#sun-me yoon

[silence-book-and-tea]

“Marcharnos a la montaña no es rendirnos sino abandonar la suciedad de este mundo.”

19.459km: Antología de poesía coreana contemporánea - Sun-me Yoon

[weirdhunterangel]

Everyday is a struggle with Ryu Sun Jae because he is a simp. He was born to teach us what an absolute pleasure it is to watch a man simp so hard that he needs a moment to look away and compose himself so that his downbad smile is not on display.

Downbadism is an art and Byun Woo Seok acts like he did a four year degree on it. You go king.

Another thing that absolutely is adorable is that Im Sol is still not in love with Sun Jae. Everything she does is out of the love she has for a person who got her through a hard time, someone she has grown to care about but as an idol. Right now while she has begun to see Sun Jae as the kid who lives next door, it is still her idol that she wants to save. And that to me is pretty nice because she isn't trying to impose herself on him or his life for any other reason but to keep him safe. There is no ulterior motive. And I think thats what makes her so likeable.

Special mention to tae sung, he is adorable in a way that not all second leads are and all his scenes with his banter with Sol are extremely fun to watch. In another drama, they would make an absolutely cute pair. They make a cute pair here too ngl. Love how she treats him like a naughty child and he calls her grandma

[mrinafria]

And I’d choose you; in a hundred lifetimes, in a hundred worlds, in any version of reality, I’d find you and I’d choose you. (CoS)

[contains spoilers; tw: blood]

When they ask me about the purest love story out there, I'd show them these two.

It's not the sacrifice per se that makes it great for me, it's the way they feel about each other, about the love they give and receive. Even in their last/worst moments, they somehow find the courage because the other one is safe? Im Sol is scared out of her mind handling this traumatic ordeal on her own so she seeks help from the detectives. Her only peace of mind is that at least Seon Jae is safe. Then she learns about his phone call and doesn't spare a second to run. The same girl who was so scared a while back throws all caution out of the window the moment Seon Jae is in danger, because she'd risk her life than Seon Jae's. Can you imagine the trauma seeing him dying for the third time, and her actually witnessing it this time around? If I were Im Sol, I would do anything to not have to go through that too. Even if it meant losing the person so they were never my person to begin with.

And Seon Jae. Boy is dying. Dying. You can see it in his eyes that he's aware of it too and yet, he is so grateful? So at peace with himself and with life? Like he has no regrets about any unfinished business, unlived years, unattained dreams, unspoken words to his loved ones. He already told Im Sol he loved her, and she reciprocated. That was enough. For him, that was good enough.

I go back to this scene like a masochist because THE DETAILS. By the time Im Sol arrives, you know Seon Jae is beyond saving. He knows it too. He's not even trying to escape or save himself. It looks like he's been holding on on his own for a while. His face has turned ashen, breathing uneven, hands slightly shaking. He's barely holding it together. Barely there.

However, he is not trying to push that guy away or take that knife out.

Instead, he's holding that guy's hand.

Let that sink in for a moment.

He is holding on to that hand. JUST SO HE CAN HOLD ON TO THE GUY.

Since the taxi driver is at an advantage here, and Seon Jae knows he cannot fight back anymore, so he is using whatever he can as a last resort to keep the guy occupied with him, and keep him from going after Im Sol. Seon Jae could perhaps guess Im Sol would arrive any time since the cliff was where he'd found her earlier, sitting in shock. But even if she didn't make it, you can bet he'd have spent his last breaths trying to fall off the cliff taking the guy down with him. THIS SCENE. The resolution is so clearly etched on his face.

And then he sees her. And the detectives. She is safe. She is saved. He did it. He saved her. And it's the Im Sol who knows him, who recognizes him, who loves him. She is safe, and that's all that matters. He saved the person he loves more than his life, literally.

His job is done. The choice he made gave him the outcome he wanted and desperately fought for.

And he is exhausted. All that resolve took a lot out of him. So we see his body finally giving up, him finally letting go. He resigns to his fate, but also not in a resentful way. He knew this was his fate all along (because no matter what choice Im Sol made, he'd choose to run toward her any day), it just happened earlier than expected. But he knew it, and he still made that choice. He doesn't regret it because he'd be making the same choice in every timeline (as he has been). He is able to see his Im Sol for one last time before his eyes close, with memories of their time together and Im Sol's voice echoing in his ears, his soul.

Sometimes you know the consequences, but make the same choice anyway. Because you like it.

The faint smile on his face in his final moments before he falls off the cliff? You'd think the boy won a gold medal for swimming or something. It's like he's achieved the biggest purpose there was in his life besides loving Im Sol. True to his words, he is grateful Im Sol exists in the world. That he got the chance to love her because she exists in this world. And he is thankful he gets to leave the world knowing Im Sol still exists in the world, his gift from the heavens.

