julia ♉

obs sits down and asks our characters and even us, as the audience, to sort of ponder that ‘what-if’ of meeting someone we dearly loved once again after they no longer had a presence in our life. with all the petty anger, the pain, and the yearning for things to ‘go back’ despite those days. it asks us ‘what is the correct way to address this ridiculous issue?’ with a sense of melancholic reality and ‘what do we do with feelings we never dared to entertain again?’

‘what do i do when i am laid bare again, in front of you, after all this time? when these same feelings is what caused me to leave anyway?’

it might be because i just finished reading ‘people we meet on vacation,’ which definitely has a similar premise to obs, where it’s just…so difficult to grapple with the past, present, and potential future all colliding at once. and while i’m confident that our couple will prevail, i’m also inconsolable regarding the fact that most people don’t triumph over it.

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Silly Hwang Shi Mok and Han Yeo Jin doodles. Can be taken to be either platonic or romantic (they’re so cute together I’m screaming)

1) Yeo Jin ensuring that Shi Mok doesn’t starve and isn’t alone whilst he eats. 

2) Has thing to discuss with Yeo Jin but she sleep. 

3) Smiling lessons by Detective Han Yeo Jin. 

4) Prosecutor Hwang Shi Mok is always the first person Han Yeo Jin shows her doodles to. He is also regularly the subject of her doodles. Shi Mok doesn’t say it but he enjoys the attention.

Thanks for the love anon! 

Great ask! I’m going to include boys, but I’m skipping being in the hospital from a general injury or that one k-drama flu everyone gets because that would include every single K-drama ever made. 

I will focus on unavoidable hurt/comfort from physical or mental illness.

K-Dramas with Hurt/Comfort

Extraordinary You // Genre: High School/Fantasy/Romance: One of my new favorite K-dramas of all time, the lead is sassy and strong (we love her!!) but she has a heart condition that is a major plot point. Honestly if you want hurt comfort I feel like this one is perfect.

Born Again (airing now 5/3/2020) // Genre: Thriller/Romance/Fantasy: I am only a few episodes in, but the leading lady has a heart condition which is constantly putting her in the hospital, or causing her to faint in the street. This show is kinda brutal in the murder department so protect your heart. (also since it’s still airing I have no idea how it will end)

Just Between Lovers // Genre: Melodrama/Romance: Also one of my favorite k-dramas of all time. Lee Junho plays Gang Doo, who suffers from a LOT of health problems as well as PTSD from a traumatic event, which he shares with Moon Soo (my soft baby). Moon Soo is living with the guilt of surviving when people around her did not. Everyone in this drama is in intense mental pain. Watch this - You will not be disappointed!

Come and Hug Me // Genre: Melodrama/Thriller/Romance: This whole drama is a Whump. Both leads are mentally traumatized because his father murders her parents. Yeah. Woah. There are panic attacks and definite trauma as they help one another try to heal. 

When I was Prettiest // Genre: Romance: Lee Jong Suk plays a carefree guy who’s girlfriend is in the hospital. There he falls in love with a married woman with terminal cancer. Short Drama special

I am Not A Robot  // Genre: Rom Com/Romance: Kim Min Kyu is allergic to humans and terrified of coming into physical contact with them. I don’t want to give spoilers so I’ll just say that.

It’s Okay, That’s Love // Genre: Melodrama/Romance: I love this drama so much. All of the characters are dealing with different mental illnesses and there are a lot of hospital scenes, injuries and fainting but also my favorite thing in kdramas: mental illness trauma.

He Is Psychometric // Genre: Thriller/Sci-fi/Mystery/Romance: Several people are traumatized from a fire that killed loved ones. The lead receives the gift of psychic powers which isolates him from friends and loved ones. He lives with a “brother” who is super messed up for reasons (no spoilers). 

W: Two Worlds // Genre: Action/Romance/Fantasy: A comic book world brings two people together, fighting against the same villain. The lead gets stabbed and shot as well as other multiple injuries, but the real condition happens when he figures out he’s not “real.”

Two I have not seen but are on my watch list:

Marriage Contract: Female lead has a brain tumor.

Uncontrollably Fond The male lead has an illness and I’ve heard it has a lot of heartbreak.

Other dramas with comfort/healing:

The Smile Has Left Your Eyes

Live Up To Your Name

Find Me In Your Memory (airing now)

Scarlet Heart Ryeo

Hello Monster

Healer

Be Melodramatic