you have Pet Pal. There's a door blocked by some crates, move the crates and open the door (left-click the object then drag). Before you climb the ladder to the upper deck. In Definitive Edtion, the starting place of the game is a little different, you start at a tutorial deck. (If you are an elf, you can acquire some knowledge by eating body parts you loot) Looting from the dead is generally not considered stealing in this game. Be careful not to loot objects with red names, since this behavior will be considered stealing and may result in others attacking you. There are also some lootable crates and sacks, mainly containing a few coins. (Note: You cannot recruit them right now). There are many fellow prisoners on board this ship, including your future teammates. The epic journey of D:OS II starts in The Hold - the prison ship that transports sourcerers to Fort Joy. Also, remember that Undead characters can use lockpick with their finger instead of lockpicks, and lizard characters can dig things without a shovel.) Troubled Waters (Selecting one of the preset origins is highly recommended, since they have more quests in game. For more information, read our Character Creation page. You can also choose a custom character if you don't like the default origins, but be sure to choose Tags for your customized character, which unlocks special dialogues in the game. Divinity Original Sin 2 has 6 Origins, 14 Classes and 5 Races. Keep Calm and Carrion (Four Relics of Rivellon)īefore you start, you need to create your own main character.A Hunger From Beyond (Four Relics of Rivellon).Threads of a Curse (Four Relics of Rivellon).Seed of Power (Four Relics of Rivellon).

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प्रेमिका से मिलने यूपी से बिहार पहुंचा प्रेमी, पेट्रोल डालकर खुद को किया आग के हवाले, युवती भी झुलसी

प्रेमिका से मिलने यूपी से बिहार पहुंचा प्रेमी, पेट्रोल डालकर खुद को किया आग के हवाले, युवती भी झुलसी

सीवान जिले के हसनपुरा थाना क्षेत्र के कन्हौली गांव में शुक्रवार की सुबह सड़क पर उस समय अफरा-तफरी मच गई, जब एक युवक आग का गोला बना सड़क पर दौड़ लगाने लगा। कुछ दूर भागने के बाद युवक को एक गड्ढे में थोड़ा… Source link

[tomorrowsdrama]

2020 Year in Thirst Pt. 2

Sometimes, I will watch a drama for the plot/premise/substance and be rewarded with a surprise hottie, and it’s the best feeling ever!  It’s like finding money in your pocket that you didn’t know about.  The following list of dramas can be described as:

Came for the plot, was rewarded with a surprising side of thirst

1. Flower of Evil

Brief Summary: Lee Jun Ki plays Baek Hee Sung and Moon Chae Won plays Cha Ji Won, his wife who is also a detective.  What Ji Won doesn’t know is that her husband, Hee Sung, is actually Hyun Soo, a man on the run from a murder that he did not commit and also a suspected accomplice to a series of murders committed by his father in the past.  Oh yeah, his dad secretly tried to groom him into being his protege/murder partner.  Because of how he was raised, HS believes that he has no emotions and is simply putting on an act as the perfect husband and father.  His “parents” are in on the ruse and are actually the ones who forced him into assuming their comatose son’s identity.  Anyway, of course things from the past start to catch up with HS and his wife is somehow assigned to investigating his old murder case.  She of course feels betrayed, but also conflicted as she discovers her husband is not who he said he was and a prime murder suspect.  Things get even more complicated as the real murderer re-appears with fabulous long hair and tries to frame HS for the murders.  In between all of this are delicious make outs between the couple and at least one instance where they banged so hard, HS was wiped out the next morning.

Surprise Thirst Factor: I checked out this drama fully expecting to drop it because the promos were so misleading and unappealing. But boy was I in for a pleasant surprise!  Not only was the drama super addicting, it also had some nice eye candy in the form of Lee Jun Ki being a completely unrealistic house husband who satisfies in the housework (The man cooks and does the laundry!), childcare, and bedroom and Kim Ji Hoon’s glorious mane of beauty making viewers have a moral crisis over lusting after a homicidal maniac (who turned out to be a real loser without murder daddy around to clean up his mess.  It’s ok, we’ll always have his hair).

