#the vincenzo fandom made me so happy

[firelord-suki]

Heyyyy, Bianca!!! Happy Valentines!!! 💚💜💚💜

I was wondering here: which ships are your Top OTP? (And the reason you put them so high if you want to share!)

Heyyy! Happy late Valentines Day 💝 💘

Thank you for the question. At first, I struggled to come up with more than two ships, but then, once I started thinking back to old hypefixations, I couldn't stop lol to keep it short, I selected only four.

Here they are:

1. Levi and Hange

I mean, they gotta be on top, right? This is the ship that brought me back to fandom life and made me want to start writing and sharing my fanfics online. What first caught my interest was their interactions, their bickering, their bright & energetic/calm & annoyed dynamic. But now I think what I like the most about their relationship is their friendship, how much they trust and can count on one another. Considering how fucked up their world is, it's nice to know they have each other's back. AND the tragic element keeps me chained to them 😢 (I'll stop here otherwise I'd keep going on and on forever...)

2. Artemis and Wally (Young Justice)

These two... Honestly, Young Justice is probably what got me into the DC Universe and it was also my first contact with fandom spaces (I still remember the fics I used to read about this couple on ff.net back in 2012 lol). I think their relationship was so well constructed throughout the first season that it's impossible not to fall in love. The "I hate you but we're forced to work together" trope is one of my favorite and it excels with them! The annoyance and mistrust at the beginning slowly fading as they work together and finally learn to care about it each other as more than just teammates, but friends too? Peak romance 😭 Artemis' individual storyline was also very well done, and I love the angst coming from her past trauma, how it caused her wariness of the team and doubt their true intentions towards her. She's been mistreated her entire life but finally learned how to trust and love again, and Wally was a part of that <3

3. Vincenzo and Cha Young (Vincenzo)

This is a relatively new one. Granted, I'm not as obsessed with them as the other ones, but I still think they deserve their place here. Again, these two start off not really liking each other but end up on the same side, so they set their differences aside to work together (this seems to be a theme with my ships Lol). I just think they built a beautiful friendship and partnership. Cha Young was probably the only person Vincenzo could fully trust in that scenario (being in a new country, away from his subordinates and all). I liked how they learned how to rely on and trust the other. Yeah, Vincenzo was a Mafia consigliere but that didn't really made their relationship unbalanced? That was my main concern going through the series, considering that Cha Young is not as physically strong as him. But she's still just as smart, witty, brave and stubborn as him.

4. Kat and Patrick (10 things I hate about you)

Ahhhh, there's always a place in your heart for your first love ship. This is one of my favorite movies of all time. I love how Kat was always so abrasive and Patrick just wasn't put out by it. Of course, he was paid to take her out, but I know he secretly liked having her fight him all the time and always speak her mind. And I love that it didn't change towards the end, her character growth didn't involve her getting calmer or sweeter, just learning how to be vulnerable. Do I think that these two would've stayed together in the long run? Definitely no, but I still like the enemies-to-lovers situation going on here.

Honorable mentions that didn't make the cut: Bruce Wayne and Selina Kyle (in basically every universe, lol), Shikamaru and Temari, Suki and Sokka, Kaz and Inej, Mulder and Scully, Koyanagi and Kabakura, Ash and Eiji, Ava and Beatrice, Anne and Gilbert, Jaime and Brienne, Monica and Chandler, Jiwon and Sungming + Yina Yeeun (both from Age of Youth), Keith and Lance (happily, I outgrew my Voltron fase), Howl and Sophie, and last but not least, Ymir and Historia.

Thank you again!

[undisclosedmemoirs]

Unpopular kdrama opinions!

Thank you so much @dionideatta for tagging me 😊

1. They should have stuck to the webtoon storyline in True Beauty. I get that it was still ongoing but either follow it and make it make sense or just stop. Everything was messy and do not get me started on Jookyungs character growth, it deserved better and so did Han Seojun.

2. That being said, the love triangles are getting old tbh. Either the 2 girls after the same guy or the 2 guys after the same girl. The stories end up the same: second lead is either the bitch/jerk or is too nice and ends up alone/dying without any reason whatsoever. Make it stop please.

3. From all the kdramas i watched, so far Vincenzo has actually the most realistic and mature romatic relationship i've ever seen and romance is not even the main plot (i'm talking about the progress of it thoughout the show). Didn't watch that many but feel free to corect me if i'm wrong.

4. DOTS is a bit overrated. I'm sorry please don't hate me. I liked it up until de factory accident and actually liked Big Boss and some of the other characters, but after that it was a recicled trope and the romance scenes were too much for me, I actually had to puase sometimes. I thought it was 20 eps long like a clown so when ep 16 was ending I was like "Hold up, that's it?".

5. STOP NORMALIZING TOXIC RELATIONSHIPS IN KDRAMAS. It's not funny nor romantic, it's disturbing. Male leads forcefully grabbing females, kissing them against their will and pushing their feelings on them like they have to accept it is not normal. If that happened to me in real life I would be pissed and scared.

tagging @ritzbernal @marcofffca-sonca9 @stutteringpeach @jahe

@ahenix @riddhibhatt @jipuragi and anyone who wants to join the game! This is so fun!

