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#anyway. utena i will always defend you <3

transmascutena · 6 months

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it kind of upsets me how unnecessarily mean some people are to utena. it's always "oh utena's prince complex is so toxic" as if it hasn't been instilled in her since childhood and is her only coping mechanism against spiralling into suicidality, and "oh utena's such a bad friend" for not knowing everything going on with people who are actively hiding stuff from her, and "haha utena's such an idiot" for not knowing things that have literally only been revealed to the audience and she would have no reason to suspect in the slightest. leave her alone you're being so cruel for no reason.

#i mean yeah call her out for her behaviour she is by no means a perfect person. but also cut her some damn slack she'#literallt fourteen #the thing about calling her stupid especially is just.. no!!!! she isn't!!!!!! fuck you #and i feel like people always mention how utena's not a good friend to wakaba and then acting like wakaba's never done anything wrong #no!! they're both at fault (and not at fault) for their shitty friendship.#anyway. utena i will always defend you <3 #revolutionary girl utena #utena #m

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bunnymajo · 1 year

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6 Magical Girl Titles to Try if you've only seen "Shonen"

So I've been seeing more and more battle shonen anime fans interested in more female lead characters, stronger female friendships and less objectification of women in general and that's great! When they get told that such a thing does exist, the Magical Girl genre, the unfortunate response is hostility.

And I get it, MG anime can be unapologetically feminine. Frilly, pink & sparkly and full of cute boy drama OR ....it's full of fanservice.... and if none of those things are your cup of tea I can see why that'd be a turn off if that's what you're expecting from the get go.

But! What if I told you that the magical girl anime genre has been going on for almost 60 years and it's not all the same! (wow!)

So here are 6 titles (3 part of the shonen demographic & 3 part of the shoujo demographic) that might change your mind. Also all of these are safe for viewers 13+

Under the cut because this one's long

Granbelm - The most recent entry here, Granbelm is a “Battle Royale” style mecha show where 7 girls duke it out to win the coveted title of the “Princeps Mage” where they’re able to shape the world as they’d like with all the magic they can control. The mild-mannered Mangetsu finds a new genuine excitement in this tournament she’s been thrusted into and her newfound friend and mentor, the lone wolf Shingetsu, is happy to teach her the basics about magic as the two of them try to hold their own. The mysteries behind Mangetsu’s magic power and the bloodied histories of the other 6 contestants unfolds in each episode. Also magic robot fights

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2. Genmu Senki Leda - A direct to video movie from 1985, Leda tells the adventure of 17 year old Yohko who’s transported to another world to defeat the evil Zell. Zell becomes interested in obtaining Yohko’s powers for himself to cross dimensions to invade. A very simple fantasy movie premise with some stunning animation and music. Has all the 80’s staples: robots, side ponytails, sword fighting in armored bikinis, artistic music video sequences, you name it! The performance of the late Hiromi Tsuru as Yohko is also very sincere and lovely. If you’re a sakuga buff don’t overlook it!

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3. Little Witch Academia (TV Series) - Yeah witches totally count as magical girls! The genre started with witches after all. But anyway: the over-excitable Akko joins the Luna Nova magic academy to learn witchcraft to follow in the footsteps of her idol Shiny Chariot the witch. Magic in this world is treated like it’s been alongside the modern world this whole time but is seen as archaic, unimpressive & useless compared to the breakthroughs of technology. Practicers of “old magic” are a dying breed and trying to find ways to stick to their roots but still be relevant, and the enthusiastic but pesky Akko might just be what they need. Animated by the always impressive Studio Trigger

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4. Magic Knight Rayearth - More magical fantasy worlds & giant robots! Taking story & aesthetic inspiration from 90’s Fantasy RPG games, Rayearth is about 3 normal schoolgirls chosen to save a princess held captive by the dark lord Zagato. Our leads Hikaru, Umi & Fuu become unlikely friends that always have each other's backs no matter what the untamed land of Cephiro has to throw at them. Original manga by CLAMP & animated by TMS.

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5. Revolutionary Girl Utena - This one’s a bit of a doozy but I think it’s a critical darling for good reason. Utena is a new student at Ohtori Academy but has already gained the reputation for being a rule breaking tomboy determined to become a prince that always defends others. After getting into a fight with a student council member to stick up for her friend, Utena is thrusted into Ohtori Academy’s sword fighting duels to win the hand of The Rose Bride Anthy and her mysterious power that’s said to hold the key to “Revolutionize the World”

A very allegory heavy work that also deals with heavy topics such as abuse, homophobia, incest, sexual assault but in a way that’s intrinsic to the work itself and it’s characters. I’d say the overall theme of Utena is about the struggles of teen adolescence and it doesn’t shy away from whatever those struggles are and what it may stem from. A bit polarizing but I think if you give it a chance you’ll be incredibly rewarded

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6. Futari wa Pretty Cure - Wait come back! I know you’re thinking this was all a trap just for me to say “Watch Precure!” but I genuinely think the 1st season is a great magical girl show for someone who’s only used to action anime. Directed by Daisuke Nishio of DBZ fame, Pretty Cure was incredibly risky & experimental for its day giving it’s heroine’s hand to hand combat moves and more dangerous stunts & enemies from week to week and finishing off their enemies with a grand lightning attack. Beyond that, Nagisa & Honoka have an “opposites attract” dynamic with Nagisa being a jock with insecurities about herself & Honoka being an outspoken & adventurous lover of science. The bond that grows between these two is really heartwarming and genuine.

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#magical girls #magical girl chat #anime recommendation #all but one of these is licensed in the u.s but they're all pretty easy to get ahold of imo #also could work as a general 'what magical girl anime do you recommend to a newcomer?'#because i think they're all solid

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degenerate-perturbation · 3 years

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tagged by @sharlatan-ka for top 10 favorite female characters, but that's way too intimidating a question to figure out so instead I will use this opportunity to showcase a bunch of female characters that became my favorites in large part because of how much everyone hates or disregards them

1. Vivienne de Fer, Dragon Age. Easily one of the most interesting characters in all three games, certainly the most interesting character in Dragon Age: Inquisition. If people put even the tiniest fraction of the effort into her that they do into Background Man #3 the world would be an immeasurably better place.

2. Isis Ishtar, Yu-Gi-Oh! What makes me mad about this one is that Isis had the exact same abusive childhood that her brothers did (with Bonus Misogyny!) but people still act like she's fine and that she'd be a force of uncomplicated conservatism and traditionalism and wouldn't have any trauma relating to anything that happened to her. What's wrong with you guys. She is clearly super traumatized. Also I thought she was really pretty and was super hypnotized by her outfit in the Battle City finals.

