#jae's rant

[princessdong]

I have a lot of things to keep writing, but each one of them are looking back at me and saying they refuse they'll be written until the heat ends.

[teashh]

One of the things I love about kdramas is that it really subverts what masculinity is supposed to be. You see the loser who's down bad for the female lead (Lovely runner, queen of tears, Love Next Door, Strong Girl Do Bong Soon, the Judge from Hell), you see the soft masculinity in hometown cha cha cha, summer strike and Doctor Slump and extraordinary attorney woo, the protective kind of masculinity in any of Ji Chang Wook's and Ahn Bo Hyun's works, the reassured and confident masculinity of Seo Kang Joon in Undercover High school and Lee Jun Hyuk in Love scout, the playful masculinity in Twinkling Watermelon and Crash Course in Romance, the stoic but gentle masculinity in Doctor Romantic and Hierarchy, and the "I care about you and only you" kind of masculinity in Vincenzo to name a few.

This is progress from the old kdramas and I get that it's fictional and in real life, some of these actors are assholes. But in the era where Toxic masculinity is rampant, I think we can turn towards kdrama to have some inkling of what kind of man we should strive to be and what kind of man we should want. This should not something we see only in fiction. We should raise our sons (I'm 21) to be like this so that one day it's not just a concept for fictional love stories.

[naijawhims]

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[karumbusarr]

you know, when sun jae figures out that sol is from the future, he so confidently says that he'll diligently run to 2023 to meet sol there.

we don't even question it.

realistically it's 15 years and no one in their sane mind will ask anyone of that but with sun jae, having met the 2023 sun jae in both timelines and knowing how down bad insane he's been yearning for sol despite him not having a chance yet unable to let go... we don't even question it. we don't even question the whole 'ah life moves on, people move on and drift and change' thing that'll definitely be a question with any other couple.

we just naturally accept it, yes ofc sun jae will wait and reunite with sol again, 15 years is nothing.

sun jae doesn't even have any questions, he just naturally accepts that yes ill take care of myself for the next 15 years, where's the face mask?

in the world of so called situationships, cheating, falling out of love, long distance relationship struggles, commitment issues and so on... this pure, intense love is just so wonderful to witness. ofc some situations are reasonable and can't be helped but these two who'll go against time and fate for each other just to be together... i know it's a drama and it's idealistic but just for a few hours, you live in this space where two people purely seek each other because they wouldn't want to be anywhere else, no matter how many years they've to wait.

in so many romance dramas and movies, the question of actually wanting each other comes up, with the whole second lead involvement and misunderstandings and more, but here, there's nothing. you know both of them only have eyes for each other and it's so beautiful, that's what pulls you in.

two dumbasses adoring each other and falling hard so badly that time is just a small obstacle to overcome.

sun jae, in every timeline, from the heartbroken one to the living life well one, from the high school kid to the college kid, has only ever wanted sol. he fell for her kindness and never changed. she fell for his kindness and his wonderful being in itself and now she's down bad just like him. to think he helped her through vicious hard times the college sun jae won't even be aware of.

i feel that these two pull us in so well cuz at the end of the day we all want to be loved unconditionally and these two show us that, how it must be, to be so intensely woven into each other.

and to add on to that, in every timeline, they've also always been best friends with the same kids they used to run around together in their school days. yes it's a drama but don't we all want to have life long friends who'll always be there?

in all forms, love persists here, beyond time.

lovely runner is so filled with love, kindness and devotion in all ways that you just can't help but fall in love, just as sun jae and sol fell for each other.

now, isn't this a lovely thing for all of us to witness and experience together?

[something-lives-there]

Yall I am NOT IMMUNE TO PROPAGANDA, because what do you mean I saw one ad with this drunken middle aged man’s face on it and downloaded the game almost instantly😭😭😭but hey cringe culture is dead, I love brawls stars💥💥💥

He so bbg😔 I had other plans today but now Its mandatory that I draw him

JAE-YONG WHEN I GET YOU☺️☺️🥴

[miriadalia]

First of all, whose past haunts whose present?? Kwon's? We were shown none of it, just him being a 2D antagonist with no other motivation than to win because... YES. Because he can't stand to lose any fight. Why?... Yes.

With other villains they showed us real motivations: Kim wanting to make her abusive grandfather proud, Silver and his desire to build a legacy since he's so terrified of being forgotten, even Kyler had some kind of fear towards his father... With Kwon we pretty much have to imagine everything. His own actor had to come up with a real backstory for him because he was given none 🙄🙄

And second of all, you're basically saying that you wanted to kill Kwon for your own desires. You just wanted to hype people in part 1 presenting this new teen villain as superpowerful and then shocked them with the death of who by then would have been one of the favourite characters of many.

[palajae]

ik this is very late but since it’s suddenly popping up all over my feed again-

how many times does this man have to sing this for y’all to believe it’s his voice 😭😭

ni-kk finally gets to show off his high vocals and suddenly people don’t want to believe it’s him.

