book lovers by emily henry + allusions to other works

you know who isn't a rookie though? jung myeong-seok. we've seen him visibly over-extending himself leading to very dire consequences for his health. so i feel like this episode's a turning point for him too.

jun-ho in particular remarks that people like myeong-seok have found their answer about the morality of their work, and he does seem to say as much when confronted by the advice hanbada gave to that company. but a core theme of this episode was also one of myeong-seok's past cases coming back to haunt him very literally. and seeing the preview for the next episode, where he proposes a "business trip" vacation, it does seem like he's realized that he's committed too much of his life to work. definitely feels like trying to take a step back and maybe questioning the real value of the work he does at hanbada, both in a moral sense and a personal health sense.

was looking at korean tweets about EAW on twitter and this tweet caught my eye with the wonderful comparison it drew. the tweet they quoted says that myeong-seok's office at the end of episode 12 looks like the dark waters of an aquarium.

Did you fall in love?

+bonus:

here Choi Soo-yeon take my coffee i will make more no problem. here Attorney Woo i have some documents let me arrange them for you while i bend over so you can see my big chest. i will roll up my sleeves just so while i am driving so you can see how good my forearms look with my bracelet. i will carry these file boxes so you don’t have to hold anything heavy you can just look at my biceps. he just follows Woo Young-woo around carrying her stuff! (why do you think he went so puppy dog eyed when she tried to carry the boxes for him??? that’s his job!!!)

our girl Woo Young-woo literally takes thirty minutes out of her day to just. Stare At Him. (i love this for her.) everyone in the office has a crush on him this is canon day one. bonus he is also sassy! and a flirt! ‘oh because you got what you wanted youre going to leave now?’ ‘that’s disappointing.’ ‘i think it would be better if you opened your mouth a little.’ ‘you have an eyelash, let me get that for you’ (sir it does not take that long to remove an eyelash i had one today it took TWO seconds. you took TEN.)