3. Minerva Paradizo, Artemis Fowl. I remember reading the fifth book in this series as a young child and instantly taking a liking to her because oh wow, she's just like Artemis but a girl :) She's so cool and pretty and awesome and the type of character I can project onto the way I can absolutely not project onto the Action Girls in this series I can't wait to see what fanfiction there is about her :) And that is how I discovered the ridiculously disproportionate amount of hatred this fictional French 12-year-old girl had garnered even unto having her be written out of the sequels, and this my friends is when I began to know true hatred.

4. Mai, Avatar: The Last Avatar. Everyone was like bluh bluh she's so boring she doesn't deserve Zuko. Fuck off, she loved him, she deserves nice things, I hate you. Also she is hot.

5. Misa Amane, Death Note. Another character who I shipped with their love interest as a child solely on the principle of "She's so pretty and nice, she deserves to have whatever she wants including that ain't-shit man she's in love with." I love and defend every female character who loves somebody honestly and openly and has their love thrown back in their face, they deserve to be loved too!!! Also all the Light/L fanfiction that wrote her out or cast her as a stupid airhead made me mad. Death Note would have been better if Misa had been a serious player in the game.

Okay there are probably more but none more off the top of my head so here are 5 more female characters that I related to or saw myself in at one point or another in my life and therefore will always be a little bit special to me.

6. Mabel Pines, Gravity Falls. At Mabel's age I was actually kind of a misanthropic goth kid drawing pictures of my school blowing up which in this day and age would probably get me collected by CPS, but maybe around ages 16-19 I was very much like Mabel. I had a sticker book of over 5000 Lisa Frank stickers and I would use them to decorate my phone case with a solid collage of rainbow dolphins and princesses, like a fucking fruit.

7. Leslie Knope, Parks and Recreation. I really liked Leslie because she was too much but in a way that was cast in a completely positive light. Her meddlesomeness and earnestness and try-hard nature are things we are supposed to like about her even when it causes problems. As somebody who has historically been Too Much this was really nice to see.

8. Undyne, Undertale. Undyne is a Vriska, but good. As someone who hated Vriska because she was kind of all my worst characteristics (as I understood them) rolled into a single horrible character, so Undyne was also a comforting character to see portrayed positively.

9. Utena Tenjou, Revolutionary Girl Utena. Self explanatory.

10. I can't think of a tenth character so I'm just going to say Eowyn from Lord of the Rings but not really the film version. Film Eowyn is fine but not enough of a huge bitch. Book Eowyn is a problematic depressed bitch and she still gets defeat big-deal villains and have nice men fall in devoted love with her because she's awesome and the best.

Anyway, the end. Tagging uhhh you usual bastards @linksawakening @transcastiels @rem-ir @beanplague @yamitamiko @skullhaver @fractalwriter get cracking sluts

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thefloatingstone · 4 years

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I'm not into beastars and haven't even watched it so I won't defend it, but... What happened to that 'let people enjoy fictional content' mentality? Out of all people, I thought YOU wouldn't judge people who like problematic content and yet here you are, saying watching a fictional show about fictional anthropomorphic characters wanting to eat/bang each other is bad/weird... (1/3)

I’m actually glad you commented with this, anon. Because Last night I was thinking to myself and trying to self analyse my thoughts and feelings regarding this and comparing it to my views on this sort of thing online. :) so sending me these messages actually gives me a chance to vocalise what I think;

I think the difficult position for myself is that I actually DO like the show, and I am going to watch the 2nd season of it when it airs. But what was making me uncomfortable was not so much the rapse fantasy in the show itself, but more the fact that I have not heard anyone online talk about the rape fantasy allegory. If that makes sense?

I have heard from many of the youtubers I follow how much they love the show, and how everyone should watch it, and how it was “like Zootopia but with a darker streak to it.” But not one youtuber I have heard talk about it has even MENTIONED the weird rape allegories.

And honestly, THAT is the part that makes me most uncomfortable. Not that it exists in the show itself, but that the show’s biggest fans and most vocal “Watch this show!” types are apparently just… unaware of this?

So yeah. My original question was very much exactly how I phrased it; “am I the ONLY person seeing these things?”. Because my interpretation of that allegory being there is something I have no doubts about. Because, after all, this is how I interpreted what I was seeing. You can’t argue “no you didn’t interpret it that way!” because I did. But my confusion was” am I the ONLY the person who saw these things?” because I had heard NOBODY mention or talk about it.

So my discomfort was not really from the show having these elements… but more nobody TALKING about these elements. Which made it seem like the show’s biggest fans are just…. ignoring it’s there. And THAT is what makes me unvomfortable (and maybe concerned?)

idk. I always find the attempts to HIDE problematic or fetish content to be WAY more disturbing than somebody just drawing something and saying “I have a fetish for this stuff”. (within reason. As in….. you know what I mean regarding the most extreme examples you can only find on the dark web.)

So if everyone just talked about the rape allegory, and mentioned it was in the show at all, even if they had 0 opinion about it, I wouldn’t have brought this up. Again, Revolutionary Girl Utena is my favourite anime, and Utena has a main story plotline of an abuse brother who forces his sister to have sex with him, as the show handles the topic of female subjugation, mental and sexual abuse, and breaking the cycle of abuse as well as the role woman have in human society spanning millennia. It is INCREDIBLY dark subject matter, but it’s a main plot point. And as such when Utena fans talk about the show, we discuss this as being part of the show.

So having a show with very blatant rape fantasy overtones may not be my cup of tea, the fact that NOBODY seems to talk about it… or even be AWARE of it… is a little uncomfortable for me. If that makes sense? (probably exacerbated by most youtubers I watch talking about this show are dudes. But that’s on me and my discomfort levels, not on them for being dudes.)

But anyway. I hope that KINDA explains it a little better?

Like I said, I know I don’t owe anyone an explanation for “Why this makes me uncomfortable” but this is a bit of self reflection I had to sit and analyse to understand my own feelings a little better. So thank you for asking! :D it gave me the opportunity to discuss it a little more.

I am sorry if my handling of the subject made you disappointed in me. But I completely understand why. Hopefully this clears things up a little better?

#C-Puff answers #Beastars for Blacklist #rape mention #abuse mention #incest mention #Anonymous #Also please feel free to message me again over this anon <3 #Because I do actually want to hear your thoughts on this even if you disagree

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Wedding Bells Are Ringing! Celebrate the Royal Wedding Counting Down the Top 10 Anime Weddings!

Weddings are a magical event, where two people who love each other come together to celebrate their love and tie the knot! Of course, a royal wedding takes the cake when it comes to the pomp, circumstance, and that special magical feeling in the air. It’s hard to ignore the pageantry of the dresses, decorations, the ring, and the ceremony! Even for non-royalty, weddings occupy a special place for many people as a celebration of love and union.

