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asiancuisine · 2 years

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Korean Cuisine at its Finest I'm writing a blog about my Korean food adventures in the UAE. This will be my first trip to an Abu Dhabi Korean restaurant (Taon Korean Restaurant). In Abu Dhabi, they specialize in traditional Korean cuisine. The SOFITEL HOTEL ABU DHABI CORNICHE is home to the restaurant. This is a luxurious five-star hotel. This hotel provided me with the opportunity to eat at a Korean BBQ restaurant. Both the food and the service were outstanding. A talented chef oversees the Culinary Team at Abu Dhabi Korean Restaurant. I briefly spoke with the head chef of Abu Dhabi Korean Restaurant. The Chef Explains Korean Cuisine And Culture.

Tataki

Tataki is a Japanese preparation in which red meat, fish, or even tofu is seasoned, seared at a high temperature, and quickly cooled to keep the center as rare or untouched as possible - for this reason, use the best quality meat or fish you can afford. Scott Hallsworth's Japanese starter recipe calls for a moderately aged piece of beef fillet, which he serves with tangy ponzu sauce, onion salsa, and wafer thin garlic crisps. Any leftover onion salsa can be refrigerated for up to five days and used to season soups, stir fries, or salads.

Nagasaki Jjamppong Nabe

Nagasaki Champon is a Nagasaki Japan regional noodle soup. One of the most plausible theories is that the dish was inspired by a Chinese dish served at a local Chinese restaurant in order to provide cheap and nutritious meals to Chinese students. The dish is now popular throughout the country. Champon is similar to ramen, but it has more vegetables and seafood simmered in its broth, and the noodles are twice as thick and have a softer texture. Champon's cloudy broth is traditionally made by boiling chicken and pork bones for hours, but this recipe makes a cloudy broth with milk, which is a good substitute for the cloudy broth.

KOREAN SPICY SOFT TOFU STEW

Sundubu jjigae is a Korean stew that features soft (uncurdled) tofu as a main ingredient.

There are several ways to make sundubu jjigae with various ingredients (e.g., kimchi, minced pork, and seafood), but my favorite is the seafood version known as Haemul Sundubu Jjigae (). You can definitely taste the refreshing and clear soup.

Sundubu jjigae is generally spicy, though I believe my recipe is on the mild side. The spiciness of the stew, however, will vary depending on the type of chili powder / chili flakes used. Also, whether you used neutral oil or chili oil. A spicier version may cause you to sneeze while cooking and may even tickle your throat.

Bibimbap

Bibimbap, also known as beebimbap and pronounced bee-bim-BOP, is a popular Korean rice dish topped with fresh and cooked vegetables and the hot red chile sauce gochujang. A fried egg and seasoned raw or grilled beef are usually placed on top.

Although the dish's presentation varies, the various vegetables and meat are usually placed on top of the rice and combined before eating. While Korean BBQ has grown in popularity in the United States, bibimbap is set to overtake it as one of Korea's most popular dishes.

Overall, we had a fantastic day together, and I adore Korean food. Both the meal and the service were excellent. Thank you for reading about my experiences eating Korean food in the UAE. To Enhance Your Experience Consuming Korean Cuisine One of the best Korean restaurants in Abu Dhabi. It is not limited to Abu Dhabi. The best Korean restaurant in the United Arab Emirates

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jmdbjk · 1 month

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White Bear Artillery Brigade.

I'm not here to share anything earth shattering or reveal new information. I'm just going to elaborate on what I know and how I see it. Feel free to form your own opinions.

Ok so, from everything I know, this is how I'm understanding it (long ramble)...

Republic of Korea (ROK) Armed Forces is one of the largest and most powerful standing armed forces in the world. At any given time, it consists of about 600,000 active duty soldiers and approximately 3 million reservists.

Soldiers are automatically transferred to the Reserve Forces upon discharge from their initial active duty service and serve four years in the Mobilization Reserve followed by four years as a Homeland Reservist. No one ever talks about this. They are not "free" following their active duty service. They are still considered reservists.

Jimin and Jungkook are in the White Bear Artillery Brigade of the 5th Infantry Division of the Republic of Korea Army (ROKA).

ROKA itself, the Army, is the largest of the military branches. The other ROK military branches are ROK Navy and ROK Air Force. The ROK Marines are part of their Navy forces.

