Title: The RUNWAY
Author: Domi, Nokdu
Canvas or Original: Original
Publication year: 2021
Genre: romance
Blurb: Jian, an editor of the fashion magazine The Runway, impulsively leaves for Paris after finding out about her ex-fiancé's affair. She meets a mysterious, handsome, and somewhat-cynical guy who helped her with pickpockets, and ends up having a one-night stand with him. Three months later, she meets him again...at her office, as an elite new chief editor from France.
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Recently saw a translation of KTO's interview on Twitter that says "KTO's favorite nickname is Young-woo's husband" but actually there are SO MANY CONTEXTS MISSING
What he actually said is that he really enjoyed a meme calling him 'HYL' (Husband of Young-woo Later on) which is a parody of his previous drama, 'The Tale of Nokdu'
KTO was a gentle second lead in the romcom history drama (at least we thought he'd be)
Then in the middle of the series he suddenly turned out to be
A psychopath villain which is based on a real king of Joseon, King Injo. KTO immediately got quite famous after this scene since it was such a twist (not just because gentle second lead turned into a scary villain, but because real Injo is such a terrible king/father and most koreans hate him to guts lol so ppl who loved him as the gentle second lead were so devastated that he was actually King Injo lmao) and had so much impact.
Anyways, this korean subtitle revealing his identity in this famous scene says "Prince Neungyang, King Injo Later on" and it became a meme when a korean eaw fan made this
"Lee Jun-ho, Husband of Young-woo Later on"
with the exact history drama style subtitle lol and korean eaw fans started calling this meme and also nicknamed Jun-ho as HYL. So that's why KTO said this is his favorite nickname 🤣
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The Tale of Nokdu 조선로코-녹두전
South Korea, 2019, dir. Kim Dong-hwi.
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Historical kdramas ⚔
The Red Sleeve
Sungkyunkwan Scandal
100 Days My Prince
The King's Affection
Love In The Moonlight
Mr Sunshine
The Moon Embracing The Sun
Tale Of Nokdu
Hwarang
Queen For Seven Days
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Hi I loved your recs! I was wondering if you could rec some shows that have the found family trope? Thank you !
sure! here's a few of my favorites to get you started!
mystic pop-up bar is one of my favorite kdramas! premise is that a 20-something year old guy named kang bae has a weird ability where whenever anyone touches him, they're compelled to tell the truth/confess secrets. he comes across a pop-up bar one night ran by weol ju, an immortal shaman who is cursed to resolve the grudges of 10,000 humans or she won't be able to reincarnate and gwi, who is a former Ghost Cop who is helping weol ju complete her mission. kang bae teams up with them, because his ability is really useful for finding out grudges!, with a promise from weol ju that if he helps her resolve the grudges she'll remove his powers. the first ep is a little meh, but keep going! one of the best, most feel-good found family stories there is
a journey to love is a wuxia roadtrip that has a band of elite soldiers teaming up with the world's most dangerous assassin and a sheltered princess in disguise as a man. character-driven and centered on the bonds everyone makes!! warning: sad ending
vincenzo has a found family...mafia style! a mafia guy from italy comes to south korea in search of gold, teams up with a crooked lawyer, and collects a bunch of loveable weirdos as he takes on an Evil Pharma company
go ahead is a cdrama that completely runs on the premise of how important it is to have a family of choice. three kids are raised by two dads from separate families, and have to navigate the toxic relationships they have with their birth parents
tale of nokdu is a gender-reversal cross-dressing kdrama that also has a running theme of how important it is to have a family of choice. everyone by the end of the show becomes a big, motley family and the ending is a pure shot of serotonin. premise begins with nokdu disguising himself as a woman to enter an all-women's village in order to find out about some assassins that have been targeting his family
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are you watching my dearest? if not I really recommend it!
I'm not watching My Dearest :(
It's on my list I promise!! but I really don't enjoy historical dramas (I know it's an inherent flaw in my soul). I have to be in the mood for them so I've only finished a handful?
the red sleeve
crowned clown
scarlet heart ryeo (I know it's only sorta one)
tale of nokdu
mr. queen
red sky (blurgh)
alchemy of souls and kingdom but they aren't really saeguks
I hate crown politics like i hate business corruption stuff lol.
UPDATE:
I just realized My Dearest is only 10 episodes which means it's a "different kind of kdrama that's usually my kind of kdrama."
so.... I might start it if I catch up on my other shows! (I'm a clown yall)
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GQ Korea 2022.9 Preview
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