In honor of the royal union, we’ve compiled a list of top 10 amazing and memorable anime wedding couples! So, without further ado, let’s take a look at these happy couples and their nuptials!

10. Lupin III and Rebecca Rossellini (Lupin III Part 4)

This unique couple certainly threw anime fans for a loop when Lupin III Part IV originally aired. Their madcap relationship throughout the rest of the series was quite the thrill ride, but nothing beats the initial chapter featuring their wedding ceremony. In true Lupin fashion, the wedding is seemingly part of a larger grift, but who is grifting who (and who has feelings for who) remains part of the mystery and intrigue of this partnership. While other couples could certainly claim to only be in it for love, Rebecca and Lupin never did sign any divorce papers…

9. Arsène Lupin and Cardia Beckford (Code: Realize ~Guardian of Rebirth~)

Based on the otome game of the same name, Code: Realize ~Guardian of Rebirth~ shows why Lupin is the poster boy for the series! Upon their first meeting, Lupin Arsene declared to Cardia Beckford “I have come to steal your heart,” and that he did! After such a bold declaration, both Cardia and Lupin not only grew closer, but they grew to trust themselves and each other as they successfully navigated deadly situations together. Even though Cardia’s nature was revealed, Lupin’s heart was set; he kept on loving her no matter what, making sure to keep on his promise to steal her heart. Some questions remained, like how was Cardia able to survive when the Horologium’s energy ran out, or what would be the fate of the country. But even with those questions, one answer remained: Lupin and Cardia would create their own new world together.

8. Utena Tenjou and Anthy Himemiya (Revolutionary Girl Utena)

It’s hard to compete with a royal bride, but the Rose Bride comes pretty close! Utena and Anthy’s relationship certainly seems to come out of a fairytale filled with castles, princes, duels, and even tie-wearing monkeys, but the relationship between the Rose Bride and her defender truly take the cake. Although we aren’t treated to an official wedding ceremony like one might normally expect, the two are an iconic duo in their memorable official gear, and the iconography and displays that surround the two of them are certainly hard to beat!

7. Yusuke Yoshihino and Kouko Ibuki (CLANNAD)

This addition to the list might seem strange at first, since neither of these characters are part of the main CLANNAD cast, but it’s the situation that surrounds their wedding that makes it truly touching and unforgettable. Series favorite Fuko has spent her time trying to desperately get people to go her sister’s wedding, and the circumstances behind Fuko’s attempts really tug at the heart strings of the viewers when revealed. The worst part is that it seems that due to Fuko’s circumstances, her sister cannot see or hear her, making the little sister’s mission to make her sister’s wedding a success even more important! This all leads to a touching and rewarding moment where Kouko and Fuko are finally able to speak during the wedding ceremony.

6. Hideki Hinata and Yui (Angel Beats)

Yup, that’s right, another Key title on the list. But can you blame me? The way Key writes their stories really tug at the heartstrings, and Angel Beats in no exception! While Hinata and Yui didn’t get a wedding ceremony, Hinata’s passionate declaration to marry Yui took fans by surprise. Yui was paralyzed by a car accident, leaving her completely bedridden and reliant on her mom for any care. She was so convinced that no one would marry her if she were in that condition, but Hinata swore that no matter where they met and no matter what handicap she had, he would love and marry her. They both talk out how their meeting would happen in the real world and how they’d fall in love and even how relieve her mother’s duty of taking care of her. Having fulfilled Yui’s regrets with his marriage proposal, she finally moves on...

5. Goku and Chichi (Dragon Ball)

Goku may not seem like the most romantic sort at first, and to be honest, he really isn’t! But the wedding between Chichi and Goku cap off the adventure of Dragon Ball, where viewers had followed Goku’s adventures from childhood all the way to adulthood. Along that way we saw Goku and Chichi meet and fall in love, and the two were side by side through most of the series, finally coming together once the evil of King Piccolo was defeated! Chichi and Goku finally tie the knot in the final episode in a simple but cute ceremony, and Chichi looks amazing in her white wedding dress! With the Earth saved (for the time being), it was nice to see Goku and Chichi get to make things official and ride off into the sunset… until Dragon Ball Z, anyway!

4. Naruto Uzumaki and Hinata Hyūga (Naruto: Shippuden)

Of course, we couldn’t forget Naruto and Hinata’s wedding! Both Naruto and Hinata have been on a grand journey from when they were kids, to teenagers and finally, to adulthood. Going through everything from chunin exams to rescue missions and many more dangerous feats, they’ve not only grown as ninja, but into lifelong partners. As the series started to wind down and the characters all progressed into adulthood, fans were curious to see who Naruto might end up with in the end, and he and Hinata make a perfect couple. Looking on at the Hokage Rock, Naruto and Hinata seem to have been reflecting on their journey that led them to where they now stood. From then on, it’ll be a whole new journey that’ll bring them blessings in ways they didn’t expect!

3. Professor Burnet and Professor Kukui (Pokemon: Sun and Moon)

When it comes to surprise anime weddings, the proposal and marriage of Professors Burnet and Kukui certainly caught many viewers by surprise in the anime adaptation of Pokemon Sun and Moon! One of the more interesting episodes, this slice of life story took the focus off of Ash and company and gave us some insight into characters that surround them. After their adventures together, Professor Kukui proposes to Burnet on a sunset walk on the beach, and the ring box? A Pokeball of course! The proposal scene itself is quite iconic, with all of the major pieces you’d like to see in a classic proposal, but the two are later surprised by a fantastic wedding ceremony thrown by Ash and the gang, including some Pokemon helpers! And as the wedding comes to an end, hearing Burnet say “I choose you,” is a fitting and sweet way to top off the event!

2. Simon and Nia (Gurren Lagann)

Now, when it comes to weddings in anime, I truly had a hard time deciding on the top 2 spots! I think quite a few people would agree this one might deserve to be in the top spot, and I don’t blame you! But for now, let’s just say that Simon and Nia’s wedding is one of the best moments in the entire series, and maybe even in modern anime! For an anime as over the top as Gurren Lagann, one would be forgiven for expecting a lavish and outrageous wedding ceremony, but instead, the wedding of Simon and Nia is a touching and quiet moment, which is part of what made it so special. Watching Simon grow from a scared and confused kid into a dashing and commanding man wouldn’t have been possible without the love and support he got from Nia. Their wedding comes after a battle with great cost, however, and although their marriage is bittersweet, seeing the two united together was one of the most touching and heartfelt moments in the entire series.

