Yeon Woo's outfits are like so beautiful. Dress me up princess. She looks so chic and so hot. Like that hanbok top with a sliver of skin seen at her waist. I am eating that up mam. Please step on me, gently.

Are we going to get our first modern body drop? 😱(or technically second bc I think grandpa just dropped fake bride #1 off in the woods to die in a blink and miss it scene)

I'm glad Tae Ha's Noble Idiot moment only lasted for a short bit and we're now going to have them be together, want to be together, and face future obstacles together despite what anyone else want.

Roller coaster feeling with ep8 my demon and the story of park marriage contract

Ep8 my demon yes to all happiness of hug and kiss at the ending

But the preview of ep9 makes me worry for next week due to gu won losing all his demon power???? Woah I can't stop worrying ..plus can't imagine what will happened except for pain

I know it's going to be a sweet ep coz they will start lovey dovey but guwon will lose his power and do hee will self blame herself again making gu won a human

I hope it's different from my expectation

I have to focus on the sweet part and stop worrying about guwon losing demon capibility

On ep8 the story of park marriage , it's like a future for ep9 for my demon but I just don't know how will gu won react on losing his demon power

It's like these two drama passing baton on making my heart and brain hurt at the same time

Nonetheless the kiss on the park marriage is top notch and I like the back hug , I was wishing for gu won to do back hug for ep9

Hopefully my wish came true..coz I was hoping he get up when do hee was thinking on the balcony..it's look like a great spot for a back hug

Need to let my thoughts out before it's killing me.

Again my opinion..I hope writernim will satisfy my curiosity next week and please no more pain..or maybe a moderate pain..u only at ep9..we have more ep to come

In park marriage contract ,it's 4 ep left..so u can do whatever u want..I just wish for a happy ending

The fanfic idea in my head based after the end of the drama The Story of Park's Marriage Contract

Kang Tae Ha have a car accident, then he has amnesia. Miraculously, Tae Ha remembers his past memories but forget his current memories, reverting him back to his Joseon self. Yeon Woo is totally in dilemma with this matter.

It will be full of comedy with how Tae Ha and Yeon Woo's roles reversed, that Tae Ha is bewildered by the New Joeson. But then it will be full with angst with how Yeon Woo is in dilemma to see his husband reverts back to her (ex) past husband.

I wonder if anyone wants to read it

Love a ML who loses his entire sanity and sense of reality and self after one (1) kiss

Lee Seyoung x Bae Inhyuk [MBC]

Extraordinary Attorney Woo + Tumblr Text Posts

Jun-ho. You still eat lunch with Young-woo, right? Yes, that's right. Is it really fun listening to her talk about whales? Well... I was fine with it at first too. I thought it was great for me since she tells me all these things when people have to make time to watch documentaries. Up to blue whales, humpback whales, and dolphins, it was honestly fun to hear about them. But when you get to narwhals, and the Yangtze river dolphins, it gets exhausting. I was crying because I failed a test, but then she came in after getting the highest grade, talking about how the whale's ancestor is the Pakicetus. It really made me want to smack her. Look, I haven't even forgotten about that wretched Pakicetus! Attorney Choi, I'm not sure if I'm following you. 

EXTRAORDINARY ATTORNEY WOO (2022)

"Had she initiated a peck, he would have turned it into an intense lip lock" pairings in KDramas

Ku San Young(Kim Tae Ri) and Lee Hong Sae(Hong Kyung) in Revenant

Cha Se Eum(Kim Young Ae) and Yoo Jeong Jae(Lee Moon Sang) in Maestra: Strings of Truth

Lee Gang Hyeon( Park Ji Hyun) and Jin Yi Soo(Ahn Bo Hyun) in Flex x Cop

Lim Jukyung(Moon Gayoung) and Han Seojun(Hwang Inyeop) in True Beauty

Oh In Joo (Kim Go Eun) and Choi Do il(Wi Ha Joon) in Little Women(2022)

Kang Nam Soon (Lee Yoomi) and Ryu Shi Oh (Byun Woo Seok) in Strong Woman Kang Nam Soon

Bonus: Japanese Drama Couple

Didn't get a better GIF for them

Kokuryu Kirika(Mio Imada) and Tennoji Haru (Meguro Ren) in Trillion Game

Why is no one talking about how In-ha is such a textbook sub:

Bratty✅

Attention Seeking✅

Daddy Issues✅✅✅

Constantly looks at his dom Tae-oh with horny eyes✅☑️✔️✅☑️✔️✅

Joseon!Tae Ha trying to live his best platonic life with Yeon Woo, who he has been secretly loving and looking after since their first meeting as children because he accepted and respected that she fell in love with his reincarnated self😭😭😭

His love and yearning for her lasted for 200 years and carried through time and space so that he could be reborn to love her again and receive her love this time. His love and yearning for Yeon Woo also carried her back to modern time if we're supposed to make that connection based on the scene sequences between the page flip of his diary and her reappearance 😭😭😭

Ep12 The Story of Park Marriage Contract (Finale) short review

Happy ending😭

I'm so glad Yeon woo come back to present time

Thank you writernim.