Yes, work that hair honey.  It’s the only good thing you’ve got going on for you (the character, not Kim Ji Hoon)

The chemistry between Lee Jun Ki and Moon Chae Won was fire and the make out scenes were soo believable.  Like yes, these two beautiful people are really into being married to each other and understandably want to make out all the time. 

He’s the primary caretaker for their daughter and it’s just *swoons.*  Not all thirst traps come in the form of sexy abs (although I would not mind if he wanted to flash some).

2. Six Flying Dragons

Brief Summary: The story of young Yi Bang Won (who later becomes King Taejong) and the founding of the Joseon Dynasty.  As short as it sounds, that really is an accurate summary of the drama haha.

Surprise Thirst Factor: I started watching this drama because I heard it was a great sageuk and I’m a big fan of Yoo Ah In.  Even though I’m a fan of his acting, Yoo Ah In doesn’t necessarily get my hormones raging so I wasn’t expecting to be so thirsty while watching Six Flying Dragons.  But then.  BUT THEN.  Byun Yo Han showed up in all his scruffy tortured deadly killer glory and my hormones woke up and said hi, hello, who are you, what’s your name, what’s your sign, can I get your number?  The deadlier and more tortured his character got, the sexier he became to me.  Sorry Yoo Ah In, you’ll always be my acting boo, but Byun Yo Han’s got my thirst.  Byun Yo Han looks so good when he's sad and/or covered in blood, it makes me feel like a sadist for thinking that I wouldn’t mind if the drama made his character cry some more.

3. Ever Night S1

Brief Summary: As a child, Ning Que witnessed his entire household get massacred because of a prophecy that the child of Hades will be born from the house and bring about the Eternal Night.  Somehow, he managed to escape and was the lone survivor.  He finds a baby buried in a pile of dead bodies as he’s fleeing and names her Sang Sang.  The two orphans grow up inseparable from each other and do whatever it takes to survive in the harsh, cruel world.  Ning Que earns money by becoming a deadly mercenary and Sang Sang takes care of the household affairs.  At one point, Ning Que becomes a disciple of the powerful Fu Zi and somehow gets entangled in the struggles between the Holy Sect and Demon Sect.  A bunch of beautiful women fall for Ning Que, and the drama tries its hardest to convince us that he has chemistry with and reciprocates the feelings of one of them (i.e. Mo Shan Shan), but anybody who was even half paying attention knows that the only one for Ning Que is Sang Sang.  They are the OTP of all OTPs and take “ride or die” to a whole other level. Oh also, their height difference is the stuff manga dreams are made of. Ning Que is a “good guy” but also not a “good guy” in the sense that he is not above doing whatever it takes to seek revenge and is only out for himself and Sang Sang (and later, his older brothers and sisters from the academy).

Surprise Thirst Factor: Chen Feiyu is an attractive person but I could not in good conscience thirst after him because he was literally born in the year 2000.  It did not help that he was only 18 when he filmed Ever Night and looked every bit his age.  My thirst may have no shame, but it does have its own set of principles and one of those principles is thou shalt not lust after those born in the new millennium!  Luckily for me, Second Brother is played by Dylan Kuo who is a beautiful, elegant, tall man

and Brother Chao is exactly the type of rugged and manly that I am into.  

(you don’t have to be)

who looks better when wet

AHEM. Yeah.

Sixth Brother is also not so bad with his scanty pounding work attire,

4. Novoland: Eagle Flag

Brief Summary:  Asule is the prince of a tribe in the grasslands who is held as a royal guest (i.e. hostage) in the Eastland Empire.  There he meets his two future best friends, Yu Ran, a free spirited princess who is descended from a race of bird people, and Ji Ye, an emo neglected/shunned son of a concubine who is probably the best fighter in the empire.  Ji Ye loves Yu Ran who is a ball of sunshine to his Johnny Raincloud dark emo self.  Yu Ran loves Ji Ye back.  Asule loves both his friends and will do anything to protect them.  The world decides to fuck over best friends Asule, Ji Ye, and Yu Ran for no reason as they try their best to just live a peaceful life away from all the political scheming and fighting.