1. Yusuke Godai and Kyoko Otonashi (Maison Ikkoku)

And here at number 1 we have Yusuke and Kyoko! Perhaps one of the most classic “will they / won��t they” romantic comedy couples in anime, Yusuke and Kyoko drove fans of both the anime and manga crazy as Rumiko Takahashi tortured us with constant teasing, advancements, and setbacks in their burgeoning relationship. Yusuke was always committing at the wrong time and place, letting his anxieties get the better of him, while Kyoko kept fluctuating over whether or not to remarry after her husband’s death, or if some other suitors were perhaps better matches than Yusuke. The wacky cast certainly didn’t help, always butting in and interrupting the two lovebirds. So when the wedding finally happened, fans were able to cheer with joy and relief that the two had finally made the jump together! After nearly 100 episodes, the two are united in the finale, with a touching declaration of love that’s hard to beat, and the fast-forward time skip at the end really helps wrap up that these two belong together, and that Maison Ikkoku is not just their home, but a major reason for their love.

Are there any wedding bells that you think deserved to ring on this list? Let us know in the comments!

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severalbakuras · 6 years

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survey thing

i think this is under a cut, the edit post function isn’t giving me any indication that it is though. so sorry if this post is super long.

edit it’s not aaaaaa

Rules: Tag 9 people you want to get to know.

Tagged by @scrawlers

Relationship Status:

single af

Favorite Color:

you want me to pick one wtf? all reds, all purples, warm browns

Lipstick or Chapstick:

chapstick

Last Song:

that sia song from the MLP movie it’s p. good.

Last Movie:

some christmas movie about a reindeer that isn’t rudolph. he’s prancer’s estranged son and not used to his mother marrying some other deer and getting a stepbrother and he gets kidnapped by eagles led by a white wolf who hates santa because he killed her brother i think and the main deer teams up with some loner deer to save his brother and also he can casually fly.

i think it’s a sequel to some other movie bc there’s got to be a reason prancer and forgettable mum deer divorced. for how cheap it looked the backgrounds were surprisingly nice.

my baby cousins loved it so what i think of it doesn’t really matter lel

Top 3 Shows:

khhhh i don’t watch many tv shows tbh

revolutionary girl utena (+ movie)

yugioh

voltron legendary defender (subject to change in the future if i get bored)

Top 3 Ships:

i’m shamelessly copying scrawlers here to describe my ships lelel

Top 3 Romantic Ships:

keitor - keith/lotor (VLD) - ok so like this ship murdered me it came the fuck out of nowhere about midway through S3 and at the time i was like ‘welp cracky trash ship for me! there’s always one!!’ but then it suddenly Wasn’t around the time S4 came out and it’s not even close to canon but tbh when has that fucking stopped me see the next ship on this list lmaoo

garrosh/jaina (WoW) - canonically, absolutely fucking not because he’s dead and was incredibly shitty, but in AUs? my god i want all the AUs. give them to me. what happened to that one ‘boar and lioness’ rp blog i need it. the aesthetic of this ship slays me every time and there’s so much POTENTIAL.

tidus and yuna (FFX) - LISTEN. listen. ffx was both my first FF game and my first RPG. it was my third videogame after pokemon and spyro. i had literally never seen this kind of thing before. little eleven year old me was so invested in these two that when they kissed i was sobbing. ‘suteki da ne’ still kicks me in the heart as does pretty much every song on the ost. i will defend every awkward translation or dialogue to the death. (and i will call him ‘teedus’ the day i say ‘jif’) (THE STORY REVOLVES AROUND THE OCEAN AKA CHANGING TIDES AKA TIDE-US FUCK YOU)

Top 3 Familial Ships:

magdeline and biggs (WoW) - ocs are cool right. anyway. both undead. both worgen. magdeline is the literal official deathlord of acherus. biggs is... not. he’s huge but he’s incredibly clumsy. they met when he failed miserably on his assignment during the destruction of the scarlet enclave and magdeline ended up rescuing him. she took him under her wing to save him from razuvious after being inspired by thassarian and koltira and they’ve stuck together ever since. in cata and with the return of gilneas to the alliance (sort of) biggs managed to track down his still living family but was soundly rejected. so did magdeline, who was only able to find her sister. biggs sort of wonders if magdeline would’ve kept him around if mackoire had accepted magdeline. the answer is absolutely. mackoire might be her older sister but biggs is magdeline’s little brother.

kolivan and keith (vld) - kolivan is doing his damn well best to keep keith alive the finale of S4 was not kolivan’s fault. just getting that out of the way. but yeah anyway. i live for keith getting a father figure alongside shiro (like the fact that kolivan is introduced and he and keith can connect before shiro vanishes is one of my favourite things because kolivan isn’t filling a void he’s just helping keith explore a new piece of his identity). and i live for kolivan taking a personal interest in the newest recruit and accompanying him on missions and by god just tell him about his mother if she was a blade already ;;;;;;;;

farkas and the dragonborn ‘diego’ (skyrim) - oc again. i’m pretty sure that farkas is everyone’s bro in skyrim but fuck it he’s diego’s bro the most. she want ballistic when his other brothers and sisters in arms insulted him and brawled them into submission, when they’d barely known each other a day and he wasn’t even in earshot at the time. she cured his lycanthropy without question, securing his soul a place in sovngarde. she trusts him to protect her beloved wife and children and home. he was her first friend in whiterun and she’ll never forget that.

Top 3 Human & Animal Companion (Platonic Soulmate) Ships:

valcia and eleanor (wow) - ocs again lol can’t stop won’t stop. eleanor the white devilsaur is valcia the blood elf’s most trusted companion, from pretty much the beginning. when valcia came of age just prior to the rediscovery of pandaria she made her way down to un’goro crater, surviving one of the fiercest jungles on azeroth as a sort of ‘skip the frying pan let’s jump into the volcano’ thing. there she found eleanor, trapped in a tar pit. initially she considered putting the poor thing out of her misery, but there was something in those bright eyes that made her put the bow away and use what little magic she knew (and rope) to pull the devilsaur free. she expected her to run away or try to attack once the tar had been cleaned off and she recovered her strength, but neither happened. instead, she just followed valcia around the entire crater, not too close but never too far away. one night her sleep was interrupted by vile chittering and silithid carapaces being crushed. when she investigated she found the devilsaur trying to fend them off - the two of them fought at each other’s side until daybreak and all of the bugs were dead. valcia treated the devilsaur’s wounds and after that they were inseparable. she’s loyally battled alongside valcia against gods, demons and everything in between, she’s crossed dimensions, planets, even timelines alongside her with little to ask in return except a chin rub and maybe a nice kodo haunch. it’s eleanor’s judgement of someone that matters most to valcia and she’s the only family valcia needs. i love them i could write more but that’s getting into nitty gritty wow lore lel.

i actually can’t think of any that i’m as emotionally invested in as these two lol so i’ll leave it at that

Tagging anyone who wants to do this lol

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To organize later.

