#won sang ah

[kdramamilfs]

Kim Go-eun as Oh In-joo & Uhm Ji-won as Won Sang-ah in LITTLE WOMEN (2022)

[candlewinds]

I told you. I like secret plays. It’s my way of playing with dolls in this boring world.

UHM JI-WON as WON SANG-AH Little Women (2022)

[eveneechan]

The Color Concept on Little Women (2022)

Part 1: Princess of Thieves

The Princess of Thieves Orchid have 2 colors: Pink and Purple

Which is the color of dress that Injoo and Hwayoung wear during Singapore climax scene

Injoo: Pink

Hwayoung: Purple

Pink as Injoo's color

Pink orchid have meaning: Romance, Love, Friendship

Injoo's main plot always not far from her sisters and Hwayoung. Her love for them is driving force that keep made Injoo move foward

Purple as Hwayoung's color

Purple orchid have meaning: Wisdom, Intellegence, MYSTERY

Wisdom: Hwayoung is Injoo's senior at workplace. Injoo saw Hwayoung as someone who teach her many things

Intellegence: Hwayoung had planned things very further and details, and outsmarting Sangah's manipulation

Mystery: Hwayoung is central mystery of the story

Hwayoung's Apartment

Hwayoung have small purple orchid on her apartment at Singapore

Hwayoung's apartment wallpaper at South Korea have purple as main color. The wallpaper also used as background for one of main poster

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Purple and Pink on title of Little Women

In opening sequence, the title Little Women have purple with pink shade as background color

In each ending of episode, the title Little Women appear before credits, usually appear in white text and black screen, before the text got painted. The first color of paint in text is Pink and Purple

Which is color of Injoo and Hwayoung

It's like indicating how Little Women's plot story, beside the Oh Sisters, mostly will be around Injoo and Hwayoung

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A glimpse of Pink and Purple color on Injoo and Hwayoung's clothes at South Korea

At South Korea, Injoo mostly wear earth color pallete clothes and Hwayoung mostly wear colorless (black/white) clothes

(more explaination on Part 2: Earthenspoon & Nospoon)

But in 1st episode, there's small purple part in Hwayoung clothes. And when Injoo "playing rich", she wear pink clothes.

It's like hinting how they are part of Princess of Thieves later in story

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Cinderella and Fairygodmother

Hwayoung and Injoo in restaurant scene heavily referenced from Cinderella

Hwayoung is like Fairygodmother who dressing Injoo, the Cinderella, to "playing rich"

The Purple color on Hwayoung and Pink color on Injoo is similar with purple color on Cinderella's Pink dress and Fairygodmother's Purple cloak

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Color Mood of Princess of Thieves

In each scene when Injoo had thinking or talking about Hwayoung, the color mood around her change into combination of Pink and Purple; the color of Princess of Thieves

Quoting from Choo Jahyun (Hwayoung's actress)'s interview:

"It felt like Goeun (Injoo's actress) was living as both Injoo and Hwayoung at the same time in Little Women"

The combination of pink and purple color mood on those scenes is like symbolized how Injoo and Hwayoung become one on Injoo's mind

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The Intruder: Yellow

On Princess of Thieves that appear on Singapore's auction, the flower has little shade of Yellow

Which is color of Won Sangah and fake!Hwayoung's dress on Singapore

Won = name of Korean money currency

Korean highest currency (50,000) has color of Yellow

Yellow = Sangah and Won Family = Capitalism

Yellow vs Purple

On color wheel theory, Yellow and Purple are color that opposite to each other

Symbolized how Hwayoung (Purple) and Sangah (Yellow) are total opposite

In opening sequence, Oh sisters were drawn mostly with shade of purple, and their background is yellow.

