JenL

On 9/15/2022 at 5:02 AM, stroppyse said:

 

LOL. I had to look up who Seo Kang Joon was, though I recognized him as soon as I saw him. I think he's been really hit and miss for me, so I tend not to watch his projects.

 

@Tofu I don't think the vet looks like SKJ at all. There are a couple of scenes though where he almost reminds me of Jun, though not really. I think Jun is a lot cuter. But the vet is cute here as well.

I can see why people think he looks like SKJ, but they're not that similar as well  I think it's maybe face shape and stature rather than features?

On 9/15/2022 at 5:18 AM, Nohamahmoud2002 said:

Watched episode 5, so the vet recognizes JY. I like the optimism and positivity of JY.

She is so very cheerful! Hahahha also I feel like she's just very obviously crushing on ML 

On 9/8/2022 at 11:48 PM, abs-oluteM said:

I see some people having SLS but not me....ahahaah. He's cute but completely gives me the friendzoned vibe. Plus I am not fond of people sucking on other people's wounds to disinfect it. Yikes! My OCD just comes out after that. To be fair , I see that tension between the leads. 

 

Hahaha For the one of the first times ever, I don't have second lead syndrome and I'm fully backing the main lead (cc: @mademoiselle and @Tofu)  

Is it just me, or does he look realllllllllly young? Like I feel like he could be FL's young brother 

On 9/9/2022 at 1:18 AM, Tofu said:

I'm surprised all of you are watching! I picked this up on a whim on Monday because I noticed Joy was in it. I'm not a huge fan of hers (still traumatized by Tempted) but I find her very cute. It's a light and fluffy drama. There's nothing spectacular about it, but it's a nice watch. 

 

I can't like the ML too much because in his next drama he'll be in a love triangle with Jang Dong Yoon. 

I've never watched Joy before - I assume she's an idol? What was so terrile about Tempted? In this role she seems very cute and this is so light hearted! I'm kind of surprised I picked this up too, but also not because not because I'm a sucker for warm small town dramas (Dramas I've picked up/ continued for this reason: DDSSLLS, Racket Boys, When the Weather was Fine, Yong Jiu Grocery Store etc) 

On 9/9/2022 at 1:33 AM, abs-oluteM said:

@JenL Rom-com but with a slice of country life. I am already up to speed. Each episode is only 30 minutes and so easy to watch. 

Hahahaha, you know you really sold this to me when you said each episode is 30mins  But I'm loving it -- it's super digestable and the romance is cute too,

On 9/9/2022 at 6:24 AM, stroppyse said:

This drama has a non-traditional format, probably because it's also being shown on kakao tv. So, the episodes are short, and there are three episodes being shown per week. That means only 3 more weeks to go. Over so soon!

 

 

I also don't have any hint of SLS. Though actually, rather than a friend zone, it feels as if Ja Young treats him like a little brother.

 

It seems that some of the townspeople are pushing for JY to marry the peach farmer because they fear that if she marries anyone else that she may move away. She seems to do a lot for the village, and not just as a policewoman.

 

 

I am curious to know what their childhood relationship was, and why he forgot about her.

 

Damn over so soon!!!  But I guess that's what's nice too - when a series is short and sweet there's less angst and bad writing/ falling off the tracks.

Totallly agree - I feel like this town would fall apart if she moved away! But sh can still marry the vet - she just needs to convince him to stay   I think the peach farmer is their preference because they also know and trust him and he's one of them and  not a 'cold' outsider!

On 9/13/2022 at 1:47 AM, stroppyse said:

Also, we see how a young JYul gave a dog to JYoung when they were children. I noticed that JYul doesn't say a word in their flashback scene together, and wondered whether it was just after JYul lost his parents, and so was traumatized? It would explain why he doesn't remember her, while she remembers him. Though, if JYul grew up with his grandparents, why does he not know the village? Unless he subsequently went away to boarding school perhaps? I find myself doing some mental gymnastics to come up with plausible scenarios of how his grandparents could have raised JYul, and yet JYul has only minimal knowledge of his grandparents hometown. Actually, the more details we get, the more confusing it feels.