02 March 2014

0All of these are posted with permission and I asked before taking any of the voices/pictures.Thank you to all owners of said things though you asked to remain anonymous…

Note: the 시 씨 are emphasized a little in the example.

So if you are proficient you should be able to say the Konglish:

See Shelly-씨… she shined a single shingle at 세시. without missing any of the sounds.

This is an example of ㅅ and ㅆ

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American Califorian saying she, shingle, single shine she: (Was volunteered for the job)

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Also male… requests for more samples available.

Korean version of “Small food”. ’cause there is a large… to give you an idea of why this is ridiculous:

That bone is in the “small” portion. You are not starving. though I think women would have a hard time eating this dish.

Kimchi tofu and mackerel as part of a Kimchi hotpot. (Hotpots are famous in the Jeolla region, as I understand, especially in winter.

Soondae Gook:

Blood sausage in soup… the only thing about this one was there was other things that came in the soup, such as parts of liver, fat trimmings intestine, etc. This isn’t always the case… but even the native Korean next to me took those things out.

We also talked about how it’s impossible to be vegetarian in Korea, or at least really, really difficult unless you know what is where. Also gay clubs and city rivalries. Ahh… so worth it. Anyway, I hope that helps if you want to hear the words in a natural sentence, let me know.

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， 04 November 2013

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Master’s Sun Summary: Episode 14

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Korea

Reviews

， 26 September 2013

0Play by Play - I like how he keeps chasing memories even if he doesn’t seem to want to. Showing the heart/mind are united and the same thing… as well as his intellectualism can’t close his already open heart/mind. - I also like the pause before doing anything with the beer. - I love the Uncle character in this episode giving “Harmless” information. I went from finding him comic relief and annoying to loving him in this episode. Hong Sisters strike again. (They are really good at fleshing out supporting characters) - The flashbacks with the reimagination (the vase scene) - Tae Gong Sil in some ways starts back at the beginning, but then it shows that she really isn’t at the start. - I like the use of Candy in the episode. - Also how coffee person might not be on her side after all. - I like how the Ghost Matchmaker isn’t that evil and isn’t against GS and JW reuniting, but match makes them anyway. She shows GS and JW that they can’t return from square one even if they want to. And forces GS to force herself. - The white returns for the ghost hunting. Gong Sil returns to the beginning, but stronger because she remembers JW’s love through the necklace. - Little Sun is priceless in helping GS too, often by accident. I get the feeling she doesn’t really hate GS at all. I love her. I want ship her and KW. - The double meanings were well done in this episode too, making it funny. - Satoori!!! <3<3 on KW talking to Little Sun. (TIR) - KW became more like a second lead male, though he still is acting a lt like a Second Lead female. - Here He wears sky blue switching from black. Showing that he’s waiting for his sun to rise in his sky. (gray slacks) - The colors of blue and Green switch in the scene where he interrupts the “call” meeting. Before he wore Green (episode with the soldier) and she wore blue, but now he’s wearing blue and she’s wearing green. - Hanna gets plastic surgery! - The Aunt isn’t as evil as she seems and understands JW better than she seems, since she sees him chasing after her. - The people I can see are scarier comes up again. (Foreshadowing??? Red Herring?) - And then the necklace shows up again. Hanna killed her sister? - KW takes mercy and helps GS, despite still liking her. - JW here wears tan clothes. - The guy who comes in, wears tan and green clothes, which match the two colors worn by JW and GS. And through him he serves to reunite them. - JW comes to meet the guy and GS and KJW symbolically come together. - The Uncle again. <3 - Hands play a role in the knocking also the Master hands (hands behind his back like a sageuk–there is a focus on it, and that’s when he comes back to her too.) - She was in a coma for 3 years and so became able to see ghosts. (Separated from her body) - The coffee Ghost could be evil. (The other Master~~ In joke??) - KW in the dark, following her. TT - JW’s aunt tries to pry JW to remember even more. - JW wears pink pants with a white shirt. Pink usually means ready to hold onto love in Drama lore. (Is the white a cloud?) - JW’s fixation on the necklace is well done. - I like the rick with the phone and the subversion of expectations with Secretary Kim’s phone. - JW is in White, pink and tan now. Tan+green is what the garage guy was wearing. She’s wearing Green. Pink is love/like… Korean dramas use pink a lot for this purpose. - I like how JW knows himself very well. - Habits are stronger than memories in this. - And the subversion as she’s walking away, but it hurts that much more watching them. - GS is choosing not to revisit the love. - Satoori on handwriting is the same~~. - You expect him to touch the necklace in order to regain his memories, but it’s really toucing GS, where he initiates all of the touch that brings back his memory, not touching the necklace. (people over objects). - JJW sees the necklace on GS - His uncle gives yet another tip. - JW out of habit gets involved with GS’s business again. - The Ghost Matchmaker echoes his hand movements from the holding of the necklace. - This is when they employ a reflection. The reflection was used before to reflect souls, etc. It’s almost a “He sees himself now” - They continue the reflection. - JW echoes the hand movement from the Ghost Matchmaker. - I like the double meaning on the fact that the necklace is fake on Hanna and she’s also fake. - Only thing is recovering his memory would be more painful. - GS’s clothes, shift from plaid (like the first episode), to white ghost hunter to the same green as the person who stabbed JW. GS persists in wearing these clothes until the end where she finally rises in his sky again and he wears black like the night, as he was in the first episode and she wears sun colors again. - The last scene feels a lot like ISWAK’s confession. Again, the colors fail to match in this episode as they fail to connect, unlike the first episodes where they were almost couple clothes. Theme: Even when you think things are dead, they still live, because if you’re alive, you still have to live. You can’t go back to the world of the dead. (Separation of domains) Secondary theme about letting go when people have moved on, but played like a red herring. I thought this episode was better than the previous. There was a lot of shifting about which sides the characters are really on. You aren’t sure who has what loyalties. And my view of several characters shifted a lot. There was a lot more efficient showing of how the previous episodes impacted the characters, made them change and how they no longer can act like they are dead, but are alive now and have to embrace it. I hope with this episode, we are back on track.

Review: Innocent Lilies

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Japan

Reviews

， 24 September 2013

0The Plot: It’s about a teenage girl who witnesses her sister threatening to kill herself. She ends up in a school that teaches witchcraft. These witches defend other girls against bullies.

The theme is pretty much in your face. The deeper the wounds, the more ability the witches have.

The problem with it is these things: The witch imagery is tied up with Christianity–which I personally have no problem with, but I know some who might.

