#Yoon Sun Woo

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Lovely Runner Ep. 4 ↳ He fell first, he fell harder

#byeon woo seok #kim hye yoon #lovely runner #im sol #ryu sun jae #kdrama #kdramaedit #kdramanetwork #kdramadaily #userdramas #asiandramanet #asiandramasource #peep.gifs #thank u for this peak loserism ryu sunjae #the way he got all flustered 😭 #boy u have lost so bad already

[weirdhunterangel]

Everyday is a struggle with Ryu Sun Jae because he is a simp. He was born to teach us what an absolute pleasure it is to watch a man simp so hard that he needs a moment to look away and compose himself so that his downbad smile is not on display.

Downbadism is an art and Byun Woo Seok acts like he did a four year degree on it. You go king.

Another thing that absolutely is adorable is that Im Sol is still not in love with Sun Jae. Everything she does is out of the love she has for a person who got her through a hard time, someone she has grown to care about but as an idol. Right now while she has begun to see Sun Jae as the kid who lives next door, it is still her idol that she wants to save. And that to me is pretty nice because she isn't trying to impose herself on him or his life for any other reason but to keep him safe. There is no ulterior motive. And I think thats what makes her so likeable.

Special mention to tae sung, he is adorable in a way that not all second leads are and all his scenes with his banter with Sol are extremely fun to watch. In another drama, they would make an absolutely cute pair. They make a cute pair here too ngl. Love how she treats him like a naughty child and he calls her grandma

#lovely runner #lu watches #byun woo seok #kim hye yoon #ryu sun jae #im sol #i will grab sunjae and run #this show is so cute okay #want the cuteness to stay 3000 #love a man who can make you swoon with his simping smile #i will faint if he smiles at me #love love loveee

[mrinafria]

And I’d choose you; in a hundred lifetimes, in a hundred worlds, in any version of reality, I’d find you and I’d choose you. (CoS)

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When they ask me about the purest love story out there, I'd show them these two.

It's not the sacrifice per se that makes it great for me, it's the way they feel about each other, about the love they give and receive. Even in their last/worst moments, they somehow find the courage because the other one is safe? Im Sol is scared out of her mind handling this traumatic ordeal on her own so she seeks help from the detectives. Her only peace of mind is that at least Seon Jae is safe. Then she learns about his phone call and doesn't spare a second to run. The same girl who was so scared a while back throws all caution out of the window the moment Seon Jae is in danger, because she'd risk her life than Seon Jae's. Can you imagine the trauma seeing him dying for the third time, and her actually witnessing it this time around? If I were Im Sol, I would do anything to not have to go through that too. Even if it meant losing the person so they were never my person to begin with.

And Seon Jae. Boy is dying. Dying. You can see it in his eyes that he's aware of it too and yet, he is so grateful? So at peace with himself and with life? Like he has no regrets about any unfinished business, unlived years, unattained dreams, unspoken words to his loved ones. He already told Im Sol he loved her, and she reciprocated. That was enough. For him, that was good enough.

I go back to this scene like a masochist because THE DETAILS. By the time Im Sol arrives, you know Seon Jae is beyond saving. He knows it too. He's not even trying to escape or save himself. It looks like he's been holding on on his own for a while. His face has turned ashen, breathing uneven, hands slightly shaking. He's barely holding it together. Barely there.

However, he is not trying to push that guy away or take that knife out.

Instead, he's holding that guy's hand.

Let that sink in for a moment.

He is holding on to that hand. JUST SO HE CAN HOLD ON TO THE GUY.

Since the taxi driver is at an advantage here, and Seon Jae knows he cannot fight back anymore, so he is using whatever he can as a last resort to keep the guy occupied with him, and keep him from going after Im Sol. Seon Jae could perhaps guess Im Sol would arrive any time since the cliff was where he'd found her earlier, sitting in shock. But even if she didn't make it, you can bet he'd have spent his last breaths trying to fall off the cliff taking the guy down with him. THIS SCENE. The resolution is so clearly etched on his face.