Yeah, he didn't say a word which was weird! And though I definitely felt like that was on purpose to portray something about the character, I also didn't think that child actor looked very natural doing it - he looked a little eager  Sorry kid, I know you're trying your best 

On 9/9/2022 at 9:00 PM, SilverMoonTea said:

My spirit animal lol

I'm a people person and these sentences still apply to me 

On 9/13/2022 at 5:12 AM, Nohamahmoud2002 said:

I like the funny nosy ajummas. However, if I were in the ML's shoes I won't like it.

I love nosy villagers in dramas, but it would be hard in real life. I think because they can be sooooooooo friendly but no boundaries would be overbearing!

On 9/14/2022 at 11:30 AM, Tofu said:

@SilverMoonTea I don't know about you, but maybe the 2ML should just go back to not saying anything at all like he did in Inspector Koo. 

Hahaha, poor guy is having a hard time holding his feelings in and we're all like, no, shove those feelings back inside!

(But I still like the first lead this time )

Dropping some Twitter posts:

Oh and for you, @abs-oluteM - I'm not really a melo person, but I'd be ok with this melo, especially since she looks so pretty in her Do You Like Brahms style 

 Welcome to my Dream Taebin Photoshoot: Part 2 

You're all free to save them and use them. If possible to credit, please credit: These Dramatic Days (which is the name of all the things I do relating to my dramas - Youtube subbing, podcast, blog etc etc). Haha, prepare for more matching KTO & PEB photos ...and I even name my photoshoots LOL 

You can see the matching pastel photos (Part 1) by scrolling up this thread!

Scent of Spring (Monochrome)

Monochrome is a mood

21 hours ago, innrukia said:

I'm glad I'm able to join the party. I don't know how much work you have done to come out with these lovely matching photos. It's truly a treasure, especially to Taebin fans.

Hahaha, I'm glad people are liking it and it's getting quite a few retweets so it must be comforting to some fans  I've got to put up today's batch in a minute.

21 hours ago, innrukia said:

Yes, I saw a few comments criticizing the role, claiming that Lee Junho was an easy character to play. I wasn't sure if the comments were genuine or the result of inconsiderate fans. It is not an easy role to play. Lee Junho, as you mentioned, had no backstory and very little dialogue, and his role was to support WYW. When an actor overacts, the role becomes annoying or weak. KTO did the character justice and brought him to life. It just makes the character seem nice. If the plot doesn't make sense or some actors just act with their "pretty face," I simply fast forward (TKA) or drop the drama (Doom). But it was not the same for EAW, I even watched it for 2 times already

I saw people who didn't like EAW or LJH as having 2 main opinions: 1) Those who thought Jun Ho wasn't a deep character/ unrealistic and 2) those who thought the role was too easy to play. And while I kind of can see why people might think that Jun Ho wasn't 'deep' because he didn't have an explicit backstory, I also think those people have it wrong - not every character in a drama needs to have some massive trauma to be considered having a backstory. Maybe I'm somewhat privileged, but most people I know seem to have a number of small happy and sad things happen to them. So I think Jun Ho actually does represent a lot of average people and actually, it's the other way around that male leads who are rich CEOS and had super abusive parents are less relatable for most average people, if you ask me! 

Totally agree with how nuanced the role actually was! I think a lot of actors would agree that the flatter and more loveable a character is the harder it is to play. I remember reading an interview with the actor James McAvoy where he said it's really hard to play a romantic hero because the director keeps telling you to look hot and he said he struggled to think of how best to make expressions people would think were hot   And you can really see that Kang Tae Oh sometimes had this as well - like in the office scene where he had to be super charismatic and hi five everyone since he's so popular...in the behind the scenes you could see KTO struggle not to make it awkward especially since he didn't really know the people he as hi-fiving  

Also he had to do so many micro-expressions regarding his complicated feelings for WYW because JH really liked her, but also knew it was going to be a challenging path, he also had to balance feelings like consideration, confusion, empathy, disappointment, hurt, desire, desperation, contentment - often several feelings at once or close together. It's amazing that KTO was able to do this without over acting.

Also agree with your other comment - KTO has worked very hard for his success. And I think those who said he was milking it don't understand that actually the media are the ones who are wanting him to play his character over and over again because the public love it so much. It's less him than it is the public who are asking for KTO in Korea (and internationally). Oh well, I guess when something is popular, there's always going to be haters who just want to find something to hate for no good reason 

19 hours ago, buguz said:

I'm on the same boat with you about KTO. It's bittersweet that I just now discovered him and he's about to go into hiatus for a long 2 years. I'm absolutely convinced by his portrayal of LJH and for me especially, LJH could have  be that weekest link had it not been for KTO (case in point: Why Her). What's more impressive for me was that KTO knew from beginning how flat LJH could potentially be, and still determined to bring the character to life. The guy has heart, depth and determination, and finally got the chance to earn his popularity on a global scale. Of course, PEB equally played the other important role in making us weak for them. Also, same with you on TKA, i did not find PEB and RW chemistry as naturally flowing.