The second thing is the male-oriented watching of this–despite having female protagonists, it feels like it’s meant for male watching. It has male gaze all over the place that feels more perverted than the usual occasional panty shots. (for example the uniform for the girls to sleep in is a teddy lingerie and then this chiffon gown thing over the top. No girls’ school would allow that.) It feels like a low-budget idol project meant for males to drool over them.

Plot: It feels like Utena and Battle Royale combined, but with ten ten-minute episodes, it doesn’t get that far to give enough depth to explore the theme, and the plot is thin.

If you want an academy of girls fighting who have scars from suicide with a yuri flair, then Utena will do better for you than this will. (Also go deeper and much darker). (I personally have a love-hate relationship with Utena).

If you want to watch teenagers killing each other as a symbolic victory towards adulthood (which is popular), the best one is Battle Royale.

If you just want to watch some idols kicking each other’s guts out… Majisuka Gakuen.

If you just want the ecchi… then there are plenty of things that will help you and you are on your own.

In another words, there are dramas/movies that do all of the themes in this better, get more in depth, and don’t leave you feeling like an old perverted man.

This drama, though I watched it all the way through I would put on as a strong skip.

Master’s Sun Summary: Episode 13

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Korea

Reviews

， 20 September 2013

0This episode actually benefits from watching episodes 1-4 again and tracking the clothing. It’ll pay off.

Play by Play: - TGS feels guilty that she put JJW in this situation. - TGS goes to see the woman and trades her amulet and basically all of his memories of her for his life, trading hers in exchange. - red seems to be a shorthand for China… - JJW is in an empty space reading a book. Hee Joo shows up in a white dress. looking human. - Amnesia. *pouts* (more on this later) - TY plays Noble Idiot, though not so idiotic and becomes a ghost in his life. - The twin visits him in the hospital and then calls his aunt. He doesn’t seem to register her. - Joong Won wakes up, but doesn’t remember anything after saying that he wshould get hit by lightening, which kinda indicates TGS was a lightening bolt herself. - The show seems to be arguing for a psychological shock. - TGS remembers that she said she’d be the first to leave. - TGS is not supposed to be mentioned by anyone. - JJW needles his uncle and his uncle refuses. - JJW discovers the books. - JJW, BTW, is now wearing gray. (He can come back yet, he was wearing this in episode 2, before deciding to chase TGS) - JJW learns he can read!! This makes words ghosts. TGS’s name is a ghost. - TGS’s clothes match his color and a bit of his style too. - The trashcan ghost is rooting for them and flips the trash can. He looks at her, but she doesn’t turn around. He’s called away at the last minute. - I think here the Aunt is realizing that maybe TGS isn’t so bad. - Gong Sil talks to stuffed toy Tae Gong Sil as i she is talking to herself. - The amount of changes GS made to JJW and his heart become apparent. (Mind and heart are the same word in Korean.) - The secretary subtly pushes him to remember Tae Yang. - The bit where he has an inkling of needing to go in a different direction is done well. - The secretary is complicit in the crime. He is the Uncle of one of the twins. The twins were adopted? - I like Little Sun a whole lot here. She’s so air-headed that she’s no threat and cute. - The scene where LIttle Sun imagines TGS and KW together is funny. Especially playing “I am your lady and you are my man” in the background. - JJW asks about the books. - Han Na says they are her books. - TYR sets up JJW and TGS, which is opposite of what happens in the usual drama trope. - JJW wears sun clothes, which mirrors Episode 2 and 4. He becomes her sun in her darkness. - JJW is wearing white beads that remind me of Buddhist prayer beads his secretary comes in. - TGS is wearing paid which matches the chairs. SHe’s looking more and more like a ghost. (This is intentional since the seat across from her doesn’t have plaid. This is also a reprisal of her outfit from episode 3) - TGS see CJH and then her twin sister. - TGS’s and JJW’s colors don’t match, but hark back to previous episodes, especially towards the beginning. - The cards that JJW gaves to the kids earlier come back to him. - He hears Tae Gong Sil’s name - TGS finds HJ and asks for her body to borrow. - They discuss about the twins and the background on TGS - TGS almost makes a deal with HJ, before JJW pulls him making HJ disappear.

They are trying to establish how much he needs her by making her a living ghost. The words “Tae Gong Sil” are traded at this point for his ability to read.

The theme of the living are scarier than the dead because the living want revenge shows up yet again. And this is shown to be true through Hana who seems to want revenge for her Dead sister.

I feel halfway about the Amnesia… on one hand it was partially handled well with the little irking memory… (I’ve gone through similar) and it was anchored much better than BIG was into the story structure, but it really felt shoe-horned in emotionally. It has the intellectual flair of saying Gong Sil is now a ghost and so is her name. The words that were ghosts to JJW before are now not ghosts, but he lost something more important. But the emotional level there is a disconnect I felt, probably because the trope is used too much and there weren’t previous episodes to anchor the amnesia emotionally itself.

I like the twist with the uncle and the story is picking up speed as it’s going, but I don’t want it to sacrifice the emotional impact on the way…

A few things this episode established also, JJW actually died on the table. He almost slipped away, but it’s clear that is not enough to trigger seeing ghosts in the world of Master’s Sun. There is more at play that happened during the accident, which they keep dangling like a carrot.

I also think this episode was light weight for Chuseok…

and finally, it’s clear that the person in danger if JJW finds out is the secretary… HJ is most likely protecting the secretary. Because Hee Joo said she’s protecting someone close to JJW. JJW’s aunt doesn’t seem to know Hana at all. It’s not his father. And it’s not his Aunt’s husband… Ahn… so that leaves the closest person, the Secretary.

It raised the stakes, as an episode, but I felt a lack of some of the emotional connection, but asking for another episode must have put a wrench in the works. Hong Sisters don’t usually do extensions… this means the pacing planned might get messed around with as they try to find material for a new episode.

