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Qu Chuxiao & Wang Ziwen for Harper’s Bazaar China (May 2024)

#the teaser trailer was kinda off? but wow harper's bazaar couple shoots i love u #this might actually be up there with the liang jie steven one

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How's the romance in lovely runner? I want to watch but every post and comment I see about it is about the ML and how much of a simp and loser in love he is and I'm hesitant because I do not enjoy fictional couples where the narrative is heavily skewed to one side being more in love and the entire relationship is based on one of them doing most of the emotional/physical labor in it. I like my couples to be equal in their affection and support for one another.

honestly v. valid concern but i don't think this is one of those cases.

bc u mention the loser in love stuff im assuming this isn't much of a spoiler -the romance is still in the beginning stages so bc sunjae is already in love, he is definitely more invested in her than she is in him ROMANTICALLY. sol is barely at the beginning stage of exploring a romantic attraction towards sunjae as of ep 6. the thought of considering him that way literally doesn't even occur to her until she finds out abt his feelings so this is really just early days there's a long way to go lol. we're just shown a lot of sunjae's feelings towards her this chunk of eps so now its the show's turn to focus on how HER feelings evolve from pure idolisation to being in a real life romantic relationship with him

but even at this stage if there's one undeniable fact abt the show, its that sol and sunjae are definitely equal in their affection and support for one another. im trying not to spoil too much but so much of their feelings towards each other comes from a place of wanting only the very best for each other, whether they're involved romantically or not. it's just at different stages for both of them rn but if sol's feelings purely as a fan is this loving and devoted, i can only imagine how she would be as someone actually in love

#like the show will get there eventually its just if u don't wanna wait for it then maybe binging might be better 4 u lol

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@asiandramanet april bingo: black and white & colour

Lee Jae Bin as Lee Yoon Dae | Gray Shelter (2024)

#kim woo bin sf9 taeyang hybrid

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GRAY SHELTER (2024) I 1.02 Jang Wooyoung as Cha Soohyuk

#why is the most depressed looking mf built like that for no reason

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help i remember being soo dismissive about lovely runner back when it was announced it all sounded so dumb to me the premise, the old title (not that this one is much better) the casting (pairing hyeyoon with a tall pretty guy significantly less talented than her? groundbreaking 🙄) but this was her first lead role since 2021 and they Did look good in the stills so.. when i tell you it is soo real to me rn i keep doing this thing where it takes me 2 hours to watch an ep bc i keep rewinding scenes.. and bws im so sorry for being mean to you 😔 that scene in the first ep where she runs to him at the pool and for a second he looks at her with something like recognition and i was like well this guy still can't act bc why would he recognize her if they don't know each other... anyways if someone had told me last year that i would be watching a jiwon drama at 1.5 speed bc of how badly it sucked and then counting down the days for something called lovely runner i would have laughed in their face

i feel like i sent this to myself in a lovely runner binge post haze bc this is literally everything i feel. this has been a true ride bc first off i adoooore hye yoon and it's been so disappointing to me that she didn't get the career push jae wook and rowoon have gotten since EY- or at least they've been more...visible? than her, when she was the heart and soul of that drama so it was exciting when they announced her casting for a new drama. only to find out everything abt it was one bad news after the other? idol fan romance PLUS bws PLUS true beauty writer like i had no hope for it to be any good. Literally everything abt this drama was set up to fail only for it to do the ultimate reversal its a bit crazy???

acting, music, writing(so far), overall production clicks and everything abt it is just so delightful. the biggest shocker to me is how they turned the idol fan setup into something not just watchable but actually something im invested in??? it's been a while since i've watched a show that left me feeling warm, the high school portion esp. is youth/high school romance kdramas at their best like when they're good they're GOOD. i can't wait for college era soljae the payoff is gonna be so good

this is a career performance for bws i have no idea if he's always been this good or if he just finally got a good character to have fun with like but he deserves the flowers here i genuinely thought hye yoon would be carrying this drama and he'd be there for eye candy but he's really pulling his weight and its impressive how believable he is as a teenager instead of just hamming in an adult in a uniform performance.

don't even wanna talk abt qot. boring as fuck, pje is a hack, cannot believe this is the highest rated kdrama rn but at least ji won got a boost from this that im praying she can parlay into better projects

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What is this supposed to mean, then? I'm not sure.

#obsessed. with them

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this is why his ass yearned for FIFTEEN years

#'play it cool' NEVER listen to a teen boy's relationship advice

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IT'S A MELO????? damn

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omg u know what this show is? a romcom version of that winter the wind blows

#robber 2008 #except for the part where the woman getting beat up by her husband was played off comedically this was a mostly fun ep

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no way his single status even being discussed in a town meeting 💀💀

#will love in spring #even the mayor's like this is a problem djhfkjshdfksd #cdrama

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Literally every time Sun-Jae sees Im Sol and she does something cute:

[I wanna be dark and mysterious but I can't stop giggling]

#this is so much more fun like im soo glad they didn't make his actual personality cool and mysterious #yes he's tall handsome and talented but is also a real loser teenager with a crush #and its so funny its a side only we see like sol is like how could HE of all ppl fall in love with me

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This very moment. The moment… I shouldn't probably miss.

Lovely Runner 선재 업고 튀어 (2024) — ep. 05 | Sun Jae Sings

#running next to the bike *goes crazy*

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literally how did the drama i was least looking forward to become a current fav

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fav moment of this ep was sunjae in the middle of cheering stopping to just stare at sol with so much fondness and you can just see on his face that the feelings he's kept from her have reached a peak and are threatening to spill out that he just can't hold it in any longer. one thing this drama is soooo good at in this high school portion is capturing the spectrum of a first love. yes it can be silly and cheesy and even embarrassing but its also bittersweet and pure, innocent and truly lovely in the way falling for someone for the first time ever can be

#lovely runner #bws being legit good in this???? #also when is 10cm's ost being released im soooooo obsessed with it

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Did you know? Sun Jae wanted to apologize to you so badly. You have to know that.

Lovely Runner (선재 업고 튀어) 2024

#THIS is the drama everyone should be watching . drama of the season

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every film maker should have one thing in mind: will this be a good gif?

#exactly

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The Breaking Ice // 燃冬 (2023) dir. Anthony Chen

#this scene.............