Indicating how the sisters are like "actors" in Sangah's play vs Hwayoung; how the battle between those masterminds was told from three sisters' perspective

It's also symbolized how Sangah = Yellow = Money = Capitalism is the main enemy

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The Shadow of Flower

Hwayoung (화영)'s name have meaning Beautiful Flower. The writer JSK had mentioned that she want to give a name to Hwayoung that relate to Flowers because Hwayoung love gardening

In hanja, Hwayoung have secret meaning of her name: 花影 = 꽃의 그림자 = Shadow of Flower

It's like symbolising how Hwayoung is shadow part of flowers:

1. Princess of Thieves: to Injoo

At first, Hwayoung's color seems like also Pink

Hwayoung mostly wear pink on her second account/alter ego Jin Mikyung and on Injoo's imagination about Hwayoung's second life

It's like foreshadowing how Hwayoung live under Injoo's name at Singapore

On locker scene, Hwayoung seems like giving off her pink clothes to Injoo. Like symbolizing she's fully giving the pink side of Princess of Thieves to Injoo, together with all money and Bruno Zumino shoes that she give to her on the bag

2. Blue Ghost Orchid: to Sangah and Won Family/Jeongran

The surname Jin (진) on Jin Hwayoung is to give impression that Hwayoung is came from place that far away (indeed in character description of Hwayoung on official website, it's written Hwayoung is not from Seoul and came to there to work on Orchid Construction). If we look to Jin in Chinese surname version, it has meaning GOLD

It's like secret meaning on how Hwayoung in back have so many money and assets, because she's part of secret society Jeongran and worked for Won family

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Thief Princess

There's Little Women OST titled "Thief Princess"

The OST indeed mostly got played in some scene that relate to Injoo or/and Hwayoung:

When Injoo decided to search the truth behind Hwayoung's death, and she look to the unbloomed Princess of Thieves

When Sangah give Injoo a blue suit, and then Injoo remembering how Hwayoung give her a black suit before this

When Hwayoung confess that she want Injoo to be happy on court scene

[greysasquatchhh]

I am somewhat satisfied with the ending (except doil injoo not being the endgame lets talk about that later) but there are few things i wished to see differently.

1. ⁠The villain takedown was not satisfactory. I was left confused about the dynamics between sangah & jaesang. His character was definitely much more than just killing himself at one order of his wife. Especially when did see him overpowering her in the past. Also, I wanted a more painful end for Sangah.

2. ⁠The functioning of Jeongran Society. I was left confused whether the other members were aware of Sangah killing people in the name of the society? We do know that her dad was actively involved in murders but they dealt with it poorly considering they focused so much on it in the beginning. I was confused whether it was an actual foundation to help underprivileged children & then kill them off once they were no longer useful? Like how & why? I was strangely very much interested in the cult so imagine my disappointment that they didn’t clear these things.

3. ⁠Romanticising Hwayoung’s actions: unpopular opinion but hwayoung isn’t the hero the drama made her out to be. she intentionally dragged injoo into this mess by giving her the money. her happiness my foot. she ain’t dumb to not know what she was putting injoo into while living lavishly herself in singapore. She intentionally dragged Injoo in all the mess & gets away with only a sorry? just because she saved her life in Singapore when she was the reason why Injoo landed in danger in first place. I still don’t get her motives. if she indeed cared about injoo then she wouldn’t have given her the money at first place knowing how sangah has been grooming injoo using her. she would’ve sent injoo far away from anything related to sangah. they want us to feel bad for her? she used injoo’s naivety as well for her own benefits just like others. & the fact that she actually hired an innocent person to get killed in her place is so damn fkd up. all this just for a revenge? i am glad doil wasn’t involved in her plans because i had a theory that they were working together to bring down sangah. still mad that injoo forgave her just like that because she saved her life in singapore but not even a thank you to doil when he has protected her at each & every step 😭

4. ⁠Doil’s closure with his family. I know the story wasn’t about him but just a scene with him & his parents wouldn’t have hurt. Especially when his life was directly impacted by the evils of Jeongran Society. I wanted to know how he & his mom survived the accident? What happened to his dad? Argh if only.

5. ⁠Hyorin’s reaction to her parents’ death. No matter how evil they were, jaesang & sangah were still her parents & they should’ve shown atleast one reaction from her. Ah well.

6. ⁠One scene with the Oh sisters together in their new apartment. They should have given us atleast a reunion of them being happy together one last time.