 

Ah, better late than never! And even though it's terribly sad he has to go to the military, he will be back and hopefully have a successful post military career like Lee Je Hoon does now. I've been watching KTO for at least 5 years? I always thought he was cute and liked his roles, but nothing has stuck this deeply till now! I agree with you - I think he's worked so hard to make this character what it is - even researching how to make scenes flow better and look more aesthetic and believable like the body press/hug scene. 

I also agree - while I enjoyed TKA and I like RW as an actor in his own right, I didn't feel the RW & PEB chemistry. I actually had second lead syndome the entire time with Nam Yoon Su's character 

Oooh if you like podcasts, I also have a podcast on EAW...I'm making a second episode now like a month after EAW has ended and it will talk about Taebin as well as the drama itself. But the first episode is here. A lot of things I said about Jun Ho's character were later confirmed by KTO in his interviews which I'm happy about  Haha, I don't think I'm as funny as your other podcast probably is, but I like to talk a lot  Also dropping more photoshoot pics tooday!

5 hours ago, innrukia said:

To feed this thread, I’m reviewing the behind the scenes and interaction of Uri Taebin. I’ll share it in a few days. Not only that, but I’m also planning to view PEB's past behind the scenes with her past ML as well. Let’s see if we have something to discuss here while we wait for 2024. I've never done this before, but hey, given my job involves interpreting people's behaviour and body language, maybe it may be entertaining.

 

By the way, I saw someone share that a few people went and asked the fortune teller about KTO and PEB. I'm not into this stuff, but I'm sharing it here for everyone to enjoy!

 

ps: anyone can help me to past the youtube or Twitter link?

Yay! Please do share your reviews and thoughts especially since yoou sound like you know what you're doing in reading people 

Hahaha, can't believe people are seeing fortune teller for PEB and KTO  

Oooh, what did you need help on? Was it about dropping a link on this page - you just need to paste the entire link down and it should appear as far as I know for twitter and youtube.

5 hours ago, taebinfan said:

amazing acting skills and chemistry! KTO is the best ml for PEB, so far!

am gonna use google translator to understand the scriptbook!

Thanks for sharing the links to the scriptbook content! I've seen it floating around on Twitter and it's been so nice to read WYW and JH's thoughts and see the scenes through their minds and feelings and intentions 

19 hours ago, mademoiselle said:

In chinese it probably can be substituted with "深情的眼神", huh? I never knew how to appropriately translate 深情 and 眼神 in English.

 

Her acting from her previous dramas were bad. 

I think so! I tend to think of gazing as that type of really slow, deep look that someone gives - sometimes full of love, sometimes just checking someone out 

I'll tell you what I hate translating: 放电 

Honestly, people say it's chemistry or enticing someone...and I guess I translate it like that when I have to...but like it's has a more poetic or visual expression in Chinese than English that's for sure. And it makes sense!

18 hours ago, Tofu said:

@mademoiselle I have four adoptions this year so far. I'm a bit unsure about Kim Min Gyu though. I might have to un-adopt him because I think I was just more interested in his character and not so much him....we'll see. I might just keep him on and forget about him like @SilverMoonTea and her adoptions. 

4 is a lot! Hahahaha, I've lost track of how many I have but I think it's less than 4. I can't even count KTO since he was technically adopted already...but just bumped up massively from eye candy to VERY important in my life 

I've got to go back and see what I watched this year 

12 hours ago, mademoiselle said:

Kim Min Kyu is cute. I adopted him too (but forgot). Technically last night after I asked you guys about this, I was wondering who were the first two Oppa I adopted other than Lei Lei. Completely forgotten.

Hahaha omg. I also adopted him and forgot 

Is he so forgetable? Well, only eye candy for me, so he has to work harder  I mean, has he been in anything lately?