It might be difficult to fathom the scope and size of ROKA. Here is an outline of the structure. You will need to scroll down a ways to see where the 5th Infantry Division falls. It is under Army Ground Operations and then under V Corps (Corps 5).

The White Bear Brigade consists of the: 195th, 196th, 205th and 988th Field Artillery Battalions. The 196th is also called YELLOW DRAGON.

I do not know which Field Artillery Battalion Jimin and Jungkook are assigned to.

Each of these Field Artillery Battalions are scattered in different locations but tied to the 5th Infantry Division. The 5th Infantry Division's top general controls these Field Artillery Battalions.

And the term "field" only means they are not located at the training base where Jin is.

It means they are out in the "field" in another remote, secluded strategic location, away from the main base, where if necessary, they and their artillery, can be deployed efficiently and rapidly should this action be required.

They don't see Jin any more. He is at a separate location.

The front line between South Korea and North Korea is lined with hills and low-lying mountains, they will be nestled up in there somewhere.

"Field" does not mean they are living in the middle of a farm field in tents, cooking food over campfires. It means they are at a base somewhere in the hills and mountains. This base will hold lots of other soldiers, though not as many soldiers as there are at the original training base where Jin is because that's sort of a hub where they deploy the newly trained soldiers from.

Simple terms: Jimin and Jungkook are out there in the middle of nowhere near the front lines at a base where they take care of weaponry like tanks and the ammo for tanks in case they have to quickly respond to an attack. Heaven forbid.

Anyway. How many ways can I explain that? Obvs a bunch.

Military jobs.

There are probably dozens of jobs that an Army base like theirs requires.

Cooking food to feed all the soldiers is one of those jobs. Cleaning the kitchen after cooking is part of that job. There were rumors since January that Jungkook was a kitchen worker. Those in the K-military call it Kitchen Police. And then JK just said he is cooking rice and cleaning up to the ceiling so that pretty much confirms he is indeed a Kitchen Police.

In the context of him being enlisted in the military and him coming to tell us he is doing good in the military, he is telling us he cooks rice and cleans up afterward.

He didn't mean he sometimes randomly cooks rice in his room. Nor did he mean he made himself a snack. It doesn't mean he also has a second job of cleaning. Everything he does will be associated with the Kitchen Police.

Their days are very regimented and structured. He will be one soldier on a team of soldiers tasked with creating enough food 3 times a day to feed the entire base. It is a full time job.

The rumor for Jimin is that he might be in a role that involves maintenance. Maintenance of what? We don't know. But what we know about Jimin is that he was on the robotics team in school, he has leadership skills, and he made a bunch of LEGO kits and a miniature house model in front of us during several weverse lives. Is he putting together computers? Is he reassembling machinery? We don't know.

The Companion Enlistment Program.

The buddy system was created in 2003 in order to foster better outcomes and psychologically stronger soldiers. It allows those who choose to enlist under this program to be with someone who they can gain this support from throughout their enlistment. That's the whole point. To be together during their enlistment.

The age range is dynamic. Every year this range progresses one year.

For 2023, the age range for this program were those born between Jan. 1, 1995 and Dec. 31, 2005. For 2024, the age range will be those born between Jan. 1, 1996 and Dec. 31, 2006. And so on.

The reason is because only Korean men between the ages of 18-28 are conscripted. 2023 was the last year Jimin was eligible for this program.

The criteria is very specific when choosing this type of enlistment. You can't "game" the system by enlisting in this program for reasons other than the ones the military has set for this type of enlistment. It's the military... they are masters at the "game." Strategy, out-thinking the enemy, creative warfare... that's their gig.

The barracks where Jimin and Jungkook sleep will be the same. The bathroom where they wash up will be the same. The cafeteria where they eat will be the same. Their recreational facilities will be the same.

It's the same base, same facilities. They may not be in each other's faces while they perform their jobs every day, but they see each other EVERY DAY. They sleep together EVERY NIGHT.

Delulu time.

Every time I say that I go "hammer time" and think of MC Hammer and the song starts in my head...anyway... I'm a dork.

I can imagine Jungkook's day starts a little earlier than Jimin's because the kitchen will need to be ready to serve breakfast for the rest of the soldiers.