[hangtightcowboy]

Here’s my Chayenzo AO3 fan fiction recommendations to get y’all through the rest of this week;

i’m going to split these up into written pre-episode 16 canon compliant, canon divergence, and written post-episode 16 because after episode 16 we all collectively lost our minds. these aren’t all of my favorites because i read everything on ao3 and love everything on the tag. these are just some that are a good jumping off point for anyone needing recommendations! sorry this took so long i’ve been moving :)

tumblr is angry about having too many link previews on one page so you’ll have to copy and paste them into your browser which is so ugly of them :(

tagging; @angstygirlsposts , @m2ndy2ee , @kestrel-of-herran :)

pre-episode 16, canon compliant;

https://archiveofourown.org/works/30219006

we all love a good comparison to celestial beings and this one delivers. vinny being entirely too poetic while thinking about chayoung c:

https://archiveofourown.org/works/30251163

the one in which vincenzo has a nightmare and they dance around the elephant in the room, the elephant being their feelings for each other

https://archiveofourown.org/works/30369546

two chapters; vincenzo comes down with a cold and chayoung takes care of him and vise versa when chayoung gets a cold :)

https://archiveofourown.org/works/30740552

this is low key a crack fic, but i LOVE the idea of the geumga family trying to force them to talk about their feelings and get together already. it’s very soft and if you need that right now it’s pretty wonderful! :)

https://archiveofourown.org/works/30615635

set around episode 11, i love chayoung and this fic fits her so well to me :)

https://archiveofourown.org/works/30650783

i’m not too sure where to put this one but it’s very comforting with revelations of their feelings for each other in a very chayenzo way.

canon divergent;

https://archiveofourown.org/works/30343338

this is another fic in my top five, my very top pick with cannon divergence. ⚠️it is smutty so pre warning if you don’t like that but i need this to happen for them. they just need to be happy and live life together :(

https://archiveofourown.org/works/30602138

i’m putting this one here because they do talk about their feelings and that hasn’t happened yet, but !!

this is some of the best writing in this fandom. the writer really understand these two and made something so special and so authentically them in my opinion. this is my favorite fic ever !

https://archiveofourown.org/works/30485127

i’m not a big fan of fwb tropes but i know a lot of people really love it and this series itches that scratch for me. and this specific part has my whole heart. specifically because i’m a SUCKER for vincenzo calling chayoung ‘my treasure’ in italian.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/30277548

again fuck me up with vincenzo calling chayoung my treasure. very short, very sweet but worth the read if you need comfort!

post-episode 16;

https://archiveofourown.org/works/30708791

this is definitely a very well rounded fic! very enjoyable! obviously it’s not canon compliant because we’re still guessing what is going to happen but it’s still very well done! chayoung shines in this as she should!!!

https://archiveofourown.org/works/30723758

this is my favorite post episode 16 fic because of the vulnerability we see from vincenzo and how absolutely amazing chayoung is. ⚠️ there is smut in this so pre warning if you’re not into that

https://archiveofourown.org/works/30700145

this made me cry. it’s very intense and graphic with an M for mature rating but oh my god i’m in love. very sad vinny gets really hurt and chayoung is a BAD ASS

https://archiveofourown.org/works/30639227

lost of snippets from the episodes previous and then a nice conclusion of vincenzo making it back to the morgue. i cried a lot

[gusdeservedbetter]

Hello, Han Seo's death was pointless, forced and unnecessary, its only goal was shock value, but even that wasn't successful since half the fandom expected his death before it happening, so almost nobody was shocked (Not like him dying is a good decision narratively speaking, it's not, a character like Han Seo deserves to live), you know what we were actually shocked about ? That his death was done is such a lazy illogical way, that it was dismissed and forgotten literal seconds after it happened. The ending as a whole was disappointing and bad imo, they spent 19 episodes developping the found family feels between Vincenzo and Geumga Plaza, only to go :"Now he goes back to protect his Italian family" Excuse me ? Did you try to make us care for his iTaLiaN FaMiLY at all ? So we could feel a sense of happiness and satisfaction when he goes back to them? NO. But guess what you tried and successfuly achieved ? You made us care about every relationship Vin has with every single person on the Geumga Plaza gang, hell, you made us care about his bond WITH A PIGEON ?!

And all of that ? Went absolutely nowhere.

[moonlightsdream]

Every month of 2021 - most popular sets post your favorite or most popular post from each month this year (it’s okay to skip months)

I was tagged by @deokmis @baek1nho and @koreandragon, thank you for the tag!

January: most popular The Uncanny Counter set this was done for the dramas in 2021 which was nice but hard to make as the drama has so many good scenes i wanted to include... while my favorite is this Penthouse seokhoon gifset  showing his charcater journey in s1 with how he started and where he was going! i just loved his character development in s1 it was so good to watch and follow that!

February: most popular Rookie Historian set  made for kdramadaily valentine event... these two were so cute and soft and love these scenes! my favorite is this compilations of seokhoon/rona moments in s1... yes making it took lots of hours and i even added the deleted scenes which i'm still angry that they deleted.. but this came out really nice coloring and text! *rip this psd as it got deleted in the deletion crisis i had yesterday*

March: well this was a penthouse month as almost all my original posts were from it! anyway the most popular one is this incorrect quote  this was fun to made the moment i saw her in these big sunglasses that peyton quote came to me and it fitted nicely while my favorite ones are *gonna cheat on this one* are these two seokhoon/rona moments the reunion  and the will you be my accompanist?  i just LOVED these two moments i squealed so hard when they happened!!!!!!!!!

April: the most popular one is this navillera set i made for dramas in 2021 , i love the set and how it came out.... while my favorite is this revenge set  it took too long making this lots of folders lots of ideas was thrown in there just to show the whole revenge from sureyon return to her throwing all of those baddies into prison to her taking back the penthouse!! so like 6eps in one full set!

May: the most popular is this vincenzo  set for dramas in 2021 it was in a time when i felt so meh about my gifs and everything hosently so there were only few content that month... but now i think it did came out nicely.. my favorite one is probably this hold on seokhoon/rona  *again let me cry as i lost these psds too yesterday*.. i love the final result and the works that went making it as i was trying to make graphical gif set...

June: the most popualr one move to heaven set! which is truly deserved... can't believe i prolonged watching this one... i made this set in two styles one was blue/yellow one which i hated but still kept in my drafts *it IS ugly btw*... my favorite other than that move to heaven is this youth of may i loved how the set went from white to black at the end as both ht/mh running away happy as if that's how it ended!!