[st4r-black]

Somethings that Brawl stars fandom need to understand:

1. That "OMG MELODİE İS GOT SHORTER! OUR TALL QUEEN İS GONE!?😭😭😭😭" thing İS NOT SUCH A İMPORTANT THİNG BRO.LİKE,İ JUST KNOW FANDOM WOULDNT GİVE A FUCK ABOUT İT İF SOMETHİNG MORE WORST HAPPENS TO A UNPOPULAR CHARACTER LİKE PAM OR BARLEY AND ALSO İ BET EVEN MELODİE NOT GİVİNG A FUCK ABOUT THAT

2.NO BRO JAE-YONG İS NOT AN FUCKİNG RAP!ST OR TOXİC FAN OF MELODİE HE İS JUST A GUY WHİCH İS HAVİNG HİS FUN. LİKE YOU CAN JUST PUT A DİSGUSTİNG HEADCANON LİKE THAT JUST BECAUSE HE İS UGLY OR HE İS A BOY. (he is not even that ugly bro)

3. "Om-omg Melodie supposed to have a girls trio 🥺🥺🥺" and we already see how she acted to Janet.

4. non of them characters are not toxic. The toxic thing is humans. Get it into your head. (i actually wouldnt mind that but must of the fandom litteraly harassing and giving disgusting headcanons them 😭😭😭 especially Edgar bro he is fucking 16) (and also leave my silly monkey Mico alone 😔👊)

5. YES EDGAR X COLETTE AND JANET X FANG İS FUCKİNG PROSHİP AND İTS SO FUCKİNG DİSGUSTİNG

6. NO MELODİE İS NOT A FUCKİNG PED0PH!PLE 😭😭 That "See you when you grow up" thing just meant she is despises the other person.

7. We all still allowed to ship Draco other character instead of Lumi as long we dont harass the LumiDraco shippers

[illustratingari]

STAR WARS RANT

Subject: REPRESENTATION ❤️

As an East Asian person, it is so refreshing to finally see an Asian Jedi in a leading role. How I’ve WAITED for this moment. Star Wars has taken loads of inspiration from Asian culture so it’s really nice to see actual Asian people in the franchise recently like Lee Jung Jae, Ming Na Wen, Paul Sun-Hyung Lee and Natasha Liu Bordizzo.

The Acolyte features a very diverse cast and it’s so wonderful to see people from different communities being represented and celebrated in such a huge franchise like Star Wars.

Also, I’m very much enjoying the show right now. It’s original, it’s expansive and it’s thought provoking. We’re finally getting an original tale, in an era which we’ve never seen before that is giving us a “why-dun it?” mystery. And the fan boys are mad about it??? Like what???

Lee Jung Jae is a legendary actor and I’m so glad he’s apart of Star Wars. This man has made me shed tears as Master Sol and I’m looking forward to the rest of the Acolyte series.

My uncle made a comment about how he can finally cosplay as an Asian Jedi cause he looks like Sol! Representation doesn’t stop at children, it extends to older adults as well.

In conclusion: to be represented in media, means you exist.

Representation allows us to see ourselves as heroes, villains and everything in between. Without representation, how could we ever dream of being more?

[perosp3ro]

I genuinely have no idea how they are gonna end Cobra Kai.

They might not even do this because someone literally died but anyways. (lol)

Like at first, i wanted Miguel to be captain and win the Sekai Tekai, so its kinda like a full circle moment from his first win at the All Valley Tournament.

However, seeing all the stuff Robby is going thru really makes me root for him to prove himself as the team captain, esp since after the series he probably will not be going to college/further his education. He is probably the one who has been done the worst this season. (Ironically everyone says Hawk was nerfed, which i agree, but I believe that Robby is the one who has been nerfed the most.)

This whole drama whith him and Tory was also stretched for too long. We could've gotten more moments with him and Johnny or him and Daniel, but no. (Or maybe him getting to properly know Hawk/Devon). Not to mention the whole Zara situation was weird and it obvious that the writers didnt want it to be a sexual assault senario, and for it to be an accidental cheating thing but they approached it in the worst possible way and then to tell the fans that it wasnt sa is .. interesting.

I am really rooting for Sam this season, i mean the she has never gotten a win (well she did but it was rigged), and she just deserves it for being a good player this season.

Honestly Tory just needs a hug and some therapy. (And to beat Zara up.) She should've had more moments about her mom and its crazy how they completely forgot about her brother like omg not even a single mention is crazy.

Dont let me even talk about Axel, Samguel does not need anymore conflict please writers. Axel also needs a hug and some therapy.

[princessdong]

Alright so, for those still around for the Minnie smau, I have an announcement to do.

I'll have Yeoreum for the pics that'll be used as Y/N, but it's only bc I'd rather have a face "set" than spending time in finding pictures that are similar and all that. I hope y'all don't mind.

And yes, that means I'm working on it instead of new stuff.