Surprise Thirst-worthiness: I was completely content with enjoying Eagle Flag purely for its story and substance.  It’s seriously a wonderful, yet heartbreaking drama and the scale of the production is amazing.  No cheap $10 costumes here.  Also, the direction is beautiful/artistic and not the run of mill “let’s shoot it and complete it as fast as we can.”  The two main actors were cute, but not really my type.  Then the drama decided to give Ji Ye the “Sexy Bloody Tormented Killer Makeover” and all of a sudden your girl was rushing to MDL to check Chen Ruo Xuan’s birthday and calculating his age.  I am simple, predictable, and consistent when it comes to my thirst and give a character some scruff, long hair, angst, and some bloodlust and I’m all yours.  I am literally:

Is it wrong that when Ji Ye showed up looking like this ready to kill his mother’s torturer

I thought, yes, can we have him kill another? 

5. Run On

Brief Summary: Im Siwan plays Ki Seon Geom, a national track runner from a rich family who is a bit of an oddball and marches to his own beat.  Although his words can sometimes be construed as rude since he has no filter, they are also completely honest and have no hidden meaning.  He also has his own personal code that he lives by and he will stick to it no matter how negatively it may impact himself.  He meets Oh Mi Joo, a translator with her own strange quirks and sparks fly as Mi Joo is assigned to be his interpreter.  

Surprise Thirst-worthiness: I kind of watched this drama by accident.  I had read about Im Siwan starring in a new drama but nothing I saw from the description or promos for Run On appealed to me.  Nor did it give me any information about what the drama would be about.  Then one day, I just happened to be browsing Netflix for something to play in the  background and decided on Run on since I thought I wouldn’t be that invested.  What a happy accident that turned out to be because I’m so in love with this drama right now.  This is a case where the thirst does not stem from the character’s physical appearance, but from the intensity/charisma the actor brings to the character and the character himself.  Ki Seon Geom is so odd, but so appealing at the same time and Im Siwan is so magnetic in the role.  Prior to Run On, Im Siwan wasn’t really my type physically.  In fact, I always scratched my head whenever people called him handsome in dramas (I know, I know, forgive me).  So color me shocked when I found myself swooning all over Im Siwan in the second episode of Run On.  Now, it’s like I have “Im Siwan is attractive” glasses on and he looks attractive in everything to me.  I want to gobble up all the dramas he’s been in.

[imaginariaextraordinaire]

Rewatching this episode made me realise how much Seon-Gyeom and Coach Bang have in common. (My English-reading self loves the fact that she's called "bang" given her history of beating to pulp a colleague who wanted to, well, bang her.) In many ways, she comes across as more of a parental figure than Seon-Gyeom's actual parents. Not only is there the affection visible in the way she ruffles his hair and teases him, she's also got a history of trying to counter abuse with violence.

Coach Bang's story is a pointed reminder of how the system almost always sides with the male abuser in #MeToo cases. Maybe she had also hoped, like Seon-Gyeom, that people would ask why she'd resorted to violence, but they didn't. Both Coach Bang and Seon-Gyeom are the ones who end up walking away, while the coach (who once harassed Coach Bang and is now turning a blind eye to athletes being assaulted) is the one sitting pretty in his position of power.

It's also heartwarming that the one who brings Coach Bang back into the world of athletics is Seon-Gyeom. It mirrors how she once scouted him because she saw what he was capable of when others didn't.

Also, the sentence in the screengrab reminded me of Dan-Ah, who was forced to give up football by her brother and father. Patriarchy infects everything.

Last episode, a similar gesture led to a forged a connection (with Yeong-Hwa). This time, Seon-Gyeom's finger can't make that connection. He is very literally disconnected from his old world. It's also perhaps an indication that he's changed — something that his monster father notices when Seon-Gyeom refuses to let Assemblyman Ki exploit him in order to fulfil the older man's ambitions. Of course, Assemblyman Ki doesn't realise that Seon-Gyeom is a catalyst of sorts. Eun-Bi has already chosen a much more confrontational way of opposing her father and protecting her brother when she chooses Dan-Ah's agency. Quite a contrast to the way she had moved the glass away from Assemblyman's Ki in the quietest, subtlest way possible when the older man lashed out at Seon-Gyeom. Later, we'll see Ji-Woo's way of handling her husband change too. Assemblyman Ki, though, has no clue because he's too busy writing holier-than-though tweets (his staff despairing at his tweets sort of reminded me of Trump).