July: most popular my roommate is gumiho set i think there were scenes i wanted to add but i lost in which episodes they were and i was too lazy to go around looking for them so i picked some random scenes and called it a day..... and my favorite as hard as this scene was rona and her father it really deserve a shot!! the acting the emotions everything is clear even in gifs form.... such a heartbreaking moment!!

August: most popular is families photos i love this set and the idea of it which founded families!! my favorite is D.P. i just love the COLORS of this drama!!! while it could be dark it was still vibrant and full of life!!

September: most popular squid game set! and the fact is it's the most noted post of 2021 sets given the drama popularity outside kdrama fandom... my favorite is bokshil/louie compilation of hugs set, this was the month i fell in SKL hole again and made lots of sets from it! the drama is too adorable and cute no matter how many time i visit it!!!!!!

October: most popular the guest set which is a surprise for me, this show was super dark and chilling so it's nice to see the set being appreaciated! my favorite navillera ballet scenes compilation.. i was happy with the result of this one as the idea of it was nice, simple and direct! glad i managed to pull it off!

November: most popular happiness picspam for the first episode, to my surprise this one became a popular one because i hated it once i posted it that's why there're two picspams for the 1st episode but this made me appreciate it more.... my favorite is work later, drink now set.. i made this when tumblr for whatever reason decided to downgrade the qualities of gifs over 3~4mb, so it was hard to try to keep them under that after getting so used to the 10mb limit but i managed to make something nice!

December: most popular is happiness set, this was easy to make as i made all of these picspams i knew which episodes and scenes i wanted to make.. my favorite is probably is this happiness i loved the style here and the episode itself inspired me a lot, some episodes can be really inspiring while some not!!

tagging *no pressure to do it* @cuddlybitch @orangesyellow @gangtaes @kdramaxoxo @dingyuxi @junghaesin @komunyeong @jaehwany @yesdramas @mostlyfate and any one who wants to do it!

[kpoppwriter]

Playing Games - DO or NOT

❧ Genre: fluff 

❧ Words: 476

❧ Warnings: n/a

❧ Synopsis: Your group was the newest sibling group to Pentagon. Right after debut, there were jokes between your fandoms about the playful rivalry between your groups that was mostly caused by you and Hongseok. Was there something more to your playful banter or was it just for show?

❧ Tag list: @wooya1224​

❧ A/N: hello I am v tired and am at work rn I really just wanna be home playing Animal Crossing and watching Vincenzo...also Happy Mother’s Day!

~※ Love Or Take Masterlist ※~

You were tired after the long schedule you and your group had today but here you were still trying to get some dance practice in. Your comeback was in a couple weeks and you wanted to get some extra practice in. You were watching some of the programs you had been on recently with another group from your company, Pentagon. The playful chemistry your groups had were just too good to not exploit for reality and variety shows. Most of this chemistry was created by you and Hongseok.

The two of you met when you were still a trainee. There was an immediate connection between you two. You developed a great friendship that was very playful and flirty. Which was a problem for you since you started to catch feelings for the boy. You knew all of his flirting was just a joke to him but it made your heart flutter.   

You heard the door to the practice room open, pulling you back to reality. In walked Hongseok who was now in some more casual clothes instead of an outfit one of the stylists put him in. He raised an eyebrow at you as you contimued to stretch.

“What’re you still doing here?” 

“What does it look like?” you laughed, “I’m trying to get some extra dance practice in.”

You got up off the floor and grabbed your water, taking a hefty chug of the cool liquid. 

“Why are you lurking around? Are you trying to bother me or something?”

“No,” he rolled his eyes, “I wanted to ask you something.” 

“Ok, shoot.”

“Do you like me?” 

The question caught you off guard but you were quick to recover.

“I don’t know, do I?” 

You looked at Hongseok, a smirk playing on your lips. He rolled his eyes and let out an airy laugh. 

“You like playing games, don’t you?”  

“What do you mean? I’m not playing games,” you huffed

“We’ve been dancing around this subject for a long time now, Y/N. I know you have feelings for me.”

“Well, you seem quite confident in that.”

Hongseok took a step closer to you. He was so close now and it was getting hard to not back down from this unspoken challenge. Your face felt hot, your cheeks a bright pink. His eyes bore into yours just waiting to see if you’d fold. But you didn’t waver. 

“You can say all you want but only I know the truth,” you poked his chest with your finger

He lingered in front of you for a second before turning around. He headed towards the practice room door only stopping when his hand was on the handle. 

“Whatever you decide,” he looked up at you, “Whether you like me or not, I’ll be here.” 

And with that, he left you alone in the practice room only your thoughts of him keeping you company. 

[ranjish-hi-sahih]

vincenzo appreciation week!

day 1: favorite vincenzo episode

hands down, episode 16. everything about it. from the comedy to the suspense to the playing with our emotions and the acting (good lord, the acting) and the bgm was just perfection.

i remember every little thing about the episode, and not just because i've watched it a couple of times.

the modeling for the bye-bye ballon scene? perfection. i laughed like a lunatic.

my baby han-seo dodging that thing thrown at him? brilliant. i was like a proud mama.

the chinks in babel x wusang's getting bigger and bigger? just so much giddy satisfaction.

the entire scene with his mom? beautifully painful. from the portrait to the park, i was holding back tears.

the whole plaza coming together to celebrate the baby news? the calm before the storm, sure but just made me so happy. found family trope for the win, y'all.

my baby saving the day again and that outfit? just happiness. short-lived, yes but still.

the tilted angle, and that bgm and sjk's acting? you felt the unease, the dissettling calm before the absolute shit storm. i was devastated but beautifully done. perfection.

vincenzo going full mafia? kudos to sjk, man. i got chills. also, the choreography for the fight scenes? brilliant. favorite ending, period.

ok, this is way too long, but i've missed the show and of course, the collective clownery of this wonderful fandom on saturdays and sundays.

shoutout to @the-chayenzo-community for hosting this!