There might be other teams/groups who also begin their day earlier than others. Perhaps they all gather and do some sort of brief, early morning drills or general chores before heading off to their respective posts/jobs for the day. I don't know, just guessing.

The kitchen team would do things like take in supplies, store the supplies correctly according to regulations, place orders for more supplies, gather the ingredients to make that day's menus, prepare the foods according to specified recipes, serve the food, maintain and clean the serving area, maintain and clean the cooking appliances, cookware, cooking utensils, clean the food trays and eating utensils, clean the kitchen from floor to ceiling, plan and prepare for the next day's menus, doing any preliminary prep like thawing frozen food, etc.

Menus are not decided on a whim. The Army will have set daily menus and have contracts within the country's food industry to provide ingredients and supplies in bulk.

I used to think it was slightly odd to obsess over the food they were being served in the military. But now I'm keenly interested. Is there a jikook food tray account on X?

As I don't really know the details of Jimin's job, I can only guess that he reports to his job, carries out his duties just like Jungkook and just like all their fellow soldiers. His duties may be similar in that he inventories supplies, orders new supplies/parts. Or he might be training for a specific skill like polishing glass for gun scopes or something. I just made that up to use as an example.

Of course, duty on base would be vastly different from combat if they were to actually be activated to fight. I don't want to think about that.

Perhaps during the course of their week, they all attend classes or lectures or informational meetings or whatever. I don't know. That's just a guess. But somehow, information would need to be shared and continuing training would need to occur.

At the end of the day, they'd head back to their own barracks and enjoy their evening of free time. They'd get their phones for a short period of time. From what I understand, depending on their location, their wireless signal may not be reliable or strong.

Maybe they work out. If so, they do it together. They are accustomed to doing that so there's every reason to think they'd also work out together while enlisted.

They can decompress in the company of each other, relaxing, being themselves in the comfort of familiarity. They can talk about things that they accomplished, things they learned or situations they got embarrassed about.

They can make jokes with each other, poke fun at each other, commiserate, empathize, laugh, express frustration or joy with each other.

If they have enough moments of privacy, they can vent about assholes they had to deal with or they can hype the nice people they interacted with during their day.

Or they can just relax in the company of each other in silence and nothing else.

You know... all the things you do with the person you are most comfortable with... the person they wanted next to them sharing the ups and downs of this period of their lives. It works out wonderfully for them.

Then lights out and go to sleep and do it all over again the next day.

Anyway. I send up my thoughts every day that they are safe, healthy, eating well, and that their bodies and minds are strong. I am thankful they have each other. It is day 97 into their service. 451 days remaining. FIGHTING!

#i know more about the korean military than i do about my local school system #jimin #jungkook #jikook #minkook #kookmin #bts military service #i've said it before - washing rice is a chore #someone please start a kookmin food tray account on X

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pedro-pascal · 6 months

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some food I had in Korea photo dump

#food #korean food #korean #south korea #all of these were so good holy shit i can't stop thinking about it #anyway i have been feeling extremely unmotivated at work after my vacation lmao how do i recover?

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carnivalcarriondiscarded · 5 months

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im devastated. i got a microwaveable curry from costco and. its not good. Why

#I JUST WANT FLAVOR. PLEASE. THE LACK OF SPICES IN MY LIFE RN-#i didnt see that the label said 'mango'#and its unexpectedly peppery #two flavors i Do Not Like!#which is deeply unfortunate bc i can taste how good it is Under those two prevailing flavors!#i wasted rice on this....#i thought i was about to have a decadent as fuck breakfast...#now im just sad! i miss having access to so many different places for the occasional takeout...#no thai... no indian... no chinese... no korean... no japanese... no mexican...#im Suffering out here. i can go get subway or mediocre burgers. thats pretty much it #cmonnnn american cuisine tends to be so fucking bland.... i want Flavor... where is the Flavor....#my taste buds are crying. they're sobbing. they are Wailing #absolutely unprompted #ive started to daydream about all my favorite restaurants ive been to #brazilian barbeque... shabu shabu... my beloved chinese takeout location... korean bbq... roadside tamale stand...#farmers market bao vendor... french bakery... the place with Banger pad see ew... the sushi restaurant with awesome bento & veggie rolls...#the boba store with delicious dragonfruit bowls... mall mongolian bbq... hibachi.... tea houses... many many more...#MAN IM MAKING MYSELF SO HUNGRY #nothing in this house or in this town will satisfy me #one of my great loves in life has been taken away! Flavor! delicious food! Where Is She!