Master’s Sun Summary: Episode 3

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Korea

Reviews

， 20 September 2013

0Play by Play: - I like how Tae Gong Sil misunderstands. - She calls him her ray of light. (a play on the name) - bomb shelter reference - The color of the fountain changes to purple. - The ghost shows up, again looking ghostly. - Again, they use a cast of green for otherworldly. - The woman starts running. - There is a blue cast used before she’s pulled on the stairs. - TGS and JJW match colors again. - TGS takes off her clothes and discovers the shoe. SHe matches JJW again. (White handbag, black pants, blue shirt) - JJW struggles to read. - TGS gets chased by the shoe ghost - Reflections are used again. - JJW takes mercy on her, backs up and gets out. - TGS uses him as a bomb shelter. - The security guard sees her and JJW. - TGS explains the situation of the ghost chasing her. - KW and Little Sun meet for the first time. - The husband comes into the hospital and finds his wife, fake cries and smiles creepily, reminding me of the theme from the last episode. - The guy in arrest shows up in this episode (which connects to episode 12-13 later) I’m wondering if the shoe is a tie in… (like the sodas last episode) - They find the guy and his wife’s shoe. - GS explains to JJW what it’s like and acts it out with a tissue box on her foot. - A key line is said here JJW analyzes whether people are useful or will be useful in the future and only opens his eyes and ears to someone who meets his standards. (High standards and high walls.) - Another comparison to Candy - Gloomy candy is brought out here. - The husband is happy she’s dead. - JJW says that he doesn’t want to be engaged, but GS tries anyway. She insists on fixing it like a Candy. - TGS asks JJW to come with her. - JJW puts up a wall again by saying that he only responds to money. He tries very hard to withdraw from her. - The box says “Soft and moist” as she walks the streets of Seoul and people stare at her. She talks to the ghost as she goes. - He finds another tissue box and checks it out, but it breaks. - She finds it out. - KW discovers her in that state. - KW calls a taxi for TGS (She only has 2,000 won) - JJW argues with the navigation. - A tissue floats and sticks to the car and then the directions change. - The mother of the shoe girl is grieving. - The husband of the shoe girl throws ou the shoe. - There is a green cast in the background. - TGS says that JJW is that special person. - KW investigates further into TGS, but gets confused by the conversation. - TGS’s sister asks about KW, and TGS laughs. - Her sister says that she needs some “yang” energy, or have sex with a guy. - TGS’s room has Christian and various religions in it. - JJW here wears gray jacket, dark blue pants and a white shirt. (mildly matching TGS again) - GS learns about the fortune after appearing like a ghost. - There is an indication here that her sister and her have moved a lot. - Little sun is quite the airhead here… commenting on the posters, etc. - Little sun knows about Tae Gong Sil. - TGS asks about the show to the woman that was scared at the top of the episode. - The mother is grieving over her daughter. - TGS stares and asks the ghost where the shoe was and looks at it. - The color match is really pronounced in this scene with them squatting together. (They also match the background, making them melt in.) - JJW curses that he keeps getting involved and doesn’t understand why. - They match TGS’s movements with the ghosts and put her into a flashback. The wife finds out that she’s planning on being killed. The husband chases her. She tries to escape him. She runs into a truck. - A bloody tear runs down her face. - The person he’s having an affair with is wearing her shoes and plotting with him to own the shop. The wife looks on and blood runs down her other eye like a tear. - The Secretary tries to get JJW involved. - It’s clear the husband is trying to get rid of his mother-in-law. - TGS confronts about the shoe. - The husband fronts grief. - The blood tears continue on the ghost. - The name of the store is Dahlia. Dahlia’s flower meaning means a sign of warning, to change, to travel, and also a portent of betrayal (which fits this episode) The name of the store is obviously intentional… - TGS is trying to solve the problems of the Kingdom–this being her second major problem, making her the Knight of the Kingdom. - JJW comes to rescue her and brings the shoe. The shoe doesn’t fit, so the husband must acquit TGS. - JJW gets a self-satisfied look on his face. - TGS says something to torture him. - The ghost looks more human now that her problem is resolved. She comforts her mother. - Little Sun runs into KW, runs to him and he does an arm twist. - JJW makes it clear that he wanted revenge. Making it clear that revenge is something in the realm of the living. - TGS says “take a right turn” which shows that the ghost led him there. - TGS is dressed in white again, upon which in the next scene she drinks. - There is another flashback of Cha Hee Joo. Joo Joong Two, Joo Joong Three shows here. - He calls her a bitch. - She is drunk, comes forward and then Hee Joo possesses her. (She gets possessed or ghoes ghost hunting a lot in white) - KW reports about TGS. - TGS comes to JJW’s house. He comes out, putting up tons of walls and tells her to get lost. - But it’s Hee Joo because she calls him three times.

The theme seems to be the hold that love has on you and the ghosts that can come up from that and the need for revenge. Also restated were the themes that living people are more complex and more revenge-filled than dead people and thus as scarier.

This tied well with the hold that Hee Joo has over JJW.

There is some nice ground work on the kidnapping in this episode and what kind of relationship and trust JJW had before the kidnapping incident. Why he’s so cold and so filled with walls. TGS keeps knocking down those walls so he triple forces those walls.

Next is my favorite episode of the series (so far) in terms of direction, acting and cinematography. There is a rare unity to it that I love. It has all kind of subtle, so if you didn’t think the Hong Sisters could do subtle before, well, Episode 4 will prove you wrong.

Master’s Sun Summary: Episode 2

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， 20 September 2013

0Play by Play, again is for you to watch and gives notes on roughly where you are, but assumes you watched the episode. It’s more like a MST…

Play by Play: - We open with innuendos of the sexual kind. She wants to sleep with him and he thinks she’s a loose woman. - I like how JW doesn’t surrender easily. - He’s still wearing gray clothes. - Candy reference–which is to a Manga, which was turned into an anime and aired in Korea. - I like how she says she’ll wash her hair. (There are references to why later) - Use of reflections with JW looking into a blue window. - Also JW doubting himself. - Reference to fountain ghosts. - We transition to the students - Use of blue cast is introduced again with the teacher. - Eun Seol is dead and they see her image through a photo. - JW changes into a green jacket and red pants. Is it me, or is he GS’s outside world? And he’s starting to “lighten up” (OK, bad pun) - There is subtle sun imagry on TGS in this. - TGS changes into gray clothes, which was the clothing combination of JW last time. - The Aunt’s husband constantly has foot in mouth syndrome. Jinjja noonchi eopseo. - When he says “You’re doing it by the book” I’m cracking up since it’s an obvious jab at Korean dramas. - I like how he half believes her and then tries to not believe her again. Shields up, shields defeats, shields regenerated. So many defenses, this guy. (He gets caught) - There is a reference to a popular TV show here. - Considering the spoilers in episode 13, I feel very different watching this a second time. (That’s a trick) - Key plot point: the case with Cha Hee Joo is going to expire soon. - States that JJW has PTSD. - The kids don’t believe her, and want free food. - The scene is now set at night, another blue cast, sometimes green cast. - The toilet scene done in this episode is better. - The transvestite ghost is funny too. - The trashcan ghost. - KW helps her out and discovers GS. - The students come in. - TGS discovers Eun Seol. - Green cast on the fountain again. - JW comes to the place where he was kidnapped. - There is a flashback of him in a school uniform tied up. - A blurry figure comes towards him and his eyes open wider. - Our second lead brews more things, but it’s hard to read her at this point. - TGS and JJW are wearing the same colors in the scene. (Blue and white) TGS also is wearing red and yellow, which are sun colors. They literally look like a couple. And are both “lightening” up and in the scene are on the same page. - This is where we find out that they were horrible to her. - Green, orange and yellow are the colors of the soda. Notice the color matches from earlier. - Here, Eun Seol finds out about her friends, goes out and gets hit and dies. - The soda sprays out. - You see how ugly they really are. - JJW states the theme again: “It’s a living person’s place to live It’s not a place for a dead person to interfere.” (while an ugly scene breaks out. This also goes to the theme of TGS feeling like she’s dead. - Eun Seol looks human to them again. So when they understand her intentions, she looks more human. - Eun Seol disappears in a puff of smoke while JW comments and watches, putting his shields up again. - The end is also set outside where the majority of the episode was inside or dark. - The secretary pushes TGS to stay…. - It’s clear the JJW’s motivation is made out to be money in this episode. - JJW says that he didn’t think Hee Joo’s death is his fault. - JJW remembers the face again and then he see Hee Joo. - He calls the situation unfair. - It becomes clear that KW is reporting to someone. - Anniversary of the Death indicates usually a Buddhist view of death, not Christian. - They find out that TGS is the person that disrupted the wedding. - The Aunt says she’ll remember Tae Gong Sil (yet fails to do so later). - KW invites to take her home and saying they live together. - JJW is slightly disturbed by this. - TGS takes it as an invitation. - JJW seems really upset, trying to ignore her, but looking at her anyway. He swoops for her and puts up yet more shields. - TGS hits the nail on the head and says that he has to live and forget the past, but this only upsets him, I think it’s a disarm of the defense he just put up. - Napeun Yeon is Bad girl… Episode ends.