All in all it was a fun watch. The screenplay was engaging with beautiful cinematography & great acting from everyone. I still think they needed 2 more episodes to wrap up things in a more convincing manner. 8/10 for me (deducting one point for the above mentioned reasons & one for no doil-injoo endgame)

[everythingsouthasian]

@giftober 2022 | Day 22: Black and White.

UHM JI-WON as Won Sang-ah in LITTLE WOMEN 작은 아씨들 (2022) dir. Kim Hee-Won

[lovelovesto]

엄지원, <작은 아씨들> Ep.10

Uhm Jiwon as Won Sangah in <Little Women>

[undisclosedmemoirs]

LITTLE WOMEN

I really liked the drama tbh. Haven't felt this kind of excitement for an ongoing drama since Vincenzo and I obssessed over that one....

Sang Ah got what she deserved, I knew she had something to do with her mothers' death, complete psycho, like scary-level character. The acid shower was gruesome....

Kinda feel bad for Hwayoung, Sang Ah completely broke her spirit and that led her to years dedicated for the sole purpose of revenge, which we understand first hand because it is explained by her... Still, I am a bit disapointed with this part of the plot, I don't think her explaining what happened and how she did it was reason enough to pull the resurrection card because she didn't do anything other than that. It could have been done with a video, a letter, a file, anything else... In the end she got kidnapped and almost died, again. She got hit by a freaking truck, walked and runned around Singapore and survived that, heaven knows how. This is The Fast and Furious kind of plot armor right there.

Other than that (and my ship, not sinking or sailing, it's just floating in the high seas), I am happy with the ending. From the begining I kind of felt like the sisters would not be together in the end, not physically that is. They love eachother and will always have eachothers backs, but they needed their space to experience different things and do what they really wanted to do and be happy on their own. Being poor made them so co-dependent that they could litterally all have died because of it. They need a fresh start, each one of them. I think it is good ending.

[jashgada8]

Hes a 10 but he didn't confess.

In kyung had a romantic story and kiss when it should have been these two getting love.

"I'll see you again" gave me hope and shattered me at the same time. Got me thinking, do people real see each other again after saying this?

[may-beforejune-afterapril]

shout out to the writers for adapting not one, but two classic novels in one drama.

bc you can't tell me that park jae sang and won sang ah weren't on some wuthering heights heathcliff and cathy shit

exhibit a: both couples are incredibly toxic to each other and to everyone around them

exhibit b: park jae sang as heathcliff, the family servant who becomes head of the household through years of endurance and sacrifice to prove himself. the biggest sacrifice is his humanity. the fact that he has a conflict with the eldest brother and was considered to be preferred by the father is also similar. his love (obsession) with sang ah (cathy) pushes him to extremes (e.g. violence, dying for her).

exhibit c: won sang ah as cathy, the wealthier wild woman known to park jae sang(heathcliff) since childhood, whose wild nature is overlooked because of her beauty. this later develops into mental instability which she uses to get her way, particularly with jae sang (heathcliff), she enjoys seeing him powerless in the wake of her actions. both are spoilt since childhood, impacting her personality as an adult.

[acekive]

ngl sang-a falling into a pond of HCl water is just-

[offbeatcappuccino]

greed bloomed from an orchid ~ little women (part I: the seed episode 1 recap)

Warning: Read at the risk of spoilers

I recently finished watching Little Women, which just completed its 12 episode on Netflix. If you haven't watched the show and you're wondering if the title is a homage to Louisa May Alcott's famous novel, the title of the show was inspired by the novel and is a very loose retelling of the book. Little Women, the k-drama, is a dark and twisted adaptation that takes place in a modern day hyper-capitalistic South Korea that is fueled by greed and selfish pursuit. However, like the novel, the show is a story about sisters, but imagine Beth dying as an infant.