9 hours ago, SilverMoonTea said:

@mademoiselletime flies so fast  I definitely not doing as great as before. It's like 20's oppa kind of. Some I need to roll my head who is this and why I do the adoption 

There's still 3 months @SilverMoonTea...still time to work harder and adopt more 

9 hours ago, SilverMoonTea said:

Prominent that I really love : Cheng Yi, J oppa Tomoya, Nam Gil . Actually that @JenL@TofuNam Yom Su left over guy also so cute.

Aw Nam Yoon Su! I have a confession: While I really like him as an actor, I can't stand his photoshoots. He wears the weirdest clothes in modelling  

4 hours ago, SilverMoonTea said:

This pilot J oppa also adopted... damn handsome...

Hahahaha. You like the guy or the uniform? 

4 hours ago, abs-oluteM said:

@JenL @SilverMoonTea Vet oppa is  very new in drama land . Don't think you'll really need to check his other shows. Tea, he was in Police University. And also School 2021

I will check out his dramas going forwards and not backwards! 

1 hour ago, Tofu said:

 

This year, I paid more attention to the oppas I've already adopted before. 

 

Amen to this 

So I'm still subbing because that takes me awhile, but I thought I would giive you guys present Number #1...Taebin Photoshoot

We never got a photoshoot and who knows if we ever will  So I made my own  I'm sure everyone has played the matchy matchy game with PEB & KTO's photos, but I don't think I've seen them compiled all together anywhere, so I thought I'd do it here...I have like 50 photos so sorry it's it's a bit hevy on your computers! I'll try to post them in batches...I even gave themes/ names for photoshoots  i find the photos match well if 2 or more elements are matching (eg. direction they're looking, backgrounds, same clothes, same colours). 

You're all free to save them and use them. If possible to credit, please credit: These Dramatic Days (which is the name of all the things I do relating to my dramas - Youtube subbing, podcast, blog etc etc)

 Welcome to my Dream Taebin Photoshoot: Part 1 

Pretty in Pastel

Scent of Spring

On 9/15/2022 at 7:48 PM, Kismet_06200904 said:

 

BTW: Weibo @taebin (#peb_kto#) fans were comparing their sandals in these photos :)

 

https://wx2.sinaimg.cn/large/006M47DXgy1h66i1w6dqqj30u00u00w8.jpg

https://wx1.sinaimg.cn/large/006M47DXgy1h66i1y89t3j31jl0v91d7.jpg

https://wx3.sinaimg.cn/large/006M47DXgy1h66i3ojomsj30rs13i7bq.jpg

 

"Darn it doesn't allow me to insert image from URL. . . "

On 9/16/2022 at 3:06 PM, Kismet_06200904 said:

 

@JenL no idea why Weibo links don't work here. So I just screenshot with the owners I saw in weibo. Not sure if this is okay. Do let me know. Else, I will delete these tweets . . . 

Yep, totally happy for you to share all things PEB, KTO, Woo Young Woo, Jun Ho and EAW here - twitter links are great because it's easy

Also, so sorry - I should have explained that you have to host your images on an image hosting site (I use imgur: https://imgur.com/) and then copy the link to post on a forum and then remove the start and end brackets that say img so the picture shows. It took me awhile to figure it out when I first joinned forums! 

But you can also drop weibo links like you have - if anyone wants to see those links, they don't be able to click into it, they'll just have to copy and paste it into the address bar in a new window to see the picture on weibo. That's how I've been seeing your pictures all this time  

On 9/16/2022 at 11:29 AM, abs-oluteM said:

 

Thanks @JenL for all the hard work. Subbing etc is not easy feat. 

Aw, thanks! Hahaha, I've been subbing, photoshopping and podcasting - working so hard for Taebin  I will drop my first little project tonight (not a sub but something fun)

On 9/16/2022 at 12:32 PM, taebinfan said:

yes please get help from @abs-oluteM, couldnt see any pics you attached; links are not accessible!

 

it would be nice to have the filming schedule of the drama, so can keep track of the development of their friendship! 

 

this is so beautiful!

from the other pics, thought they were not close sitting together,  but they were actually very close!  and PEB followed KTO doing the wyw movement!  

Thanks for sharing all these @taebinfan! I didn't realise that artist had drawn a new picture - it's very pretty!!! 

And I also never noticed PEB copied KTO. That's so cute 

On 9/16/2022 at 3:06 PM, Kismet_06200904 said:

 

hahaha darn I even created a twitter account.

Let me see if this works here.