[ohcoolnice]

400 followers?????!?!!?!?!????!

Thank you????? So much????

To be honest I'm so surprised that I didnt loose hundreds of you like I expected as soon as my obsession with Vincenzo kicked in.

I really appreciate all of my mutuals and even just those why reblog my posts and say stuff in the tags some of you crack me up and make my whole ass day with the things you leave in the tags. Tumblr really makes me so happy because of all of you and I'm so so thankful for that!!!!

I want to thank a bunch of people but you guys know how bad I am with remembering usernames so this post is going to be a lot of going back and forth since I'm on mobile.

Thank you to everyone who I talk to privately and those who I only interact with in replies and asks and tags and reblogs.

@tati813 is the actual best for real for real so special mention bc legit what would I do without u 😌🥲🙏

I wish I could individually tell you all why I love you so much but I don't want this post to be too long so I'll just tag some people who I'm so thankful I've met on this crazy site:

@the entire Vincenzo fandom what in the name of the good Lord in heaven would I do without y'all 😭😭😭

@yasmini24 @axoloteca @fictionally-fantastic @dumscivisti @ahenix @the-swordwielding-carstairs @cordelia-cardale @queenlilith43 @anarmorofwords @luceliaxx @thehotfaeriethreesome @apple-bottom-jeansx @lucie-blackthorns @clockworknights @spqce-buns @adoravel-fenomeno @ghafa-dale @runecarstairs @dreamofmysoul-tsc @thepictureofsdr

I know I tagged very few people here but damn it's hard to find usernames on mobile 😭😭 ily allLLL so much if I didn't tag you know I probably would have if my brain worked like a normal person but alas. It does not.

I'm gonna do one of those celebration thingies so send me asks for any of the following of you would like:

🔥 give me an aesthetic and ill give you an outfit

☀️ analysis/opinion of a show/book/specific charcter

✨ a random aesthetic photo from my camera roll

💙 i will tell you my great secret (privately. Cannot be on anon because I won't answer publicly I fear jail and/or eternal damnation)

👀 my face

🌸 photo of clothes I made (cause I don't post most of it even if I take pics.)

❄️ make me say something in a British accent because it's so fun

🌼 make me say something in my Doofenshmirtz impression (no like it's really good it's so embarassing)

[literaryfic]

Chapters: 3/? Fandom: 빈센조 | Vincenzo (TV) Rating: Explicit Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: Vincenzo Cassano | Park Joo Hyeong/Hong Cha Young Characters: Hong Cha Young, Vincenzo Cassano | Park Joo Hyeong Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, vincenzo leaves, set five years after he left sk, Angst, Angst with a Happy Ending, vincenzo and cha-young are exes, they were in a relationship before, Fake/Pretend Relationship, jealous!vincenzo, Jealousy

THANK YOU SO MUCH TO @trynatalktou FOR BEING THE BEST BETA I COULD’VE ASKED FOR. THIS CHAPTER IS DEDICATED TO HER!

Summary: Time stops, or so it seems. Vincenzo is petrified, beautiful statue of a man turned into stone. Her eyes follow the high bridge of his nose, the sharp angle of his jaw and the curves of his slender hands gripping the coffee mug. Ah, she thinks. This is how Pygmalion fell in love with Galatea.

listen to this spotify playlist while reading if you want to suffer

Cha-young doesn’t dream that night; she barely sleeps 5 hours before she finds herself knocking on Vincenzo’s door at 6 am. She can’t help it, being in a room just underneath his, so close after all those years apart. Yet, she doesn’t want to show him mercy. She’s here to torment him, the way his absence had tormented her for years. Maybe she wasn’t thinking clearly, maybe she probably shouldn’t seek him out first, or at all. 

In reality, Cha-young knows damn well that she’s trying to find an excuse to be with him, not that she would ever admit it to anyone. 

So there she is, pounding on his door at 6 in the morning. He stands there, wearing one of his expensive pyjama sets, dark circles sitting under his eyes. She can’t quite tell if she’d woken him up or if he hadn’t slept yet.

“Did you even love me?”, she greets him. Good morning is overrated anyway. 

He sighs, letting her through. “You know that.” 

“No, I don’t. I don’t know anything anymore, Vincenzo.”

She stops in her tracks, the world suddenly spinning around her. He’s standing behind her, a mere arm length away. She’s stuck in his gravitational pull, a planet orbiting around its sun. The sharp sensation of her nails digging into her palms is enough to get her moving. She sits on the couch, the same one she’d sat in just a few hours ago. 

“I did. I do.” He clears his throat, looking away. “Love you, I mean.” 

She nibbles on her lower lip, trying (and failing miserably) to ignore his use of the present tense. He loves her, still. She shakes her head. 

“Well, you seemed to be living well without me.”, her expression turns sour. Was it love to hope he’d grieved her loss as much as she had grieved his? 

Vincenzo finally settles in the chair facing her, running a hand through his hair. “There was a point where I wasn’t sure… I wasn’t sure if I would make it.” He winces. “During that time, my only salvation was knowing each day brought me closer to death.” He looks at her, gaze so intense it pierces right through her heart. 

She scoffs, “And I’m the dramatic one, huh?” 

That gets a laugh out of him, and suddenly they’re back where they first started, complicit smiles and knowing looks - them against the world. 

“Coffee?” he asks, eager to keep up the pleasant atmosphere. There’s still a lot that needs to be said, but she relaxes her shoulders, welcoming the lighter turn their conversation is taking. 

“Yes, please.” 

He busies himself with the instant coffee, that same yellow brand he’d gotten hooked up on while they worked together. “So what have you been up to, exactly?” 

“Jipuragi Law Firm just opened a new office in Busan, things are going well. It’s nice, we get to help people who need it. Probably not as exciting as being in a mafia war or whatever.” 

