#w - two worlds

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POTW #94: Pick your favorite multiverse/parallel universe drama (as voted by our members and followers)

W: Two Worlds (2016) | dir. Jung Dae Yoon

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LEE JONG-SUK as Kang Chul in 'W: Two Worlds Apart'

[fake-married-my-dead-fiance]

My favourite character type: Metaphorically Tortured and Literally Covered in Blood

Jang Uk from Alchemy of Souls counts, even though I don't think he's ever simultaneously tortured and covered in blood, but that is only because that series doesn't use a lot of blood. Dude was mentally tortured and literally killed 86 people in one go, there should be blood.

In order: Jang Uk & Naksu/Mu-deok/Cho Yeong Alchemy of Souls, Han Ri-ta & Kim Do-ha Moon in the Day, Kang Cheol W: Two Worlds, Myul Mang/Kim Sa-ram Doom at Your Service, Lee Chang & Seo-bi Kingdom, Lee In Captivating the King, Lee Rang Tale of the Nine Tailed/1938, Jang Man-wol Hotel Del Luna, Moo-yeon/Yoon Seok-ha 100 Days My Prince

Each time I asked myself, "Are they actually covered in blood or did they just get a little on them? Are they sufficiently tortured or do they only have minor mental turmoil?" These are very strict, scientific criteria.

[dragonsareawesome123]

Ultimate Ships Challenge: [5/10] Kisses >> Oh Yeon Joo and Kang Chul's kiss in Episode 7

"I was afraid." "Of what?" "I was afraid that I might never see you again."

[dangermousie]

You and your boss being in the same fandom.

I don't know if it's a fandom dream or a fandom nightmare.

[tokkiheart]

So I know I have the worst W: Two Worlds brainrot out there, but while I was watching Lovely Runner for the very first time in a binge-marathon over the course of yesterday and today, I couldn’t help but notice some parallels between the two shows.

Very specifically I want to highlight this scene from episode 14 of Lovely Runner between Ryu Sun-jae and Im Sol:

And this scene from episode 11 of W between Kang Cheol and Oh Yeon-joo:

I’m sure I’m not the only one, or probably even the first, but I had to mention it because the parallels between the two were so incredibly strong to me.

Just two men, sitting or standing in front of a woman after reading a piece of “fiction” about timelines that no longer exist as they confront them about the ending and asking if the memory loss is permanent because they really want to see there be a happy ending.

These men would also very much like to get back to their respective romances, thank you 😂

[matayejaan]

you really need to give “be melodramatic” more views it’s such a refreshing drama that i cannot stress enough we need more of these, its currently on netflix go watch it and come yap about it on social media

[wolha]

Otps → Kang Cheol & Oh Yeon-Joo in W 더블유 (2016)

[youknowihavenochingu]

Kdrama couples with great chemistry 🧪❤

Suspicious Partner

Alchemy Of Souls

Goblin The Lonely And Great God

Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok Joo

Snowdrop

Hometown Cha Cha Cha

W Two Worlds

Flower Of Evil

A Business Proposal

Doom At Your Service

[myblacknightworld]

Crazy how in two out of three of my favourite Han Hyojoo dramas, there's the fake marriage trope which is actually real marriage because of benefits but also they catch feelings slowly and the husband is a simp

[whumpetywhump]

W: Two Worlds - Ep. 15 & 16

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POTW: FAVORITE LEE JONG SUK DRAMA (as voted by our members and followers)

W – TWO WORLDS 더블유 (2016) dir. jeong dae yun

[myechoecho]

Finished up ep 3 in my rewatch of W Two Worlds.

First, something on episode 2 that I pick up on that I probably missed the first time watching. When Yeon Joo's mom and her friend are talking there is a throw away line - "maybe you should have made her take up drawing instead of harassing her into medical school" which is nice foreshadowing. I'm curious to see if there are others I'll pick up.

I forgot that Chul had already begun to change the story line before Yeon Joo, but she was definitely the catalyst to accelerate the changes. Still the first change was Chul refusing to die. Which leads to a different catalyst with Sung Moo. It's hinted that the comic was not necessarily the most successful but once Chul began to change the story, it exploded in popularity. It's as if people were only interested in the story that Chul wanted to tell; not Sung Moo's. He begins to spiral more.

I love how Yeon Joo and Chul are both really smart. Yeon Joo quickly figures out most of the rules for the comic book world and when she gets back, takes the time to go through all the back end research for each year of the comic's existence.

Chul is also able to piece things together quickly though it helps that she sleepily tells him some of his darkest secrets that no one else would know.

I completely forgot about the bathroom flashing scene until I saw her look at the bras lol.

He's able to fluster her enough that she tells him the rules of the world for her and that he's the main character. The stand off with the gun was great, because neither one will back down.

Weirdly, what almost bothers me most about the gun scene is Chul scratching head with a loaded gun. GUN SAFETY.

He figured out she's from another her world and now knows she can't return unless he manages to shock him. He wants his answers. Love that she still tried to shock him by saying "I love you"

She's refusing to tell him the truth to protect him, and he knows that. Telling him that he is just a comic book character will crush him, and really wants him to be happy.

They have such good chemistry and Yeon Joo realizing she's now the main character over the secretary made me smile.

I should be able to get through more of the episodes over the next few days.

[fake-married-my-dead-fiance]

I spend a lot of time hating GirlbossTM characters and I love how Oh Yeon-joo is portrayed as active, smart, competent, but not Girlboss.

She doesn't know how to punch or shoot, but she will lock her possessed father in another room and draw like hell until she saves her man and then leave detailed instructions on how to treat yourself from a gunshot wound, while also having drawn everything he needs.

But also, she's not good at standing up for herself against her boss, she cries, she faints a lot.

But it doesn't make her weak or stupid or incompetent, because she will also withstand interrogation for 48 hours and not say a word and starve for most of a week attempting to avoid telling the truth to Kang Cheol again and ruining his life. And she isn't weak because she can't make a Sophie's Choice between the man she loves and her father, that's just natural.

She was a great, fleshed out character who had a lot of difficulties over the show and even if they weren't often as dramatic as the things happening to Kang Cheol, they were difficult and she persevered and I love her.

[dragonsareawesome123]

Nobody:

Absolutely nobody:

Main couples in Asian romance thrillers: *One of them shoots the other*

[dangermousie]

I thought I was done with posting about W since I finished my rewatch but one final little post.

Specifically this cap.

I totally missed it the first time around - that as the drama ends we get the little chyron saying “the end” as the voice over says the story of the manhwa ended happily.

The reason I went !!! at this is because this happens not when KC supposedly dies at that bus stop (when manhwa publication ends) or even when he survives and realizes he’s free from narrative drive but here - here is where the narrative truly ends (it may have largely ended in terms of control earlier but observation/possibility of any last shred of control ends here, I think) and lets them truly free and in complete privacy.

That is why this is the last we see of them - they are both fully human in fully real world and thus they cannot be narrated about any more in the manhwa or to us the viewers - they have earned their anonymity and privacy.

And how beautifully meta because this isn’t just the story within the story (ie manhwa) ending but the story (ie the drama W) ending - and W the drama controlled its characters and made us observers the way the manhwa inside it controlled the manhwa characters and made the readers inside the world observers.

That chyron isn’t just for the end of the manhwa, it’s for the drama and for us and reminding us of how it was a narrative and now we and the characters are free. And real world is out there.

Aaaaa!!!

@myechoecho I think this is the small moment that blew my mind the most on this rewatch. They have now exited both the manhwa AND the drama narrative. Aaaa!