 

cc @JenL hahaha I can't move on from this ship.. . . so invested. . . 

 

Hahahaha, I also created my twitter account just for dramas...but it's kind of nice since Twitter seems to be the fastest source for news, I find!    I'm glad you're invested too! I definitely am as well so at least we have each other to share news wiith!

On 9/16/2022 at 5:09 PM, taebinfan said:

@Kismet_06200904thanks for the pics! looking at the angle of PEB's head and KTO's shoulder, KTO definitely held PEB tightly in his arms! 

 

and looking at the atmosphere, i believe that either astory or ena was holding back in releasing any of their pics taken together!

I definitely feel like a lot of photos were held back by Astory and ENA, as well as BTS footage! Give me everything now 

5 hours ago, innrukia said:

Hello! I came across this page when searching for news about these two actors on Google. Allow me to spend some time here gushing about KTO and his chemistry with PEB. The best Korean drama I've seen so far, in my opinion, was EAW. The plot, performance, and supporting cast, but the most crucial element was the satisfying ending. Most of K-drama had the lousiest ending where the mid part of the drama/ acting getting out of line. Thank God it did not happen in EAW.

Hello @innrukia Welcome to the thread! So lovely of you to join us!  

Yes please spend all the time you'd like gushing about PEB and KTO and I totally agree that EAW has been one of the best dramas I've seen. Definitely my favourite drama for this year. I'm also glad they didn't tank the ending...I think episode 13 was not great, but the pacing picked up again after that and the last episode was really good - You're totally right about Kdrama endings - When I first started watching Kdramas years ago I use to be sooo frustrated at drama endings because so many ended so badly with unneeded time jumps, main characters disappearing, makjang events like car crashes or memory loss in the last episode etc etc. It still happens from time to time, but the good dramas know how to fix things before the end - I'm sooo glad EAW is a good drama that gave us a happy ending! 

5 hours ago, innrukia said:

What l like the most with EAW is it discover Kang Tae Oh (KTO) in K-dramaland. He always been great in carry out his characters; watch him from Tale of Nokdu, Run-On and Doom, unfortunately not really help him to be the lead. His solid acting in EAW has captured many hearts, including mine. I watched PEB in a few of her dramas, Stove League, Hello My Twenties, and TKA. From these dramas, I conclude she doesn’t need the male lead to excel, especially TKA; she has better chemistry with another supporting actress than ML.

So true! It's been such a long time coming for Kang Tae Oh   - I've been watching him since My First First Love and he's played so many different roles and done well in them, but never made it to first lead before (for a long-ish drama). I'm so glad they picked him for this role as it gave him the chance to shine and show how nuanced his acting was. Some people say his role wasn't hard, but I think it's actually pretty difficult to give life to a character that is meant to be 'well-liked', especially when they don't have a big back story but are meant to support the main character.  As for PEB, she has always talented for sure! She's been one of my favourites since the first time I saw her in a drama many years ago. I think she's so talented at understanding all her characters and the struggles they face and she chooses great projects with very different characters! 

5 hours ago, innrukia said:

EAW, on the other hand, has introduced PEB to her "male lead," who can balance her acting and create such massive chemistry that I want them to act in another drama. KTO and PEB are also physically comparable! What I like best about them is that they didn't even pretend to be in love behind the scenes, with less interaction, skin ship, and no post-drama photoshoot. What a fantastic actor!

 

Even though I'm not a big shipper, I like how this situation makes everyone crave their content. I can see a lot of edits and videos made by their fans. I'll keep lurking here and reading everyone's thoughts on these two. It's interesting to see how everyone interprets one act for which I had never given much thought before.

Their chemistry was so good between them  

I really hope they do act in another drama because it would be fantastic to see them take on different roles and perhaps they would be able to act more comfortably promoting a drama if it was a rom-com or something like that. But I agree, there was something very natural about the way the 2 of them acted around each other, not an act for cameras or publicity. 

