JANG HAN-SEO: # treason.
summary. yet another angsty introspective character narrative. mentions of emotional & physical abuse (obviously). me being upset (again).
word count. 0.4k. timeline. spoilers for up to episode 6.
Jang Han-seo was a traitor.
In his mind, there would be no denying it. Both him and Joon-woo recognized it as fact, and they always had. Han-seo’s half brother was waiting for the day of betrayal, preparing for it, setting up traps in it. His fate was to try and escape, and reach, and fail. But still, the truth was no secret, though he declared it false every time he was challenged. Han-seo hated Joon-woo, and so he was a traitor. And part of being a traitor meant that he had hope.
This life—it was dreadful, vexing, and violent. But there were things he wished were real. He wished he really could be the CEO of a company. He wished the company was run properly, that so many people didn’t have to die. Han-seo wished that his employees didn’t see him as the tyrant Joon-woo had puppeted him to become. He wished that his brother’s dark, twisted amity was real. He wished that his life of affluence was genuinely as comfortable as it ought to be.
He wished that he didn’t have to shudder while walking around his own home in daylight.
Today was going to change a lot of things. Joon-woo was going to reveal himself to those two from Wusang. Their names were forgotten to Han-seo. He didn’t remember names consistently. He didn’t remember much, mind rotted away by a past with drugs, by trauma to the head from Han-seok’s violence, and from his self-distrust learned from Joon-woo’s friendly reminders. In a way, today meant that he wouldn’t have to pretend anymore that he was the mastermind behind the company. And in a way, that was a relief, because he hated what was happening to Babel.
But today was going to change Han-seo’s fear. It was going to increase it.
Knowing that Joon-woo was starting to reveal himself meant that he was coming out of the shadows. And with him came the demons that lived there, no longer restrained to threatening and abjecting Han-seo in privacy.
As Han-seo’s fear increased, so did his hope—irrational, desperate hope that someone would see the truth and save him from it.
It was pointless. He knew. He knew because nobody stood up to him. Despite his position, he still had a slight reputation for being incompetent, but still nobody stood up to the cruelty and manipulation Joon-woo had coaxed him into.
It was pointless, but Han-seo still hoped.
And this was why Jang Han-seo was a traitor.
author's note. woo girl i am back in my FUCK JANG HAN-SEOK feels. someone give this guy a hug because i am upset and going to cry over it and have NO words for what this show does to me between laughs and gasps
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Rewatching Vincenzo and seeing Joon-woo comment on Cha Young's watch in episode 3
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Upcoming Kdrama January 2024 🌈
1/1: Marry My Husband with Park Min Young, Na In Woo, Lee Yi Kyung. 16 episodes; rom-com, fantasy.
2/1: Love Song for Illusion with Park Ji Hoon, Ji Woo, Hwang Hee. 16 episodes; historical, romance, fantasy.
12/1: Knight Flower with Lee Hanui, Lee Jong Won, Lee Ki Woo. 12 episodes; historical, mystery, comedy.
17/1: A Shop for Killers with Lee Dong Wook, Kim Hye Joon, Seo Hyun Woo. 8 episodes; action, thriller.
19/1: the Bequeathed with Kim Hyun Joo, Park Hee Soon, Park Byung Eun. 6 episodes; thriller, mystery.
19/1: LTNS with Ahn Jae Hong, Esom. 6 episodes; rom-com.
21/1: Captivating the King with Jo Jung Seok, Shin Se Kyung, Lee Shin Young. 16 episodes; historical, melodrama.
26/1: Flex X Cop with Ahn Bo Hyun, Park Ji Hyun, Kwak Si Yang. 16 episodes; action, mystery, rom-com.
27/1: Doctor Slump with Park Shin Hye, Park Hyung Shik, Yoon Park. 16 episodes; medical, rom-com.
31/1: Queen of Divorce with Lee Ji Ah, Kang Ki Young, Oh Min Suk. 12 episodes; law, drama.
Let's start the year with some good dramas!!
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peak romance is saying "be on my side"
"All I wanted, was for you to be on my side. I would've done anything for that to happen." – kang yohan | the devil judge
"Hit me all you want, but be on my side; because even when you hit me, it's for my sake." – nam shin | are you human too?
"I thought you were on my side." – ryu shi oh | strong girl namsoon
bonus: "no matter what, you must stay by my side." – ryu shi oh | strong girl nam soon
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비밀의 숲 / Secret Forest, S01E03
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To My Star 2: Our Untold Stories
2022, dir. Hwang Da Seul
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This post goes out to our emotionally distant crotch rocket bisexuals & their emotional support himbos!
& let’s not forget our emotionally present if just confused scooter boys…
Between Us / Win & Team
Love in the Air / Payu & Rain
Kinn Porsche / Kinn & Porsche
The Lovely Writer / Tiffy & Tum
Not Me / Sean & White
To My Star & To My Star 2: Our Untold Story / Seo Joon & Ji Woo
My Ride / Mork & Tawan
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Shirtless male leads in kdramas 🔥
Gong Yoo- Coffee Prince
Park Hyung Sik- High Society
Ahn Hyo Seop- Lovers Of The Red Sky
Ji Chang Wook- The K2
Lee Dong Wook- Bad And Crazy
Woo Do Hwan- My Country The New Age
Park Seo Joon- Midnight Runners
Kim Soo Hyun- It's Okay Not To Be Okay
Ahn Bo Hyun- Military Prosecutor Doberman
Rowoon- The King's Affection
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real friends grab each other by the scruff of the neck
⇢ Cha Seo Won as Yoon Tae Joon and Han Do Woo as Kim Dong Hee (Unintentional Love Story, 2023)
for @khaotunq
+ bonus, a sack of potatoes:
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