#tvN

[jugeullae]

QUEEN OF TEARS (2024)

[sunlighthroughthe-ashes]

honestly the entire episode was complete perfection — but the highlight for me was most definitely sun-jae's face just LIGHTING UP every time he sees sol / thinks she's being adorably wacky.

byeon woo-seok does such a wonderful job expressing utter adoration through his eyes and eyes alone — it's the mark of a great actor to be able to communicate volumes with just your gaze and he's absolutely acing it: the infatuation, the tenderness, the sheer wonder in his face every time he really looks at sol — all of it is just flawless!

there's this phrase in my native language that roughly translates to "my own little piece of the moon," and that's EXACTLY how sunjae looks at sol — like she's his own little piece of the moon. 🌙🤍

everyone deserves to be looked at that way at least once in their life. 🥰

my heart gets so full every time he hides his smile from sol when she's giving him the attention he quite literally CRAVES from her. he's so helplessly in love!

(sun-jae scribbling out how many januarys it'll take to reach the one in 2023 was such a cute little touch — the rivalry between him and tae-sung was funny too.)

of course we also have the attempted murder/serial killer plot underway (would it really be a rom-com kdrama without it??) but i'm glad they only spent a few minutes on that and the focus of the episode was on our soljae couple.

something tells me since tonight's ep was so wholesome, tomorrow's will rip our hearts out ;_;

but i have high expectations for this show and really hope that they're able to keep this momentum and quality until the very end.

[cherrygeneralleader]

Hip Hop Team is their name, Confusion is their game

[love-is-dean]

Rang disgusted by literally everyone and everything is such a big mood

[feii1effect]

I couldn't believe her reaction. But even more unbelievable? She wore them.

[victorianera]

Yoo Insoo & Lee Jaewook reunited for Death’s Game

[randomblog-things]

[sunlighthroughthe-ashes]

feeling so jittery and excited at the prospect of new lovely runner episodes tomorrow —

something about the show is just so fresh and wholesome that it feels like the very first time i ever watched a kdrama.

that joy of discovery, that quiet amazement at something that transfixes you so completely.

a lot of the appeal of the show is the intensity of sun-jae's emotions towards sol — how unconditional his love for her is. even after (from his perspective) she supposedly two-times him, nothing about the way he feels for her changes.

it's still all-encompassing: considerate of the minutest details. (sun-jae giving sol his slippers when he notices she's barefoot, even as he tells her to walk out of his life comes to mind.)

everyone deserves to be loved with this much clarity.

[myfavoriteskdramas]

Death's Game, TVN, (2023-2024).

[iris-sistibly]

Okay babes, episode 8 is nothing short of exciting!

📍Hae-in choosing to divorce Hyun-woo so he'd finally be free from all the bullshit her family put him up with, and Hyun-woo deciding to stay at Queens so he could prove his innocence and protect Hae-in. I feel sad that they actually divorced but again, it was necessary for them to "part ways" so they'd find their way back into each other, and I think the next episode will be about them slowly rekindling their romance and hopefully healing from the past. I am anticipating a more beautiful wedding than their first one.

📍Don't get me wrong, I still hate Eun-seong but now I'm becoming more and more interested in his backstory, so this bitch still has some ✨humanity✨ in him, judging from the way he reacted when he found out about Hae-in's illness. Him saving Hae-in from the dog attack when they were kids answered the question why he hates dogs. He's still trash, however I do have a feeling that he will have some character redemption somewhere and will basically help Hae-in find a cure, but we'll never know for sure.

📍Hong Man-dae is the biggest fucking idiot among the Hong family, I'm not saying he deserves what happened to him, I'm saying that he needs to learn the hard way and be slapped with the truth so hard that I want him to come down to his knees and beg his children for forgiveness. As much as I feel sorry for him, he was a terrible father to all of them when they got older...and trusting a fucking shaman? Really?

📍Speaking of which, I am actually glad that the Hong family is now broke af. They need to be humbled big time, especially Hae-in's mom, that bitch is such a poor judge of character. I want her to feel embarrassed and terrible about herself for constantly looking down at Hyun-woo and his family, these are the same people who'd willingly save and help their asses even if it meant getting dragged into this shit hole they dug themselves. Also, I saw a clip of the nosy old ladies who were making fun of her at the salon, I say...DESERVE! I hope she starts to change because honestly, I'm so fed up with her and her bullshit.

📍Soo-cheol maybe immature, but I have to admit that he's a good father. He just wanted his son to experience everything he never did, idk what Da-hye was up to. Maybe it was part of their plans? Perhaps she foresaw how messy it's going to be that's why she chose to run away, we'll never know for sure. I still have faith that she'll choose to do what's right for the sake of her son, after all, Soo-cheol treated her and their baby well.

📍Shout out to Song Joong-ki for his cameo. Hiring Vincenzo as a divorce lawyer is such a Hae-in move 😂

[apocurves]

HWANG INYOUP as HAN SEOJUN —True Beauty (2020)

[deafening-enthusiastic-dreamer]

Queen of Tears

I truly admire the new techniques used in terms of camera angles and the way it tells the story in a way.

this scene was soo good.

I love how they show . rather then tell us how she feels when she hears about the fact that she has only three months to live. There are parts where they do the exact opposite, which i am somewhat iffy about. I hope they reduce it along the coming episodes.

the scene below though short, feels perfect at this time- it feels like foreshadowing of events. and also the long shot with symmetry and the pillar that acts as the divide, along with the lighting showing different moods. Very interesting to see.

also the shots when they reveal her understanding of time being lost. the static images with handheld camera scenes shows how unstable and confused she feels.

also this is the very first drama that i have seen that has willing broken the 4th wall. Its very rare and feels quite invasive as a viewer. But I do like this non traditional way of story telling, so far in the series.

[feii1effect]

— We never did anything, so how's she my first love? — You don't have to do anything. You're happy to watch them from afar. You can't stop thinking about them. You take a detour just to see them once more. If you did those for the first time, then that's your first love. — That was quite specific. Speaking from experience? — You could say that. — You were happy to see him from afar. You couldn't stop thinking about him. And you even took a detour? — Right. — Who was he? — Every girl falls in love with one at least once. A guy on the bus. — A guy on the bus? Did you take the bus to school? That can't be.