#im ryung goo

[kittychicha]

Rookie Historian Goo Hae Ryung (2019)

[suicideenthusiast]

why aer people concerned what happened

Wahh ill add it in the tags cuz its like a huge tw,,

[xiaolanhua]

YUN JI ON AS IM RYUNG GOO TOMORROW (2022)

[mysteriousboo]

Why I prefer cdramas over kdramas(as an international fan)

kdramas ive watched - business proposal, sweet home, rookie historian goo hae-ryung, mr queen, link: eat, love, kill , the glory , crash landing on you, what's wrong with secretary kim, true beauty, romance is a bonus book, goblin, meow-the secret boy, hometown cha cha cha, see you in my 19th life

cdramas ive watched - the untamed, word of honor, blood of youth, ten miles of peach blossom(i regret watching this one), love between fairy and devil, the starry love, till the end of the moon, put your head on my shoulder, mr honesty, the romance of tiger and rose, love o2o, go go squid!, love and destiny, currently watching back from the brink

1) Cdramas tend to have more developed side characters

ive seen a good variety of kdramas, and i always find the side characters to be lacking! they are often treated as props or only used for comical purposes. meanwhile, in cdramas, they tend to have more personality and are important to the plot as well rather than just being a plot device! (i agree that not all cdramas do it well, but the ones that do leave behind a good impression)

2) Cdramas make the characters interact well

one thing that i have noticed in cdramas is that they make character interactions to be deep and meaningful! personally, i prefer consuming media where both the main characters and side characters stand out, and while it's hard to create something like that, cdramas do it better than kdramas! side characters often don't get enough screen time or are too one-dimensional to make an impact on the viewers! im not saying that kdramas don't do it at all, im saying that a lot of times, it just doesn't hit as hard as in cdramas.

3)The angst hits harder in cdramas!!

now, don't get me wrong, im not saying that kdramas can't be angsty! it's just that a lot of angst in kdramas tends to be more romance related, and as an aroace person, i don't care much for romance and that's why the angst in cdramas(not just romance related) feels and hits way harder! yes, i absolutely adored the angst in the glory freaking loved it! i live for it, but angst in cdramas tends to focus a lot more on familial and platonic relationships, and my lil heart just loves it too much!!

4) kdramas have a lot more filler than cdramas

yes, ik that cdramas are longer, but just hear me out! i have noticed that a lot of times, if you remove a couple of episodes from a kdrama, it makes no impact on the plot whatsoever! or a lot of arcs just feel like they don't deserve as much screen time, and some arcs don't make much sense either after being dragged on for so long!! meanwhile, cdramas are definitely longer, but most of them, if not all of them, are adapted from a webnovel, and that, in general, leads to them being super long! yes, it feels like they are dragging some parts out, but it all seems significant to the plot and is not just filler!

5) relationships between females are better portrayed in cdramas!!

i absolutely adore female friendships or just respectful relationships between females. and cdramas definitely do it better than kdramas! look at li susu and pian ran from TTEOTM or jiele and xiao lan hua from LBFAD or WOH or back from the brink! female connections are better portrayed in cdramas!

6) cdramas tend to be more fantasy focused than kdramas

i enjoy fantasy as a genre a lot, and cdramas tend to be more fantasy based! chinese fantasy is so interesting, and i absolutely adore wuxia/xianxia as a genre! kdramas don't have something similar, and while i adore a lot of historical kdramas, fantasy just hits differently! especially cause there is just so much to explore in chinese fantasy! look at the blood of youth, i had so much fun watching that show. and the fight scenes were so well done!

7) cdramas have beautiful platonic relationships, and i adore the found family arc a lot more in cdaramas

there is definitely a found family arc going on in most of the cdramas ive watched, and i live for it! a lot of time, the characters might not have as much screen time, but they all seem to have depth, and that makes the drama so much fun! yes, kdramas also have found family arcs, but a lot of times, the characters are purely used for comical purposes and have no back stories! they are mostly just used to fill screetime! whether it's the untamed or the starry love, the found family arc would make my heart go so soft cause all those characters have back stories and depth and i am so in love with all of them and even losing one of them can make me go feral and that's exactly why i adore cdramas!!!!!!

shortcomings of cdramas:-

a) the re-dubbing in cdarams- as you all know that China re-dubs their drama, and that can be annoying cause it's always the same va!!

b) the chinese censorship is so strict, and a lot of times, some scenes don't make it into the final cut which can be frustrating or a lot of time even getting past the censorship can be impossible!!

c) i feel that fans seem to be more critical towards cdramas! people behind the scenes put way too much effort so that we can watch their work, but how the drama changes after the censorship is not in their control! they try their best, and adapting novels is not easy!! yet the fans are less understanding towards them! i just wish the audience was a little more understanding!!