But sad ending for joseon tae ha..😭

No complaint on the ending as I'm just happy that Yeon woo is back to tae ha plus theres a wedding scene and kiss scene

Sa wol and sung pyo also got their happy ending

Thank you writernim, directornim all actor and actress and all that involved in making this wonderful and healing drama.

Ratings:

4.9🦋/5🦋

Coz joseon tae ha got friend zoned and die😭

The Story of Park's Marriage Contract (2023)

Okay, here we go. I didn't expect this drama to leave such a deep impression inside me... I simply tried to watch it because "oh, the premise sounds interesting" then I went into a rabbit hole. 

What I'm really surprised was, I cried from the first episode. I remember how the past Tae Hae left me a deep impression just like how Yeon Woo was longing for her late husband. But this drama touched a trope that has been bugging me for years watching reincarnation drama. The future Tae Hae doesn't want to be the replacement of the past Tae Hae, that is what the future Tae Hae points out to Yeon Woo before their relationship goes further. And Yeon Woo admits that she sees him as different person no matter how both Tae Hae are so similar. 

At first, I'm really happy for that trope, because despite being the reincarnation, both Tae Hae are different people. 

But the last episode of this drama broke me like nothing else would. I really didn't expect for Yeon Wo to go back to Jeoseon, met her husband there and severed their marriage there. It broke me to piece and I'm reminded that I cried for the past Tae Hae in the first episode. 

The past Tae Hae doesn't do anything wrong (he just did what he thought the best given the situations), he is simply unfortunate because Yeon Woo already gave her heart to the future Tae Hae, not him. Not even the striking similarity and his sincere approach waves her, and it broke me. The past Tae Hae, while having better end than the previous time line, still ended rather tragic because Yeon Woo refused to give her heart to him until the last moment. 

The fact that not even how the past Tae Hae saw his future self doesn't wave her and she stays firm to the end, with his love being unrequited forever.

This is what I really love but also hate for this drama. I'm amazed that Yeon Woo stayed true to her heart and differentiated between her (ex) husband and her future lover. But my heart broke for the past Tae Hae because boy, he is really simply unlucky. 

I mean, if only Yeon Woo can comfort him for his last moment, maybe I won't be so broken-hearted like this, but again, that is what I love and hate from this drama. 

I think the past Tae Hae also deserves love, even if just a little, from Yeon Woo. Rather than him only being the bridge of how Yeon Wo and future Tae Ha can be reunited again. 

If the drama left me unsatisfied, then I should just write it on my own. Right. Let's do it!

PS: But it is just me hoping to make a fanfic about this drama but whether I have enough motivation to do is a different matter

the impossible heir episodes 1-4 ramblings

Last week was an eventful one for Lee Jae Wook, Hong Su Zu, and Lee Jun-young's The Impossible Heir. Not only was last week the premiere of the series, but Dispatch, the popular Korean tabloid, released "earth-shattering" news that Lee Jae Wook was dating aespa's Karina. This garnered controversy and scrutiny towards the show and could have contributed to its ratings. However, as a self-professed Lee Jae Wook fan, I tuned in to watch the show last week regardless of the news. The Impossible Heir is arguable Lee Jae Wook's first "adult" show. Much of his prior work involved dramas that catered to the YA audience and for the first time we see him essaying a far more mature and morally dubious character as Han Tae Oh. While the show is marketed as having three leads, in my opinion, Tae Oh steals the show.

In the first episode, we are introduced to a teenage Han Tae Oh. The son of a murderer, for the sake of his and his mother's safety, he's forced by himself to a small town. Unlike his peers, he has no legal guardian and rents a rundown house in the village. Before the first day of school, he manages to provoke the ire of Kang In Ha, the illegitimate son of the Kang-Oh chaebol family. While the two boys are initially at odds with each other and even end up having a dramatic fight in the school lunchroom, the episode ends with an unlikely partnership- Tae Oh offering to use his intelligence to help In Ha achieve the impossible- the opportunity to be the next heir of Kang Oh Group over his two legitimate half brothers.

