#joo won

Summary: Struggling lawyer Han Bom (Kwon Nara) has fallen on hard times: She’s behind with her rent and can’t find any clients who will pay her. But might she enjoy better luck representing clients in the afterlife? After she meets a short-tempered photographer named Seo Ki Joo (Joo Won) and his clientele of disgruntled ghosts and restless spirits, her luck begins to change. Will this unusual duo’s new partnership prove a hit for the living...and the living dead? 

**Description from VIKI, Show is a VIKI original**

Thoughts: I actually really enjoyed this drama. I feel like some pieces of it were never explained like his mother, and he only talked about his father once. Outside of that, the story was really entertaining and, as you can see, filled with whump. Joo Won is a great whumpee, and I would suggest watching Stealer: the treasure keeper or Alice if you want more whump from him. For this list I started paying attention to Baek Nam-gu around episode 7 but there is an ep early on that shows his death. I don't really count death as whump so I didn't add it.

Whumpees:

Seo Ki joo Played by Joo won

Baek Nam-gu Played by Eum Moon Suk

1x01 - Seo Ki joo: carried (comical) ●● choked in air ●● Sick, Feverish, smoke Inhalation coughs ●● scared, attacked, choked

1x02 Seo Ki joo: thrown on accident●● attacked by spirits pinned down, saved

1x03 Seo Ki joo: *from last ep***pinned down, almost killed, saved*** ●● Arrested, manhandled, woke up yelling from a nightmare

1x04 Seo Ki joo: concerned for someone, ran into traffic to save FL

1x05 - Seo Ki joo: sleeping, woke frantic, someone throws salt at him, crowded and yelled at, ●● concern for someone ●● in fight ●● pinned against wall ●● Nightmare, wakes up sweating falls off bed unconscious

1x06 - Seo Ki joo: Sweaty, can't hold up his head, passes out ●● carried home by FL *it's was so funny I has to pause to laugh*, laid down, wakes up slowly, struggling, goes to work but is sick for 3 days

1x07 - Seo Ki joo: Choked, cared for Baek Nam-gu: fought, struggling to stand

1x08 - Seo Ki joo: scratch on arm ●● Sick, sweaty, falls asleep, wakes up, frantic (comedic) Baek Nam-gu: fought ●● found out upsetting news

1x09 - Seo Ki joo: Concerned for someone ●● Worried ●● Thrown by a visitor, concerned for, helped to stand Baek Nam-gu: upset, crying, throws vase through glass with powers. Concerned for, comforted, thrown by spirit

1x10 - Seo Ki joo: upset, crying ●● thrown to the ground, choked ●● found out shocking news, pretending to be okay ●● crying while confessing he's scared (really heartbreaking and great acting) ●● attacked with a wrench, chased, fought, choked with said wrench, almost passes out, choked again, saved, protecting FL, bruises on neck Baek Nam-gu: thrown to the ground

1x11 - Seo Ki joo: Client breaks glass that cuts ML cheek

1x12 - Seo Ki joo: scared, in ambulance, unconscious, sweaty, worried for, bleeding, flatlines Baek Nam-gu: Cries

1x13 - Seo Ki joo: found out shocking information, Fought, stabbed, knife twisted, struggling to run, falling, holding wound, falls wound bleeding more, finally makes it downstairs, passes out **this whole sequence was kind of funny on the Bad guys part because he looked so content** (from previous episode) in ambulance, unconscious, sweaty, worried for, bleeding, flatline ●● In hospital, coma, loved ones concerned for him●● Concerned for, slapped *comedic* ●● Concerned, saved FL worried Baek Nam-gu: slapped *comedic*, Upset, almost becomes evil, calms self, upset

1x14 - Seo Ki joo: crying, upset, bittersweet reunion with loved one ●● walking around with IV, looks weak ●● pain in stomach (Pretend), pain in neck (real, no consequence) ●● sad ●● teary Eyed, shocked, fought, throw Through wall of photos, chocked, dropped, chocked, almost stabbed, crying, screaming Baek Nam-gu: fought, thrown bookcase falls on him, fought, Collapsed, continues fighting, stabbed, crying

1x15- Seo Ki joo: dragged out of studio by a supernatural force, crying, comforted ●● Worried for loved one●● Worried for●● upset, trying to punch a ghost, collapses, teary Eyed, upset

1x16 - Seo Ki joo: Drunk, admitting he's scared, worried for ●● scared, chased, attacked, man's was jumped, jumps off a cliff into a gate, Rolls, grunting, cut on face, ●● stumbling, falls down hill, loosing energy, chased ●● thrown back by energy, upset, falls down a hill into rocks, knocked out ●●wakes up, kicked *comedic*, cut on hand

The thing that strikes me throughout this whole convo is how ex despises FL so much - he never talks about having feelings for her just her having feelings for him and refers to her not as a woman he loves but fiancee (ie a claim, not emotion.) But also - he talks about ML lusting, because that is the most he can imagine someone feeling for her, not love just physical desire. But also - when later he tells FL that DG didn't care she was with someone else before or w/e, and asks if that could be love - HELL YES IT COULD!!! It's a damn sight likelier to be love than your nastiness. Not caring about the past but just the future.

He keeps denying her plain text words and her agency. God, I hate him!

You know what I flashed back to?

The OTP of this is like a healthier version of my fave Baker King otp mmmmm...

Anyway, I wish you would!

Oh and the way he asks this, like again he cannot imagine anyone genuinely fancying FL. Ugh, scumbucket!

Han Bom-ssi, you really know how to change someone's life plans / Seo-ssi, are you dying?

- Midnight Studio, 2024

1/3: Wonderful World with Cha Eun Woo, Kim Nam Joo, Im Se Mi. 14 episodes; thriller, mystery.

9/3: Queen of Tears with Kim Soo Hyun, Kim Ji Won. 16 episodes; rom-com.

11/3: Midnight Photo Studio with Joo Won, Nara, Yoo In Soo. 16 episodes; romance, fantasy.

15/3: Chicken Nugget with Ryu Seung Ryeong, Ahn Jae Hong, Kim Yoo Jung. 12 episodes; fantasy, comedy.

18/3: Grabbed by the Collar with Kim Ha Neul, Jang Seung Jo, Yun Woo Jin. 16 episodes; thriller, mystery.

23/3: Hide with Lee Bo Young, Lee Moo Saeng, Lee Chung Ah. 12 episodes; mystery, thriller.

23/3: the Resurrection of the Seven with Uhm Ki Joon, Hwang Jung Eum, Lee Joon, Lee Yubi. 16 episodes; thriller, mystery.