d) another problem that's persistent with most cdramas are the poorly translated subtitles! sometimes, the subtitles can be very unclear, or the translation is not accurate at and that can create a disconnect with the international fans in general!!

this is just my opinion! im not saying that cdramas are better than kdramas. i adore them both a lot! im just saying that i PREFER cdramas more! please be understanding and try to be polite when interacting with this post!! that being said, feel free to leave recommendations cause i WILL check em out ;))

[fakeyellow]

I've been watching the drama while sick in bed and I've been meaning to tell you how dramatic I found the ending of ep 2. Then checking my notifs for this blog, the screenshot you just posted was from the exact scene I wanted to talk about 😯

(mild spoilers for the drama)

ML: You're the only one who can save everyone from the rampaging, man-eating tiger!

FL: What are you saying???

(he explains, then later)

FL's friends: Do you have a plan to save everyone?

FL: I'm... going to read a book. (<- exact quote)

And she reads her book. And as goofy as it sounds, it does sorta save everyone. The FL being so connected to literature actually creates and is created by several major plot points in the show. There weren't nearly as many library scenes in the other historical dramas I've seen. Also Wol-hye is a badass!

I hope you get better soon!

And what a coincidence haha! I've still only watched a couple of clips of the drama but I've read a lot of recaps and I really like how Deok Im has a lot of agency. She knows her strengths and she's able to utilise them to help her get what she wants.

(Also, thanks so much for mentioning Wol-hye because I was looking for a role in the drama to put in the demo to be played by a certain character, and Wol-hye is perfect!)

(Also, I admittedly DNF'ed this drama but have you ever watched Rookie Historian Goo Hae Ryung? If library scenes are your thing, then this could be right up your alley!)

[thepersialionheart]

A list of all the kdramas I've watched so far:

(I've been watching them since 2017 when A Korean Odyssey came out)

A Korean Odyssey

Strong Woman

W two worlds

Pinocchio

While you were sleeping

Introverted/My shy Boss

Suspicious partner

What's wrong with secretary kim

Weightlifting Fairy kim bok joo

Doctor stranger

The heirs

My id is gangnam beauty

School 2017

Abyss

Healer

City hunter

Her private life

My princess

Goong

Fated to love you

My secret romance

Oh my ghost

Sensory couple/ The girl who can see scents

Touch your heart

Search www

Waikiki 1 & 2

He is psychometric

Cinderella and the four knights

Im not a robot

Legend of the blue sea

Oh my venus

Descendants of the Sun

Where stars land

Playful kiss

Shopping king Louis

Because this is my first life

Beautiful Gong shim

Hotel del Luna

Romance is a bonus book

Kill me heal me

The master's sun

Goblin

Boys over flowers

My strange hero

My love from the star

Secret garden

Blood

Bring it on/lets fight ghost

Secret

Melting me softly

Dr John

Noble my love

Encounter

Extraordinary you

The secret life of my secretary

Angel's last mission: Love

Graceful family

Memorist

The king: Eternal Monarch

Memories of alhambra

Love with flaws

Its okay not to be okay

Doctors

Love alarm season one

When the camellia blooms

My secret terrius

Scarlet Heart: Ryeo

Backstreet rookie

Lawless lawyer

Personal taste

Romantic doctor teacher Kim 1 and 2 (need to watch the third one)

Rookie historian Goo Hae Ryung

Zombie Detective

Busted season 1, 2 and 3

Do you like Brahms

The uncanny  counter

Thirty but seventeen

Tail of the nine tailed

Dodosolsollalasol

Run on

True beauty

The beauty inside

Dream high 1

Heartstrings

When the weather is fine

Sisyphus the myth

Vincenzo

Doom at your service

Record of youth

18 again

Law school

Squid games

Hospital ship

Hospital playlist season 1 (need to finish season 2)

She would never know

Happiness

Dali and the cocky prince

Snowdrop

Hometown cha cha cha

Something in the rain

A piece of your mind

Start-up

Mr queen

Rookie cops

Business proposal

Police university

A love so beautiful

The sound of magic

My roommate is a gumiho

Itaewon class

Forecasting love and weather

Crash landing on you

Shooting stars

Royal secret inspector

Something about that 1%

Queen in hyun's man

Love all play

Crazy love

Our beloved summer

Extraordinary attorney woo

Kiss sixth sense

Law cafe

Judge vs judge/ nothing to lose

Cheer up

Alchemy of souls

[staydandy]