And then he sees her. And the detectives. She is safe. She is saved. He did it. He saved her. And it's the Im Sol who knows him, who recognizes him, who loves him. She is safe, and that's all that matters. He saved the person he loves more than his life, literally.

His job is done. The choice he made gave him the outcome he wanted and desperately fought for.

And he is exhausted. All that resolve took a lot out of him. So we see his body finally giving up, him finally letting go. He resigns to his fate, but also not in a resentful way. He knew this was his fate all along (because no matter what choice Im Sol made, he'd choose to run toward her any day), it just happened earlier than expected. But he knew it, and he still made that choice. He doesn't regret it because he'd be making the same choice in every timeline (as he has been). He is able to see his Im Sol for one last time before his eyes close, with memories of their time together and Im Sol's voice echoing in his ears, his soul.

Sometimes you know the consequences, but make the same choice anyway. Because you like it.

The faint smile on his face in his final moments before he falls off the cliff? You'd think the boy won a gold medal for swimming or something. It's like he's achieved the biggest purpose there was in his life besides loving Im Sol. True to his words, he is grateful Im Sol exists in the world. That he got the chance to love her because she exists in this world. And he is thankful he gets to leave the world knowing Im Sol still exists in the world, his gift from the heavens.

One is jumping through space and time, living the same nightmare, constantly, over and over again, and yet going out of her way to save her love. Even if it means carrying the trauma and heartbreak and pain and loneliness and longing of three, four, multiple timelines, for the same guy. The other is making the choice to love her through all the storm, all the warnings, all the odds of time and space and fate stacked against him. How could you be so brave when fate is both so very kind and yet so extremely cruel to you no matter what you do? How do you choose to persevere? How do you get to have a love so pure?

Should I be ready to die if I want to be with you? - Ryu Seon Jae

#Lovely Runner #Byeon Woo Seok #Kim Hye Yoon #Sun Jae #Im Sol #Seon Jae #선재 업고 튀어 #kdrama #kdrama recommendations #east asian drama #episode reaction #I'm focusing on seon jae here because this scene will stay with me forever #and tbh I don't write a lot about im sol cuz it's too traumatizing to think through her perspective T_T

[ladynamie]

LOVELY RUNNER 선재 업고 튀어 (2024) - Episode 1

#lovely runner #byeon woo seok #kim hye yoon #seo hye won #kdrama #ryu sun jae #im sol #lee hyun joo #선재 업고 튀어 #gif set #byeon wooseok #kim hyeyoon #gifs

[morganafata]

Every time Sun Jae gets killed, he comes back more pathetically in love than ever. It's like the Force but for simps.

#lovely runner #kim hye yoon #byeon woo seok #OG Sun Jae was the least loser out of all of them but he was also traumatized af #and he still followed Sol home the day of the concert #and since then he's just grown progressively more pathetic for Sol #love that for him

[krautundkimchi]

And with one swish of the pen the writer changes one of the most iconic scenes of first love in a kdrama and turns it into an iconic scene of selfless love while firmly placing the narrative on the female lead. Now that is a plot twist I like!

#lovely runner #kim hye yoon #im sol #byeon woo seok #ryu sun jae #tae sung #song geon hee

[rpacadojin]

Sol spent 15 years loving Sunjae in secret because she never got to return to the present. The watch was on his wrist when she pressed it... she went to the past without the watch so she never returned to the previous present and lived the 15 years knowing everything.

#lovely runner #byeon woo seok #kim hye yoon #sun jae #im sol

[guiltymepleasures]

Not him leaning down again for a kiss when Sol only wanted to touch his forehead.

If the maintenance guy didn't come, I'm afraid there was no stopping 34yo Sun Jae from giving in to his basic instincts.