“I wouldn’t be so sure about that,” he gives her a cup of coffee and sits down next to her on the couch. There’s a safe distance between them, but there’s no point trying to shush the deafening beat of her heart. “Your father would be proud of you, Cha-young-ah.”

“You think?”, she sips on her coffee. She looks up from her mug, only to find him examining her face. His lips curl in a soft grin, and Cha-young thinks that maybe, just maybe, it wouldn’t be so bad if she kissed it. 

The loud ringtone startles her out of the daydream, and she’s not sure if she’s supposed to be annoyed or thankful. She picks up the phone. “Mmh. Okay. See you soon,” she drags out the last word, using the endearing tone she reserved for those closest to her. Mr. Kwon, her assistant, was asking her to eat breakfast with the team. 

“I have to go.”, she tells him, getting up from the couch. 

He takes her mug from her, “I didn’t realise you were here with someone.” 

She hears it loud and clear, in the way he fakes nonchalance and keeps his voice cautious. He’s asking her if she’s with someone and part of her wants to reassure him that No. There is no one else beside you. But then she thinks of the countless times where she’d cried herself to sleep, memories of them echoing into her mind and his absence carving a hole into her heart, and she can’t help herself. He had wounded her fatally and it was her turn to injure him. 

“Mmh.”, she’s not lying, technically. She’s there with someone, with people actually, just not in the way he means. 

Time stops, or so it seems.Vincenzo is petrified, beautiful statue of a man turned into stone. Her eyes follow the high bridge of his nose, the sharp angle of his jaw and the curves of his slender hands gripping the coffee mug. Ah, she thinks. This is how Pygmalion fell in love with Galatea. 

The empty mug drops to the ground and the spell is broken. Brought back to life, Vincenzo collects the shattered pieces of the cup, and of his heart, too. “Is he a good person?”. Unlike me, he means. 

Cha-young has to remind herself that he deserves this, that this is his fault. “Mmh”, she repeats. “He is.” 

He’s back to the coffee station, his back to her. “I’m happy for you.”, his voice is tight. 

“Thank you.”, she’s almost at the door when she stops. “Maybe...Maybe we could be friends.”

He turns around, finally facing her. The distance between them, from one side of the room to the other, feels insurmountable. 

“Perhaps. If that’s okay with you.”, he answers. 

She doesn’t know what to say, so she stays silent. Is it possible for them to be anything else other than a tragic ending? 

“Perhaps. If that’s okay with you.”, he answers. 

She doesn’t know what to say, so she stays silent for a while. Would it ever be possible for them to be anything other than a tragic ending? 

She finally settles on a simple, “See you around.” An open ending, then. 

She’s cursing herself out the moment she leaves the room. What was she thinking? Cha-young had just lied to Vincenzo about being on holiday with her imaginary boyfriend. No, she corrects herself, she had simply misled him and he should’ve known better. 

She could picture it already; his aggravating smirk, raised eyebrows and insufferable “Oh, is that so?”, after she’d have to inevitably come clean. If only she hadn’t been so impulsive. Vincenzo would figure out her motivations the moment she’d admit to the lie; she wanted to see him jealous, to make him think she was doing better without him, that she was over him. He would see through the façade she had worked hard to maintain. 

Flushing at the thought of the colossal humiliation she would suffer, Cha-young scolds herself. Focus. This was a war that she needed to win. Like a general preparing for battle, she squares her shoulders and summons her most loyal soldier.

“Hey, it’s me. I have a favour to ask. Can you be my boyfriend for the next two weeks?” 

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At 37 years old, Kwon Ji-hwan considered himself to be a resilient man with a good head on his shoulders. In the four years he has been working for Ms. Hong, carrying out tasks outside of his job description was far from rare. Those included, but were certainly not limited to: picking her up after she’d drunk too much, infiltrating a yoga class to seduce a corrupt official’s wife, impersonating a law enforcement officer and hijacking an ambulance. In Ms. Hong’s vocabulary, a “favour” almost always meant something illegal. Despite her… methods, Ji-hwan enjoyed working for her greatly. The hours might have been long but the satisfaction of winning against the odds of powerful corporations made up for it. Also, the pay was really good. Still, as used to her antics as he was, he would’ve never expected her to ask something so absurd of him. 

Sitting there, in Ms. Hong’s hotel room (which, by the way, was way nicer than the regular ones she’d gotten for her employees), Ji-hwan cannot believe what he’s hearing. 

“Let me get this right,” he says, adjusting his glasses with his index finger. “You want me to pretend to be your boyfriend in front of your ex, who you’re obviously still in love with even though it’s been FIVE years—” 

“Yah!” 

“—because you want to make him jealous. Did I miss anything?” 

“That pretty much covers it.”, his boss replies, not even bothering to look ashamed. He looks at her, shaking his head. “So, will you do it?” 

He sighs, “What did this guy do to you for you to be so hung up on him after all this time?” 

He was not expecting the sorrow on her face as she answered, “He was there for me during the worst times of my life. We went through hell and back for each other. And then, one day, he left without saying anything.” 

“Wait, just like that? He didn’t even break up with you?” Ji-hwan raises his eyebrows. 

“Nope”, she accentuates the ‘P’. “He simply wrote ‘Live well.’ on a napkin and I never heard of him again. Until now.”

He scratches the top of his head, “What a fucking jerk.” She laughs, it’s rare to hear Ji-hwan swear. Finally, he rolls his eyes. “Fine, I’m in.”

“Yes, I knew you wouldn’t let me down. Thank you, thank you, thank you!” She’s doing her little victory dance now, shaking her hips in the least graceful way possible. Like every time his boss convinces him to blur the line of what is morally acceptable, Ji-hwan is regretting this already.

“If I said no, you would have threatened to fire me anyway.” 

“You know it.”

[cassianandor]

For the chayenco fic rec, can you please do one about their confession or kiss..Will it be a fiery passionate sparks of the roof kinda one or a angsty soft teary kind of one!? Thankyouuu again!! You really are an angel for writing for the fandom!!!