Hahaha, I don't think people consider me a big shipper in the conventional sense either, since for me, it's less important about whether they're actually together or not, as it is to see them play around and have fun and a good genuine friendship. But I guess  'Shipping' can include all types of love for the 2 actors and so this is what the thread is for , Whether you want to search for clues that PEB & KTO have some stronger feelings for each other, or whether you just like the characters in EAW and appreciate 2 actors who are good at their on-screen chemistry...all are welcome 

14 minutes ago, abs-oluteM said:

I have no new adoptions...all the oppas I was hyped up about have been adopted from before...but maybe I will look out for this ML from Once Upon A Small Town. He's quite hot and has the right build plus he has a good gaze ( learned this expression  from @JenL)

Choo Young Woo

Yeahhhh, I'm still stuck on the same Oppas too. I'm liking the lead from Once Upon a Small Town too, Abs! He is cute! Not sure if adopted just yet....maybe on the eye candy tier. I think he's pretty, but I'm not digging around to find out more  But he's definitely on the radar now. Hahaha, I'm glad I have taught you something  yeah, that gazeeee  I mean every time he looks at the FL, I melt a little 

9 minutes ago, mademoiselle said:

The expression "good gaze"? Is that a literal translation from Chinese “眼神”, @JenL?

 

@abs-oluteM If I'm super bored I might check out this drama to see if I can engage in it or not. When NF automatically play the preview after I finished an episode of other kdrama, I was intrigued by the premise until I found out who the FL was.

Hahahaha, I may have subconciously thought that  But I think it's just from romance novel language:

"...She blushed when she felt his gaze upon her..."  I actually don't even read that many romance novels, but they always speak like this about their gazes.

@mademoiselle what's wrong with Joy? Just idol level acting? I think she's really cute in this series. The character works for her!

Hahaha a few crumbs to keep you all alive while I'm still working on projects 

Same shoes apparently 

This is the characters - Jun Ho is such a dreamboat. Even when he was hurting, he was still thinking of Woo Young Woo, confirmed by fans who translated the scriptbook

I always wondered why people wanted the scriptbooks, but I guess they want the character's perspectives. This is one of Young woos thoughts:

Sorry everyone! All my Taebin projects are still taking time. However, I'll let you know when I post...or just come and stalk here. I'll definitely have some stuff when Kang Tae Oh's enlistment day. That's my deadline at the moment for some stuff 

In the meantime I thought some of you could relate, especially @Kismet_06200904 

Hahaha, I have not forgotten this thread or gotten over Taebin, but I've just been working on some Taebin projects which you'll all like! I think I'll start to post some of them later tonight. 

Also some hardcore shippers have pointed out that KTO looks like he has his arms oustretched behind PEB. I think it's technically the chair behind hers, but he does look kind awkward when the camera pans over like he was caught doing something. Taebin shipper are looking hard for the crumbs... I'm just going to leave this here and let people decide what they want  It's in the last behind the scenes which has less KTO & PEB sccenes

On 9/13/2022 at 6:06 PM, taebinfan said:

ever since that weibo video has surfaced, many tweeters have been working hard to redo the kiss scenes! 

Hahaha I was wondering when people would latch onto the other kissing scenes that the original video did not include! People really want to see everything that happened between them 

On 9/10/2022 at 10:22 PM, buguz said:

oh i can totally see that! im rooting for him to play a multi-dimentional role post ms be ause he does have the range. I've been a long time kdrama watcher but first time this invested in them as two independent actors. the shipping is icing on cake at this stage since they're so cautious. but who knows, they might be the next js & pby and fill our hearts! 

Yeah they're both awesome actors in their own rights and they just had such nice chemistry together!  I also agree - I feel like any extra off screen chemistry is rare but lovely and I guess I try to appreciate it instead of look for the negatives.

Oook nice comparison video @taebinfan

Also this is for you @abs-oluteM - looks like someone made another angsty KTO x PEB sageuk edit 

No subs, but I think they're speaking slow enough for auto-translate to work 

@Kismet_06200904 This will cheer you up ~ Just thought I'd let you know that I'm going to sub the scenes in that ep 1-2 commentary where PEB and KTO commentate on their scenes together or interacte more with each other. But I probably won't sub anything with Kang Ki Young, even though I really like him...since 18 mins would take me forever! It'll probably take me at least a week or so though even if it's a few minutes. But I'll tag you when I'm done

21 hours ago, Kismet_06200904 said:

tbh, I just watch series and movies to destress. I don't even follow any celebrity until I've seen EAW. And now, I  have started following #taebin and the whole EAW squad. I am so immerse in this ship that I feel sick as we are deprive of an EAW lead photoshoots aarrggghhh. . . . or interviews together . . . .  all I can find online were the swoon or netflix interviews which aren't much compared to their previous works. . . . and just rewatching all the bts hahaha. . .  sooo frustrating!!!