One is jumping through space and time, living the same nightmare, constantly, over and over again, and yet going out of her way to save her love. Even if it means carrying the trauma and heartbreak and pain and loneliness and longing of three, four, multiple timelines, for the same guy. The other is making the choice to love her through all the storm, all the warnings, all the odds of time and space and fate stacked against him. How could you be so brave when fate is both so very kind and yet so extremely cruel to you no matter what you do? How do you choose to persevere? How do you get to have a love so pure?

Should I be ready to die if I want to be with you? - Ryu Seon Jae

[wonjuii]

⠀˳ 　⢷⠀⠀✿⠀Pushing my limit

[rebtrovert-girl]

Loser in love - Ryu Seon-jae

[dreamingoffictionalcharacters]

Every time I see a pinecone now all I can think of is Sol and the pinecone scene with Sun Jae and Tae Sung. "Sol, Sol, Sol, Sol", I say to myself just like Sun Jae did!

[guiltymepleasures]

Sun Jae was holding on to the culprit until he saw the policemen coming so he could make sure the culprit will get caught.

And this look of relief believing he finally saved Sol will haunt me forever.

[sonagichoreom96]

Kim Hyeyoon is actually so cute. When she goes 'Believe me halmeoni' when they're all sat together to hear Sunjae out, with her puppy dog eyes and pout. And then the halmeoni calls her my puppyyy aaawww 🤧🥺

[noona-is-afk]

I feel like Lovely Runner might ruin me for all other rom com dramas

Like the acting? Phenomenal. Everyone cast is giving their best performance of their careers. I already love Byeon Woo Seok and Kim Hye Yoon in all their other dramas. But they are somehow outdoing themselves again?!

The directing? Insane. Giving me heart palpitations with all the slow mo and symmetry to past scenes. The blue and yellow colours throughout are so gorgeous. Some of these shots will live in my head rent free forever.

The writing? Making me unwell. Truly. The parallels in every scene. The deep, sincerity in talking about mental health. The fact that I’m invested in the murder plot? Truly a feat unmatched. The pacing is so good too, every episode makes me excited for the next.

I’m just enjoying my time so very much. I’m so glad we’re only half way through, I need moreeee. But how the hell am I supposed to cope once this over?!

[folkloregirlfriend]

one single thread of gold tied me to you

the sun is also a star, nicola yoon // zhenya katava and neus bermejo // orestes // call me maybe, carly rae jepsen // ? // invisible string, taylor swift // ? // jane eyre, charlotte brontë // timeless, taylor swift // we were girls together // your name, makoto shinkai // lover, taylor swift // ? // mastermind, taylor swift // i want to eat your pancreas, shin'ichirō ushijima // all of the girls you've loved before // this love, taylor swift // it's a miracle we ever met, hallie bateman // invisible string, taylor swift // friends, bts

for @siriuslynephilim 🩷💛

[silence-book-and-tea]

“Así como nos inquietamos por la partida al encontrarnos, tenemos fe en el reencuentro cuando nos despedimos.”

19.459km: Antología de poesía coreana contemporánea - Sun-me Yoon

[aestheticallysxx]

"The fate hasn't changed. As if it's laughing at my desperateness and your endeavor, it has turned out like this." - Im Sol

[mrinafria]

Thank you, for existing in this world, Lovely Runner.

49/50 days.

Hours after Episode 16 and I already feel empty, I miss Lovely Runner, a show I've known for 50 days.

I know it sounds like every show ever that people get invested into, but I can't possibly explain just HOW much I needed a show like this. Just WHAT it meant to me.

49/50 days.

That's all it took for Lovely Runner to create its own history.

50 days since I started this show.

50 days of happiness, humor, laughter, longing, pain, and THE PUREST kind of time-bending love.

I've NEVER been this happy watching any show EVER. I mean EVER.

Similar to how Seon Jae feels about swimming, Im Sol feels about directing, and they both feel about each other, I am happy I watched this show. I am happy I got to make the memories I did. I am happy and am thankful, you exist, Lovely Runner. Thank you for helping me.

고마워 <3

[sunlighthroughthe-ashes]

"be thou, with me. then go I with joy, to Death and to my rest. // oh, how glad would be my end, if it be your dear hands I see, closing my faithful eyes at last. be thou, with me. how glad would be my end, if it be your dear hands into which I commend my soul." ~ Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel, from 'Diomedes'

[rebtrovert-girl]

Was it my memories that I lost? Or, was it you?

[justanotherpersonalive]

The height difference i deserve!! <3