I tried my best to convey what you wanted me to tell, I hope you like it!

READ IT ON AO3 TOO

Tell me how much you want me

Pairing: Hong Cha Young x Vincenzo Cassano

Word count: 956

Warnings: corny

This was for her father.

The words of comfort Cha Young didn’t get to say to him while he was alive were translated, hopefully, in her actions in the past months.

She fought hard beside Vincenzo. Cha Young saw people she cared dearly dying, almost died herself and was in the face of danger more times than she expected, but she didn’t regret it. It was all worth it now that it was over — Jang Jun Woo was dead, Jang Han Seo, Choi Myung Hee and Han Seung Hyeok were arrested after Vincenzo and her proved all their crimes in court.

Cha Young couldn’t help but to wonder if her father was finally proud of who she had become, wherever he was. Apparently, she was diving into her reveries way too much.

“Hong Cha Young-ssi,” Vincenzo called out for her, in a drunkenly voice. They were at an almost empty restaurant, celebrating their victory. Cha Young wouldn’t admit, but she was already a little drunk too. “What is it? I can hear you thinking from here.”

Cha Young huffed, hastily putting an elbow over the table and almost dropping a bottle. “I’m thinking about my dad. Do you think he’s happy?”

Vincenzo crossed his arms over his chest. “I think so. At best, yes. But he’s dead.”

Getting up abruptly, Cha Young startled Vincenzo with her loud tone. “God, couldn’t you just say ‘yes’? I know he’s dead.”

She wasn’t that upset. Cha Young was fed up, physically tired and a little bit drunker than she should be, so she let her emotions get the best of her. Leaving a mouth agape Vincenzo behind, she grabbed her coat and purse and dashed out of the restaurant.

A cold breeze hit Cha Young squarely in the face and she puffed, putting on her coat as she walked down the sidewalk. The world seemed to spin a little until Cha Young felt a hand grabbing her arm.

“Ms. Hong,” Vincenzo, panting a bit, let go of her arm. “I’m sorry. I shouldn’t have said that. I’m so used to being pragmatic that I forget that people have feelings too.”

Cha Young stared at him for a couple of seconds before responding. Her heart was pounding in her chest way too fast. “Mr. Cassano, aren’t you going to leave Korea? I thought that there was nothing keeping you here.”

Vincenzo blinked twice before replying. “There isn’t.”

Liar.

“Then why are you here?” She questioned, trying to read something in his eyes. It was a losing game.

Vincenzo didn’t respond, so Cha Young felt entitled to scoff and leave him behind for a second time that night. After she took a couple of steps, Cha Young heard Vincenzo’s voice again. “What do you want from me?”

Cha Young came to a halt, still with his back turned to him. “The truth,” She said.

“What?” Vincenzo asked. “I said I’m sorry…”

God, that man was dense.

Cha Young turned around annoyed, feeling completely sobered up. “Not about that, oh my God! Can you just say what—do I have to say that—just… don’t you have anything to say to me after all these months?”

Maybe it was all in her head. They were partners — not friends, never friends — that were damn good at what they did, and all those days and nights spent together naturally made them grow closer. Unconsciously, Cha Young’s heart learned a new language to speak whenever Vincenzo was around. There was no tragedy in it. It was enough.

Or so she thought, now face to face with Vincenzo wearing her heart on her sleeve. “Ms. Hong…”

Cha Young let out a dry chuckle, tightening her hold on her purse. She was a professional of making a fool out of herself. “I get it, I’m an idiot. Forget it. I was—”

“It’s not that,” He began, taking a step forward. “I told you. Villains don’t deserve love.”

Cha Young frowned. The line between good and evil was not always clear. A God to many was a Devil to opposite worshippers. “That’s bullshit,” She argued. “You’re running away. It’s what you do when you pretend to not know what you want.”

Vincenzo sighed, darting his eyes to the floor then back to her. Cha Young could feel the weight of his gaze over her as he repeated his question. “What do you want from me?”

Cha Young pursed her lips, heart racing at a stupidly swift pace. “I want your everything. I want the messy Vincenzo Cassano the way he is. I want all your failures and all your triumphs, I want the Mafia law—”

While she was talking, Vincenzo suddenly took a couple of steps forward and slid his hand around Cha Young’s neck, pulling her close as he pressed his lips into hers.

Cha Young’s eyelids fell closed slowly. Her mind shut down of anything that wasn’t the feeling of whatever was growing hot in her stomach, so Cha Young used her free hand to cling to Vincenzo’s coat and push into the kiss. He tasted like soju and Cha Young wanted to drink him down, to taste him and dive into his soul as if it was her own.

Cha Young parted her lips, breathing out into Vincenzo’s mouth. He angled his head and drew Cha Young even closer, brushing his thumb softly against her jawline. Her grip on his coat got tighter, but Vincenzo was the first to break the kiss.

Still close to Cha Young, he looked at her with a pleased gaze. “You will never stop talking about the Mafia, will you?”

Gently, she dragged her hand from his coat to place upon his cheek and smiled. “Never.”

[theyilinglaozus]

Blog Update

Firstly, and most importantly, I want to say a very huge thank you to those of you that have sent love and well wishes both to yesterday's update and the posts I've made over the past few months as this had been progressing. It truly meant the world to me, especially as at times I was very worried that my venting and expressing the worries on my mind was becoming annoying or looking like a call for attention. I needed a space to try and process things, so I'm glad none of my followers seemed to mind 💖

Going forward, I'm going to be working on some changes for myself and my mental health. As you can imagine, it's been a bit of a roller coaster for some time now (doesn't help when you already suffer from mental health problems either) and some areas of my fandom circle have, unfortunately, not felt as much as a safe haven for myself as they used to, and I'm aiming to change that, both for my own health and happiness, and to improve the space here. I've always intended my blog to be a safe and welcoming space for all, and I still stand by that. So, below the cut are a few changes I'm working on:

I have decided to leave most of the Tumblr discord spaces I was once a part of. This one has probably been a long time coming, and it's a decision that I was both hesitant to make, yet one I felt I needed to do. There are some spaces I am truly going to miss, as well as some people, but it's okay. Change is a good thing, especially if it's to help mental health. And some spaces I haven't felt welcome in for a little while now. Maybe, if I can't find other circles to join outside of Tumblr, I'll create one of my own, but we'll see further down the line.