 

I wonder if it's just me, but Kang Tae Oh and Park Eun Bin remind me so much of Ji Sung and  Lee Bo-young. ------- Kang Tae Oh, like Ji Sung can pull off both protagonist and antagonist characters well. And Park Eun Bin's acting and personality seems like Lee Bo-young to me too.

Athough I don't really ship in a conventional way, I totally understand your feelings   It's always hard when they don't do a couple photoshoot or interview. If only there was a drama magazine which meant that each drama pair had to do a photoshoot together. I'm sure that magazine would be soo popular! 

As for their not being as much as their previous projects, it's unfortunate that EAW isn't classified as a romance technically, given that there was such a strong romance line. It means the actors don't really promote in that way. And I think they were careful with the self promoting due the the sensitivities of the drama topic. Still, I love watching the behind the scenes and their Swoon content because it's quite cute. It cheers me up to know they had fun together and I know the camera didn't show everything, but hoping there's more behind the scenes in the bluray, especially gven that they didn't release a lot of footage for scenes like the other kiss or any of the office romances.

Hahaha I think many Korean + international fans still feel the same as you too since I keep finding Korean fan art and edits and people saying they wish there was a photoshoot. I think you'll like this one, especially as the drawing skills are so good:

Credit to this artist:  https://www.instagram.com/p/CiUY8srMT8s/

There's also fan fics or funny fictional scenarios that they make up with KTO & PEB like this

Hahaha, are you still watching this @SilverMoonTea? I'm finally watching this! But slowly  It's my train drama (the one I watch when I catch the train home after work). I'm only up to episode 4. There's something very calming about the series and there's inspirational moments here and there, but I can see why the drama hasn't been doing really well. I think the pacing is a bit too slow (even for a slice of life) and the stakes/ consequences when something happens isn't great enough to get people curious 

I do like both the rookies- Nam Yoon Su is interesting because he's so uninterested and self serving at first, but at episode 4, there's some character development. Kim Sejeong is also likeable although sometimes her actions do make me shake my head - like when she told the webtoon guy to read his comments. Me = famous people should never read the comments! Too many haters! 

I feel like the webtoon artists are quite flat though. Like Pomme. They could have been more complex? Developed? The guy that they pick for the webtoon camp has a really creepy webtoon though - I don't like that style 

All in all, I don't mind this series, but I just feel like it's not super exciting. I'm sticking it out for Kim Sejeong and Nam Yoon Su though since I like them both! 

@mademoiselle I feel like IU is one of the people that everyone seems to put into their dream pairings 

People also seem to do with with everyone who has played a fantasy character - Everyone says a Goo Yoo x IU pairing since they've both played cursed immortal beings with be fun. But also I'm also seeing LJW fans posting this since AoS

On 9/8/2022 at 10:36 PM, SilverMoonTea said:

@abs-oluteMthat vet in Once Upon Small Town looked positively delicious 😋 I will try it when I feel better (down with flu). 

 

On 9/8/2022 at 11:33 PM, abs-oluteM said:

@SilverMoonTea I love it...I am digging the ML...he was in Police University ...see if you recognise him. The country vibe & light tone is perfect for a stressful day. Get well soon!

I started watching this yestersday and I'm really enjoying it. The male lead is pretty cute...maybe I'll come to adopt him. Still stuck on KTO probably at least till he goes to the army...But actually both leads are cute in this drama...and I really love small town vibes when the townspeople are close! 

23 hours ago, mademoiselle said:

I wouldn't mind this combo too

I wouldn't mind this couple too! 

Hahaha in that first gif, I totally thought it was Jasper. My boy has been in China so long but not doing super great projects that even his most obsessed long term English speaking fans (whose love pre-dates mine) have stopped blogging/ tweeting about him 

23 hours ago, SilverMoonTea said:

Uh yes... that's a pretty combo... dude need to come back from military first  Btw the vet in Once Upon A Small Town looks like him.. or maybe I just miss SKJ so much? Haha....

Hahaha I don't know if the vet looks like SKJ that much  but both are good looking in their own way. 

On 9/9/2022 at 4:38 AM, buguz said:

you're the best! i LOLLed at forlorn loll. 