#pun intended #good thing they were stopped #because i was dying #lovely runner #im sol #kim hye yoon #sun jae #ryu sun jae #byeon woo seok

[themundanedumpling]

the moment when sun jae says that his time had been standing still and is now properly flowing again because he met sol again and that too she reciprocated his feelings MY BOY HAS BEEN YEARNING SO HARD FOR THE PAST DECADE

#PLEASE LET THEM HAVE A HAPPY ENDING #lovely runner #byeon woo seok #kim hye yoon #korean drama #kdrama #kdramanetwork #kdramaedit #ryu sun jae #im sol

[jupteur]

god i wonder if sol is gonna tell sunjae they already kissed in 2023?? cause i know that dumb loser is gonna get so pissed and jealous AT HIS OWN SELF and i really wanna see it

#lovely runner #kdrama #im sol #ryu sun jae #kim hye yoon #byeon woo seok

[coffeetraces]

down bad loser bf x unconscious aegyo baby girl gf | lovely runner episode 8

#byeon woo seok #kim hye yoon #lovely runner #ryu sun jae #im sol #tvn #kdrama #kdramas #current:kdrama

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Lovely Runner ep. 6 ↳ Parallels

#byeon woo seok #kim hye yoon #lovely runner #im sol #ryu sun jae #kdrama #kdramaedit #kdramanetwork #kdramadaily #userdramas #asiandramanet #asiandramasource #peep.gifs #they were made for each other 🥺 #next week adult pining era? 👀

[pinkiech]

Lovely Runner 선재 업고 튀어 (2024) Ep. 11

"Sun Jae, it's all over. We have a future now."

#lovely runner #kdramagifs #kdrama #kdramaedit #kdramas #kdramadaily #im sol #ryu sun jae #sun jae #byun woo seok #byeon woo seok #kim hye yoon #tvn lovely runner #soljae #tvn #my gifs #gif #THIS IS SO SAD I WANT A HAPPY ENDING PLS WRITENIM

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I'm an eternal digger of good narrative techniques. A decent story becomes great in my eyes if the narrative is done right. And it's one of the hardest things to do really, since there's no one-size-fits-all rule for what technique works well with a particular story and what doesn't. One of the primary reasons I keep obsessing over Lovely Runner is its' narrative technique. In all honesty, if it had a linear, singular narrative, I would not be hyperventilating over it on a constant basis (I still would just a certain amount, because both Byeon Woo Seok and Kim Hye Yoon deserve awards for what they are doing). One reason it has managed to knock it out off the park and take the top spot in my forever-favorite list is how wonderfully well the narrative is done.

The primary perspective used in this show is Im Sol's. It's through her we're introduced to the story. Her perspective gives shape to the plot, the characters, because we learn things through her. Her perspective is absolutely critical for exposition. Without her thoughts and way of viewing things, you would never realize why saving Seon Jae means so much to her, or why she would bend the rules and bulldoze ahead when it comes to his safety (exhibit A, her leaving home on the day of the accident, despite knowing about her fate). She'd rather have him alive than have him in her life. Without her narrative, you'd think it's really all about a fan saving her idol (thanks to everyone who'd rejected the script listening to that pitch by the way, I'm grateful we have BWS and KHY as the leads because of that, I would not change it for anyone else). With Im Sol's perspective, you realize, she is not just a fan: she's an ardent admirer, a cheerleader, a well-wisher, a protector, an invisible friend trying to support her friend any way she can, someone who respects Seon Jae, sees him as an idol but also as a human, someone who wants to give back to him the same kindness, empathy and love she had once received from him over a radio call. To her, Seon Jae is first a guardian angel and then an idol, the angel who changed her view of life, made her appreciate things even amidst all that could be wrong with the world and her life. He saved her. Not just on that day at the hospital but every time she struggled and faltered since then, he was there, as invisible as it may have been. So this time, she wants to save him, no matter the price.