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marymekpop · 2 months

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⟢ highlight of the hour: flex x cop [07/16] ⟣

a full stomach and a happy heart

#flex x cop #korean drama #ahn bo hyun #park ji hyun #fxchoth #mmkfav #mygif #this scene made me tear up #becus the dinner scene itself was so funny and great #so to hear jys's honest thoughts and feelings about it all afterwards was meaningful and intimate #like yes the food may not have been the best but it was so much more than that for jys #it must have felt nice for him to be able to eat a homemade meal in a family setting #my heart was warm watching the dinner scene #and then this scene made me tear up and become emotional #it might honestly be one of my fav scenes so far in this drama

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goldendoodlerlockerlove · 5 months

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I have suddenly come to realize that Gene might have a particular love/appreciation for Asian cuisine!! Sure, he loves basically all food, because that's just who he is (and a natural consequence of being Bob's son), but I've noticed that he's mentioned liking/wanting Asian food a few times.

Of course, there's this line from his song in Mr. Lonely Farts:

Then, there was his subplot in the Some Like It Bot two-parter where he and Louise wanted Tina to take them to get Boba so badly!!

And there was a moment where, I can't remember which episode (but I swear it happened) where Gene wanted to have a Korean barbecue dinner for two with Bob, which is so 🥹

I'll never get over how much I love that Bob and Gene bond over their love of food. I genuinely believe that one day, even though cooking won't be a huge passion for Gene because he prefers eating food rather than making it, he'll become pretty decent at cooking! I like to think Bob will teach him~

Anyway, in conclusion, Gene is an Asian food lover, which makes my Asian heart extremely happy.

#gene belcher #get ready for me to continue being annoying about gene because i've been thinking about him EVEN MORE thanks to geneuary #i just think it's super wholesome how gene seems to appreciate asian cuisine #and wants to share it with his family!!#sharing food is such a huge part of asian cuisine which i think might be why he enjoys korean barbecue so much #he just loves being able to enjoy food with the people he loves❣️#doodler’s daydreams

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imissthembutitwasntadisaster · 5 months

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this essay is going to be absolutely genius if I'm not talking rubbish

#girl either I'm having an epiphany or I'm stupid and I cannot articulate my epiphany clearly enough to know!#basically right ok the concept of authenticity #basically it's divided into two ideas - we perform authenticity relationally and then authenticity itself #which is what we're performing #but what if. the performance of authenticity were all there were. there's nothing behind it. ONLY the performance #performance is what CREATES the authentic! and as such the authentic is not a seperate concept from it!#I'm writing about food specifically Korean food but generally food and authenticity #thinking about pasta not being part of the italian national identity until immigration in the 19th century thinking about kimchi not being #fermented until the 16th century and the chili used in it not being native to Korea #like???#but I may be Literally Insane who knows

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its-hai-time · 6 months

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I think someone should come and cook incredible meals for me. And maybe make out with me but I'm not picky.

#watching cooking videos is really an experience #the korean channel TryToEat is fucking glorious #and then it makes me think about dungeon meshi and i yearn for food and connection

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trickstarbrave · 21 days

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i need people to understand something being flavorful does not equate to it being spicy. you can spicy food that is otherwise very bland. you cannot use chili peppers to cover up a lack of balance or depth in a dish. a fuck ton of chili peppers will not disguise the fact you didn't use enough salt.

#ppl are still yelling at me about japanese food being bland 'compared to other east asian cuisines'#im sorry but no. wrong #the flavor profile is extremely similar to many korean and chinese dishes #you all just think everyone except japan is spicy food only #which is a really weird thing to believe #like seriously. eat chinese steamed fish. japchae.#for fucks sake even japan has spicy ramen get real #what i will say is indian food is way more flavorful lol but thats NOT EAST ASIAN #south asian food is another level. still trying to figure out the intricacies and nuances #it takes time. but #you guys cant even tell what is good spicy chinese food or not

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hotasfahrenheit · 5 months

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It's spicy, but I can't stop eating it.