I will be varying the content I create, for other shows that I enjoy as well as The Untamed and Word of Honor. This one probably isn't surprising, but there are a lot of other shows I've grown to enjoy that I would love to make content for! I'd love to create things for Ancient Love Poetry, Vincenzo, or Ruyi Pavillion (the latter I've been wanting to make gifs for some time now, and now seems like a better time to do so than it has in the past). These sorts of shows likely won't have as much content made for them unlike the ones that are my favorites, but I would love to mix things up a bit whenever inspiration strikes.

I'm going to be doing a bit of a purge. This will unlikely affect any of you guys, and you'll likely see no difference, but it's something I need to do for myself. No changes will happen to content on this blog, but this is more unfollowing (mostly of long-dead blogs) / following as well as going through my blocklist and removing from it or adding to it if needs be. Just the usual cleanup.

[trynatalktou]

i contributed to vincenzo being most watched at least twice im on my third rewatch ajsdkfkl

Tell me about it! My friends are concerned over the fact that everytime they ask me what's up I'm like: oh watching Vincenzo.

Reading about Vincenzo

Writing about Vincenzo

Screaming over Vincenzo

ANYHOW

They deserve it I'm so happy for them (despite the finale) it still became one of my fave shows EVER and this fandom only made it better. I know I haven't written anything in a hot minute but don't think I'm abandoning the fandom. Not even planning on doing it just because the show is completed

[koreandragon]

rules: answer the first half of the questions with gifsets of your own, then answer the second half by tagging gif makers you love!

tagged by @belsmultifandommess thank you!

LINK A GIFSET…

Link a gifset you’re really proud of: i had this idea to remake classic movie posters for vincenzo and honestly i was insane for this, the amount of work i put into it, don’t even ask

Link a gifset where you tried something new: blending! i haven’t done blending before this but it didn’t turn out half bad!

Link a gifset that features your favorite character or celebrity: it’s yo boi, lee felix the most sweetest, kindest boy on earth

Link a gifset that you want more people to see: i made this DAYS set yesterday but tumblr nerfed me so so people didn’t really see it

Link a gifset that you had fun making: i lost my last braincell making this queen cheorin set but i learned a lot and honestly it was fun

Link a gifset that you created as part of a meme, challenge, or series: i did this vincenzo gfx for one of allie’s challenges, it’s still my header

Link a gifset of yours that makes you smile: i mean...how can you not

Link a gifset that you made for someone else: i made this kim seon ho edit for kojiseok for secret santa

TAG SOMEONE WHO…

Tag someone who inspired you to start making gifs: ughh there are so many! @thingskateknows @kdramaxoxo @moonlightsdream @uppoompat were probably among the first blogs i followed when i started to get into kdramas but there are a lot more! that’s why i get so happy whenever they reblog my sets cause you guys inspired me a lot

Tag someone who makes great vibrant gifs: @cuddlybitch i don’t know how she does it...a goddess honestly

Tag someone who makes great pale/pastel gifs: @chanikang definitely!! they’re always so nice to look at and beautifully colored

Tag someone who gifs for a fandom you love: i mean...we all just gif whatever we’re watching at the moment so if i happen to love a drama that one of my favorite gifmakers is making content for then i’m happy. @jahe and @mostlyfate always did amazing sets for vincenzo and i tip my little hat for them, they’re miracle workers

Tag someone who uses text/typography really well in their gifsets: @baijingting is just amazing at everything

Tag someone who motivates you to step up your game: @gominshi and @yesdramas gifs make me weak in the knee, i am trembling

Tag someone who you have taken inspiration from: it’d have to be hannah again! the way she colors her gifs is really amazing

Tag gif makers who you admire and appreciate! (Put as many people here as you want!): @belsmultifandommess @siwanim @deokmis @jaehwany @kimsunho @gimme-a-chocolate @gongmyung @kdramanewbie @chaeunwoo  @baek1nho @liveasbutterflies @therukurals @trendingkdrama @ryn-s @melonatures @chawoongs  these lovely folks and i’m sure i’m missing people because i have no brain capacity but i admire every gif maker on here!!

[jaehwany]

gifmaker appreciation tag

rules: answer the first half of the questions with gifsets of your own, then answer the second half by tagging gifmakers you love!

tagged by: @cuddlybitch @baek1nho @belsmultifandommess @gongmyung @koreandragon @surii @thingskateknows @liveasbutterflies @baijingting thank u all so much for tagging me!! always love a chance to celebrate gifmakers on here 💖💖💖

LINK A GIFSET…

Link a gifset you’re really proud of:

blending is something i always try to do and then give up halfway into the first gif so i’m proud of myself for giving it another go for this vincenzo set. helps that it’s a really dark scene so i could hide all the flaws XD baby steps! also i just think the parallel with the hug and bloody hands and the villain quote is genius ok.. my mind 😌

Link a gifset where you tried something new:

i tried to play around with colourful gradients for this vincenzo set and i’m pretty happy with how it turned out

Link a gifset that features your favorite character or celebrity:

he’s just a baby 🥺️

Link a gifset that you want more people to see:

maybe this atots one? 