Over the next three episodes, we see Tae Oh and In Ha grow up as college students and later employees at Kang Oh. During their college years, we see a blossoming friendship between the two as In Ha becomes Tae Oh's only companion during their time at Hankuk University. Alongside their internal scheming to take over Kang Oh, we see glimpses that their friendship is no different from any other peers. They have birthday meals, eat lunch together in the cafeteria, and drink late night beers from the convenience. In Ha constantly chides Tae Oh for working too many part time jobs, but remains the dutiful wealthy friend that is willing to book a tutoring gig for Tae Oh or drop him off at work to help him financially stay afloat. The dynamics between both men take a sharp turn with the introduction of Na Hye-Won, who both male leads end up falling for though she ultimately ends up dating In Ha, mainly because she views In Ha as her key to overcoming poverty and acquiring wealth and prestige.

Just as episode two ends, the show takes another five year time leap and both men are working for Kang Oh group. Hye-Won also becomes what appears to be a staff member for a political party. The three remain as co-conspirators in their efforts to take over Kang Oh Group. Of the three, perhaps the person who gets closest to the chairman, Kang Jun Mo, is Tae Oh, who ascends to the role of his personal secretary. Tae Oh becomes Jun Mo's greatest asset and trusted confidante. Through his role, he starts to move the game pieces that would create a clear path of succession for In Ha.

The weakest aspect of the The Impossible Heir 's writing has to be Na Hye Won's character arc. Nothing about her frankly makes any sense. During the second episode, we are introduced to Hye Won as both In Ha's and Tae Oh's classmate and Tae Oh's neighbor. While its obvious that Tae Oh may have developed feelings for Hye Won due to their chance encounters, In Ha's feelings arise out of nowhere- to the point that it almost feels like he only wants Hye Won because he wants to take a person Tae Oh cherishes from him. However, if this was the case, the intensity of love that In Ha develops for Hye Won makes no sense. Furthermore, its puzzling to see the two boys so readily accept a stranger as a partner in developing and implementing a plan they have spent years working on together. Exacerbating this poor placement of the female lead is her poor portrayal by Hong Su Zu. Hong Su Zu's acting has been widely criticized by the Korean audience since the airing of the second episode. While I could see others' complaints last week, it did not initially bother me as much. However, the poor acting has become glaringly apparent in this week's episodes. If Hye Won is supposed to be who she's written to be- a morally grey character who is willing to do whatever it takes, including playing with someone's feelings, to escape her present circumstances, I would expect her to be desperate, shrewd, cunning, manipulative, and charismatic. However, the version that is presented to us is so blasé, stoic, and mediocre. Hong Su Zu's expressions and delivery are extremely limited- it's hard to swallow the thought that she's supposed to be a crucial main character.

Conversely, Tae-Oh's arc is the strongest point in the writing. As audience members, we are gripped by the elusive question- what does Tae-Oh get from this partnership? Why is he fiercely loyal to In Ha? and Does he truly want the best for his friend or is he planning on throwing him under the bus? Lee Jae Wook excels in playing the ambitious yet guarded Tae Oh, who becomes the "catalyst" of the story. Without Tae Oh, there's no plot. While Hye Won is a disappointing female lead, I was surprised by the chemistry between Tae-Oh and Choi Hee Jin's Kang Huiju, the younger half sister of Kang In Ha. Huiju develops an obsessive never-ending one-sided crush on Tae Oh when he becomes her short-lived mathematics tutor. At first glance, it's easy to brush her off as a minor character, but the amount of screen time she receives on the show suggests otherwise and Choi Hee Jin excels in playing the "petulant spoiled brat who surprisingly may be the only person in her family with a conscience".

If Tae Oh is a volcano patiently waiting to erupt at the right time,Huiju is a raging forest fire traveling at 100 mph. Her love and desire for Tae Oh is all consuming and destructive- something she wholeheartedly embraces but Tae-Oh fears. When Huiju's spontaneity comes to a head with Tae Oh's restraint, we see an electrifying chemistry between the two and we see another dimension of Tae Oh. While he can be avoidant and harsh, he is also gentle, kind, and protective. Its this internal push and pull that makes their relationship worth exploring.

One of the highlights of the latest episode was when Huiji confronts Tae Oh in a parking garage adamantly professing that she will force her parents to agree to their marriage and that she "will protect" Tae-Oh. I found her confession interesting on many levels because so far, all of Tae-Oh's relationships are exploitative. The other characters including his closest friend In Ha are only concerned about what Tae Oh can do for them and this is the first time we see someone offering to do something for him with no reciprocity. It's unclear if Hui Ju is a red herring or someone who will grow to be an integral part of Tae-Oh's life. As a viewer, I have to say that this relationship is one of the main draws to the show and is something that the writers utilize appropriately.

Overall, Impossible Heir is a Malthusian and Machiavellian drama that wholeheartedly embraces the capitalistic jungle. It may not be a show that fans of prior Lee Jae Wook's dramas will love, but it still deserves to be given a chance.

Rating: ⭐️ ⭐️.75/5