[All The Liquors, Episode 3]

#is this how i feel about spicy food all the time? yes #did watching this scene on my lunch break directly influence what i ate for dinner? yes absolutely #did i forget to tell my partner to order the milder korean fried chicken instead of the spicier one? also yes #did he tell them even so to make it only level one spicy and it was still almost too much for my baby spice level tolerance? yes once again #i'm trying i'm really trying but fighting against my white person no spicy upbringing has been a very long battle but i continue to fight #okay but also ji yoo is so cuuuute #i wanna pinch his cheeks and put him in my pocket #continuing my free viki trial binging of shows with this one and no regrets #all the liquors #all the liquors the series #kim jun hyung #mia gifs things #mia gifs drama things #mia gifs all the liquors things #mia watches things #korean bl

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daisychainsandbowties · 5 months

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Oh we love fucking up our stomach lining huh. Its fine its fine im currently in rehab for hot sauce addiction pray for me😭

😭😭 no!!! i wouldn’t be able to survive without my bottle of sriracha it’s like a brother to me. i think honestly if a girl (me) is really brave she should be able to have as much hot sauce as she wants forever. NO consequences 🥺🥺

#i also have my other one that’s this korean hot sance and it’s (i burst into tears) it’s rlly tasty #🫡 you have to lick the rim of the bottle every time you use it or it gets stuck 😳😳🥰#i’m so sorry about your struggles i’m 🫡😭🙏🙏🙏#anon #food tw

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riftdancing · 2 months

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Softer question this time.

Question Three! Siyoh grew up in a bakery. She helped work it. She suffered for it. Does she still bake? Does she have a favorite recipe? A favorite food?

Siyoh's life at this point revolves around food and hospitality. She's dedicated her life to becoming a passionate culinarian and trades woman.

After the revolution Rex helped her reclaim her family's business by financing her purchase of the old family Bakery, which was at least still mostly intact. Now that the occupation had passed Siyoh wanted to restore the honor her parents had fostered before her and celebrate their memory.

She considered reopening a bakery, but with it brought many ill memories of living a life under occupation. Furthermore, since living in Limsa Lominsa she'd learned a lot about both Othardian and Eorzean cooking. Too, she learned many out West were not familiar with Eastern customs nor food, and this was something she wanted to change.

Siyoh is incredibly passionate about Doman (and Thavnarian) culture. She loves spreading the wisdom both her Mother and Father passed on to her about their traditions and culture. She's excited to share Eastern food with those who have never tried it before, and since the revolution brought so many new faces to the East it cultivated the perfect opportunity for her current business, the Umbral Udon, which operates out of the building which used to be her Mother's bakery.

A now thriving venture in the East, it serves primarily as a Ramen Shop/Noodle Bar. However, there is an RSVP only venture in which Siyoh cooks a multi-course meal for a group of up to six diners she calls 'A Taste of the East.' This is mostly for foreigners but some locals enjoy participating too. The goal of this meal is to introduce patrons to an assortment of both Hingan and Doman cuisine and educate them on the historical and cultural influences and significance of each dish.

As a trader following in her Father's footsteps and working with a lot of his pre-established contacts, Siyoh has access to a wide range of the most fresh and delicious ingredients on the Eastern roads, seas, and winds. Further more, as the Umbral Udon works hand in hand with her sister establishment, Azuma's 'The Doman Dragon', they also have a large plot of land where they work their own fresh foods and ingredients.

Her work ethic, trading know-how, and contacts are what likely originally caught Rex's eye and influenced him to finance both establishments. But also likely led to the early attractions between both Rex and Siyoh, who are now romantically involved much much later down the line.

These days, most of the labor for the Umbral Udon is worked by staff which have been carefully curated by Siyoh. Why? Because she has moved her business further West to be more involved with Firelight Trading Company leading their Hospitality division. (You know, so that she can be closer to her man and not an entire ocean apart...)

Part of her job entails things such as curating the menu and management of The Fireside. Which is why if you ever attend one of the Fireside in game roleplay events, you might catch Siyoh make an entrance in the last 20-30 minutes before close to take inventory, see what sold, make adjustments to the menu, and make sure the staff and Baristas (like Mihli and Sarrai) are happy.

So she absolutely still bakes. I don't think she bakes for sale any more, but rather more as a love language for those around her and to keep the memories of her Mother close.

