chae jong hyeop's smile

"It was the scene where she smacks my forehead, and she was debating. Like 'should I use my fist?' So then I said 'I'll die if you hit me like that'." - Heo Nam Jun

(their matching injured hands i see you director)

Pursuit of Jade textposts part 9

just 10-ish years ago, there were kdramas that the big 3 korean channels (SBS, MBC, KBS) would broadcast and then there were kdramas that the main cable channels (jTBC and tvN) would broadcast. and between those groupings, you got everything. you got 16-20 episodes of dramas that had heartfelt writing, filmed with bright colors, filmed with concise plots, that most of the time, ended WELL. you got a GOOD ending that was complete. the works felt authentically south korean. yes, there were cheesy tropes and moments that made you cringe, but it felt so real. and you had SO many kdramas airing during the week! you couldn't keep track of just how many!

cut to netflix coming in and making it big with kdramas with squid game and some romantic works and then suddenly they (and disney+) are making these short kdramas, less than 10 episodes, with generic filters, generic plots, and poorly written scripts that are just mere shadows of what kdramas used to be. they end shitty 90% of the time. and worst of all, they feel like american shows. and no, i don't mean sex scenes or action scenes because hey, i love change there, but i mean the entire VIBES are just off. they're not the kdramas i fell in love with, the ones that felt so human. and thanks to these big, foreign companies coming in, the main broadcast channels have basically shut down 1/2 their timeslots, and so many dramas aren't even getting aired these days.

Pursuit of Jade textposts part 7

Pursuit of Jade textposts part 11

raising a glass for xie wu and xie jiu (and xie qi) tonight, they’ve been going through a lot

Pursuit of Jade textposts - the qi min super special

Pursuit of Jade textposts part 6

The true meaning of a sun shower is that it comes so that the one you love may live a new and happy life.