So nice to see Woo-Sik not taking the work done by "Furry Kim" for granted. He finds out who Furry Kim is — well done, Mi-Joo, on picking a truly ridiculous handle — and thanks her for her work. He doesn't take her labour for granted. Grandma's raised this boy well. Also love it when Woo-Sik asks if she did all this for Seon-Gyeom and Mi-Joo replies that she translated the article because she knew she'd do the best job of it. Shin Se-Kyung is pitch perfect in the way she plays Mi-Joo as someone who knows her strengths, but never comes across as conceited or arrogant.

I love how it's Seon-Gyeom who adjusts his stride to Mi-Joo's. That the adjustment is made by the man is such a refreshing change from women changing because they're in a romantic relationship. It's also ironic that after this lovely little moment, the Gyeommi couple has its first fight and while it all seems very silly at a superficial level, the feelings that are spurring both Seong-Gyeom and Mi-Joo to feel hurt by the other have darker, sadder roots. This is what we do in everyday life — we spend all our efforts hiding our darkest fears and miseries, only for them to spill out in ways that seem frivolous and nonsensical to those watching.

Also, the Winnie-the-Pooh line is one of the best in the show.

If you ask me, Seon-Gyeom might just be a wee bit cuter.

Seon-Yeong couple, I live for you. Kang Tae-Oh is such a breath of fresh air with impeccable comic timing and the innocence that his Yeong-Hwa radiates. Yeong-Hwa and May add such a wonderful sparkle to every scene they're in, lighting it up with their warmth and optimism.

I also live for Im Siwan's face-scrunching skills. Truly.

If the non-fight between Mi-Joo and Seon-Gyeom felt frustrating (because you just want to shake both of them and tell them to talk to each other properly dammit), how deeply satisfying is that exit after the confrontation with Assemblyman Ki. Both Shin and Cha Hwa-Yun (who plays Ji-Woo) shine in this scene. Ji-Woo's face lights up when she realises the power dynamic between Assemblyman Ki and his son is changing, and this young woman might be the one that started the fire. Also, I love how Mi-Joo taking Seon-Gyeom's hand and speeding up offers a parallel to Seon-Gyeom slowing down his stride to match her pace in the earlier scene.

Still gives me goosebumps.

[sgnjiah]

THIS WEEK’S TEA ? B U R N I N G  H O T  ! ! ! 

 A RECAP OF THE END OF THE YEAR GLAMPING RETREAT

hey tigers, did you miss me?  🐯 

summer is finally upon us, and with this year’s glamping trip now over, I can honestly say that you all know how to bring on the heat. the three day treat certainly was eventful. there was so much going on that i struggled to keep up with everything going on, but fear not, i did manage to gather some interesting stories i know you’d all love to hear. so buckle up because while this retreat did certainly have a lot of singing under the stars, i know you all would rather i just spill the tea. 

what’s a glamping trip if you don’t take this time to stargaze? it seems like i’m not the only one who feels the same way as both nights saw flocks of students sitting under the stars. and are we surprised that seongnam’s resident astro-lover, nam taeoh ( @sgntaeoh ) was spotted among the large crowd? but perhaps he should take some lessons from our resident playboy and not take his love interests on dates in the same place (albeit different nights). word on the street is he was seen acting cozy with both kwon sian ( @sgnsian ) and seok dawon ( @sgndawon ). what can i say? i guess both girls were lost staring at the stars in his eyes rather than paying attention to his lack of commitment. 

speaking of our resident playboy, is it really a signed, wooyoo story if i’m not talking about son junhyung ( @sgnjunhyung ) ? it seemed like he certainly had a fun time with all that he got up to. first on the list, he had all of us on the edge of our seats at the possibility of his friendship break up with seongnam’s resident sunshine, jo danbi ( @sgndanbi ), who by the way was also seen locking lips with a very interesting character. kwon taeho( @sgntaeho ) i’m looking at you. but back to the main tea, yes, that’s right, the inseparable pair of friends were seen arguing before going on the obstacle course. fellow peers of ours said that it certainly got heated. but it seems like all is well now, as they two of them apparently made it. 