When Siyoh was still spending time under As'htola's roof in Limsa Lominsa, I once wrote about how she covered her kitchen in currant tarts. She spent the entire day and night making them, desperate to perfect them because she could almost remember why they mattered so much to her. And that Starlight, she remembered it was because of her Mother.

So food and cooking, also played major parts in Siyoh regaining her memories and healing too.

Food is her love language, but also a universal language. Food brings people together.

#thanks for the ask!#riftdancing - answers #character - siyoh mari #establishment - the umbral udon #siyoh has a lot of favorite foods #it would probably be hard for her to pick just one #but she loves citrus #she adores using lemon in cooking #but especially in her baking #more so siyoh LOVES tangerines #I'm pretty sure as'htola also loved oranges/tangerines #so they shared that #I remember I used to write about her bringing baskets home to Tola some days #I also often write about Siyoh smelling like tangerine blossoms due to a perfume she makes and wears #eastern wise she absolutely loves any dish with glass noodles #glass noodles and a lot of fresh veggies #japchae (a korean noodle dish often served for celebrations) inspired I'm sure

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dudefrommywesterns · 3 months

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my parents ask me why i make a lot of "weird" foods. they aren't weird, they're from other cultures and i like to enjoy food from everywhere

#typewriter dings #they weren't happy about the manakish or the kugel #but both are great #they also don't like Indian food (i love curry)#and my mom won't eat any of the korean dishes i've made either #i love korean food. lots of vegetables

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paulmccartneygrindr · 3 months

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I'm so excited for my trip to South Korea in March its like. a food tour thing it's gonna be so good

#i ordered korean food thats why im thinking about it rn

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ultramarine-spirit · 1 year

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What you said in your previous post about manhwas reflecting the thinking of Korean autoreas is so true!! it's frustrating because people analyze it with their western mentality and throw so much hate without bothering to try to understand the story. There are many things that I have noticed in the manhwa that are very different from things in the west (for example, the FL is always compared to an angel or a fairy lol) but something that caught my attention is that in the west it is It is very common that when we talk about an 'empowered woman' it is a woman who is good at physical fights, with super powers or good at using weapons with sarcastic personalitys and other things, while in manhwas (there are women like that too, of course) but something they have that the americans movies don't usually show is that the women here are very good at studying. That surprised me (and I liked it) because it is not very common to see women who work hard in the studios and enjoy it in USA movies, but they do in manhwas. One of the few movies that reflects this is legally blonde (and it's one of the best movies out there) plus I have a great love for academically validated female characters, they are literally my favorites in any story so reading that Athy really enjoyed studying made me fall more in love with her. Also when FLs have to act cute in order to survive, fans often throw so much hate at them saying they are irritating or ridiculous but they don't take the time to think that there are many ways to be a great female character without always using weapons, I have a great hatred for the term "soft fl" it seems too misogynistic to me that they are thrown down for that reason but waiting for the manhwa community to realize that is going to take a long time.

Another thing I remember is that in the novel Athy had many modern thoughts that surprised me, like when they talked a little about Korean society and I could feel a criticism of this or the things she said when some men harassed her and Jennette or when some men Men said that she would be happier married to a prince instead of being the next empress and she was very upset by her. Also when in his debut he said "one thing I learned is that boys have to look like boys and ladies look like ladies" (this stuck with me because it made me think of oversexualizing young children but maybe I'm overanalyzing it) There are many interesting things in the wmmap novel that people take out of context.

Another thing I've noticed is that in the East it's more typical to see this kind of "sunshine" girls who are sweet and cheerful, very kind, literally the kind of people that everyone loves and in manhwas they get so much hate, it's hateful. It's also not common to see this type of girls in the west and if they are, they are always hated. Ruby from How to get my husband on my side is truly one of the strongest female characters out there and is always looked down on just because she is softer compared to the other girlboss leads. Athanasia is a character who seems to be on the lookout for between these two terms but he still gets criticized for not having acted in a more "evil" way it's funny because the scene of Athy facing the nobles and then Anastascius screamed more power to me than many scenes I've seen in movies or series.