Tomorrow (2022) - 내일 - Whump List

List by StayDandy Synopsis : Choi Joon Woong seeks a job, but it's hard for him to get hired. One night, he witnesses a man trying to end his life and decides to stop him. He gets acquainted with grim reapers Koo Ryeon and Im Ryoong Gu, who belong to a crisis management team. Their purpose is to prevent people from committing suicide. After Joon Woong ends up in a coma and becomes half-human and half-spirit, he is employed by a company of grim reapers as the newest member of the crisis management team. (MDL)

Whumpee : Choi Joon Woong played by Kim Seok Woo "Rowoon" • Im Ryung Goo played by Yun Ji On • Park Joong Gil played by Lee Soo Hyuk

Country : 🇰🇷 South Korea Genres : Action, Thriller, Drama, Fantasy

Note : This is a Full Whump List • Adapted from the webtoon "Tomorrow" (내일) by Llama (라마) • TW : The entire show covers heavy topics such as suicide, depression, eating disorders, ptsd, assault ... to name a few - that is the whole point of the show. Viewer discretion. • My favorite episodes are highlighted in pink : 00

Episodes on List : 10 Total Episodes : 16

*Spoilers below*

01 : Choi Joon Woong is kicked in the chest & sent flying … falls off a bridge, drowning … gasps awake in a hospital … [spirit] looks back at his comatose body … trapped, aware, in his comatose body … panicking, breathing heavily

02 : Kicked protecting someone

03 : [flashback] Bruised from a school fight … [spirit] gets too close to his body; [body] starts to seize, tachycardic, shocked with defibrillator, [spirit] becomes dizzy, in pain, collapses … [spirit] thrown down a hall (away from his body to stop the reaction)

05 : Im Ryung Goo in a fist fight, strangled, thrown against a wall

06 : Joon Woong has a bloody nose & split lip from a [not shown] fight … *personal note: this episode had me bawling

08 : Beat up in a fist fight.. knocked out.. wakes tied up.. gassed, passes out

11 : [past life flashback] Ryung Goo in a fight & beat up … high on drugs, dies of an overdose … [present] collapses with grief

14 : (at end) [past life flashback] Park Joong Gil grieving

15 : (replay of scene) [past life flashback] Grieving

16 : [body] Joon Woong comatose in hospital … [spirit] held up by his throat, thrown … Joong Gil in a 4 to 1 fist fight, beat up.. bruised, interrogated while kneeling with his hands cuffed behind his back (that imagery tho 0.0) … Joon Woong wakes from his coma

More Whump Lists for this show: ALittleHurtWithYourComfort

[dilebe06]

My Top Male Characters 2022

[shinysobi]

Thinking about a Rookie Historian Goo Hae Ryung au where they're doctors dealing with covid,,, yknow, bc the smallpox episode was the most hard-hitting one and im thinking

[haengseon]

should i rewatch rookie historian for the nostalgia of two years ago? I miss it 🥺 My friends, college, even that tiny internship I didn't particularly enjoy.

If I could go back in time, I'd want to relive those few days.

[lavenderbyun]

i forgot how cute they were, how much i love se kyung & how soft eunwoo’s voice sounds ughghguhu

[xiaolanhua]

Yun Ji On as Im Ryung Goo TOMORROW (2022)

[crayonflop]

they said going to work every day so u can support ur young unemployed live-in boyfriend is feminism  

[convenientalias]

So you know how Yi Rim has that scene where he says to Hae-ryung, “Ever since you came to Nokseodang, I never had a bad dream?”

It’s all very sweet and romantic. BUT. In that very episode, it’s also implied that his dreams are possibly a little... supernatural? Might have something to do with his dead father haunting him? And his dead father was friends with Hae-ryung’s dead father. So, following that logic... is the reason Yi Rim never had a bad dream after Hae-ryung came to Nokseodang bc he fell in love and felt safe and at peace, or is it because his father’s ghost was like, “Oh look, my best friend’s daughter is hanging out with my son now,” and was so pleased with this fact that he decided to take a break on the haunting?

[parkjinwoo]

[rookiehistorian]

d...

Does anyone wanna talk about...how Hae-ryung’s “dislike” of romance is just her being uncomfortable with being vulnerable around other people... Like she’s afraid to genuinely be sappy and actually expose her own heart, thus she tries to reframe anything romantic as silly and illogical and frivolous.

She’s been beaten down so much by the world and the forces around her that she cant afford to leave herself exposed by believing in something like that...especially not with a man. They represent everything that’s out to get her and force her to be something she’s not.

I think that’s why Dowon’s poem touched her so deeply because he’s just so earnest...there are no ulterior motives he’s just a really soft boy that loves her with his whole heart. And like...that’s what she needs... Someone who is honest and gentle enough so she feels safe to potentially start believing in that again....