Notes: The majority of the episode is set inside until the very end.

Theme of the Episode: Living people are scarier than Dead People.

The clothes are starting to coordinate on the characters and literally have color. TGS also starts to wear sun colors. The color of the soda cans reflect the colors that were previously worn by JJW. And the amount of green overcast and blue overcast is still high, but much less than the previous.

This episode isn’t that difficult to understand and it cements for us several running themes from the previous episode. Living v. dead. And What it means to be dead v. living. As well as use of reflections, water, and basic lore about what ghosts can and can’t do. It hasn’t established why TGS is so afraid of ghosts… but that can wait.

It also have some nice ground work to the side characters, which usually are a feature in Hong Sisters’ dramas as being really well fleshed out. The relationships are given, but not their relation. And some of the usual stock characters are also not present.

Master’s Sun Episode 1 Summary

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Korea

Reviews

， 12 September 2013

0The following summary assumes you’ve been watching the episode. The play by play makes running commentary that goes with the episode in order. The summary pulls together all the points.

Play by Play:

We start with Gong Sil who looks like a ghost.

Her face is masked in the opening. It’s atmospheric due to the lightening. It might be an odd reference to the Ring.

Significant use of the blue cast in the first episode.

Green is used an an unearthly color. (In the hallways and as an overcast.) It feels unnatural and even sickly here.

There are sparks flying.

Different colored lights flash through the back door.

When Tae Yang runs away there are several shots of her running up the stairs which makes it feel both like a mental hospital and a prison

The focus on the door handle also shows warding objects which are littered around Tae Yang’s bedroom.

First shot of Gong Sil’s ring as a sun, makes it into the shot, the ghost turns into something that looks more human. (So the sun shines light on the real truth)

Gong Sil shows up in front of the Hanok wearing a white pancho and flip flops, in the rain. Everyone else is wearing black, while she is wearing white.

And then the son turns out to be uglier than the ghost. And the entire family.

After that, the air lifts and there are warm colors in the shot, including yellows and a slight warming cast as the family fights a more ugly battle.

When we switch to JW, again, a blue cast.

Green, white and blue are used differently here. The green is on the Wife’s shirt. White is also the flower.

I find it interesting JW is wearing a yellow shirt and a blue handkerchief… also covered by black when visiting the old man. So, again, we get the image of the sun covered by rain clouds. It’s also limited in the shot so the full shirt isn’t shown.

Here the syllables of the contract move, but they don’t scramble as would happen with dyslexia. He squints at them, which someone with dyslexia wouldn’t do.

When Tae Yang is in the street wearing her white parka, there is an interesting choice of red cast… just before she meets Joo Won. Is our sun coming out?

The man threatened a lightening strike curse on JW and JW only averted it because of Tae Yang.

When JW put down the armrest divider somehow it reminded me of what I would do with my sibling… it’s instantly childish.

Gong Sil, when they stop at the rest stop place, is still wearing white (even white jeans). (Where she meets another ghost)

Again, white with the person digging for the article in the dirt. (Ghost hunting clothes)

JW changes also into white clothes with a blue top and handkerchief when looking at the picture of the dead bride.

GS changes into white and faintly blue clothes. If you noticed earlier I said he was wearing yellow, with a blue kerchief and a black jacket. So she’s taken some of his color. (or if you want to be symbolic, the clouds are parting) Also their colors match between the scenes.

Also, the guy with the ax here shows up later. (I missed this the first time around).

During her flashbacks she’s wearing colored clothes.

When she’s discovered and called a cat, she’s wearing red–sun clothes. She repeats the sun-colored clothes. in subsequent scenes.

The ghost also comes from the mirror. Reflection in the sense of the ghosts being a reflection of the living comes into play here literally.

The living are more scary than the dead. As for the theme of the episode it’s spelled out by our two mains: “As the dead lingers around, the living person suffers in the end.” pits against the theme of “The dead have no power, but their hearts remain.”

The first is the perspective of those living and the second is the perspective of those who are dead and gone. Which is a nice parallelism, I think.

Summary: I thought this episode was easy to get on several accounts. There is a character uneasy and not getting sleep at night. The humans are more vicious than the ghosts. The “Sun” character is getting blocked by literal rain and rain clouds. She wears white, when dealing with the ghosts and she is gloomy like a cloud floating most of the time.

The same colors of green, white and blue are reused in the episode in a different and brighter context. Which gives me the feeling that it really has to do with your perspective on the matter… in one context they are creepy, but then with JW, they represent happiness and light of the world.

JW becomes the sun in GS’s sky and the episode actually gets brighter as it goes.

This fits with the theme of the episode and plays around with their names.

The theme was also spelled out for us….

I also think that the deliberate use of the mirror and the them show the connection between death and life. Mirrors are traditionally used to reflect souls.

White is the color of the traditional Korean burial. And literally, the sun is slowly coming out for both our characters as their colors match and their hearts come closer together.

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