I just want to clarify that I love my villainous girls, medea and roxana are really amazing and I enjoyed women who do morally bad things, marianne, Cosette, soleia, I love them all. But I genuinely hate how they look down on 'soft fl'

The thing is, there are a lot of things in the novels/manhwas that I feel are critical or stereotypical of them that more western minded people take too much out of context and it's too frustrating, some people have a hard time understanding which does not have to be from their point of view.

sorry for all the rant lmao, i didn't mean to make it so long, it's just that this is one of my big problems with the manhwa community 😭

Have a good day!

Don't worry for the rant, anon! I think similarly to you as well.

I'm in the position that, while I live in a country that geographically and politically could be considered "the west" (what a long conversation that is lmfao), my culture doesn't perfectly align with "western" values and ideas. So when I see people sending hate towards manhwa, I notice how they often analyze them exclusively from their personal point of view and own biases, not realizing that asian media is very different from western media. I don't know if this is a problem of media literacy or it's that people think less of asian media as a whole. Hopefully it's the former.

But yes, most manhwas reflect korean values! Shocking, I know. Perhaps people get blinded by the western settings, but even if the characters "don't look" asian, they were made by an asian author, so obviously they reflect asian ideas and values. In that sense, they are asian characters. A similar discourse happens with anime and danmei/xianxia novels.

I think western readers have an easier time liking "girlboss" FLs and revenge fantasy stories because those are more common on this side of the world. But they struggle with more nuanced stories where the FL is not perfect, she does not solve everything with schemes or being a badass, is "weak", or (heaven forbid!) is able to forgive a family that hurt her in the past. This is the main criticism Athy gets, the fact that she was able to love Claude. I truly don't understand how people decide to even read WMMAP if they are so opposed to that idea, because that's the heart of WMMAP's story. Family holds a much bigger importance on the east compared to the west's individualistic idiosyncrasy, so of course most asian stories that touch the topic of family won't end in "if your family wronged you, fuck them". From where I'm from, family is also regarded as very important, so I can understand why a lot of manhwas are about rebuilding family relationships, not destroying them. And even then, you have plenty of revenge fantasies with cartoonishly evil families, so if that's what you prefer, you can read those.

Specifically korean media, it often touches topics like, generational trauma, misogyny, capitalism, etc. As you said, WMMAP addresses these things too in some way or another. I didn't think manhwa was particularly subtle as a medium (I know it's kinda ironic coming from me, but these are very simple stories, not Dostoevsky novels), but if people have trouble understanding the point of Parasite and Squid Game, then no wonder they can't pick up on these themes.

I'm not saying asian media or manhwas are above negative criticism. They have plenty of issues of their own. But if you are going to criticize something, you have to truly understand it, and reading anything disregarding cultural context or the own internal biases you may hold is at best foolish and at worst very ignorant. Western readers often have this mentality that all stories have to cater to them, when it's obvious that manhwas were made thinking of a korean public first and foremost.

(I dislike when people say Athy should have been more "evil". The whole point of her character is how her kindness and willingness to be empathetic with others and try to build honest relationships was what saved everyone. Villainesses AUs are fun, but when people truly say that Athy's character is weak because she chooses to feel love instead of hatred, because she is selfless instead of selfish- Why are you even reading WMMAP? And even then, she is far from "soft" and has plenty of "badass moments"...)

(News to me that Ruby gets hate, I thought she was the new manhwa darling. I stopped reading that series, but to me she was the best part of it by far. I think she is one of the only few good portrayals of a victim of physical abuse and ED in all manhwa. I have always disliked how those traits are just brushed aside as little things to endear the FL to the reader, but are never treated with the seriousness they deserve).

#personally im not a fan of 'super badass FLs that solve everything by just being girlbosses' cuz i feel like the author is trying to pander #to readers that like to self insert or live their fantasies through the FL. and its cool if thats your thing but its not mine #another extremely funny thing is how people lose their shit at pseudo incest manhwa (aka adopted siblings not raised together fall in love)#(and to be clear. i also dont like the trope but that's not my point) when-#pseudo incest and straight up incest are part of the western literary canon. a VERY prominent part if i might add #my point is that you may dislike the trope. that's fair. but often those criticisms read as 'eww this gross korean manhwa is so disgusting'#which... idk guys you might wanna think a little about how you interact with foreign media and how your biases might be affected by racism #just food for thought #anyways that's why i dont care about 'manhwa fandom'. i just wanna talk about wmmap with wmmap fans #wmmap #wmmap meta

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