Thank you  Hahaha I also laughed when they put that forlorn caption next to Jun Ho 

Thanks @twink_twink_ and @taebinfan for the content above about KTO's childhood pics and for those interview translations from Twitter. I had already read them beforehand but just rereading them, I thought what Kang Tae oh said about Park Eun Bin was so sweet 

Also wanted to share that the child actor from Extraordinary Woo Young Woo also said that PEB and KTO's acting was so good and their romance was extremely convincing. And she got to see them in real life, sooo... 

In her words: “you know, about peb unnie liking lee junho oppa – the act of ‘liking someone’ was so realistic that it felt as tho she liked him. no way she actually likes him (irl), right?” 

And then KTO's agency Man of Creation recently released the HD pics of him on the beach and some people made this: 

On 9/9/2022 at 4:39 PM, taebinfan said:

@Kismet_06200904hahaha, "video unavailable in your country"1

Hahaha Thanks @Kismet_06200904 for sharing those Kang Tae Oh Happy together videos ~ I haven't watched them before. I'll watch them later and when I find the part you were looking for @taebinfan I'll tell you what the joke was that KTO was making 

On 9/9/2022 at 4:57 PM, Kismet_06200904 said:

Aww too bad. . .  Btw I saw these photos in Weibo. @JenLpls let me know if this is allowed to post else I will delete later.

https://wx3.sinaimg.cn/mw690/006HnaNqly1h5wlxn53wcj30mu0mvqbs.jpg

https://wx4.sinaimg.cn/mw690/006HnaNqly1h5wlxnzhrsj31g81kwtpz.jpg

 

And I saw this video from someone in Weibo: ctto : https://weibo.com/u/7556571872?refer_flag=1008085010_

 

https://weibo.com/tv/show/1034:4811460107501673?from=old_pc_videoshow

Oooh totally fine to share all Taebin stuff here   Thanks for those links!

Hahaha some of those fans are deep in the ships on Weibo, I see!

Also that video where they did the exclusion on the darkness to brighten the video was hottt

On 9/9/2022 at 2:55 AM, taebinfan said:

oh really??? can sneak in to watch naver vid for the initial 1st streaming, but after that cant watch in north america due to this "regional restriction"!

I did some research these past few days and I think they did have separate behind the scenes video with slightly different content for the first 2 weeks (first 4 episodes) but then they stopped. Maybe with the popularity of the show hitting early, they decided it was a lot of work to make double the behind the scenes and they decided to give the work competely to ASTORY, which meant only one set of behind the scenes video were made after that. I haven't really found any Korean social media that shows any other videos either, so I think pretty likely this is all there is 

It looks like others already subbed the different videos for weeks 1-2. I like Ruevy Lee's subs (last 2 videos) since she does the font matching like me 

I'm sure everyone's already seen everything, but here they are if you guys want to rewatch:

I will miss you @bai 

We had a few good chats about shows and life and although I didn't know you as much as the others, I always thought you were the warmest person - someone who had such a friendly and cheerful disposition when you were going through such tough times. I was always impressed with your ability to be resilient and it inspired me when I was going through my own things. 

I was also really impressed by your graphic design skills and I'll miss seeing your dream pairing immortalised in the pretty Dilreba x Yang Yang graphics that use to flood my Twitter. Although you deserved many more days on this Earth, it seems fitting that Yang Yang's birthday would be the date you would embark on new adventures  

Rest well and peacefully, my friend. Thanks for your company in the short time we knew each other 

10 minutes ago, taebinfan said:

@JenLthere was always different versions of bts; one is from astory, and the other is from ena! i did remember some vids have ena logo on it!

Yeah, I suspected as much. For a number of countries, ENA blocked or removed most of their stuff so there's only little bits and pieces from people with VPNs or saved the stuff early on 

I'm kind of thiking of trying this out! What genre would you say it is? Slice of life? I heard it was based on a comic or webtoon. 

We'll see how I go. I'm in lazy mode recently - only slowly watching Today's webtoon and Little Women atm

Finally I have finished this subbing  @abs-oluteM @Yunn @taebinfan @Unnie0110 @buguz @cico @Kismet_06200904

It's literally only 2 mins LOL but I had a busy week and I'm fussy about fonts and timings 

A huge Thank you to @stroppyse for checking the Korean. What an angel 

Oh and for comparison, this is the behind the scenes video from ASTORY for episodes 3-4 and it definitely didn't have these scenes above...weird right?  I've included a subbed version someone else did for the main video below