[teashh]

Baek Inhyuk Appreciation Post

I would like to take this moment to give a toast to Baek Inhyuk for watching his loser friend fall in love in every timeline but still supporting his loser antics with all the second hand embarrassment.

Things Baek Inhyuk has done till now to support his loser best friend Ryu Sunjae.

Made cherry blossoms fall from the sky.

Hauled his drunk ass from a bar with Taesong

Gave his friend the concept of "timing"

Watched him fuck up the timing and listen to him talk about how stunning Sol is. All. The. Time.

Wore many rings on his fingers

SANG AT SOL'S NEPHEW'S BIRTHDAY PARTY

TOLD HIS FRIEND TO SHUT TF UP AND KEEP A LID ON HIS LOSER ANTICS TO NOT FUCK UP THE PLAN

CAME WITH PETALS AGAIN ON THE BOAT

Picked up the petals because it wasn't the right time. (Sunjae ya I'll beat you up)

Watched Sol and Sunjae be lovey dovey all the time and stopped himself from upchuking the dude cause I would have.

Everyone say 'Thank you Inhyuk' for showing us what kind of best friend we need.

Edit: ALSO GOT BEAT UP BY RYU SUNJAE WITH A PILLOW AND STOPPED HIM FROM BEATING UP KIM TAESONG

[marvelwizardz]

The fact that everyone who survived All Of Us Are Dead had to lose the person one of the most important people them in order to make it is devastating.

[lyxchen]

I keep reading comments regarding actors or also sometimes characters where it's like "I don't ship it but this is so cute" and huh???? Friends are cute with each other??!? Like. All The Time??

I hate how much stuff is made to be exclusively for couples. So many moments of actors being funny or teasing or sweet or caring with each other is literally friendship. But somehow our view of how relationships are has been so warped that you can't say "they're cute" without also having to clarify that you don't ship it. And I think this is much more common online than it is in real life. It is so present in shows and movies that as soon as two characters have a sweet dynamic or good chemistry that they Must be in love.

It's actually so strange to me how many things in media that are usually just normal friendship behaviors are being immediately twisted into romantic love. Like maybe that's just me but I have so many friends that I could (regarding age and gender) have a crush on. And all of these people are Beautiful!! But I've never developed a crush on any of them. Because that's just not how I feel about them. It's so unrealistic to have a crush on every good looking person of the gender you are attracted to, that you meet.

And this is not even about hugs or holding hands or any other physical intimacy (which is also totally normal for friendships). This is about people, friends doing all that cutesy giggly adorable stuff that everyone does with their friends. Looking at somebody while they're talking, poking them for fun, leaning toward them when you're laughing, all of this is stuff that friends regularly do. And it's so normal. But so much media has so agressively portrayed these traits as purely romantic that it has warped our entire view on the relationships of people we watch interact online.

I think there's also that added issue of how men in media are often portrayed as only being cutesy and outwardly sweet with a romantic partner but not with their friends. And suddenly you have people everywhere ship two male actors because they... like sitting next to each other in interviews? Because they try to make each other laugh? Because they are interested in listening to what the other is saying? Because they smile at each other??? Are we okay? How is this not the most normal human behavior to people? This is seriously tripping me up because I also just recently really noticed it. But our online perception of relationships is So Far Off from real life. And we don't even notice.

Anyways tldr is: you can find actors doing cutesy stuff with each other cute without having to worry about it being interpreted as you shipping them. Friends do cute stuff all the time. They're not in love, they're being friends. And those cute moments are very, very normal friendship behaviors

[seullovesme]

HELPPPPPPPP

[miriadalia]

Damn...

I wanna have the same mental strength most Cobra Kai characters had after seeing a freaking teenager die in front of their eyes in the middle of a brawl they all participated in

Like... No trauma, no PTSD, no fear of fighting again in tournaments, no flashbacks, no questioning their own actions, no nothing!

The teens didn't give a shit (except Sam). Demetri joking with the boys and telling Robby "we don't want you dead", Tory not wanting to participate in the tournament only because she was scared to lose her Miyagi Do friends again (?) and not because she has experienced two cruel deaths in person in a matter of weeks/months (??), Axel seemingly not remembering anything when he was the last one to fight Kwon just before he stabbed himself.......

They literally just waited one month because of the "media scandal" and then BAM! "We're all in this together 🕺🏽💃🏼👏🏻" finale like nothing

Daniel LaRusso was the only one feeling paranoid and guess what? Everyone was like "Pft yeah, it's normal since he was the one to turn the kid LIKE A PANCAKE" 🙄🙄🙄🙄 as if the rest of the teams that participated in the Sekai Taikai weren't there 🤦🏽‍♀️

Yeah, I agree, they can't be grieving forever. Especially since most of them didn't know Kwon at all and "life goes on" and blah blah...

But the time jump being that short and the mental state of the characters being that indifferent just made them look like:

Either they're all stupid

Or they're all heartless

And I don't know what's worse.......

Many fans have pointed all of this out and that gives me a little hope in humanity still 🙃