There's an incident in the book, where Meg, impulsively buys expensive fabric that her husband cannot afford because she gets miffed by Sallie. For the most part, Meg, is a kind loyal sister, but throughout the book, we see that Meg is kinda vain and we see her aspiring to be part of an upper class that she could never belong to. Oh In Joo, her k-drama counterpart, is an exaggerated version of these flaws -In Joo can't stop talking about how poor she is and as she states herself, the only things she's ever cared for are men and money. Her younger sister, Oh In-Kyung, is based off of Jo. Like Jo, In-Kyung is fiercely independent and her goals in life are larger than the mere need to make money. In-Kyung is a journalist who is deeply passionate about her work and has an unyielding commitment to pursue the truth. She, like Jo, spent much of her life under the care of her cold but wealthy nurse turned real estate agent great aunt, Hye-Soek.

The youngest sister is the teenage On In Hye, who like her novel counterpart, Amy, is a prodigious art student studying in a prestigious high school for the arts in Seoul. For me, In-Hye reminds me of Greta Gerwig's Amy played by Florence Hugh. At first glance, In Hye, much like her eldest sister, is fixated on how her poverty impedes her dreams to study abroad in Europe. In-Hye appears ruthless and selfish in her approach initially to achieve her goals, even at the cost of her family's dignity. However, through the course of the show, the audience grows to appreciate her shrewdness and sensibility, which equips her to handle the obstacles thrown at her and her family much better than her impulsive and often foolish older sisters.

As a viewer, I found In-Hye and In Joo's characters to be nauseating and I think its because I'm used to watching k-drama protagonists that are relentless do-gooders with their only flaw perhaps being that they are too hard on them. In-Hye and In Joo's relentless pursuit of wealth is a reflection of the world that we live in- one in which we've normalized, money is essential for survival. To have no money is to suffer a kind of death. For In Joo and In Hye , this is a reality as they both have the shared memory of losing their infant sister because their family was too poor to get their sister in the hospital in time. While In Joo was old enough to remember this, In-Hye, who wasn't even born yet has these memories implanted into her by their mother, who told her the story as a child. The lives of all three sisters begins to drastically change when it starts to intersect with the politically powerful Won family, once helmed by the powerful patriarch, Won Ki Seon, which now consists of his son-in-law (also mayoral candidate and lawyer) Park Jae Sang, his daughter Won-Sang Ah, and his teenage granddaughter, Park Hyorin.

In-kyung ends up at logger-heads with Park Jae Sang, when she attempts to his expose his corruption as a lawyer on the Bobae Savings Bank case, where the bankruptcy of the bank that wrecked the lives of innocent people and embezzlement of 140 billion won that is transferred to one of the Won's family companies is cleverly covered up by the apparent suicides of 4 of the bank presidents. Park Jae Sang is a public favorite for the Seoul mayor position because of his altruistic work and his own rags to riches story of being the son of a former chauffeur. Her attempts to expose Park Jae Sang and hamper his political ambitions end up disastrously failing when he uses his influence to reveal In-kyung's alcoholism. She ends up being suspended from work for drinking on the job and is forced to work freelance. In-kyung, however, is still determined in her efforts to obtain justice for the victims of the bank scandal. When she reaches out to interview one of the nephews of the former bank presidents, she and her friend Ha Jong-ho are shocked to find him killed in a car accident and a mysterious blue orchid left at the scene of the accident.

In Joo is a lowly bookkeeper for Orchid E&C, a firm managed by the Won family. In Joo is an outcast at work due to her lack of education and social status. However, over the course of several years, she develops a close bond with Jin Hwa-young, a senior bookkeeper and secretary, who treats her like a younger sister. Before Hwa-young goes on a trip to Europe, she has the naive In Joo sign on a contract written in English, a language she doesn't know. At the office, In Joo ends up meeting Choi Do Il, one of Hwa-young's close colleagues, who asks if In Joo is aware of Hwayoung's whereabouts as she never returned to work after her Europe trip. A worried In Joo visits Hwa-young's home only to find her best friend hanging dead in her closet along with a suicide note and the same blue orchid that In-kyung encountered at the accident. A devastated In-Joo refuses to believe that her friend would unalive herself let alone embezzle 70 billion won from an illegal company slush fund before her death. To add to the layer of shock that she's already experiencing, In Joo finds that her friend left her 2 billion won in yoga studio locker. Seeing that much money for the first time in her life, In Joo is in tears, but also becomes more determined to team up with Choi Do-Il to uncover the mystery of the 70 billion won and absolve her friend.