Link a gifset that you had fun making:

i always enjoy making comp sets but then it gets to the part where i have to match the colouring across the gifs and then i start questioning everything.. this move to heaven one was pretty fun tho! their sibling energy <3

Link a gifset that you created as part of a meme, challenge, or series:

i put quite a lot of thought into this one for the ‘characters i see myself in’ challenge

Link a gifset of yours that makes you smile:

too many bc i usually like giffing the cute/comedic moments the most! i’ll pick this atots one!! i mean just look at them 🥺️

Link a gifset that you made for someone else:

i made this into the ring set and this do you like brahms set as part of last year’s kdrama secret santa exchange 🎅💝

TAG SOMEONE WHO…

Tag someone who inspired you to start making gifs:

i’ve been on this hellsite for more than a decade so it’s hard to remember why i started making gifs or who inspired me. i took a break for awhile but it was 2gether and the lovely fandom on here that got me to start giffing again at the beginning of quarantine last year :D

Tag someone who makes great vibrant gifs:

@cuddlybitch @mercurialhigh @metawin @alienwlw​ do absolute MAGIC with their colours and i’m always in awe!!!! @gimme-a-chocolate​ also makes such great vibrant gifs 😍

Tag someone who makes great pale/pastel gifs:

i’m not sure if it counts as pale but @ramsking has a very soft distinct colouring that is gorgeous <3  

Tag someone who gifs for a fandom you love:

@becomeundone for run on, vincenzo and cherry magic 🥰️🥰️🥰️ not forgetting @yesdramas for general kdrama fandom and @earthmixs for general thai fandom (and now kdramas too hehe)

Tag someone who uses text/typography really well in their gifsets:

definitely @baijingting and her devastating quotesets 💔 and i love how @deokmis​ is always experimenting with different fonts and styles! also in general the s&b and jatp fandom on here are sooo impressive

Tag someone who motivates you to step up your game:

@mostlyfate and @gominshi for sure!! always incredibly stunning and creative gifs✨

Tag someone who you have taken inspiration from:

i get my inspiration from all the wonderful people i follow so it’s hard to just pick one. but recently i’ve been going into the sabedit and litedit tags to admire everyone’s works and find inspiration to improve my sets

Tag gif makers who you admire and appreciate! (Put as many people here as you want!):

some have already been tagged before but i wanted to show my 💗 anyway! @moonlightsdream @baek1nho @uppoompat @liveasbutterflies @surii @ipytm @florenzim @dramaism @haeyeongs @gangtaes @kojiseok @oh-aew @ficklefackle @winar @thingskateknows @gongmyung @minhyowon + the ones i already mentioned above!

[beezonia]

Episode 19

WHAT THE ABSOLUTE FUCK MAN! JESUS SHE TOOK THE  FUCKING BULLET FOR HIM AND IM ACTUALLY SOBBING!

But there were so many parallels from episode 9 I think when its Vincenzo getting hugged by Cha-Young after he tries to lure out Han-Seok.

The ABSOLUTE PURE FUCKING RAGE ON VINCENZO FACE AFTERWARDS THO! He's definitely gonna go apeshit at the start of episode 20. Hopefully baby Han-Seo is ok he got shot in the arm tho so maybe he's passed out. 

I want to say thank you to the Vincenzo fandom for being absolute clowns with me and just being able to connect on somthing we all love. All of you have given me so much inspiration with your analysis and made me cry, laugh, confused with your wonderful fics, hopefully we will get closure after today's last episode but if we dont hey we can still make our own happy endings cant we?

Sending so much luck to everyone for tonight, let's hope we get at least a confession.

Bee 💐

[shangyangjunzhu]

rules: answer the first half of the questions with gifsets of your own, then answer the second half by tagging gif makers you love!

tagged by: @belsmultifandommess <3

LINK A GIFSET…

Link a gifset you’re really proud of: i made a gifset of lu yingying’s wedding hanfu from court lady and somehow i really liked the way it turned out. (it’s also because i love tang dynasty ruqun and hanfu)

Link a gifset where you tried something new: For this gifset on empress sun, i played around with saturation and contrast and it somehow worked very well

Link a gifset that features your favorite character or celebrity: there is a very beautiful gifset mydaylight made for zhen huan that i absolutely adore...

Link a gifset that you want more people to see: Please people check out my gifs for The Banquet especially if you’re coming off a rebel princess high...it has both ZHANG ZIYI AND ZHOU XUN 

Link a gifset that you had fun making: There is a huge pleasure that comes from giphing the aesthetics from rebel princess especially from episode 1 so yeah this one

Link a gifset that you created as part of a meme, challenge, or series: i have a whole tag for the period drama challenge i did

Link a gifset of yours that makes you smile: i am obsessed with this look from court lady and it makes me so happy

Link a gifset that you made for someone else: i made a gifset for mydaylight of princess hejing and i am so glad she liked it...

TAG SOMEONE WHO…

Tag someone who inspired you to start making gifs: for me it was @michyeosseo (who has no idea by the way) when i saw this really emotional gifset of danshu and huirou from serenade of peaceful joy and i wanted to touch someone else’ heart the way that gifset touched mine...

Tag someone who makes great vibrant gifs: uhhh that would be @mydaylight because she is amazing at it and her gifs light up my day

Tag someone who makes great pale/pastel gifs: ooh that would be @queenfredegund  ; oml you make some amazing gifs...

Tag someone who gifs for a fandom you love: of course it would be @storge for rebel princess

Tag someone who uses text/typography really well in their gifsets: that would be @koreandragon; your vincenzo gifs with typography were SOOOOO good...

Tag someone who motivates you to step up your game: almost everyone who gifs lol...but @mydaylight, @thingskateknows, @belsmultifandommess and @storge

Tag someone who you have taken inspiration from: @mydaylight for sure!

Tag gif makers who you admire and appreciate! (Put as many people here as you want!): @mydaylight , @michyeosseo , @storge , @natahjikio , @siwanim , @therukurals, @hundredthousandtimes , @dyuniebells , @queenfredegund , @storge , and @thingskateknows