Then comes Seon Jae. Oof. If Im Sol's perspective gives the story its beautiful, beautiful shape, Seon Jae's perspective breathes literal life in to the body of the story. The show wouldn't be what it is today if not for his perspective. Without his view into things, Im Sol appears as a fangirl going to extreme measures to save her idol, clinging onto him like a monkey (yes I mean the poster) embarrassing the heck out of herself, making you cringe (in a good, enjoyable way) throughout. Then you reach the end of episode 2 and it knocks the breath out of you because WHAT DO YOU EVEN MEAN. It all clicks.

All this while we kept thinking Seon Jae was caught off guard and just kind enough to tolerate her antics, and maybe he'd slowly fall for her now, only to realize we were completely oblivious to a whole different side of the story. If Im Sol's narrative draws you in and keeps you hooked, making you root for her to succeed, it's Seon Jae's narrative that makes you irredeemably fall in love with them and sincerely, genuinely, desperately hope they get their happy ending together after all the storm.

And the motifs. Walking/running, for instance. I'll focus on just one scene here. I recall seeing a bts where KHY is discussing the OG 2008 accident scene, and it explains how she has to slow down, while running away, for just a moment, only to be hit by the taxi driver. Have you ever been in a situation of absolute panic, desperation and stress, then suddenly found a familiar face or a name or a thing you could connect to, and felt a wave of relief rush through you? She sees Seon Jae, a person who is calling out her name. Even if she didn't know him back then, the fact that he knew her (and that he had his uniform on), gives her a sense of safety she badly needed that moment. That momentary relief, so visible in her features, then overtakes the crippling fear she felt running in the middle of nowhere with no one in sight in the dead of the night. Her body, already exhausted beyond anything, responds to the relief she feels for those few seconds, slowing down her steps.

And that is when she is caught off-guard and hit. That also might have added to Im Sol's anger at the hospital when she is screaming at Seon Jae, her internal anguish that if only she had not paused seeing Seon Jae, and kept on running, then maybe she wouldn't be hit, wouldn't fall, wouldn't lose her ability to walk. It's one thing to have tropes and symbolic things, but it's a very different thing to know how to use them effectively so they elicit very specific types of emotions/reactions out of people. Lovely Runner excels in that. All kdramas more or less have 'things' that take on different meanings for the couples/viewers. It's the way motifs are used to narrate the story in this one that has me going back over and over again to all the episodes aired so far. These are not just their 'things', these are 'things' that drive the plot forward, tell you about their characters, their personal motivations, what they mean to each other and so much more.

This is getting longer that I intended it to be so will end with this. I feel valued when watching Lovely Runner. And I've seen people saying the same thing. It feels like they respect your critical thinking skills, and your ability to infer, so they don't spoon-feed you everything from the get-go, and you can't predict much despite it being primarily a rom-com. You'd be pulling your hair out (again, in a good way) trying to figure out what they will show next, and you will be somewhat or very far from the truth, which will compel you to think further about the story, the characters, long after an episode has aired...I can't remember the last time it happened with a drama. I love this storytelling.

#Lovely Runner #Byeon Woo Seok #Kim Hye Yoon #Sun Jae #Im Sol #Seon Jae #선재 업고 튀어 #kdrama #kdrama recommendations #east asian drama

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#bia #byeon woo seok #lovely runner #ryu sun jae #kdrama #kactor #kdramas #lockscreen #wallpaper #kdrama lockscreens #kdrama wallpapers #byeon woo seok lockscreens #byeon woo seok wallpapers #kdrama edits #lovely runner lockscreens #lovely runner wallpapers #lockscreens #wallpapers #byun woo seok #im sol #kim hye yoon

[morganafata]

Can't wait to see modern day Sun Jae, K-pop idol at the peak of his popularity and the world at his feet, revert back to his hot mess loser self once Sol comes back into his life, like some sort of insane comet of longing and awkwardness.

#it'd be especially funny if he tries to play it off as 'oh that girl i had a crush on?' #'no dude i'm totally over her' #and someone probably in hyuk after they make up become bros again says 'you are currently writing a song about her now' #and sun jae replies with 'well maybe stfu before i throw myself off a balcony again' #lovely runner #kdramas #kim hye yoon #byeon woo seok