Finally, In-Hye strikes a friendship with Park Hyo-rin. Her talent is noticed by Park Jae Sang and Won Sang ah and they commission her to paint a portrait of Hyo-rin. The two girls bond over their relatively quite dispositions and In-hye is in awe of the family's affluence. In-Hye also becomes the newest scholarship recipient of the Park Jae Sang family and her close relationship with Hyo-rin results in her becoming increasingly more aware of the dark truths that are carefully concealed behind the family's picture perfect demeanor.

Little Women has an incredibly detailed plot with many twists and turns that leaves the audience constantly guessing. The plot is balanced well with the dynamics between the characters. However, what truly allows is Little Women to shine is that it doesn't shy away from being audacious. A show of this nature runs the risk of being branded as a makjang and instead of fearing such a definition, Little Women wholly embraces the idea of making crazy and risky decisions with how the plot progresses. It's also a show that's not afraid to unravel the psyche of its very characteristics. The writers of this show are not afraid to engage in the blatant psychoanalysis of it's characters. As a viewer, I struggle with defining Little Women. Is it a psychological thriller? A heist drama? Or, perhaps a romance? Regardless, a well written and engaging story with an amazing ensemble cast makes this one of the defining k-dramas of the year.

[kdramamilfs]

Uhm Ji-won as Won Sang-ah in Little Women (2022)

[pohaislovesoismaggi]

Ok so I have a question

In Kyung said on the phone call to Sang Ah that she had set up the ledgers to be exposed in case the Park family killed her. That means that she has a backup.

So why is anyone not talking about it?

[eveneechan]

Little Women Episode 8: Sangah x Hwayoung x Injoo

"I like secret plays. It's my way of playing with dolls in this boring world" - Won Sangah

Special Fan Poster to celebrate one of sickest plot twist in Little Women Ep 8 🤯🌸👠

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References:

Three elements from Little Women opening:

1. Blue Flower Orchid

One of key mystery that move the plot; main symbol of Jeongran society

2. Chandelier of Doll House

symbolism when the "Doll House" game started; appear in opening, in ep 1 when Injoo turn on the light, and in ep 8 at hotel

3. Green Flower Wallpaper

symbolism of "garden"; they are in "flower garden" of Sangah's doll house game

 

Three Bruno Zumino wearers

Three important people who are root of the conflict

Injoo & Hwayoung (shared same shoes)

Pink & Purple: 2 original color of Princess of Thieves

Sangah: Yellow

Additional color that appear on 2nd Princess of Thieves in Singapore; symbolizing "fake"/"intruder" (Sangah act as fake Hwayoung to trap Injoo)

[greysasquatchhh]

keeping my love for doil injoo ship aside, the episode was underwhelming tbh. jaesang’s death was so not very satisfying & i expected a better ending for him. they kept on building up the suspense in the first half but the end result wasn’t mind-blowing. too many plotholes… like how tf did inkyung not know how hwayoung looked like because her suicide was all over the news. how could she forget about one of the key person of that savings bank suicide case? it was smart of her to manipulate that teacher into exposing sangah on national tv but how easily a CIA trained war criminal agreed to that *rolling eyes*. the plot twist isn’t twisting tbh. they better have a hella good explanation for hwayoung faking her death because i hate when kdramas bring the dead back. even if they do, it doesn’t absolve hwayoung using injoo to extract her revenge. the girl literally died, was abused & thrown into jail & almost lost her sisters in the process. & she decides to show up ONLY when injoo goes on trial? i am side-eyeing doil too (if he was involved in this since beginning) but at least he was with injoo at every step & made sure she’s fine in every possible way he could. atp i care only about doil injoo & the sisters’ happy ending tbh.

[anarchistbitch]

yea she might've done several atrocious crimes but consider this: she's a milf