but someone else that perhaps did not get a happy ending in regards to junhyung is the quiet girl, jeon jiwoo ( @sgnjiwoo ). jiwoo was seen crying to junhyung for some unknown reason. hopefully she’s not another victim of his games, because i honestly thought she was better than that. what a shame. 

and i wish that i could be done talking about him, but he wouldn’t be our resident playboy if he didn’t mess with some good old feelings. i’m sure you all remember his storybook romance with a certain natural sciences ta, yooa ( @sgnyooa ). well the two of them were seen getting cozy on the way over to yeongnyu, with yooa falling asleep on his shoulder during the bus. again, storybook romance, am i right? however, it seems like not everyone is thrilled at their romance, as i heard our sweet, sweet innocent first year, kan hyesoo ( @sgnxangel ) arguing with yooa over junhyung? something along the lines that yooa was jealous about angel and junhyug’s relationship because she spent a night with him only to be dumped? ouch. looks like angel has some fire in her after all. 

a quick list of people who got lost in the woods this trip. son baekso ( @sgnbaekso ) and seo hyein ( @sgnhyein). seems like while the two are fake friends, they have so much in common. being in the film industry, getting lost in the woods, reuniting with old flames during this trip. yes, unfortunately for hyein, her savior came in the form of her ex-boyfriend shin hyunjin ( @sgnhyunjin ). talk about awkward. and now, you all must be wondering about son baekso, because he’s been seen with a certain lee haru ( @sgnharu ) a lot recently. well it turns out the pair, or baekru as i’ve heard them been called in the streets, were actually not official until the retreat. but no worries everyone, my sources confirm that they are in fact official now. wow, they really are the endgame.  💖 

now, with that lighthearted happy news, here are a few more shenanigans that happened during the three day trip. cousins seok dawon and seok hansung ( @sgnhansung ) now have the distinct honor of being the only people to get kicked out of the starlight resort’s cooking classes after they set a kitchen towel on fire (somehow while they were making kimbap), making it so that the fire alarm went off too. congratulations! seongnam tribune’s park taejoo ( @sgntaejoo ) and jang sunwoo ( @sgnsunwoo ) were also seen trying to find bigfoot or something in the woods. all i have to say is that i don’t know what our school newspaper is feeding them to make them think that they could find bigfoot in south korea. wrong continent buddies.

and what’s a camping trip if you don’t try to irritate the spirits and summon a demon? well certain camps got a fright when they tried doing so, only to be met with our school’s queen bee, bok seungah ( @sgnxseungah ). i’m highly doubtful that they found the demon that they were looking for in seungah, but maybe campers were hoping that the movie, jennifer’s body would be turned into real life? 

also, i always tell you all to be safe and careful, but apparently the presumed leader of seongnam’s infamous friend group, han seungwoo ( @sgnseungwoo ) did not heed to my advice, because he hurt his knee during the trip. i’m wishing you a speedy recovery! also, can i just say, it was quite amusing seeing you howling and vehemently rejecting the use of a duck floatie to go into the lake? i’m sure i’m not the only one who enjoyed it. but don’t worry, i’m sure we all also found it adorable. 

well, tigers, i hope you do actually listen to my advice to stay healthy and safe, and of course watch your backs. i feel like this three day trip has brought me closer to all of you. i’ve learned about your relationships and interests. and we’ve all gotten so close that you all have also ruined going on late night walks in the woods for me, because the amount of you that decided it would be a good idea to go skinny dipping in a campsite this populated, is quite appalling. 

yes i’m talking to you nasties, yoon serena ( @sgnserena ) , kwon taeho, shin siwan ( @scottsgn ) , kim subin ( @subinsgn ) , son junhyung, kan hyesoo, and you losers who lost that game of volleyball. reevaluate yourselves, please. 💖 

‘till next time

xoxo 

                   wooyoo

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